Guidebook for Vancouver

Adam & Laura
Adam & Laura
Guidebook for Vancouver

Food Scene

They have a bar and a restaurant at the Yaletown Brewpub. The beer is good and the patio is fantastic. The food is good as well, try the deep fried pickles. On Sunday a pizzas are $9 & beers are $4
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Yaletown Brewing Company
1111 Mainland St
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They have a bar and a restaurant at the Yaletown Brewpub. The beer is good and the patio is fantastic. The food is good as well, try the deep fried pickles. On Sunday a pizzas are $9 & beers are $4
Authentic Mexican food. Very tasty. I like to get take-out and walk down to the seawall to eat. I've liked everything I've had here.
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Salsa & Agave Mexican Grill
1205 Pacific Blvd
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Authentic Mexican food. Very tasty. I like to get take-out and walk down to the seawall to eat. I've liked everything I've had here.
This is a very fun and lively place. They usually have a great lunch special that is cheap. On weeknights they have some great deals on drinks and food. Good Mexican food.
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Patron Tacos & Cantina
265 Robson St
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This is a very fun and lively place. They usually have a great lunch special that is cheap. On weeknights they have some great deals on drinks and food. Good Mexican food.
Japanese style hotdogs. A Vancouver institution. Vancouver's only original contribution to street food.
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JAPADOG
530 Robson St
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Japanese style hotdogs. A Vancouver institution. Vancouver's only original contribution to street food.
Great place for affordable and authentic mexican tacos. Perfect for lunch or a quick supper. I've never been disappointed.
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La Taqueria Pinche Taco
322 W Hastings St
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Great place for affordable and authentic mexican tacos. Perfect for lunch or a quick supper. I've never been disappointed.
Good coffee and tea. Amazing sandwiches, this is a top ten sandwich place. Really cute room too.
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Finch's
353 W Pender St
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Good coffee and tea. Amazing sandwiches, this is a top ten sandwich place. Really cute room too.
This is the best patio in town. I like it for coffee, lunch, afternoon drinks and after work drinks. Great food. Great value. Great deserts, Good coffee, and you can get a beer or a glass of wine.
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Gallery Café & Catering
750 Hornby St
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This is the best patio in town. I like it for coffee, lunch, afternoon drinks and after work drinks. Great food. Great value. Great deserts, Good coffee, and you can get a beer or a glass of wine.
If you are into indian food you should stop by this joint. Open for lunch, you can also buy dishes to take home and cook yourself! The restaurant next door is one of my top 5 in the world.
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Vij's
3106 Cambie Street
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If you are into indian food you should stop by this joint. Open for lunch, you can also buy dishes to take home and cook yourself! The restaurant next door is one of my top 5 in the world.
This is one of my top 3 sandwich shops in town. The menu is short, the line is long and everything is to die for. Open only for lunch.
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Meat & Bread
370 Cambie St
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This is one of my top 3 sandwich shops in town. The menu is short, the line is long and everything is to die for. Open only for lunch.
Open for breakfast and lunch Argo Cafe is a super value pick for me. Very good quality diner food at great prices.
Argo Cafe
1836 Ontario St
Open for breakfast and lunch Argo Cafe is a super value pick for me. Very good quality diner food at great prices.
Great place for lunch or dinner. Well priced, tasty middle eastern food.
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Nuba in Gastown
207 W Hastings St
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Great place for lunch or dinner. Well priced, tasty middle eastern food.
Amazing french cuisine for reasonable prices. This place is in the french cultural centre and has a wonderful french vibe and community feel. We've only been for lunch and it was stunningly good.
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Café Salade de Fruits
1545 W 7th Ave
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Amazing french cuisine for reasonable prices. This place is in the french cultural centre and has a wonderful french vibe and community feel. We've only been for lunch and it was stunningly good.
Great patio. Have only had a drink here. Expensive, but I hear the food is good.
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Provence Marinaside
1177 Marinaside Crescent
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Great patio. Have only had a drink here. Expensive, but I hear the food is good.
This is the highest quality late night pizza I know of. It's good enough to go and eat for supper.
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Goldies Pizza
605 W Pender St
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This is the highest quality late night pizza I know of. It's good enough to go and eat for supper.
Second location for this amazing taco shop. Never been disappointed. Love the food.
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La Taqueria Pinche Taco Shop
2450 Yukon St
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Second location for this amazing taco shop. Never been disappointed. Love the food.
Very tasty sushi. Try the Yaletown roll and the beef Sashimi. Two of my favorite dishes in any restaurant.
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Honjin Yaletown Sushi Restaurant
138 Davie St
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Very tasty sushi. Try the Yaletown roll and the beef Sashimi. Two of my favorite dishes in any restaurant.
Excellent sandwiches and a butcher to boot! I love grabbing a sandwich here and heading to Crab Park to enjoy. Wonderful meats are sold here.
