The Top 100 Places to Eat Near D6
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Elizabeth Blau - Blau + Associates
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Steakhouses
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- Golden Owl Awards 2024 · Nominee · Nightclub of the Year
- Golden Owl Awards 2024 · Runner Up · Best Hotel Lounge Experience
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Elizabeth Blau - Blau + Associates
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Rank 3. Okeya Kyujiro
Omakase Japanese
Omakase with a Michelin star and a genuine sense of theater, and not in a cheesy way. The curtain literally drops at the stroke of your seating time, hosts arrive in traditional dress, and somewhere between the live music and the Buddhist chanting you'll realize this is unlike any Japanese dinner you've had. The fish flies in from Japan, the courses keep coming, and the room feels like a secret ritual. Dress up.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Upscale
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Rank 4. Elisa
Steakhouse
Yaletown's most serious steakhouse does something most don't: it butchers its own meat next door, which tells you everything about how this place operates. The open-fire kitchen runs like quiet theatre, and the room pulls in the kind of crowd that orders wagyu without blinking. BC local cuts, US Prime, and Japanese wagyu all get the same careful treatment. One of the World's Best Steak Restaurants, and it earns it.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- World's 101 Best #32 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Restaurant Awards: Premier Crew · Hanna Flodström
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Rank 5. Kissa Tanto
Fusion
Upstairs in a Chinatown building that gives nothing away from the street, this Michelin-starred fine dining room does Japanese-Italian fusion in a way that actually makes sense. The moody rose-hued banquettes and low lighting draw a well-dressed crowd who came to linger. The kitchen blends miso and pasta and Pacific seafood without forcing it, and the drinks list matches cult Japanese whiskies against Italian amari like it was always obvious.
- Air Canada 2016 · #1 · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #15 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 6. St. Lawrence
Québécois French
St. Lawrence is a Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant in a cozy, jewel-box room where the cooking is rooted in Québécois French tradition but keeps reinventing itself with seasonal themed menus. Think elevated sugar shack, then classic French bourgeois cooking, then something else entirely. The crowd leans date-night and special-occasion, everyone a little dressed up and leaning in. The foie gras éclair alone is worth the trip.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best French Cuisine Restaurant
- Air Canada 2018 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 7. Bacchus
European-inspired New American
Tucked inside the Wedgewood Hotel, Bacchus is the kind of hotel restaurant that actually earns its keep, all chandeliers, marble, and grand piano, with European-leaning food to match the room. The crowd skews toward anniversary dinners and business meals where someone else is paying. The kitchen turns out the sort of polished, classic cooking that feels genuinely indulgent rather than just expensive. Dress like you mean it.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #67 · Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 8. Homer St. Cafe
Contemporary American
A neighborhood bistro in Yaletown that pulls off the neat trick of feeling both trendy and genuinely comfortable, which is harder than it sounds. The rotisserie chicken is the reason to come, brined overnight until the meat is impossibly tender under crackling skin. The room is lively and a little quirky, full of locals who come often enough that ordering feels automatic. Grab a spot on the patio if the weather cooperates.
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Canada
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Restaurant Awards: Premier Crew · Nick Bertoia
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 9. Boulevard
Seafood
Fine dining at its most confident, Boulevard is the kind of place where special occasions actually feel special without any of the stuffiness. Roger Ma is genuinely one of the best chefs in the city, and the room earns its price tag, all marble bars, leather booths, and low romantic lighting. Dress up a little, order the oysters, and settle in with the kind of crowd that booked this table three weeks ago.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #59 · Best Restaurants
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Restaurant Awards: Pastry Chef of the Year · Kenta Takahashi of Boulevard
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Rank 10. Chambar
Belgian
- VineRoutes 2025 · Award of Distinction · Restaurant Awards
- Golden Owl Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Brunch Experience
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Vancouver
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Rank 12. Elem
Contemporary
Elem is a proper fine-dining room on Main Street where the food pulls from South Asian, Middle Eastern, and European traditions all at once, and somehow it holds together beautifully. The chef has a real point of view, the pastas are quietly excellent, and the cocktail program does something clever with zero-waste ingredients. The crowd skews date-night and special-occasion, dressed up just enough. Vancouver Magazine named it Best New Restaurant, which tracks.
