Morrissey Irish House represents the modern-day blueprint for a sleek, stylish Irish bar. There may be better-lit caverns in Vancouver, but here the dimness...

Light and airy, this elegant piano bar with a baby grand has the widest selection of martinis anywhere in town. Go for the friendly waiting staff, excellent...

The eponymous boutique hotel's smallish lounge - furnished in Philippe Starck/Louis XIV-garage sale style - attracts beautiful people with longer attention...

Just a few blocks north of Main Street's indie fashion strip, this funky, youthful lounge offers a well-chosen, inexpensive drinks menu and well-executed...

For blue-collar types (and their admirers) the PumpJack is undoubtedly the top spot on the strip for cruising. Bowls of peanuts, community-minded management...

This gorgeous, warm and modern club has an upscale casualness, a place where cocktails are 'crafted', where people dance whether the dancefloor is populated...

Though it has won numerous restaurant awards locally and nationally, Salt (tucked away down an alley in a less than salubrious neighbourhood) has no...

Upbeat sports venue in the heart of the Davie village. All sporting events are screened on six flat-screen TVs, and there's a special interest in hockey and...

Serving the pre-club mob upscale small plates and inventive tipples, this bar-restaurant deals in multiple environments packed into a small space: an open...

An oasis in a sea of tourists and Blarney Stone jocks, this stylish brick-walled space pulses with its own sweet energy. The owners, four high-school...

Only eight years ago, Yaletown boasted four pool halls. Now Soho is the only one left. But it's the best, so that is some consolation for billiard buffs....

This quaint heritage building, which dates from around 1911, is located in the heart of Stanley Park, next to the rose gardens. Formerly a fairly sedate...

A grandiose affair, the Transcontinental took over the former women's waiting room in the Canadian Pacific Railway Station, dropped millions of dollars on a...

Subeez is a welcoming and unpretentious venue that has become one of downtown's most reliable spots for a solid, predictable, loud night out. It appears to...