Are you looking for a new Vancouver restaurant to try? Or want to know what will be opening up soon?
Well, you’re in the right place, as we’ve compiled an ongoing list of the new and coming soon Metro Vancouver restaurants below:
New Vancouver Restaurants That Opened Recently:
🍜 A Vietnamese French cafe spun off a walk-in-only pho bar – Linh Noodle Bar is inside the Fairmont Pacific Rim.
🍕 Redevelopment couldn’t kill this NY pizza shop – Straight Outta Brooklyn Pizza reopened at 918 Kingsway, cutting 15-inch pies into four XL slices.
🍳 $9.99 gets you two eggs, bacon, toast and hash browns on Robson – Yoona’s Cafe & Tapas turns into a tapas and cocktail spot at 1pm.
🥟 Burnaby’s old Dinesty now hides five private rooms – Yang’s Fook Kee quietly opened with rice rolls, northern dumplings and a $68.99 fish.
🍱 Downtown bento spot fries its katsu only after you order – Bentendo on Helmcken also does a $19.95 roast beef box.
🍜 300-location noodle chain picks Richmond for its North American debut – Mr. Noodle Chen soft opened September 28 in the old Pepper Lunch unit.
🍫 Swiss chocolatier opens its first downtown Vancouver store – Läderach opened September 5 in CF Pacific Centre’s former Nespresso boutique.
🥗 Montreal salad chain born in a clothing store hits Kits – Mandy’s opened September 23 at 2202 West 4th Avenue.
🧇 North Road’s longtime bungeoppang cart is back for the season – Kim’s Korean Waffles & Pancakes reopened October 1 beside Hannam Supermarket.
🥢 The “King of Rice Noodle Rolls” lands near Metrotown – Yin Ji Chang Fen (银记肠粉) soft opened September 28 at 4623 Kingsway
🍔 Weekday-lunch slider counter opens in Bentall Centre – Four Bite Burger, from the Bovine Rice Bowls owners, runs 11am to 3pm.
🥡 Richmond gets a Taiwanese stir fry spot again – Xiaoyu Bistro soft opened late August in the old Uncle Lu unit.
🎨 Armenian artists serve cake on a painter’s palette in Richmond – H&A Art Caffè soft opened mid-September near CF Richmond Centre.
🐑 Halal Xinjiang lamb spot lands in Richmond – Dolan opened in early September at 8111 Leslie Road, the old Szechuan Tales corner.
Xi’an pork burger stall soft-opens in a Richmond food court – Meeting In Chang’an is serving rou jia mo at Empire Centre.
🥟 Qingdao seafood dumplings arrive beside Aberdeen Square – Spice & Sea soft-opened September 18 with cuttlefish and jumbo shrimp potstickers.
☕ Kitsilano’s workout-and-cafe studio expands to Main Street – TurF opened September 2 at 3988 Main Street, at East 24th.
🐟 Kerrisdale’s 26-year seafood spot is open again after a fire – Fish Cafe is fully rebuilt at 2053 West 41st Avenue.
🧋 Cambie’s bubble tea cluster just got its third shop – CoCo Bubble Tea moved to 6350 Cambie Street from SW Marine Drive.
🍰 Mango tea chain opens a tea and cake concept – Alfa Tea grand opened September 5 in the Hanin Village plaza.
🌶️ Michelin-recommended Thai spot opens a downtown counter – Zab Bite Thai Express soft opened September 9 in the Bentall Centre food court.
🍵 A 9-month matcha pop-up finally has its own shop – Ninth Cup opened September 5 on West Broadway with $8 lattes.
🐟 Eight-year Granville Shanghainese spot reopened in Richmond – Jasmine Flower is back at 4200 No. 3 Road beside Aberdeen Square.
🍸 BC’s best-selling bottled Cosmo brand opens a no-tipping cafe – Duchess Cafe opened September 3 at 1249 Adanac Street.
🍜 The “Rice Noodle King” opens its third Metro Vancouver shop – MeetRice took the old Green Lettuce unit on Kingsway.
🍗 Thai chicken rice shop serving just four things – Hen opened at 15 West Broadway, the old Best Burrito unit.
🥩 Dovetail’s team opens a steakhouse two minutes away – Bevel opened mid-August at 1165 Mainland in the old MeeT unit.
🍚 The 40-minute-wait rice roll stall finally hits Burnaby – Hei Hei Rice Roll soft opened September 1 in Crystal Mall’s food court.
