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15 Best Restaurants in Richmond, Vancouver

The best restaurants in Richmond, Vancouver — Chinese and Seafood and more, each rated 4.0★ or higher. Top pick rated 9.6★. Curated by TastyPals.

The best restaurants in richmond in Vancouver are Lamajoun, Osmanthus Chinese Fusion Restaurant, Hello Nori - Richmond, and more. Start with Lamajoun if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Marcus Chen•15 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
LamajounOsmanthus Chinese Fusion RestaurantHello Nori - Richmond
15 Best Restaurants in Richmond, Vancouver
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Top picks at a glance

#1LamajounChinese • Richmond • value#2Osmanthus Chinese Fusion RestaurantChinese • Richmond • moderate#3Hello Nori - RichmondChinese • Richmond • value

Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated restaurants in Richmond, Vancouver. Whether you're a local or visiting the neighbourhood for the first time, these picks give you a reliable starting point sorted by quality and review depth.

Quick picks

Lamajoun
Chinese • Richmond
Somebody filed Lamajoun under "Chinese," which is one of those Richmond misfires that tells you nothing about the actual joint.
Osmanthus Chinese Fusion Restaurant
Chinese • Richmond
Tucked onto the second floor of Aberdeen Centre, Osmanthus makes a case for Jiangnan cuisine as a dress-up affair — Shanghai cooking with a fusion gloss, served in a room that earned a spot on the…
Hello Nori - Richmond
Chinese • Richmond
Hello Nori in Richmond is a Japanese hand roll counter that has quietly built a reputation around a concept most sushi spots in Metro Vancouver are still overthinking: restraint at an accessible pr…
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Editorial details
Author: Marcus Chen
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

On this page

  1. 1. LamajounView →
  2. 2. Osmanthus Chinese Fusion RestaurantView →
  3. 3. Hello Nori - RichmondView →
  4. 4. CoastView →
  5. 5. Britannia Brewing StevestonView →
  6. 6. Kisamos TavernaView →
  7. 7. The Vancouver Fish CompanyView →
  8. 8. Steveston Seafood HouseView →
  9. 9. Catch Kitchen + BarView →
  10. 10. Aberdeen CentreView →
  11. 11. Continental Seafood RestaurantView →
  12. 12. Kirin Seafood Restaurant (Richmond)View →
  13. 13. Shanghai River RestaurantView →
  14. 14. Blue Canoe Waterfront RestaurantView →
  15. 15. Yue RestaurantView →

How the restaurants compare

Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Lamajoun
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Lamajoun
Richmond • Chinese
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
food court
Mood
Richmond
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Osmanthus Chinese Fusion Restaurant
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Osmanthus Chinese Fusion Restaurant
Richmond • Chinese
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
Dim sum
Mood
Richmond
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Hello Nori - Richmond
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Hello Nori - Richmond
Richmond • Chinese
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
food court
Mood
Richmond
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Coast
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Coast
Richmond • Seafood
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
dinner
Mood
Richmond

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.

