Guidebook for Vancouver

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Guidebook for Vancouver

Food Scene

Great food! Six course tasting menus each night. I work here!
45 locals recommend
Farmer's Apprentice Restaurant
1535 W 6th Ave
45 locals recommend
Great food! Six course tasting menus each night. I work here!
Best coffee in the area!
49 locals recommend
Bump N Grind Cafe
916 Commercial Dr
49 locals recommend
Best coffee in the area!
Cheap Vietnamese! Their spring rolls are amazing.
6 locals recommend
A Taste Of Vietnam
1016 W Broadway
6 locals recommend
Cheap Vietnamese! Their spring rolls are amazing.
Great sushi!
17 locals recommend
Shizenya Restaurant on Broadway
1333 W Broadway
17 locals recommend
Great sushi!
Really good cheap breakfast and lunch!
14 locals recommend
Slickity Jim's Chat & Choux
1387 W 7th Ave
14 locals recommend
Really good cheap breakfast and lunch!
My favourite ramen place. Get the miso ramen!
6 locals recommend
Menya Japanese Noodle
401 W Broadway
6 locals recommend
My favourite ramen place. Get the miso ramen!
Arguably Vancouver's best restaurant. This place is beautiful and so are the guests. Put on your fancy clothes for this one.
371 locals recommend
Chambar Restaurant
568 Beatty Street
371 locals recommend
Arguably Vancouver's best restaurant. This place is beautiful and so are the guests. Put on your fancy clothes for this one.
Amazing patio! Great beers.
109 locals recommend
Chill Winston
3 Alexander Street
109 locals recommend
Amazing patio! Great beers.
Love this place! Great food and drinks. My friend Matt is one of the managers and I know a bunch of people that work there. There is always a wait!
207 locals recommend
Tacofino Taco Bar
15 W Cordova St
207 locals recommend
Love this place! Great food and drinks. My friend Matt is one of the managers and I know a bunch of people that work there. There is always a wait!

Shopping

Kind of a tourist trap but cool nonetheless!
470 locals recommend
Granville Island Public Market
1689 Johnston St
470 locals recommend
Kind of a tourist trap but cool nonetheless!
Robson is where most of the shopping goes down in Vancouver. It's fun to go for a walk down Robson when it is sunny out!
789 locals recommend
Robson Street
1155 Robson St
789 locals recommend
Robson is where most of the shopping goes down in Vancouver. It's fun to go for a walk down Robson when it is sunny out!
Good for wine! More expensive than Broadway Liquor but has a good selection.
22 locals recommend
JAK'S Beer Wine Spirits
2658 Granville St
22 locals recommend
Good for wine! More expensive than Broadway Liquor but has a good selection.

Parks & Nature

This is a nude beach but I think it really encapsulates Vancouver's culture. Our city's best beach.
197 locals recommend
Pacific Spirit Hostel
1935 Lower Mall
197 locals recommend
This is a nude beach but I think it really encapsulates Vancouver's culture. Our city's best beach.
This place is a hidden gem! It's confusing to get to so use Google Maps! https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Vancouver,+BC/@49.2661952,-123.1302624,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x548673f143a94fb3:0xbb9196ea9b81f38b!8m2!3d49.2827291!4d-123.1207375
26 locals recommend
Charleson Dog Park
999 Charleson Street
26 locals recommend
This place is a hidden gem! It's confusing to get to so use Google Maps! https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Vancouver,+BC/@49.2661952,-123.1302624,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x548673f143a94fb3:0xbb9196ea9b81f38b!8m2!3d49.2827291!4d-123.1207375
Iconic park. Great views! Gets a bit weird at night...
2658 locals recommend
Stanley Park
610 Pipeline Rd
2658 locals recommend
Iconic park. Great views! Gets a bit weird at night...
Closest beach to my place. Its pretty crowded and filled with basic bros and basic bitchez but convenient!
847 locals recommend
Kitsilano Beach Park
1499 Arbutus St
847 locals recommend
Closest beach to my place. Its pretty crowded and filled with basic bros and basic bitchez but convenient!