🍜 Richmond’s $10 Hunan noodle shop lands on Kingsway – Dao Field soft opened August 31 in the old Master Bao unit.
🌮 A 30-year-old tortilla maker takes its first food court stall – El Comal Express opened August 21 in Aberdeen Centre’s old LUCA unit.
☕ A Whistler roaster makes North Van its headquarters – Forecast Coffee opened August 19 at 288 Esplanade East with a test kitchen.
🍺 A Vancouver Island pub takes Burgoo’s old Burrard unit – French Creek Pub opened mid-August at 1100 Burrard with its $119 Party Boat.
🥟 A 50,000 sq ft Safeway with dim sum steamers – Safeway Oakridge Park opened August 27 at 650 West 41st over two floors.
🧋 A billion-cups-a-year tea chain picks Diabetes Plaza – TeaByDo soft opened August 25 at Union Square on Capstan Way.
🍞 The sell-out-line salt bread pop-up opened a Coquitlam store – Saltybear just opened in Kensington Plaza.
🥟 An 8,000 sq ft dim sum and golf simulator bar opens – Dim Sum Caddy took over Richmond’s old Shark Club.
🍰 Online Chinese cake shop opens its first storefront – DBB Cake takes the empty Hy Tea unit on Ackroyd Road.
🍖 A halal food hall opened in Commercial Drive’s old snack bar – Chef Hyve took the closed Drive Canteen unit.
🥣 Vancouver’s first serious Greek yogurt bar – Meros House of Yogurt opened August 8 at 1207 Hamilton Street.
🍶 A 130-seat Japanese restaurant took the old SalaThai unit – Sumu just opened on Burrard with yakitori, hot pot, and donburi in one place.
🥢 The pay-by-weight malatang shop is now a sleek bistro – Datang Bistro served its first day of Northeastern Chinese in Richmond.
🍩 Top Korean donut shop opens its two-level Robson cafe – Mello soft opened August 11 with Seoul-style mezzanine seating.
☕ Two sisters with zero restaurant experience opened a downtown cafe – Unscripted Coffee is at 455 Granville with a customer-voted menu.
🥣 New Wuhan noodle stall lands in Parker Place – Jing Noodle House took the old Jiang Jiang stall, running mala beef noodles.
🦀 A Vietnamese kitchen and bar took the old La Chuoi unit – Viethaus runs cha com rice cakes, duck bao, and frog legs.
🌶️ New Chongqing noodle shop opens in ‘Diabetes Plaza’ – Chuan Noodle House took the old Grandma Liu Hotpot unit August 3.
🍳 Popular Hong Kong cafe opens a second stall steps away – One Cafe took Crystal Mall’s old Kingspark Good Food unit August 8.
🍦 Homesickness led to a botanical gelato cart’s first stall – Lava Lunis Gelateria runs Junction Public Market August 14 to September 9.
☕ A bakery cafe quietly opened by Capstan Station and it’s already packed – Pocorit gives Richmond’s Capstan area a proper sit-down cafe again.
🍦 A global ice cream chain lands inside Lansdowne Centre – Baskin Robbins, cashless and with a Cakery counter, opened in the mall’s former post office unit.
🧋 Richmond’s newest bubble tea shop goes herbal and healthy – Pika Herb Tea is open at 8580 Alexandra Road, run by a husband and wife, with ginseng, goji and house-made lotus seed milk.
🍱 The old AFURI ramen unit on Main Street is sushi now – Sushi Nami just opened in the Mount Pleasant space, running party trays up to $70 with foie gras on the oshi.
🥐 Croissant bakery finally opens its West End shop – Angus T opened July 24 at 1305 Davie Street with green tea, earl grey, and dark chocolate raspberry croissants.
New Vancouver Restaurants Opening Soon:
🍣 Belt sushi from $4, inside a Kengo Kuma tower – Zumi Revolving Sushi Bar lands on Alberni this winter with a 12-seat chef’s counter.
🍺 The team behind the Vogue Theatre is bringing a Toronto Irish pub to Granville – Gibbons Irish Pub is taking the old Movieland Arcade unit.
☕ The Korean brand behind Vancouver’s biggest cafe gets a limited-time Georgia shop – C Market Coffee opens October 15 beside Mott 32, with no end date given.
🥤 A Brampton-born shake chain with 100+ flavours is coming downtown – Holy Shakes picked 956 Granville, but its “Opening September” date already slipped.
