Guidebook for Vancouver

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Guidebook for Vancouver

Food Scene

Best Ramen in town! Reserve your spot online before you go so you don't have to wait 45 minutes in line.
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Ramen Danbo日本拉麫
1833 W 4th Ave
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Best Ramen in town! Reserve your spot online before you go so you don't have to wait 45 minutes in line.
CHOCOLATE ALMOND CROISSANTS! (Yes, I yelled that)
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Beaucoup Bakery
2150 Fir St
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CHOCOLATE ALMOND CROISSANTS! (Yes, I yelled that)
Really really really great omelettes. No frills, fast service, get there early to avoid the line.
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Paul's Omelettery Restaurant
2211 Granville Street
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Really really really great omelettes. No frills, fast service, get there early to avoid the line.
Decent sushi in the area!
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SushiVan
2566 Granville St
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Decent sushi in the area!
Very good seafood platters at a reasonable price. No frills kinda place in Granville Island.
Tony's Fish & Oyster Cafe
1511 Anderson St
Very good seafood platters at a reasonable price. No frills kinda place in Granville Island.
Afghan food platters that are huge and beautiful and tasty! Super reasonable prices for the quality of food. Highly recommend the lamb. You can either sit at a table, or in the Afghan room, on the floor with cushions and low tables.
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Afghan Horsemen Restaurant
1833 Anderson St
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Afghan food platters that are huge and beautiful and tasty! Super reasonable prices for the quality of food. Highly recommend the lamb. You can either sit at a table, or in the Afghan room, on the floor with cushions and low tables.
A little pricey but fantastic local cuisine. Great for date night. And then head next door to Grapes and Soda for a night cap afterwards.
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Farmer's Apprentice Restaurant
1535 W 6th Ave
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A little pricey but fantastic local cuisine. Great for date night. And then head next door to Grapes and Soda for a night cap afterwards.
Ties 1st place for best sushi in town! (That is still affordable)
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Shiro Japanese
3096 Cambie St
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Ties 1st place for best sushi in town! (That is still affordable)
Want xiao-long-bao soup dumplings? Head to this Taiwanese restaurant. It is always bustling and every dish on the menu is delicious! Great prices too!
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Dinesty Dumpling House
1719 Robson St
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Want xiao-long-bao soup dumplings? Head to this Taiwanese restaurant. It is always bustling and every dish on the menu is delicious! Great prices too!
Because Hainanese chicken and Lahksa that's why. Ohhh yum! Fantastic Malaysian food. Slow-ish service because they are understaffed, but it's a tiny casual joint that serves up great food.
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Mamalee
3144 W Broadway
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Because Hainanese chicken and Lahksa that's why. Ohhh yum! Fantastic Malaysian food. Slow-ish service because they are understaffed, but it's a tiny casual joint that serves up great food.
Malaysian food too - more fancy than Mamalee and better for a night out!
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Banana Leaf On Broadway
820 W Broadway
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Malaysian food too - more fancy than Mamalee and better for a night out!
If you like Mediterranean food and lots of garlic, this is the place for you. I eat here when I want a taste of home.
Jamjar South Granville
1488 W 11th Ave
If you like Mediterranean food and lots of garlic, this is the place for you. I eat here when I want a taste of home.
There are a few other dosa joints in the neighbourhood, but none are as good as this one. I recommend the palak lamb dosa, or the okra lamb. The idly are a great starter, and a salty lassi to drink!
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Dosa Factory
1345 Kingsway
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There are a few other dosa joints in the neighbourhood, but none are as good as this one. I recommend the palak lamb dosa, or the okra lamb. The idly are a great starter, and a salty lassi to drink!
Yummy thin crust brick oven pizza. Very tasty!
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BiBo Pizzeria con Cucina
1835 W 4th Ave
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Yummy thin crust brick oven pizza. Very tasty!
Really delicious sushi takout around the corner.
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Nishi Sushi
2953 W 4th Ave
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Really delicious sushi takout around the corner.
Great place to buy fruits and veggies at a lower than average price.
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Persia Foods
2827 W Broadway
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Great place to buy fruits and veggies at a lower than average price.
The fancy place to get expensive yet choice groceries and natural products.
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Whole Foods Market
510 W 8th Ave
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The fancy place to get expensive yet choice groceries and natural products.
My favourite butcher in Kits. Great meats, friendly staff and fun music. Always a vibe.
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Market Meats Kitsilano
2326 W 4th Ave
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My favourite butcher in Kits. Great meats, friendly staff and fun music. Always a vibe.
Your neighbour (on the other half of the duplex, Maria) owns this joint. Opened in the pandemic she makes real, homemade, pasta. Grab some to-go with sauce. You won't regret it. And while you're walking have some of her famous gelato.
Casereccio Foods Coffee/Pasta Bar
2480 Vine Street
Your neighbour (on the other half of the duplex, Maria) owns this joint. Opened in the pandemic she makes real, homemade, pasta. Grab some to-go with sauce. You won't regret it. And while you're walking have some of her famous gelato.
If you want a bowl of seriously yummy Poke, don't miss this spot. Small and unassuming and the best poke in town.
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Pacific Poke
625 Main St
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If you want a bowl of seriously yummy Poke, don't miss this spot. Small and unassuming and the best poke in town.
Who says you can't have ice cream on a rainy day. often with a line out the door, this place has a bunch of flavours you've probably never heard of, and man are they good!
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Rain or Shine Ice Cream
1926 W 4th Ave
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Who says you can't have ice cream on a rainy day. often with a line out the door, this place has a bunch of flavours you've probably never heard of, and man are they good!
If you go in here for a coffee, you'll come out with a box of pastries both savoury and sweet because you weren't able to decide which one you wanted and then ended up buying them all. Just saying. Be careful - this place is a glorious trap!
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Purebread
159 W Hastings St
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If you go in here for a coffee, you'll come out with a box of pastries both savoury and sweet because you weren't able to decide which one you wanted and then ended up buying them all. Just saying. Be careful - this place is a glorious trap!

