 |
Aurora Bistro2420 Main St., Vancouver Phone: 604-873-9944 |
At Aurora the chef take pains to use the best ingredients with lots of local, organic produce and sustainable seafood. Aurora Bistro offers 100 percent B.C. wines. The menu is seasonal. |
|
Bacchus845 Hornby, Vancouver Phone: 604-608-5319 |
Bacchus exudes old-world charm. The service is excellent and matches the food prepared by Chef Lee Parsons. Most of the dishes are based on local ingredients and feature such offerings such as golden chanterelles with poached quail egg and summmer truffles, pot-roasted breast of organic chicken with liguine pasta, morels, green asparagus and morel cream ... just to name a few. |
|
Bin 941 and Bin 9421521 Davie St., Vancouver Phone: 604-683-12461521 West Broadway Phone: 604-734-9421 |
The expression: "Don't judge a book by its cover." might well applied to both places. The funky, hip atmosphere is only the second best thing you will find in these small "restaurants", it's the food which will want you to come for more. The Yucatan-spiced rubbed bison flat iron steak with tequila lime sauce, pumpkin spiced pearl onions, jicama yucca salad and cilanro poblano chili syrup or the Moroccan tagine with dried fruits are two renowned dishes. |
|
Bishop's2183 West Fourth Ave., Vancouver Phone: 604-738-2025 |
The menu at Bishop's features a truly organic provincial cuisine. The menu changes on a weekly basis. While the service and qualtiy food is superb, the atmosphere is intim and elegant. Expect to be treated like royalty. |
|
Blue Water Cafe & Raw Bar1095 Hamilton St., Vancouver Phone: 604-688-8078 |
The menu at Blue Water Cafe is geared to seasonal seafood, always fresh and features some very exotic dishes, e.g. sardine escabeche, marinated in sake, ponzu and grapefruit juice. The raw bar is manned by Yoshi Tabo who has extensive knowledge of Japanese cuisine on sushi and sashimi. |
|
C Restaurant1600 Howe, Vancouver Phone: 604-681-1164 |
Executive chef Rob Clark thrives for new, subtainable and exciting local products to prepare his dishes. Of note is the the sblefish, soured, exclusively for the restaurant. The fish is oven-roasted and served with potato gratin and local Berkshire pock belly. |
|
Chambar562 Beatty St., Vancouver Phone: 604-879-7119 |
The owner and chef Nico Shuerman is a three-star Michelin restaurant alumni. The menu at Chambar is changed twice monthly and features local ingredients. Some dishes do have a distince Moroccan influence given the chef's past experience with Moroccan cuisine. |
|
Cioppino's1133 Hamilton St., Vancouver Phone: 604-688-7466 |
The pasta hat Cioppino's isn't easy to beat. The chef sees to it that the restaurant's Italien dishes are light and fresh so they won't do any harm to your waisteline. |
|
Fuel1944 West Fourth Ave., Vancouver Phone: 604-288-7905 |
Robert Belcham, he chef at Fuel, is taking cooking very seriously, so much so that he butchers his own meat and therefore has firm control over the various ingredients he use to create his dishes not unlike Julia Child and the Frugal Gourmet. |
|
Gastropod1938 West Fourth Ave., Vancouver Phone: 604-730-5579 |
Experience shows! Chef/Owner Angus An returned to Vancouver after practicing his craft in new York, England and Montreal. The chef's signature dish includes oysters with horse radish and venison sous wide with potato sandwich, raspberry ketchup and shiitake mushrooms. |
|
Jules216 Abbott St., Vancouver Phone: 604-669-0033 |
Jules is a charming French Bistro, located in the historic Dominion Hotel. A recommended dish would be the Steak frites, Poached quail eggs in red white sauce with mushrooms, bacon and pearl onions. |
|
Lumiere2551 West Broadway, Vancouver Phone: 604-739-8185 |
This year Lumiere scored the three out of five star honor by a International Star Diamond Award Inspector. While the dishes at Lumiere appear simple on the surface, they are highly evolved in technique thanks to the high standard set by the Chef. |
|
NU1661 Granville St., Vancouver Phone: 604-646-4668 |
This lounge-like restaurant, located under the Granville Bridge, is full of buzz. The food denotes a certain French Bistro allure, which shows in the potted goose tillettes, duck and foie-gras crouette, crispy braised pork belly with pears, walnuts, cider vinegar, chicken ballottine with potato puree. |
|
Parkside1906 Haro St., Vancouver Phone: 604-683-6912 |
Parkside, located in the Buchan hotel in the West End of Vancouver away from the hustle and bustle near by. The menu changes frequently and the prizes for three or four course dinner are reasonably prized. Chef-owner Andrey Durchach is known for bold seductive flavourful dishes. |
|
Raincity Grill1193 Denman St., Vancouver Phone: 604-685-7337 |
Chef Andrea Carlson's believes "the more local, the better" and the ingredients she uses in her dishes reflect her mantra. In some cases, "Local" might expand to produce from the Okanagan. The menu of the restaurant is geared to the changing seasons. Raincity Grill features also a wide selection of B.C. and Washington State wines. |
|
La Regalade2232 Marine Dr., West Vancouver Phone: 604-921-2228 |
La Regalade boasts a very French atmosphere with food to match. The very generous portions of robust, French bistro food, prepared by Mireille Guilliano will fill even the most hungry person. |
|
Sun Sui Wah4920 No. 3 Rd., Richmond Phone: 604-273-8208 3888 Main St. Phone: 604-872-8822 |
Local and international media most often remcommend this Chinese restaurant, especially if it comes to the dim sum. Signature dishes of this restaurant are Alaska king crab and roast squab. Select a wine to go with your meal. |
|
Tojo's777 West Broadway, Vancouver Phone: 604-872-8050 |
The ambience of Tojo's matches its Japanese cuise. Vancouver has fallen in love with the dishes at Tojo's. The chef wears his crown as "The Prince of Japanese Cuisine" proudly. You may want to sit at the bar and see how the Chef pulls from his 2000 dishes he carries in his head. |
|
Vij's1480 West 11th Ave., Vancouver Phone: 604-736-6664 |
At Vij's you will find well refined Indian food coupled with gentle hospitality. Chef Meeru Dhalwala continues to create new dishes with complimentary spices. No wonder that some food writers feel that Vji's offers the best Indian restaurant in the world. |
|
West2881 Granville St., Vancouver Phone: 604-738-8938 |
At West there are no shortcuts when preparing food. The simply presented dishes belie the labour-intensive work which went into creating them. The melon soup with preserved ginger and lobster is just one of them. |
