Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Kelowna from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Kelowna
These are the venues where wine plays a clear part in the experience, from award-recognised lists to estate-driven cellar work.
Lakeside Dining Room in South Pandosy - K.L.O. holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence (2026) and Star Wine List recognition (2026). Its extensive wine list accompanies contemporary Canadian cooking with seasonal ingredients supplied by Okanagan farms. The restaurant is part of a historic hotel overlooking Okanagan Lake.
Derrick's Steakhouse in downtown is a classic steakhouse with tableside service and an a la carte menu. The restaurant in downtown has an extensive wine list.
CedarCreek Estate Winery in Southwest Mission overlooks Lake Okanagan. The cool-climate estate is sustainability-driven and uses organic farming on a 50-acre property with lake-facing vineyards. Home Block is the wine-first, farm-to-table dining room. Food-paired tasting experiences are for wine club members. The estate has been named Canada’s Winery of the Year twice.
Derrick's Steakhouse in downtown is a classic steakhouse, Frankie We Salute You in Central City serves plant-based comfort food, and Chicko Chicken Kelowna in Downtown serves Korean fried chicken.
Derrick's Steakhouse in downtown occupies a historic building. The kitchen serves hand-cut Bistecca, and tableside preparations include Caesar Salad and Cherries Jubilee. Its dishes draw on the classic steakhouse cooking of the 1950s.
Frankie We Salute You in Central City is a plant-based comfort food restaurant. The food uses local Okanagan ingredients from family growers and farmers. The drinks served are craft cocktails and beer.
Chicko Chicken Kelowna in Downtown is a Korean fried chicken restaurant that serves an a la carte menu. The unique flavours on the Korean fried chicken include Cheese Snow and Herb Garlic.
Downtown Kelowna, Southwest Mission, Lake Country, South Pandosy - K.L.O., and Central City are the key areas in our guide. Downtown Kelowna has the largest cluster, while South Pandosy - K.L.O. and Southwest Mission are important for wine-led rooms and estate dining.
Kelowna has no Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. Lakeside Dining Room in South Pandosy - K.L.O. holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence (2026), and Derrick's Steakhouse in downtown has an extensive wine list.
Three venues citywide hold a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence in Kelowna in our guide. The restaurant Lakeside Dining Room in South Pandosy - K.L.O. holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence from 2026.
South Pandosy - K.L.O., downtown, and Southwest Mission are the most relevant areas for strong wine lists and cellar-driven dining. Lakeside Dining Room and Derrick's Steakhouse are the clearest list-forward restaurant picks, while CedarCreek Estate Winery brings a wine-first estate format.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Lakeside Dining Room sits on the eastern shore of Okanagan Lake in Kelowna, earning a White Star recognition from Star Wine List in December 2021 for its wine program. The room's address on Cook Road places it squarely within BC's most productive wine corridor, making it a natural reference point for the region's farm-and-cellar-driven dining approach. For visitors building a serious food and wine itinerary through the Okanagan, it belongs on the shortlist.
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Chicko Chicken Kelowna sits on Truswell Road in the Lower Mission, a neighbourhood where Okanagan produce culture runs deep and casual dining has quietly grown more intentional. The kitchen focuses on chicken in a region better known for its wine corridors and orchard rows, making it a grounding counterpoint to the area's more formal dining options. For visitors working through Kelowna's food scene, it occupies a distinct, unfussy register.
Kelowna, Canada
A steakhouse address on Kelowna's waterfront strip, Derrick's Steakhouse sits at 1560 Water St in the heart of BC's Okanagan dining corridor. The format follows the classic North American steakhouse template, positioning it within a city whose restaurant scene has grown considerably alongside the region's wine industry over the past decade.
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Frankie We Salute You sits along Harvey Avenue in Kelowna, BC, operating in the casual-but-considered register that defines much of the city's neighbourhood dining scene. Visitors to Kelowna's dining circuit often encounter the name alongside more established stops on the local restaurant trail.
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Kelowna, Canada
CedarCreek Estate Winery reads as a serious Okanagan estate rather than a casual tasting stop: lake-facing vineyards, a contemporary farmhouse room, organic farming, and a wine-first restaurant frame the visit. Its weight comes from history as one of British Columbia’s original estate wineries, a 50-acre Kelowna property, and recognition including Canada’s Winery of the Year twice.
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O’Rourke Family Estate brings a design-forward version of Okanagan wine country to Lake Country, with granite architecture, underground caves, guided tastings, and a Pinot Noir and Chardonnay focus shaped by cool-climate vineyards. The estate reads less like a rustic cellar-door stop and more like a full destination format, with Row 188, cave tours, vineyard views, and on-site accommodations built around a polished wine-country stay.
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