Best Middle Eastern

  1. Nuba
  2. East Is East
  3. Afghan Horsemen Restaurant
  4. Jamjar

Best African

  1. Simba's Grill
  2. Harambe Ethiopian Restaurant
  3. Fassil Ethiopian Restaurant

Best Barbecue

  1. Memphis Blues Barbeque House
  2. Dixie's
  3. Peckinpah

Best Caribbean

  1. Calabash Bistro
  2. The Reef
  3. Jamaican Pizza Jerk

Best Chicken

  1. Nando's
  2. JUKE Fried Chicken
  3. Homer St. Cafe and Bar

Best Chinese

  1. Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie
  2. Peaceful Restaurant
  3. Kirin Restaurant

Best Continental

  1. Chambar Restaurant
  2. Top Of Vancouver Revolving Restaurant
  3. Cactus Club Cafe

Best Dim Sum

  1. Kirin Restaurant
  2. Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant
  3. Pink Pearl Chinese Restaurant

Best Fish And Chips

  1. Pajo's
  2. Go Fish
  3. The Fish Counter

Best French

  1. Les Faux Bourgeois
  2. Le Crocodile
  3. L'Abattoir

Best Fries

  1. Fritz European Fry House
  2. Belgian Fries
  3. McDonald's

Best Greek

  1. Stepho's Souvlaki Greek Taverna
  2. The Greek by Anatoli
  3. Apollonia Greek Restaurant
  4. Olympia Souvlaki, Pizza & Pasta Restaurant

Best Hot Pot

  1. Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot
  2. Landmark Hot Pot House
  3. Fatty Cow Seafood Hot Pot

Best Italian

  1. Ask for Luigi
  2. Savio Volpe
  3. CinCin Ristorante + Bar

Best Japanese

  1. Miku Vancouver
  2. Tojo's Restaurant
  3. Minami

Best Korean

  1. Sura Korean BBQ
  2. Kyo Korean BBQ & Sushi House
  3. Damso

Best Latin American

  1. Cuchillo
  2. Chicha
  3. El Camino's

Best Lebanese

  1. Nuba
  2. Jamjar
  3. Saj & Co

Best Malaysian

  1. Banana Leaf
  2. Tropika
  3. Hawker's Delight

Best Mediterranean

  1. Nuba
  2. Cioppino's Mediterranean Grill & Enoteca
  3. Provence Marinaside

Best Mexican

  1. Sal y Limón
  2. La Taqueria
  3. La Mezcalaria

Best Noodles

  1. Peaceful Restaurant
  2. Noodlebox
  3. Legendary Noodle

Best Indian

  1. Vij's
  2. Rangoli
  3. Sula Indian Restaurant

Best Pacific Northwest

  1. Bishop's
  2. Hawksworth Restaurant
  3. West

Best Persian

  1. Cazba Restaurant
  2. Persian Gulf Restaurant
  3. Zeitoon

Best Pizza By The Slice

  1. Uncle Fatih's Pizza
  2. Pizza Garden
  3. Straight Outta Brooklyn Pizzeria

Best Pizza Takeout/Delivery

  1. Pizzeria Farina
  2. Virtuous Pie
  3. Nat's New York Pizzeria

Best Pizzeria

  1. Via Tevere
  2. Pizzeria Farina
  3. Nicli Antica Pizzeria

Best Poutine

  1. Fritz European Fry House
  2. La Belle Patate
  3. Belgian Fries

Best Ramen

  1. JINYA Ramen Bar
  2. Ramen Danbo
  3. Marutama Ra-men
  4. The Ramen Butcher

Best Seafood

  1. Blue Water Cafe
  2. Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House
  3. The Sandbar Seafood Restaurant

Best Spanish

  1. España
  2. Bodega On Main
  3. The Sardine Can

Best Steak

  1. The Keg Steakhouse & Bar
  2. Gotham Steakhouse & Bar
  3. Hy's Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar

