Botanist

They waitstaff, the bartender and the manager took care of us all night. We were the last ones to leave and were pressured to leave. We were celebrating my brother in law's birthday and he had an exceptional meal. Would highly recommend it.

Magical dining experience! If you ever plan to travel to Vancouver you must consider eating at this wonderful superb place!!

Unfortunately, our experience was not the best. The couple beside us had ordered the chef tasting menu and received far better service than we did. We could tell the server was disappointed that we did not order drinks at the start of the meal and the service just went downhill from there. The food and drinks are very good, but if you don't order the chef tasting menu do not expect good service.

Great environment

This restaurant has one of the best and fresh ingredient selections in vancouver! The dishes were also well done with innovation and techniques. Great cocktails selection as well!

What an awesome experience overall, the service and the food were amazing! I'll definitely recommend it and come back!!

Hand the lamb and halibut and it was delicious would definitely go back there again for a date night

I would have preferred the sheer curtains to be open.

• had reservations scheduled a month ago, but still had to wait for more than 10 mins. Clock is ticking especially if you are parked in an $8/hour spot
• Some host are great, the one was not
• Good service, you don’t have to flag them for little things like refilling your water. Thanks for the initiative, this appreciate :)
• Wagyu Burger: rated 1.5/5 by my husband for the following reasons
- the pretzel bun was too hard, yes we were expecting this as it is a pretzel but it was way too hard that he had to bite harder to get a piece of it
- was told that the beef was going to be “medium rare” but it was a bit overcooked from what it should be and was not juicy at all
- caramelized onions, tiger blue cheese & mustard aioli were all just fine
- the fries were extremely salty as it was showered with a lot of salt. Note: when you order without salt
• Crab & Avocado Botanist Benedict: 3/5 for me
- the Hollandaise sauce was the highlight of this dish, lemony & umami flavour in my mouth
- Eggs perfectly cooked in my liking
- the english muffins: a bit too hard and stale, I didn’t like this
- its called “Avocado & Crab” but its barely there, had probably 5 stands of crab meat and barely half of the avocado, a bit disappointing
• Ambiance: great for small groups, birthdays & romantic occasion

Had the lobster - didn’t taste like it was cooked, sorta slimy. Our reservation was at 9:30 and they wouldn’t do the chefs tasting for us. Overall just disappointing. Cocktail was boring. All hype no delivery

For how expensive the Wagyu Beef was, it was much harder to cut and chew than most of the expensive meat than I’ve had prior. But the drinks and other food we got were fantastic.

Get a server who knows how to serve so they can deserve that 18% tip.

Staffs go above and beyond with their services. Excellent food and drinks

The food was good after you were able to decipher what you were actually eating. Description was over the top - they tried a little too hard to impress. Sat in a vine covered area of the restaurant in what felt like a kitchen table - not impressive. The food was good, but pricey.

Awesome food!!! Must go while in Vancouver. Service was great and the value for the money was totally worth it.

Our server, Heather was very friendly and efficient. Our wine specialist, Stephanie was FANTASTIC. Stephanie definitely enjoys her job and is very knowledgeable in the product she was serving. Very friendly and pleasant to have around. We had the "we'll take it from here". It was my 58th birthday and I thought I would step out of my comfort box and have a surprise. The dishes the chef created were unbelievable. I would never had ordered any of them if I had had to choose. Very pleasantly surprised! It was my first time at Botanist and will definitely return again for a special occasion.

Absolutely gorgeous space. Excellent service. Wine pairing was spot on.

All of the staff were attentive, polite, knowledgable and friendly. Max was our favourite. Definitely eat at the high top tables where you can enjoy all the delicous cocktails and full menu. I love the decor and it was possible to continue a conversation throughout our 3 hr visit without the noise level rising. Love this place. Will be back.

Food tasted good but way overpriced and not enough. Actually left hungry...and so disappointed.

The service was incredible and the food was delicious and unique. I would definitely recommend Botanist to anyone living in or visiting Vancouver.

As a group of 7 interior designers visiting from Seattle, also having many dietary restrictions, we thoroughly enjoyed our experience and meal at Botanist! Alex and staff were very accommodating and friendly. The burrata and crab avocado benedict was perfection! We will be back!

Too loud and food not temperature hot. A big pet piece of mine.

GREAT food! 3 of us had the duck and it was to die for!

Great service and wine pairings. We did the tasting menu. The Wagu beef was amazing. The other courses where hit and miss. I consider myself a foodie and next time I'd just order A la Carte. I didn't feel the tasting menu was worth the expense, otherwise it was a good dining experience.

Overall a good experience, but it did take the server 20 minutes to even come to the table - not what you would expect from this level of restaurant.

