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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 updated•Jul 28, 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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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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8.6/10

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(604) 564-1990

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“Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen is worth putting on the shortlist for Ube purple yam pancakes and Yellowfin Tuna Tacos—the two orders to build a first visit around.”

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Ube purple yam pancakes

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Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen menu: what to order

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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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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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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: 8.6/10
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, local. 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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