Dunlop House Restaurant
Camosun is proud to have Dunlop House as part of its Lansdowne Campus.
Designed by famed Victoria architect Samuel Maclure, this home was built in 1928 for the Dunlop family. Businessman James Lyle Dunlop, his wife Annie and son George had moved to Victoria from Winnipeg in 1920.
The original floor plan remains largely unchanged. As you enter the house, the room on your left was the drawing room with the adjoining sun room. The room to the right of the entry hall was the dining room and evidently has known many dinner parties through the years. The carved wooden mantle over the fireplace was a gift of the architect. Samuel Maclure thought that Dunlop House might be the last home he would design and wanted the fireplace to be a remembrance. North of the dining room were the original kitchen and pantry and they are still being used for that purpose (albeit the Dunlop family had neither a dishwasher nor a microwave oven.) The main floor also included a den and a maid’s room.
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Lunch Menu, Wine List
Dinner Menu, Wine List
Dunlop House has two floors and a basement. Originally the second floor comprised five bedrooms. They have since been converted to office space for seven faculty members and support staff. The basement formerly had a playroom, laundry facilities and a garage but it is now used mainly for storage.
The ten acres of land on which Dunlop House stands had at one time been owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company. By 1957 the house and the property had been sold to the government for use by the Victoria Normal School.
Dunlop House is the best kept secret on campus.
Did you know that apart from the student Pub, the 2nd year Hospitality Management students run the Dunlop House Restaurant?
Open every Wednesdays for lunch (11am - 1:30pm) and dinner (5:30-7pm) from October through March, the restaurant features licensed bistro style dining utilizing award winning locally sourced, organic, and sustainable offerings, many in a variety of sizes, at affordable prices. Dates for Winter 2012:
- February 8, 15, 22, 29 (lunch and dinner)
- March 7, 14 (lunch and dinner)
- March 21, 28 (lunch and dinner)
Reservations are recommended. For reservations or information please call: 250 370-3144
