The Top 100 Restaurants Near Gordon Ramsay Steak - Vancouver

Updated June 17, 2026

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  1. Rank 1. Gordon Ramsay Steak - Vancouver

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    8811 River Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  2. Rank 2. Maruhachi Ra-Men

    Noodles

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    2780 No.3 Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  3. Rank 3. Jade Seafood Restaurant

    Chinese

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    280-2811 No.3 Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  4. Rank 4. Uno Beef Noodle

    Chinese Noodles

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    135-2811 No.3 Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  5. Rank 5. Jiang Nan Wok

    Huaiyang Chinese

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    1211-8338 Capstan Way, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  6. Rank 6. Lanxuan Restauant

    Cantonese Chinese

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    170-3631 No.3 Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  7. Rank 7. Geng Shi Ji

    Hunan Chinese

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    2188-3779 Sexsmith Rd, Richmond, BC · Richmond
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  8. Rank 8. Cha Kee

    Cantonese Chinese

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    8181 Cambie Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  9. Rank 9. Osmanthus

    Shanghainese Chinese

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    4151 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  10. Rank 10. The Fish Man

    Seafood Chinese

    An informal seafood shrine where chef Bo Li treats local catch—lingcod, grouper, white sea bass, geoduck—with culinary precision. The sour-cabbage hotpot and two dozen varieties of BBQ skewer pair brilliantly with beer in a room that thrums with conviviality and noise. This is serious cooking in a decidedly unstuffy setting.

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    1170-8391 Alexandra Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  11. Rank 11. Neptune Palace Seafood Restaurant

    Cantonese Chinese

    Neptune Palace occupies a sprawling second-floor dining hall where tables fill quickly during dim sum service, the carts wheeling past trays of notably plump shrimp dumplings and steaming congee. At dinner the menu expands into pricier Cantonese territory—lobster, abalone, roasted duck—a shift that feels less like indulgence than obligation to the room's appetite for occasion.

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    308-470 SW Marine Dr, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  12. Rank 12. Shanghai Wonderful

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    8811 Laurel St #107, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  13. Rank 13. Memory Corner

    Taiwanese Chinese

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    1110-4651 Garden City Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  14. Rank 14. Keumsan

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    8363 Granville St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  15. Rank 15. Long’s Noodle

    Shanghainese Noodles

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    140-4731 Garden City Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  16. Rank 16. 李良记 Xi'An Flavor

    Chinese

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    1105-4731 McClelland Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  17. Rank 17. Max Noodle House

    Hong Kong-style Noodles

    Max Noodle House pulls off what's increasingly rare in Metro Vancouver: proper Hong Kong-style wonton noodles where the alkaline strands have genuine bite, the wontons are light and carefully made, and the broth tastes like it took time. The fried chicken wings swim in Chinese rice wine and the stewed beef brisket carries notes of dried tangerine peel, all at a casual counter where you don't need reservations or deep pockets.

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    8291 Alexandra Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  18. Rank 18. Dublin Crossing Irish Pub

    Irish British

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    466 SW Marine Dr, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  19. Rank 19. Chengdu Street Food

    Chengdu Chinese

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    7971 Alderbridge Way, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  20. Rank 20. 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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  21. Rank 21. Chez Céline

    A Montreal-style bistro where chef J-C Poirier trades the precision of his Michelin-starred St. Lawrence for something looser and more playful. Foie gras sandwiches with fruit preserves sit alongside soft-serve drizzled with olive oil, the menu stripped to its essentials: lamb belly brochette, arctic char with sauce meunière. It's unpretentious food that knows exactly what it is.

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    4298 Fraser St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  22. Rank 22. 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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  23. Rank 23. Suyo

    Modern Peruvian

    A spare storefront opens onto a plant-filled dining room where Peruvian cuisine arrives refined but unhurried. Hamachi tiradito and arroz con pato with duck confit demonstrate technical restraint that lets ingredient and sauce speak.

