The taiyaki shop known for its mochi-battered, fish-shaped cakes just opened a location big enough to settle into for a whole morning.
Little Pisces opened its new Vancouver flagship in Olympic Village earlier this month, and it is the BIGGEST store the brand has built yet.
We went to check it out.
The new spot at 1788 Columbia Street is roughly double the size of the original Lougheed outpost, with a bigger kitchen and a lot more seating.
This one is clearly designed to make you stay a while.
There is a big sofa, cushy single chairs, a long communal table with benches, and a window bar that looks out onto the street.
Warm wood, concrete floors, and a painting of little yellow fish swimming in a circle round out the room.
It is the rare dessert shop that also works as a place to post up with a laptop.
The flagship opens earlier than the other locations too, at 8 AM, to catch the neighbourhood and the offices across the street.
To go with those hours, this is the only Little Pisces with a full coffee menu, including $3 americanos.
There are breakfast taiyaki here as well, like the Filipino Breakfast and the Little Griddle, served until 2 PM.
The rest of the menu is the most extensive of any location, carrying the brand’s signature taiyaki, soft serve, and drinks.
If you have never had their taiyaki, the batter is mochi-based, so the fish come out crisp on the outside and stretchy and chewy in the middle.
Little Pisces is run by co-owners Linda Dai and Jacky Tian, two high school friends who left their corporate jobs and got into food with no industry experience.
They started with pop-ups before opening their first permanent shop in Lougheed in June 2024, then added a Richmond location on Alexandra Road in 2025.
Vancouver was always the goal.
“We’ve been wanting to enter Vancouver for a really long time,” Dai told Noms Magazine when the flagship was announced, adding that opening in the city was the team’s plan from the very first store.
The space, a former Stega Eatery unit beside Nook, is now set up to double as a base for community events.
The personality is in the small stuff.
A shelf near the entrance is stocked with merch made by the Little Pisces team and local artists, from plush taiyaki to a blind box series that Linda designed herself.
By the checkout, a little blue fish sculpture asks you to tap your phone for a cheeky surprise.
Little Pisces Vancouver joins a busy run of recent Vancouver openings, alongside Hiyori Coffee, Namba Curry, and Time Out Market.
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Address: 1788 Columbia Street, Vancouver (Olympic Village)