Best Masia-style Restaurants In Vancouver Near Me

Nicholas Quintillan: Certainly a terrific experience. I’ve known the lead bartender my whole life. He recently won some well-deserved accolades and he truly is the best bartender in Canada and even perhaps the world. A strong statement for sure, however, his cocktails are creative, unique, balanced, and ridiculously flavourful. The service was outstanding and the food was unbelievably great. If you want an “out-of-this-world” experience, come have some drinks and food at Botanist. Highly, highly recommended! It was the best Burrata and Duck I’ve ever had.

Mina: Such a great experience. The meal was amazing, the staff were so friendly, and the flavours were top notch.

Erika Han: came for 1 yr anniversaryLove the vibesThank you for the services ❤️

mary s: NiceFood: 5/5|Service: 5/5|Atmosphere: 5/5Recommended dishes Calamari …More

Maya Bourgi: Me and my boyfriend tried the tasting menu. Hands down the best meal I’ve ever had at a restaurant. Must try! We’ll be back when we visit Vancouver again :)

Sergio Ar: Food was good but not worth the price, if you want to spend your money there are way better optionsPortions also not worth itFood: 3/5|Service: 5/5|Atmosphere: 5/5Recommended dishes Korean Fried Cauliflower, Wagyu Beef Carpaccio, Wagyu Beef Burger, Alberta Beef Steak Tartare Parking space Difficult to find parking …More

Keyvan Radbin: Cool and good foods thereFood: 5/5|Service: 5/5|Atmosphere: 5/5 …More

Wilson Kwan: Very nice environment to celebrate with loved ones. Good food and service!Food: 5/5|Service: 5/5|Atmosphere: 5/5 …More

sekureh: Overall very good experience.Food: 4/5|Service: 5/5|Atmosphere: 5/5 …More

Sandy Zhou: Leaving an extra star for the crème brûlée which was actually tasty. The presentation was there, as was the service but everything felt like a twilight zone episode - the appearance of good food but no taste, the appearance of good service but no warmth, the appearance of good decor but no ambience. Honestly felt like I was sitting in an alien spaceship pretending to be a restaurant.The food was extremely bland. I added salt and pepper every bite cause I couldn’t taste anything. Then the service kinda felt like the movie The Menu - incredibly attentive but no warmth. Almost as if management whips employees into a state of docility. And the decor! Expensive I’m certain but I felt like I was sitting in Homesense.What I’m impressed with is how do you charge fine dining prices for something so… cheap? Like dude c’mon I get better service and food at the hole in the wall mom and pop shop down on Davie Street. I pay the same prices at Elisa and Blue Water and they are far better.What’s interesting is we love our Hawksworth cookbook. The recipes in there are super tasty. But what the heck happened to the restaurant? This is our first time and last time.

Can Comertoglu: Good atmosphere and service. Great wine list. Delicious but smaller portions.Overall worth a try if you're in the area.

Niall Jones: Hawksworth is a restaurant that is recommended on various lists, is very expensive and has some awards. In my opinion, the meal/experience here does not live up to any of the above. The food certainly is not bad, in fact it is nice! But is it good enough for you to ever talk about it again? Or recommend to friends afterwards as somewhere they just gotta try? No. It’s fairly lackluster. The restaurant had no vibe, no atmosphere. The food was standard and uninspired, albeit very well made and high quality. The service was friendly but ultimately nothing to write home about.Honestly, save your money and go elsewhere. Our experience was by no means negative but we had so many other way better meals and dining experiences for less money and we felt that dining at Hawksworth represented, disappointingly, money and time that could have been spent elsewhere.

Samantha P: A long standing institution in the city, situated in Hotel Georgia in downtown Vancouver.Hawksworth had a lot of fanfare when first opened, and was one of the restaurants that were top notch and fine dining.Over the year, their reputation has slipped, possibly due to other competitors with similar approaches and style of dining service.I went recently with friends and Hawksworth did not disappoint. However, it also did not impress.Service was thorough and attentive. This is what carries the restaurant to this day, most, in my opinion.Food though is not spectacular. They no longer offer a wagyu beef burger but do have their house burger which is good but runs on the salty side.Decor and restaurant setup are beautiful and great for a date night or special occasion. The food just isn't worth the hype or price.Would return, since mussels are good. They also do a great brownie.

Kathryn Peries: Food was not satisfactory at all and kitchen manager (Dom?) was extremely rude when I complained about my fish smelling like it had spoiledFood: 1/5|Service: 1/5|Atmosphere: 4/5 …More

Bruce Fullerton: Great service and delicious food really enjoyed the night would go back again for sure!

Harry Granger: We had a fantastic evening. Great food and fantastic service from the staff who helped us celebrate our honeymoon. Thank you!

Amir Taghiakbari: Great taste

Jenny Anderson: Had a birthday dinner here.Food was pretty good, but the portion was so tiny.Just beware, order more food if you are hungry^^

Scott A: Lunch was incredible, service was even better. Patrick was one of the best waiters we have ever had. Worth the visit for sure, food and cocktails were all amazing!

