Artisan Donuts & Local Flavors: Victoria's Sweetest Adventure

Overview

Available languages

English

2 hours

Mobile ticket

Our tour starts at a quintessentially Victoria donut shop, Empire Donuts, in the heart of downtown. Empire is known for its unique donuts in an intergalactic 50’s diner style shop. From there, we walk a short distance to a beloved coffee and donut spot in Victoria, passing some of the best restaurant locations (according to our guides!) along the way. Next, we will make our way down to Government Street, taking in the inner harbour which includes the Empress hotel and parliament buildings. As we weave our way back into downtown, we will eventually hit our third donut spot, a local ma and pop shop for delightful donuts. Finally, we will walk towards Chinatown and end at Friend and Family Bake in Fantan Alley. This bakery has numerous Filipino treats, including donuts, and if we are lucky, we can see these delicious treats being made. We can’t wait to show you this wonderful city in all its donut glory! We hope to see you soon!

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Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Not recommended for travelers with severe mobility issues

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Donuts

Gratuities

What To Expect

Our donut adventure begins here.

15 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

We stop here for some quick refreshments. Let us know what you'd like.

15 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Options

Artisan Donuts & Local Flavors: Victoria's Sweetest Adventure

Reviews

4.96

69 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

10/10 recommend!
Dawn L,
Oct 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Cait Irwin was fabulous -- as were the donuts! We learned so much about Victoria in the most delicious way! 10/10 recommend.
Tasty Tour
sommerhalderRA,
Oct 12, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Found this tasty tour only the day before going. It was a great way to see some of the sights while walking around downtown Victoria. With stops for sweet donuts and a few minutes rest at each place. Our guide Cait was super friendly and upbeat and knew so much about both Victoria and donuts. Her love for Victoria is very strong. My wife even enjoyed the tour and the donuts made it an adventure for her and memorable. We will look for more underground donut tours on other cities. We recommend you try.
Great way to see the city
D6165HNsabrinak,
Sep 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
My 7.5 year old daughter and I had a great time on our donut tour of Victoria. Our guide Cait did a great job of talking about the history of the places we were seeing and stopping at en route and there was a good variety of different kinds of donuts to try. It was one of my daughter's favourite experiences from our time there :)
Delicious way to learn about downtown Victoria
U4209GEkatrinac,
Sep 7, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Cait was a fun and engaging guide! Our group was pretty small so it was a really nice personal tour. The donuts were all wonderful! I couldn’t choose just one favourite, so here are pictures of 3/4 of our stops. Really happy that this tour exists because I am pregnant and am limited in the other types of food/drink tours possible right now.
Mmm donuts!
theaw921,
Aug 31, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Cait made this tour so wonderful!! Her storytelling was really great and she catered to the variety of audiences in our group so well. She did a great job of celebrating the diversity of the city and I learned so much as a first time traveller to Victoria!
Good variety and an interesting history on the town
U2862GBemmaa,
Aug 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
The trip is fine. Though you could just buy a range of donuts from the same shops at a lower cost, I wanted to gain a bit of knowledge about Victoria too. For me it was the right balance, I don't have a huge attention span for tours, and only take so much in, this was about right. Donuts wise- You get the option to ask for more of you are still hungry, the issue is that we naturally didn't ask for more as we wanted to have space for the last shop, where if we were still hungry we would then ask for more. Unfortunately, the last shop was the most unusual (Philippines) and though interesting tastes, we didn't want more of it.
Delicious pastries, amazing staff.
devinw636,
Aug 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
The Underground Doughnut Tour was such a fun and unique experience, including 4 stops for delicious doughnuts and a history of many different historic sites of Victoria. The tour guide, Fraser, made it even better—very knowledgeable, super friendly, and fun to spend that time with. I’d highly recommend this tour to anyone looking for a tasty, memorable way to see the city.
You had me at donuts!
krissS868TQ,
Jul 31, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Loved every second of our donut tour! Cait had great stories and shared a lot of knowledge about donuts and Victoria. Will definitely do this again!
mmmmmm … donuts
heatman80,
Jul 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Loved this tour. Great donuts and great tour. Cait was super knowledgeable and personable. Highly recommend. And we can’t wait to try some of the others.
If you like donuts this tour is for you!
sophiagX920AC,
Jul 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We were looking forward to this tour! And found out it would be a private one! Just our family. Fraser was our guide and she hit it out of the harbour! Great history telling and was knowledgeable of the downtown core! NOW the donuts were not “Timmies” but big, bold and very tasty. Super cool tour. Fraser is an underground asset! Alberta family!