15 ranked picks

Lamajoun — Somebody filed Lamajoun under "Chinese," which is one of those Richmond misfires that tells you nothing about the actual joint. This is Armenian-Georgian comfort food run by Serge and his wife, who've been at it since 2011 and treat you like you wandered into their living room. The signature lahmajoun — ultra-thin dough, no yeast, no sugar, topped with ground beef, tomato, garlic, parsley — runs $8.49 and is the single best cheap thing you'll eat all week. Get it. The khinkali dumplings ($31.50 for five) are the splurge, fat soup-filled Georgian bundles worth eating with your hands. There's a cheese pide at $22.75 and a beef kebab wrap ($18.49) the regulars keep pointing at. Everything's made from scratch, no MSG, no margarine, and you can walk out full for under fifteen bucks if you keep it simple. The quirk: you order downstairs and your food rides up on a pulley with a buzzer. It's daft and charming and exactly the kind of unpretentious that Vancouver forgets it needs. View restaurant →
Osmanthus Chinese Fusion Restaurant — Tucked onto the second floor of Aberdeen Centre, Osmanthus makes a case for Jiangnan cuisine as a dress-up affair — Shanghai cooking with a fusion gloss, served in a room that earned a spot on the Chinese Restaurant Awards 2025 Elite 30 Canada list. This is the kind of place that holds together at a celebratory twelve-top, and the kitchen rewards the occasion. Start with the truffle siu mai, which arrive beautifully plated and far more perfumed than the genre usually allows, then move to the xiao long bao — the soup dumplings here are a genuine standout, not an afterthought. The lobster yee mein is the splurge dish, rich and savory and clearly built on serious ingredients, while the Shanghai-style smoked fish brings a cooler, sweeter counterpoint worth ordering for the table. Service skews attentive, the decor upscale. At roughly $80 to $250 a head it's a higher-end outing, but reviewers consistently flag the portions and value as fair for what lands. Come hungry, come with a crew, and order the dumplings twice. View restaurant →
Hello Nori - Richmond — Hello Nori in Richmond is a Japanese hand roll counter that has quietly built a reputation around a concept most sushi spots in Metro Vancouver are still overthinking: restraint at an accessible price point. At price level one, the format is deliberately simple — the 6-Hand Roll Set Menu is the spine of the operation, structured enough to keep the kitchen cooking to tempo while staying casual enough that you're not sitting at attention. The Richmond crowd that shows up here already knows quality and doesn't need mood lighting to validate a meal, which is probably why the place has developed the following it has. The set menu is the move, particularly on weekdays when pacing is reportedly tighter and the nori holds its crispness the way it's supposed to. Within the lineup, the Truffle Lobster Hand Roll is what diners tend to talk about — reportedly the kind of combination that shouldn't work at this price point but does, with the nori itself doing a lot of the heavy lifting before the filling even enters the conversation. The Bluefin Tuna Hand Roll runs in a cleaner, less showy direction, which the menu's fans seem to appreciate as a counterbalance. The Salmon Oshi shifts registers entirely — pressed sushi, denser and more architectural than the hand rolls, and consistently cited as a reason to pay attention to oshi as a format rather than treating it as an afterthought. The Kale Goma-ae rounds things out as a side that, based on what regulars report, actually earns its place on the table rather than just checking a vegetable box. First-timers are best served by letting the set menu do its job rather than going à la carte immediately — the format exists for a reason, and it'll tell you exactly what to double on your next visit. Counter seating is worth requesting if available. Come early. View restaurant →