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Big Lou's Butcher Shop
269 Powell St
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Excellent sandwiches and a butcher to boot! I love grabbing a sandwich here and heading to Crab Park to enjoy. Wonderful meats are sold here.
THIS PLACE HAS MOVED TWO BLOCKS WEST DOWN BROADWAY This is our favorite greasy chinese noodle house. Order- Green Onion Pancakes, Fried Scallops, Spicy Green Beans & Cutting noodles w/ deep fried Tofu
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Shaolin Noodle House
656 W Broadway
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THIS PLACE HAS MOVED TWO BLOCKS WEST DOWN BROADWAY This is our favorite greasy chinese noodle house. Order- Green Onion Pancakes, Fried Scallops, Spicy Green Beans & Cutting noodles w/ deep fried Tofu
This place has a huge menu. My favs are the Chorizo and Egg Vietnamese Sandwich (Top 3 Sandwich in town) and the pupusas. Very cheap btw.
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Duffin's Donuts
1391 E 41st Ave
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This place has a huge menu. My favs are the Chorizo and Egg Vietnamese Sandwich (Top 3 Sandwich in town) and the pupusas. Very cheap btw.
This is a top 3 sandwich place! Amazing mexican tortas. Try the chorizo and egg torta!
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Las Tortas Mexican Gourmet Sandwiches
3353 Cambie St
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This is a top 3 sandwich place! Amazing mexican tortas. Try the chorizo and egg torta!
Amazing Neapolitan Pizza. Cooked in a wood burning brick oven. Beautiful room. Driftwood Ale on tap and a $5 glass of house wine. Really great restaurant.
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Nicli Antica Pizzeria
3142 E Cordova St
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Amazing Neapolitan Pizza. Cooked in a wood burning brick oven. Beautiful room. Driftwood Ale on tap and a $5 glass of house wine. Really great restaurant.
They serve Stumptown coffee here, which is my favorite coffee! Also, their seating is a 60 foot beauty of a long table. Very nice place to have a cup of brew.
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Salty Tongue Café
212 Carrall St
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They serve Stumptown coffee here, which is my favorite coffee! Also, their seating is a 60 foot beauty of a long table. Very nice place to have a cup of brew.
Delicious Bahn Mi.
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DD MAU Yaletown
1239 Pacific Blvd
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Delicious Bahn Mi.
Great pizza. Our favorite is "The Standard"
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The Parlour
1011 Hamilton Street
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Great pizza. Our favorite is "The Standard"
Wonderful restaurant for a date night.
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The Flying Pig Yaletown
1168 Hamilton Street
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Wonderful restaurant for a date night.
Great date night restaurant.
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The Flying Pig Gastown
102 Water Street
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Great date night restaurant.
Wonderful Cambodia place. We love the grlic chicken wings, the beef lac lac and the shrimp fried rice.
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Phnom Penh Restaurant
244 E Georgia St
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Wonderful Cambodia place. We love the grlic chicken wings, the beef lac lac and the shrimp fried rice.
The best fancy donuts in town. We love the earl grey and the lemon.
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Cartems Donuts
2190 Main St
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The best fancy donuts in town. We love the earl grey and the lemon.
This is our favorite food cart in town. #2 Hoisin Chicken Wrap is our favorite.
Eat Chicken Wraps
800 Howe Street
This is our favorite food cart in town. #2 Hoisin Chicken Wrap is our favorite.
Love their fried fish taco, very very yummy.
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Tacofino Commissary
2327 E Hastings St
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Love their fried fish taco, very very yummy.
Great food truck. Love their fried fish taco, very very yummy. Mon-Fri for lunch.
Tacofino
Dunsmuir Street
Great food truck. Love their fried fish taco, very very yummy. Mon-Fri for lunch.
Amazing, sustainable seafood truck. Pricey but worth it.
Fresh Local Wild
West Hastings Street
Amazing, sustainable seafood truck. Pricey but worth it.
Great Neapolitan Pizza.
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Via Tevere Pizzeria
1190 Victoria Dr
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Great Neapolitan Pizza.
Amazing pizza sandwiches. So good!
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Via Tevere Pizzeria
1190 Victoria Dr
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Amazing pizza sandwiches. So good!
Amazing lunch spot. Get the Porchetta.
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Meat & Bread
370 Cambie St
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Amazing lunch spot. Get the Porchetta.
Amazing local ice cream.
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Earnest Ice Cream
3992 Fraser St
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Amazing local ice cream.
Perhaps our favorite restaurant in the city. You can spend $25 each or $75 each and everyone will leave satisfied.
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Tuc Craft Kitchen
60 W Cordova St
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Perhaps our favorite restaurant in the city. You can spend $25 each or $75 each and everyone will leave satisfied.
Great Ramen!
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Ramen Jinya
541 Robson St
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Great Ramen!
Great Sandwiches and salads.
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Hubbub
859 Hornby St
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Great Sandwiches and salads.
Unpretentious sports bar/deli. Good Montreal smoked meat and bagels.
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Brick Yards Public Eatery
1055 Mainland St
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Unpretentious sports bar/deli. Good Montreal smoked meat and bagels.