🍱 Kits teishoku cafe is heading to Kerrisdale – Bento Cafe has signs up in the old Faubourg unit on West 41st.
🍲 Beef noodle house takes a West End Mexican grill – Nuan Nuan has signage up at 805 Denman, the old Holy Guacamole unit.
🥭 Taiwanese mango tea chain spotted near Coquitlam Centre – MACU Tea is taking over the old Miracle Waffle and SandiEgg unit.
🍥 Top ramen chain takes a third Vancouver unit this year – Ramen Danbo has signs up at 1130 Mainland Street in Yaletown.
🥢 An old tire shop corner becomes a 16-course room – Haisan opens on Commercial Drive in October with 30 seats.
🥡 Blank Aberdeen signage finally says what it is – Lai San Wan Noodles promises wok-fresh made-to-order noodles, no date yet.
🛒 East Hastings grocery store will have a burrito bar – Fresh St. Market plans a 21,452 sq ft store for fall 2027.
🥪 A 70-year-old New Jersey sub chain takes Kitsilano’s old Purebread – Jersey Mike’s is opening its first Vancouver shop on West 4th.
🌯 A 74-location shawarma chain is landing on Fraser Street – Tahini’s has signage up beside an incoming Italian sandwich shop.
🥟 A 20-year-old soup dumpling chain lands in Coquitlam – Dinesty has coming soon signage at Coquitlam Centre’s food court.
🍖 Gyubee’s premium all-you-can-eat sibling is coming to Richmond – Sangoku has signs up at Lansdowne Centre’s old Happy Lamb unit.
☕ Chinese coffee giant is landing in Metrotown – Cotti Coffee, founded by two ex-Luckin executives, is past 13,000 stores.
🍣 Premium Japanese seafood takeout lands in a shuttered Richmond cafe – Kano Sushi Market is moving into Unit 153 on Minoru Boulevard.
☕ No-tipping, living-wage cafe with no single-use cups – Unveil Coffee Roasters opens at 2815 West Broadway in September.
🍜 The “birthplace of chili ramen” takes a New West unit – Horin is opening across from New Westminster Station.
🥐 Richmond’s 24/7 bakery just got pushed to 2027 – Breka was due this summer at 2,500 sq ft. is delayed.
🧋 Jasmine tea brand spotted at Richmond Centre – Molly Tea is opening the mall’s fourth bubble tea shop.
🍗 Filipino fried chicken chain is adding 16 BC locations – Jollibee goes from four to 20 over five years.
🍩 Granville Island’s iconic donut shop is crossing the water – Lee’s Donuts, the shop behind the Honey Dip, is expanding to Victoria.
🍣 A sushi shop appears in Crystal Mall’s all-Chinese food scene – Yue Sushi was spotted going into the 250-store Burnaby centre where the food has always been Chinese.
🥖 Popular banh mi shop takes over a 30-year-old Main Street pizza unit – Nami is opening its third shop at 3030 Main Street in the former Papa’s Gourmet Pizza space, no opening date yet.
🧋 A popular bubble tea chain lands its first Burnaby shop – Chayan is taking the former Little Monk Pretzels unit on the lower level of Metropolis at Metrotown.
🏨 A 24-hour bakery chain wants to build a 30-storey hotel tower – Breka has applied for a 391-foot tower near Marine Drive Station, with a cafe at street level and a restaurant on the 30th floor.
🔥 An award-winning tapas team goes live-fire with Spanish seafood – Como Ultramar is opening in the historic Faber Block on East Broadway, cooking Northern Spanish seafood over charcoal.
🌯 A Chipotle is coming across from Oakridge Park – Chipotle has its sign mounted on the Polygon building at Cambie and 41st, interior still gutted.
🍨 A local ice cream maker opens its first new shop in nearly a decade – Earnest Ice Cream expands to Granville Island this fall with flavours made only for that location.
☕ World famous coffee brand is opening an Oakridge Park outpost – % Arabica is bringing the glowing Precht Kiosk it runs in Dubai and Beijing, not the grey concrete cave of its Richmond store.
🍜 Popular Japanese ramen chain is opening a Coquitlam Centre food court stall – Kinton Ramen has signage up at Coquitlam Centre’s food court, its second food court stall after Waterfront.
🍳 Famous LA egg sandwich chain spotted opening downtown – Eggslut has bright yellow signage up on Alberni Street below Din Tai Fung, confirming its first Vancouver location this year.
