Country dossier
Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries across Canada in the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Canada
Canada’s Michelin-starred dining is concentrated in a few cities, with Toronto, Vancouver, Montréal, and Québec City carrying most of the weight.
Alo in Queen West is a Michelin-starred tasting-menu restaurant with a wine list and sommelier-led service. The kitchen works in a modern French frame with Asian influences, and the format is a single tasting sequence.
Tanière³ in Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire runs an immersive tasting menu in the 17th-century vaults beneath Old Québec. It holds two Michelin stars, has an exceptional wine program, and combines tasting menu and counter dining formats. The room sits at the top end of Québec City’s creative dining tier.
Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Jordan Station is a Michelin-starred tasting-menu destination with an exceptional wine program. The menu is a seasonal tasting sequence. The restaurant sits above Pearl Morissette Estate Winery and draws on the farm below.
Published on Main in Riley Park offers Michelin-starred contemporary Canadian cooking with an extensive wine list. The formats are à la carte, tasting menu, and small plates.
Toronto and Québec City carry the clearest concentration of serious wine programs, with Montréal adding a tightly focused bottle-led room.
Don Alfonso 1890 in Harbourfront holds a Michelin star and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Its wine program is exceptional, with an extensive list and sommelier-led service, and the menu can run as tasting menu, à la carte, or prix fixe. The list spans nearly 5,000 bottles.
DaNico in Harbord Village holds a Michelin star and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. The room offers a tasting menu and prix fixe format, with a sommelier-led, extensive wine list supporting modern Italian fine dining. The wine program spans 595 selections with depth in Italy and France.
Laurie Raphaël in Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire pairs a Michelin star with a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive list, sommelier-led service, and craft cocktails. It also carries a wine list of 600 selections and 2,800 bottles.
Sabayon in Point-Saint-Charles is a Michelin-starred 14-seat micro-restaurant with a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. The wine program is sommelier-led, and the room spans 1,150 bottles across Bordeaux, Burgundy, Italy, Australia, and California.
The four bars in this section are in Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, and Calgary. Civil Liberties, Cloakroom, The Keefer Bar, and Missy's each have a World's 50 Best North America's Best Bars placement.
Civil Liberties in Christie Pits is a menuless cocktail bar known for bespoke drinks and a craft-cocktail program. It has appeared repeatedly on North America’s best bars lists, and the format stays centred on what the bartender builds for each guest.
Cloakroom in Golden Square Mile is a hidden speakeasy with no-menu cocktails and a wine list. The room works from guest preferences and draws on vintage amari and bourbons. Canada's 100 Best Bars placed it #1 in 2026.
The Keefer Bar in Chinatown is an apothecary-themed cocktail bar with craft cocktails and repeated recognition on North America’s best bars lists. The drinks program uses exotic ingredients and a Chinese medicine frame.
Missy's in 4th Street SW is a no-frills bar above a convenience store with an exceptional wine program and craft cocktails. The wine list includes over 350 bottles, and the room has earned a place on North America’s best bars lists as well as Star Wine List recognition.
Fashion District has farm-to-table dining at 1 Kitchen and Harriet's Rooftop bar within 1 Hotel Toronto; Centre-Ville has modern French tasting menus with Quebec influences and an extensive, sommelier-led wine list at Jérôme Ferrer - Europea. In Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire, Légende, Laurie Raphaël, and Tanière³ serve tasting menus with sommelier-led wine lists.
1 Hotel Toronto in Fashion District uses reclaimed materials and native greenery and has a rooftop pool. It holds a Michelin 1 Key. On-site dining includes the farm-to-table 1 Kitchen and Harriet's Rooftop bar.
Jérôme Ferrer - Europea in Centre-Ville has a Michelin star and an exceptional wine program with an extensive, sommelier-led list. The cooking is modern French fine dining with Quebec influences. The formats are tasting menu and prix fixe.
Légende in Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire has a Michelin star, a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence, and a wine list. Its modern Québecois locavore menu uses only Québec-sourced ingredients and runs as a tasting menu and à la carte. The wine list has 2,900 references.
Toronto, Vancouver, Montréal, Quebec City, and Calgary have exceptional wine programs in our guide. Toronto has Don Alfonso 1890 in Harbourfront, with nearly 5,000 bottles across Piedmont, Tuscany, Burgundy, and Bordeaux, and Osteria Giulia in Annex. Vancouver has AnnaLena in Kitsilano. Quebec City has Laurie Raphaël and Tanière³ in Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire. Montréal has Jérôme Ferrer - Europea in Centre-Ville. Calgary has Missy's in 4th Street SW.
Our Canada guide includes 37 Michelin-starred restaurants and 38 Michelin stars in total. Tanière³ in Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire holds two Michelin stars. Alo in Queen West, Published on Main in Riley Park, and Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Jordan Station hold Michelin stars.
Don Alfonso 1890 in Harbourfront has an exceptional list of nearly 5,000 bottles, with depth across Piedmont, Tuscany, Burgundy, and Bordeaux. DaNico in Harbord Village has a sommelier-led list of 595 selections with depth in Italy and France. AnnaLena in Kitsilano and Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Jordan Station have exceptional wine programs. Laurie Raphaël and Légende in Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire, and Sabayon in Point-Saint-Charles, hold Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence.