Essentials

Closest government liquor store. Cheapest prices are found here. All alcohol is at room temperature.
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BC Liquor Stores
4423 Main St
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Closest government liquor store. Cheapest prices are found here. All alcohol is at room temperature.
This is the closest excellent private liquor store. If you're a beer or wine connoisseur, this is your closest shop of choice. 3 blocks away and a small but discerning selection. Downside- Pricey.
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Sulmida Dessert Cafe Downtown
780 Denman St
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This is the closest excellent private liquor store. If you're a beer or wine connoisseur, this is your closest shop of choice. 3 blocks away and a small but discerning selection. Downside- Pricey.
Absolute closest liquor store. Not a great selection and expensive but convenient.
Robson Wine Beer and Spirit
425 Robson St
Absolute closest liquor store. Not a great selection and expensive but convenient.
Closest grocery store. Expensive. All groceries downtown are expensive:-(
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IGA
2286 W Broadway
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Closest grocery store. Expensive. All groceries downtown are expensive:-(
Very close grocery store. Expensive. All groceries downtown are expensive:-(
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Nesters Market
333 Abbott St
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Very close grocery store. Expensive. All groceries downtown are expensive:-(
Fancy grocery store. Full of super nice and pricey foods. Nice place to treat yourself, but not your wallet.
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Urban Fare
177 Davie St
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Fancy grocery store. Full of super nice and pricey foods. Nice place to treat yourself, but not your wallet.

Drinks & Nightlife

Live music almost all the time.
The Media Club
695 Cambie Street
Live music almost all the time.
Best place to drink craft beer in Vancouver. Amazing constantly changing selection of mostly local craft beers. Food is available, I haven't eaten here though.
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Alibi Room
157 Alexander St
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Best place to drink craft beer in Vancouver. Amazing constantly changing selection of mostly local craft beers. Food is available, I haven't eaten here though.
Great selection of beer and whiskey here! Wonderful pub food, great decor, a fun place for food and drinks.
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The Irish Heather
248 E Georgia St
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Great selection of beer and whiskey here! Wonderful pub food, great decor, a fun place for food and drinks.
Unpretentious bar. Good selection of beer. Good old fashioned fun.
Malone's Social Lounge & Taphouse
608 West Pender Street
Unpretentious bar. Good selection of beer. Good old fashioned fun.

Everything Else

World champion gelato. Always lined up and pricey. Probably worth it though;-)
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Bella Gelateria
1752 W Cordova St
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World champion gelato. Always lined up and pricey. Probably worth it though;-)