10 Metro Vancouver restaurants serving multicourse menus on New Year's Eve 2016

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      What better way to ring in 2017 than by enjoying a great meal with your loved ones?

      Our city is offering a plethora of New Year’s Eve dinners, so you can choose from French cuisine, contemporary Thai dishes, classic Italian food, and West Coast favourites.

      Here are 10 restaurants in Metro Vancouver that are offering multicourse menus on the last day of 2016—cheers.

      Au Comptoir

      AU COMPTOIR (2278 West 4th Avenue)

      Lovers of classic French fare should check out the celebratory four-course menu ($95 per person plus tax and gratuity) at this Kitsilano bistro. Guests will taste parsnip mousse with compressed apple and caramelized honey, house smoked-salmon ballotine, and pan-roasted black cod, among other dishes. The sweet treat at the end of the dinner is a hazelnut-chocolate layer cake with cocoa-bean-infused ice cream—yum. Reservations can be made by calling 604-569-2278.

      Bishop's

      BISHOP'S (2183 West 4th Avenue)

      This legendary restaurant will be serving up a special New Year’s Eve menu ($125 per person, plus tax and gratuity) that comes with a glass of Champagne, which is perfect for giving a toast to the incoming year. Treat your taste buds to some smoked salmon and caviar blinis, seared weathervane scallops, chicken and porcini ravioli with truffle cream, and roast lamb chop Niçoise. Featured desserts will include blood-orange sorbet with Moscato d’Asti. Reservations can be made online.

      Cibo Trattoria

      CIBO TRATTORIA (900 Seymour Street)

      If you want to indulge in some traditional Italian food on December 31, this is the eatery for you. Two dinner seating times will be available, with two separate multicourse menus ($84 and $124 per person, plus tax and gratuity). Featured items range from duck-liver terrine to prosciutto-wrapped rabbit loin, and smoked-ricotta ravioli with garlic butter to tagliolini with butter-poached oyster. Save room for sweets, because you’ll want to finish with its Champagne granita with compressed Bosc pear. Reservations can be made by calling 604-602-9570.

      e.b.o. Restaurant & Lounge

      e.b.o RESTAURANT & LOUNGE (4331 Dominion Street, Burnaby)

      Can’t decide what type of cuisine to feast on? We recommend enjoying a New Year’s Eve dinner buffet ($50 per person, plus tax and gratuity) at this swanky dining lounge. Gourmet choices will include tasty salads, assorted sushi, cold seafood, roast turkey, chicken satay, pork belly, carved prime rib, and Yorkshire pudding. There’s a kids’ corner to satisfy the young ones, and a dessert table featuring festive sweets, liquid-nitrogen ice cream, and a cookie-decorating station. You can bet that this will be a meal to remember. Reservations can be made by emailing dhr.yvrdb.ebo@marriott.com.

      Joe Fortes

      JOE FORTES SEAFOOD & CHOPHOUSE (777 Thurlow Street)

      Celebrate New Year’s Eve with good food on this restaurant’s rooftop patio or in the lively dining room. Executive chef Wayne Sych has created a mouthwatering multicourse menu ($60 per person) that includes Atlantic lobster, jumbo scallops, and fresh prawns. If you’re not digging seafood, you can choose to devour AAA prime rib instead. The second seating is already sold-out, so you can bet that this is a popular dining choice on December 31. Reservations can be made by calling 604-669-1940.

      Hamid Attie

      MAENAM (1938 West 4th Avenue)

      Feeling like going for Southeast Asian flavours? Maenam will be offering two menus ($75 per person, plus tax and gratuity) on the last day of the year—family-style and vegetarian family-style. The sweet and savoury bites will include its famous spot prawn cracker with uni, diced tuna, and ikura; grilled scallop salad; beef rib; potato cones; cucumber ceviche; and aromatic vegetarian curry. Guests can choose black sticky rice with coconut syrup or guava semifreddo for the last (and sweetest) course. Reservations can be made by calling 604-730-5579.

      Minami

      MINAMI  (1118 Mainland Street)

      This Yaletown dining hot spot will be featuring a live band during its NYE dinner service, and it will also be offering a special New Year’s Eve menu ($98 per person, plus tax and gratuity). Restaurantgoers will start off with a sashimi duo as an amuse-bouche before chowing down on an appetizer trio that includes albacore tuna kaiso seaweed tartare. A dish with half an Atlantic lobster tail and beef tenderloin is also on the menu, as well as its famous aburi (flame-seared) sushi. Reservations can be made by calling 604-685-8080.

      Rocky Mountain Flatbread

      ROCKY MOUNTAIN FLATBREAD (1876 West 1st Avenue and 4186 Main Street)

      Not all kids can stay up until midnight for the countdown, so this eatery has planned it all out for you and the family. Rocky Mountain Flatbread will be hosting a New Year’s Eve pizza party ($20 per child and $25 per adult, plus tax and gratuity) at both its locations at 4 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Feast on some house-made soup, salad, artisan pizza, and brownies (for the kids). It’s not a party without some entertainment, so face-painting, balloon-twisting, and an early countdown are on the agenda. Reservations can be made by emailing info@rockymountainflatbread.ca.

      Bemoved Media

      ROYAL DINETTE (905 Dunsmuir Street)

      Those who love locally sourced, farm-to-table food will want to celebrate 2016 at this restaurant. Two dinner seating times will be available, with two separate multicourse menus ($70 and $100 per person, plus tax and gratuity). Featured culinary creations include beach angel oysters with Northern Divine caviar, sake-kasu marinated sablefish, scallop crudo with pickled vegetables, dry-aged beef rib eye, and more. As for dessert—prepare to indulge in dark chocolate with pain d’épice ice cream with quince and chestnut. Wine pairings are also available for an additional charge ($55 and $70). Reservations can be made by calling 604-974-8077.

      Yew Seafood + Bar

      YEW SEAFOOD + BAR (791 West Georgia Street)

      If you want to plan a classy night-out for New Year’s Eve, dress-up and head over to this popular restaurant at the Four Seasons Vancouver. There will be two dinner seating times, with two different celebratory menus ($95 and $155 per person, plus tax and gratuity). Guests will be treated to lobster brioche, butternut squash veloute, smoked lobster, truffle thyme gnocchi, and beef tartar with sturgeon caviar, among other dishes. Finish off with orange- and-grapefruit pumpkin cake and a sticky toffee pudding that’ll leave you wanting more. The latter seating will also enjoy live music and a countdown to 2017. Reservations can be made by calling 604-692-4939. 

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