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GuideUpdated July 15, 2026

20 Best Takeout Restaurants in Vancouver

20 Vancouver restaurants worth ordering from — from neighbourhood staples to polished spots that travel well.

The best takeout restaurants in Vancouver are Hyderabad Haveli, Oshi Nori, Dhamaka Indian Restaurant | Vancouver, and more. Start with Hyderabad Haveli if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Marcus Chen•20 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
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Hyderabad HaveliOshi NoriDhamaka Indian Restaurant | Vancouver
20 Best Takeout Restaurants in Vancouver
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Top picks at a glance

#1Hyderabad HaveliIndian • Vancouver • value#2Oshi NoriJapanese • Yaletown • value#3Dhamaka Indian Restaurant | VancouverIndian • Mount Pleasant • value

Who this guide is for

The best takeout in Vancouver holds up from bag to plate. These picks are sorted by rating and review volume — places that have earned consistent praise for food that's just as good at home. Picks span Vancouver, Yaletown and Mount Pleasant.

Quick picks

Hyderabad Haveli
Indian • Vancouver
Hyderabad Haveli on Kingsway has built a clear reputation as a specialist in Hyderabadi dum biryani — the sealed-pot, slow-cooked form that demands more from a kitchen than any other preparation in…
Oshi Nori
Japanese • Yaletown
Yaletown gets a lot of sushi rooms that mistake price for ambition.
Dhamaka Indian Restaurant | Vancouver
Indian • Mount Pleasant
Dhamaka has built its reputation in Mount Pleasant on a proposition that is rare in Vancouver: biryani treated as the main event rather than an afterthought on a sprawling menu.
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Editorial details
Author: Marcus Chen
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

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  1. 1. Hyderabad HaveliView →
  2. 2. Oshi NoriView →
  3. 3. Dhamaka Indian Restaurant | VancouverView →
  4. 4. Krsma Indian RestaurantView →
  5. 5. PiCaDoView →
  6. 6. Cilantro Indian CuisineView →
  7. 7. VanLove sushi & moreView →
  8. 8. Miku VancouverView →
  9. 9. Via Tevere Pizzeria Victoria DriveView →
  10. 10. Rocky Mountain Flatbread, VancouverView →
  11. 11. Romano's PizzaView →
  12. 12. Zab Bite - Thai E-Sarn CuisineView →
  13. 13. Toshi SushiView →
  14. 14. MinamiView →
  15. 15. Momo SushiView →
  16. 16. Sula Indian Restaurant, Main StreetView →
  17. 17. Hello Nori - RobsonView →
  18. 18. Bun Cha Ca Hoang YenView →
  19. 19. AJ's Brooklyn Pizza JointView →
  20. 20. Kishimoto Japanese RestaurantView →

How the restaurants compare

Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Hyderabad Haveli
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Hyderabad Haveli
Vancouver • Indian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Indian comfort
Mood
Casual
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Oshi Nori
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Oshi Nori
Yaletown • Japanese
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Sushi
Mood
Yaletown
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Dhamaka Indian Restaurant | Vancouver
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Dhamaka Indian Restaurant | Vancouver
Mount Pleasant • Indian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Indian comfort
Mood
Mount Pleasant
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Krsma Indian Restaurant
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Krsma Indian Restaurant
Vancouver • Indian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Indian comfort
Mood
Casual

How we chose

We looked for restaurants that feel like a strong fit for the guide topic, not just the most obvious names in the city. The shortlist favors rooms with clear mood, dependable pacing, and enough distinction to help someone decide faster. Read our full methodology →

Room tone

Lighting, pace, and general energy all need to support the reason someone clicked this guide.

Food fit

We favored restaurants that feel best suited for the moment, not just restaurants with broad reputation.

Useful range

The final list tries to give readers enough variation in neighborhood, price, and style to compare real options.

