Accommodations
Preferred rate rooms have been arranged at a couple of local hotels. Both hotels are on the #5 Fairview bus route to VIU.
- The Best Western Dorchester Hotel
Group Name: VIU Mathematics
Hotel(Direct): 250-754-6835
Toll Free(Resv): 1.800.661.2449
Email: info@dorchesternanaimo.com
30 rooms at $119/nt valid for bookings made prior to April 13
Free parking - Coast Bastion Hotel
Group Code: CBI-GFC13935
Toll Free: 1.800.663.1144
web reserve
20 rooms at $133/nt valid for bookings made prior to April 11
Self parking: $8.50/24 hrs
More modest on-site accommodation is available at the student residences for $42/nt. Visit Conference and Event Services
.Restaurants
Dining Around Town
There are a number of popular restaurants in the area if you wish to dine out. Some recommendations by local residents (all downtown):
- Zougla Restaurant
- New York Style Pizza & Pasta
- Trollers Fish & Chips
- Beefeater's Seaside Bar & Grill
- The Lighthouse Bistro
- Asteras Greek Taverna (location for the Greek Dinner Wed May 13)
- La Stella Trattoria (Italian, wood fired pizza, reservations recommended)
- Modern Cafe
- Pho A Dong (Vietnamese)
- Zalathai Thai Retaurant
- Sukkho Thai
- Nest Bistro (reservations recommended)
- Gina's (Mexican)
- Fibber Magee's Station (pub food)
- Mrs. Riches
- Fire House Grill (sushi and other stuff)
- Fox and Hounds (pub food)
Lunch on Meeting Days
There are a number of options for lunch on Tue May 12:
- Main Cafeteria (Building 300)
- Lower Cafeteria (Building 185)
- Subway Restaurant on campus (Building 165)
- University Village Mall (530 Fifth Street) - Subway, Lee's Chicken, Ai Sushi, Starbucks, Quality Foods grocery store with a sandwich counter
Recall that lunch on Wed May 13 will be hosted by VIU in Building 300 Room 401.