Aberdeen food court
– always a blast, with lots of options including Jay Chou’s restaurant
HK Style
– Golden Paramount Seafood Restaurant – (HK style)
– Kirin – for dim sum, but most consistent
– Jade Seafood for dim sum
– Lido Restaurant
– Kam Do Bakery
– No 9 Restaurant –
Chinese
– Shanghai River for Shanghainese
– Chef Hung Taiwanese Beef Noodle – this is in Aberdeen, and likely better around, buts its convenient
– Excellent Tofu and Snack – tofu dessert
– Peaceful restaurant for cumin lamb noodles and XLB
– Bao Bei – Chinese fusion – expensive
– Phnom Penh Vancouver – Cambodian
– New town bakery – Chinese
– Maxim bakery – Chinese
– Bao bakery – Chinese
– Daisy Garden – Chinatown – iconic restaurant in Vancouver (re-open after 7 years for fire),
Ramen
– Santouka Ramen
– Danbo – for milky
– The Ramen Butcher in Chinatown is good if you are nearby
– Marutama Ramen
Best desserts
– Beta5 chocolates – best cream puffs ever!
– Nero waffles
– Thomas Haas – best chocolatier and diners
– Castella Cheesecake
– Uncle Tetsu
– Bella Geleteria – Gelalto
– Uno Gelato – The owner of Bella started a new one
– Earnest Ice cream – i like it better than village,
– Melo – stuff donuts
– Fruit pies from Aphrodite’s Cafe & Pie Shop
– Harmony Donuts
– Lucky’s donuts – Vancouver
– Lee’s donuts – Granville Island – traditional style
– Cartem’s donuts – newer donut place – earl gray donut is good
– lots more options here – https://nomsmagazine.com/best-vancouver-dessert/
– Rain or Shine ice cream
– Perverted ice cream – soft-serve, melts super quick
– Ice cream sandwiches – Made by Mister (Yaletown, late night)
– St Germain Bakery
– Fritz – late-night poutine – greasy eats
Japanese
– Tetsu Sushi Bar – Ray’s favourite sushi place
– Tom sushi – reasonable price
– Shizenya – sushi with brown rice
– Guu Garlic – part of a chain
– Kinyo for japanese izakaya
Vegetarian
– MeeT Vancouver
– Chau Veggie – Vietnamese – very good
High-end / Pricey
– Joe Fortes for Seafood
– Le Crocodile – french
– Kissa Tanto – italian-japanese fusion
– Blue Water (Yaletown) – high-end seafood
– Sushi Bar Maumi – reservation only – 10 seat restaurant –>
– Miku – sushi / Minami (yaletown) – sushi – high end
– Tojo’s – sushi and wagyu steak — super expensive (more than Tojo)
– Hawkworth
Indian
– Vij’s
Malaysian
– Banana Leaf
Mexican
– Tacofina
– La Taqueria
– La Casita
Breakfast
– Medina’s
– Jam Cafe
– Chambar – higher end
– Breka – cheap, 24/7, lots of good choices
– Homer Street Cafe – I really like the vibe here and mimosas are great
– Red Wagon – pancakes
Fresh Seafood
– The Fish Counter (Granville Island)
Italian
– Water Street Cafe – pretty good
– Robba da Matti
– Ask for Luigi
Skip
– Global
– Donnaly Group
– Legendary Noodle
– Dinasty Chinese – better options elsewhere
– Hawksworth – Canadian (good food, but they don’t pay their employees)
– Kintaro Ramen
– Jinya Ramen – quality has gone downhill
– Hello Nori – handrolls – overrated marketing..
More reading
– https://spoonuniversity.com/place/best-things-to-eat-in-vancouver