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The Fish Counter

4.4 (20 reviews)
Closed • 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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Josephine M.

We had already tried to go to a different seafood restaurant elsewhere in North Vancouver but we didn't have a reservation and the restaurant was too busy to take us, so we decided to try our luck at The Fish Counter. When we arrived at The Fish Counter, it was around 6:20pm and there was a sign in the window which said that the restaurant would be closing at 7pm for a private event. I asked whether they could still take us if we made sure to have a quick dinner and they said they could. We ordered the following: New England Clam Chowder Handmade Crab Cake 1 Piece Ocean Wise Halibut Fish & Chips Oyster Po'Boy. The food was all very tasty. My one complaint though would be that there didn't seem to be any clams in my clam chowder. It was a very tasty soup. They put lots and lots of fish in it. I enjoyed the soup but it was really more of a fish chowder rather than a clam chowder. If it weren't for the soup I'd be giving this place 5 stars. The guy who seated us was very kind and gave us 10% off our bill just because our meal was quite rushed since they were closing unusually early for the 7pm private event. We very much appreciated this gesture, and the food was all very tasty. Highly recommend this place and will definitely come back again sometime.

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Greg D.

Great fish and chips shop with tacos and traditional trimmings. Batter and fish cooked well and quick for eat in or takeout pleasant staff and service.

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Great fish and chips and close by. We each had 1 piece and chips with slaw. Nice neighborhood also.

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The menu was sparse and the fish and chips had funny after taste - cooked in old oil. We were not impressed.

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Amazing!!! Don't pass this place up food and service are amazing!! Can't go wrong with anything!!

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Brilliant service along with awesome fish and chips. Cod and halibut (and likely salmon and snapper) perfectly cooked in a crispy batter.

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1 year ago

Great food. Great service. Great atmosphere. Great all-round value. Our favorite eating place on the North Shore.

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So freaking delicious. Wow. Service was great. Fish was so fresh. Highly recommend. What a spot.

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Go Fish Ocean Emporium

Go Fish Ocean Emporium

3.9(548 reviews)
7.9 km•Granville Island/False Creek
•$$

Had an excellent experience! The fish was perfectly crispy on the outside and tender inside,…read moreclearly made fresh. The chips were golden, well-seasoned, and not greasy. Everything came out hot and flavorful, with generous portions and friendly service. A classic done right , simple, delicious, and satisfying. Had an excellent experience! The fish was perfectly crispy on the outside and tender inside, clearly made fresh. The chips were golden, well-seasoned, and not greasy. Everything came out hot and flavorful, with generous portions and friendly service. A classic done right , simple, delicious, and satisfying.

My sister and I visited Go Fish this past Sunday for lunch. It's been a number of years since my…read morelast visit so I was eagerly looking forward to having a fish & chip lunch on the wharf again. We both ordered the single piece salmon & chips along with a pair of cold beverages. When our orders were ready I was in great anticipation. Imagine my surprise to find all the chips underneath my salmon were hard, greasy and NOT FLUFFY inside their really crispy exterior!! I pawed through the entire dish and didn't find a single chip worthy of being the same as its British counterpart. The salmon was cooked kind-of dark but the fish was still moist thankfully. The coleslaw was tossed in an Asian dressing but the flavour did taste as bright and refreshing as I recalled. We were both so hungry that we ate most of our chips anyways. Big mistake. Little did we realize that this action would come back to haunt us later with indigestion that would last hours. We should have complained about the chips but we didn't because both of us had worked in a restaurant in our youth and know how orders that get sent back to the kitchen can get treated so we didn't want to chance it. Service at the order counter was efficient. We were only third and fourth in the line up when they opened up for service so it took quite a while for our orders to be ready. There were a number of tables available for patio dining on their deck. The ambiance was quietly expectant with regular diners waiting for their orders to go and to dine in the patio. The weather was great for a sunny Fall day that I couldn't enjoy it the way I had hoped to with gish & chips overlooking the water front. I couldn't get past my biitter disappointment with the chips because they are such an integral part of this traditional cuisine. It made me wresting whether the chips were the previous days chips refried again or the cook overcooked the chips from lack of care. Either way we have decided we won't be returning. Eating out has become much more expensive everywhere with inflation. Value for the money is not here for us. In past visits years ago my family and I would have rated this place 4.5/5 but that impression has disappeared. I can only rate it worthy of a 2/5 now. We can find better fish & chips from others elsewhere.

