Good spots to eat in Vancouver BC?
September 20, 2024 8:33 PM
What are your recommended places to eat in Vancouver BC? Spots for breakfast to lunch to dinner. Asian and Pacific Northwest cuisines are enjoyed, especially seafood, but I am not picky. Relatively fancy for dinner options would be great. Thanks for your recommendations.
If you don't mind a hole in the wall, I'd recommend Phnomh Penh, standouts are the chicken wings and the butter beef (if you can dig raw beef). Unless you're by yourself absolutely go for the large order of wings imo.
And even though they nominally have pho, for pho I would recommend Linh Cafe (not a hole in the wall). The frogs legs are greasy but good if you're ok with that.
For high end, I would say Published on Main (has a michelin star). Menu has changed a bit since I've been, but I can endorse the aebleskiver & side stripe prawns.
For bistro fare, Tableau downtown & Au Comptoir are good options.
For high end vegan, Folke is good. If you can afford it, the tasting menu is better value than a la carte imo. NB they're a no-tipping operation.
posted by juv3nal at 11:49 PM on September 20
And even though they nominally have pho, for pho I would recommend Linh Cafe (not a hole in the wall). The frogs legs are greasy but good if you're ok with that.
For high end, I would say Published on Main (has a michelin star). Menu has changed a bit since I've been, but I can endorse the aebleskiver & side stripe prawns.
For bistro fare, Tableau downtown & Au Comptoir are good options.
For high end vegan, Folke is good. If you can afford it, the tasting menu is better value than a la carte imo. NB they're a no-tipping operation.
posted by juv3nal at 11:49 PM on September 20
Oh also there's a solid izakaya (Japanese pub) chain that includes kingyo & suika (kind of general izakaya), rajio (specializing in kushikatsu, fried stuff on a stick), raisu (specializing in rice dishes), and a couple of others I haven't been to.
For mazesoba there are a few locations of the Menya Kokoro chain around town that are decent. As for ramen, I'll let someone else chime in as I probably prioritize not having to wait over quality more than the average person.
posted by juv3nal at 12:00 AM on September 21
For mazesoba there are a few locations of the Menya Kokoro chain around town that are decent. As for ramen, I'll let someone else chime in as I probably prioritize not having to wait over quality more than the average person.
posted by juv3nal at 12:00 AM on September 21
I enjoyed my recent meal at Michelin starred Burdock & Co on Main. Fancy dinner, Pacific Northwest, locally sourced.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:15 AM on September 21
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:15 AM on September 21
Oh pizza, bufala is probably no longer the best in town but it has been in the past & remains decent and one of the branches is local to me.
posted by juv3nal at 12:23 AM on September 21
posted by juv3nal at 12:23 AM on September 21
Published on Main and Hawksworth are the standards, I think, but we recently had an enjoyable meal at the Mackenzie Room, which was near our sweet spot for casual atmosphere/reasonably ambitious cooking. It's basically in the Downtown Eastside, though, so you have not to get the scaries going there at night.
We went to Miku (sushi), which has a Michelin "recommendation" (whatever that means these days), several years back, and it was enjoyable and has a nice view, but it also felt a touch expense-account-oriented.
posted by praemunire at 8:56 AM on September 21
We went to Miku (sushi), which has a Michelin "recommendation" (whatever that means these days), several years back, and it was enjoyable and has a nice view, but it also felt a touch expense-account-oriented.
posted by praemunire at 8:56 AM on September 21
Suika (noted above, on Broadway) is temporarily gone - they had a fire a few weeks ago and when I walked past it last they had put up tape across both it and the pizza place it shares a building with indicating that they were doing asbestos remediation following that. (This was at most 2 weeks ago or so.)
For breakfast I end up at the Breakfast Table in South Granville every time I'm up there - both my partner and I enjoy it a lot, it's pretty comfy and the food and beverages are quite good. (They had a carnitas taco omelet the last time and that was almost good enough to absolve the general dearth of Mexican in the city. Alas, it was a special.)
We also did brunch at Archer on Alberni downtown, and very much enjoyed the food and mocktails. Archer has a Michelin rec, and it's not terribly expensive for being a relatively fancier place (at least for brunch). She had dinner there some time ago and said that was also great.
We stumbled into Delara on 4th wandering around one day for lunch (literally a "we should eat, this looks worth a try" situation) and it was impressively good. They do Persian cuisine.