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    3475 Main St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  24. Rank 24. 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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  25. Rank 25. Yuan's Garden

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    8077 Alexandra Rd #101, Richmond, BC · Richmond
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  26. Rank 26. 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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  27. Rank 27. Golden Paramount Seafood Restaurant

    Cantonese Seafood

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    100-8111 Anderson Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  28. Rank 28. 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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  29. Rank 29. Burdock & Co

    Contemporary

    Andrea Carlson's corner room on Main Street moves through the seasons with thematic precision—June's florals yield to October's bitter greens and Salt Spring Island citrus—each plate a study in ingredient clarity. A celeriac akimono glazed in yuzu or tuna with fermented rosehip and sudachi arrives as the culmination of that philosophy, accomplished and inventive in equal measure.

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    2702 Main St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  30. Rank 30. The Acorn

    Vegetarian

    A vegetarian kitchen sourcing directly from BC suppliers transforms unfamiliar ingredients like sunchoke and salal berry into dishes that balance texture and taste with equal care. The tasting menu best reveals the restaurant's resourcefulness, served in a room warmed by attentive staff.

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    3995 Main St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  31. Rank 31. Lila

    Plant-Based Indian

    Lila turns plant-based Indian cooking into something genuinely playful, with vibrant curries and breads that don't read as an afterthought to meat dishes. The Main Street spot has the warmth of a neighborhood favorite that happens to take its vegetables seriously.

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    3941 Main St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  32. Rank 32. Elio Volpe

    Coastal Italian

    A former mechanic shop in Cambie Village now hosts Elio Volpe, a casual-yet-refined coastal Italian osteria where wood-fired pizzas arrive with lambrusco onions and burrata, and housemade pasta like spaghetti alle vongole shares the menu with whole grilled branzino. The buzzing bar is perfect for a solo meal, while shared plates make it equally welcoming for groups.

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    540 W 17th Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  33. Rank 33. Zab Bite

    Northeastern Thai

    A bright spot on Fraser Street devoted to northeastern Thai cooking, where boat noodles swim in a funky, aromatic beef broth studded with meatballs and tripe, and grilled pork jowl arrives crackling, dusted with toasted rice and a sharp nam jaew. The kitchen handles its crowd-pleasers with care, but the regional specialties—punchy, unapologetic—are what justify the trip.

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    4197 Fraser St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  34. Rank 34. Bamboo Grove Restaurant

    Chinese

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    6920 No.3 Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  35. Rank 35. Anh and Chi

    Vietnamese

    Anh and Chi occupies the bones of their parents' three-decade-old restaurant, now stripped clean with midcentury furniture and a vintage neon sign glowing behind the bar. The kitchen moves through Vietnam's classics—banana blossom salad bright with softshell crab, grilled prawn mousse with herbs—with the ease of people who know the territory intimately.

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    3388 Main St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  36. Rank 36. Landmark Hot Pot

    Chinese

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    4023 Cambie St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  37. Rank 37. Big Way Hot Pot (Ackroyd)

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    8100 Ackroyd Rd Unit 175, Richmond, BC · Richmond
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  38. Rank 38. Sushi Hil

    Sushi

    Natural light spills across blonde wood at Sushi Hil, where Chef Hil Nguy works the counter with unhurried precision, building each piece as if it might break. Sweet prawns arrive whole over crushed ice; aka isaki meets bright citrus; aji from Kagoshima carries ginger and scallion's sharp bite. Seasonal fish and careful technique make a modest argument for what sushi can be.

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    3330 Main St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  39. Rank 39. 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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  40. Rank 40. Crab Hot Lau (Granville)

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    2993 Granville St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  41. Rank 41. Crab Hot Lau (Kingsway)

    Northern Vietnamese

    Cherry Pham's family-run Northern Vietnamese spot on Kingsway is a bustling, no-frills counter where the rice field crab hot pot—made with noodles from her hometown—arrives with a complex, addictive broth that justifies the three-year award streak. The beef carpaccio salad and meaty crab spring rolls are equally convincing reasons to navigate the crowds.

