For Asain tapas (Japanese Izakaya style) skip Happa not good food – they have a nice restaurant, but the food is lacking, over priced and they serve rice that tastes and looks like minute rice. Head across the street to Guu...

, great prices too. Always a line up, but they serve Hors d’oeuvres in the bar while you drink and wait for a table. Or Guu. Kitanoya Guu Original Izakaya on Thurlow, Kitanoya Guu With Garlic on Robson or Kitanoya Guu With...

selection of wines by the glass, great variety of small plates and a $32 three-course prix-fixe menu. If you’re up for casual Japanese, you won’t regret trying any of the three Guu restaurants (Guu on Thurlow and Guu...

There are 3 of them and they are called: Guu. Kitanoya Guu Original Izakaya on Thurlow, Kitanoya Guu With Garlic on Robson or Kitanoya Guu With Otokomae on Water St. These restaurants are fun, loud, cheap and the food is amazing....

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...

The link below is a good place to start Link: http://www.kitanoya.ca/Guu_for_user/index.html

My favorite downtown spots are as follows: -Guu (all 3 locations), but Guu w/ Garlic is my first choice. They are located on Robson and Bidwell (near denman.) Guu is a Japanese restaurant – but NO SUSHI will be found here....

/deli atmosphere and wouldn’t really fit the bill for a prolonged sit-down weekend brunch. Izakaya lunch? Shiru-Bay Chopstick Café, Guu with Garlic nor Kitanoya Guu is Gastown are open for midday meals. However, the original...

gyoza and some of the best ramen I’ve tasted in town. Link: http://www.kitanoya.ca/Guu_for_user/index.html

) In terms of other good stuff, do you like Japanese? Worth trying out some sushi here (Lime on Commercial is a board favourite and in a great part of town to visit) and the izakaya I think are ahead of the SF curve. I like Guu...

Okay, here’s a bit more (based on reccos from the board as well as my own chowing), all in Vancouver proper — we are not very good about venturing into the burbs :-): izakaya crawl on Robson and Denman (Kitanoya Guu...

I read with interest the discussion on buta no kakuni and it’s health benefits. http://www.chowhound.com/topics/351100 I want to try making it. In Vancouver we have a few Izakaya restaurants, my favourute being Kitanoya Guu...

to one of the Guu restaurants-Robson or Gastown. No Crepes but a lively welcoming if somewhat cacaphonous scene. Link as shown below. Link: http://www.kitanoya.ca/Guu_for_user/index.html Image: http://www.kitanoya.ca/Guu...

Hi. Does anyone know if the following kitchens are open late (til midnight?): Hapa Izakaya, Kitaro Ramen, Guu and Guu with Garlic. Will be arriving in town @ 8:30 pm and suspect I won’t be able to eat until 10 or so. Thank...

Wild Rice as mentioned has some very dodgy reviews on another site http://www.dinehere.ca/restaurant.asp?r=88 If you want a real ‘Vancouver experience’ then try Kitanoya Guu in nearby Gastown-10 minutes walk away. http