Best Sushi

  1. Miku Vancouver
  2. Minami
  3. Tojo's Restaurant

Best Tacos

  1. Tacofino
  2. La Taqueria
  3. Sal y Limón

Best Thai

  1. Maenam
  2. Bob Likes Thai Food
  3. Sawasdee Thai Restaurant

Best Vietnamese

  1. Anh and Chi
  2. Phnom Penh Restaurant
  3. Mr. Red Cafe

Best Wings

  1. WINGS Restaurant & Pubs
  2. The Pint Public House
  3. Earls Restaurant

Best Restaurant For A Working Lunch

  1. Cactus Club Cafe
  2. Earls Restaurant
  3. Meat & Bread

Best Eatery With Live Entertainment

  1. East is East
  2. Frankie's Italian Kitchen & Bar
  3. Blue Martini Jazz Cafe

Best Pre-Theatre Restaurant

  1. Chambar Restaurant
  2. Stable House Bistro
  3. Cibo Trattoria

Best Pre-Game Restaurant

  1. Boston Pizza
  2. Chambar Restaurant
  3. Red Card Sports Bar + Eatery

Best Restaurant For Watching The Game

  1. Boston Pizza
  2. Shark Club
  3. Bells and Whistles

Best Hotel Lounge

  1. The Lobby Lounge and RawBar (Fairmont Pacific Rim)
  2. 1927 Lobby Lounge (Rosewood Hotel Georgia)
  3. Bacchus Restaurant & Lounge (Wedgewood Hotel)
  4. Opus Bar (Opus Hotel)

Best Independent Bar Lounge

  1. The Keefer Bar
  2. The Diamond
  3. Storm Crow Alehouse
  4. Pourhouse

Best Bartender

  1. Amber Bruce
  2. Kaitlyn Stewart
  3. Marc Smolenski

Best Restaurant B.C. Beer Selection

  1. CRAFT Beer Market
  2. Alibi Room
  3. Tap & Barrel

Best Restaurant Imported Beer Selection

  1. BierCraft Bistro
  2. Craft Beer Market
  3. Chambar Restaurant

Best Restaurant Wine List (B.C.)

  1. Blue Water Cafe
  2. Chambar Restaurant
  3. Hawksworth Restaurant

Best Restaurant Wine List (Imported)

  1. Hawksworth Restaurant
  2. CinCin Ristorante + Bar
  3. Di Beppe

Best Wine Bar

  1. UVA Wine & Cocktail Bar
  2. Vancouver Urban Winery
  3. Salt Tasting Room

Best Winery/Vineyard Restaurant

  1. Old Vines Restaurant, Quails' Gate Winery
  2. Miradoro Restaurant, Tinhorn Creek Winery
  3. Terrace Restaurant, Mission Hill Family Estate

Best Cocktails

  1. Pourhouse
  2. Shameful Tiki Room
  3. Clough Club

Best Restaurant For Drink Specials

  1. Earls Restaurant
  2. Cactus Club Cafe
  3. Colony Bar
  4. The Metropole Community Pub

Best Restaurant For A Stiff Drink

  1. Pourhouse
  2. Shameful Tiki Room
  3. Shebeen Whiskey House

Best Pub

  1. Irish Heather & Shebeen
  2. Doolin's Irish Pub
  3. Dublin Crossing Irish Pub

Best Brewpub Restaurant

  1. Granville Island Brewing
  2. Truck Stop (Red Truck Brewery)
  3. Big Rock Urban Brewery & Eatery

Best Local Distillery

  1. Odd Society Spirits
  2. Long Table Distillery
  3. The Liberty Distillery

Best Imported Beer

  1. Guinness
  2. Heineken
  3. Stella Artois

Best Local Brewery

  1. Red Truck Beer Company
  2. Granville Island Brewing
  3. Brassneck Brewery

Best New Brewery

  1. Andina Brewing Company
  2. East Van Brewing Company
  3. Mariner Brewing

Best Brewery Tasting Room

  1. Brassneck Brewery
  2. Main Street Brewing Company
  3. Granville Island Brewing

Best Locally Brewed Beer

  1. Granville Island Brewing, Lion's Winter Ale
  2. Brassneck Brewery
  3. Stanley Park Brewery, West Coast Pale Ale

Best B.C. Beer Brewed Outside Vancouver

  1. Four Winds Brewing Company
  2. Driftwood Brewery
  3. Hoyne Brewing Co.

Best Canadian Beer Brewed Outside B.C.