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    2141 Kingsway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  42. Rank 42. 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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  43. Rank 43. 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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  44. Rank 44. Sula Main Street

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    4172 Main St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  45. Rank 45. Sumi

    Korean

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    5628 Victoria Dr, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  46. Rank 46. Elem

    Contemporary

    Vish Mayekar's cooking draws from global sources—Indian bhel, Mexican grilled fish, Middle Eastern spices—with unshowy precision and zero waste. The room's three distinct zones feel designed for contemplation, matching food that rewards close attention without performing.

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    2110 Main St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  47. Rank 47. Savio Volpe

    Contemporary Italian

    Clean, marble-lined rooms that could belong to any Italian city set the stage for cooking that respects regional tradition while keeping one eye on the diner's pleasure. Garlic knots studded with black pepper arrive warm and tender, their piquant marinara worth the extra charge. Lamb ragu with sage and pecorino finds its ideal vessel in creste di gallo.

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    615 Kingsway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  48. Rank 48. Lala

    Down a staircase behind June, the brasserie upstairs, lies Lala—a subterranean cocktail den with the golden warmth of a vintage rec room, vinyl spinning nightly, and a bar manager crafting precise, unexpected drinks like a mezcal-forward Gibson riff with persimmon-shallot mignonette. The room's curves and retro speakers suggest comfort; the cocktails suggest thought.

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    3305 Cambie St., Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  49. Rank 49. Song

    Thai

    On East Broadway, Song channels Thai cooking through an idiosyncratic lens: lemongrass wings arrive deep-fried and fragrant, pad Thai stakes a claim on savory perfection, and northern laab blooms with the push-pull of fish sauce and lime against tender pork. The kitchen works from regional ingredients with evident invention, turning familiar dishes into something you won't find elsewhere.

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    317 E Broadway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  50. Rank 50. Nammos

    Greek

    White-washed walls and azure accents transport you to a Greek island, where Nammos executes the familiar repertoire—crispy spanakopita, grilled sea bream with fennel, loukoumades—with an unhurried attention to ingredient and technique that distinguishes it from the city's other Greek establishments. The cooking tastes like it has something to prove, and it does.

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    3980 Fraser St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  51. Rank 51. Baan Lao

    Royal Thai

    Chef-owner Nutcha Phanthoupheng applies meticulous technique to royal Thai cuisine in a serene 20-seat dining room overlooking Steveston's river. Each of eighteen tasting-menu dishes—from hand-shaped dumplings to tiger prawns in tom yum—demonstrates studied precision, learned through private instruction in Bangkok.

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    4100 Bayview St, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  52. Rank 52. Bonjour Vietnam

    Vietnamese

    Bonjour Vietnam Bistro channels a West Hollywood nightclub aesthetic with potted plants and mood lighting, drawing a fashion-forward crowd with grilled pork sausage wrapped in lemongrass and pepper-crusted beef carpaccio. The short rib pho and bun bo hue arrive in soul-warming bowls, matched by disarmingly sweet service that makes the whole enterprise feel genuinely welcoming.

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    3944 Fraser St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  53. Rank 53. 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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  54. Rank 54. 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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  55. Rank 55. Uno Beef Noodle

    Chinese Noodles

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    128-8180 No.2 Rd, Richmond BC · Richmond
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  56. Rank 56. 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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  57. Rank 57. Casa Molina

    Spanish

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    2211 Manitoba St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  58. Rank 58. Bufala River District

    Italian

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    3489 Sawmill Cres, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  59. Rank 59. Dosa Corner

    Indian

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    6181 Fraser St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  60. Rank 60. Kalvin’s Szechuen Restaurant

    Szechuan Chinese

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    5225 Victoria Dr, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  61. Rank 61. 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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  62. Rank 62. Nook

    Italian

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    195 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  63. Rank 63. Kilimanjaro Snack House

    Ethiopian

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    789 Kingsway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  64. Rank 64. 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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  65. Rank 65. Big Way Hot Pot (Kerrisdale)

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    2145 W 41st Ave, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  66. Rank 66. Maruhachi Ra-Men