- Air Canada 2025 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #80 · Best Restaurants
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Restaurant Awards: Premier Crew · Hassib Sarwari
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Rank 13. Dovetail
California-Inspired
- Air Canada 2024 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Golden Owl Awards 2024 · Winner · New Venue of the Year
- Golden Owl Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Cocktail Experience
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Rank 14. Blue Water Cafe
Seafood
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Seafood
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Seafood
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Rank 15. Hawksworth
Contemporary
Fine dining inside the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, from a chef Vancouver is genuinely proud of. The room earns it: a chandelier overhead, a dramatic wine wall, and a crowd dressed like they had somewhere to be before this and somewhere better to be after. The bar is worth a stop on its own if you want to ease in. The food is refined without being fussy, which is harder to pull off than it looks.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Fine Dining Hotel Restaurant
- Air Canada 2011 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 16. Kavita
Modern Indian
Kavita is a modern Indian restaurant near Olympic Village that earned multiple nods from Vancouver Magazine before most people even knew it existed. The kitchen grinds whole spices in-house and builds dishes around foraged and hyper-local ingredients, so it reads less like fusion and more like B.C. seen through a completely different lens. The room is beautiful, the cocktails are serious, and the crowd looks like they made the reservation weeks ago.
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #96 · Best Restaurants
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best New Restaurant
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Indian
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Rank 17. Sushi Hyun
Omakase Sushi
Sushi Hyun is a Michelin-starred omakase counter where the formality of the ritual somehow gives way to something that feels like a really good dinner party. The hinoki wood counter is ancient and immaculate, the seafood is sourced with near-obsessive care, and the chef's infectious enthusiasm makes the whole thing feel personal rather than ceremonial. Waits for a reservation are long, but the room is small enough that every piece of food gets real attention.
- Air Canada 2025 · Best Design · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Air Canada 2025 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
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A Forbes Five-Star hotel in downtown Vancouver, one block from the waterfront, and genuinely worth the splurge. The Fairmont Pacific Rim pulls off that west coast meets Pacific Rim thing without it feeling like an airport lounge, and the art, the restaurants, and the bar scene draw actual locals, which is always a good sign. The crowd skews well-dressed and cosmopolitan, the kind of people who pack lightly but tip well.
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Five Star
- Michelin Guide Selected Hotels
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Restaurant Awards: Pastry Chef of the Year · Kate Siegel
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Rank 19. Le Crocodile
French
Rob Feenie is back, and Le Crocodile, a white-tablecloth French institution that's been around for decades, is suddenly the most exciting room in Vancouver. Feenie refreshed rather than reinvented: the classics stayed, the sauces got lighter, and subtle Asian touches crept in without anyone making a big deal about it. The crowd is old-money regulars plus everyone who missed Feenie's cooking and isn't pretending otherwise.