Don Alfonso 1890 and DaNico both hold Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence in Toronto, Sabayon holds it in Montréal, and Laurie Raphaël and Légende hold it in Quebec City.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
City atlas
Canada
Selected entries from the current guide for Canada.
Vancouver, Canada
On the mezzanine level of the Fairmont Pacific Rim, Botanist delivers Pacific Northwest contemporary cooking through a plant-first lens, with Chef Hector Laguna's Mexican-inflected technique shaping seasonal menus that change seven to eight times a year. A Michelin Plate recognition and a 435-label wine program overseen by sommelier Matthew Jacobson make this one of Vancouver's more complete fine-dining propositions at the summit of the city's price tier.
Lincoln, Canada
Perched above Pearl Morissette Estate Winery in Ontario's Niagara region, Restaurant Pearl Morissette holds a Michelin star and ranks among North America's top restaurants on Opinionated About Dining. Daniel Hadida and Eric Robertson's tasting-menu format draws on training in Paris and rural Belgium to produce French-influenced farmhouse cooking that is deeply rooted in the 17-hectare regenerative farm below the dining room.
Quebec City, Canada
Tanière³ occupies the 17th-century stone vaults beneath Old Québec, where a two-Michelin-starred tasting menu moves through 12 to 18 courses built entirely from Québec terroir. The restaurant holds AAA Five Diamond status, a 2025 North America's 50 Best Art of Hospitality Award, and an 81-point La Liste ranking, placing it at the summit of the province's creative dining tier.
Montréal, Canada
A dim, stylish hideaway offering custom cocktails.
Cambridge, Canada
Set on a rural estate outside Cambridge, Ontario, Langdon Hall has spent 36 years building one of Canada's most serious dining programs. Chef Jason Bangerter's nine-course tasting menu draws on 85% Ontario-sourced ingredients, a 23,500-bottle cellar, and a front-of-house team whose wine program holds recognition from La Liste and Michelin. It is a formal, unhurried experience designed for guests who want the full thing.
Vancouver, Canada
Among Vancouver's Michelin-starred contemporary restaurants, Published on Main occupies a particular position: a foraging-forward tasting counter on Main Street that draws as much from the Pacific Northwest forest floor as from Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson's German-Manitoban upbringing. Ranked #21 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America Casual list and awarded Star Wine List's top spot in 2025, it functions equally well as a neighbourhood bar seat or a full 11-course destination dinner.
Toronto, Canada
A Michelin-starred tasting menu house on Niagara Street, Edulis operates four evenings a week plus Sunday lunch, drawing on the great bistro traditions of Spain and France to produce seafood-forward, seasonally driven menus that have earned consistent placement on Opinionated About Dining's North America list and 94 points from La Liste in 2026. The table is yours for the evening, the phone policy is firm, and the Sunday lunch has a devoted following of its own.
Montréal, Canada
Mon Lapin delivers a luxury modern cuisine experience where playful creativity meets refined technique. In an intimate, design-forward setting, the chef crafts a seasonal, market-driven menu that celebrates peak ingredients and artful plating. Expect a thoughtfully paced tasting menu, an eclectic wine program with rare finds, and warm, detail-obsessed service. Well-suited for romantic dinners and special occasions, Mon Lapin turns every course into a polished, memorable moment.
Toronto, Canada
On College Street, Quetzal anchors Toronto's serious Mexican dining with an eight-metre indoor fire pit and tortillas pressed from nixtamalised heirloom corn. Chef Steven Molnar's open-fire technique draws on regional Mexican tradition while sourcing Canadian produce, earning consistent recognition from La Liste and Opinionated About Dining. The bar programme, built around mezcal, tequila, and reimagined Mexican classics, runs parallel to the kitchen in ambition.
Montréal, Canada
Three decades after Normand Laprise made local sourcing a statement rather than a default, Toqué remains the reference point for Quebec's haute cuisine conversation. Holding a Michelin Plate and a place on La Liste's global rankings, it operates at the summit of Montreal's fine dining tier, with a multi-course format built around seasonal produce and French technique expressed through an unmistakably Québécois lens.
Toronto, Canada
On the third floor of a Spadina Avenue building, Alo has spent nearly a decade accumulating the kind of critical recognition that reshapes how Toronto is perceived abroad. A Michelin star, consistent placement on Canada's 100 Best, and a recent entry on the San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants mark it as the city's benchmark for contemporary French tasting-menu dining. The format is 10 courses, the sourcing is international, and the standard has not slipped.
Toronto, Canada
Two Michelin stars and a consistent presence on Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings place Sushi Masaki Saito in a separate tier from Toronto's broader Japanese dining scene. Hokkaido-born, Tokyo-trained Chef Masaki Saito runs a strictly omakase counter at 88 Avenue Road, sourcing fish exclusively from Japan, a supply chain with no close rival in Canada. Reservations are essential and seats are limited.