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Britannia Brewing Steveston — Britannia Brewing's Steveston outpost has what may be the best seat in Richmond — a bright, high-ceilinged room and a heated patio positioned directly on the waterfront in Steveston Village, steps from the fishing boats and marina that reportedly supply the kitchen. The setting does real work here: this is a functioning fishing village, not a themed boardwalk, and the proximity to the source gives the menu a credibility that's hard to fake. The kitchen is a brewpub operation, but one that diners consistently describe as taking its seafood seriously enough to justify the trip on food alone. The clam chowder draws repeated, specific praise — more than one reviewer calls it the best they've encountered in the region, which is the kind of claim worth testing. The menu centers on coastal preparations: a sablefish risotto and a seafood spaghetti that regulars single out by name, alongside fish and chips that represent the honest pub baseline the room calls for. The brewing program keeps pace with rotating taps ranging from a popular watermelon sour and a blonde to reportedly unusual experiments — a chai-flavoured beer among them — making a tasting flight a reasonable way to work through the lineup rather than commit blind. Practically speaking, this is a lunch, a patio afternoon, or a casual group dinner rather than a special-occasion room. The price point is approachable, the atmosphere is relaxed, and the waterfront location means a sunny day dramatically improves the experience. The patio is heated, which extends its usability, but the view of the marina is the draw regardless of season. If you're going, the clam chowder and a flight are the logical starting point — everything else follows from there. View restaurant →
Steveston Seafood House — Steveston Seafood House occupies a particular and valuable niche in Richmond's dining landscape: a mid-range seafood room anchored to real geography rather than manufactured concept. Steveston Village sits at the edge of the Fraser River, one of Canada's most historically significant salmon fisheries, and the restaurant's identity appears to grow directly from that setting. What distinguishes it from trendier waterfront operations, according to consistent local word, is that it functions as a genuine neighborhood table — the kind of place that draws regulars on a quiet Tuesday rather than depending on destination traffic to stay afloat. That Tuesday-night loyalty is a meaningful signal. It suggests the kitchen is doing something right on an ordinary night, not just when the room is full and the energy carries the meal. The oysters are the dish to know here. Diners and local food writers consistently point to them as the anchor order, and the reasoning tracks: Steveston's proximity to cold Pacific waters means sourcing can be both local and genuinely fresh, and the restaurant is reportedly attentive to turnover in a way that raw bars in busier, trend-driven neighborhoods often aren't. The oysters are described as briny and clean-tasting, which, when attributed to a working-waterfront spot with real supply chain proximity, is plausible and worth taking seriously. The broader menu centers on fresh catch prepared without heavy elaboration — a restrained approach that reflects the village's identity and, when executed consistently, requires real discipline. Practical considerations: early-week visits are generally recommended for peak freshness, and weekend walk-in availability is not guaranteed, so a call ahead is worth the effort. If the layout and weather permit, the Steveston Village streetscape adds genuine atmosphere. Start with the oysters and let the rest of the menu follow from there. View restaurant →
Catch Kitchen + Bar — Catch Kitchen + Bar occupies a renovated waterfront room in Steveston that earns its reputation before a single plate arrives — a rooftop patio with a 270-degree panorama over the historic harbour is the kind of setting that could easily become the whole point. What keeps it honest is that the kitchen appears to take its coastal address seriously. Reviews consistently suggest the seafood holds its own against the scenery, drawing regulars who return for the food as much as the sightlines, which is a harder thing to pull off in a waterfront room than it sounds. The miso-glazed black cod is the dish most cited by repeat visitors as the reason to come back — reportedly the kitchen at its most considered, balancing the sweet and savoury notes that make that preparation work when it's done well. The crab-corn chowder is the starter regulars point to first, and the menu from there leans toward comfortable indulgence: a lobster carbonara for something richer and more filling, and a fish and chips that diners describe as a well-executed everyday order — light batter, properly crisp fries, the kind of thing a seafood-forward room should be able to do reliably. Priced in the upscale-casual range rather than at special-occasion levels, Catch positions itself as a place you can return to without ceremony, and the reviews bear that out. Practically speaking, this reads as a strong choice for a waterfront lunch, a patio dinner timed to the sunset, or a low-stress group meal where the setting carries some of the weight. Service and atmosphere draw consistently favorable mentions alongside the food. Book the rooftop on a clear day, lead with the black cod and the chowder, and let Steveston's harbour fill in the rest. View restaurant →
Kirin Seafood Restaurant (Richmond) — Kirin Seafood in Richmond operates in one of the most demanding dim sum corridors in North America, where multigenerational Cantonese families set the standard and casual experimentation gets weeded out fast. This is reportedly the kind of room where birthdays get celebrated with the same kitchen the family has trusted for years — not because it chases novelty, but because it has built a reputation on technique and consistency at a price point that remains accessible for a proper sit-down lunch. That combination, in Richmond's seafood corridor, is genuinely difficult to sustain. The dim sum menu is where Kirin draws its most devoted following. The Steamed Prawn Dumpling is known for its translucent, taut wrapper — the kind that signals careful attention to dough thickness and filling ratio. The Steamed Scallop, Prawn and Asparagus Dumpling is frequently cited for the way it balances sweetness against the brightness of asparagus, a pairing that reads as considered rather than coincidental. The Steamed Pork Dumpling Filled with Consommé is reportedly the dish that requires the most deliberate handling — the broth inside is the point, and diners who know the room treat it accordingly. On the heartier end, the Braised Beef Tendon and Beef Brisket with Flat Rice Noodle is described consistently as slow-cooked and collagen-rich, the kind of dish that bridges dim sum service into something closer to a full meal. The Pork and Chinese Mushroom Tart Topped with Whole Abalone is among the most requested items on the cart and is known to disappear well before the midday rush. Book ahead for weekend service — walk-ins during peak hours here are rarely rewarded. The main dining room is generally recommended over private booths for groups of four or more, where cart traffic is steadier and interception is easier. Ask your server about the abalone tart the moment you sit down. View restaurant →
Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant — Blue Canoe sits at the edge of Richmond's waterfront with the kind of quiet confidence that tends to come from a restaurant that knows its neighborhood rather than its press. Where a lot of coastal-adjacent rooms in the Lower Mainland lean on Pacific Northwest branding without much follow-through, Blue Canoe appears to center its menu on what the water actually offers — and at a price point casual enough that Richmond locals treat it as a standing appointment rather than a special occasion. That balance, between accessibility and genuine commitment to seafood cookery, is harder to hold than it looks, and by most accounts this place holds it. The kitchen's intentions show up clearly in the menu architecture. The West Coast Seafood Chowder is the kind of benchmark dish that signals whether a seafood room is paying attention — diners consistently describe it as having real body without the over-creamed heaviness that buries lesser versions. The Canoe Coconut Mussels are reportedly one of the more talked-about dishes on the menu: a coconut broth that reads bright and slightly tropical without losing coherence, and mussels that arrive in a timely enough fashion to suggest the kitchen isn't holding them. The Pan Seared Halibut with Champagne Beurre Blanc is where the menu reaches toward something more considered — the champagne beurre blanc is a delicate preparation that leaves little margin for error, and the dish's reputation suggests the kitchen takes that seriously. The Hot Seafood Tower is the menu's centerpiece for a longer evening, known for being genuinely generous in scope. The Crunchy Tiger Prawns are reportedly the kind of understated order that earns repeat mentions from regulars who moved past the obvious choices. Practically speaking: the room fills on weekends without much fanfare, so booking ahead is the straightforward move. Request a water-facing table if one is available, particularly at dusk. View restaurant →

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