The Top 24 Places to Eat and Drink in Richmond
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Rank 1. 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.
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Restaurant
- 50 Best 2025 · #12 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #24 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 2. 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.
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #90 · Best Restaurants
- Chinese Restaurant Awards 2025 · $9 · Elite 30 Canada
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Casual Chinese
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Rank 4. Golden Paramount Seafood Restaurant
Cantonese Seafood
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Rank 5. Maruhachi Ra-Men
Noodles
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Chain
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Chain
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Chain
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Rank 6. Bamboo Grove Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 7. Lanxuan Restauant
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 7. Osmanthus
Shanghainese Chinese
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Rank 7. Jiang Nan Wok
Huaiyang Chinese
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Rank 7. Jade Seafood Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 11. Memory Corner
Taiwanese Chinese
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Rank 11. Chengdu Street Food
Chengdu Chinese
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Rank 11. 李良记 Xi'An Flavor
Chinese
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Rank 11. Car's Dessert
Chinese
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Rank 11. Cha Kee
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 11. Geng Shi Ji
Hunan Chinese
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Rank 11. Long’s Noodle
Shanghainese Noodles
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Rank 11. Uno Beef Noodle
Chinese Noodles
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Rank 11. Uno Beef Noodle
Chinese Noodles
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Rank 20. 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.
- Chinese Restaurant Awards 2025 · #20 · Elite 30 Canada
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Casual Chinese
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