The Best Places in Riley Park

The whitewashed facade on Main Street gives nothing away, but inside, tall tropical plants and plush seating set the mood for modern Peruvian fine dining done without a trace of fuss. The kitchen runs citrus-bright ceviches and tiraditos alongside bolder, earthier plates, and the bar program is the kind that earns its own reputation. A Michelin Selected restaurant with a AAA Four Diamond rating.

1. AAA Four Diamonds
2. Air Canada 2023 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
3. Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Restaurant Awards: Bartender and Sommelier of the Year

Counter seats at this intimate omakase spot put you close enough to watch each piece of nigiri take shape in real time, which is either meditative or nerve-wracking depending on your personality. Chef Masayoshi Baba runs a jewel-box Edomae sushi room on Fraser Street, letting BC's local catch guide the progression. The room is quiet, the pacing is ceremonial, and the tab reflects all of that. It holds a Michelin star.

1. Michelin Guide 1 Star
2. Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Omakase
3. Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Upscale Japanese

The tartare here arrives bright with herbs and anchovy salt, which tells you most of what you need to know about Chez Céline's register. It's a French bistro and bar on Fraser Street, the kind of neighbourhood spot that somehow also reads as subtly refined, in the Quebec casse-croûte tradition. J-C Poirier and Margaux Herder's room is cozy without being sleepy, and the cocktail program is serious enough to earn a Spirited Awards regional nod.

1. Canada's 100 Best #10 · Best New Restaurants
2. Canada's 100 Best #60 · Best Restaurants
3. Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Bronze Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best New Restaurant

The dry-aged fish program is the detail that separates this buzzy Fraser Street seafood spot from every other neighborhood bar doing a raw bar. The menu is small and shifts often, but the cooking stays bold and punchy, from hiramasa with aguachile to squid tagliolini that goes places pasta doesn't usually go. Vancouver Magazine gave it gold for both informal dining and seafood, and the Michelin Guide has taken notice too. Service is friendly without being precious.

1. Air Canada 2024 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
2. Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Informal Contemporary
3. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

Pull back the velvet curtain and you're inside the world of nhậu, the Vietnamese tradition of drinking and eating with friends until things get blurry. Good Thief is a cocktail bar and restaurant on Main Street, the self-described rebellious younger sibling to Anh and Chi next door. The drinks lean boldly Vietnamese, the food runs from binchotan skewers to Dungeness crab garlic noodles, and the whole menu is designed to share. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

1. Canada's 100 Best #44 · Best Bars
2. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
3. Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Informal Contemporary

1. Air Canada 2024 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
2. Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Vancouver
3. Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Bronze Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Indian

A blue neon sign salvaged from the family restaurant that stood here for a generation anchors the bar of this sleek, midcentury-modern Vietnamese spot on Main Street. The brother-and-sister team behind it treat the menu as a love letter to Vietnam, running from pho to softshell crab salad to grilled prawn mousse with fresh herbs. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
2. The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Vancouver
3. Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Vancouver

Sunchoke with salal berry and burnt onion isn't a dish you'd find yourself ordering on instinct, which is part of the point at this creative vegetarian fine-dining room in Mount Pleasant. The kitchen names its organic BC suppliers on the menu and takes texture as seriously as flavor. The Michelin Guide has it selected, and first-timers tend to do well surrendering to the tasting menu rather than pretending they know what salal berry tastes like.

1. Air Canada 2013 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
2. Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Restaurant Awards: Sustainability Award
3. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

Natural light and blonde wood keep things calm at this small, counter-forward sushi shop on Main, where the focus is squarely on the fish. The chef's approach is classic: beautifully cut sashimi, seasonal ingredients, and just enough acidity to lift the sweetness of top-notch seafood. Easier on the wallet than the city's omakase circuit, and a Michelin Bib Gourmand. One judge called it the first place they'd send an out-of-towner, which tracks.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
2. Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Restaurant Awards: Premier Crew · Moon Hu
3. Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Japanese

Half the plants are fake, but the tropical-greenhouse-meets-nightclub decor on Fraser Street pulls it off anyway. This Vietnamese bistro draws a fashion-forward crowd with soul-warming pho, lemongrass skewers, and bun bo hue, every dish paired with a vegetarian counterpart. The vibe is energetic and the service disarmingly warm, which makes the whole place feel more West Hollywood than East Vancouver. A Michelin Selected pick.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Vietnamese

Whitewashed walls, bare wood tables, and azures accents that make Fraser Street feel briefly like a ferry ride away. Nammos is a sit-down Greek restaurant where the kitchen sticks to the classics without treating them as an afterthought. Spanakopita arrives with properly shatteringly phyllo, the seafood is the thing to order, and loukoumades come drizzled in honey and walnut at the end. The Michelin Guide has it on their list.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Mediterranean

The boat noodles here, a funky, aromatic beef broth thick with meatballs and tripe, tell you right away that Zab Bite is more interested in northeastern Thai cooking than in playing it safe. Pad Thai is on the menu because it has to be, but the grilled pork jowl with toasted rice and nam jaew is the reason regulars come back. A casual, cheerful Fraser Street spot where requesting extra spice is treated as a reasonable life choice.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Thai
3. Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Thai

1. Difford's Guide 3.5 stars · Difford's Guide
2. Golden Owl Awards Runner Up · Best Cocktail Experience
3. Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best New International Cocktail Bar – Canada

Preservation jars line the shelves as decor, which tells you something: this Michelin-starred fine dining room on Main Street ferments, forages, and pickles its way through the seasons before a single plate reaches the table. Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson weaves Manitoba roots and Nordic technique into a deeply West Coast menu, and the bar crowd ordering à la carte gets the same serious treatment as the tasting menu pilgrims. North America's 50 Best lists it at number seventeen.

1. The 50 #17 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
2. AAA Three Diamonds
3. Michelin Guide 1 Star

1. Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Chain
2. Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Bronze Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Chain
3. Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Indian

1. Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Bronze Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Vietnamese

House margaritas come in mugs here, which tells you most of what you need to know about El Caminos. This Mexican cocktail bar on Main Street does the Pacific Northwest version of a dive, all shabby-chic surfaces and pan-Latin classics poured without ceremony. Locals pack it out on weekends and Margarita Mondays draw a crowd that tends to spill onto the sidewalk, so come early or come patient.

1. Difford's Guide 3.5 stars · Difford's Guide

1. Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Casual

1. Golden Owl Awards Nominee · Best Pizza Experience

1. Golden Owl Awards Nominee · Best Pizza Experience