Vancouver, Canada
Elisa is Yaletown's benchmark wood-fired steakhouse, operated by Toptable Group and awarded a Michelin Plate in 2025. Chef Andrew Richardson works a bespoke Grillworks Infierno grill across premium cuts from British Columbia, the US, and Japan. A 6,000-bottle cellar with a 700-selection wine list, led by Wine Director Franco Michienzi, rounds out one of Vancouver's most complete occasion-dining rooms.
Toronto, Canada
Awarded a Michelin star in 2024 and ranked among La Liste's top restaurants globally, the kitchen runs an eight-course tasting menu that balances Amalfi Coast heritage with Canadian ingredient sourcing. The wine list spans nearly 5,000 bottles with depth across Piedmont, Tuscany, Burgundy, and Bordeaux.
Vancouver, Canada
A Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant in Kitsilano, AnnaLena holds a position among Vancouver's most consistently recognized contemporary kitchens, with appearances on La Liste (78pts, 2026) and Opinionated About Dining's North America list. Chef Mike Robbins runs a continually evolving menu rooted in seasonal precision, while wine director Reverie Beall curates small-producer bottles that match the kitchen's register without overwhelming it.
Toronto, Canada
A Michelin-starred contemporary restaurant in Toronto's Financial District, Restaurant 20 Victoria operates a 24-seat dining room and front lounge under chef Julie Hyde, whose European training underpins precise sauce work and seafood-led tasting menus. Ranked in both La Liste's top restaurants (81 points, 2026) and Opinionated About Dining's North America list, it occupies a small but credentialed tier within the city's fine dining scene.
Vancouver, Canada
On East Georgia Street in Vancouver's Chinatown-adjacent corridor, Laowai occupies a part of the city where older immigrant food traditions and newer independent restaurant culture have been converging for years. The address places it inside one of Vancouver's more texturally interesting dining neighbourhoods, where sourcing decisions and cultural framing carry as much weight as technique.
Toronto, Canada
Inside a former bank building on College Street, DaNico holds a Michelin star for Chef Daniele Corona's tasting menus, which move through seasonal Italian cooking with global inflections and luxurious ingredients. The wine program spans 595 selections with particular depth in Italy and France, overseen by Wine Director Julie Garton. It sits at the summit of Toronto's Italian fine-dining tier, alongside peers like Osteria Giulia and Buca.
Toronto, Canada
Thirty years into its run, Canoe remains the clearest argument for what contemporary Canadian cooking can be at the summit of the market. On the 54th floor of the TD Bank Tower, the kitchen works a seasonally driven menu anchored in Canadian terroir, farmed, foraged, fished, while the room delivers panoramic views of Toronto and Lake Ontario that few dining rooms in the country can match.
Vancouver, Canada
L'Abattoir occupies a 19th-century brick-and-beam building on Carrall Street in Gastown, where it has held a position at the summit of Vancouver's French-influenced contemporary dining tier for over fifteen years. Earning a Michelin Plate in 2025 and ranked in both La Liste and Opinionated About Dining, it pairs West Coast ingredients with classical French technique in a format that has evolved from tasting-menu rigidity toward a more fluid à la carte structure.
Toronto, Canada
Osteria Giulia brings Ligurian cuisine to Yorkville with a Michelin star and a menu that focuses on the seafood-rich coast rather than the usual pan-Italian repertoire. Chef Rob Rossi's uptown room, with its candlelit cream walls and blond-oak tables, is the kind of place that absorbs a milestone dinner without effort. La Liste ranked it among the world's top restaurants in both 2025 and 2026.
Vancouver, Canada
St. Lawrence has been a fixture of Vancouver's serious dining scene since 2017, translating Québécois and classical French traditions through a menu that shifts with B.C. seasons and small-farm sourcing. Ranked #125 in North America by Opinionated About Dining (2025) and consistently placed in La Liste's top tier, it sits on Powell Street in Gastown and operates Tuesday through Sunday from 5 PM.
Montréal, Canada
The wine program spans 1,150 bottles across Bordeaux, Burgundy, Italy, Australia, and California, with three sommeliers guiding a list that prices at moderate markup. Two sittings serve lunch and dinner, with a weekend afternoon tea format.
Quebec City, Canada
Quebec City's Old Port has a small cluster of tasting-menu restaurants operating at serious ambition levels, Laurie Raphaël sits at that tier's upper end, holding a Michelin star and AAA 5 Diamond designation as of 2025. Chef Raphaël Vézina builds ten-or-so-course menus around regional terroir and rotating thematic frameworks, backed by a wine program of 600 selections and 2,800 bottles deep, weighted toward Burgundy and Canadian producers.
Canada
Selected entries from the current guide for Canada.
Toronto, Canada
Toronto's only member of The Leading Hotels of the World sits on Yorkville Avenue at the precise intersection of the neighbourhood's art-gallery concentration and designer retail strip. Awarded Michelin 2 Keys in 2024 and 97.5 points on La Liste's 2026 hotel ranking, the 77-room property, designed by Yabu Pushelberg, carries the city's most legible five-star credentials in a boutique format.
