Miku is a japanese sushi restaurant in Downtown, Vancouver.
Editorially verified June 8, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Visit Vancouver's Granville Island Public Market. Sample fine foods from independent farmers and food artisans from the city and surrounding area.
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Gastown, Vancouver’s historic birthplace. This 3-hour walking tour with a local guide includes an all-inclusive, progressive sit-down meal between 3 of Gastown’s best ...
Address: 200 Granville Street #70, Vancouver, BC V6C 1S4
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.
OrderThe seafood tower with raw oysters, plus the wild BC sablefish from the wood grill.
TipThe raw bar walks in early evening; the dining room books a week out on OpenTable. February's Unsung Heroes menu is the calendar event.
L'Abattoir on Carrall Street in Gastown since 2010 has run chef Lee Cooper's French-leaning kitchen and a reference cocktail program, Michelin recommended.
OrderSteak tartare at the bar with a Sazerac and Pacific oysters from the cold table.
TipThe bar takes walk-ins for the cocktail menu and snacks; the dining room books on OpenTable two weeks out.
Anh and Chi on Main Street is the sibling-run modern Vietnamese kitchen since 2016, Michelin Bib Gourmand 2022, Vancouver's reference banh xeo and pho.
OrderBanh xeo with the family-style sharing platter; siblings Amelie and Vincent Le run the room.
TipNo reservations; walk-in line for dinner from 17:00. Weekday lunch is the easier seat.
Kingyo Izakaya on Denman is Vancouver's reference modern izakaya since 2008, named one of Canada's best Japanese rooms by Air Canada's enRoute in 2014.
OrderStone-grilled gyu tan and buta kakuni, the kitchen's standout izakaya plates.
TipLunch walks in. Dinner books on OpenTable a week out; the chef's counter takes the omakase.
Dachi on East Hastings is a counter-style izakaya since 2018 with a deep sake list and seasonal fish, Michelin Bib Gourmand 2022 and a Vancouver Magazine top.
OrderThe kitchen's fish crudo from the daily list, then yakitori skewers with a glass of sake.
TipTock reservations open 30 days out; the counter walks in for the early seating.
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.
OrderA dozen Read Island oysters with a glass of BC sparkling, plus the cedar plank salmon.
TipThe rooftop oyster bar walks in for sundowner oysters from 16:00 May to September; the dining room books on OpenTable.