Certainly not a place for any oenophiles...extremely slow, food was mostly disappointing and wouldn't recommend.
To start with, I had booked dinner with my wife and friends for my wife's birthday dinner. We showed up on time and got seated quickly by a very friendly hostess.
Things started going off the rails after we sat down. We were very superficially greeted by our server, who genuinely seemed like he loathed to be there. We asked for the sommelier as I had brought three bottles of very special wine. And that was it. No one come by to the table for 30 minutes except to drop off the water. Not the waiter nor the somm. We finally flagged down our friendly hostess and asked her to help with the wines - by this time, the chilled champagne we had brought had unfortunately warmed up. In addition, we were told that under their corkage police, each table was only allowed one bottle, and my bottle wine that I had double-decanted would not be allowed as it was "open". The somm on duty that evening did not come to our table at all for the entire evening, instead sending the hostess to talk to us. So far, a very poor showing for a restaurant that is supposedly proud of their wine program.
At this time, we were thirsty, hungry and grumpy but we finally managed to order our dinner after 30 minutes from our under-enthusiastic server. We were served a bread that was primarily made of birdseed and tasted completely bland. It was an additional 45 minutes before we were served our appetizer course and only after we managed to flag down our server and complain at the one hour mark. We didn't order anything special, off-the-menu, nor with any dietary restrictions; I simply ordered a burrata and tomato dish that was underwhelming.
The pace of the meal continued to drag on. Our main courses arrived at the 2 hour mark. The mains were merely good. All told, it was 3 hours for a 3 course meal! And they didn't remember my wife's birthday despite my noting it on the reservation.

We were visiting Vancouver and it was my mother’s b-day

Amazing restaurant. The staff is very friendly and provide a personal service. The food is excellent. I would recommend you start to the bar and try their famous cocktail inspired by nature. I highly recommend this place!

The dessert was exceptional. Good selection of cocktails

For personal and business, we come to the Botanist every couple of months. We were delighted to see a lot of new items on the menu. Selection range seems to be widened and there is less duplication between the bar snacks, lunch and dinner menus. The food preparation was excellent, and always uniquely presented. With the new menu, the portion sizes may have also expanded--not that we are complaining.

Service was also excellent as always. There seems to be a sommelier available at lunch, which is a new add...though at times she doubled as a busboy. We went for the signature cocktails and the think about wine pairing.

We will be back soon to try the rest of the menus.

That had to be THE WORST meal out ever in my life. When a hotel turns their breakfast/lunch dining area into a over the top pretentious (yet no table cloth) restaurant and the food is ridiculously over priced and BAD that equates to SCARY. The waiter actually took two minutes to describe my burrata/heirloom tomato which was one simple tomato and the cheese. My entree was so salty and un-edible and the entire "main course" could fit in the palm of my hand. Good thing I don't live in Vancouver otherwise I'd be telling every human I know NOT to go there!!! DISGUSTING!!!!!

Best food ever, delicious

Good food, however the absolute WORST service I have experienced in a very long time. Such a disappointment since we had it on our list to try based on being on Canada’s top 100 list. There’s so much to choose from when visiting Vancouver that I for sure will never be back.

The view is perfect and the indoor vibe is amazing. Good for photos

Such a beautiful setting! We were celebrating a baby shower and wanted to bring in some balloons, but were informed when we got there that they have a no-balloon policy (just an FYI for if you’re planning on celebrating here and bringing decor in)

Hands down the best place we have ever been to in Canada. You couldn’t ask for better service, cocktails and a better place to spend your evening.

Decided to try this restaurant for my boyfriend's birthday - don't regret this at all! The setting of the restaurant was business casual with great botanical decor throughout. There was a live pianist that was quite enjoyable during our dinner. We went with the tasting menu and was extremely delighted with the salmon - it was cooked to perfection. Extremely moist and soft, however the dijon mustard "sauce" was a bit overpowering for the fish.
They were very accommodating in switching out the escargots for me to the scallops (The scallops are already on the menu and I can see why! It was my favourite dish from the whole evening!). Our server Chris was very informative and checked on us throughout the night to make sure everything was good. My boyfriend even received a card that was signed by everyone at the restaurant! Talk about going above and beyond!
Their cocktails were the best I've ever had. I am not a regular drinker (super light-weight in fact) and don't normally like ordering drinks at restaurants as there's usually no consistency in how much alcohol is actually in the drink, but these cocktails were amazing. Super smooth, mixed in extremely well (so well I didn't taste much alcohol - they're probably using the really good stuff) but still managed to get a good buzz. Thank you for an unforgettable evening here - we will definitely be returning customers! :)

Fly on salad plate, expected with al the plants, but otherwise an amazing lunch.

My husband surprised me with the reservation! He had booked the reservation letting them know it had been my birthday week. When seated, we had the most beautiful table, in front of a gigantic window that had the view of an enormous globe spinning in front of us and a birthday card from the employees signed! Talk about making the evening personal and memorable! The sommelier (female) introduced us to some local organic Okanagan wines, she was fantastic! To start, we had a drink at the bar, in my opinion, the best gin Martini I have tasted! Dinner was crab salad, scallops, and duck. Wonderful wine pairing. The restaurant has beautiful decor and compliments the Vancouver water front experience. Thank you for a wonderful evening!

We both chose the chef’s choice menu with wine pairing. Excellent food as always, but the wait staff and sommelier were outstanding in terms of knowledge, pace and advice.