Vancouver Restaurants
The best restaurants in Vancouver, including Ask for Luigi, Miku, Blue Water Cafe, Black & Blue. 36 curated venues, MyRSVP is your guide to the city's most reservation-worthy tables. Each one books through its own reservation platform, linked on the venue page.
How MyRSVP works in Vancouver
Booking dinner for a trip usually means jumping between Resy, OpenTable, SevenRooms and a dozen separate restaurant sites just to work out which rooms are worth it and where each one takes reservations. MyRSVP does that once. We curate the Vancouver restaurants worth your night and wire each one to its own booking platform, so you weigh them side by side and reserve in a couple of taps, all from one place.
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- Ask for Luigi · Railtown's beloved fresh-pasta room - Michelin Guide-listed, with reservation drops on the 1st of every month.
- Miku · The room that made aburi sushi famous in Canada, right on the Coal Harbour waterfront.
- Blue Water Cafe · Yaletown's iconic seafood room - a heritage brick-and-beam warehouse built around the raw bar.
- Black & Blue · Vancouver's Luxe Steakhouse Haven
- Hawksworth · David Hawksworth's flagship inside the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, still the downtown benchmark.
- Maenam · Angus An's Kitsilano Thai room where the family-style chef's menu is the smartest way to eat on West 4th.
- Mott 32 · A global luxury-Chinese name doing applewood Peking duck under the Paradox Hotel downtown.
- Nightingale · David Hawksworth's soaring heritage room for wood-fired pizza and shared plates downtown.
- Savio Volpe · Fraserhood's fire-and-pasta osteria - Michelin Guide-listed, wood-grilled meats and daily housemade pasta.
- CinCin · Robson Street's long-running wood-fired Italian - a two-metre live-fire grill, 800-plus wines, and 35 years of polish.
- Five Sails · Harbour and Stanley Park views at Canada Place, now cooked by a Top Chef Canada champion.
- Kishimoto · The Commercial Drive sushi room locals line up for - Osaka technique, West Coast fish.
- Le Crocodile · Vancouver's reborn French classic - Rob Feenie now runs Michel Jacob's 40-year room, table-side Dover sole and all.
- Botanist · Vancouver's Culinary Gem - Botanist
- Minami · Japanese and West Coast fusion at Minami
- AnnaLena · Kits Beach's one-star tasting-menu room, playful on the plate and warm in the seats.
- Hy's Steakhouse · The dark-wood Hornby Street chophouse where the cheese toast and tableside Caesar have not changed since 1962.
- St. Lawrence · Vancouver's one-Michelin-star Quebecois-French room, where cuisine de campagne means tourtiere and duck-liver eclairs.
- The Acorn · The Main Street room that made vegetables the main event - beer-battered halloumi and all.
- Elem · Chef Vish Mayekar's globe-trotting Main Street room, best surrendered to the chef's menu.
- Vij's · Vikram Vij's Cambie Village room where the wine-marinated lamb popsicles remain the most famous Indian dish in the city.
- Bao Bei · The Chinatown brasserie that rewrote modern Chinese cooking in Vancouver.
- Barbara · Fourteen seats in Chinatown, ten at the counter, a one-star menu you help choose.
- West Oak · Yaletown's Vibrant Culinary Star
- Masayoshi · A one-Michelin-star omakase counter where chef Masayoshi Baba plates the season, one edomae piece at a time.
- Okeya Kyujiro · A one-Michelin-star, theatrical 25-course omakase in Yaletown - candlelit, curtain-raised, closer to a performance.
- Boulevard · The polished oyster bar inside Sutton Place where Roger Ma turns Pacific seafood into a downtown occasion.
- Kissa Tanto · A one-Michelin-star Italian-Japanese room styled after a 1960s Tokyo jazz cafe, from chef Joel Watanabe.
- Gary's · A 36-seat South Granville room doing Michelin Bib Gourmand French-country small plates - honest food, serious value.
- Published on Main · One of the hardest tables in Vancouver, and worth every day of the 60-day wait.
- Sushi Hil · A Michelin Bib Gourmand sushi room on Main Street where chef Hilary Nguy cuts jewel-like pieces in a sunlit space.
- Sumibiyaki Arashi · A one-Michelin-star, 14-seat counter where chef Pete Ho builds a 16-course yakitori omakase over binchotan charcoal.
- Sushi Masuda · A one-Michelin-star, six-seat counter hidden downtown, where chef Yoji Masuda channels his Ginza training.
- Sushi Hyun · A one-Michelin-star, six-seat West End counter where chef Juhyun Lee brings a Korean sensibility to edomae nigiri.
- Joe Forte's Seafood & Chop House · Vancouver's Iconic Dining Destination
- Riley's Fish & Steak · Vancouver's Premier Waterfront Chophouse
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Vancouver restaurants · FAQ
What are the best restaurants in Vancouver?
Vancouver's most reservation-worthy restaurants are listed on this page, concept-driven dining rooms, celebrity-chef destinations, and marquee institutions. MyRSVP curates the list and wires each restaurant to its own booking platform (Resy, OpenTable, SevenRooms or TheFork), so instead of hopping between reservation sites to find the best tables and figure out where each takes bookings, you compare them side by side and book direct, all from one place.
How do I get hard-to-book reservations in Vancouver?
Each restaurant on this page books through its own reservation platform, the booking button on the venue page takes you straight there. For the hardest tables, reserve as far ahead as you can; prime nights at the top rooms fill weeks out.
What's the dress code for fine dining in Vancouver?
Most Vancouver fine-dining rooms expect smart casual or business casual, collared shirts and closed-toe shoes for men, cocktail attire for women. A few rooms enforce stricter codes, noted on the venue page.
Are there celebrity-chef restaurants in Vancouver?
Yes, many of the venues on this page are flagship rooms from celebrity chefs and award-winning culinary teams. Reserve tasting menus or a la carte through each restaurant's own booking platform, linked on the venue page.
Do Vancouver restaurants take walk-ins?
Some do, but the top rooms book three to four weeks out (or more) for prime times. Reserve through the booking button on the venue page as early as you can.
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