Karim Burnaby: Very disappointing. I received a Easter Menu via email. We went specially for the halibut dish and to our surprise they did not have it o. The menu. We showed the assistant manager the Easter special email to honor the the promo. It took 45 min to get our food and they were nit even busy in the dining room. To boot We got chicken instead of halibut Then the manager had the audacity to show us the menu again to indicate there is no halibut on the menuVery disappointed!

V P: First time here, but other than the Caviar, other dishes didn’t impress me. Ribs and lamp shoulder are both too lean in my opinion, even though they are falling apart, but they’re too lean so they tasted very dry, needs a bit more fat to add flavour. The East Coast oysters were even smaller than Kusshi oysters, and I’ve been to the East Cost, most oysters were big and plump. Other dishes were just standard, no wowing factor. Not worth it for the price.

James Koh: Great customer service and outstanding of quality food

K.T.: One of best restaurant in Vancouver and would love to keep coming back. Special thank you to Patrick for treating us extra special and delivering a first class customer service experienced. I highly recommend this restaurant and also look for Patrick and ask him to serve you. He will never disappoint you.

Dilip Singh: Food: 4/5|Service: 2/5|Atmosphere: 5/5More

Agnes: Impeccable service. Great atmosphere and food. I had their special sablefish stuffed ravioli which was delicious and my dining partner had the halibut which was so fresh and tender.Ciopinno's is a Yaletown staple and this is definitely on my list of usual restaurants I frequently eat at.

Andrew Derocher: What to say? A wonderful meal in a lovely setting. The food was excellent & the service extremely professional but not cloying. We’ll be back. All the dishes on the tasting menu were very fine and inventive but not weirdly so. Great whiskey sour!

Liam HJ: One the finest restaurants in Canada. The food is just straight up delicious and very creative. Service is very personable and the restaurant is filled all kinds of cool little touches like the MJ figure above the kitchen.

Andy Chiang: This is a wonderful restaurant located on West 1st, close to the beach, and a wine store next door. Very awesome space, the food and service definitely match up to it.It’s one of the Michelin star restaurants in Vancouver and it’s definitely earned its reputation. The food was absolutely delicious and carefully crafted. Every bite was perfect and everything just seemed to work well.The cocktails were also delicious and matched well with the dishes.The dessert was fresh and gave a palette cleansing experience - definitely another highlight from an already amazing dinner.If you’re worried about being hungry after the tasting menu, you won’t be. It definitely will fill you. I don’t think you even need to opt for the add ons, but I found it filling.Don’t worry about parking either as there is plenty of paid parking in the area. We got lucky and found one right outside the restaurant but cars come and go quite often enough.I would highly recommend coming here, but book well in advance as they fill up quickly.

Curtis B: Three visits to date and the food continues to be great. The service had some very strong points and was generally quite warm. Where things fell flat for me were the wine pairings. Three of the five had natural wine characteristics, which were not to my taste and repetitious. I commented that the first pairing tasted of vinegar and was told by the sommelier that she tastes each bottle. Essentially, I was wrong. No alternative or suggestion that I may not enjoy the next couple of glasses was given. It was an odd resolution and really detracted from the experience.

M G: Visited this place post Michelin accreditation and it was def a good experience. The new chapter of the tasting menu is something that caught my attention, so I decided to give it a try. Being a meat lover, looking at multiple vegetarian courses made me a bit unsure if I'd enjoy the experience to the max. But oh!! I was so wrong. The vegetarian options instead took the spotlight. The croutons with the crudités complemented with the garlic sauce took my breath away and the miso ice cream (WOW!!!), was to die for!! It's the wow factor that earns some places a sound recognition and this place definitely deserves it. Yet there were a few kinks here and there.I saw some unnecessary additions of certain herbs (to a few courses) that didn't really make any sense, like they didn't really compliment the dish or elevate it in any way. Adding some idle leaves does add to the appeal of the plating, but nothing more. The sauces could be refined a tad bit more, just a dash of some sort of extra flavour (like hints of special tea, etc).Apart from that, this place unquestionably left a lasting impression on me and I would surely like to visit again!

yana yushkina: AnnaLena continues to be my favourite Van restaurant. Every dish surprised without being overly pretentious and the service from Tyler and Nick at the bar was A+. Will be back again and again.

davince: favorite fine dining restaurant. had a great birthday there 🎂

Jessica Villavicencio: Excellent service from the whole staff.Meal was delicious and interesting👌🏽 will be back!

Tina Hibbs: We had an amazing experience at Anna Lena - the service and cuisine was exceptional! We found the environment fun and relaxed, sitting at the bar and enjoying cocktails provided a special impression. Anna Lena makes a conscious effort to source ingredients locally, I wont get into each individual dish but Anna Lena is worth checking out - recommend you place your name on the waitlist as last minute spots do open up.Thank you to the team at Anna Lena, we left quite full from some of the best food we had ever enjoyed! The details of everything we were served was carefully considered and extraordinary.

