Vancouver’s First Two MICHELIN Star Restaurant Named as the Guide Cuts 9 Spots

Vancouver just got its first Two MICHELIN Star restaurant, and nine spots from last year’s guide didn’t make the 2026 list.

The MICHELIN Guide revealed its 2026 Vancouver selection on October 6, and AnnaLena in Kitsilano is the one moving up big time.

It was just crowned the city’s first two MICHELIN Star.

Chef Michael Robbins opened it with managing partner Jeff Parr in 2015, when he was 29.

It has held One Star since Michelin’s first Vancouver guide in 2022.

The guide now has 72 restaurants, down from 76 last year.

Going the other way is Barbara, who lost its star.

The 17-seat Chinatown tasting menu spot from chef Patrick Hennessy had held One Star since 2022, and it’s now listed as Recommended.

This year, nine restaurants were dropped off the list entirely.

Some are closures: Fable Kitchen served its last plates on September 20, Bacaro closed in March, and Wildlight Kitchen + Bar at UBC closes on November 28.

But several of this year’s cuts are still open.

That includes a surprisingly cut of Dynasty Seafood Restaurant, which Vancouver Magazine named its 2026 Restaurant of the Year in May and continues to place top 5 in the Chinese Restaurant Awards.

Café Medina, Bar Gobo and the Lobby Lounge & RawBar at the Fairmont Pacific Rim were also cut.

Cut or demoted in 2026

– Barbara (One Star to Recommended)
– Fable Kitchen (Bib Gourmand, closed)
– Bacaro (closed)
– Wildlight Kitchen + Bar (closing November 28)
– Dynasty Seafood
– Café Medina
– Bar Gobo
– Bonjour Vietnam Bistro
– New Mandarin Seafood Restaurant
– The Lobby Lounge & RawBar

Two spots picked up a Bib Gourmand.

Kavita in Mount Pleasant is new to the guide.

Chef Tushar Tondvalkar opened it in October 2025 and named it after his mother, and general manager Yash Shah also took home Michelin’s Outstanding Service Award.

Inspectors singled out its saag paneer, made with water buffalo milk from Abbotsford and foraged nettles.

Chef’s Choice Seafood Restaurant on West Broadway moved up from Recommended.
Inspectors call its lunch “an absolute steal.”

Four restaurants joined as Recommended for the first time.

Jay Nok is the Olympic Village Thai spot from the Kongsilp family, who ran SalaThai for nearly 40 years.

It opened in February 2025, and its Pad Thai comes wrapped in a thin egg crepe.

Jeju is the Vancouver location of the Tofino Korean restaurant, opened on East Broadway in November 2025 by Dylan and Sung Kim.

Dylan’s mom, Julie Suh, cooks too, and the menu is split between dishes from “Mama Julie” and from Dylan.

Niwa, on Powell Street next to Nero Tondo, is a Japanese-inspired spot from chef Darren Gee and the team behind Dachi.

It does its own whole-animal butchery in-house.

Peya is a French-Indian brasserie in Hastings Sunrise from The Ellis team, chef Ashwani Dabas and Kevin Day.

Bar manager Chris Enns won Michelin’s Exceptional Cocktails Award.

The other two awards went to Mark Taylor of Bacchus (Sommelier) and Vish Mayekar of Elem (Young Chef).

Here’s the full 2026 Vancouver MICHELIN Guide.

Vancouver’s 2026 MICHELIN-Starred restaurants

– AnnaLena (Two Stars, promoted), 1809 W. 1st Ave.
– Burdock & Co (One Star), 2702 Main St.
– iDen & QuanJuDe Beijing Duck House (One Star), 2808 Cambie St.
– Kissa Tanto (One Star), 263 E. Pender St.
– Masayoshi (One Star), 4376 Fraser St.
– Okeya Kyujiro (One Star), 1038 Mainland St.
– Published on Main (One Star), 3593 Main St.
– St. Lawrence (One Star), 269 Powell St.
– Sumibiyaki Arashi (One Star), 363 E. Broadway
– Sushi Hyun (One Star), 795 Jervis St.
– Sushi Masuda (One Star), 1066 W. Hastings St.

Vancouver’s 2026 Bib Gourmand restaurants

– Anh and Chi, 3388 Main St.
– Chef’s Choice Seafood Restaurant (promoted), 955 W. Broadway
– Farmer’s Apprentice, 1535 W. 6th Ave.
– Gary’s, 1485 W. 12th Ave.
– Good Thief, 3336 Main St.
– Karma Indian Bistro, 2741 W. 4th Ave.
– Kavita (new), 250 W. 3rd Ave.
– Little Bird Dim Sum + Craft Beer, 2958 W. 4th Ave.
– Lunch Lady, 1046 Commercial Dr.
– Magari by Oca, 1260 Commercial Dr.
– Motonobu Udon, 3501 E. Hastings St.
– Phnom Penh, 244 E. Georgia St.
– Seaport City Seafood, 2425 Cambie St.
– Song (by Kin Kao), 317 E. Broadway
– Sushi Hil, 3330 Main St.
– Vij’s, 3106 Cambie St.

Vancouver’s 2026 Recommended restaurants

– ¿CóMO? Taperia, 201 E. 7th Ave.
– acquafarina, 425 W. Georgia St.
– Ask for Luigi, 305 Alexander St.
– Bacchus, 845 Hornby St.
– Bao Bei, 163 Keefer St.
– Barbara (demoted), 305 E. Pender St.
– Botanist, 1038 Canada Pl.
– Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar, 845 Burrard St.
– Bravo, 4194 Fraser St.
– Carlino, 1115 Alberni St.
– Chang’An, 1661 Granville St.
– Delara, 2272 W. 4th Ave.
– Elem, 2110 Main St.
– Elisa, 1109 Hamilton St.
– Fanny Bay Oyster Bar, 762 Cambie St.
– Folke, 2585 W. Broadway
– Hawksworth Restaurant, 801 W. Georgia St.
– Homer St. Cafe, 898 Homer St.
– Jay Nok (new), 127 W. 2nd Ave.
– Jeju (new), 540 E. Broadway
– L’Abattoir, 217 Carrall St.
– Maenam, 1938 W. 4th Ave.
– Miku, 200 Granville St., Ste. 70
– Moltaqa, 1002 Mainland St.
– Nammos Estiatorio, 3980 Fraser St.
– Neptune Palace Seafood Restaurant, 470 S.W. Marine Dr.
– Nero Tondo, 1879 Powell St.
– Nightingale, 1017 W. Hastings St.
– Niwa (new), 1875 Powell St.
– Octopus Garden, 1995 Cornwall Ave.
– Ophelía, 165 W. 2nd Ave.
– Osteria Savio Volpe, 615 Kingsway
– per se Social Corner, 891 Homer St.
– Peya (new), 2101 E. Hastings St.
– PiDGiN, 350 Carrall St.
– Riley’s Fish & Steak, 200 Burrard St.
– Sushi Bar Maumi, 1668 Robson St.
– Sushi Jin, 750 Nelson St.
– Suyo, 3475 Main St.
– Tetsu Sushi Bar, 775 Denman St.
– The Acorn, 3995 Main St.
– The Mackenzie Room, 415 Powell St.
– Torafuku, 958 Main St.
– Yuwa, 2775 W. 16th Ave.
– Zab Bite – Thai E-Sarn Cuisine, 4197 Fraser St.

Each spot’s inspector notes are on the MICHELIN Guide website and its free app, if you’re planning a dinner off the list.

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