Folke

Vancouver's most serious vegan tasting menu is also one of its hardest to book

Folke holds two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025), making it one of a small number of Vancouver restaurants to earn that recognition in back-to-back guide cycles. For plant-based fine dining in Canada, that credential matters: Michelin's Plate designation signals cooking that meets the guide's quality threshold without yet reaching Star level, and in the vegan category specifically, very few kitchens in the country are operating at this tier. If you are looking for a serious, technique-driven plant-based meal in Vancouver, Folke is the booking to make.

Seats at Folke are limited by design. The format is tasting-menu-focused, the room is small, and the kitchen appears to run at a pace that prioritises precision over volume. That combination means availability closes fast. Book as far in advance as your schedule allows; last-minute tables are rare, and the Michelin recognition has only increased demand since the 2024 cycle. For context, Folke sits in the same booking-difficulty bracket as Kissa Tanto ($$$$ · Fusion) and Masayoshi ($$$$ · Japanese), both of which require multi-week lead times on most nights.

What the kitchen is doing technically

Folke operates at price point $$$$ for a vegan tasting menu, which positions it at the leading of the plant-based category in Vancouver and in direct conversation with the city's broader fine-dining tier. The editorial angle here is technique: this is not a wellness-forward or produce-casual operation. The Michelin Plate recognition, sustained across two years, reflects a kitchen producing food that holds up against non-vegan tasting menus at the same price level.

Plant-based cooking at the $$$$ tier is technically demanding in ways that differ from animal-protein-driven kitchens. Without stocks, butter mounts, or the textural shortcuts that come with meat and fish, the kitchen must build depth, fat, and structural contrast through fermentation, reduction, emulsification, and precise vegetable cookery. Folke's sustained Michelin recognition is the clearest available signal that the kitchen is succeeding on those terms, year over year. For the food-focused traveller who has eaten at Alo in Toronto or Tanière³ in Quebec City and wants to understand where Vancouver's tasting-menu scene sits, Folke is the address that makes the comparison relevant.

The address is 2585 W Broadway, in the Kitsilano neighbourhood. Visually, the room reads as the kind of considered, spare space that serious tasting-menu kitchens tend to occupy: the focus is on the plate, not an elaborate dining room. That restraint is a deliberate signal about where the kitchen's priorities sit. For a diner arriving from Le Bernardin in New York City or Lazy Bear in San Francisco, the scale will feel intimate rather than grand, but the cooking is operating in the same register of intentionality.

Who this is right for

Folke is the right booking if you are specifically looking for plant-based fine dining at the highest available technical level in Vancouver. It is also worth considering if you are a non-vegan who eats at the $$$$ tasting-menu tier regularly and wants to test what a serious kitchen can do without animal proteins. The Michelin Plate over two consecutive years is a meaningful data point: the guide evaluates on cooking quality, not concept, and the recognition holds whether the diner is vegan or not.

If you are looking for $$$$ Contemporary dining without a plant-based constraint, AnnaLena ($$$$ · Contemporary) and Barbara ($$$$ · Contemporary) are the direct comparisons to weigh. If Japanese precision at the same price is the priority, Masayoshi is the stronger fit. But for the plant-based category, Folke has no peer at this level in the city.

The Google rating of 4.7 across 395 reviews reinforces consistency. At the $$$$ tier with a tasting-menu format, a 4.7 over a substantial review count indicates that the experience is landing reliably, not just on peak nights. For out-of-town visitors using reviews as a cross-check, that number is meaningful context alongside the Michelin recognition.

Practical details

Folke is located at 2585 W Broadway in Kitsilano. Phone and website are not listed in our current data; book through the restaurant's own reservation system or a third-party booking platform. Given the hard booking difficulty, check availability as soon as your dates are confirmed. For broader dining context, see our full Vancouver restaurants guide, and if you are planning a full trip, our Vancouver hotels guide, bars guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide are all available. Canada's broader tasting-menu scene, including Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Lincoln, The Pine in Creemore, Narval in Rimouski, and Jérôme Ferrer - Europea in Montreal, provides useful benchmarking if you are travelling across multiple Canadian cities.

FAQ

Does Folke handle dietary restrictions?

• Folke's menu is entirely plant-based, so all dishes are vegan by default. If you have allergies beyond vegan requirements (nuts, gluten, soy, or other common triggers), contact the restaurant directly before booking rather than noting it at arrival. At the $$$$ tasting-menu tier, kitchens at this level typically accommodate allergy-driven adjustments with advance notice, but the tasting-menu format means substitutions may affect the arc of the meal. Confirm specifics with the restaurant when you book.