Best of BC

Welcome to Ric’s Grill in Kelowna, part of a group of award-winning restaurants that haven’t lost sight of the fascinating craft of cooking, the art of hospitality and the importance of honesty. The deepening and understand of why it is known as the 21st century Steakhouse. Welcome to the place where the traditional meets the original. Ric’s Grill was on the vision, a dining room superior experience of experts in the service of the highest quality of food in a nice restaurant at a reasonable price. Since the opening of the first Ric in Prince George in 1998 to the fourteenth store in Kelowna in 2006, we do deliver that vision. Customers in eight cities to return again and again to Ric’s Grill formula product, service and value. Also see Things to do in Kelowna / Activities in Kelowna.

At heart, The Bearfoot Bistro is a simple French bistro, with an emphasis on the quality and freshest ingredients of the season and a wine list, the result is anything but simple. The food scene in Whistler is very dynamic, as you would expect from one of North Americas top ski area, and one of the top British Columbia Vacation destinations, which will soon host the winter Olympics. To get noticed among the many restaurants in Whistler requires something special - and Bear Foot Bistro has it. With very inventive dishes served in three or five courses, it is like an avant-iron cooking fields, depending on the dinner.

Established 1990, Monk’s Grill is in a prime location of the best ski hills in North America – Whistler. Monk’s Grill was built to the specifications of the architecture with a roof garden and two beautiful courtyards mountainside heated. Because of the dual nature of the grill, a warm friendship ski bar for lunch and après-ski, plus a fine dinner in the evening, Monk’s has a chameleon like quality. It is not unusual for friends to enjoy a beer in the courtyard after the skiing and change Alberta Monk’s Prime Rib of Beef with Yorkshire pudding for dinner. British Columbia Travel
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Brasserie “l’école” is the little French café in Victoria owned and run by Sommelier Marc Morrison and Chef Sean Brennan.

The restaurant opened December 14th, 2001 and has won many awards and honors since such as Best Restaurant in Victoria (2007 Vancouver Magazine Awards) and One of Canada’s Top Wine Savvy Restaurants (Wine Access Magazine 2005). Brasserie “L’école” has been suggested by media such as the New York Times (June 11, 2004), Martha Stewart Weddings (Spring 2002), Travel & Leisure (June 2003), Conde Nast Traveler and National Geographic Traveler (September 2005).

For numerous reasons Delicado’s is one of the most successful restaurants in Nanaimo. It’s a funky, high energy restaurant/cafe that cries personality, converting into a fun and exciting atmosphere.
Bright decor, excellent service (despite always being packed), great music and wholesome, reasonably priced food make Delicado’s a local favourite, with locations at either end of town.

SoBo welcomes fresh food lovers to its new location in the stylish Conradi Building in Tofino. The recipient of many local and national culinary awards, SoBo is taking advantage of the new location’s large, well-designed food preparation facilities to expand its unique menu of “sophisticated street food” all the rage with Tofino residents and a large number of international visitors.

Housed in a 2-year-old building on centrally situated Neil Street in Tofino, SoBo’s new building boasts 1500 square feet of kitchen space, a comfortable bar area and plenty of table seating. Visitors get a feel for true West Coast ambiance with SoBo’s outdoor patio, large outdoor stone fireplace, bistro-inspired lighting, slate floors and a wall of North-facing windows providing views of pristine Clayoquot Sound.

Shine Lounge offers customers a new and exciting experience by bringing a taste of the big city to downtown Kelowna. Shine Lounge’s one-of-a-kind inspiring menu creates an elegant cosmopolitan dining experience in a sophisticated atmosphere of soft lighting ambient music, lakeside views, and exceptional service. Enjoy the tapas style menu of brilliant food, the finest cocktails, and savour the Shine experience.

Voted Vancouver’s #1 restaurant for 3rd consecutive year. Located just 5 minutes from the downtown core. Outstanding contemporary regional cuisine in an elegant setting. Highly awarded. Extensive wine list.

Recognized as the “jewel in Vancouver’s culinary crown,” West’s outstanding contemporary regional cuisine and seamless service has garnered much critical acclaim, including four consecutive wins as Restaurant of the Year by the Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, a prestigious four star rating by Mobil Travel Guide, and recognition as one of the “ten of the best, worldwide” by UK’s Sunday Independent.
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