Not happy that we need to pay for bread ($5) whereas all Italian restaurants in downtown Victoria (Terrazo, Brio, Covo) offers complimentary bread with tapenade, butter or olive oil/vinagrette. If you want olive oil and vinagrette at Zambris, it is an additional $4. Total of $10 right of the bat for something that everywhere else is complimentary. This sets a negative mood to the whole evening, when you also consider that the list of appetizers is limited to: bread, olive oil, olives, ceasar salad, and burrata (served with seasonal vegetables, instead of prosciutto, like it is normally serve in Italian resraurants).
Zambri used to be one of the best restaurants in town with true appetizers list but in recent years, it has significantly lost at all levels, in terms of style as well as the quality of food served.

We had our wedding reception dinner here and it did not disappoint. Authentic Italian cuisine was outstanding (especially the mushrooms and polenta). Service was great. Wines were a nice change from the everyday. All our guests had a great time.

We visited this Italian restaurant in July and found the food to be quite tasty and plentiful. Our favourites include the Lasagna,
Tagliatelle and Orecchiette. While it may not be Victoria's best Italian restaurant (people prefer Il Terrazo), it does occupy a nice location and offers a comfortable atmosphere.

The Cesare salad is the perfect size for two people to share and the croutons melt in your mouth. Pizza lovers will enjoy the many options, along with the capability to add items. While the menu is a bit confusing, it does list one beer in a bottle, and you have to guess that the other options are actually on draught. You can get wine by the bottle (over priced, as you'd expect) or by the glass. There should be more options in the $28-35 range. They do not offer half-litre flasks, which many other Victoria restaurants now do. If you wish to have bread and oil/vinegar, you're looking at around a 9.00 charge (Terrazo and Il Covo include it at no extra charge).

All in all, it's a good restaurant. And we'd like to attend more often if they'd make some necessary changes. Two thumbs up for offering bookings through Open Table.

The food was very good and the service was excellent. We had the Burrata appetizer and pasta dishes. Nice choice of wine.

Sadly, it looks like Zambri's is one of many prioritizing the COVID-inspired trend toward take out, to the detriment of those who want the whole dine in experience. Three of us made a reservation for 6 p.m. on a Wednesday night. The app made it very clear that we were only entitled to the table for an hour and 45 minutes. Given that we planned to see a movie right across the street at 8:10 p.m. we figured this was not an issue. We ordered fairly promptly, received our appetizers in a reasonable time frame, and then .... sat. And sat. We enjoyed ourselves with good conversation and a second glass of wine ... but by 7:45 p.m. we were still waiting for our main courses and started to get anxious. Once we started watching, it became immediately obvious that there was a constant stream of people picking up take out orders. The kitchen was cranking out food incredibly quickly ... just not ours. Unfortunately we have recently had this experience at two other restaurants (not in Victoria) that style themselves as "high end dining experiences" with high end prices to match. It seems that the COVID-inspired trend toward take out isn't slowing. Many restaurants have found it to be more lucrative than dine-in experiences ... and sadly, Zambri's prioritized the easy buck over us last night. The food was good (not excellent); the music far too bass heavy for a restaurant; the atrium lacking in ambience; the service attentive but either oblivious to or unconcerned by our extended wait. As a result, we won't make it a priority to try our luck again any time soon. Lots of other better restaurants in Victoria who place more value on those who dine in.