Vancouver

Yaletown

Literally adjacent to BC Place. False Creek waterfront restaurants, the Seawall for morning runs, and a concentration of good hotels that put you within a 5-minute walk of the stadium gates.

Gastown

Vancouver's oldest neighborhood. Heritage architecture, indie boutiques, and several of the city's most serious restaurants along a compact, atmospheric grid. Rewards an evening walk before or after matches.

Kitsilano

Best for fans who want to decompress between fixtures. Kits Beach, English Bay swimming, and a cluster of good restaurants on West 4th Ave. The most relaxed version of Vancouver, with the mountains as backdrop.

📍 Downtown / Canada Place waterfront

The pioneer of aburi sushi in Canada. Flame-seared salmon oshi and spicy tuna rolls with a proprietary sauce, unlike any Japanese food you'll find outside Japan. The harbourfront terrace makes it the most atmospheric table in the city.

📍 Mount Pleasant / Main Street

Michelin-starred. Ranked No. 28 in North America's 50 Best Restaurants 2025. Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson's hyperlocal tasting menu draws on BC's produce with the precision that has made it Vancouver's most acclaimed restaurant.

📍 Mount Pleasant / Main Street

Chef Andrea Carlson's Michelin-starred Moon Menus rotate entirely with BC's seasons. In late June or July, expect wild sockeye salmon, chanterelles, and stone fruit in configurations that feel both rooted and inventive.

📍 Main Street (or Richmond location)

The gold standard for Vancouver-style Cantonese cooking since 1988. Roasted squab and live seafood tanks full of Dungeness crab and geoduck set it apart from the dozens of competitors.

📍 Chinatown

A beloved Chinatown fixture that modernizes Chinese bao and small plates without losing authenticity. Handmade dim sum, inventive cocktails, and a warm, lantern-lit dining room that consistently tops Vancouver's best-loved lists.

A 10km paved loop through a 1,000-acre urban rainforest hugging the downtown peninsula. Rent a bike and complete the circuit in 90 minutes. Views of the North Shore mountains, Burrard Inlet, and the Lions Gate Bridge at every turn.

A converted industrial site under the Granville Bridge. One of the continent's best covered markets: BC salmon, artisan cheese, fresh pasta, and local bakeries alongside craft studios and theatres. Best on a weekday morning before tour groups arrive.

Arthur Erickson's 1976 building houses one of the world's finest collections of Northwest Coast First Nations art. The Great Hall's 15-metre glass walls frame totem poles against rainforest. The Bill Reid sculptures alone justify the 30-minute bus ride to UBC.

The first full-scale classical Ming Dynasty scholar's garden built outside China, hidden behind an unassuming wall in Chinatown. Winding paths, moongates, and koi-filled ponds are designed so no full view is ever visible at once. Feels inexhaustibly surprising.

The only steam-powered clock in the world. Whistles every 15 minutes on Water Street since 1977. A gateway to Gastown's broader appeal: Victorian brick buildings, cobblestones, and galleries make this the most atmospheric walk in downtown Vancouver.