. Hapa Izakaya is also on Robson Street, still loud, noisy and fun but a touch more sleek and upscale than the Guu restaurants. Was there two nights ago and shared the rice noodle roll with crab and avocado, negitoro with garlic...

It wont be that easy at most of the izakaya...but Hapa would be the best bet for vege options. Even a place like Gyoza King has a few vege options as well. You can always ask for them to omit say the minced pork, etc in some of...

NEVER had tuna this melt-in-my mouth luscious- it’s somewhere between toro and white, and I moaned with every bite. So you can say I liked it. I took a gander at the dinner menu when the "Izakaya" label is more apt, but if...

sidenote: while i like Hapa, i’d have to conclude that the much-hyped Vancouver izakaya scene is pretty bad...based on my trips to Guu and Kingyo, i’d say both are worse than even Kenka in NYC —- and Kenka is...

looking for the same......oh man i love the izakayas back home in vancouver....where did you go? Guu, Hapa, and kingyo are my faves

Pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/gustibus.maximus/Kakurenbo Preamble... It’s been a while. I haven’t been on an izakaya crawl in months. A friend and I did one last night on the way to a concert (The Silver...

have not had proper izakaya in japan, and my only experiences have been in vancouver (guu, gyoza king, hapa), and ematei in toronto. i had the impression that izakaya food was to accompany drinks and therefore were tasty (and...

was a main activity). My only regret is that we didn’t have time for a longer visit. Here is where we ate: HAPA: before my report, I have to set the stage, just in case it influenced our judgement a bit. As I mentioned in the...

Once again find myself agreeing with you FM! We went in the fall and although the food was pleasant and in a couple of cases quite good, it didn’t feel much like an izakaya in my limited experiences of same (Hapa, Zakkushi,...

Let’s hope that it is an izakaya-type place – like Vancouver’s Guu, Hapa Izakaya, etc. Calgary needs one of these fun eateries! How was it?

. I’m in love with Izakaya in Vancouver with Hapa and Guu my favorites. I know Hapa takes reservations, but do any others? We will have access to a driver (given the drink) and a Saturday night/Sunday afternoon at our...

a few. On izakaya - I personally like to do a crawl between a few of my faves whenever I get a chance. Guu, Guu with Garlic, Gyoza King, Hapa, Zakkushi, Kingyo are all within a good crawling distance.

Greetings Vancouver hounds: We will be visiting for just a few days over NYE and need to find a good sushi or izakaya place for an EARLY dinner on NYE (in by 6pm, out by 8pm). It should be central downtown. It would be good to...

might consider these: 1. Kingyo ( 871 Denman Street ) 2. Zakkushi ( 823 Denman Street ) 3. Hapa Izakaya ( 1479 Robson St ) Reservation is strongly recommended.

Do you mean Hapa Izakaya? If so there is a review in last months vancouver magazine, or www.vanmag.com go to archive section. If it isn’t I can’t help you. I do love West though. If it’s your first date and...