20 ranked picks

Hyderabad Haveli — Hyderabad Haveli on Kingsway has built a clear reputation as a specialist in Hyderabadi dum biryani — the sealed-pot, slow-cooked form that demands more from a kitchen than any other preparation in the biryani canon. In a city where the dish gets made a hundred different ways and debated just as passionately, this is the room that keeps coming up when people specifically want that style done with focus and consistency. The menu is not trying to be everything; it is organized around one tradition, and that commitment is precisely what draws the regulars. The two orders that diners consistently point to are the Chicken Dum Biryani and the Goat Dum Biryani. Both are built on long-grain basmati layered with premium spices and meat, slow-cooked under a sealed lid — the dum process — so the rice reportedly absorbs the aromatics from within rather than receiving them as an afterthought. The result, by most accounts, is a platter that treats biryani as the centrepiece of a meal rather than its accompaniment. The Hyderabadi curries round out the menu for those who want to build a broader spread, though the biryanis are widely regarded as the reason to make the trip. If you are choosing between the two biryanis, the goat is the one most often recommended. Practical reality: this is a casual, price-accessible spot that functions as well as a takeout destination as it does a sit-down one. Service can reportedly stretch thin during peak hours when floor coverage is limited, so building in patience is less a complaint than a planning note. Come with a clear order in mind, go for the goat dum biryani if you are undecided, and keep expectations calibrated to a neighbourhood specialist doing one thing seriously. View restaurant →
Oshi Nori — Yaletown gets a lot of sushi rooms that mistake price for ambition. Oshi Nori, tucked into 1055 Mainland in a former barber shop, has the good sense to narrow its focus: hand rolls, built in front of you at a 25-seat wooden bar. That's the whole pitch, and it works. The Five-Piece Oshi Nori Hand Roll Set ($36) is the smart way in—salmon with ikura, negitoro brightened by unagi sauce and crispy shallots, spicy lobster with tobiko and bonito, aburi salmon, and unagi with tamago. It rewards eating each roll the second it lands, while the nori still snaps. Behind the counter you'll find chefs with real lineage—owner Paulo Lyra recruited cooks from a Michelin-recommended sushi house and a decade-running Japanese kitchen, and the precision shows. The room is intimate without being precious, a koi mural anchoring one wall. Save room for the matcha crème brûlée, which reviewers keep returning to and I understand why. It's not cheap, but the quality earns the ticket. A genuine neighborhood addition, not a hype stop. View restaurant →
Dhamaka Indian Restaurant | Vancouver — Dhamaka has built its reputation in Mount Pleasant on a proposition that is rare in Vancouver: biryani treated as the main event rather than an afterthought on a sprawling menu. The South Main room runs a South Indian and halal kitchen organized around more than two dozen biryani variations, and the scale of that commitment is what distinguishes it from the city's longer, more diffuse Indian menus. Price-point one means a full table can eat seriously without the bill becoming a conversation. The dish that diners consistently cite first is the Raju Gari Chicken Biryani — reportedly the anchor of the menu and the one that has driven the restaurant's word-of-mouth. For those who want something richer, the Ghee Roast Chicken Biryani is the natural follow-on, known for leaning deeper into fat and aromatics. Beyond the rice, the Butter Chicken is understood to be a reliable companion dish — familiar in form but executed within a kitchen that takes regional specificity seriously. The Mutton Marag is worth flagging: a Hyderabadi mutton soup built around pepper, and the kind of starter that signals the kitchen's range extends past the headline biryanis. The Mango Lassi is widely recommended as the practical counterpoint to the spicing across the menu. Consistent community feedback does note that execution can vary dish to dish, with the biryanis performing most reliably — something to keep in mind when ordering broadly. This is a restaurant built for groups and for people who want to eat with intent. The practical approach: come with enough people to share two or three biryanis side by side, let the table weigh in, and use the Mutton Marag to open before the rice arrives. View restaurant →