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #26 · Best Restaurants
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Restaurant Awards: Hall of Fame · Michel Jacob
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best New
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Rank 20. L’Abattoir
West Coast French
Fine dining in Gastown, tucked beside something literally called Blood Alley, which sounds alarming until you walk in and the room wins you over immediately. The team applies French technique to whatever's best and local, and the result is the kind of cooking that makes you order dessert without being asked. Grab the bar seats if you didn't book; the kitchen view is half the show. First-daters and serious food people split the room pretty evenly.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Air Canada 2011 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Restaurant Awards: Chef of the Year · Lee Cooper of L’Abattoir
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Rank 21. Moltaqa
Moroccan
Moltaqa is a cozy Moroccan restaurant in Yaletown where the whole evening feels like an occasion, not just dinner. The room is dressed in brassware, geometric rugs, and velvet, with sandalwood incense in the air and belly dancing on weekends. The cooking is deeply spiced but never heavy-handed, and the flambéed dishes arrive tableside with enough drama to make everyone look up from their phones.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best African and Diaspora
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best African and Diaspora
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Rank 22. Sumibiyaki Arashi
Yakitori Japanese
Fourteen seats, one chef, a glowing charcoal grill, and a Michelin star earned faster than most places find their footing. Sumibiyaki Arashi is a yakitori omakase counter where chicken, in every imaginable cut, is treated with the kind of reverence usually reserved for much fancier proteins. The room is calm and close, the crowd leans in over the Douglas fir counter looking very much like people who planned this dinner months ago, because they did.
- Canada's 100 Best 2025 · #1 · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Air Canada 2025 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 23. Barbara
Contemporary
Barbara is a Michelin-starred counter-dining experience where the open kitchen is basically dinner theater, and the chef is the whole show. You sit at the L-shaped bar, watch the team work, and eat seriously precise food that somehow still feels alive and spontaneous. Everything is local and sustainable, but the chef doesn't lecture you about it. The crowd leans date-night and occasion-dinner, everyone quietly impressed but too busy eating to say much.
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The Peking duck here comes from a name that's been around forever in Beijing, and this Vancouver outpost just earned a Michelin star, so yeah, the duck lives up to it. It's a proper fine dining room, all gold accents and modern drama, the kind of place where people dress up and mean it. Beyond the bird, the menu goes deep into classic Chinese luxury. Go hungry and go with people who like to share.
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · World's Best Chinese Cuisine Restaurant
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Chinese Restaurant Awards 2025 · #15 · Elite 30 Canada
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Rank 25. Sushi Masuda
Sushi
A Michelin-starred omakase hiding behind a print shop inside someone else's restaurant, which tells you everything about how seriously this place takes its own hype. Six seats, a spare counter, and a chef whose Tokyo training shows in every quiet, precise move. His wife runs hospitality with genuine warmth, and the nigiri alone justifies the trip. The crowd is small by design, dressed like they did their homework.
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Rank 26. Botanist
West Coast New American
Perched inside the Fairmont Pacific Rim, Botanist is the kind of upscale restaurant where people actually dress up and mean it, sneakers included. The kitchen leans hard into Pacific Northwest ingredients, wild seafood and Fraser Valley produce, handled with real care. The bar is its own destination, with a cocktail program so theatrically nature-obsessed it comes with edible clouds. A Michelin pick, and worth every bit of the occasion it demands.
- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 2 Pins
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Hotel Bar
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Rank 27. Burdock & Co
Farm-to-table New American
A Michelin-starred tasting menu spot on Main Street where the farm-to-table thing is done with actual conviction, not just a chalkboard. The chef rotates themes around what's genuinely in season, so the menu in October looks nothing like June. It's a cozy, rustic room full of people who booked weeks out and feel quietly smug about it. The non-alcoholic pairings are genuinely worth considering, which is not something you usually hear.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Air Canada 2013 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #33 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 28. Chinatown BBQ
Barbecue
Chinatown BBQ is exactly what it sounds like, and that's the whole point. This no-frills Chinatown BBQ spot has been feeding regulars who know the menu by heart, and the lacquered meats hanging in the window are all the signage you need. Grab the barbecue pork to go, or settle in for the lazy-Susan situation with a table of friends. Either way, you're winning.
- Chinese Restaurant Awards 2025 · #28 · Elite 30 Canada
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Restaurant Awards: Premier Crew · Jason Ye
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Casual
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Rank 29. Miku
Japanese
Miku is the waterfront Japanese fine dining spot that actually earns its view instead of hiding behind it. The kitchen does something clever, weaving French and Italian touches into Japanese cooking, and the seafood is genuinely exceptional. Sustainability matters here, so you can feel slightly virtuous between bites. The crowd is a mix of business lunches and couples who dressed up, all quietly impressed they didn't have to mortgage anything.