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Go Fish Ocean Emporium - One piece cod fish and chips.

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Fanny Bay Oyster Bar & Shellfish Market - The raw scallop and oysters and minuscule portion of caviar

Fanny Bay Oyster Bar & Shellfish Market

4.4(990 reviews)
6.6 km•Downtown
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Bottom line: go (and stay) for Fanny Bay's amazingly yummy half-shell oysters, especially when…read morethey're on sale during HH! Details: My GF and I greatly enjoyed a HH and early dinner at the bar on a weeknight in early October 2026. How lucky for us to find ourselves in the care of Calvin, a deeply-knowledgeable and thoroughly professional oyster geek. On Calvin's advice, we slurped up about 1-1/2 dozen raw oysters. We especially loved the brininess of the BC pa'aje and WA totten virginica bivalves; the slightly sweeter SunSeekers were good too. Every oyster was clean and delicious! The accompanying beverages (dry vodka martini and aperol) were lovely. Our follow-on main-course dishes were just okay. GF liked the poutine with shredded Atlantic lobster (when she could find any!), but declared the dish to be mostly gloggy french fries. My dungeness crab cakes were dull. For best results: stick to the raw oysters!

was looking forward to this spot but was kinda disappointed? i guess it just wasnt the spot for us…read more upon entering i noticed it was a busy night n so we waited for the host, who eventually walked up and stared at me until i said that i had a reservation. i hate to feel karen like but even a minor greeting is part of a host job i think. im sure he may have been quite busy or something but it definitely threw us off a tiny bit. the food overall was okay but nothing that i thought was worth the hype.. maybe we picked bad choices? i dont know. we were also sat at this awkward hightop/bench seating where my back was practically touching the girl around the corner, and we were super close to the table next to us. otherwise, the server was very nice and she had a good attitude. i think we expected to be wowed here but i guess it just wasnt our spot - oysters (im allergic to raw ones but family had it) - were reportedly good, nothing crazy apparently - seacuterie half with smoked scallops, prawns, mussel or oyster dip i think - overall was okay. the prawns were the only mere standout. there were good vegetable dressings that we enjoyed, but we felt like the chips tasted bland and kinda old - fish and chips - was good, fish was not dry, big amount of fries - fish tacos - okay for the price. nothing standout about it. was hoping for more sauce or the fish to be a littleee less dry - scallops and pork - as a whole none of us were very much fond of the scallops taste. the sauce was too herby and not in a refreshing way? just kinda off. they were cooked well it was just unfortunate about the taste. the pork was also cooked well but with an okay sauce.

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Cantina Norte - Chips and guacamole

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4.0(38 reviews)
0.1 km•Edgemont Village

We came here on a Saturday evening and managed to get a table, but reservations are recommended as…read morethey do fill up. The hostess wasn't the friendliest and we did wait a bit before being greeted by anyone, but our server was great. She was enthusiastic and even brought us extra napkins because some of the dishes we ordered were messy. After sitting down we were given complimentary chips and salsa. Every dish is made fresh to order. Tacos: comes on a plate of 3. Out of all 4 dishes we ordered, this was my least favourite. It was still tasty, but nothing special. Barbacoa: everyone at the table enjoyed this dish the most. The beef brisket was so tender. It came with 5 warm corn tortillas. Shrimp taquitos: nice and crispy corn tortillas, we liked the shrimp filling. I also really liked the guac on top, it tasted so fresh. Enchiladas de pollo: the cheese and sour cream made the dish really creamy and satisfying. We also enjoyed the rice & black beans that came with it.

Stopped in for a quick small bite after coming off the north shore mountains. The ambiance was…read moregreat, very nicely decorated and comfortably upscale yet casual enough for ski clothes. I sat at the bar, service was attentive and I enjoyed my chat with the bartender. As I was just wanting something small I settled on the sopes and was pleased with my choice, well plated and nice flavour combinations. The jalapeño margarita was ok but I've had better. There were some interesting and seemingly tasty items on the menu I'd like to come back and try sometime. Will probably be back when in the area again.

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