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Krsma Indian Restaurant — Krsma Indian Restaurant on Victoria Drive is the kind of East Vancouver room that builds a following quietly, through consistency and portion size rather than fanfare. The kitchen draws on a reported thirty-plus years of cooking experience spanning Delhi and Vancouver, and that background shows in a menu that commits seriously to the North Indian canon — not the abbreviated, crowd-pleasing version, but the fuller register that includes both the familiar comfort dishes and the Indo-Chinese crossover cooking that most comparable spots treat as an afterthought. The neighbourhood Google rating sits notably high, which in a part of the city with genuine Indian food literacy tends to mean something. The menu centers on five dishes that diners return to consistently. Butter chicken and lamb curry are the headliners — the kind of benchmarks regulars use to judge a new kitchen — but the goat curry is reportedly the dish that separates Krsma from the field, known for well-cooked meat and a spice balance that reviewers describe as deliberate rather than one-dimensional. On the vegetarian side, the paneer butter masala and dal makhani are frequently cited as having genuine depth, the dal in particular praised for the low-and-slow richness that shortcuts tend to flatten. These are not afterthought dishes; they appear to anchor the menu with the same seriousness as the meat options. Krsma reads as a casual family dinner destination or a practical group meal — the kind of place where ordering broadly makes sense because portions are large and the price point is approachable. It is open late on weekends, which makes it a useful option when the usual spots have already closed. Come with a table of four or more, order across the menu, and plan accordingly for leftovers. View restaurant →
Cilantro Indian Cuisine — Cilantro Indian Cuisine sits near City Hall on Broadway — a casual, unpretentious room that Vancouver's Fairview and Mount Pleasant crowds have folded into their regular weeknight rotation. The kitchen focuses on North Indian cooking at price-level-one value, which in this city, where Indian restaurants routinely push past mid-range thresholds, is not a small thing. A notably high volume of Google reviews trends strongly positive, suggesting the neighbourhood has made up its collective mind. The menu centers on the kind of dishes that reward ordering without overthinking. The chicken tikka masala is what diners consistently come back to reference — reportedly distinguished by a smoky depth rather than the flat, cloying creaminess that plagues lesser versions of the dish. Its vegetarian counterpart, the paneer tikka masala, draws similar praise and is widely recommended as the move for plant-forward tables. Garlic naan is cited across reviews as the right accompaniment — soft and well-made in the way good naan is supposed to be, rather than an afterthought. The combo meals are understood to be the high-value play at dinner, offering a generous spread of dishes in a single order. The lunch thali is arguably the most-discussed item: reportedly priced under twenty dollars at a time when comparable thalis around Vancouver have crept well past that mark, it represents genuine midday value in a neighbourhood that has plenty of lunch competition. Vegan and gluten-free options are available without requiring special negotiation. This is a practical recommendation for a casual lunch or a low-key neighbourhood dinner. Come at midday specifically for the thali, or lean on a combo meal when the table wants variety at dinner without a complicated bill. View restaurant →
VanLove sushi & more — There's a particular kind of Vancouver story unfolding at 1755 Robson, and it's worth your attention. VanLove Sushi & More is the work of Serhii and Dmytro, Ukrainian immigrants who ran restaurants back home before reinventing themselves here as a sushi-and-coffee shop. That history isn't a gimmick — it shows up in the rolls, where smoky salmon, cheese, and spice accents nudge Japanese technique toward Eastern Europe. The VanLove Roll, the Philadelphia, and the Miso Dynamite are the ones regulars keep ordering, all built with portions that don't leave you doing math afterward. The BC Roll holds its own for first-timers, and the miso soup is the kind of small, honest value that tells you the kitchen cares about the cheap stuff too. The room is bright and minimalist — pale woods, a visible sushi bar, café music — with quiet Ukrainian touches and a small counter of handmade souvenirs benefiting Ukraine. Two people can eat for around $60. Come for a casual lunch; stay because this is a neighborhood place with a real reason to exist. View restaurant →