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Fine Dining Experience
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Vancouver
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Rank 30. Nightingale
Wood-fired Pizza
Nightingale is a stylish downtown room that somehow makes a big, buzzy restaurant feel genuinely relaxed. It's the casual offshoot of a legendary chef's flagship, and the farm-to-table menu built around a wood-fired oven delivers beautifully blistered Neapolitan-style pizzas alongside shareable plates that change with the season. Business lunchers pack it at noon; friends catching up fill it by night. Everything here just works.
- Air Canada 2016 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Restaurant Awards: Sommelier of the Year · Chris Rielly
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Informal Contemporary
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Rank 31. Ophelía
Mexican
Ophelía brings real pan-regional Mexican cooking to Olympic Village, the kind rooted in family recipes rather than fusion trends. The room is loud, colorful, and always packed with the kind of crowd that made a reservation weeks ago, which you should also do. The margarita list will keep you busy at the bar if you didn't. When you sit down, skip nothing, because the mole alone justifies the trip.
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Rank 32. Phnom Penh
Vietnamese
Phnom Penh is a Chinatown institution that's been pulling long lines since before you were probably born, and those lines are entirely justified. It's a casual, family-run room serving Vietnamese and Cambodian food to a crowd that spans regulars who've memorized the menu and first-timers who panic at nearly 100 options. Don't panic: the salt-and-pepper chicken wings are non-negotiable, and the thinly sliced beef in pineapple fish sauce is the kind of thing you'll think about later. It earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and it shows.
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Rank 33. PiDGiN
Contemporary
PiDGiN is a fine dining spot in Gastown where the kitchen seems to genuinely enjoy messing with your expectations, and the results are hard to argue with. The room is city-cool without trying too hard, full of people who picked their outfit on purpose. Go à la carte or commit to the tasting menu, and let the chef do weird, wonderful things with flavors that have no business working as well as they do.
- Air Canada 2013 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Vancouver
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Rank 34. Bao Bei
Chinese
Bao Bei is a Chinese brasserie on the edge of old Chinatown that treats the cuisine as a starting point rather than a rulebook. The cooking is inventive and genuinely fun, with classic flavors pulled in unexpected directions without feeling gimmicky. It draws a cool, unhurried crowd who look like they discovered it before you did. The menu is the kind where you keep ordering one more thing, which is exactly the trap you should fall into.
- Air Canada 2010 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Vancouver
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Rank 35. Chang ‘An
Shaanxi Chinese
Shaanxi cooking with a waterfront view and a flair for the dramatic. The move here is the Peking duck, which you have to pre-order by phone, then watch arrive tableside in a blaze of flambéed rum, carved with full ceremony before the leftovers get a second act as soup or a peppery stir-fry. It's a whole production. If you forget to call ahead, the hand-pulled biang biang noodles and roast lamb will keep you busy enough.
