The restaurant is located in the lowest floor of the hotel, and it is quite high end and expensive. The service was great throughout all dinner. Initially they placed us very close to a heater, which was too hot. After talking to our waiter, they agreed to give us a new table after 15 mins, which we spent on the bar drinking cocktails (very tasty, to be honest). The good was fine, but honestly, por the price we paid I feel it should be improved.
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We saw a few posts saying this was one of the better burgers in town, so went to try them out. They do a good job and have a lot of potential, felt like the horseradish aioli could have been a bit stronger on the wagyu burger. A little disappointed though as the buns were very dry. Either the buns were stale or they may want to look for a better option.
I m so glad they reopened relatively recently. The restaurant is relatively small but quality-wise it is one of the best in Vancouver. Like several other posh restaurants in Vancouver, it s associated with a hotel. The food, drinks, and service are all indicative of its status. Food is nicely presented and is rich in flavor. Scallops were perfectly done and pork belly was just out of this word. Pasta was good too but not quite a favorite. Drinks are good but nothing out of ordinary. Service was outstanding even though they had cut back on some extra touches because of covid. From the moment you enter the restaurant till you leave you are made to feel special. I ll be back for special occasions!
Our family Christmas Eve dinner for 8 was nothing less than sensational all as relates to the cuisine, our server Yal and our wine sommelier Roger. Everyone exclaimed their meal was outstanding and the recomendation from our server as to the Sturgeon fish dish was tremendous. We were also permitted to bring 2 special bottles of our own wine ( provided it is not on their wine list) at nominal corkage which allowed us to have a perfect dinner and evening unrushed for 3 hours for approx $100 per person. Which surely was the best money I ever spent.
Very overpriced mediocre food. The restaurant must be surviving because of fake, foolish, or old reviews.
Extremely small servings. It's no exaggeration to say I could spend 300$ and not be full. The food was unremarkable and a complete letdown - a cheap 9$ pho bowl at a good pho place is more filling than 100$ of dishes here, and 100 times more appetizing. My 80+ year old grandmother cooks better.
This is probably one of Vancouver's best restaurants. Not as pricey as you would think. Really innovative fresh cooking with a lot of creativity and thought behind the selection that emphasizes local sourcing. Their seafood sharing plate is so good.
My spouse and I went for dinner and went early as we didn't have reservations. We went shortly after opening and the place filled up fast, thus, I'd recommend making a reservation. We ordered a few items to share on the menu. Everything was great, the Kobe beef cooked on a hot stone was by far our favorite. Great restaurant for locals or visitors to stay downtown, but not be in the financial district. We'll be back.
Unfortunately the quality of the food was substandard by any stretch. The so called wild Salmon was fishy smelling and turns out wasn't wild as advertised. Portion wise, I left hungry. Being a group function our host was out a huge amount for a very poor showing.
We had brunch in this restaurant, however it isn t as good as expected. Everything looks nice, but tastes horrible. The pancake is dry and the lobster salad tastes weird. I don t know about dinner or lunch, but definitely not recommend brunch there. But the service is good, and price is reasonable.
I say 'special occasion' because Hawksworth will set you back a few kopecks. For those memorable occasions though, it's nice to create memories with the delectable, beautiful dishes that come out of this outstanding kitchen. The menu is More
I have come to Hotel Georgia once in a while and their Bel Cafe has always been one of the best. I booked a table in their Hawksworth Restaurant and it is outstanding.
This is fine dining level, although prices are on the high side, i had a great time there and it has great value compare to similar prices restaurants.
There are almost dedicated services to the table and service is top notch. I can't complain their attentive to details and feels very genuine.
Food quality is excellent, great use of local and fresh ingredients. The portion is reasonable and I don't feel hungry. Desserts are amazing especially the chocolate raspberry, it is probably my favorite: not too sweet and very chocolatey.
They do charge for bread and hot water but this is expected on a high end restaurant. Bread is great so I am happy to pay for it.
Their three course weekday lunch menu was good. I especially liked the dessert. The only downside was that it was quite busy and the food was served very slow.
This place was rated as one of the top restaurants in 2020 but I would disagree. I thought that this was average and that it is overpriced. Only pro would be how beautiful the meal looks.
This place is my number one restaurant. Of all restaurants I know I like it most. I always suggests to my friends to go to visit this restaurant. when I want to go to a delicious meal, this place comes straightaway to my mind. fresh and varied food and a large menu.courteous staff members, and agreeable atmosphere. Also, the pay is honest. I recommend this place with great pleasure.
Attended for brunch. Reservation made well in advance. Given less than desirable table right next to door.
