15 great wine restaurants and wine bars in Vancouver 2025
Vancouver is a city where wine is making inroads – today you can find everything from relaxed natural wine bars to glitzy steakhouses.
Star Wine List's ambassador, sommelier and educator Kelcie Jones, has selected her favourite spots in the city – check out the full guide.
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Address: 54 Alexander Street, Vancouver
Already a serious fixture on the Vancouver natural wine scene, Bar Tartare occupies the bright and airy space that is Birds & The Beets cafe in the daylight hours. In the spot that was once graced by Juice Bar, Bar Tartare is taking up a similar vein - a locally beloved natural wine bar with a local and further afield wine selection, and a rotating chef presence in the kitchen. There is no wine menu, as such. Make your way to the big, well-lit wine fridge and strike up a conversation to figure out what you’re going to have. Prices are listed directly on the bottles with a marker so you’re no...
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Phone: +1 (604) 879-0077
Address: 2702 Main Street, Vancouver
Burdock & Co became an early staple in Vancouver’s farm-to-table dining culture, with chef-owner Andrea Carlson’s dedication to local ingredients circling thematically and seasonally over concepts native to the Pacific Northwest (everything – down to the citrus – is sourced from nearby). So, depending on the season of your visit, expect to find flower- or resin-themed tasting menus. Wine pairings are offered at classic and premium tiers, with a small list deeming itself 'post-natural,' focusing more on regenerative farming aspects and less on the wacky side of the flavour spectrum. Located i...
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Phone: +1 (604) 620-2070
Address: 1535 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver
Located on a quiet nook just past the Granville Street Bridge, Farmer’s Apprentice is a delicate and thoughtful farm-to-table restaurant, as the name might suggest. Records are flipped throughout the evening meaning music is fun and eclectic, with a small natural wine list that is particularly well priced, especially when it comes to grower Champagne and cult-classic Loire Chenin Blancs. A small selection of sakes and cocktails permeate the offerings as well, and the next-door Grapes and Soda is an ideal tiny bar to cosy up to pre- or post-dinner. The menu at Farmer’s is seasonal and sharin...
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Phone: +1 (604) 730-5579
Address: 1938 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver
Maenam is a chef’s restaurant. Chef and owner Angus An’s deft hand blends local ingredients seamlessly into his progressive Thai cuisine, which can be reassuringly spicy, and so the wine program leans into aromatic white wines, off-dry selections, and light, bright reds. Fun and eclectic options are interwoven with the classics, and occasionally they will feature a deep-dive into a grape variety or region. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of drinking wine at Maenam is the price point: though restaurants with tasting menus and gorgeous glassware tend to be on the pricey side with their wine m...
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Phone: +1 (236) 471-9564
Address: 540 West 17th Avenue, Vancouver
Elio Volpe opened in early 2024 to much fanfare in the central, yet perhaps undervalued, Cambie Village, and it has already proven itself an essential piece of the neighbourhood’s upscale dining scene. The space is open, airy and elegant, with sumptuous decor details and a sprawling central bar - perfect to slide up to and order a glass of Verdicchio before settling into the dining room. The wine list, like the cuisine, is focused on Central and Southern Italy (sister restaurant Savio Volpe is focused on Piedmont and Northern Italy) but also includes classics from elsewhere in Europe and aro...
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Phone: +1 (778) 379-4052
Address: 1809 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver
AnnaLena has been one of Vancouver’s most consistent and ambitious restaurants for the last years. New wine director Reverie Beall curates a thoughtful and modest wine program to highlight the restaurant’s ever-changing tasting menu. The restaurant recently received its first Michelin Star, as well as its first Platinum Wine Award from the Vancouver Restaurant Wine Awards.
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Phone: (604) 423-5400
Address: 237 Union Street, Vancouver
Bar Gobo is a quiet gem of a restaurant and wine destination conceived by celebrated chef Andrea Carlson, as well as one of British Columbia’s most knowledgeable wine professionals, Peter Van de Reep. The food is hyper local, always fresh and constantly changing. Wine selections are limited but well chosen, leaning natural with a nice selection of skin contact, and nearly everything is available by the glass on Coravin, so you can taste through a wide array of wines - though the food program is proper and delicious, the notion of wine bar is also present here! The bar selection is small, bu...
