Best Restaurants, Must Try Places in Burnaby

"The mobile version of popular restaurant Vij’s, Vij’s Railway Express brings renowned Indian cuisine to the streets of Vancouver. Popular dishes include their lamb kebabs and butter chicken schnitzel, combining flavors of East and West. With a friendly, attentive staff and a tasty drinks menu to complement their spices and bold flavors, Vij’s Railway Express offers a convenient way to try some of the dishes that have made Vij’s a Vancouver local favorite."

"Best Dish at Vij’s: Wine marinated lamp popsicles in fenugreek cream curry on turmeric and spinach potatoes. With cookbooks, frozen meals, and three restaurants, local Vancouverites know the name Vij’s well. The flagship restaurant has an East meets West kind of flair, with traditional Indian flavors fused with local British Columbian ingredients."

"A post shared by Vij’s (@eatdrinkvijs) on Jun 10, 2020 at 11:03am PDT. Now that Vij’s is open for lunch (for the first time ever) you have even more of an opportunity to chill out on the Cambie Street staple’s outdoor patio. Vij’s is now open from 11:30 am until 2:30 pm Wednesday to Sunday, and it’s open at 5:30 pm for dinner as well."

"After a stint at the Savoy in London, cooking for Mick Jagger, Prince, and a host of other glitzy celebs, Belgian chef Nico Schuermans has created the archetypal casual fine dining restaurant in Vancouver. Chambar offers an elegant room, faultless service, and a no-nonsense menu of French-/Belgian-influenced classics made with Pacific Northwest ingredients, which you’d be more than welcome to enjoy coming straight from yoga class still in your Lululemons."

"Awarded ‘Best New Restaurant’ in 2004, Chambar is the perfect balance of fine dining without the formalities; the food is exceptional, with a commitment to fresh seasonal produce, Belgian themed with North African influence."

"As the sibling restaurant of Media Café, Chambar serves a similar selection elevated breakfast offerings, with a greater focus on Belgian inspired fare (including the same awesome waffles)."

"A post shared by BC Kitchen (@bckitchenvancouver) on Mar 29, 2019 at 7:02pm PDT. This downtown eatery is great if you’re a sports or a beer fan – they offer a wide variety of beers and have a lot of screens so you can catch the game with your friends while you tuck into your meal. While BC Kitchen isn’t quite as fancy as some of the other restaurants on this list, it’s perfect for a cheap and cheerful happy hour meal."

"This is Vancouver’s best sports bar, offering high quality interpretations of classic bar “comfort” foods and an extensive beer list. Enjoy watching the game on one of our 15 TV’s."

"A post shared by Hanna McLean (@hannamclean_) on Jun 4, 2019 at 9:45am PDT. You may miss the Lobby Lounge as you stroll through the Fairmont Pacific Rim’s lobby up to Botanist or out to Giovane for a sugar bun, but we’d urge you to stay and enjoy the delicious rolls from the main floor eatery. This spot also does an epic Spot Prawn Long Table feast during late spring, perhaps you should time your visit around then."

"On any given night, there's a live band, cold drinks, and delicious food available at The Lobby Lounge and Raw Bar. Set inside the luxurious Fairmont Pacific Rim, this lively spot is popular amongst hotel guests and locals. The soaring ceilings, dimly lit chandeliers, and roaring fireplace create an inviting atmosphere that's ideal for date nights and catching up with friends."

"Parallel 49 Brewing Company has an avocado-green bar and slatted ceilings, long, dark-wood communal tables, and 1950s-era General Fireproofing Company aluminum chairs. The beers taste great and sport creative names; take the Hillbilly Ninja (5% ABV), a hazy pale ale, or the Salty Scot, a “sea salted caramel Scotch ale.” But the best part of the 117-seat “Street Kitchen” is the graffiti-scarred food truck that has been reassembled inside the space, wheels and all. The food cart is actually a clever portal to a full working kitchen."

"Driven by a never ending thirst for amazing beer, Parallel 49 does things a bit differently, offering great beers with unique flavors, such as the hopped sour Bodhisattva due to its unique leafy taste, the Tricycle Radler, giving of  a nice aroma of grapefruits and of course their Jearkface 9000 a great Wheat Ale."

"Parallel 49 has always been a fan fav with their goofy cartoon branding, large community tables full of laughter and tours through the vat room, so of course their patio would also be hoppy. Where | 1950 Triumph StreetWebsite. View this post on Instagram"

"Sense is a Vancouver spa designed for the sake of stimulating the senses and restoring both the mind and body. Found in the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Sense is an intimate and elegant luxury retreat offering a full appetite of therapies and treatments from massages to facials. Open every day of the week, Sense offers a blend of services and memorable experiences from facials to massages, and all the way down to your fingers and toes with pedicures and manicures."

"Tranquility Organic Spa has luxurious massage pedicure chairs and services that refresh your mind, body and spirit. Tranquility's owner is originally from Manhattan and has a true passion to offer people a retreat from the hustle and bustle of the city life. Tranquility Organic Spa takes pride in their hygiene and excellence of standards for the cleanest and safest manicure and pedicure soak environment one could hope for."

"Located just south of Vancouver, Iona Beach Regional Park is the home of one of the most romantic walks in Vancouver. Iona Jetty is a 4-kilometre long jetty that juts out into the Straight of Georgia, right into the Pacific Ocean. The walk is flat and you can often see wildlife and interesting sea creatures."

"Perched atop the city’s highest point are the lovely lush gardens and aviary of the Bloedel Conservatory. Located within Queen Elizabeth Park, its huge historic dome is a treat to explore with beautiful exotic plants, trees, and birds. Looking out over the city and its surroundings, the colossal conservatory was founded in 1969 and now contains three separate climatic zones and habitats."

"Here’s a Chinatown treasure, perhaps the most culturally rich of all parks overseen by the Vancouver Parks Board. (Admission to the adjoining Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden costs about $15, depending on the season.) With willows, bamboo, craggy rocks, pagodas and a pond dotted with lily pads and filled with koi, this photo-ready site is will make you feel a world away. Both the free and paid portions of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Gardens are currently closed but will reopen July 3"

"It’s a spot rich in history as it’s the first Chinese garden built outside of China. It’s also National Geographic’s “Top City Garden in the World”. This an extremely celestial outdoor space, providing quiet respite from the bustling city and offering dozens of opportunities to photograph 150-year old miniature trees, a jade green pond, and famous koi fish."

"The Dr. Sun yat-sen classical Chinese garden is the heart of Vancouver. This place reflects the cultural heritage and histories of Chinatown. The garden is at the heart of Chinatown."