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Rank 36. Fanny Bay Oyster Bar
Seafood
If you're serious about oysters, this is your spot. Fanny Bay is a seafood bar and market near the stadium district that sources from its own shellfish farms, so the raw bar is the real reason to show up. The crowd leans local and loud on game days, quieter and equally happy the rest of the time. Grab a stool, order a round of whatever's freshly shucked, and don't overthink it.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Seafood
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Rank 37. Seaport City Seafood
Chinese
Upstairs from Cambie Street sits one of Vancouver's nicer dim sum rooms, all white tablecloths, chandeliers, and fish tanks that make the seafood selection feel less like a menu and more like a live audition. The Bib Gourmand crowd here leans well-dressed and knows what they're doing, so follow their lead and stick to the dim sum, which is traditional but sharper than most.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best New
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Bronze Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Chinese
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Rank 38. Maxine's
European
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Restaurant Awards: Premier Crew · Nick Bertoia
- Golden Owl Awards 2024 · Winner · Best Brunch Experience
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Vancouver
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Rank 39. Five Sails
Pacific-Northwestern
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Rank 40. Chupito
Mexican
Chupito is a covered outdoor taqueria on Yukon Street that feels like a find, the kind of spot you'd text a friend about before you'd even finished eating. The Mexican food is a step above your usual taco run, and the cocktails are genuinely worth ordering. The crowd tends toward people who eat out a lot and act casual about it. Show up, grab a mezcal drink, and let the night take care of itself.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Canada
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Restaurant Awards: Bartender of the Year · Tara Davies
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- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Vancouver
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Editors’ Choice · Restaurant Awards: Best Patios
- Golden Owl Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Patio Experience
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Rank 42. Ask For Luigi
Pasta Italian
A tiny pasta spot on Alexander that's been around for years and still has people lining up, which tells you everything. The room holds maybe 30 people and feels more like a cozy cabin than a restaurant, so expect to be cozy with strangers. The portions are absurdly generous for the size of the place, and the pasta is genuinely the reason to come. Start with an aperitivo, share everything, and don't be a hero with the meatballs.
- Air Canada 2014 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Vancouver
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Tucked inside the Fairmont Pacific Rim, this hotel lounge punches well above its minibar. The marble bar, fireplace, and nightly live music make it feel genuinely glamorous rather than just expensive, and the sushi and raw bar snacks give you a real reason to linger beyond a nightcap. The crowd skews hotel guests in good coats and locals who know a well-designed room when they see one.
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 44. ¿CóMO? Taperia
Spanish
A genuinely convivial Spanish tapas bar on East Seventh that feels lifted straight from a side street in Madrid, if that side street had a serious conservas selection and rare Spanish wines you've never heard of. It's perpetually packed with neighborhood regulars who know the server by name, so show up early or be patient. The daily specials are where the kitchen quietly shows off, pairing classic Spanish flavors with local ingredients.
- Air Canada 2019 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Vancouver
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Rank 45. Mott 32
Chinese
- Chinese Restaurant Awards 2025 · Top 50 Honourees · Elite 30 Canada
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Upscale
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Chinese
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Rank 46. Per Se Social Corner
Italian
A low-key Italian corner spot that works both ways: quick bites and a glass of wine on a Tuesday, or a proper sit-down pasta night when you're actually hungry. The menu casts a wide net and mostly lands, the booths are cozy, and the staff aren't trying to make you feel like a tourist. The crowd is relaxed Yaletown locals who know their way around the menu and aren't in any hurry to leave.
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Rank 47. Torafuku
Japanese
Torafuku is a sleek, concrete-heavy spot near Chinatown where the kitchen blends Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese flavors with the occasional European curveball, and somehow it works. Dinner is when things get interesting, with bolder, more creative plates that feel genuinely thought through. Lunch is more relaxed, built around rice bowls. The open kitchen is basically the main event, and the communal table draws the kind of crowd that likes to make friends over food.
- Air Canada 2016 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Informal Contemporary
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Rank 48. The Mackenzie Room
Contemporary
Tucked into a neighbourhood that isn't exactly drowning in great restaurants, The Mackenzie Room punches well above its weight as a casual fine dining spot with serious culinary ambition. The seasonal tasting menu shifts with your group size and whatever the kitchen feels like doing, which keeps things interesting. The crowd skews creative-class, the vibe is relaxed, and yes, the dish names are puns. Start with a cocktail anyway.