Joe Batt's Arm, Canada
Fogo Island Inn sits on a remote island off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, where 29 rooms with floor-to-ceiling ocean views occupy a structure that reinterprets traditional Maritime vernacular through a contemporary architectural lens. Rated 98.5 points by La Liste (2026), awarded Michelin 3 Keys (2024), and ranked sixth in Condé Nast's Best Hotels list (2025), it operates as a social business that reinvests all operating surpluses into the surrounding community.
Toronto, Canada
The Four Seasons Toronto holds a particular position in Yorkville: it is the brand's global headquarters city, which means the 259-room Yorkville tower carries an implicit obligation to set the standard. Awarded Forbes Five Stars, Michelin Two Keys (2024), and a 98.5-point score on La Liste's 2026 hotel ranking, it delivers on that obligation through room scale, service consistency, and Café Boulud's French kitchen.
Whistler, Canada
At the foot of Blackcomb and Whistler mountains, Four Seasons Resort Whistler earned Michelin 2 Keys recognition in 2024 and a spot on Condé Nast's 2025 Best Resorts list at number 27. Its 273 rooms pair gas fireplaces with deep soaking tubs, while the full-service spa, heated outdoor pool, and dedicated Ski Concierge make it the area's most complete four-season retreat.
Tofino, Canada
A Relais & Châteaux property on Chesterman Beach, Wickaninnish Inn earns Michelin 2 Keys (2024) and a 95-point La Liste Top Hotels ranking (2026) for its 75-room cedar structure where old-growth rainforest meets the open Pacific. Rates start from US$496 per night. Storm-watching season, The Pointe Restaurant, and the Ancient Cedars Spa define the property's draw on Vancouver Island's remote west coast.
Tofino, Canada
Reachable only by seaplane or boat from Vancouver, Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge sits on the Bedwell River amid 600 acres of Vancouver Island old-growth forest. Twenty-five canvas tents furnished with Victorian-era campaign styling and contemporary interiors house guests who come for guided wilderness expeditions, open-fire Cookhouse dining built on locally foraged ingredients, and a waterfront spa. Rates begin at CAD 2,950 per night, with stays structured around Thursday and Sunday seaplane departures.
Vancouver Island, Canada
Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge earned Three MICHELIN Keys in 2025, placing it among a small cohort of Canadian wilderness properties recognised at that level. Set in the Bedwell River Valley on Vancouver Island's remote west coast, it operates in the premium tented-camp format where remoteness, ecological context, and the quality of the overnight stay define the guest experience far more than conventional hotel amenities.
Vancouver, Canada
Originally opened in 1927 and restored under the Rosewood flag in 2011, Hotel Georgia occupies a rare position in Vancouver's downtown core: a property with genuine historical weight and the critical recognition to match. A 2024 Michelin Two Keys recipient and Canada's Leading Luxury Hotel at the 2025 World Travel Awards, it houses 156 rooms, five distinct dining outlets, and a saltwater lap pool beneath a skylit ceiling at 801 West Georgia Street.
Montréal, Canada
The property connects directly to Holt Renfrew Ogilvy and houses chef Marcus Samuelsson's first Canadian restaurant, positioning it as the neighbourhood's most prominent full-service luxury address.
North Hatley, Canada
Rated #1 Best Resort Hotel in Canada by Travel + Leisure and awarded two Michelin Keys in 2024, Manoir Hovey is a five-star Relais & Châteaux estate on Lake Massawippi in Quebec's Eastern Townships. Its 52 individually decorated rooms and suites, year-round complimentary activities, and gastronomic restaurant Le Hatley place it among the more accomplished country-house properties in North America. Rates start from US$337 per night.
Montréal, Canada
A neo-Renaissance mansion turned luxury hotel in Montreal's Golden Square Mile, Le Mount Stephen holds a 2024 Michelin Key and Leading Hotels of the World membership. The 90-room property splits between a meticulously preserved 1883 heritage building, home to the British-inspired Bar George, and a sharply contemporary guest tower with chromotherapy showers, Toto washlets, and floor-to-ceiling windows. Rates from $300 per night.
Whistler, Canada
Among Whistler's largest ski-in, ski-out properties, Fairmont Chateau Whistler sits at the base of Blackcomb Mountain with 519 rooms, a AAA 4-Diamond rating, and a 2024 Michelin 2 Keys designation. Its grand railway hotel architecture, slopeside pools, Robert Trent Jones Jr. golf course, and Fairmont Gold lounge distinguish it from smaller boutique competitors in the village.
Toronto, Canada
Opened in August 2021, 1 Hotel Toronto brings the brand's signature sustainability-forward design to King West Village, earning a Michelin Key in 2024 and a Forbes Recommended designation in 2025. Its 112 rooms combine organic textures with contemporary interiors, while on-site dining runs from the farm-to-table 1 Kitchen to Harriet's Rooftop bar. Rates start around $686 per night.