🍝 The Via Tevere team is opening a tiny pasta osteria in Yaletown – Rosalia Osteria, from Dom and Frank Morra of Via Tevere and Don’t Argue Pizza, arrives this summer with house-made pasta.
🍦 Cheap Chinese soft serve giant eyes Canada – Mixue rumoured to debut in Richmond’s Diabetes Plaza.
🍜 A pho spot was spotted coming to Aberdeen Centre’s ‘cursed’ corner – Pho Net Viet is taking over the former Hazukido Cafe Plus unit, a Richmond corner locals call cursed.
🛒 A 26,425 sq ft grocery store with a carvery and donut shop is coming to Richmond Centre – Fresh St. Market lands its 10th B.C. location in 2027 with a carvery, hot bar, Peak Donuts, and fresh-baked cookies.
☕ A no-tipping coffee shop is opening its third Vancouver location – Doe Coffee has signage up at a new 49th and Main corner development near Langara College.
🥐 A top croissant bakery is opening a third downtown location – Angus T is bringing coffee and made-daily pastries to 320 Granville by Waterfront Station, opening late summer.
🍖 Lansdowne Centre’s food court is finally getting a roast meat stall – Roastory Asian BBQ has a coming-soon banner up at the former Katte unit.
🛒 A massive 38,000 sq ft grocery store is coming to Burnaby’s new masterplanned community – Thrifty Foods will anchor Brentwood Block as the chain’s first Burnaby store and the project’s first confirmed retail name.
🧋 A 50-year-old Toronto juice and bubble tea chain lands at Lansdowne Centre – Freshly Squeezed just took over the former My Coffee unit inside Richmond
☕ Fast-growing coffee chain snags another Kingsway corner unit – Trees Coffee is taking over a corner unit at the recently completed REN rental tower on Joyce and Kingsway in East Vancouver.
🍞 A popular HK-style cafe is quietly opening a pineapple bun bakery in Richmond – One Cafe is building a new shop called One Bolo at Empire Centre, just steps from its existing food court stall.
🥐 Vancouver’s popular artisanal bakery cafe is expanding to North Vancouver – Coming Soon signs for Small Victory are up across the bridge, marking the bakery’s first North Shore location.
🥐 A New West sister-run cafe is quietly expanding to East Vancouver – Coasters Coffee is taking over a corner unit at E 29th and Rupert Street.
☕ The ‘King of Karak’ chai chain just locked down a second Vancouver location – Chaiiwala is adding a Downtown spot along Granville Street next to KFC.
🍩 Vancouver’s iconic donut shop is opening across from Langara College – Lee’s Donuts just confirmed its newest expansion, landing directly across from the campus.
🐑Happy Lamb takes over Food Street – Replacing the stalled Bellwether project, Happy Lamb is opening a new “Hot Pot & Grill” concept in Richmond.
🦞 Seafood boil chain heads to Burnaby – Captain’s Boil is bringing its messy, hands-on bags to the new Gilmore Place development.
🛒 Legendary drug store spot gets new life – 88 Supermarket is replacing the 40-year-old London Drugs on Kingsway with Southeast Asian specialties.
🍜 World’s largest mazesoba chain opens in Richmond – Kokoro Mazesoba reveals second outpost at CF Richmond Centre.
🍜 Popular ramen chain heads to Richmond – Japanese chain Horin Ramen opening its first Richmond location.
🌶 Big Way Hot Pot to expand with third Robson spot – Filling demand with another location on Robson Street.
🍽 “Social Canteen” to open in Metrotown area – New foodie market concept to open but details remain scarce.
🍜 World’s largest udon chain heads to Richmond – Marugame Udon is set to open at CF Richmond Centre.
🥙 Mediterranean chain set to open in Vancouver – Tahini’s brings its signature shawarma to Renfrew Street soon.
🇬🇧 UK dessert chain to debut in West End – Heavenly Desserts is joining the Landmark on Robson lineup.
🛒 Kitsilano market expands with new shop – Be Fresh is opening its second location on Alma Street.
🔥 Hot new addition to Surrey – Big Way Hot Pot spotted opening at King George Hub, their first in Surrey.
That rounds up our list of restaurants opening their doors, or getting ready to open.
We hope you try a few, or all of them, and enjoy safe and memorable meals. If you’re looking for the best food in Vancouver, peek our lists so you won’t be disappointed.