Harbor and mountain views, along with outstanding Pacific Northwest cuisine, are the highlights of this restaurant gem located near Canada Place. Enjoy a glass of microbrewed beer with your alderwood-grilled wild salmon, oven-baked thin crust pizza, spit-roasted chicken, or slow-cooked barbecued ribs prepared in the wood-fired oven or on the rotisserie grill. Reservations recommended.

KITSILANO. This award-winning elegant and romantic restaurant, located in Kitsilano, features an imaginative seasonal menu that specializes in Pacific Northwest cuisine. A friendly, professional staff presents a menu that changes weekly and features the freshest ingredients which can include Cowichan Bay Farms duck, BC spot prawns or Fraser Valley lamb. Save room for tempting desserts that also change with the seasons, but will feature homemade ice creams, ganaches and selections of local cheese.

Exceptional fine dining and stellar service are the hallmarks of this excellent restaurant, named for Winston Churchill's country home. The cuisine is referred to as Continental-Pacific Northwest and features Canadian prime meats cooked to order with your choice of sauce including béarnaise, bordelaise, caramelised orange or chimichurri. Lobster, scallops, wild salmon and black cod come with their own complement of sauces. A pre-theater "dine and dash" is available, but should you have time to linger, ask for the Grand Marnier or Chocolate soufflé. You won't be disappointed.

The outstanding presentation of mouthwatering Pacific Northwestern fare deserves a standing ovation at Diva where locals and tourists flock to enjoy some of the best the region has to offer. The multi-level dining room is excellent for people watching, but you'll want to keep your full attention on such seasonal highlights as smoked Alaskan black cod, artichoke soup and porcini-crusted veal loin steak. Desserts include the signature Stilton cheesecake or Thomas Haas chocolate bar.

Awards, including the prestigious AAA Five Diamond for ten years running, have been heaped upon this Pan Pacific Hotel restaurant whose specialty is Canadian seafood. Incredible harbor and mountain views enhance an outstanding menu that includes paella with Nova Scotia lobster, Dungeness crab, and wild BC salmon as well as choices from the chef's weekly changing "Fresh Sheet." After dinner, enjoy a glass of one of the fine single-malt Scotch whiskeys.