Toronto, Canada
Awarded a Michelin Key in 2024 following a $400 million restoration, Park Hyatt Toronto occupies a commanding position at Avenue Road and Bloor Street in Yorkville, Toronto's most concentrated luxury corridor. With 219 guest rooms, 40 suites, and a curated Canadian art collection threaded throughout, it sits in the upper tier of the city's full-service hotel market alongside the Four Seasons and.
Vancouver, Canada
A Relais & Châteaux member and Michelin Key recipient, the Wedgewood Hotel occupies Robson Square in the heart of downtown Vancouver with 83 rooms and suites decorated in European antiques and dark wood paneling. Rates start from US$375 per night. Bacchus Restaurant & Lounge, Michelin-recommended, serves modern European cuisine nightly with live entertainment, and the property has been privately family-owned for over 40 years.
Montréal, Canada
Operating from its Sherbrooke Street address since 1912, The Ritz-Carlton Montreal holds a distinct position in the Golden Square Mile as the city's longest-standing luxury hotel. With 96 rooms, 33 suites, the Dom Pérignon Champagne Bar in the Palm Court, and Maison Boulud's 130-seat restaurant, the property functions as both a hotel and a civic institution for those who return to it repeatedly.
Quebec City, Canada
Occupying a 17th-century merchant warehouse on the St. Lawrence waterfront in Old Quebec City, Auberge Saint-Antoine positions itself at the intersection of archaeological history and contemporary hospitality. The property holds a Star Wine List recognition for 2026, and its two drinking venues, Artefact and Coteau, draw on Quebec's material past in ways that few addresses in the city can credibly replicate.
Banff, Canada
Standing above the confluence of the Bow and Spray Rivers in Banff National Park, Fairmont Banff Springs is Canada's grand railway-era castle translated into a working luxury hotel. Its 724 rooms, 12 seasonal restaurants and lounges, Willow Stream spa, Stanley Thompson golf course, and Michelin One Key recognition (2024) place it at the uppermost tier of mountain resort hospitality in the country.
Toronto, Canada
Hotel Toronto occupies the first 17 floors of a 66-storey tower at 188 University Avenue, earning a Michelin Key in 2024. Its 202 rooms sit between the financial and entertainment districts, with a 20,000-square-foot wellness floor, Miraj Hammam Spa, and Momofuku on property. Rates begin around CAD $966 per night.
Lake Louise, Canada
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise sits inside Banff National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two hours west of Calgary. With 487 rooms, a Michelin Key (2024), a La Liste score of 90.5 points, six restaurants, and a full-service spa, this railway-era grand hotel remains the reference point for mountain luxury in the Canadian Rockies, operating year-round at rates from $715 per night.
Victoria, Canada
Victoria's landmark Fairmont Empress has anchored the Inner Harbour since 1908, earning a Michelin Key, Forbes Four-Star recognition, and placement at #2 in Travel + Leisure's 2024 Best Canadian City Hotels ranking. Following a $60-million restoration completed in 2017, its 464 rooms, Willow Stream Spa, and the daily Tea at the Empress remain the reference point for grand-hotel hospitality on Vancouver Island.
Quebec City, Canada
Fairmont Le Château Frontenac is Quebec City's most photographed structure and one of Canada's most recognisable railway hotels, a 610-room castle above the St. Lawrence bluff that holds a 2026 Star Wine List award and a La Liste score of 94 points. The hotel anchors Vieux-Québec's UNESCO World Heritage district and operates two distinct dining outlets, from the formal French room of Le Champlain to the casual international fare of Bistro Le SAM.
Toronto, Canada
Bisha Hotel Toronto occupies a 44-floor tower at 80 Blue Jays Way, bringing 96 rooms divided between Studio Munge and Kravitz Design interiors to the Entertainment District. A Michelin Key recipient in 2024 and winner of the 2025 World Travel Awards for Ontario's Leading Boutique Hotel, the property anchors its identity in rooftop dining, a design-forward aesthetic, and a location that puts King Street West within walking distance.
Lake Louise, Canada
A WWII-era ski lodge transformed into one of Alberta's most considered mountain retreats, Post Hotel & Spa sits inside Banff National Park with 97 rooms, a Michelin Key-recognised restaurant, and a wine cellar that draws serious collectors. Rates start from US$321 per night, and the property earns a 4.6/5 rating across guest reviews, credentials that place it well above the standard Rocky Mountain resort formula.
Canada
Selected entries from the current guide for Canada.
Vancouver, Canada
On the mezzanine level of the Fairmont Pacific Rim, Botanist delivers Pacific Northwest contemporary cooking through a plant-first lens, with Chef Hector Laguna's Mexican-inflected technique shaping seasonal menus that change seven to eight times a year. A Michelin Plate recognition and a 435-label wine program overseen by sommelier Matthew Jacobson make this one of Vancouver's more complete fine-dining propositions at the summit of the city's price tier.
Toronto, Canada
Bar Pompette gives Toronto's Little Italy a French-accented cocktail room with serious technical range beneath the café ease. Recognition from World's 50 Best Bars, North America's 50 Best Bars, Top 500 Bars and the 2026 Tales Spirited Awards places it in the city's higher cocktail tier, but the appeal is less trophy-case polish than sharp drinks, local-seasonal thinking and a room built for lingering.
