Barbara · Vancouver
Fourteen seats in Chinatown, ten at the counter, a one-star menu you help choose.
Why we recommend Barbara in Vancouver Barbara is fourteen seats folded into a 500-square-foot sliver of Chinatown at 305 East Pender, and it holds a Michelin star for the third straight year running. It is one of the most personal fine-dining rooms in the city, and one of the fastest to sell out - the kind of table you plan a trip around rather than fit into one. This page is a concierge guide, not a booking desk. Restaurant reservations in Vancouver sit with the venue itself, so the button on this page books you direct through OpenTable, the platform Barbara uses - MyRSVP does not hold or confirm the table, OpenTable does. What we handle is the nightlife and club side of a Vancouver trip - where you go for a drink before or the room after - while OpenTable handles the reservation. What to
Address: 305 E Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1V3, Vancouver
Reserve a VIP table at Barbara through the MyRSVP concierge. Submit a request via the form on this page and a host will confirm bottle minimums, arrival timing and any large-group requests within hours. MyRSVP handles Vancouver reservations with on-the-ground hosts who book the toughest rooms in the city.
Hours of operation
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 17:30 – 22:00
- Wednesday: 17:30 – 22:00
- Thursday: 17:30 – 22:00
- Friday: 17:30 – 22:00
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
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