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Phone: 604-879-7119
Address: 568 Beatty Street, Vancouver
Sustainable Wine List of the Year International Open, presented by Lingua Franca 2025
Chambar Restaurant is a Vancouver institution. With a long running Belgian/North African-inspired food concept, many of Vancouver’s top sommeliers have paid their dues here. The list is an approachable, medium-sized book pulling from across the globe. Multi-paged and wide in scope, it leans to the small, organic and sustainably produced, while highlighting wine styles that work well with the restaurant’s signature moules-frites dishes. Beyond wine, it has Vancouver’s largest collection of Belgian beers. Reservations recommended. Owing to its proximity to the arena, it is exceptionally bu...
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Phone: (604) 362-5443
Address: 1109 Hamilton Street, Vancouver
Elisa debuted with a splash in 2020, announcing itself as Vancouver’s glitziest new steakhouse. It has a serious wine list, however, and goes well beyond the usual suspects. Wine Director Franco Michienzi worked for many years as a floor sommelier in some of the city’s most serious wine destinations, and brings an impressive working knowledge of the wine world’s great estates. The list boasts over 25 wines by the glass, as well as another 20 under Coravin. Beyond the classics, explore the finest examples of wines from here in British Columbia, as well as back vintages of classic producers. I...
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Phone: (778) 379-8078
Address: 263 East Pender Street, Vancouver
Stepping into Kissa Tanto is a bit like stepping into another dimension. It is perhaps Vancouver’s best-looking restaurant, a sexy approximation of 1960s era Tokyo that somehow also channels a Wong Kar-wai film set. A wonderful fusion of Japanese and Italian flavours, this elegant Chinatown restaurant offers a great mid-sized list curated by wine director Belinda Siu. The list doesn’t offer many options by the glass, however the by-the-bottle list is freewheeling and fun, and not limited to the wines of Italy. It also offers an impressive array of sake, many of them by the glass. The cocktai...
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Phone: (604) 568-1701
Address: 217 Carrall Street, Vancouver
L’Abattoir is a long-running Vancouver institution, located in the heart of Gastown. The food uses local ingredients to execute an admirably classic, French-inspired dining experience. A fine dining restaurant for the hipper, more eclectic type of customer. Though the vibe is open and easy-going, the wine service leaves no stone unturned. Some of the city’s best sommeliers have come through this room, and it shows. The wines are temperature controlled and served by a dedicated, knowledgeable wine staff, with decanters, Coravins for premium by-the-glass, and varietally-correct glassware in re...
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Phone: (604) 695-9500
Address: 1017 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Nightingale is located in the waterfront business district of Coal Harbour in Vancouver. This area is close to many hotels and convention centres, though is somewhat of a restaurant desert - except for Nightingale. The food menu is impressively large and constantly changing, with a wood-fired oven firing Neapolitan-style pizzas that balance a perfected two-day sourdough crust with bubbled, black-edged perfection. Food is somewhat Italian in focus, though with a West Coast twist. The wine list is broad and inviting, organised first by grape variety and then region. Selections lean European...
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Phone: (604) 423-4840
Address: 3593 Main Street, Vancouver
Best Short List of the Year International Open 2025
Despite the Google reviews referencing its ‘Nordic cuisine,’ Published on Main Street is loosely West Coast with a German influence, a product of chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson’s German upbringing. In 2022, Published was named the best restaurant in Canada by Canada's 100 Best Restaurants, a first for any Vancouver restaurant and the fervour for a table continues – reservations are strongly recommended. The wine list is concise and leans natural and European, with plenty of cult offerings and a preference for niche regions and styles. The bar program is also of particular note, with creat...
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Phone: (604) 736-1520
Address: 1520 West 13th Avenue, Vancouver
The Stable House Bistro is a true neighbourhood restaurant, located off the main strip in Vancouver’s otherwise sedate South Granville area. It boasts a charming, well-shaded street patio, which makes parking tricky but allows for a welcome reprieve from more traditional street patios that take up much of the sidewalk. The food program is welcoming and snack led. Focusing on sharing plates and house-made charcuterie, it is an easy spot for apéro or dinner all the same. The wine list changes often and draws from across the world. Its focus – if there is one – is on the promotion of lesser-kn...
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Phone: +1 (604) 569-0456
Address: 2297 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Dachi is a small restaurant situated in the far east neighborhood of Hastings-Sunrise. This charming spot has become something of a local hero, championing a wide array of uber natural wine producers from around the globe. The food program is thoughtful and more ambitious than your average neighborhood watering hole. The wine program is loose, fun and constantly in flux, with a great grab & go selection. Beyond that, they’ve turned a dirty old parking lot into one of the city’s best patios. Drink like a local!