  1. Steam Whistle
  2. Mill Street
  3. Beau's All Natural Brewing Company

Best B.C. Wine/Winery (Red)

  1. Burrowing Owl Estate Winery
  2. Painted Rock Estate Winery
  3. Black Hills Estate Winery

Best B.C. Wine/Winery (White)

  1. JoieFarm Winery
  2. Blasted Church
  3. Poplar Grove Winery

Best B.C. Winery/Vineyard Tasting Room

  1. Mission Hill Family Estate
  2. The Sonora Room, Burrowing Owl Estate Winery
  3. Poplar Grove Winery

Best Private Wine Store

  1. Everything Wine
  2. Legacy Liquor Store
  3. Liberty Wine Merchants

Best Private Liquor Store

  1. Legacy Liquor Store
  2. Brewery Creek Liquor Store
  3. Coal Harbour Liquor Store

Best Private Beer Store

  1. Brewery Creek Liquor Store
  2. Legacy Liquor Store
  3. My Liquor Store

Best Independent Coffee Shop

  1. Revolver Coffee
  2. Matchstick Coffee Roasters
  3. Elysian Coffee

Best Coffee Shop (Local Chain)

  1. JJ Bean Coffee Roasters
  2. Caffè Artigiano
  3. Blenz

Best Coffee Shop (National Chain)

  1. Starbucks
  2. Tim Hortons
  3. Second Cup

Best Fair Trade Coffee

  1. Ethical Bean Coffee
  2. Salt Spring Coffee
  3. Level Ground

Best Tea House

  1. Secret Garden Tea Company
  2. DAVIDsTEA
  3. O5 Tea + Kombucha Bar

Best Juice Bar

  1. The Juice Truck
  2. Glory Juice Co.
  3. The Juicery Co.

Best Energy Drink

  1. Red Bull
  2. Monster
  3. Body Energy Club Smoothies

Best Beer Festival/Event

  1. Vancouver Craft Beer Week
  2. Hopscotch
  3. Whistler Village Beer Festival

Best Wine Festival/Event

  1. Cornucopia
  2. Okanagan Wine Festival
  3. Vancouver International Wine Festival

Best Food Festival/Event

  1. Dine Out Vancouver
  2. Brewery & The Beast
  3. YVR Food Fest

Best Chef

  1. Trevor Bird (Fable)
  2. David Hawksworth (Hawksworth)
  3. Joel Watanabe (Kissa Tanto)

Best New Restaurant

  1. St. Lawrence
  2. Chickpea
  3. Fayuca

Best Neighbourhood For Restaurants

  1. Gastown
  2. Kitsilano
  3. Mount Pleasant

Best Place For Casual Cooking Classes

  1. The Dirty Apron Cooking School & Delicatessen
  2. Nourish Café & Cooking School
  3. Cook Culture

Best Professional Culinary School

  1. Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts
  2. Vancouver Community College
  3. Northwest Culinary Academy of Vancouver

