Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards Program 2025

Welcome to the 2025 Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards! This is your virtual program, to help you follow along with the ceremony and get hyped up for your category.

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Congratulations once again to all of our 2025 finalists, and thank you to our generous sponsors: our Destination Partner, Destination Vancouver; presenting sponsor La Salle College Vancouver; platinum sponsor Wilson Beck Insurance; gold sponsors OpenTable, DoorDash, Ponderosa Mushrooms and Specialty Foods and CooksCamp; silver sponsor Crowe Mackay; hall of fame sponsor Cactus Club Cafe; BC wine partner Wine Growers BC; venue partner Fairmont Hotel Vancouver; AV partner McMedia and media sponsor Global BC.

Please note that due to time constraints, not all category winners will be invited on stage. On-stage awards are marked with an asterix (*) below.

1. Best Steakhouse*

2. Best Middle Eastern*

3. Best Upscale Contemporary*

4. Best Thai*

5. Best Italian

6. Best Informal Contemporary

7. Best Indian

8. Bartender of the Year*

9. Best Korean*

10. Best French*

11. Readers’ Choice: Best Coffee Shop

12. Readers’ Choice: Best Happy Hour

13. Readers’ Choice: Best Bar

14. Readers’ Choice: Best Brewery

15. Best African and Diaspora*

16. Best Chain*

17. Pastry Chef of the Year*

18. Readers’ Choice: Best Commercial Drive*

19. Readers’ Choice: Best Chinatown*

20. Readers’ Choice: Best Brunch*

21. Premier Crew*

22. Readers’ Choice: Best Fraserhood

23. Readers’ Choice: Best Gastown

24. Readers’ Choice:Best Kitsilano

25. Best Chinese*

26. Best Plant Based*

27. Best Casual*

28. Best Seafood*

29. Readers’ Choice: Best Kerrisdale

30. Readers’ Choice: Best Mount Pleasant

31. Readers’ Choice: Best Hastings-Sunrise

32. Readers’ Choice: Best Neighbourhood Wildcard

33. Hall of Fame Inductee 1*

34. Readers’ Choice: Best Yaletown*

35. Readers’ Choice: Best Downtown*

36. Readers’ Choice: Best West End*

37. Editors’ Choice: Best Date Night*

38. Editors’ Choice: Best Group Dining

39. Editors’ Choice: Best After Work Drinks

40. Editors’ Choice: Best Special Occasion

41. Editors’ Choice: Best Patio

42. Hall of Fame Inductee 2*

43. Best Japanese*

44. Best Vietnamese*

45. Sommelier of the Year*

46. Best Latin American

47. Best Victoria

48. Best Whistler*

49. Best Upscale*

50. Sustainability Award*

51. Best New Restaurant*

52. Chef of the Year*

53. Restaurant of the Year*

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