Greek Classics at Taverna Gorgona

A restored downtown heritage atrium where soaring marble makes charred octopus feel like a civic event.

Two Kissa Tanto alumni built Fraser Street a proper Portuguese tasca: 36 seats, an all Portuguese wine list, and a menu that changes when the fish does.

The sunny tiled downtown room with legendary Belgian waffles, a lavender dark chocolate situation, and a line that is genuinely worth it.

The top-ranked restaurant in Coquitlam, a warm family-run taverna famous for enormous portions and a festive room.

The 1980 blue-and-white taverna locals quietly choose over its famous neighbour, with a for-two platter and the seawall a ten-minute walk out.

French technique and Gastown cobblestones, with an atrium, award-winning cocktails, and a bar that doesn't rush you out.

A dim, jazz-soaked 1960s Tokyo cafe in Chinatown, where tajarin with uni is just how dinner starts.

The Fraser St bistro that locals call FauxBo, guard jealously, and can't stop recommending despite the notoriously tough reservation.

Vancouver Foodie Tours runs a two hour progressive meal through the market: cheese, charcuterie, candied salmon, chocolate truffles and a honey-dip donut finish.

A Michelin-name Italian on Kingsway where spit-roasted meats, seasonal handmade pasta and wine do more romantic work than you ever had to.

The only dinner where eating with your hands from the same plate is not just allowed, it's the whole point.

Where Pondicherry's centuries-old French-Indian love affair lands in Hastings-Sunrise, with a coconut tequila chaser.

A tiny, beloved West Point Grey room near Alma serving slow-cooked northern Italian with a menu that changes nightly and often isn't printed at all.

Chef Hector Laguna's plant-draped Coal Harbour room, where the world-ranked cocktails alone justify the good shirt.