Sweet Cherubim on Commercial Drive was great too - it's all veggie/vegan Indian (some things have dairy cheese but not many and you can opt out of it) and giant, delicious samosas amongst other things. Commercial Drive and 4th have a bunch of things otherwise, too, so not a bad general area to look either.
Can also second Nero. There's a new one on Granville St. that just does mini waffles and those were real good at least. We did Tableau last fall and it's also a recommendation (though the background music was sort of loud and a turn off - the food was on point, though).
posted by mrg at 10:17 AM on September 21
For breakfast I end up at the Breakfast Table in South Granville every time I'm up there - both my partner and I enjoy it a lot, it's pretty comfy and the food and beverages are quite good. (They had a carnitas taco omelet the last time and that was almost good enough to absolve the general dearth of Mexican in the city. Alas, it was a special.)
We also did brunch at Archer on Alberni downtown, and very much enjoyed the food and mocktails. Archer has a Michelin rec, and it's not terribly expensive for being a relatively fancier place (at least for brunch). She had dinner there some time ago and said that was also great.
We stumbled into Delara on 4th wandering around one day for lunch (literally a "we should eat, this looks worth a try" situation) and it was impressively good. They do Persian cuisine.
Sweet Cherubim on Commercial Drive was great too - it's all veggie/vegan Indian (some things have dairy cheese but not many and you can opt out of it) and giant, delicious samosas amongst other things. Commercial Drive and 4th have a bunch of things otherwise, too, so not a bad general area to look either.
Can also second Nero. There's a new one on Granville St. that just does mini waffles and those were real good at least. We did Tableau last fall and it's also a recommendation (though the background music was sort of loud and a turn off - the food was on point, though).
posted by mrg at 10:17 AM on September 21
Some of the best ice cream I've ever had was from Killer Ice Cream.
posted by The corpse in the library at 3:30 PM on September 21
posted by The corpse in the library at 3:30 PM on September 21
If you like Indian, Vijs is one of the best spots I've ever eaten.
posted by SeaPortHog at 5:21 PM on September 21
posted by SeaPortHog at 5:21 PM on September 21
I put together this list of Vancouver restaurants last year. Here are a few more places to check out.
Brunch:
Maxine's downtown
Fancy dinner:
Nightingale and Hawksworth downtown (same chef, David Hawksworth)
AnnaLena in Kitsilano
+1 to Burdock & Co. Mentioned above in Mount Pleasant, it is a smaller dining room compared to the other I listed
Savio Volpe is fancy-ish, also in Mount Pleasant. They have a "let us decide for you" option if you want to try a lot of things.
Asian food: Vancouver is blessed with sooooo much variety here. For this category, you really have to think in terms of country > region > dish to narrow it down to a manageable list.
Malaysian: Laksa King is a no-frills diner, John 3.16 is more of a proper restaurant on Broadway, and Banana Leaf is a chain with various locations in the city
Filipino: Pinpin and Pampanga's Cuisine are across the street from each other on Fraser St. There is also Kulinarya on Commercial Drive.
Ramen: Jinya for their vegan ramen. Santouka for their tantanmen (only available at their Robson St. location).
Koren fried chicken: bbq is a chain with several locations
Japanese katsu (breaded and deep fried pork, chicken, etc.) Saku which is another chain
posted by tinydancer at 6:16 PM on September 21
Brunch:
Maxine's downtown
Fancy dinner:
Nightingale and Hawksworth downtown (same chef, David Hawksworth)
AnnaLena in Kitsilano
+1 to Burdock & Co. Mentioned above in Mount Pleasant, it is a smaller dining room compared to the other I listed
Savio Volpe is fancy-ish, also in Mount Pleasant. They have a "let us decide for you" option if you want to try a lot of things.
Asian food: Vancouver is blessed with sooooo much variety here. For this category, you really have to think in terms of country > region > dish to narrow it down to a manageable list.
Malaysian: Laksa King is a no-frills diner, John 3.16 is more of a proper restaurant on Broadway, and Banana Leaf is a chain with various locations in the city
Filipino: Pinpin and Pampanga's Cuisine are across the street from each other on Fraser St. There is also Kulinarya on Commercial Drive.
Ramen: Jinya for their vegan ramen. Santouka for their tantanmen (only available at their Robson St. location).
Koren fried chicken: bbq is a chain with several locations
Japanese katsu (breaded and deep fried pork, chicken, etc.) Saku which is another chain
posted by tinydancer at 6:16 PM on September 21
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Sushi, brown rice, Shizen Ya around the base of the Electra Bldg.
Breakfast, waffles at Nero.
posted by Rash at 9:13 PM on September 20