Service was impeccable. Yet. The chef was off. First ordered. Vegetarian eggs benedict. Received standard one. Sent back. Requested. No paprika. Correct order came with paprika. My co guest was done eating. Did I mention eggs not done as ordered and plate arrived cold. I ordered bacon crisp it was done good. My co guest asked for regular bacon - arrived overly crisp.
The clincher this restaurant asked for my feedback. I gave this review.
To date no reply from there. I guess they don't care of customers feedback and don't want
We came here for the Prix Fixe lunch with wine. The food was really good, though the note of chili in the salad surprised us both. I like spice, but the salad had a lot of layered flavour so chili seemed a bit out of place. Also the chardonnay with the fish course...buttery fish, buttery wine- I get it. But for my palate I would have gone with something fresh and lighter.
The restaurant was extremely overpriced for the quality and portion size of the food. The menu hardly has any variety, especially with the main dishes. Although the appetizers were terrible, the main dishes were pretty good. The only redeeming factor of this restaurant is the good service. Do not come here if you want to be full. Would not come again.
It was a crazy rainy day and we were walking around and decided we wanted to check out Hawksworth after seeing people dining in the window. It's a fancy place with white marble everywhere. I ordered the "Chicken Sandwich" and my female companion ordered the "Lobster Salad". I was surprised that the 'sandwich' was actually served on a burger bun and was quite huge. But it was good! The lobster salad was also apparently delicious but only had 7 small pieces of lobster in it. We enjoyed the service, but the waiter gave ME a hot towel and not my companion which I thought wasn't very fair, so I gave it to her instead. The coffee was also delicious. Overall, we would dine there again even though a bit pricey, the service does make up for it.
Went here for their lunch set menu with wine pairings. The food was excellent, the wine worked very well with each course, and the service was excellent. Overall, we were very happy with our meal and the price was very fair for what we got.
For a restaurant that used to be the no.1 restaurant in Vancouver had definitely went down in qualities and value. We had a parties of almost 15-20 guests. Feb 1.2020 at 730pm . It was for both my friends birthday. They booked the reservation almost a month ago. They decided to place us at the B cafe. This side of the restaurant is normally for lunch. Whatever it wasn't too much of a big deal but definitely if we had a choice we would definitely request to sit at the dining side of the restaurant or at least private room upstairs. Since that's what they requested to begin with. We had a set menu of 100 dollar plus gratuity and tax. First thing when I sat down the waiter asked if I wanted a drink. I said water please because I need to drive. Along with my friend whom sat next to me. Gave us attitude as if we are not ordering any alcohol or cocktail beverage. Are you insisting that we should drink and drive? Lmfao It was a three course set menu. Along with the three course we get 3 options of everything. Most of us decided to order the scallop and kale salad. The impression I get now from this restaurant is they focus more on plating rather than on flavor. The scallop had a fishy taste to it. We didn't really enjoy the scallop but the salad turned out to be ok. Main course my buddies and I chose the beef brisket. Knowing the beef brisket is normally a fatty meat. It's really hard to over cook the beef brisket. The beef brisket had an rubbish texture. By the time they served the beef brisket it was around 10 oclock. I was starving by then I break the beef brisket down with my fork and dipped it in the sauce that was plated on my dish. Made my best effort to finish it. Most of my friends didn't even bother finishing it. Some of the girls order the duck and fish and turned out to be meh. It doesn't taste bad but nothing appealing. I wouldn't go Hawksworth just for those two dish. While we were having dinner my other friends continuously ordered bottle of wines ,Hennessy and shots of other hard liquor. When they decide to serve the desserts. It was tasty as well. All of us left the plate almost untouched. The girls were too busy taking pictures and drinking their alcohol. They didn't even ask anyone before they decided to serve the dessert. As if they just wanted us to finish and leave. So when they serve the dessert it was really uncall for. The waiter decided to make a statement to the female waitress. Hoping that we wouldn't hear anything. "Is it part of their culture not to sing". That is discrimination buddy. Then one of our friend decided to suprise the two bday girl with a birthday cake. This guy walk in saying you know if you got a cake you have to let us know before hand. My friend was like I didn't even know we are going to have a cake. The waiter was like. This is wrong, we normally charge 3.50 each person if you were to bring a cake. My friend was like I really didn't know. You never make your guest feel out of place and tell them to admit their wrong for bringing in a cake. If you want to charge just added to our bill. The 3.50 wouldn't discourage us even further to not come to this restaurant again. Such bad service and food quality is so bad for a fine dining restaurant. With no fine dining customer experience. If this is how you guys treat your guests. We will definitely not come back. One last thing they try to scam my buddy one extra bottle of wine. 100-150 dollar and claimed that they might have accidently punch in another bottle since we didn't order all at the same time. He order 3 bottles not 4 but it is our fault again right? Lol they took it off our bill but they didn't even say sorry. The food I would give 2 stars the horrible customer experience (the waiter) minus another star. Honestly Vancouver have a lot of new restaurant highly recommend the Elisa steakhouse food and service is fully on point. Bye Hawksworth we will never go again killed it for me.
