Notch8

Great place for a lunch meeting.

Lamb stake was small and dry, doesn’t worsts money at all. We’ve ordered 4 or 5 different starters and non out of 4 people from our company liked it.
Service is good but food is not at all. Don’t waste your money, please. We left hungry and unhappy

Great ambiance and friendly service. We had the hand crafted cocktails, my favorite being the lavender corpse reviver. The bar tender even gave us some samples of a vodka aperol spritzer when we asked what the guests around us were drinking.

Very easy to make same-day Saturday night reservation, even with an event just finishing at BC Place! Everyone we interacted with was pleasant and friendly. Our server was efficient and the food fabulous.

DJ was very loud, to loud for us. Made conversation impossible.

Pre concert dins

This place is a bar. It is not a restaurant.
I reserved specifically for a dinner meeting - I put a note on the reservation, and I called ahead to ensure we had a quiet table for that purpose. And we were seated IN THE BAR one meter from the actual bar it self where the noise levels were spiking into the 80 decibel range.
When I said we needed to have a quiet table we were told all we could have is a booth... booths are also in the bar. It became very clear that this was not appropriate and were where then offered a table. The manager made a very clear point that he was 'doing us a special favour' as the "restaurant was closed". We were told twice this was a special favour. How can you take reservation for dinner in your restaurant on your website and then say that it is closed?!
For me this was a total failure. It is not a restaurant, it is a bar. Ironically I had the same sort of experience when at an extended stay at the Fairmont Royal York. I trusted this hotel and its restaurants as a suitable location to conduct business dinners. Sadly, both hotels have failed in this regard.

The setting was very attractive and also very comfortable. The waitress (Suzanne C.) catered to our every need. The bread appetizer, infused with mustard, was something to behold. The mushroom tartine, too. Not to mention the liquid chocolate dessert.

We asked for quiet and were seated in a private booth at the back. Service is SO professional at Notch8.

Service was excellent, far exceeded our expectations.
The DJ was also awesome (pleasant surprise). Will be back!

Mediocre food. Way too expensive for the quality of the meals and service.

Spectacular food.

We had the most wonderful breakfast buffet. Everything was fresh, homemade and delicious!
I’ve never seen pine nuts offered to sprinkle on oatmeal! A classy place.
Oh and the pastries were to die for!!

Ordered the Duck and Lamb accompanied by truffle mushrooms. Absolutely fantastic and flavorful. Highly would recommend Notch8 for a special occasion.

Valentines date

Got there on Valentine’s Day. Advertised Oyster bar, got there and only after I sat down I was notified that there is no oysters left. Dinner was ok, lobster soup was highlight, steak was cooked well but seasoning was too salty around the edges ( my wife’s steak as well). After I finished bottle of wine, I ordered anther 2 glasses of 6 oz wine which I had to wait for 45 mins and that’s after I went upfront and complained. I think the table was forgotten about. Oh well, I do understand that Valentine’s Day is usually busy but this was way below the standard I expected from fine dining. I will not be back

it was quite loud. there were no restrictions on what you should wear- I saw some people wearing jeans.
the "all you can eat" oyster bar was a failure. they did not have enough oysters to last the night.
the serving was good. The service was fantastic!

Booked a table for Valentines Day, we were unimpressed with the set menu and I’d called in advance for a vegetarian option, a separate menu was to be emailed to me but nothing came in advance. Once we got there the GM was very accommodating for dietary restrictions and managed to put together a good meal for my girlfriend but the steak I got was terrible. It was a chewy strip with way too much salt. Aside from the steak, the food was good, and the BC wines were reasonably priced.

My burger patty taste weird.
Other food is good.

Food and service was good, we had a great evening. I had the sablefish and my husband had the beef, both were perfectly prepared.

Was going to the Vancouver Symphony

It was ok overall nothing special

It was great the waitress was wonderful in meeting our time constraints and made it a very quick and efficient breakfast meeting - Notch 8 my go to place in downtown Vancouver

The service was lovely! The host at the front was extremely friendly and personable. Our waitress was very professional and patient.

We got the gnocchi as a starter and it was a 7/10. Pretty good but not the best I’ve had.

I had the Wagyu steak medium and my dad had it medium rare. I’d recommend medium rare. Steak was 8/10. I’d say that the accompaniments like the fries and the salad made the steak way better. Alone, I’d say it was a 7/10.

My mom has the sablefish and she loved it!

The banana desert was a 7/10 :)

Overall, good experience!

But I wouldn’t recommend to have the server that we did. She was not attentive and not only did we never see her during our meal, when we asked for coffee she forgot and just said she gave it to someone else. WTH? I practically had to tackle her for the bill. Not what you’d expect for a $70 pp brunch.

Excellent restaurant. We had a party of 12, celebrating a family, and the buffet offerings on Sunday at brunch were excellent. The service was also great. Our server Raluca was particularly thoughtful that it made celebrating a family occasion all the more special. (My aunt even wanted to include her in our of our photos. Thank you very much!)

Our time at Notch8 was amazing, the service we received was excellent and friendly. Would definitely return again.

Loved my experience at Notch8 - the decor was very trendy and they had an awesome live DJ, menu selection was great and wonderful service. The only reason I’m giving this 4 stars is because although the food was delicious the main portions are very small. I ordered the ravioli and knew right away I would have to order something else after. But besides that I had a great dining experience! (Side note: If it’s your birthday they give you a delicious chocolate mousse!)

This is a lovely restaurant with wonderful food and service that is slightly diminished by the very noisy live music, which for us was jarring rather than enlivening.

We had a lovely time eating here for the dineout Vancouver festival this year. We plan to visit again to try the regular menu.

Great ambiance, tasty food and great for business meetings!

The waitress could not find a wine list.
The waiter brought wrong order.
If I’ll pay the same price I’ll go somewhere could give a proper service..

Great food bit pricey service always good!

The food range is not too much and it is greasy. Waitress cleans up the plates once you finished , perhaps they don’t like you to sit for too long.

I think the reception of the staff greeting us could have been better

Great food and service as always. Stephen was very attentive.

Underwhelmed with food selections. Some of the options took too long to get refilled for the buffet.

My husband took me to Notch 8 for my birthday. We absolutely loved our experience. The service was flawless without being stuffy, our servers were friendly and attentive in just the right amounts. We’ve eaten in many fine dining establishments over the years and this is by far the best prime rib anywhere in the world we have ever eaten. The Yorkshire puddings were also beautifully done, better than any we have ever had back in our home country of England. Highly recommended.
We often stop into the bar for a quick cocktail after a hard day of city shopping and that too is always a delightful experience. Some of the most delicious drinks in town. Thank you for a wonderful evening. See you next time.

It was nice!

This was the worst service I've ever received. The server came to serve us coffee at 8am and never returned until 9am to take our order.