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West Restaurant

DETAILS

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2881 Granville St. | Vancouver | MAP
Voice: 604-738-8938
Web: westrestaurant.com
Email: [email protected]
Hours: Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Daily | Dinner 5:30-10:30pm Sun-Thu | 5:30-11pm on Fri-Sat | Bar 5:30pm-late Daily | Brunch 10:30am-2:30pm Sat-Sun

Gallery

  • Entrance
  • Restaurant interior
  • Lounge + Bar
  • original cocktail: pie
  • tian of Dungeness crab and couscous with smoked tomato gazpacho
  • squab and lobster with kabocha squash and rosemary beignets
  • noisettes of veal sweetbreads with mushroom duxelle
  • sablefish in curry butter with sunchoke purée and roasted pearl onions
  • halibut and chanterelles with watercress sauce and lasagna of Dungeness crab
  • galantine of quail, foie gras and jasmine-poached raisins
  • rrine of duck, David Wood goat cheese and pink lady apples with pickled celeriac
  • sherry-poached pears with pear and raisin compote and maple-roasted walnuts
  • fresh raspberries with lemon tuiles, cream cheese ice cream and nobo fruit tea syrup
  • saffron-spiced pumpkin panna cotta with ginger cake and orange saffron syrup

Our Team

Quang Dang, Executive Chef
Rhonda Viani, Pastry Chef
Owen Knowlton, Wine Director & Restaurant Director
Giovanni Giardino, Restaurant Manager
Stacey Ackerman, Bar Manager

About West Restaurant

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Contemporary Regional Cuisine

Recognized as the ‘jewel in Vancouver’s culinary crown’, West Restaurant’s outstanding contemporary regional cuisine and seamless service has earned much critical acclaim. Pristine seasonal ingredients are sourced to deliver superbly conceived dishes offering modern interpretations of classics.

For those keen to observe ‘behind the scenes’ action and experience West from a unique perspective, the two ‘chef’s tables’ can be found directly adjacent to the presentation kitchen. One of the highlights of the dining room is a temperature-controlled wall of wine, and under it, the long cherry wood bar that gracefully anchors the conversation—where martinis and cocktails are composed of fresh herbs, juices and creative infusions.

A Werner Forster installation floats under the ceiling—a study of light and motion. The leather chairs are the Mario Bellini designed originals found at MOMA, surrounding etched stone tabletops, highlighting a handsome and inviting room that speaks to contemporary Vancouver.

Accolades

Wine List Award, Silver
Vancouver International Wine Festival, 2015-2016

Top 100 Best Restaurants in Canada
OpenTable, 2016

Wine List Award, Silver
Vancouver International Wine Festival, 2015

‘Best of’ Award of Excellence
Wine Spectator, 2013-2015

Four-Star Restaurant Award
Forbes Travel Guide, 2014

Best West Side, Honourable Mention
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2014

Wine List Award, Gold
Vancouver International Wine Festival, 2013

Best Upscale Restaurant, Honourable Mention
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2013

Best of the City “Gold for Best West Coast Cuisine”
Westender Reader’s Choice Award, 2013

Certificate of Excellence
Trip Advisor, 2013

Achievement of Distinction in Dining
DiRoNA, 2013

Silver, Executive Chef Quang Dang
Gold Medal Plates, 2012

Wine List Award, Platinum (Best Overall)
Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, 2012

Top 50 Restaurants in Canada
Vacay.ca 2012

Best Formal Restaurant, Silver
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2011

Sommelier of the Year, Owen Knowlton
Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, 2011

Four Diamond Award
AAA / CAA, 2011

Restaurant of the Year, Bronze
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2009- 2010

Best Service
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2007, 2009-2010

Best Last Course, Bronze
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2004, 2007, 2009-2010

Restaurant of the Year, Gold
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2003, 2005- 2008

Best Last Course, Silver
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2005

Best Small Plate, Bronze
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2004-2005

Best Restaurant of the Year, Silver
Best Contemporary Regional Restaurant, Bronze
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2004

Best Contemporary Regional Restaurant, Gold
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2003

Guest Chef Dinner @ James Beard House
Two sold out events at the prestigious James Beard Foundation, New York City, 2006 + 2002