Montréal, Canada
A dim, stylish hideaway offering custom cocktails.
Toronto, Canada
Library Bar Toronto is a grand-hotel cocktail room with a literary spine: Deco accents, a former guest-library setting, and a drinks program tied to Michael Ondaatje’s Toronto novel In the Skin of a Lion. Its credibility rests on more than nostalgia, with James Grant’s Internationally prominent Global Bartender of the Year title and recognition from North America’s Best Bars and Top 500 Bars.
Montréal, Canada
Ranked #36 among North America's best bars in 2025, Atwater Cocktail Club has grown from a neighbourhood cinq à sept spot into one of Montreal's most decorated drinking destinations without losing the local ease that defines it. A deep collection of rare agave and sugar-cane spirits anchors a cocktail program that runs from technically inventive milk punches to approachable classics, all served in a glittery, DJ-driven room on Avenue Atwater.
Toronto, Canada
Civil Liberties is Toronto’s no-menu cocktail reference point: a neighbourhood bar with serious technique, custom drinks, and enough international recognition to place it beyond local cult status. Its 2026 Tales Spirited Awards Regional Top 10 Honoree nod for Best International Bar Team – Canada, plus multiple North America’s 50 Best Bars rankings, put the room in a competitive tier where hospitality matters as much as drink construction.
Montréal, Canada
Mon Lapin delivers a luxury modern cuisine experience where playful creativity meets refined technique. In an intimate, design-forward setting, the chef crafts a seasonal, market-driven menu that celebrates peak ingredients and artful plating. Expect a thoughtfully paced tasting menu, an eclectic wine program with rare finds, and warm, detail-obsessed service. Well-suited for romantic dinners and special occasions, Mon Lapin turns every course into a polished, memorable moment.
Toronto, Canada
Bar Mordecai sits in Toronto's modern cocktail conversation as a high-energy room with a serious drinks program beneath the theatre. Its North America's 50 Best Bars placements from 2022 through 2025, plus a Top 500 Bars rank in 2026, put it beyond neighbourhood novelty and into the city's recognised bar tier.
Vancouver, Canada
Rooted in Vancouver's Chinatown, The Keefer Bar translates traditional Chinese medicine into a cocktail format, bitter-forward, ingredient-precise, and warm enough to feel like a neighbourhood institution. Ranked #28 in North America's 50 Best Bars (2025) and #225 globally, it pairs Asian-accented drinks with dim sum sourced from next-door suppliers, all in a dark, backlit room where live DJs set the tone.
Montréal, Canada
The Coldroom belongs to Montréal’s serious cocktail tier: a low-lit speakeasy format with a door ritual, a compact room, and enough international recognition to separate it from theme-bar theatre. Its 2026 Tales Spirited Awards regional Top 10 honour for Best International Bar Team in Canada and North America’s 50 Best Bars placement put the programme in a competitive Canadian frame.
Calgary, Canada
Perched above a convenience store on 14th Avenue SW, Missy's is one of Calgary's most decorated bars, ranked #52 on World's 50 Best North America's Best Bars (2025) and recognised by Star Wine List. The 350-bottle wine program spans Grand Cru Champagne, Madeira, and sherry alongside 14 precisely built house cocktails and deep spirits lists. Small snacks and party shots round out a format that punches well above its no-frills setting.
Vancouver, Canada
On East Georgia Street in Vancouver's Chinatown-adjacent corridor, Laowai occupies a part of the city where older immigrant food traditions and newer independent restaurant culture have been converging for years. The address places it inside one of Vancouver's more texturally interesting dining neighbourhoods, where sourcing decisions and cultural framing carry as much weight as technique.
Toronto, Canada
On Queen Street West, Mother has ranked among North America's top bars three consecutive years on the World's 50 Best list, reaching #37 in 2023. The program is built around fermentation, with bar lead Massimo Zitti, 2022 Internationally prominent Canada Bartender of the Year, drawing on ingredients like bee pollen and black garlic. The food earns its own attention, particularly the garlic-and-Parmesan fries and house-made sourdough with miso butter.
Toronto, Canada
Behind a whitewashed-brick gallery façade on Dundas West, Cry Baby Gallery conceals a golden-lit bar with a curved counter and a drinks list that earns its ranking at #68 on World's 50 Best North America's Best Bars 2025. The whisky, agave, and amari selection runs deeper than the room's art-gallery aesthetic suggests, and the cocktail program rewards the curious. Plan ahead: the room is small and word has spread.
Toronto, Canada
Bar Raval on College Street is Toronto's most-awarded casual Spanish bar, holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand and back-to-back Opinionated About Dining recognition through 2023–2025. The pintxos-and-vermouth format, anchored by Grant van Gameren's kitchen instincts, draws a tight, loyal crowd to one of the city's most consistently cited mid-price rooms.
