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Wildlight Kitchen + Bar

Name: Wildlight Kitchen + Bar
Address: 5380 University Blvd #107, Vancouver, BC, V6T 0C9, CA
Telephone: (604) 915-0722
Price range: value

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Wildlight Kitchen + Bar is one of the best global restaurants in Vancouver for dinner, especially if you want a strong option in Vancouver.

Editorial review•May 5, 2026

Wildlight Kitchen + Bar opened in leləm̓ Village in February 2023 and immediately did something most new Vancouver restaurants spend years trying to do: it made the Michelin Guide in its debut year and has held that distinction for three consecutive years. That's not ambient hype — it's a specific, verifiable signal about Chef Warren Chow's kitchen. Chow, who earned Michelin's inaugural Young Chef Award for Vancouver in 2023 after training at PearTree and Mission Hill Family Estate Winery, is cooking a style that resists easy shorthand. The menu reads global but thinks West Coast — Pacific seafood and B.C. proteins filtered through technique that borrows freely from Japanese, French, and North African tradition without performing any of them. The room matches the ambition: a light-filled dining space anchored by an enclosed glass atrium that functions year-round, set inside a fast-growing planned community near UBC. For Vancouver's price-to-craft ratio, this sits in rare territory. The Wildlight Pescatarian Board is the clearest argument for what this kitchen is doing. It arrives as a composed spread — house-made salmon pastrami, trout merguez sausage, uni pâté, smoked cod rillette, crab claws, pickled sea asparagus, smoked olives, pappadum, nori cracker — and the range of preservation and fermentation techniques on a single board signals a kitchen that's genuinely thinking about Pacific seafood rather than just sourcing it well. The Oysters Motoyaki put Kusshi oysters on a bed of wakame and finish them with bacon-infused breadcrumbs — a dish that sits at the intersection of Japanese izakaya tradition and West Coast oyster culture. The BC Duck — Fraser Valley duck breast, confit leg croquette, carrot purée, dijon spaetzle, pickled chanterelles, orange marmalade–glazed vegetables, duck jus — is the kind of composed plate that gets Michelin inspectors paying attention: multiple preparations of a single protein, regional sourcing, and classical French structure bent toward local ingredients. The wine program has been recognized by both the Vancouver International Wine Festival and Wine Spectator, with a deliberate emphasis on B.C. producers — worth leaning into if you're at the bar. The atrium is the room to request if you're booking for a group or a longer meal; it runs year-round and reads differently from the main dining room. Given the Golden Plates wins in both New Restaurant and Pacific Northwest categories on top of the Michelin nod, reservations on weekends book out. Go on a weekday, request the atrium, start with the Pescatarian Board, and order the BC Duck as your anchor.

Carlos Mendez, Food & Drink Editor

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Rating (Google) 9.2

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dinner and student

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Good value

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Vancouver · 5380 University Blvd #107, Vancouver, BC V6T 0C9, Canada

Price

Good value

Google rating

9.2 from 570 reviews

Phone

(604) 915-0722

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Signature dishes at Wildlight Kitchen + Bar

Wildlight Pescatarian Board

Oysters Motoyaki

BC Duck

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Wildlight Kitchen + Bar is a reliable global choice in Vancouver when you want something that tends to land well. Wildlight Pescatarian Board and Oysters Motoyaki also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.2 rating across 570 Google reviews.

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9.2 from 570 Google reviews

Best used for

dinner and student

Style

Global in Vancouver

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Good value

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dinner student

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Google rating: 9.2 from 570 reviews

Price point: value

Popular dishes: Wildlight Pescatarian Board, Oysters Motoyaki, BC Duck

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9.2 from 570 reviews

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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: 5380 University Blvd #107, Vancouver, BC V6T 0C9, Canada
Phone: (604) 915-0722
Price: value
TastyPals score: Coming soon
Google rating: 9.2 (570 reviews)
Cuisine: Global
Neighborhood: Vancouver

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What cuisine does Wildlight Kitchen + Bar serve?

Wildlight Kitchen + Bar is a Global restaurant located in Vancouver, Vancouver. Wildlight Kitchen + Bar opened in leləm̓ Village in February 2023 and immediately did something most new Vancouver restaurants spend years trying to do: it made the Michelin Guide in its debut year and has held that distinction for three…

What is Wildlight Kitchen + Bar best for?

Wildlight Kitchen + Bar is best for dinner, student. Wildlight Kitchen + Bar is a reliable global choice in Vancouver when you want something that tends to land well. Wildlight Pescatarian Board and Oysters Motoyaki also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.2 rating across 570 Google reviews.

How much does it cost to eat at Wildlight Kitchen + Bar?

Wildlight Kitchen + Bar is in the Good value price range (value). Google rating: 9.2 from 570 reviews

What should I order at Wildlight Kitchen + Bar?

Start with Wildlight Pescatarian Board, Oysters Motoyaki and BC Duck. These dishes are shown from TastyPals notes or restaurant data on this page.

Is Wildlight Kitchen + Bar worth visiting?

Wildlight Kitchen + Bar holds a 9.2 Google rating from 570 reviews. Wildlight Kitchen + Bar is a reliable global choice in Vancouver when you want something that tends to land well. Wildlight Pescatarian Board and Oysters Motoyaki also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.2 rating across 570 Google reviews.

Where is Wildlight Kitchen + Bar located?

Wildlight Kitchen + Bar is located at 5380 University Blvd #107, Vancouver, BC V6T 0C9, Canada. Directions are available via Google Maps.

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