Even with reservations, check when you need to be there. It's a different company that runs the one you'll be on and the one out of Tsawwassen, but we learned from people waiting on the broken down ferry that reservations aren't necessarily going to be honored if the lot is filling up.

You may be going to the Japanese Village restaurant which I think is widely regarded as one of the best, if not the best, Japanese restaurant in Victoria. I'd have to agree with that.