Calgary, Canada
On Prince's Island Park, The River Café has operated since 1991 as one of Calgary's most critically recognised restaurants, earning consecutive Opinionated About Dining rankings in North America and a La Liste score of 76 points in 2025. The kitchen works exclusively with Canadian and Albertan ingredients, the wine list runs to 5,000 bottles with particular depth in Burgundy and Tuscany, and the setting, river on one side, tree canopy on the other, is unlike anything else in the city.
Toronto, Canada
Civil Works landed at #55 on North America's Best Bars 2025, and the ranking reflects a bar that plays against type: hotel-lounge scale and finish, but with a menu rooted in juvenile wit and technically serious cocktail craft. From Jell-O shots built on Fernet and Coke to beach-inspired originals, it occupies a specific niche in Toronto's bar scene, ambitious programming dressed in a party-bar sensibility.
Victoria, Canada
Ranked #69 on World's 50 Best North America's Best Bars 2025, Humboldt Bar at 722 Humboldt St builds its entire identity around 19th-century naturalist Alexander von Humboldt: drinks, artwork, and sharing plates all trace back to the explorer's journeys. The corner banquette is the seat to claim..
Toronto, Canada
Perched above Midtown Toronto on Benvenuto Place, Scaramouche has anchored the city's formal French dining scene since 1980. Under chef Keith Froggett, the kitchen holds a Michelin Plate and a La Liste score of 77 points, while the room's hillside view over the downtown skyline remains one of the city's most recognisable dining backdrops. Business casual dress code; complimentary valet parking provided.
Montréal, Canada
Bar Bello brings the Italian aperitivo tradition to Mile-Ex with a program that earned a spot at #84 on World's 50 Best North America's Best Bars 2025. From a vintage Negroni vending machine to long lists of amari and Italian vermouths, this is a bar built around bitterness, leisure, and the unhurried pleasure of the pre-dinner hour, with a large patio that earns its reputation through warm-weather months.
Vancouver, Canada
Behind a faux turf club front on Main Street, Bagheera transports you into a glittering bar-car interior drawn from 1900s British India and Rudyard Kipling's world. The Vancouver speakeasy, from the team behind Laowai, frames every drink through colonial-era literary references, including the saffron-infused Man's Red Flower. It is immersive cocktail theatre with genuine cultural roots.
Montréal, Canada
Once a Chinatown basement fixture, Le Mal Nécessaire has relocated to a 4,000-square-foot downtown space that trades the original's cult scarcity for velvet-booth comfort and a full dance floor. The tiki-inflected cocktail program, ranked No. 350 on the 2025 Top 500 Bars list, remains the main event. DJs spin nightly from 6 p.m., and the room fills accordingly.
Montréal, Canada
Annette bar à vin holds a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand and operates from Rosemont's Molson industrial corridor with a wine list of 875 selections and 2,750 bottles in inventory. The kitchen runs modern Canadian cuisine at dinner, priced in the mid-range bracket, with a sommelier team and a wine program weighted toward France and domestic producers.
Calgary, Canada
Its menu is built around the science of scent pairings, earning a place on World's 50 Best North America's Best Bars list in 2025. The room is intimate, the program is technical, and the overall effect is more neighbourhood fixture than destination showpiece.
Canada
Selected entries from the current guide for Canada.
Niagara Falls, Canada
Inniskillin sits at the northern edge of Niagara wine country, where continental winters shape one of Canada's most recognizable wine identities. For visitors to the region, it is a reference point for understanding what the Niagara Peninsula's extreme seasonality produces in the glass.
Calgary, Canada
Alberta Distillers in Calgary's southeast industrial corridor is one of Canada's longest-operating whisky producers. The facility sits within a category of Canadian distillers defined by scale, grain sourcing, and climate-driven maturation. For those tracing the roots of Canadian whisky production, it represents a foundational reference point in the western tradition.
Cambridge, Canada
The operation sits firmly within Tasmania's premium cool-climate tier, where restrained fruit expression and site specificity define the region's identity. Visitors should contact the producer directly to confirm current opening arrangements and tasting formats.
Lake Country, Canada
50th Parallel Estate Winery puts Lake Country’s Okanagan position into sharp focus: Pinot Noir, aromatic whites, granite-influenced vineyard land, and a modern estate format built around tasting, dining, and cave experiences. The draw is not rustic nostalgia but a polished winery visit where the vineyard, lake views, and contemporary hospitality all point back to place.
Okanagan Falls, Canada
Blue Mountain Vineyard is a small estate winery in Okanagan Falls shaped by cool-climate varieties, family stewardship and a shoreline site above Vaseux Lake. The draw is not spectacle but terroir: estate-grown Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Gamay Noir, Sauvignon Blanc and sparkling rosé, with a quiet tasting format built around the land rather than a broad hospitality complex.
Oliver, Canada
Burrowing Owl Winery Estate puts the South Okanagan’s desert edge in the glass: Bordeaux-style reds, still whites, rosé and dessert wines from an estate setting shaped by heat, gravelly soils and cool nights. The Oliver property suits travellers who want a polished but relaxed tasting format, conservation context, vineyard views and enough structure to make the visit feel educational rather than casual sampling.
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.
