The Keefer Bar is one of the best bar restaurants in Vancouver for date night, especially if you want a strong option in Chinatown.
The Keefer Bar occupies a particular position in Vancouver's cocktail landscape that most bars don't attempt and fewer could sustain: an apothecary-themed room in Chinatown where the drinks are built around Chinese herbs, dried botanicals, and bitters drawn from a genuinely different cabinet than what populates most back bars.
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El Gobernador pisco, vanilla Cointreau, elderflower, spring moon tea, lemon, egg white, matcha powder
Sweetwater apple eau de vie, mezcal, cachaca, parsley, lotus leaf, lime, nooch salt
The Keefer Bar works for date night in Chinatown because the room and the food both help the evening land. Flowers for George and Core Memory also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.0 rating across 1,845 Google reviews.
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Share what you ordered and who it is best forFor now, The Keefer Bar holds a 9.0 rating across 1,845 Google reviews.
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The Keefer Bar is a Bar restaurant located in Chinatown, Vancouver. The Keefer Bar occupies a particular position in Vancouver's cocktail landscape that most bars don't attempt and fewer could sustain: an apothecary-themed room in Chinatown where the drinks are built around Chinese herbs, dried botanicals, and bitters drawn from a genuinely different cabinet than what populates most back bars.
The Keefer Bar is best for cocktail bar, date night, late night, cocktails and snacks, cocktails, moody, social. The Keefer Bar works for date night in Chinatown because the room and the food both help the evening land. Flowers for George and Core Memory also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.0 rating across 1,845 Google reviews.
The Keefer Bar is in the moderate price range (moderate). Google rating: 9.0 from 1,845 reviews
Start with Flowers for George, Core Memory, Seasonal apothecary cocktails and Bar snacks. These dishes are shown from TastyPals notes or restaurant data on this page.
The Keefer Bar holds a 9.0 Google rating from 1,845 reviews. The Keefer Bar works for date night in Chinatown because the room and the food both help the evening land. Flowers for George and Core Memory also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.0 rating across 1,845 Google reviews.
The Keefer Bar is located at 135 Keefer St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1X3, Canada. Directions are available via Google Maps.
Yes, The Keefer Bar accepts reservations. You can book a table online through their reservations page.
Yes — The Keefer Bar is tagged for date night dining. The Keefer Bar works for date night in Chinatown because the room and the food both help the evening land. Flowers for George and Core Memory also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.0 rating across 1,845 Google reviews.
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