Essentials

Expensive but really good stuff!
55 locals recommend
Meinhardt Fine Foods
3002 Granville St
55 locals recommend
Expensive but really good stuff!
Really nice people here!
Hi Lite Laundry - Coin Laundry and Dry Cleaning
1237 W Broadway
Really nice people here!
726 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
510 W 8th Ave
726 locals recommend
Drug store but has food stuff as well!
692 locals recommend
Shoppers Drug Mart
1006 Homer St
692 locals recommend
Drug store but has food stuff as well!

Drinks & Nightlife

Also called "Beer Island" locals go to the legacy liquor store close by and then drink on this island in the sun. It's a lot of fun but can get rowdy!
Habitat Island
Also called "Beer Island" locals go to the legacy liquor store close by and then drink on this island in the sun. It's a lot of fun but can get rowdy!
Gastown is the cool kid area of Vancouver. Great shops, bars and restaurants. It's pricey but good for a splurge!
1068 locals recommend
Gastown
1068 locals recommend
Gastown is the cool kid area of Vancouver. Great shops, bars and restaurants. It's pricey but good for a splurge!
I used to work here! It's gotten a bit basic now but still a good time every once and a while!
171 locals recommend
Guilt & Co
171 locals recommend
I used to work here! It's gotten a bit basic now but still a good time every once and a while!
Cold Beer and Wine Store, Great for beer!
9 locals recommend
Broadway Liquor Store
1169 W Broadway
9 locals recommend
Cold Beer and Wine Store, Great for beer!
I love this place! Favourite brewery in Vancouver. They have a Mariachi band on Friday and Saturday nights.
307 locals recommend
33 Acres Brewing Company
15 W 8th Ave
307 locals recommend
I love this place! Favourite brewery in Vancouver. They have a Mariachi band on Friday and Saturday nights.
Fun vibe, great beers.
289 locals recommend
Brassneck Brewery
2148 Main St
289 locals recommend
Fun vibe, great beers.
Beautiful cocktail bar, gets a bit douchey on the weekends but definitely worth a visit. Its pricy but amazing.
189 locals recommend
The Diamond
6 Powell St
189 locals recommend
Beautiful cocktail bar, gets a bit douchey on the weekends but definitely worth a visit. Its pricy but amazing.

Getting Around

Shitty pizza but great transit! This is the best bus stop to get downtown. you can take any bus going North.
Freshslice Pizza
2083 Alma St
Shitty pizza but great transit! This is the best bus stop to get downtown. you can take any bus going North.
Closest Canada Line station (rapid transit). Also you can take the 99 B Line to East Van from here!
81 locals recommend
Broadway-City Hall station
496 W Broadway
81 locals recommend
Closest Canada Line station (rapid transit). Also you can take the 99 B Line to East Van from here!

Sightseeing

Crusty old hipsters, decent shopping, great restaurants. Main Street used to be the cool part of Vancouver. It's a bit washed up but there are some great sights and shops!
205 locals recommend
Main Street
Main Street
205 locals recommend
Crusty old hipsters, decent shopping, great restaurants. Main Street used to be the cool part of Vancouver. It's a bit washed up but there are some great sights and shops!
Where Vancouver yuppies hangout. Good food and shopping! Close to the beach.
75 locals recommend
West 4th Avenue
West 4th Avenue
75 locals recommend
Where Vancouver yuppies hangout. Good food and shopping! Close to the beach.
This is the hippy and true hipster Vancouver neighbourhood. Lots of good cheap restaurants and bars.
296 locals recommend
Commercial Drive
Commercial Drive
296 locals recommend
This is the hippy and true hipster Vancouver neighbourhood. Lots of good cheap restaurants and bars.
Vancouver's most fabulous neighbourhood. This is where our gays are at. Its lovely and sassy and teeming with great restaurants.
62 locals recommend
Davie Street
Davie Street
62 locals recommend
Vancouver's most fabulous neighbourhood. This is where our gays are at. Its lovely and sassy and teeming with great restaurants.
English Bay and surrounding area. Some good restaurants and is beautiful on a sunny day.
43 locals recommend
Denman Street
43 locals recommend
English Bay and surrounding area. Some good restaurants and is beautiful on a sunny day.
A hidden oasis in the middle of downtown. Very cool.
221 locals recommend
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
578 Carrall St
221 locals recommend
A hidden oasis in the middle of downtown. Very cool.