Fresh, local ingredients prepared well, and presented beautifully. Server was a little too uptight for my liking. Both sablefish and halibut mains were slightly overcooked -- not so much that I felt the need to point it out to my server, though.That said, it was late in the day, and I may have dawdled with my starter a bit Regardless, at that this price point I expect perfection, and the fish fell slightly short of that. The self-confessed "wine nerd" sommelier was deeply knowledgeable, very approachable and clearly loved his job. He was the highlight of our visit to Hawksworth.
Wow, that was spectacular all the way around. The ambiance of the restaurant was beautiful. We had tasting menu which was incredible from the start to end. The mixologist was able to pair cocktails with the course menu which not many Vancouver restaurants are able to do. This is definitely one of the best Vancouver special occasion restaurants.
A must try at least once. Trust me, you'll go back. On the higher end, but who doesn't deserve a treat. Still the best steak I've had in the city (not pictured). Korean fried cauliflower is a must try. Lamb rack pictured is tender and tasty. Don't leave without dessert. Caramel cardamom pot de creme!
I have been eyeing up the food they have posted online for some time. I just finally broke down and took a friend here. Wow! Started with scallops and they were delectable. Then shared the Pork belly it was amazing! Had the duck and wow. We were both stuffed. I will be back for more. I was Saddened that the mussels were only on the tasting menu. Guess I will just have to order that next.
Visited Hawksworth for dinner a couple days ago and enjoyed the experience. We had the tasting menu and all of the dishes were spectacular. The sommelier they have in-house is amazing, and our server was nice too. I was not as impressed with the professionalism of the hostess, or the timing of the kitchen. It may have been because the kitchen was really busy, but the time we had to wait between some our our courses was ridiculous (over 35 mins for one). I will clarify that I am also judging Hawksworth to a higher standard as it is one of Vancouvers more expensive restaurants. I will definitely be returning to try some of their other menu items as the food was exquisite.
Great fine dining location that has topped many lists. It did not disappoint. Started with a few round of cocktails which were well crafted and tasty. For the first course, I got the pate. It was good, although was not the top tier quality I was expecting. The flavour was heavy on sweet and not as rich as I would like. For the main course, I got lamb medallions which were exquisite - probably one of the best lamb I've ever gotten. The dish as a combination of multiple lamb cuts which were delicately put together. It was very juicy, flavourful and also did not have the game taste the lamb tends to have. For dessert, we shared 4 different items. They were LL good, but nothing too memorable as it is not their selling point. Overall great experience.
Burger to go was awful tonight. Buns were stale and dry, like a day or two old, and the bacon was funny tasting and chewy, as if it was old too. The patty didn't feel fresh either, no juice. Fries were cold and soggy. It all ended up in the trash. You ruined our night. :(
We've dined at Hawksworth many times before covid, this was a take out and supposed to be fun, but they served us such horrible food.
It was so bad that I will not risk ordering from them again. Super disappointed and dissatisfied.
Had the charcuterie platter, duck salad, and sablefish. Food was flawlessly executed, except that the sourdough bread on the platter was a bit on the over toasted/burnt side. Overall, however, I was disappointed with the lack of creativity on the menu. Seeing a burger and chicken supreme on the dinner menu was disappointing, along with the rest of the uninspiring dishes. If Hawksworth wants to maintain status as a premier dining experience, they need to stop pandering the menu to the mainstream and start getting creative again (like I remember from last time I dined there a couple years ago)
Went here for lunch. First we sat at the bar which had an infestation of fruit flies near the citrus fruits. The bartender there then was using a citrus peeler and the blade popped out and flew couple meters away from the bar. Totally unprofessional and I wasn't expecting this to be happening at a place this calibre.
We later moved to the dining area and the food and service was inpeccacble. Our server was extremely attentive and friendly.
best service, for the dishes, i will say it looks beautiful, like an art, and i really dont know what i am eating.... because the food they have is complicated!
Been to Hawksworth twice, including Christmas Dinner and absolutely love it. Fantastic food, beautifully plated and delicious. This is definitely one of the best restaurants in the city. We look forward to going back.
Came for brunch with a big group, amazing food. Outstanding service, our server Jackey was extremely patient and gave excellent service, I know serving large groups is a lot of work.
