Details

Elem

Neighbourhood: Main Street

2110 Main St.

604-389-3536

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Hours

Tuesday to Saturday, 5-10:30pm

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The People

Hassib Sarwari – Owner / Operator
Vish Mayekar – Owner / Executive Chef

About Elem

Located in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, ELEM is the highly anticipated new restaurant and cocktail lab by the team behind Mount Pleasant’s beloved Zarak. Guests can expect to indulge in Top Chef Canada alum Vish Mayekar’s bold cooking, featuring flavour-packed dishes that highlight fragrant spices from around the world, alongside inventive, element-inspired, and sustainability-driven cocktails.

Awards & Accolades

“The menu changes daily and avoids any semblance of continuity — here we are in India for starters, but let’s hop over to Italy for secondi, and then land in Mexico for a main course. Fortunately, the majority of dishes from Vish Mayekar hit the mark. The room is austere, the cocktails are superb, and the overall impression is quite non-Vancouver.” – No. 99 on the 2025 Canada’s 100 Best list

No. 10 on the 2025 Canada’s 100 Best New Restaurants list

Air Canada’s Best New Restaurants 2025 Finalists

“The unique experiences of Elem owners — Afghan, Indian and Chinese — raises the revulsion of food waste to the power of three. So at this scene-y new restaurant, the complete use of ingredients and, sometimes, the reuse of them, is often the muse for inventive and delicious dishes.” – Mia Stainsby, The Vancouver Sun

MICHELIN Guide-recommended