The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Oddfish

Updated June 17, 2026

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  1. Rank 1. AnnaLena

    Contemporary

    Chef Mike Robbins's tasting menu evolves dish by dish, weaving seasonal B.C. ingredients with global accents and whimsical playfulness—oyster with foie gras, charcoal-cooked black cod in green curry. The relaxed room, dressed in nostalgic tchotchkes against navy walls, pairs refined cooking with Reverie Beall's adventurous wine list.

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  2. Rank 2. Oddfish

    Seafood

    Behind the scaffolding of a perpetually bustling Kitsilano corner sits an elevated-casual seafood spot where pasta vongole and ceviche draw locals and tourists alike. Staff in Hawaiian shirts work the beach-chic dining room, with a rotating catch-of-the-day sheet that keeps things constantly fresh.

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    1889 W 1st Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  3. Rank 3. Maenam

    Thai

    The kitchen at Maenam treats Thai fundamentals—tom yum, panang curry—as starting points for something more exacting, building dishes around pristine local fish and seasonal produce until familiar flavors achieve an almost unbearable clarity. The room is unpretentious, the plating modest, but every plate speaks to a chef who understands that restraint and precision matter more than flourish.

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    1938 W 4th Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  4. Rank 4. Fable Kitchen

    Contemporary

    Red brick and open kitchen define this Kitsilano cafe, where farm-sourced breakfasts arrive with architectural precision—eggs Benedict, challah French toast, golden rosti—and a crowd that hasn't thinned in over a decade. Dinner pivots to short rib and polenta, sustaining the same unfussy competence that makes a side of potatoes feel essential.

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    1944 W 4th Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  5. Rank 5. Dynasty

    Cantonese Chinese

    Dynasty Seafood trades in the theatrical confidence of live tanks and classical dim sum, where steamed dumplings and crab-and-fish-maw soup arrive with the precision of a well-oiled kitchen. Regulars who call ahead unlock off-menu specials that justify the pilgrimage to this elegant room.

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    108-777 W Broadway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  6. Rank 6. ELLIPSIS

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    1540 W 2nd Ave #205, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  7. Rank 7. Nook

    Italian

    Nook is a casual Italian spot where you can grab a bowl of housemade pasta and a glass of wine without ceremony or fuss. The kitchen keeps things straightforward—think seasonal vegetables, quality ingredients, and the kind of food that tastes like someone actually wants to feed you well.

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    1525 Yew St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  8. Rank 8. Octopus' Garden

    Japanese

    Octopus tentacles colonize every wall of this long-running sushi shop on Cornwall Avenue, where kitsch dissolves into genuine hospitality. The fish arrives supremely fresh—moist saba, snappy spot prawn—and the kitchen toys with tradition: tempura lobster nestled in avocado, jellyfish in garlic ponzu. A place that turns curious diners into regulars.

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    1995 Cornwall Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  9. Rank 9. Delara

    Modern Persian

    Chef Bardia Ilbeiggi's Persian cooking balances tartness, freshness, and warmth—a bowl of aush with barley and legumes could stand alone, yet the beef short rib's tangy depth demands attention. The dining room, suffused with natural light and local Iranian art, feels both calm and alive.

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    2272 W 4th Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  10. Rank 10. Unchai

    Thai

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    2351 Burrard St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  11. Rank 11. Chang ‘An

    Shaanxi Chinese

    The dining room overlooks Vancouver's waterfront with the confidence of a stage set. Peking duck arrives tableside in a flourish of flambéed rum, its skin shattered into gold, the meat carved with ceremony before the bones yield a second act as peppery broth or rustic stir-fry. Hand-pulled noodles and roasted lamb anchor the Shaanxi repertoire for those who skip the drama.

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    1661 Granville St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  12. Rank 12. Crab Hot Lau (Granville)

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    2993 Granville St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  13. Rank 13. Giardino

    Tuscan Italian

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    1328 Hornby Street, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  14. Rank 14. Folke

    Vegetarian

    In a small Kitsilano room of deep blue walls and seaweed pressings, Colin Uyeda and Pricilla Deo serve plant-based cooking that moves beyond vegetables into genuine revelation. The cabbage in potato mole arrives tender and crunchy at once, proof that restraint and technique can transform what arrives on the plate.

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    2585 W Broadway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  15. Rank 15. Thai Basil

    Thai

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    2184 Cornwall Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  16. Rank 16. Gary's

    Rustic French

    Gary's trades formality for a kind of purposeful ease, its French country cooking—asparagus with saffron rouille, pork collar with parsley sauce—arriving without pretense on rye rolls slicked with green garlic butter. The rum baba, soaked in chamomile syrup and crowned with pistachio custard, suggests that comfort and refinement need not be at odds.