Best Cooking Store

  1. Ming Wo
  2. The Gourmet Warehouse
  3. Cook Culture

Best Specialty Food Store

  1. Bosa Foods
  2. Meinhardt Fine Foods
  3. Whole Foods Market

Best Specialty Grocer

  1. Meinhardt Fine Foods
  2. Bosa Foods
  3. Whole Foods Market

Best Store To Buy Organic Products

  1. Whole Foods Market
  2. Choices Markets
  3. Famous Foods

Best Picnic Supplier

  1. Urban Fare
  2. Granville Island Public Market
  3. Meinhardt Fine Foods

Best Deli

  1. Oyama Sausage Co.
  2. Santa Barbara Market
  3. Cioffi's Meat Market & Deli

Best Butcher

  1. Windsor Quality Meats
  2. Pasture to Plate
  3. Rio Friendly Meats

Best Seafood Store

  1. The Fish Counter
  2. The Daily Catch Seafood Company
  3. 7 Seas Fish Co.
  4. Finest at Sea Ocean Products

Best Specialty Cheese Store

  1. Les Amis du Fromage
  2. Benton Brothers Fine Cheese
  3. La Grotta Del Formaggio

Best Grocery Store Café

  1. Meinhardt Fine Foods
  2. Urban Fare
  3. Choices Markets

Best Grocery Delivery

  1. SPUD
  2. Save-on-Foods
  3. Stong's

Best Diner

  1. Fable Diner
  2. Lucy's Eastside Diner
  3. Sophie's Cosmic Cafe

Best Bistro

  1. Bistro Wagon Rouge
  2. Au Comptoir
  3. Jules Casual French Bistro

Best Comfort Food

  1. Burgoo
  2. MeeT
  3. White Spot

Best Pub Food

  1. The Charles Bar
  2. Tap & Barrel
  3. The Pint Public House

Best Salads

  1. Tractor Everyday Healthy Foods
  2. Railtown Cafe
  3. Cactus Club Cafe

Best Sandwiches

  1. Meat & Bread
  2. Railtown Cafe
  3. La Grotta Del Formaggio

Best Soups

  1. Burgoo
  2. Liquids + Solids
  3. The Stock Market

Best Vegetarian

  1. The Acorn
  2. The Naam Restaurant
  3. MeeT

Best Veggie Burger

  1. MeeT
  2. The Naam Restaurant
  3. Tera V Burger

Best Burger

  1. Vera's Burger Shack
  2. Romers Burgers
  3. White Spot

Best Brunch

  1. Café Medina
  2. Jam Cafe
  3. Yolk's

Best Breakfast

  1. Yolk's
  2. Jam Cafe
  3. Café Medina

Best Bagel

  1. Siegel's Bagels
  2. Rosemary RockSalt
  3. Solly's Bagelry

Best Bread Bakery

  1. Terra Breads
  2. Cobs Bread
  3. purebread

Best Pastry Bakery

  1. Beaucoup Bakery & Café
  2. purebread
  3. Fratelli Bakery

Best Gluten-Free Bakery

  1. Lemonade Gluten Free Bakery
  2. East Village Bakery
  3. The Gluten Free Epicurean

Best Doughnut Shop

  1. Cartems Donuts
  2. Lucky's Doughnuts
  3. Lee's Donuts

Best Desserts

  1. Thierry
  2. purebread
  3. True Confections

Best Ice Cream

  1. Earnest Ice Cream
  2. Rain or Shine Homemade Ice Cream
  3. La Casa Gelato

Best Gelato

  1. Bella Gelateria
  2. La Casa Gelato
  3. Amato Gelato Cafe/Mario's Gelati

Best Frozen Yogurt

  1. Menchie's
  2. Qoola Frozen Yogurt Bar
  3. Yogen Früz

Best Chocolate Shop

  1. Purdys Chocolatier
  2. Thomas Haas Chocolates & Patisserie
  3. BETA5 Chocolates

Best Mid-Price Restaurant

  1. Cactus Club Cafe
  2. Fable Diner
  3. Burgoo

Best Restaurant Overall

  1. Savio Volpe
  2. Chambar Restaurant
  3. AnnaLena Restaurant

Best Fine Dining

  1. Hawksworth Restaurant
  2. Bishop's
  3. Le Crocodile

Best Hotel Restaurant

  1. Hawksworth Restaurant (Rosewood Hotel Georgia)
  2. YEW seafood + bar (Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver)
  3. Botanist (Fairmont Pacific Rim)

