5 seafood rooms worth the trip across Canada, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Canada.

Blue Water Cafe ★ 4.7 · Vancouver

yaletown · 1095 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5T4

Blue Water Cafe in Yaletown under chef Frank Pabst since 2000 is Vancouver's reference seafood room, Ocean Wise certified and an Unsung Heroes host.

Tip: The raw bar walks in early evening; the dining room books a week out on OpenTable. February's Unsung Heroes menu is the calendar event.

Blue Water Cafe ★ 4.7 · Vancouver

yaletown · 1095 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5T4

Blue Water Cafe in Yaletown under chef Frank Pabst since 2000 is Vancouver's reference seafood room, Ocean Wise certified and the Unsung Heroes host annual.

Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar ★ 4.6 · Vancouver

downtown · 845 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2K6

Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar at the Sutton Place Hotel under executive chef Roger Ma runs Vancouver's reference oyster bar plus a wood-fired Pacific menu.

Tip: The oyster bar walks in nightly; the dining room books two weeks out through OpenTable.

Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar ★ 4.6 · Vancouver

downtown · 845 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2K6

Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar at the Sutton Place Hotel under executive chef Roger Ma runs Vancouver's reference oyster bar plus a wood-fired Pacific menu.

Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House ★ 4.4 · Vancouver

west-end · 777 Thurlow Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 3V5

Joe Fortes on Thurlow is Vancouver's long-running upmarket seafood house since 1985, named for Vancouver's first lifeguard, plus a rooftop oyster bar.

Tip: The rooftop oyster bar walks in for sundowner oysters from 16:00 May to September; the dining room books on OpenTable.