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    1485 W 12th Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  17. Rank 17. Oidé Coffee

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    1548 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  18. Rank 18. Farmer's Apprentice

    Contemporary

    A narrow room filled with neighborhood regulars shares Chef Alden Ong's produce-driven cooking—striped bass crusted with shrimp and finished in XO sauce, kale rapini swimmy with vadouvan butter, daily sourdough that asks no permission. Weekend lunch pivots to Basta Barbecue, where Filipino-Tausug beef cheeks arrive tender enough to surrender to buttery lettuce and sunchoke kimchi.

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    1535 6th W Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  19. Rank 19. Okeya Kyujiro

    Omakase Japanese

    A dark room lit by votive candles holds its curtain until your appointed moment arrives, revealing an omakase where seasonal fish and theatrical gestures—sasagiri carving, uni from competing waters—blur the line between meal and ceremony. The crispy tempura sandbar fish and flower-shaped wagashi suggest a kitchen that serves beauty as seriously as flavor.

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    1038 Mainland St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  20. Rank 20. Maxine's

    European

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    1325 Burrard St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  21. Rank 21. Elisa

    Steakhouse

    In Yaletown, a steakhouse where the adjacent butcher shop isn't decoration but doctrine: every cut sourced from BC ranches and beyond, Japanese wagyu for the serious spender. Start with Dungeness crab spring rolls or tartare—smoked bison, vegetables, traditional—then the bone-in Vancouver cut, seared and confident, or beef Wellington if you want theater with your protein.

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    1109 Hamilton St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  22. Rank 22. Beaucoup

    European

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    2150 Fir St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  23. Rank 23. Au Comptoir

    Classic French

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    2278 W 4th Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  24. Rank 24. Tacofino Kitsilano

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    1909 W 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  25. Rank 25. Pallet Coffee Roasters

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    2002 W Broadway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  26. Rank 26. Tap & Barrel • Bridges

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    1696 Duranleau St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  27. Rank 27. Granville Island Public Market

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    1669 Johnston St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  28. Rank 28. Fat Mao

    Thai Noodles

    Fat Mao Noodles is a casual counter spot where Angus An sends out bold Thai-style broths and noodles that taste like they're made with actual conviction. The hot and sour pork noodle bowls are the thing that keeps people coming back, though the rotating signature soups suggest it's worth ordering something different each time.

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    983 Helmcken St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  29. Rank 29. Sula Davie Street

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    1708 Davie St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  30. Rank 30. Karma Indian Bistro

    Indian

    Soft wood and brass light the room at this sophisticated bistro on Fourth Avenue, where a chef balances tradition with invention. Chicken Madras arrives deeply spiced alongside coconut rice; jumbo prawns swim in spinach purée. The saffron rice pudding and mango ice cream are worth saving space for.

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    2741 W 4th Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  31. Rank 31. Wicked Cafe

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    1399 W 7th Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  32. Rank 32. The Elbow Room Cafe

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    560 Davie St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  33. Rank 33. Boulevard

    Seafood

    Executive chef Roger Ma elevates pristine seafood—charcoal-grilled sablefish, blue fin tuna—with restrained modern technique and Asian inflection. An opulent room of marble and leather surrounds a versatile menu where house-made pasta and impeccable oysters command equal attention.

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    845 Burrard St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  34. Rank 34. Saba

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    2881 Granville St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  35. Rank 35. Blue Water Cafe

    Seafood

    Frank Pabst has spent decades perfecting the fundamentals at Blue Water Cafe, where a swordfish might arrive cooked to a temperature most chefs only talk about achieving. The service reads your mind before you need anything, which is the kind of polish you'd expect from a fine-dining seafood room that somehow stays unfussy.

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    1095 Hamilton St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  36. Rank 36. Tojo's

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    1133 W Broadway, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  37. Rank 37. Chef's Choice

    Cantonese Chinese

    Copper and wood panels wrap a dining room where the kitchen pursues both obscurity and tradition with equal fervor. Duck tongues marinated in rice wine, soup dumplings trembling with seafood broth, and a signature chicken glazed in black truffle sauce arrive as proof that Chef's Choice operates beyond the usual repertoire of neighborhood Chinese restaurants.

