Victoria, BC
Wind Cries Mary
Vancouver Island-driven, nose-to-tail sharing plates described by the restaurant as coastal cabin food for modern times.
Read on
5 August 2026
35 days ago. Recent enough that the hours below are probably still the hours.
Never stated
4 things the restaurant has not put in writing
A blank means nobody said it; it never means we filled it in.
Every field below matched the pages on the day they were read.
Why go
Vancouver Island-driven, nose-to-tail sharing plates described by the restaurant as coastal cabin food for modern times.
No signature dish is named on the restaurant's own pages. Format on file: Seasonal sharing plates using local bounty, with dedicated wine and cocktail lists..
Vancouver Island-driven, nose-to-tail sharing plates described by the restaurant as coastal cabin food for modern times. Private or semi-private path is on file.
Before you book
Why go, what to order, what it costs, what the room is like, whether it fits tonight, and what you still need to confirm. Where an answer says the restaurant has never stated it, that is their silence being reported, not a gap we intend to fill.
01Is the food actually good?
On fileThe restaurant describes itself as vancouver Island-driven, nose-to-tail sharing plates described by the restaurant as coastal cabin food for modern times. A directory rating is on file as context only — that is not proof the food is good, and it is not used to rank this record.
Restaurant-owned description · not a quality verdict
02Is it worth the money?
On fileThe menu changes frequently and current prices should be checked on the live menu. That is the restaurant's published figure, not a value verdict.
Restaurant-owned pricing
03What is the overall experience?
On fileTucked-away Bastion Square restaurant with front patio, secret courtyard, dark cabin-like interiors, and a late-night downtown energy. Diner-facing tags on file: intimate, casual, high energy.
Restaurant-owned atmosphere + recorded bands
04What do other people think?
Never statedPublic listing sample (Google listing (third-party directory)): 1,329 reviews, 4.5 listed as context. This is not a Deep Dish ranking and is not a review-pattern consensus. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
Directory sample only
05How good is the service?
On fileStated service format: daily dinner, happy hour, late-night drinks, patios, and private-event formats. Repeated diner service experience (attentive, rushed, recovery) is not on file as a public-review pattern.
Restaurant-stated format, separate from diner-experience patterns
06How convenient is it?
On fileThe restaurant offers online reservations. Downtown Victoria street parking and nearby parkades; Bastion Square is… Shared-plate dinner commonly runs 90 to 120 minutes; late-night bar visits can…
Booking, arrival, meal length, access
07Does it fit dietary needs?
On fileThe retrieved first-party pages do not publish a comprehensive dietary or cross-contact policy. Confirm the live kitchen rule before a celiac or severe-allergy visit.
Restaurant-owned dietary language
08What is the menu like?
On fileFormat: Seasonal sharing plates using local bounty, with dedicated wine and cocktail lists.. No signature dish is named on the restaurant's own pages. Format on file: Seasonal sharing plates using local bounty, with dedicated wine and cocktail lists.. Drinks: dedicated wine and cocktail menus support a substantial late-night beverage program.
Restaurant-owned menu language
09Is it clean and trustworthy?
Never statedThe health-inspection layer is empty in this build, so this restaurant has not been checked against one. Public-review cleanliness commentary is shown only as a labeled pattern, and none is on file. Cleanliness here comes from an inspection record or from nothing at all. Reviews stay on the reputation layer, labeled as reviews.
Conservative — inspection layer not loaded
10What makes it different?
On fileVancouver Island-driven, nose-to-tail sharing plates described by the restaurant as coastal cabin food for modern times. Private or semi-private path is on file.
From culinary identity, room, and format on the case file
Table intelligence
What the room is like, what to order, what it costs and what people consistently say — with each claim attributed to the restaurant, a directory listing, or recurring reviews.
What to order
No dish is named on the restaurant’s own pages, and nothing repeats often enough across reviews to record. Ask what the kitchen is known for when you call — this is a gap in the file, not a verdict on the food.