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Rank 49. Chef's Choice
Cantonese Chinese
This Cantonese restaurant on Broadway is doing things you genuinely won't find anywhere else in the city. The kitchen specialties section reads like a dare, with things like crispy duck tongues and kidneys showing up alongside soul-settling congee and soup dumplings that actually deliver. The room is handsome without trying too hard, and the crowd knows exactly what they're doing when they order.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Vancouver
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Upscale Chinese
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Rank 50. Café Medina
Mediterranean
There's always a line outside Café Medina, and locals join it anyway. It's a lively, casual brunch spot doing Mediterranean-leaning egg dishes and Belgian waffles to a crowd of regulars who've clearly been here before. The room buzzes from the moment doors open, and the staff will sometimes pass out small waffles to the queue, which is either charming or cruel depending on how hungry you are.
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Rank 51. June
Bistro French
This French bistro on Cambie has become one of those rooms where everyone looks slightly better than they probably deserve, thanks to a sultry red interior and food that commits fully to the idea of comfort as an art form. The cocktail list is genuinely worth the trip on its own. The crowd skews date-night and industry, the kind of people who order another round before the first one's done.
- 50 Best 2026 · #17 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Canada's 100 Best 2025 · #4 · Best New Restaurants
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best New International Cocktail Bar – Canada
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Rank 52. Song
Thai
Song pulls off the tricky balance of feeling like a neighbourhood hangout while serving Thai food complex enough to earn a Michelin Bib Gourmand. The room fills with groups who came for a casual Tuesday and ended up staying for one more round. The green curry beef shank is the kind of dish people talk about on the way home, and the pomelo salad is genuinely hard to stop eating.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Thai
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Thai
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Rank 53. Vij’s
Indian
Vij's has been making the case that Indian food belongs in the fine-dining conversation long before that was a common take, and it holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand to prove the point. The room feels warm and unhurried, full of couples and curious regulars who trust the kitchen completely. The cocktail list pairs surprisingly well with the bold, fragrant cooking, and the vegetarian options are genuinely worth ordering even if you eat meat.
- Air Canada 2013 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Vancouver
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Rank 54. Acquafarina
Italian
Acquafarina is a downtown fine-dining Italian that started life as a pizzeria, and you can still see the big wood-burning ovens looming over the room like a reminder of what could have been. The ceilings are high, the servers are friendly rather than fussy, and the kitchen does its best work with deceptively simple food. The enclosed patio hits a sweet spot between a proper night out and actually relaxing. You can still order pizza at lunch.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Upscale Italian
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Rank 55. Din Tai Fung
Taiwanese Chinese
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Rank 56. AnnaLena
New American
A Michelin-starred tasting menu spot steps from Kitsilano Beach, AnnaLena feels nothing like the white-tablecloth temples you'd expect at this level. The room runs moody navy with Lego sculptures and Star Wars memorabilia, which somehow works perfectly. The chef's cooking is inventive and rooted in B.C. ingredients, the wine list is genuinely exciting, and the service remembers your name. Dessert arrives on a shoe. Just go with it.
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Rank 57. Straight Brooklyn Pizza
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 58. Dante Italian Sandwich
Italian
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Rank 59. Dosanko
Yoshoku-Style Japanese
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Restaurant Awards: Premier Crew · Akiyo Lowey
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Vancouver
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Japanese
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Rank 60. A.BENTO
Taiwanese Chinese
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Rank 61. Sushi Jin
Sushi
Six seats at the bar, two small tables, and absolutely no signage worth trusting. Sushi Jin is a proper omakase spot where the regulars walk in looking smug for good reason. The chef brings a distinct personality to traditional Japanese, and every course earns its place on the counter. Wear something nice but don't overthink it, and go hungry because this is the kind of meal you'll be talking about on the drive home.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Upscale Japanese
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Rank 62. Published on Main
Contemporary New American
Published on Main has a Michelin star and a spot on Canada's 100 Best, and it earns both without trying to impress you. It's a fine dining tasting menu spot on Main Street where the chef pulls from Nordic fermentation traditions, West Coast ingredients, and a Manitoban upbringing, somehow making all three feel inevitable together. The room is bright and plant-filled, and the crowd skews curious rather than stuffy. Bar seats and à la carte are available if commitment issues are a concern.
