Best Seasonal Restaurants in Gastown

Absolute gem for any city and in any country. From start to finish, absolutely loved the entire experience from the ambience and waiting staff right up to the owner /chef. The wine experience is incomparable for whatever you crave,and the food is so lovingly prepared,so tasty, and so good. It feels like you’re in good friends home. There is great passion and knowledge from everyone who works here. I will be back. 

What a wonderful experience at Joe Fortes—no wonder it’s an institution! We unfortunately kept experiencing delays beyond our control and had to move our booking no less than 3 times within the hour and they were so, so gracious about it. Our server, Norm, was fantastic, and gave us excellent recommendations! The food was perfection-favorites were the calamari, lobster bisque, sablefish, arctic char, and mussels (basically everything we ordered; and the pavlova (my own baking specialty) and carrot cake were perfectly delectable! I will need to come by every time I visit (I’m from California). Make sure you make reservations as they get busy!

The food was great but place was understaffed. Therefore the service slow.

Excellent service from all serving staff for our business dinner on this occasion especially from our main server. Food was prepared first class with explanations for each dish. We will be back!

We really enjoyed this spot. Great drink selection. Very friendly and welcoming staff. We really enjoyed the oyster mushroom calamari. I had the seasonal shepherd's pie which actually blew my mind how good it was. We would definitely eat here again.