Menu formatSeasonal sharing plates using local bounty, with dedicated wine and cocktail lists.
What it costs
No per-guest figure is published. Ask for a current total including service before you commit a capped budget.
The menu changes frequently and current prices should be checked on the live menu.
When you can go
Open daily from 4 PM to 1 AM, with happy hour from 4 PM to 5 PM.No machine-readable schedule is held, so the instrument cannot tell you whether this room is serving right now.
The tradeoff
No review-pattern research has been done on this room yet, so the instrument cannot tell you what people consistently praise or complain about. Absence of a pattern is not a good sign or a bad one.
Getting there
- Address
- 45 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC
- Coordinate
- No coordinate is held. Deep Dish cannot state a distance to this room.
- Step-free
- Not stated on any source held.
The room
Tucked-away Bastion Square restaurant with front patio, secret courtyard, dark cabin-like interiors, and a late-night downtown energy.
DressNo formal dress code was published on the reviewed first-party pages.
Public-review pattern
Third-party directory and research signals, held apart from the restaurant's own pages. A listing rating does not rank this record.
Public listing sample (Google listing (third-party directory)): 1,329 reviews, 4.5 listed as context. This is not a Deep Dish ranking and is not a review-pattern consensus. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- Sample size
- 1,329
- Listing rating (context)
- 4.5
- Recency
- 2026-08-10
Google listing (third-party directory) editorial copyHomey restaurant offering refined steak & seafood dishes, plus vegetarian options.
Sources: Google listing (third-party directory).
Decision brief
Workable, conditional on live confirmation
- Fit
- Reads 58/100 against a partial situation. Strongest recorded use: late seating / bar-led. Add an occasion to sharpen this.
- What you still need to ask
- 1 critical risk: review window has lapsed. 0 watch items, 6 residual unknowns carried forward.
- Confirm burden
- Confirm burden 52/100 · planning load Standard · no official conflict · reviewed 2026-08-05, next 2026-08-19.
Before you choose it
Vancouver Island-driven, nose-to-tail sharing plates described by the restaurant as coastal cabin food for modern times. That is what the restaurant says it does, read off its own pages.
- Food & menu
- Vancouver Island-driven, nose-to-tail sharing plates described by the restaurant as coastal cabin food for modern times. Seasonal sharing plates using local bounty, with dedicated wine and cocktail lists.
- Spend / value
- The menu changes frequently and current prices should be checked on the live menu. Confirm live before you commit — price is volatile.
- Experience
- Tucked-away Bastion Square restaurant with front patio, secret courtyard, dark cabin-like interiors, and a late-night downtown energy. Room read: casual, high energy, slower pacing.
- Best fit
- Late dinner; cocktails; date night.
- Convenience
- The restaurant offers online reservations. Shared-plate dinner commonly runs 90 to 120 minutes; late-night bar visits can… Downtown Victoria street parking and nearby parkades; Bastion Square is…
- Dietary
- The retrieved first-party pages do not publish a comprehensive dietary or cross-contact policy. A menu marker is not a guarantee of allergy safety — confirm the live kitchen rule.
Recommended next action
Call (250) 590-8989 in one pass and clear every critical item below; book only after they resolve.
When you are ready
Send Wind Cries Mary to the night plan in Occasion OS, where the rest of the night is being built. Rejected rooms and browsing stay here.
Send this room to the night plan in Occasion OSWhat you still need to ask — in order
- 01Re-read the official pages before using this record for a decision.
Why it ranked here
Fit 58 of 100
Started at 55 for the occasion, gained +14, lost -11.
Evidence depth
Evidence
+8Still to confirm yourself
Evidence
-6Owned-site completeness
Evidence
+64 open unknowns
Evidence
-5
Every term is drawn to the same scale. Solid bars point right and gained points; hatched bars point left and lost them.
