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Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen

Name: Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen
Address: 990 Smithe St, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 3G5, CA
Telephone: (604) 564-1990
Price range: value

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Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen is one of the best brewery restaurants in Vancouver for dinner, especially if you want a strong option in Vancouver.

Taylight opened on Smithe Street in 2023 with an unusually direct proposition: taste the food, vote on what stays, and watch the menu shift around you.

Editorial review•May 5, 2026

Taylight opened on Smithe Street in 2023 with an unusually direct proposition: taste the food, vote on what stays, and watch the menu shift around you. That's not a gimmick buried in the marketing copy — it's the operating premise, and it makes this Port Coquitlam brewery's Vancouver outpost genuinely different from the standard taproom-with-kitchen formula. The room earns its downtown address: exposed wood beams, industrial fixtures, and long communal tables give it the bones of a serious beer hall, while the big screens anchor it firmly in sports-bar territory. The crowd skews young, local, and budget-conscious, and at price-level one, it's threading a needle that most craft beer rooms in Vancouver fumble — giving you actual kitchen ambition without the markup. The menu is the story here. The kitchen isn't leaning on wings and nachos to move pints; it's leading with things like ube purple yam pancakes — a Filipino-inflected dish that signals real creative range — and yellowfin tuna tacos and a crispy shrimp burger that diners consistently single out as the anchor items worth revisiting. The Japanese-style loaded fries, finished with bonito flakes and seaweed, reflect the same cross-cultural confidence: this is a kitchen cooking from a broader pantry than the taproom format usually demands. The farm-to-table framing isn't just boilerplate — the locally sourced ingredient commitment shows up in things like the brussels sprouts, which get repeated mentions in the diner conversation around the menu. The practical move: lean into the menu's more unexpected items rather than defaulting to the burger, because that's where the kitchen is clearly doing its most interesting work. The communal tables make this a natural group booking, and the rotating menu means regulars check back. Come in a group, order the tuna tacos and the ube pancakes alongside whatever the current draft list is running, and engage with the voting concept — it's the one thing that genuinely changes what you'll find next time.

Carlos Mendez, Food & Drink Editor

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Rating (Google) 9.6

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Good value

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Vancouver · 990 Smithe St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 3G5, Canada

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Good value

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9.6 from 827 reviews

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(604) 564-1990

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Signature dishes at Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen

Ube purple yam pancakes

Yellowfin Tuna Tacos

Crispy Shrimp Burger

Japanese-style loaded fries with bonito flakes and seaweed

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What makes Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen worth the move

Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen is a clean first click in Vancouver when you want a brewery option you can trust. Ube purple yam pancakes and Yellowfin Tuna Tacos also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.6 rating across 827 Google reviews.

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9.6 from 827 Google reviews

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dinner and beer

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Brewery in Vancouver

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Good value

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Google rating: 9.6 from 827 reviews

Price point: value

Popular dishes: Ube purple yam pancakes, Yellowfin Tuna Tacos, Crispy Shrimp Burger

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Editorial review by Carlos Mendez

There's a small ceremony to eating here that most Vancouver hot pot rooms skip: the cloisonné copper pots, the charcoal glowing underneath, the sense that dinner is an event rather than a transaction.

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Address: 990 Smithe St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 3G5, Canada
Phone: (604) 564-1990
Price: value
TastyPals score: Coming soon
Google rating: 9.6 (827 reviews)
Cuisine: Brewery
Neighborhood: Vancouver

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What cuisine does Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen serve?

Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen is a Brewery restaurant located in Vancouver, Vancouver. Taylight opened on Smithe Street in 2023 with an unusually direct proposition: taste the food, vote on what stays, and watch the menu shift around you.

What is Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen best for?

Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen is best for beer, dinner, brewery. Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen is a clean first click in Vancouver when you want a brewery option you can trust. Ube purple yam pancakes and Yellowfin Tuna Tacos also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.6 rating across 827 Google reviews.

How much does it cost to eat at Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen?

Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen is in the Good value price range (value). Google rating: 9.6 from 827 reviews

What should I order at Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen?

Start with Ube purple yam pancakes, Yellowfin Tuna Tacos, Crispy Shrimp Burger and Japanese-style loaded fries with bonito flakes and seaweed. These dishes are shown from TastyPals notes or restaurant data on this page.

Is Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen worth visiting?

Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen holds a 9.6 Google rating from 827 reviews. Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen is a clean first click in Vancouver when you want a brewery option you can trust. Ube purple yam pancakes and Yellowfin Tuna Tacos also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.6 rating across 827 Google reviews.

Where is Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen located?

Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen is located at 990 Smithe St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 3G5, Canada. Directions are available via Google Maps.

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