Praise
AWARDS
Best Lunch, Third Place
Best West Coast, Third Place
Best Restaurant on the West Side, Third Place
Westender "Best of the City", 2017
Wine List Award, Silver
Vancouver International Wine Festival, 2015-2017
‘Best of’ Award of Excellence
Wine Spectator, 2003-2017
Top 100 Best Restaurants in Canada
OpenTable, 2015-2016
Regional Company of the Year
27th Annual Pinncale Awards, 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
World’s Most Imaginative Bartender, David Wolowidnyk
BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® World’s Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, Morocco, 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 Star Award
Mobil Travel Guide, 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, 2004, 2007, 2009-2010
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, Bronze
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
REVIEWS
“Best Restaurants Canada 2014: West”
Chef Chuck Hughes via Huffington Post, 2013
“David Wolowidnyk runs the bar program. He’s considered one of the better bartenders in the world.”
Globe and Mail, 2013
“West’s wine director Owen Knowlton offers meticulous pairings for each course.”
Huffington Post, 2013
“For 10 years she's (Rhonda Viani) been delivering cutting-edge, mind-blowingly delicious desserts out of the West kitchen on South Granville.”
Vancouver Magazine, 2013
