Bistros, trattorias and the everyday places where Vancouver actually eats.
Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Vancouver actually eats.
25 places
Order Golden-fried chicken wings in salt, pepper and sugar, and the #71 beef in pineapple and fish sauce.
Phnom Penh is a family-run Vietnamese and Cambodian restaurant on East Georgia Street in Chinatown since 1985, with nearly 100 rice, noodle and soup dishes.
Order The mantou buns filled with braised pork, hoisin, pickled ginger and miso-serrano aioli.
Bao Bei is a modern Chinese restaurant at 163 Keefer Street in Chinatown, serving small plates meant to be shared, open nightly from 5:30pm.
Order The family style sharing menu: a starter, salad, curry and stir fry, shared per two people.
Maenam is a Michelin-recommended Thai restaurant at 1938 West 4th Avenue in Kitsilano from chef Angus An, with dinner daily and lunch Thursday to Sunday.
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Order The salad of chopped softshell crab piled on banana blossom, or the grilled prawn mousse with fresh herbs.
Anh and Chi is a Vietnamese restaurant at 3388 Main Street in Mount Pleasant, run by siblings Vincent and Amélie Nguyễn and open from 11am to late.
Kingyo Izakaya is a Japanese restaurant at 871 Denman Street in Vancouver, open for lunch from 12pm and dinner from 4:30pm, with pick up and delivery.
Order Handmade pasta, such as the pappardelle with lamb bolognese or the agnolotti del plin.
Savio Volpe is an Italian osteria at 615 Kingsway, with handmade pasta every day and a wood-fired grill and rotisserie, open nightly from 5pm.
Order Bigoli nero with frutti di mare and lemon butter, or Luigi's meatballs.
Ask for Luigi is a casual Italian restaurant at 305 Alexander Street, specializing in fresh handmade pasta served family style, with brunch, lunch and dinner.
Save On Meats is a New American restaurant at 43 West Hastings Street in Vancouver.
Order The tasting menu at $78pp, with a beverage pairing available.
Dachi is a neighborhood restaurant and wine bar in East Vancouver with space for forty people, serving seasonal dishes with natural wine, sake and cocktails.
Order The miso ramen, Kintaro's best, made with soybean pastes from four Japanese regions.
Kintaro Ramen is a ramen restaurant at 788 Denman Street in the West End, serving miso, shoyu and shio ramen and open Tuesday to Sunday from 11:30am.
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Order The chefs menu, a blind family style multi-course meal of 10 to 12 moments.
The Acorn is a Michelin-recommended, vegetable-forward restaurant and bar at 3995 Main Street with a zero-waste kitchen, open nightly and for weekend brunch.
Order Najib's Special crispy cauliflower with tahini and pickled cabbage, then the lamb kafta.
Nuba Gastown is a Feel Good Lebanese restaurant at 207 West Hastings Street in an underground space with a 36-foot bar, open daily from 11:30am.
Order The khao soi, a northern Thai style chicken curry with a crispy noodle garnish.
Fat Mao Noodles is a Thai-style noodle soup bar by chef Angus An at 217 East Georgia Street in Chinatown, open daily from 11:30am to 8:30pm.
The Naam is a vegetarian restaurant at 2724 West 4th Avenue in Kitsilano, founded in 1968, open 11am to 11pm on weekdays and 9am to 11pm on weekends.
Order The bone marrow cheezy bread: roasted bone marrow cheese toast with an arugula salad.
The Flying Pig Yaletown is a farm and sea to table restaurant at 1168 Hamilton Street that takes reservations and keeps part of its tables for walk-ins.
Order Tagliatelle nero with Canadian lobster, garlic and tomato.
Lupo is an Italian restaurant and vinoteca at 869 Hamilton Street in Yaletown, with chef Julio Gonzalez Perini, open every day for dinner from 5pm.
Order The signature bannock with butter and jam, and the salmon mousse with bannock crackers.
Salmon n' Bannock Bistro is an Indigenous restaurant at 1128 West Broadway, making modern dishes from traditional ingredients, open daily from 3pm to 9pm.
Order The classic tonkotsu ramen, in the signature pork broth, with noodle firmness set to taste.
Ramen Danbo is a Fukuoka-style tonkotsu ramen restaurant at 1833 West 4th Avenue in Kitsilano, open daily from 11am to 11pm, with four ramen types.
Afghan Horsemen, at 1833 Anderson Street before Granville Island, serves authentic Afghan cuisine and was the first Afghan restaurant in Canada, in 1974.
Order West Coast oysters, flambé prawns or white wine mussels to start.
Glowbal at 590 W Georgia St serves West Coast oysters, flambé prawns and prime rib, plus a three-course Executive Lunch on weekdays until 2:00PM.
Order The Bison Burger, paired with a draft beer on Mondays.
GlassHouse at 1935 W 4th Ave cooks with Pacific Northwest farms and coastal ingredients and ferments onions, fennel, preserved lemons and cucumbers.
Order A kangaroo burger or a chicken parmie, with a Cooper's Pale Ale.
Moose's Down Under is an Australian bar and grill at 830 W Pender St serving meat pies, kangaroo burgers, chicken parmies, lamingtons and pavlovas.
Mui Ngo Gai at 2052 Kingsway serves a blend of traditional Vietnamese and Singaporean cuisine, cooked by skilled chefs from Vietnam and Singapore.
Locus Restaurant and Lounge at 4121 Main St has offered an eclectic fusion of modern and classic favourites since 1998, in a space with gothic decor.
Order Stir-fried pad Thai noodles, the house specialty.
Sen Pad Thai, inside the Public Market at Granville Island, specializes in stir-fried pad Thai noodles inspired by the street food stalls of Chanthaburi.
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