of restaurants, my favourite being Guu with Garlic (also on Robson Street) with Kitanoya Guu in Gastown coming a close second for its quirky tails menu. Parkside Restaurant offers excellent dining value with their $45 three-course...

to hit Guu with Garlic,Vij’s and/or Cru. Any must do’s not on this list? I have two days to myself and will be wandering SOMA and Yaletown. I’ve heard of Fritz(which might be a must do). Where can I have a very...

. Of the two, I prefer Guu with Garlic, but I’d opt for Hapa Izakaya first. If ramen is your thing, try Kintaro Ramen on Denman Street. And just around the corner from Kintaro is Jang Mo Jib for Korean food. Looking for a...

On my way out the door. Here are some quickies: Pho – you must be talking about Pho Thai Hoa Izakaya - Guu w Garlic and Zakkushi XLB – the place you are thinking of is Lin’s. The place in Crystal Mall is...

on Thurlow, where we were given a one hour wait time for our party of 9. A couple of us walked to Guu with Garlic and were denied a table for such a large group. Fortunately, Hapa Izakaya sat us after a brief wait and we...

Thanks much, fmed, I can see on our next visit we’ll have to limit ourselves on the number of times we hit Guu with Garlic and branch out a bit. Any dishes that are special standouts at Kingyo and Hapa?

>>> not huge fans of sushi /sashimi or Indian food. So this basically eliminates Lumiere, Market, Vij’s, Tojo’s, izakayas etc. <<< Not sure about other izakaya places but I don’t recall seeing any...

Dining reviews of: Guu with Garlic Rodney’s Oyster House West Hard to believe it’s been four weeks ago this Friday that we arrived in Horseshoe Bay from Nanaimo to spend a week in this lovely city. We were supposed to meet two...

, Okada, Tojo’s, Ajisai,....and a number of others Izakaya (Toronto doesn’t have any of these at the moment – though a Guu is set to open in Sept) Guu with Garlic, Guu Original, Hapa, Kingyo, Zakkushi (more of a...

to do izakaya. I did Guu with Garlic last time and really loved it. What other great ones are there? Last night I am thinking of either Gastropod or Fuel. Thoughts on these two and preferences or other fun, hip eats?

for a reservation) They are located on Robson / Bidwell. 1698 Robson Guu with Garlic 604.685.8678 and have 2 other locations – one on Thurlow street and another in Gas Town. It is a japanese izakaya (no sushi is found here)...

Afghan Horsemen has great food, not outstanding but done well. Guu w/Garlic or Gastown Guu are the ones to visit. Not sure if East is East has a license now or not haven’t been for a while the ‘seating’ is hard on...

at hotel, so we didn’t eat out. Next night we had a long day and were both starving. We tried to get into Guu with Garlic but it was a 40 minute wait. So we went a block or so down the street and ended up at an...

I did a crawl at ground zero for Vancouver izakaya (Robson and Denman) last night. The restaurants I hit were: Guu, Guu with Garlic, Kingyo, and Zakkushi. Best dish of the evening – the Pork Cheeks at Kingyo. The best sake:...

Street – visit Guu with Garlic, Hapa Izakaya, Gyoza King and/or Kingyo and a whole bunch of other spots. Credit local fmed with this one: http://www.chow.com/stories/10980 Or, I would hop on the skytrain at Granville Station...