Miku Vancouver — Miku holds a particular place in Vancouver's dining landscape as the originator of aburi sushi — a style in which pressed or nigiri sushi is flame-seared to order rather than served raw in the traditional sense. The format has been widely imitated across the city, which is itself a measure of how thoroughly Miku's approach has reshaped local expectations for Japanese dining. What distinguishes the original, by all consistent accounts, is the seriousness of its Pacific seafood sourcing: the aburi technique is reportedly most effective when the fish beneath the flame is genuinely worth the attention, and Miku's reputation rests substantially on that sourcing rigour. The salmon oshi — pressed sushi, flame-seared and finished with house aioli — is frequently cited as Vancouver's most recognizable restaurant dish, appearing on so many derivative menus that the original's continued reputation requires something more than novelty to sustain it. By most indications, it does. The room commands a Coal Harbour waterfront position that puts the inlet, the North Shore mountains, and Vancouver's particular evening light directly into the dining experience. Critically, the setting does not appear to function as compensation for weaker cooking — a dynamic that undermines many view restaurants — but rather as a genuine complement to a kitchen that takes its raw material as seriously as its stagecraft. The design matches the ambition of the menu, and the two are reported to cohere in a way that justifies the occasion-dining price point. Reservations are consistently flagged as essential for weekend evenings, and window seats are worth requesting specifically at the time of booking rather than on arrival. The view is specific enough, and the kitchen's reputation consistent enough, that both details warrant planning rather than luck. View restaurant →
Via Tevere Pizzeria Victoria Drive — Via Tevere operates on Victoria Drive with the quiet confidence of a place that settled its identity early and never looked back. That stretch of East Vancouver — a street the city's food community has elevated to something close to mythology — suits it perfectly. The room is small and the tables are close together, which is either charming or inconvenient depending on your tolerance for proximity, but either way it signals the point: the focus here is entirely on Neapolitan pizza executed with real discipline. This is not Vancouver's interpretation of the form. By all accounts, it is the form itself. The menu centers on a tight roster of wood-fired pies, and the ones that come up consistently are the Capricciosa — olives, artichoke, prosciutto cotto, mushroom — and the Prosciutto e Rucola, which is reportedly one of the more restrained and well-balanced options on the list. Diners tend to start with the Mozzarella di Bufala and the Parmigiana di Melanzane before the pizzas arrive, both of which are known for being straightforward in the best possible way: ingredients that are allowed to be what they are. If your table is splitting between pizza and pasta, the Gnocchi alla Sorrentina has a consistent following and is worth factoring into the conversation. The pies are described as generous, which is a useful thing to know before you over-order — a common mistake here, apparently. Practical reality: this room fills fast and does not hold empty tables for the undecided. Come early on a weeknight if you want breathing room. Book ahead regardless. Start with the bufala while your table works out the pizza situation, and try not to arrive with an agenda that extends much beyond eating well and leaving satisfied. View restaurant →
Romano's Pizza — Romano's occupies a specific and useful niche in Vancouver's downtown dining landscape — a late-night slice counter on Granville Street calibrated for the entertainment district crowd, with peak hours that reportedly run well past midnight. Judging it against Neapolitan tradition or sit-down pizzerias would be a category error. The relevant question is whether it executes its actual format well, and by most accounts, it does: fast service, low prices, and a degree of distinctiveness that the late-night slice format rarely bothers with. The detail that sets Romano's apart in the research is the crust, which is rolled in sesame seeds — a preparation diners consistently flag as the kitchen's defining signature, producing a toasty, nutty character that distinguishes these slices from the standard Granville Street offering. The Dana Spicy Chicken slice is the item regulars are most likely to recommend, known for its combination of heat and cheese pull in a format that holds up to the pace of late-night service. The menu centers on this kind of approachable, personality-driven slice rather than anything elaborate, and the pricing structure — reportedly including a Tuesday deal that brings individual slices close to two dollars — reflects a deliberate commitment to accessibility over occasion. Staff are frequently described as notably warm for the context, which matters more than it sounds at 2 a.m. The honest caveats are structural rather than damning: consistency can reportedly dip when the late-night rush is at its heaviest, and the atmosphere is what it is — a busy counter in the entertainment district, not a room designed for lingering. Come after a show or a night out, order the Dana Spicy Chicken slice, and assess it on those terms. Romano's is best understood as one of the more characterful cheap-slice options in downtown Vancouver. View restaurant →