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    955 W Broadway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  38. Rank 38. Tasty Indian Bistro

    Indian

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    1261 Hamilton St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  39. Rank 39. Sashimiya

    Sushi

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    1348 Hornby St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  40. Rank 40. Sushi Hyun

    Omakase Sushi

    Chef Juhyun Lee's six-seat counter unfolds as a spare, ceremonial space where Japanese luxury meets understated Korean inflection through impeccable edomae omakase. The hinoki wood gleams; the fish speaks; service dissolves into attentiveness itself.

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    795 Jervis St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  41. Rank 41. Maxine's Cafe & Bar

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    1325 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  42. Rank 42. Bacchus

    European-inspired New American

    Nestled in the Wedgewood Hotel's hushed lobby, Bacchus wraps you in marble and candlelight while chef Stefan Hartmann serves European cooking with local spine—foie gras terrine with roasted plum, prawns in lobster bisque. The wine list ranges globally; the martinis are formidable.

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    845 Hornby St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  43. Rank 43. Le Crocodile

    French

    Rob Feenie has restored Le Crocodile with a lighter hand than expected: the dining room glows with blonde woods and natural light, the French classics—Dover sole, foie gras terrine, poulet à la crème—remain, but their sauces have thinned and their edges sharpened with subtle Asian inflection. This is Feenie's Lumière sensibility applied to an institution, rather than a repudiation of it.

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    909 Burrard St Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  44. Rank 44. Tayybeh

    Syrian Middle Eastern

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    2836 W 4th Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  45. Rank 45. Small Victory Bakery

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    3070 Granville St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  46. Rank 46. Prophecy

    Cocktail Bar

    A basement bar in the Hotel Georgia where beverage director Jeff Savage engineers deceptively simple cocktails through months of development, layering unexpected ingredients like beeswax-washed whisky and yuzu kosho. Digital art and Afro House Noir soundtrack a moody, sexy space that honors a century of the room's transformations.

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    801 W Georgia St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  47. Rank 47. Yuwa

    Japanese

    Chef Masahiro Omori's nigiri transcends the chic European-leaning room with impeccable Japanese technique and daily-shifting freshness. Buttery chutoro and ethereal sockeye salmon justify the pilgrimage to this quietly classical counter in Vancouver.

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    2775 W 16th Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  48. Rank 48. Salmon n' Bannock

    Indigenous

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    7-1128 W Broadway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  49. Rank 49. Thai Basil

    Thai

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    1215 Thurlow St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  50. Rank 50. Capo & The Spritz

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    350 Davie St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  51. Rank 51. Little Bird

    Dim Sum Chinese

    In Kitsilano, Jonathan Lee pairs Cantonese dim sum with local craft beer in a room built partly from recycled chopsticks—a collision of tradition and sustainability that somehow works. The sticky rice, studded with pork, chicken and goji berries, anchors a menu that ranges from ha gow to corn-and-cilantro dumplings, all steaming and fresh. Here, beer isn't an afterthought but the whole point.

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    2958 W 4th Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  52. Rank 52. Tap & Barrel

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    1696 Duranleau St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  53. Rank 53. Moltaqa

    Moroccan

    Moltaqa tucks into a warren of intimate nooks on Mainland Street, where Moroccan hospitality unfolds through warm service and lingering conversation. A chicken pastilla arrives flaky and dome-shaped, its phyllo shell dusted with cinnamon and powdered sugar, sweet against savory—a dish that justifies the pilgrimage.

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    1002 Mainland St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  54. Rank 54. Cactus Club Cafe

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    1530 W Broadway, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  55. Rank 55. The Improv Centre

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    1502 Duranleau St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  56. Rank 56. The Liberty Distillery

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    1494 Old Bridge St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  57. Rank 57. Village Studios

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    1024 Davie St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  58. Rank 58. Hawksworth

    Contemporary

    Chef David Hawksworth's restaurant occupies an elegant corner of the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, all shimmering chandeliers and wine-lined walls where the clientele gleams as much as the décor. His cooking traffics in restrained luxury—a mushroom consommé with matsutake and foie gras, agnolotti that balances hazelnut and umami—the kind of refinement that doesn't announce itself.

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    801 W Georgia St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  59. Rank 59. Botanist

    Contemporary

    Chef Hector Laguna's departure hasn't dulled Botanist's edge—its hand-cut tagliatelle with foraged mushrooms and sourdough chicken remain assured and bold. The adjacent bar laboratory engineers whimsical cocktails like the Raincouver, topped with an edible cloud, alongside a sophisticated gin martini built with kombu and sea asparagus.