Drinks & Nightlife

Great local menu where the chef explains what you're eating. Wonderful creative drinks and cozy atmosphere.
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Grapes & Soda
1541 W 6th Ave
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Great local menu where the chef explains what you're eating. Wonderful creative drinks and cozy atmosphere.

Parks & Nature

In the summer there are lots of people in their birthday suits. The rest of the year it's a beautiful place to go down (many stairs) and gaze out across the Pacific ocean.
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Wreck Beach
Southwest Marine Drive
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In the summer there are lots of people in their birthday suits. The rest of the year it's a beautiful place to go down (many stairs) and gaze out across the Pacific ocean.
More chill than kits beach if you want the space to run around. Perfect place for picnics and watching the old dudes crabbing on the pier.
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Locarno Beach
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More chill than kits beach if you want the space to run around. Perfect place for picnics and watching the old dudes crabbing on the pier.
Beautiful and peaceful Japanese garden on the UBC campus. Worth a visit.
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Nitobe Memorial Garden
1895 Lower Mall
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Beautiful and peaceful Japanese garden on the UBC campus. Worth a visit.

Essentials

Debit or Mastercard only
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Alfie's No Frills
1688 W 4th Ave
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Debit or Mastercard only
Expensive - but high quality.
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Greens Organic and Natural Market
1978 W Broadway
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Expensive - but high quality.
Butcher shop with great cuts of meat.
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Pete's Meat Inc
2817 Arbutus St
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Butcher shop with great cuts of meat.

Arts & Culture

Totem poles - expansive history of west coast First Nations people, in a building designed by local and renowned architect Arthur Erickson, atop a cliff that faces the great Pacific ocean. Magical place. Head down to wreck beach after if you feel like descending and then climbing thousands of stairs in the forest. Careful though as it's a nude beach!
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Museum of Anthropology
6393 NW Marine Dr
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Totem poles - expansive history of west coast First Nations people, in a building designed by local and renowned architect Arthur Erickson, atop a cliff that faces the great Pacific ocean. Magical place. Head down to wreck beach after if you feel like descending and then climbing thousands of stairs in the forest. Careful though as it's a nude beach!
If you like biology and ecology... or just critters this is the place for you and the fam. Nerd out for hours!
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Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall
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If you like biology and ecology... or just critters this is the place for you and the fam. Nerd out for hours!

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Wat je mee moet nemen

Bring a rain proof jacket and waterproof shoes

It rains...a lot. :)