Staffs are nice, food looks great and yummy. The only reason I am give 2 stars is all of the side dishes that I had were stale and cold. I had "Alberta beef" and the beef itself was amazing, but the side potato was not good at all.
Underwhelming I've heard lots of great thing about this restaurant and was excited to try it out, but our meal fell well short of my expectations. To walk through the evening, we visited on a Sunday, and we're greeted by: no one; the host stand was unattended when we arrived. This was odd considering the number of staff we saw working on the restaurant floor. When we sat down, the sommelier was helpful and gave us a great wine recommendation. We ordered bread with our appetizers, but found it to be hard and stale. The beet salad was good, but the green salad was poorly dressed (clumps of dressing), the dressing was overly seasoned, and the lettuce was wilting at the edges. The main courses were good with the proteins perfectly cooked, but again the dishes were slightly over-seasoned. Overall, the dinner was good, but for the price point, we had expected more.
It's not often I experience perfection in service and attentiveness and food to die for but the Hawksworth rates as one of those places. I cannot recommend the restaurant and its staff highly enough.
The bartenders could be a little more friendly.. Other then that the food was amazing, service was good at the table, prices are more but it's' a nicer place! The group we were with all enjoyed themselves.
Foods are amazing, presentation is great and taste great. All their seafoods are fresh and the way they cook you can taste the cooking technique but the original food flavour still remains.
Service - Absolutely fantastic! Probably the best server that I have encountered so far.
Food - Very good. I have always been skeptical about their food quality as I have not heard very good reviews about it, but I'm glad I got to try them. We ordered two entrees 1) duck breast with foie gras add-on ($61) - awesome combination, meat was cooked perfectly and foie gras added an extra hint of fragrant, buttery taste 2) aged beef sirloin ($58) - the steak itself was only okay but when combined with the dry cow fat and red wine bone marrow sauce, the flavor profile was escalated.
Cocktail - Very good. They are quite well-known for good cocktails, so we tried 1) Hawksworth pink gin - a bit light for my taste, more suitable for those who doesn't like strong alcohol taste 2) can't remember the name but it was smokey, gingery and delicious.
If you want to try their cocktails, go to the bar area during cocktail hour, it's so much cheaper ($7 vs $16)!
We were there for lunch time wanted to try the restaurant for a while. We ordered the tasting menu, watercress salad and the halibut. The staff was really friendly and welcoming. Everything was great until the food came up. The gazpacho was really nice and all the components in it was balanced and the flavour was just on point, not too sour and not too salty. On the other hand, the watercress salad dressing was a bit sour than expected. At first the taste bud finds it refreshing and pleasant ,but after a few bite the tongue finds it stingy by the sourness and hard to keep going. The duck in the salad was great, some are crispy some are tender, it s also sweet and salty so it balanced out the stingy feeling. But still, it s hard to keep going with the salad.
The main course, from the tasting menu, the brisket in the bao, was really salty. We had one bite and both my partner and I looked at each other and said it was too salty. Although they try to give us a new one but we know that it s from the same batch so the taste will be the same, which was too salty. Other than that we also ordered a halibut. The flavour of the dish was overall nice and the seasoning was great, compare to the brisket it was just perfect. The only thing to say was that the halibut it self was over cooked. From a restaurant like this, we expect perfect doneness on the fish, which should be still tender on the inside when cut it, like soft and a little bouncy. But this halibut was overcooked, so it was just a little hard to eat it and it doesn t melt in the mouth like it should. Even though the main ingredient in the dish was not too pleasant, the sauce of the dish was delicious. And the vegetables, clams, and mussels are cooked perfectly.
Finally, the dessert in the tasting menu was... ok? I would say, nothing fancy for a restaurant like this.
In the end, we got the tasting menu for free because it really wasn t that great. But in my opinion, from a restaurant like this, even for a tasting menu, I would expect more. And even for the regular menu as well. I hope that they will improve the dishes and or recipe so that every dish on the menu will be worth the visit.
The tasting menu was surprisingly unimpressive, or maybe it just didn't live up to the expectations. Most of the courses were not balanced, and the best part of the experience was, probably, the presentation. The dessert was exceptional, though.
Great food great place and ambiance... Only issue is portions are extremely small for the price... I don't eat a lot in a single sitting normally but after having the striploin I didn't feel like it was nearly enough at all
Food was good but we've had better one just couple blocks away, recommended cocktail wasn't impressive, couple dishes out of tasting menu obviously over-seasoning. Probably just me unlucky that day but I find it difficult to recommend this place to friends.
Exemplary service by Patrick and amazing food. Had some very nice touches for us as we noted that we were there for our anniversary, such as a card and champagne. Patrick did a great job structuring our meal to flow well.
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