[News] Vancouver’s Michelin Guide 2023 – New One-Star Restaurant Announced

Announced last night at an invitation-only ceremony, a total of nine Vancouver restaurants are now one-MICHELIN-Starred, plus 17 with the Bib Gourmand designations, and 51 Recommended eateries. This is the second year of Vancouver being in the MICHELIN Guide.

“The famously anonymous MICHELIN Guide inspectors once again were impressed with the culinary community here,” said Gwendal Poullennec, the International Director of the MICHELIN Guides. “This sort of steady growth is what we often see in second-year selections, and it is definitely a harbinger of great things to come. We are very proud of the passionate chefs and restaurant teams here in Vancouver, and they make their city very proud.”

The nine one-MICHELIN-Star Vancouver restaurants are:

• AnnaLena
• Barbara
• Burdock & Co
• iDen & QuanJuDe Beijing Duck House
• Kissa Tanto
• Masayoshi
• Okeya Kyujiro (NEW)
• Published on Main
• St. Lawrence

Okeya Kyujiro, helmed by Chef Takuya Matsuda, earned one MICHELIN Star for the first time.

The MICHELIN Guide inspectors added five more Vancouver restaurants worthy of the Bib Gourmand designation, which recognizes great food at a great value.

• Anh and Chi
• Chupito
• Fable Kitchen
• Farmer’s Apprentice (NEW)
• Fiorino, Italian Street Food
• Karma Indian Bistro (NEW)
• Kin Kao Song
• Little Bird Dim Sum + Craft Beer
• Lunch Lady
• Motonobu Udon (NEW)
• Nightshade
• Oca Pastificio
• Phnom Penh
• Say Mercy!
• Seaport City Seafood (NEW)
• Sushi Hil (NEW)
• Vij’s

And now, 51 Vancouver restaurants that are Recommended by the MICHELIN Guide:

• ¿CóMO? Taperia
• The Acorn
• acquafarina
• Archer (NEW)
• Arike
• Ask for Luigi
• bacaro
• Bacchus
• Bao Bei (NEW)
• Bar Gobo
• Bar Susu
• Bonjour Vietnam Bistro
• Botanist
• Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar (NEW)
• Café Medina
• Carlino
• Chang’An
• Chef’s Choice Chinese Cuisine
• Cioppino’s
• Delara
• Dynasty Seafood
• Elephant
• Elisa (NEW)
• Fanny Bay Oyster Bar
• Folke (NEW)
• Hānai (NEW)
• Hawksworth Restaurant
• Homer St. Cafe
• L’Abattoir
• Lobby Lounge & RawBar
• The Mackenzie Room
• Maenam
• Miku
• Moltaqa (NEW)
• Nammos Estiatorio
• Neptune Palace Seafood Restaurant
• New Mandarin Seafood Restaurant
• Nightingale
• Ophelía
• Osteria Savio Volpe
• per se Social Corner
• PiDGiN
• Regal Mansion Cuisine (NEW)
• Riley’s Fish & Steak
• Sushi Bar Maumi
• Sushi Jin (NEW)
• Suyo (NEW)
• Tetsu Sushi Bar (NEW)
• Torafuku
• Wildlight Kitchen + Bar (NEW)
• Yuwa

In addition, four special awards were handed out to individuals/groups. They are:

• Michelin Exceptional Cocktails Award: Max Curzon-Price, Suyo
• Michelin Sommerlier Award: Kelcie Jones, Burdock & Co.
• Michelin Outstanding Service Award: Front-of-house team, Okeya Kyujiro
• Michelin Young Chef Award: Chef Warren Chow, Wildlight Kitchen + Bar

I was excited to be invited to attend the ceremony and celebrate with all the chefs and restaurateurs. The evening, of course, was filled with delicious food and drinks, and yes, the MICHELIN Man Bibendum himself.

What do you think about the new additions? Any surprises? What are some restaurants you think are worthy on any of these lists but haven’t made it?