Oliver, Canada
Culmina Family Estate Winery is a Golden Mile Bench estate in Oliver focused on site-driven Okanagan wines, especially Bordeaux-style reds, Riesling, Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Viognier and rosé. The appeal is quieter than the high-traffic tasting circuit: vineyard views, a composed estate setting and a portfolio built around what this warm, dry South Okanagan bench can do with structure and acidity.
Winnipeg, Canada
Jones Wines is a Winnipeg wine merchant built around curation rather than estate production, with a broad private-store selection and staff sommelier guidance. Its role is cultural as much as retail: translating small-producer bottles, global regions, and value-led buying into a local Manitoba context.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
Lakeview Cellars, now operating under the Lakeview Wine Co. name, represents the accessible, multi-label side of Niagara-on-the-Lake wine tourism. Its strength is VQA wine from Niagara-grown grapes, a broad portfolio across still, sparkling and dessert styles, and a visitor format built around guided tastings, tours and Canadian wine education.
Markham, Canada
The property represents the quieter, land-focused end of Ontario's broader winemaking conversation, where terroir expression and regional identity matter more than volume or visibility.
Prince Edward County, Canada
Norman Hardie Wines gives Prince Edward County’s cool-climate argument a clear visitor format: limestone-and-clay terroir, Burgundian varieties, visible production, and a lively pizza-and-wine rhythm rather than formal tasting-room theatre. The draw is the combination of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Cabernet Franc with a working mezzanine setting that keeps the cellar, not décor, at the centre of the experience.
Penticton, Canada
Painted Rock Estate Winery is a Skaha Bench estate in Penticton built around single-vineyard Okanagan wines, with a contemporary tasting room above Skaha Lake. The draw is not spectacle but site expression: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Chardonnay, Malbec and Cabernet Franc framed by a 56-acre estate, a restrained room, and a wine-club culture that signals real demand.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
Pillitteri Estates Winery is a Niagara-on-the-Lake estate shaped by family farming, local fruit sourcing, and Icewine production. The visit reads as a working-winery stop rather than a tasting-room-only appointment, with vineyard and barrel-cellar context, VQA wines, casual patio food, and interactive pairing formats built around the region’s cold-climate strengths.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
Queenston Mile Vineyard gives Niagara-on-the-Lake’s cool-climate story a contemporary hospitality frame: vineyard views, a sleek tasting room, food pairing options, and event-ready barn spaces. The portfolio moves across Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Rosé, Meritage, sparkling, and pét-nat, with a NWAC Gold Medal note attached to its Meritage.
Austin, Canada
Based in Austin, it operates within a city better known for whiskey craft than spirits heritage, which makes its recognition notable. For visitors tracking awarded producers across North America, it belongs on the itinerary alongside the city's other credentialed makers.
Victoria, Canada
Shadowfax Wines belongs in Victoria’s quieter drinks conversation: less spectacle, more attention to how coastal British Columbia’s climate shapes what ends up in the glass.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
Stratus Vineyards reads Niagara-on-the-Lake through a modern, sustainability-led lens: a 55-acre Niagara Lakeshore estate planted to 16 grape varieties, with assemblage wines at the centre of the program. The experience is calm rather than theatrical, built around guided tastings, food-and-wine formats, vineyard views, and a design-forward LEED-certified winery opened in 2005.
Lincoln, Canada
Tawse Winery sits in Lincoln’s Niagara wine country with a terroir-first identity: VQA Twenty Mile Bench, estate-grounded hospitality, organic and biodynamic sourcing signals, and a cellar program shaped for cool-climate Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc. The mood is quiet rather than theatrical, with guided tasting formats and underground cellars giving the visit a measured, wine-focused pace.
Beamsville, Canada
Thirty Bench Wine Makers gives Beamsville Bench a clear estate-winery reading: small-lot production, grapes grown from its own vineyards, and a visitor format built around seated tastings and vineyard time. The appeal is less about spectacle than site expression, with Riesling and classic red varieties anchoring a portfolio shaped by the Niagara Escarpment and Lake Ontario influence.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
Two Sisters Vineyards sits in Niagara-on-the-Lake’s polished estate-winery tier, where Bordeaux-influenced reds, Italian dining cues, and vineyard-facing hospitality carry equal weight. The family-owned property has a National Wine Awards “Best Small Winery in Canada” accolade, a year-round tasting program, and a setting built for visitors who want the wine framed by food, landscape, and ceremony.
Toronto, Canada
Toronto’s city wine culture has moved beyond the binary of downtown bars and rural tasting rooms. Downtown Winery works in the middle ground: a family-owned urban winery, bottle shop lounge, snack bar, and cellar-tasting space on the Ossington Strip, with house-made wines, flights, by-the-glass pours, and a small-room energy that suits groups as much as casual tasting.
Lake Country, Canada
Gray Monk Estate Winery gives Lake Country a long-view reading of Okanagan terroir: aromatic whites, cool-climate reds, and a vineyard-led tasting format shaped by more than 50 years of production. Founded in 1972 by George and Trudy Heiss, it remains a useful stop for understanding how long seasons and varied soils translate into Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Merlot.
Kelowna, Canada
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.
