I came for their Low Tide (happy hour) for some oysters and a beer. I sat at the bar and was…read moregreeted by an excellent bartender. The service is great here and the ambiance is kind of classy. I loved getting to watch the bartender shuck the oysters and grate some fresh horseradish on the plate. It was also really fun that they had a variety of sauces you could put on the oysters ranging from a mild mignonette vinegar and cocktail sauce to spicy hot sauces. The oysters that day were from Fanny Bay, so they were very plump and juicy! The addition of the fresh horseradish on the oysters added a really nice flavor with just a hint of the spicy kick you get from jarred horseradish. I also order the shrimp and lobster sliders, which were very tasty.

Fresh delicious seafood in a lively restaurant!…read more Had an amazing experience here. Took a solo vacay trip to Vancouver and this was on my bookmarks. Did not disappoint!! Was seated front row to all the action. Watched as the employees shucked the oysters at the oyster bar while enjoying my delicious meal. The ambiance is loud, fun, and open. Service was friendly and helpful. My water was refilled often and the men working the oyster bar had great communication. I ordered the Manila clams and many oysters. Delicious. Amazing. Everything I wanted and blew me away. Presentation was immaculate and taste was phenomenal. Incredible meal that left me smiling the rest of the day. Filling and sooo so delicious. I highly recommend Rodney's and will definitely return when in Vancouver!

Eating Fish N Chips here was awesome. Cooked big wildly caught fish here was delicious. The fried…read moreshrimp was also good. It was hard to feed my girlfriend here because she is not a big fan of fried foods, but I manage to find her something good. Service was good, and chips were huge and delicious. Service was good. I will most likely visit again.

I've been meaning to try this place for awhile and finally got my chance as i had a medical apt…read moreclose by. I went in and ordered 2pc snapper and chips. Once my order was completed I found a seat and started to eat. The seating area is limited and if various options, a couple tables here and there and a counter by the window. The fish was crispy and nicely battered and chips were decent. Fish size was again decent i wouldn't say the largest nor small but regular in size to decent fish and chip places. Overall nice, I think strong decent fish and chip place but imo overhyped. It's not bad but nothing mind

Celebrated double birthdays at Riley's over the weekend and another warm, wonderful and amazing…read moreexperience. Best steak and eggs in the city for brunch hands down. Our server was exemplary. She was just the sweetest and most attentive. Everyone that came to check in on us made us feel at right home and it was lovely. Thank you for making our day so special. We appreciated all the special touches Tim!

Rileys was such an unexpected surprise. Given its prime location at Canada Place I expected a…read morecompletely overpriced tourist trap--that couldn't be farther from the truth. Upscale Atmosphere, impeccable service, and excellent food are a great starting point. Menu has something for everyone but they really excel at fresh fish dishes. We opted to start with a giant pot of mussels steamed the classic French way in butter white wine and garlic. Just fantastic. The Bronzino was superb served with fennel and roasted heirloom tomatoes. Seared halibut special was also fantastic. Ros was our server and really provided a wonderful customer experience. I would recommend asking to be seated away from large parties. It can get quite loud and distracting. Highly recommended.

When I made the reservation I had a maybe unusual standard for how I planned to rate this place and…read moreit wasn't based on the food or price or wine list or much of anything you might want to know about. It all started in Santa Monica in 1989, on Academy Awards night. This little buildup probably won't seem very relevant to many here but so what, it's about how well a high-end restaurant receives people with infants. I'm unlikely to have, not to say unworthy of, more than one grandchild. And this one won't see much of dear old grandpa being that my son and family live in Vancouver. Not a great distance to travel but on the other hand it's not next door. Plus the maternal grandparents moved from Connecticut to live in a coastal community located maybe 50 miles from the border. All-wise grandmothers being the helicopters they truly are, what does anyone need this degenerate hedonist for? Well, for one thing the parents need a chance to relive the excesses and finery that they once tasted, as part of their affluent lives before parenthood. while i don't know how to comfort a relentlessly colicy 3-month old i do know how to enjoy the best restaurants in town, or at least ones that will take my reservation. I suggested the Blue Water based on one friend's approval and all were happy. now as to the 1989 academy awards and a well-known restaurant in the day, Chinois. at the time i had a small child in tow, not quite the infant stage of this current vintage but young enough still to be driven by the primeval lizard brainstem than the more highly evolved human cerebral cortex of its brain. i warned the restaurant when making the reservation and was told that, yes, this particular evening they would be quite busy with revelers from the awards ceremony but if we came at 5 pm they would happily accommodate us with young child. just so happens, that exactly almost what the Blue Water said when I called for our reservation. I suppose the best to do is describe the food we ordered. In advance i invited the young couple to do as much damage to my credit card as they wanted, as they'd been cooped up for the past 4 months with this infant. their first choice was this damned seafood tower which seemed to me beforehand, and after as well, to be more a kind of concept product. i'd have preferred to order individual plates of various shellfish, oysters or whatever, than this multilayer assemblage. but it is a showy kind of construction and what did i care, really. everything on the three tiers was quite fresh and tasty except i'd have foregone the shrimp. really shrimp are in my mind more than a bit overrated and don't belong in the same plate with fresh "varietal" oysters from here or there. aside from the tower we ordered a few different sushi, my favorite being yellowtale, plus carrot soup all around (healthy dose of butter there), mains were arctic char, sable and atlantic scallops. if available i have a kind of fetish for sauteed spinach (as a kind of audition dish), and someone wanted an extra round of oysters from i don't know where. after mentally doing a little math i realized the total seemed lightweight, but the wine list took care of that problem. my favorite white wine is chablis grand cru made/bottled by a vigneron (grapegrower/winemaker under one roof). anything else is either a lower tier vineyard or a blend which, while good, lacks a sense of origin. some use a term "terroir" which i ignore but maybe it's more that i ignore the people who like to bandy such abstract wine descriptors about. anyway, here was a perfectly good les clos, about 6 years old, for i think around $250 canadian. i have also to point out that i've been disappointed with almost every euro wine i've had in canada, owing i suspect to the high duty the government places on all imported wine in effort to protect its own ham-handed, homegrown products, which are usually absolutely nothing to write home about. fortunately this particular bottle of chablis was really really good. after all that we had various desserts, and whatever. at Chinois on academy awards night, we arrived at 5 pm and were seated in a very prominent location in the room, but with a plastic sheet under the child's seat. this was a good thought on the part of the manager. without going into any details best to say my 2-yr old made a mess of things but the waitstaff could not have been more accepting. i was frankly impressed, as i was when our dinner at Blue Water came to an end. So my score is 4 for food (i really don't know what it would take to get 5* from me, so take that for what it is) and 1* for absolutely perfect service. Highly recommend this very stylish restaurant for whatever occasion.