Minami — Minami is the Yaletown sibling of Miku, and between them the two restaurants are largely credited with bringing aburi — the flame-searing technique applied to pressed and nigiri sushi — into Vancouver's mainstream consciousness. That reputation has held. Years after opening, Minami still draws the kind of consistent crowd that suggests it has crossed from trendy to genuinely established, which is a harder thing to sustain in Yaletown than it looks. The room is reported to be sleek and lively, built for groups and dates rather than quiet solo dinners, and the cooking sits at the intersection of technical Japanese tradition and a presentation style calibrated for accessibility. The menu centers on aburi sushi, and the aburi salmon oshi sushi is widely regarded as the signature — pressed rice topped with salmon and torched to order, finished with sauce in a way that diners consistently single out as the reason to come. It is the dish this kitchen is known for, and most accounts suggest ordering it before anything else. The aburi prawn cocktail is described as a clever, contemporary riff that applies the same flame-searing logic to a familiar format. For warm starters, the ebi fritters are a recurring recommendation across reviews. The Champagne roll is the indulgent specialty roll the room is known for — rich, composed, and best shared across the table rather than claimed by one person. This is a reservation restaurant, particularly on weekends, and walk-in optimism tends to be punished. The practical approach: lead with the aburi salmon oshi sushi, add the Champagne roll for the table, and fill in around them with the aburi prawn cocktail and ebi fritters depending on party size. Minami does not require explanation — book ahead and let the aburi do the talking. View restaurant →
Sula Indian Restaurant, Main Street — Sula Indian Restaurant on Main Street took Gold for Best Indian Restaurant at the 2025 Georgia Straight Golden Plates, and the recognition tracks with what the kitchen is actually doing: rather than settling into a single regional lane, the menu draws from North India, coastal Mangalore, and Delhi street food traditions simultaneously. The kitchen reportedly grinds six 'mother gravies' fresh each day and finishes them with house-ground garam masalas — a from-scratch discipline that regulars and reviewers consistently cite as the reason the food reads differently than the neighbourhood's other Indian rooms. The dishes that anchor Sula's reputation are the tandoori platter and the biryani, both described as reliable centerpieces worth planning your order around. What separates this kitchen from many of its peers, though, is how seriously the menu treats plant-based cooking: a dedicated vegan section exists not as a concession but as a genuine offering, and the vegan naan — made with coconut cream rather than dairy — is specifically called out by diners as something that stands on its own merits. The Coastal Mangalorean curry rounds out the picture, representing the kitchen's southern focus and drawing on a tradition that remains underrepresented on Vancouver menus. Beyond the food, Sula runs an Indian-inspired cocktail program built around regional spirits and botanicals, developed by an award-winning mixologist — making this one of the few Indian rooms in the city where the bar warrants its own attention before you order. Sula works for mixed tables: vegetarians and meat-eaters are both well served, and the price point keeps it accessible for groups. Book ahead for weekend evenings, and factor in time at the bar before you sit down. View restaurant →
AJ's Brooklyn Pizza Joint — AJ's Brooklyn Pizza Joint in Mount Pleasant isn't trying to impress anyone, and that apparent indifference is a large part of the appeal. In a Vancouver pizza scene that keeps drifting toward sourdough-forward tasting menus and $28 pies with names you need to Google, AJ's holds the line for what pizza was actually invented to be: unfussy, loud, deeply satisfying, and priced so reasonably you can order two styles without doing math. The room reportedly draws the Emily Carr crowd, couples who gave up debating, and anyone who considers a reservation policy an affront. Price level one. No apologies. The anchor of the menu is AJ's Detroit Red Top, and from everything documented about it, it's the reason the place has a following. Detroit-style means a thick, focaccia-adjacent crust baked in an oiled steel pan, with sauce applied on top — a format that produces caramelized, almost lacquered edges and a sturdy base that diners consistently describe as the defining order. Running it alongside the Grimaldi's Margherita is reportedly the move for anyone who wants both cities represented in one meal — New York-thin against Midwest-thick, the contrast doing the convincing. AJ's Garlic Nots are a recurring mention across reviews: pull-apart dough built around aggressive garlic, typically served with marinara for dipping, and known as the table opener that tends to disappear faster than anyone planned. The Supreme New Yorker covers the table when the group runs large, and the Meatball Trio exists for the person who claims they're not that hungry and then proves otherwise. Practical read: weekday evenings are your best shot at elbow room — weekends generate a wait that regulars seem to accept as the price of admission. Lead with the Garlic Nots, anchor the order on the Detroit Red Top, and let the group decide from there. The crust is the point. View restaurant →

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