Restaurant insiders pick the best eats in Vancouver for 2011

New

1. L’Abattoir
217 Carrall Street,
604-568-1701

2. Meat & Bread
370 Cambie Street,
604-566-9003

3. Cafeteria (tie)
2702 Main Street,
778-317-3783

3. Suika (tie)
1626 West Broadway,
604-730-1678

West Coast

1. Bishop’s Restaurant
2183 West 4th Avenue,
604-738-2025

2. Blue Water Café + Raw Bar
1095 Hamilton Street,
604-688-8078

3. COAST Restaurant
1054 Alberni Street,
604-685-5010

French

1. Le Crocodile
100–909 Burrard Street,
604-669-4298

2. Les Faux Bourgeois
663 East 15th Avenue,
604-873-9733

3. Pied-í -Terre
3369 Cambie Street,
604-873-3131

Italian

1. La Quercia
3689 West 4th Avenue,
604-676-1007

2. Cioppino’s Mediterranean Grill & Enoteca
1133 Hamilton Street,
604-688-7466;
1129 Hamilton Street,
604-685-8462

3. Il Giardino
1382 Hornby Street,
604-669-2422

Chinese

1. Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant
3888 Main Street,
604-872-8822;
102–4940 No. 3 Road, Richmond,
604-273-8208

2. Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie
163 Keefer Street,
604-688-0876

3. Kirin Seafood Restaurant
Various locations

Latin American

1. Cobre
52 Powell Street,
604-669-2396

2. Doña Cata
5076 Victoria,
604-436-2232

3. La Taqueria
322 West Hastings Street,
604-568-4406

Japanese

1. Tojo’s Restaurant
1133 West Broadway,
604-872-8050

2. Kingyo Izakaya
871 Denman Street,
604-608-1677

3. Hapa Izakaya,
Various locations

Indian

1. Vij’s
1480 West 11th Avenue,
604-736-6664

2. Rangoli
1488 West 11th Avenue,
604-736-5711

3. Chutney Villa (tie)
147 East Broadway,
604-872-2228

3. Maurya Indian Cuisine (tie)
1643 West Broadway,
604-742-0622

Other Asian

1. Phnom Penh Restaurant
244 East Georgia Street,
604-734-8898

2. Maenam
1938 West 4th Avenue,
604-730-5579

3. Banana Leaf (tie)
Various locations

3. SalaThai Thai Restaurant
102–888 Burrard Street,
604-683-7999;
3364 Cambie Street,
604-875-6999

See also:

Pros pick Vancouver’s most underrated restaurants

Where restaurant-industry workers go for cheap meals in Vancouver