What Deep Dish is watching
For this night
Critical
1- Criticalevidence · impact 78 · high confidence
Review window has lapsed
Last first-party review 2026-08-05; window closed 2026-08-19.
DoRe-read the official pages before using this record for a decision.
Unknown
6- Unknowndietary · impact 26 · high confidence
Dietary handling requires direct confirmation
The retrieved first-party pages do not publish a comprehensive dietary or cross-contact policy.
DoConfirm before inviting anyone with a restriction.
- Unknownaccess · impact 24 · high confidence
Access honesty marker: route unstated
Detailed physical-access route and restroom information were not stated in the reviewed first-party pages.
DoAsk only if a guest needs it; the record does not claim accessibility either way.
- Unknownresidual · impact 20 · high confidence
Current menu pricing
Recorded as unknown at the last first-party review; not inferred, not filled.
DoCarry into the confirmation call if it bears on your night.
- Unknownresidual · impact 20 · high confidence
Detailed dietary policy
Recorded as unknown at the last first-party review; not inferred, not filled.
DoCarry into the confirmation call if it bears on your night.
- Unknownresidual · impact 20 · high confidence
Step-free route and restroom configuration
Recorded as unknown at the last first-party review; not inferred, not filled.
DoCarry into the confirmation call if it bears on your night.
- Unknownresidual · impact 20 · high confidence
Live patio availability
Recorded as unknown at the last first-party review; not inferred, not filled.
DoCarry into the confirmation call if it bears on your night.
Restaurant sources
What the restaurant publishes
Pages read
Every line in the table below came off one of these, on 5 August 2026. None of it was assembled out of other people’s reviews.
Never stated
4 things the restaurant has never published. Listed rather than filled in. Each one is a question worth asking before you commit to the table.
- Current menu pricing
- detailed dietary policy
- step-free route and restroom configuration
- live patio availability
- Service
- Daily dinner, happy hour, late-night drinks, patios, and private-event formats.
- Menu
- Seasonal sharing plates using local bounty, with dedicated wine and cocktail lists.
- Occasion fit
- Late dinner; cocktails; date night; group celebration; visitor dinner in downtown Victoria.
- Hours
- Open daily from 4 PM to 1 AM, with happy hour from 4 PM to 5 PM.
- Reservations
- The restaurant offers online reservations. Groups of up to eight can book normally; groups of nine or more use a separate inquiry.
- Price
- The menu changes frequently and current prices should be checked on the live menu.
- Dietary
- The retrieved first-party pages do not publish a comprehensive dietary or cross-contact policy.
- Beverage
- Dedicated wine and cocktail menus support a substantial late-night beverage program.
- Groups & private
- Seated dinners and cocktail events can accommodate up to 100 guests. A private back room holds up to 30, and courtyard dinners are available.
- Atmosphere
- Tucked-away Bastion Square restaurant with front patio, secret courtyard, dark cabin-like interiors, and a late-night downtown energy.
- Accessibility
- The restaurant has never said.
- Parking & transit
- Downtown Victoria street parking and nearby parkades; Bastion Square is pedestrian-oriented — allow walk time from the nearest garage.
- Dress
- No formal dress code was published on the reviewed first-party pages.
- Typical meal length
- Shared-plate dinner commonly runs 90 to 120 minutes; late-night bar visits can be shorter.
- Practical notes
- The dynamic menu changes often. Confirm current dishes, dietary feasibility, and whether the booking is for the main room, patio, courtyard, or a group format.
- Address
- 45 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC
- Conflicting information
- The restaurant has never said.
- Source quality
- Official restaurant website and first-party menu, reservation, contact, and experience pages; official destination listing used only where noted.
- Confidence
- moderate_first_party
- Freshness
- CURRENT_AS_RETRIEVED
- Likely to change
- Availability, menu, price, hours, dietary feasibility, and reservation terms are volatile.
- What to verify next
- Reverify volatile hours, menus, prices, and booking mechanics within 14 days; confirm dietary and access at booking.