Dine Out in Richmond

Metro Vancouver’s biggest annual restaurant festival returns on January 14, 2022, offering a belt-busting 17 days of tempting prix fixe deals at more than 330 local eateries, all of which will adhere to any public health orders in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the province.  Launched in 2002, Dine Out Vancouver is one of the most anticipated events in BC’s foodie calendar—and restaurants throughout Richmond are once again enthusiastic participants. 

HOW IT WORKS

Reputedly Canada’s biggest celebration of food and drink—with more than 100,000 hungry diners taking part every year—the festival’s foundation is its fixed price dining menus. Typically including three courses, restaurants offer special set menus generally priced from $35 to $55, as well as promotions and “a collection of virtual culinary experiences” including talks, cooking classes, exhibits and more.

There are usually several choices available for each course, often including vegetarian or even gluten-free dishes. Most are dinner-only menus, but some restaurants also offer great-value lunches as well as take out options. And if you’re a wine lover, many establishments include BC wine-pairing suggestions.

In Richmond, 18 restaurants are taking part in 2022’s Dine Out Vancouver event. Reservations are now open, and you are encouraged to book directly with each eatery as far in advance as possible to ensure you snag seats at your top choice restaurants (and on your desired days). Hungry? Read on to discover what’s on the menu in Richmond.

WEST COAST

There is a wide array of Richmond options to consider in this culinary category.

The newly opened Bruno at Versante Hotel is offering a lunch and dinner menu at a $29 and $59 price point. Their dinner entrée features truffle lavender duck, grilled wagyu flank steak and arctic char.

At the $55 price point (reminder: prices include three courses), entrée dinner choices at 75 West Coast Grill include flat iron steak, duck a l’Orange or ling cod with mussels and clams.

Seafood and more are also featured at Steveston Village’s Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant, where the $39 Dine Out special (served at both lunch and dinnertime) includes Mediterranean baked sablefish with Milanese risotto and grilled asparagus, cioppino, or—for hungry` meat fans—red wine braised short rib. Gluten-free and vegetarian options are also available here.

Casual dining favourite Cactus Club is also on Richmond’s Dine Out menu. Their $38 dinner includes main course chargrilled steak, blackened creole chicken or the choices between the Med bowl, Thai Green curry, grilled dijon salmon or butternut squash ravioli with prawns. They also offer vegetarian options as well.

Vegetarian alternatives and gluten free options are also available at Steveston’s Catch Kitchen + Bar where a couple of firm favourites will also lure carnivores: surf & turf or tomato basil snapper and baked penne rigatoni. Options at the Freebird Table and Bar include Nashville fried chicken and Creole blackened salmon. Still hungry? Consider Moxie’s Grill & Bar, where the $35 lunch and dinner menu features Chipotle mango chicken, steak frites, rainbow salad bowl with tofu and prawn tagliatelle.

Harold’s Kitchen & Bar is offering short rob & prawn paste entrée as well as vegetarian pasta.

STEAK & SEAFOOD

In the $25 – $45 category, you’ll find an unusually large array of main course choices at Chop Steakhouse & Bar, where options include prime rib, oven roasted chicken and miso glazed salmon.

Alternatively (and within the $55 dinner range), the Keg Steakhouse + Bar offers delicious steak, rib or salmon choices. And in the $45 category, the Shoestring Café is offering grilled pork rack, grilled New York steak, or miso glazed salmon fillet entrée options.

BARS & PUBS

Many bars and pubs take their food menus very seriously. Additionally, several local favourite are also participating in Dine Out again this year. The three-course $26.50 lunch and dinner menu at the Flying Beaver Bar & Grill includes pad thai, blackened chicken and grilled sockeye salmon.

Over at Steveston Village, consider pairing your meal with some great craft beer at Britannia Brewing. They’re serving up $29 lunch and dinner menus: meat fans will love the Two Rivers grass fed beef burger while veggie fans have a local mushroom risotto entrée and more.

INTERNATIONAL

Richmond, of course, also has a celebrated Asian dining scene. And there are several restaurants to discover during Dine Out. Along with its $39.95 three-course dinner menu (go for the masala halibut), there’s also a bargain $17 lunch at Ember Indian Kitchen.

At Yokohama Teppanyaki & Sushi Bar, the $45 lunch and dinner menu takes a multi-dish, feast-like approach, for example, includes lobster, scallop, basa fish for their seafood teppanyaki meal.

The lunch and dinner menu at Yuu Japanese Tapas offers selection of delicious appetizers, ramen – tonkotsu ramen, miso ramen, beef volcano ramen to name a few and all for $35 for the dinner menu and $25 for lunch.

At Gyu-Kaku, you’ll find an authentic Japanese barbecue dining experience, their $39 lunch and dinner menu offer a delectable range of entrée options including their best-seller bistro hanger steak.

The Dine Out Vancouver festival runs from January 14 – January 31, 2022. For more information, including restaurant menus and booking information, visit the festival’s dedicated website.

Last Updated on November 5, 2022 by Tourism Richmond