A warm and unpretentious room presided over by the ever-affable owners Laurent and Valerie Devin. The lime green walls may be a tad lurid, but the country...

The pastries are divine - the display cases will stop sweet-tooths in their tracks - but there's so much more to enjoy here. Start with robust, white bean...

With its glossy red-wine walls, oversized art nouveau poster art and throbbing techno music, this French franchise is pure Parisian. The menu offers five...

A popular neighbourhood bistro with candlelight, wood panelling and mirror-lined walls, Café Luxy will satisfy any of your carb cravings with dozens of...

Veer off the beaten path on to this grubby stretch of West Pender to find robust French country cooking in a stylish bohemian heritage building with soaring...

A sultry room of warm Moroccan tones and exposed brick walls, Chambar manages to please everyone from hip young things to romantic couples to groups out for...

The main thing to recommend this run-of-the-mill Greek restaurant is the fact that it offers full kitchen service until 6am. When you're stumbling out of...

This popular Tuscan restaurant is a favoured haunt of Hollywood stars shooting locally - and very definitely on the tourist track, too. A spacious room and...

Cioppino's is the place where expense accounts go to die. Pino Posteraro's prices are on the steep side, but still comparable to other upscale Italian...

A West End institution for more than two decades, Delilah's boasts that it is the North American birthplace of the cocktail martini - whatever that means,...

This brassy brasserie - part bistro, part nightclub - pumps up the Moulin Rouge cabaret vibe with a dash of Baz Luhrmann's rococo kitsch. With a DJ spinning...

The ensemble of velvet curtains, art deco flourishes, children crawling under tables and the Fuoco Family Band serenading the sweaty dancefloor with equal...

Right next door to Fuel, and also hot on local, seasonal ingredients, Gastropod is a different beast altogether. Winner of Vancouver Magazine's 2007 Best...

The owner is known simply as 'Umberto' - a one-name wonder who put Tuscan cooking on the map in Canada. At one time he had 17 restaurants, but currently...