5 stars for the food. The burrata and oysters were delightful starters. My dining companion had the…read morearctic char while I had the sea bass (no fish can be too flaky for this girl) with sides of broccolini, oven roasted tomatoes, herb butter mashed potatoes, and truffle fries. We wrapped up with the sorbet trio and panna cotta. 5 stars for the company. Who are we kidding?? A billion stars for the company. 1 star for a staff member who wasn't our waiter who told us our table was needed for another reservation. This level of aggressive table management screams nyc circa 2012. Not cool. But we didn't let it ruin the incredible evening in Vancouver.

Great food. Worth trying for the lobster roll…read more Very tasty. Fast and friendly service

I stopped by The Lobster Man while exploring Granville Island Public Market…read more It's a small spot with no real place to eat inside, so plan on grabbing your food and finding a seat somewhere around the market. Service was kinda blah, they said the words but weren't friendly like teens forced to do something (I don't think they were teens btw). I ordered the warm lobster roll and a prawn cocktail. Unfortunately, the lobster roll was a letdown. It wasn't very warm, the lobster itself didn't have much flavor, tasted off and the whole sandwich was just kind of dry. Thank goodness I also ordered the prawn cocktail because it saved the meal. It wasn't anything fancy, but the prawns were a good size and gave me something I actually halfway enjoyed. Overall, I didn't have the experience I was looking forward to.

Another amazing meal at Joe Fortes…read more This place is so good and the only downside is the outdoor patio on the second level is still under construction. On a nice day it would have been nice to be on the patio, but will have to wait. Fresh oysters to start, beef carpaccio and crab corn fitters and lobster spoons and a pork chop for dinner. Pavlova for dessert was amazing. Always my go to place for consistent and amazing food and service.

Located downtown. Food and drinks are usually good when we visit during various dining times…read more Service is usually top notch. Ambiance dining inside or out was great. Parking is available close to restaurant in pockets all over. There are other options to reach restaurant - ride shares, taxi, bus and foot if my hotel is close by. Tourists to locals dining and sometimes sharing celebrations happily. Only 1 bad experience a few years back when waitress (wife of kitchen staff) failed to express to kitchen my request on cooked food preferences. Her attitude was condescending and not appropriate for her position when I brought up my concerns. Like seriously most diners do not want an overcooked piece of meat. Learned from fellow diners that this was her typical demeanor. Happy to learn the nitwit is no longer working there and ruining diners' experiences. Still tipped (but not as generously) during this bad experience because rest of team tried to make our experience enjoyable and shouldn't be penalized. Some other diners said they didn't tip.

Very good experience. Love to go again with my family every month . love the experienceread more

Surpassed our expectations. Took the family everyone was beyond impressed. This was hands down one…read moreof our best experiences we had in Vancouver - service was exceptional - thank you ALEXIS for making it such a memorable experience. This is a must go folks. We especially liked the Calamari, Miku aburi signature, surf and turf roll, and MUST have the lamb chops!

I came here for an early dinner on a Friday evening. I strategically planned it that I would arrive…read morefor dinner during their happy hour. Food: Jumbo Mac & Cheese - This was pretty good! I'm not sure if I would say it was "jumbo" but delicious nonetheless. Parmesan Truffles Fries - The fries were standard, as was the aioli it came with. Organic Beet + Arugula Salad - This was a happy hour portion. It was a good salad, but I wish it came on a bigger plate for easier eating. Service: Service was friendly and quick. The food came out of the kitchen pretty quickly. I was asked more than once if I wanted a drink since it was happy hour which was a little awkward but not too bad! TL;DR - Good happy hour deals with quick service

I stopped into Flying Pig Yaletown after my friend Tony recommended it a few years back…read more I liked the decor of the place and the playlist - although Tony thought the rock music was a little loud. Actually I thought the volume was fine (he is a great guy but can be a little sensitive sometimes). The food and service were excellent, really a treat for all of the senses. I got the burger and fries with a draft beer, really hit after a long by day of travel.