- 50 Best #17 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Canada
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Rank 63. Elio Volpe
Coastal Italian
A Cambie Village osteria from the team behind Savio Volpe and Pepino's, so expectations were already sky-high when it opened, and it somehow cleared them anyway. The wood-fired pizzas alone are worth the trip, and the pasta is the kind of thing that makes Vancouver food people embarrassingly enthusiastic. The crowd is neighborhood regulars plus anyone who heard the buzz, all packed around a bar that makes eating solo feel like a great decision.
- Air Canada 2024 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Restaurant Awards: Bartender and Sommelier of the Year
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best New
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Rank 64. Bar Gobo
Natural Wine Bar
A tiny, no-frills natural wine bar on Union Street that turns out to be quietly impressive once you're inside. The pours are all from the kind of producers wine people get weirdly excited about, but the staff keeps things genuinely welcoming rather than precious. The real twist is the cooking, a tight prix fixe coming out of a kitchenette barely bigger than a closet, with real technique and local, seasonal ingredients. Bring someone you like talking to.
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Rank 65. Giardino
Tuscan Italian
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Restaurant Awards: Premier Crew · Bobby Copiak
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Restaurant Awards: Hall of Fame · Umberto Menghi
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Italian
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Rank 66. Fat Mao
Thai Noodles
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Casual
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Casual
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Casual
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Rank 67. Ban Bu Xian
Sichuan Chinese
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Rank 69. Gary's
Rustic French
Gary's is the kind of French-ish neighborhood spot that makes you wish you lived around the corner. It's casual and genuinely warm, with rustic cooking that leans into French country comfort, the sort of hearty, unfussy food you want on a rainy Vancouver night. The room fills with locals who clearly come back often, and the Michelin Bib Gourmand means the kitchen punches well above the price. Don't skip dessert.
- Air Canada 2024 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Bronze Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best New
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Argo Cafe is the neighbourhood diner that Vancouver keeps trying to invent and mostly fails at. The food here actually lands, from duck confit pancakes to fried chicken and waffles to soups that taste like someone had the patience to let them cook. The crowd is regulars who treat the servers like family, and the vibe is the kind of casual where "just a quick coffee" somehow turns into your whole afternoon.
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Rank 71. Bacaro
Venetian Italian
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Rank 72. Fat Mao
Thai-Style Noodles
Fat Mao is a noodle shop in Chinatown that takes being casual more seriously than most places take fine dining. The Thai-inspired bowls are deeply flavored and warming, the kind that make you wish you'd ordered a backup. The room draws a laid-back crowd who clearly know their way around a noodle, and the vibe is exactly what you want when you need a great meal without any of the ceremony.
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Casual
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Casual
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Rank 73. Suyo
Modern Peruvian
Suyo is a modern Peruvian fine dining spot on Main Street that somehow pulls off lush and gorgeous without feeling the least bit stuffy. The room is full of tall plants, warm lighting, and couples on dates who did their research. The cocktail program is genuinely one of the city's best, and the food, bright ceviches through to rich duck rice, keeps you there well past the last sip. Book ahead or gamble on a bar seat.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Air Canada 2023 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Canada
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Rank 74. Riley's Fish & Steak
Steakhouse
A polished steakhouse and seafood spot right on the downtown waterfront, where the views do a lot of the heavy lifting and the kitchen backs them up. The crowd skews high-roller and tourist, but the staff keeps things warm enough that you won't feel like a number. Dishes that sound familiar somehow taste sharper than expected. Dress up a little, order confidently, and try not to let the view distract you mid-bite.