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    1038 Canada Pl, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  60. Rank 60. Long Table Distillery

    West Coast-Inspired

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    1451 Hornby St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  61. Rank 61. Homer St. Cafe

    Contemporary American

    Homer Street's brick dining room—casual furniture doing double duty as wall art—pivots on a rotisserie chicken brined overnight in house sauce, its skin crisped and glazed with gravy or ranch alongside buttermilk biscuits. The kitchen treats comfort food as a discipline rather than an afterthought, finishing the meal with cheesecake layered in white chocolate, almonds, and quince.

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    898 Homer St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  62. Rank 62. C|PRIME

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    1015 Burrard St Unit 501, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  63. Rank 63. iDen & Quanjude Beijing Duck House

    Chinese

    The dining room glows with gold leaf and modernist angles, a century-and-a-half heritage distilled into glass and brass. The roasted duck arrives mahogany-dark and shatteringly skin-first, but the kitchen moves with equal precision through delicate broths, sautéed greens, sea cucumber—each dish executed with the restraint of a place confident in its own name.

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    2808 Cambie St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  64. Rank 64. Autostrada

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    1481 Continental St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  65. Rank 65. Hundy

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    1144 Homer St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  66. Rank 66. H Tasting Lounge

    Vancouver

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    1601 Bayshore Dr, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  67. Rank 67. June

    Bistro French

    A seductive red room by Héctor Esrawe houses French bistro cooking of technical precision—the Pasta for Rachel, a sheet studded with Comté and oozing Normandy butter, epitomizes the decadent restraint. Downstairs, the listening bar Lala serves cocktails like the Noisette Manhattan, a browned-butter riff orchestrated by Keefer Bar veterans, making the pilgrimage to Cambie Village worthwhile.

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    3305 Cambie St Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  68. Rank 68. Dovetail

    California-Inspired

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    1079 Mainland St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  69. Rank 69. CinCin

    Italian

    CinCin's wood-fired kitchen and handmade pasta have anchored Robson Street for years, turning out Alberta lamb that's still pink and perfect alongside delicate rigatoni dressed with nothing more than stracciatella and restraint. It's a polished, grown-up spot where consistency matters more than novelty, and that reliability is exactly the point.

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    1154 Robson St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  70. Rank 70. Sylvia Hotel, Restaurant and Lounge

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    1154 Gilford St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  71. Rank 71. Thai Basil

    Authentic Thai

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    3271 W Broadway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  72. Rank 72. Fairmont Pacific Rim

    A waterfront tower where Asian and Pacific Northwest design merge beneath soaring lobbies lit by sculptural installations and lined with local photography. The hotel's restaurants and lounges draw Vancouverites as readily as travelers, anchored in a building that announces the city's cultural confidence the moment you step inside.

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    1038 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  73. Rank 73. Mott 32

    Chinese

    A soaring downtown dining room with polished service sets the stage for Mott 32's refined Chinese cuisine, where the famed applewood-roasted Peking duck shares the spotlight with delicate hot-and-sour soup dumplings. The kitchen moves beyond showstoppers to excel at the small things—stir-fried broccoli with ginkgo and red dates, mapo tofu with lobster—with enough swagger to remind you this is a special-occasion room that doesn't take itself too seriously.

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    1161 W Georgia St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  74. Rank 74. España

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    1118 Denman St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  75. Rank 75. Nook

    Italian

    A casual neighborhood Italian spot that somehow feels like a local favorite everywhere it opens, with standbys like rigatoni boscaiola and port-glazed chicken liver crostini that justify the repeat visits. The specials—particularly the tomato-forward pastas when summer produce peaks—are where the chef's actual thinking shows through.

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    781 Denman St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  76. Rank 76. Sushi Jin

    Sushi

    A six-seat counter in an unmarked storefront serves omakase with distinctive refinement: live lobster sashimi with caviar, ankimo in ponzu, nigiri balanced between sweet and salty. The chef's restraint elevates each course without flourish.

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    750 Nelson St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  77. Rank 77. Chupito

    Mexican

    Chupito feels like a back-alley discovery you'd text friends about, tucked into a covered outdoor spot on Yukon Street where the elevated Mexican cooking—tender sautéed octopus with capers and olives, charred lemon and jalapeño—tastes both refined and unpretentious. The cocktails are equally thoughtful, especially the Xochimilco, a temperature-shifting clarified milk punch spiked with mezcal and topped with hot horchata foam.