Best Hotel Café

  1. Bel Café (Rosewood Hotel Georgia)
  2. giovane cafe + eatery + market (Fairmont Pacific Rim)
  3. 1927 Lobby Lounge (Rosewood Hotel Georgia)

Best Casino For Eats

  1. Tramonto at River Rock Casino Resort
  2. Parq Vancouver
  3. Grand Villa Casino
  4. Starlight Casino

Best View Restaurant

  1. Seasons in the Park
  2. Salmon House on the Hill
  3. Cactus Club Cafe

Best Restaurant Considered A Vancouver Icon

  1. Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House
  2. Bishop's
  3. White Spot

Best Restaurant Atmosphere

  1. Chambar Restaurant
  2. Nightingale
  3. Robba da Matti

Best Restaurant Service

  1. Hawksworth Restaurant
  2. AnnaLena Restaurant
  3. Robba da Matti

Best Use Of Local Ingredients

  1. Fable
  2. Forage
  3. Farmer's Apprentice

Best Kid-Friendly Restaurant

  1. Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co.
  2. White Spot
  3. McDonald's

Best Catering Company

  1. Emelle's Catering
  2. The Butler Did It Catering Co.
  3. Savoury Chef Foods

Best Chain Restaurant

  1. Cactus Club Cafe
  2. Earls Restaurant
  3. White Spot

Best Restaurant Patio

  1. Dockside Restaurant
  2. Mahony & Sons
  3. Cactus Club Cafe

Best Restaurant To Hang Out In On A Rainy Day

  1. Burgoo
  2. Storm Crow Tavern
  3. Tap & Barrel Restaurant

Best Restaurant For A First Date

  1. Cactus Club Cafe
  2. AnnaLena Restaurant
  3. Robba da Matti

Best Restaurant For A 3 A.M. Meal

  1. The Naam Restaurant
  2. Lucy's Eastside Diner
  3. Denny's Restaurant

Best Restaurant To Cure A Hangover

  1. McDonald's
  2. What's Up? Hot Dog!
  3. Bon's Off Broadway

Best Hole-In-The-Wall

  1. What's Up? Hot Dog!
  2. Bon's Off Broadway
  3. Gringo

Best Food Truck

  1. Tacofino
  2. Chickpea Food Truck
  3. Mom's Grilled Cheese

Best Takeout/Delivery

  1. Virtuous Pie
  2. Tacofino
  3. Connie's Cookhouse
  4. Martini's Restaurant

Best Burnaby Restaurant

  1. The Pear Tree Restaurant
  2. Anton's Pasta Bar
  3. Horizons Restaurant

Best North Shore Restaurant

  1. Arms Reach Bistro
  2. Tour de Feast
  3. The Portly Chef

Best Richmond Restaurant

  1. Dinesty Dumpling House
  2. Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant
  3. G-Men Ramen Shop

Best Surrey, Delta, White Rock, And Langley Restaurant

  1. My Shanti
  2. Tasty Indian Bistro
  3. Olive Garden

Best New Westminster, Port Moody, Coquitlam Or Port Coquitlam Restaurant

  1. el Santo
  2. Taps & Tacos
  3. Wild Rice Market Bistro

Best Squamish Restaurant

  1. Mag's 99 Fried Chicken and Mexican Cantina
  2. Howe Sound Brewing
  3. Fergie's Café
  4. The Salted Vine Kitchen + Bar

Best Whistler Restaurant

  1. Araxi Restaurant + Oyster Bar
  2. Rimrock Cafe
  3. Elements Urban Tapas Parlour
  4. Bearfoot Bistro

Most Vegan-Friendly

  1. MeeT
  2. The Acorn
  3. Heirloom Vegetarian

Best Gluten-Free Dining

  1. Virtuous Pie
  2. The Wallflower
  3. The Juice Truck

Best Organic Dining

  1. Aphrodite's Organic Café
  2. Eternal Abundance
  3. Heirloom Vegetarian
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