Vancouver is home to a booming beer brewery industry with great craft beers and it certainly has its fair share of great bars serving cocktails and homegrown wines too. So without ado, let us show you where you can have a good time.
Best Places to Drink Beer in Vancouver
Craft Beer Market
Other than featuring their own craft beer (Village Ale), the Craft Beer Market has an extensive list of the best beers and wines from all over Canada and the U.S.A too. Pairing the drinks with their stellar poutine is sure to be a decadent experience that you won’t want to miss.
Situated in Olympic Village, you can hop on a ferry for a river tour and enjoy the scenic view of the science center and city in the background.
Address: 85 W 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Y 3K8, Canada
Phone: +1 604-709-2337
33 Acres Brewing Company
Many have remarked that this small but cozy cafe serves great brunch food and beers. Their best beer is that of the 33 Acres of Sunshine, a light and refreshing beer. But, take note that as the place is often packed and as such the level of service may be sometimes dismal.
Address: 15 W 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1M8, Canada
Phone: +1 604-620-4589
Granville Island Brewery
Located on the popular Granville Island, you can take a beer tasting tour of the microbrewery for a highly affordable price. They also often come up with unique flavors for seasons such as cranberry which made me, a non-beer fan, reconsider my preferences. True fans of the brewery will attest to the quality of the English Bay Pale Ale.
Address: 1441 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R7, Canada
Phone: +1 604-687-2739
Faculty Brewing
With only four beers on tap daily (flavors are on rotating schedules), swing by for a fuss-free stop while bar hopping or even when out walking with your dog. Favorites include the London Fog Ale, Kombucha, and Blonde.
Address: 1830 Ontario St, Vancouver, BC V5T 2W6, Canada
Phone: +1 778-819-6794 ext. 0
Best Bars in Vancouver
The Keefer Bar
Sitting on the edge of Chinatown, The Keefer Bar has often been likened to a Chinese opium den with Chinese medication signs and decor. Drinks are uniquely named in a similar fashion, like Lost Orient Sour and one of the favorites, Rosemary Gimlet.
Address: 135 Keefer St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1X3, Canada
Phone: +1 604-688-1961
The Diamond
Address: 6 Powell St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1E9, Canada
Prohibition
Speakeasy bars are on-trend, and Prohibition rides this wave perfectly. Requiring customers to be dressed sophisticatedly, and hidden under Rosewood Hotel Georgia, it provides the small, intimate ambiance that hidden bars are known for. They have live music and free caramel popcorn to boot.
Top tip: Do not enter the hotel to look for this bar. It has a separate entrance underneath a green light by the street.
Address: 801 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC V6C 1P7, Canada
Phone: +1 604-682-5566
Grapes and Soda
Mix up your drinks night with a charcuterie board that consists of slices of cheese and ham to go with your cocktails served in soda bottles. Grapes and Soda also prides itself on serving natural and organic wines, so do try them out.
Shameful Tiki Room
Dance the night away in this Hawaiian themed bar that has a decor of volcanoes spewing dry ice ever so often with strong drinks that will take you away to a tropical paradise.
From cocktails to beers, Vancouver has it all.