Aelfares S: Amazing everything!! 100% would recommend

No MSG No Garlic Foodie: AnnaLena has been on my radar for about four years. Occasionally, I would check their menu. Finally last week, two things came together: Chapter Sixty Two menu and availability of a table at the last minute. We found most of the dishes outstanding in the way flavors and ingredients were combined. Intricate, exciting, and multi-tiered are some of the descriptions that came to mind. If I could give six stars for some of the dished, I would. We were served two bonus starters, seared scallop with needle stick fries and sauce, and single bite size banh mi inspired mini sliders. The scallop was perfectly cooked and the trimmings most enjoyable. The first dish of spring salad was thankfully unlike the boxed Earthborn spring leaves with the same name, the endive and roasted beets excelled with the yuzu apple vinaigrette and finishes well with roasted hazel nuts and hazel nuts custard. I was going to skip the garlic parmesan torn bread because of my unpredictable garlic allergy, but discovered that I couldn’t even smell or taste the garlic (hmm, did that make a special torn bread for me??). The torn bread was amazingly soft like brioche sprayed with parmesan sauce and then flamed. The chowder was more like a white wine light broth with delightful pieces of tender clams and sprinkles of flavored oil. Very yummy! The smoked cod was a bit uneventful, but the sweet potato agnolotti was enjoyable. The BBQ Fraser Valley Poultry BBQ chicken consommé was very intense. I think I prefer that to beef consommé. We all thought the aged strip loin was totally boring. Two pieces of 1 inch square rare 3-day dry aged beef were probably sous vide and then placed on the dish with sauce poured over. I would have enjoyed them more if they were lightly torched along the edges to complete the taste of the fat. My favourite item in this particular dish was the broccoli puree which I will try to experiment at home! To finish, we were served walnut ice cream with poached pear. The poached pear turned out to be the star with an intricate mixture of sour and sweet, and the ice cream, a great accompaniment at the perfect temperature.Ambiance, however, is a crucial part to the total dining experience. The sound was 80 decibels when we first sat down and before all the patrons started drinking. All evening, we were more than annoyed at the loud bass that came through without the music being audible. The sound system did not complete the dining experience, it racked the dining experience. We couldn’t really hear the server’s description of each dish, we could hardly hear each other talk. Throughout the two and a half hours, we ate the food with the bass thumping loudly – at near headache level. The four of us were quite surprised that there were no acoustical foam hanging in the ceiling. We felt assaulted by the bass-heavy noise, as though we were forced to try Michelin Star menu in an empty warehouse. I would have loved to be able to enjoy the same menu with happy classical music from some of the Baroque masters because that would have really matched the details and flavours of the food in both form and tastes. Of all the one star Michelin restaurants we tried in Vancouver, we found AnnaLena’s Chapter Sixty Two menu our top choice, six stars for the food, five stars for the service and minus one star for the music, of course.

Connie C: A very nice experience trying out the dining menu #62. We definitely get to try somethings that we otherwise wouldn’t order. The bread in the clam sauce was a highlight. I also liked very much how the scallop and beef was cooked and seasoned. Some other dish fell flat for me, but was still pleasant surprises.

Jeremy Sellmer: Perfect. In a city with lots of great places to go this establishment is by far one of the best. Reservations are a mustFood: 5/5|Service: 5/5|Atmosphere: 5/5 …More

José Antonio Medina: Excelente comida y excelente atencion. Los platillos son muy buenos y aunque es costoso, vale la pena. Los cócteles también son muy buenos.

Maryia R.: I love AnnaLena! Food, drinks, and service are amazing. I recommend getting a wine pairing for the ultimate experience. We've been to two of their chapters already and will certainly be coming back.Food: 5/5|Service: 5/5|Atmosphere: 5/5 …More

John: Great experience, food and service are amazing.Food: 5/5|Service: 5/5|Atmosphere: 5/5Recommended dishes Sauce, Bison Short Rib Sunchoke Pave Black Kale Maitake Mushroom Red Wine Shallot Sauce Parking space Plenty of parking …More

David Luu: I visited and AnnaLena for a birthday dinner over a month ago. It was an incredible meal with friendly service and food that came out promptly one dish after another. The highlights of the meal were the deconstructed lasagna dish which was astonishingly delicious and the torn bread dish.The staff clean the bread crumbs off your table, fold your napkin for you when you step away from the table, and change cutlery after almost every dish. Service feels attentive, but not too intrusive. Some of the staff were a little awkward, but so am I so who am I to complain. This restaurant is certainly worthy of its Michelin star. My only complaint is that the table set up is rather close for a few of the tables. For example, when the staff are having a conversation with the patrons at another table, I regrettably had a butt in my face while I was eating. This is a minor gripe that didn’t get in the way of an otherwise great meal.AnnaLena was wonderful, I would come again most certainly as the menu continues to change.

Lily Na: Come for brunch today! Food and service were great!

Flinx Moshmore: Fantastic food, fantastic ambience, and Sylvia served with grace, and a genuine smile!