    Noodles

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    2838 Main St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  67. Rank 67. 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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  68. Rank 68. Big Way Hot Pot (Richmond)

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    4940 Number 3 Rd #123, Richmond, BC · Richmond
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  69. Rank 69. Bufala

    Contemporary Italian

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    5395 West Blvd, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  70. Rank 70. Nui

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    4811 Main St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  71. Rank 71. El Gato Gab Gab

    Mexican

    A lively Main Street spot where the energy is all chatter and clinking glasses, El Gato Gab Gab serves Mexican food and cocktails that match the buzz around you. The cooking is assured enough that you can order without second-guessing, and the drinks keep pace with the kitchen's confidence.

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    2650 Main St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  72. Rank 72. 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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  73. Rank 73. 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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  74. Rank 74. COMEDOR

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    2450 Yukon St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  75. Rank 75. Como Taperia

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    201 E 7th Ave, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  76. Rank 76. Nook

    Italian

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    2025 E Tenth Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  77. Rank 77. ELLIPSIS

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    1540 W 2nd Ave #205, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  78. Rank 78. Unchai

    Thai

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    2351 Burrard St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  79. Rank 79. Fassil

    Traditional Ethiopian

    Fassil's traditional Ethiopian cooking centers on sour, pillowy injera and deeply spiced wots—the lentil-based misir with its hit of berbere is particularly worth ordering—in a casual neighborhood spot on Broadway where eating with your hands feels like a natural extension of the warmth. It's the kind of place where the communal spirit of the food matches the room's genuine hospitality.

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    5-736 E Broadway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  80. Rank 80. 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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  81. Rank 81. Madame Danh

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    4288 Fraser St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  82. Rank 82. Bun Cha Ca Hoang Yen

    Vietnamese Noodles

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    5155 Victoria Dr, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  83. Rank 83. 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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  84. Rank 84. 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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  85. Rank 85. 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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  86. Rank 86. 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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  87. Rank 87. Baja Racing

    Baja Mexican

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    3364 Cambie St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  88. Rank 88. 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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  89. Rank 89. Giardino

    Tuscan Italian

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    1328 Hornby Street, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  90. Rank 90. 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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  91. Rank 91. A.BENTO

    Taiwanese

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    656 W Broadway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  92. Rank 92. Baby Dhal Roti

    Homestyle Caribbean

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    2707 Commercial Dr, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  93. Rank 93. 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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  94. Rank 94. Ophelía

    Mexican

    Ophelía's dining room gleams with murals and carved color, a visual feast matching what arrives on the plate. Francisco Higareda cooks his mother's pan-regional Mexican repertoire with precision: corn-crusted octopus swimming in Oaxacan mole blanco, tacos built on locally made tortillas, tres leches cake that tastes like memory. The margaritas are worth the wait for a table.

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    165 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  95. Rank 95. Mishmish

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    3485 Fraser St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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  96. Rank 96. Kissa Tanto

    Fusion

    In a Chinatown walkup outfitted like a 1960s Tokyo jazz café—rose banquettes, soft light, steely walls—chef Joël Watanabe executes Japanese-Italian fusion with the precision of fine dining. Charcoal udon with Dungeness crab, hand-cut tajarin with miso egg, tiramisu inflected with plum wine: each dish suggests a kitchen fluent in both traditions and committed to seasonal restraint.

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    263 E Pender St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  97. Rank 97. 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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  98. Rank 98. Do Chay

    Vegetarian Vietnamese

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    1392 Kingsway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  99. Rank 99. New Mandarin Seafood Restaurant

    Cantonese Chinese

    A cavernous dining hall with crystal chandeliers and floor-to-ceiling windows fills nightly with families ordering dim sum from photo-heavy menus, each basket arriving steaming from the kitchen. The black pepper pork biscuits and wasabi shrimp dumplings arrive supple and precise, grounding the room's elegance in unfussy, boisterous appetite.

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    4650 Gladstone St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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  100. Rank 100. Cafe Xu Hue

    Vietnamese

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    2226 Kingsway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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