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Rank 75. Carlino
Northern Italian
Tucked onto a terrace inside the Shangri-La, Carlino is an elegant Northern Italian restaurant that feels like a genuinely good secret. The kitchen draws from the Friuli region, where Italian cooking picks up Slavic and Germanic edges, so the food is refined but never fussy. Freshly made pasta is the move, and the "fai tu" dinner option hands the whole meal over to the chef, which is honestly a relief. The crowd dresses like they mean it.
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Rank 76. H Tasting Lounge
Vancouver
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
- VineRoutes 2025 · Vine Award Winners · Restaurant Awards
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
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Rank 77. The 515 bar
European
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Rank 78. Nook
Italian
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Chain
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Chain
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Chain
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Rank 79. Japadog
Japanese
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Rank 82. El Gato Gab Gab
Mexican
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Vancouver
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Bronze Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Latin American
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- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Editors’ Choice · Restaurant Awards: Best Wine Bars
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Vancouver
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Rank 84. Anh and Chi
Vietnamese
A Vietnamese restaurant in a genuinely cool room, where a brother-and-sister team turned their parents' old spot into something their own generation actually wants to eat in. The midcentury furniture is sharp, the neon above the bar has been around forever, and the food is the kind of honest, flavor-forward cooking that earns a Michelin Bib Gourmand. The crowd skews young and curious, the kind who actually read the menu before ordering.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Vancouver
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Vancouver
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Rank 85. Sashimiya
Sushi
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Rank 86. Zoomak
Modern Korean
Zoomak calls itself a modern Korean tavern, which technically undersells it since the cooking here is sharper than "tavern food" implies. Fried chicken, pork belly, kimchi so good they warm it over tofu and somehow make it the move, it all lands better than it has any right to. The crowd is relaxed, the service actually pays attention, and the price point won't require a conversation with your bank. A genuinely fun room that earns its Vancouver Magazine gold.
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Korean
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Korean
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Korean
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Rank 87. Tasty Indian Bistro
Indian
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Bronze Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Indian
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Indian
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Indian
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- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Restaurant Awards: Premier Crew · Nick Bertoia
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best French
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Rank 89. Sushi Hil
Sushi
Vancouver takes its sushi seriously, and Sushi Hil is the place locals point to when they want to prove it. It's a small, bright sushi counter on Main Street, less wallet-crushing than the city's omakase temples but just as dialed-in on quality. The room fills with people who know what they're doing, seated at the bar watching the chef work. Grab a counter stool and let the fish do the talking.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Restaurant Awards: Premier Crew · Moon Hu
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Japanese
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- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Editors’ Choice · Restaurant Awards: Best After-Work Hang
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Chain
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Bronze Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Chain
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Rank 94. Good Thief
Vietnamese
Pull back the velvet curtain and you're in a moody Vietnamese cocktail bar where the drinks taste like someone ran a bowl of phở through a liquor cabinet, and somehow it works. Good Thief holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and earns it, with small plates built for sharing and cocktails sharp enough that the spirit-free versions still hold their own. The crowd leans young, loud, and happily committed to staying late.
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #44 · Best Bars
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best New International Cocktail Bar – Canada
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Rank 95. Casa Molina
Spanish
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best New
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Editor’s Choice · Restaurant Awards: Best Date Night
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Mediterranean
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Rank 96. Farmer's Apprentice
Contemporary
A Bib Gourmand-winning neighborhood spot on 6th that punches well above its size. The menu is inventive without being precious, built around local produce and the kind of flavor combinations that make you stop mid-bite. On weekends it flips to a Filipino-inspired barbecue lunch that regulars quietly plan their week around. The room is small and rustic, packed with the sort of people who actually live in the neighborhood and eat here way too often.
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Rank 97. Oku Izakaya
Izakaya Japanese
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Japanese
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Japanese
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Rank 98. Monarca
Regional Mexican
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Latin American
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Latin American
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- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Editors’ Choice · Restaurant Awards: Best After-Work Hang
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Chain
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Bronze Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Chain
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- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Bronze Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Latin American
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Latin American