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    2450 Yukon St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  78. Rank 78. Mount Pleasant Vintage & Provisions

    Cocktail Bar

    Wood-fired grill and vintage shop rolled into one, Mount Pleasant mixes retro aesthetics with cocktails that defy their nostalgic setting—the Shiso Fancy layers tequila, apricot, yogurt and shiso into something thoughtfully strange. Crisp snacks arrive in lunch boxes; the drinks are for adults, but the whole room feels like permission to play.

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    67 W 6th Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  79. Rank 79. Kafkas Coffee

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    860 Richards St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  80. Rank 80. Tetsu

    Omakase Sushi

    Three counter seats, two chefs, and a stripped-down philosophy: no gold leaf or showmanship, just impeccable fish and careful technique. A meal unfolds through poached mackerel with mountain potato, tender octopus in soy-dashi, and nigiri of aged snapper and creamy cutlass fish. Restraint as a form of respect.

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    775 Denman St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  81. Rank 81. Pallet Coffee Roasters

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    980 Howe St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  82. Rank 82. The Keefer Bar

    Chinese Cocktail Bar

    Behind backlit anatomical charts, a Chinatown bar channels traditional Chinese medicine into cocktails—durian and baijiu meet rum in a Colada; turkey tail mushroom deepens a Daiquiri. Crystal-clear house ice, funky DJ sets, and dim sum from neighboring dumpling shops complete the prescription.

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    135 Keefer St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  83. Rank 83. Celebrities Nightclub

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    1022 Davie St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  84. Rank 84. Japadog

    Japanese

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    899 Burrard St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  85. Rank 85. JOEY Burrard

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    820 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  86. Rank 86. Kavita

    At Kavita, Tushar Tondvalkar pursues Indian cooking with unshowy precision. Charcoal-grilled chicken arrives in a silken malai sauce; goat and lentils fold into haleem crowned with crisp alliums and heat. The kitchen operates without fanfare, letting technique and restraint speak for themselves.

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    250 W 3rd Ave, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  87. Rank 87. Cactus Club Cafe

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    1790 Beach Ave, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  88. Rank 88. Sumibiyaki Arashi

    Yakitori Japanese

    Peter Ho tends a 14-seat binchō-tan grill with the focus of a monk, rotating heritage chicken skewers inches from the coals until skin crisps and meat yields to the gentlest pressure. The omakase unfolds across impeccably butchered cuts—thigh, heart, oyster—each one glossed with a decades-old tare that tastes less like seasoning than like time itself.

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    363 E Broadway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  89. Rank 89. Seaport City Seafood

    Chinese

    Seaport City Seafood's elegant dining room, anchored by live fish tanks, serves dim sum that balances tradition with contemporary flourishes like black truffle fried rice. Steamed pork ribs and stir-fried cumin lamb shank showcase the kitchen's command of umami-rich comfort.

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    2425 Cambie St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  90. Rank 90. Jungle Room

    Rainforest

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    961 Denman St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  91. Rank 91. Maruhachi Ra-men

    Noodles

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    780 Bidwell St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  92. Rank 92. Published on Main

    Contemporary New American

    In a bright room edged with greenery on Main Street, Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson builds dishes from fermented condiments, foraged ingredients, and West Coast precision—squash roasted and pickled, shrimp barely cooked beside apple and cucumber. The tasting menu and bar menu both deliver the same revelatory sense of timing, where seasonality isn't philosophy but practice.

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    3593 Main St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  93. Rank 93. A.BENTO

    Taiwanese

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    656 W Broadway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  94. Rank 94. Small Victory

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    1089 Marinaside Cres, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  95. Rank 95. Ban Bu Xian

    Sichuan Chinese

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    1282 Robson St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  96. Rank 96. Din Tai Fung

    Taiwanese Chinese

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    1132 Alberni St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  97. Rank 97. Nook

    Italian

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    195 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  98. Rank 98. Vij’s

    Indian

    Vikram Vij still works the room at his thirty-year-old temple to Indian fine dining, where wine-marinated lamb and paneer curries arrive with the precision of haute cuisine. The cocktails are inventive, the spices articulate, and the owner's belief in his cuisine's place at the table remains unshaken.

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    3106 Cambie St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  99. Rank 99. Honey Salt

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    39 Smithe St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  100. Rank 100. St. Lawrence

    Québécois French

    Chef J-C Poirier rotates themed menus at this intimate Vancouver room, reframing French-Canadian classics through seasonal lenses—sugar shack fare in winter, bourgeois bistro cooking in spring. The cooking is refined and ingredient-driven, the wine list focused on small organic producers, the kitchen visible and its aromas inescapable.

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    269 Powell St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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