Restaurant in Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver's most consistent $$$$ room, finally assessed.
Hawksworth has held the top of Vancouver's contemporary dining scene since 2011, earning La Liste recognition and a top-100 Opinionated About Dining ranking in North America. It currently operates as a breakfast and lunch venue inside the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, with reliable service and a European-rooted Pacific Northwest menu. Book when consistency and occasion polish matter more than novelty.
If you've been to Hawksworth before, the honest question on a second visit isn't whether it's still good — it's whether it has moved. Fourteen years in, David Hawksworth's flagship inside the Rosewood Hotel Georgia continues to hold its position at the leading of Vancouver's contemporary dining scene, with La Liste scores of 77.5pts (2025) and 77pts (2026) and a #86 ranking on Opinionated About Dining's North America list for 2025. The room hasn't reinvented itself, and that's not a criticism. Hawksworth's consistency is its competitive argument.
The physical space does a lot of work here. Enter from West Georgia Street or through the Rosewood Hotel Georgia lobby and you arrive at an elegant bar that functions as a proper destination in its own right, not just a waiting area. The dining room beyond carries the weight of the occasion: a shimmering chandelier anchors the ceiling, and a substantial wine display along one wall signals that the beverage program is taken seriously. The layout is formal without being stiff , tables are spaced generously, which matters for both sound levels and privacy. If you're returning after a first visit, the room reads exactly as you remember it, which is either reassuring or predictable depending on your priorities.
The service tone matches the space. At the $$$$ price point, you're paying for fluency , staff who read the table, manage the pace, and don't over-explain every dish. On that measure, Hawksworth generally delivers. This is not the kind of room where service becomes the story; it's the kind where good service becomes invisible, which is actually the harder thing to achieve. For special occasions where a misstep would matter, that reliability is worth pricing in.
Awards data and critical notes point consistently to a few signatures: caviar and oysters as an opening anchor, mushroom consommé with matsutake and foie gras as a technically accomplished middle course, and agnolotti with hazelnut and celery foam as a dish that earns its visual presentation with actual depth of flavour from roasted king oyster mushrooms. If you're returning, the macaron selection at the close is worth committing to rather than treating as optional. The menu is rooted in European fine-dining technique with Pacific Northwest sourcing and Asian-inflected touches , a combination that has defined Hawksworth's approach since opening in 2011.
Hours run Monday through Friday from 6:30am to 5:30pm and Saturday through Sunday from 7am to 5:30pm , which means Hawksworth operates as a breakfast and lunch destination rather than a dinner room in its current format. That's a meaningful practical detail: if you're planning a special occasion dinner, verify current evening service before booking. For business lunches or a considered midday meal in downtown Vancouver, the West Georgia Street location and hotel-lobby adjacency make logistics direct. Booking difficulty is rated easy, which reflects both the format and the room's capacity , though for specific dates around milestones or busy periods, earlier is always better.
Hawksworth is located at 801 W Georgia Street, Vancouver, inside the Rosewood Hotel Georgia , accessible from the hotel lobby or directly from the street. Current hours run through 5:30pm daily, making this a breakfast and lunch venue in its present operating format. Booking is rated easy relative to comparable $$$$ rooms in the city. Dress expectations align with the room: smart casual at minimum, business or occasion dress is standard and fits the environment without feeling required.
For broader context on where Hawksworth sits within Canada's fine-dining circuit, it holds its own against rooms like Alo in Toronto and Tanière³ in Quebec City , both of which operate in the same critical tier and offer useful benchmarks if you're travelling and comparing. Within Vancouver specifically, see the comparison section below. For a full picture of where to eat, drink, and stay in the city, browse our full Vancouver restaurants guide, our full Vancouver bars guide, and our full Vancouver hotels guide. If you're exploring the broader Pacific Northwest food scene, AnnaLena, Botanist, Barbara, Burdock & Co, and Elem are all worth considering depending on your format and budget. For wine-focused travellers, our Vancouver wineries guide and our Vancouver experiences guide add useful context. Contemporary fine dining elsewhere in Canada worth cross-referencing includes Jérôme Ferrer - Europea in Montreal, Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Lincoln, The Pine in Creemore, and Narval in Rimouski. For comparable contemporary rooms in the US, 63 Clinton in New York City and Bastion in Nashville sit in a similar critical register.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksworth | $$$$ · Contemporary | Easy | |
| AnnaLena | $$$$ · Contemporary | $$$$ | Unknown |
| iDen & QuanJuDe Beijing Duck House | $$$$ · Chinese | $$$$ | Unknown |
| Kissa Tanto | $$$$ · Fusion | $$$$ | Unknown |
| Masayoshi | $$$$ · Japanese | $$$$ | Unknown |
| Published on Main | $$$ · Contemporary | $$$ | Unknown |
A quick look at how Hawksworth measures up.
The kitchen's range — Pacific Northwest ingredients with European structure and Asian touches — suggests flexibility, and a room at this price point and profile (La Liste-ranked, Rosewood Hotel Georgia) is expected to accommodate dietary needs. That said, specific policies aren't documented in available data. check the venue's official channels at 801 W Georgia Street before your booking if restrictions are a deciding factor.
The bar is a practical entry point and worth using. You can arrive for cocktails before a table, and the bar area is noted as a proper destination in its own right — critics consistently call it elegant and the drinks well-crafted. Whether you can order full food service at the bar isn't documented in available data, so confirm when booking if a bar-only visit is your plan.
Critical notes flag caviar and oysters as a reliable opening anchor. The mushroom consommé with matsutake and foie gras and the agnolotti with hazelnut and celery foam are consistently cited signatures. Finish with the macaron selection rather than committing to just one dessert. These dishes reflect the kitchen's Pacific Northwest base with European structure — ordering around them gives you the clearest picture of what Hawksworth actually does.
Yes, it's well-suited for it. The Rosewood Hotel Georgia setting, the chandelier dining room, and a wine wall that OAD reviewers describe as 'awe-inspiring' all do the work a special-occasion room needs to do. Hawksworth has ranked in the OAD North America top 100 four consecutive years through 2026, which gives it enough credibility to justify the spend. For a milestone dinner where both the food and the room need to perform, this is a safer call than most Vancouver alternatives.
Based on documented hours, Hawksworth operates Monday through Friday 6:30am to 5:30pm and Saturday through Sunday 7am to 5:30pm — meaning the kitchen closes in the late afternoon and does not run a dinner service in the conventional sense. If you're planning a full fine-dining meal, confirm the current service format directly with the restaurant before booking, as these hours suggest a daytime-only operation that may differ from what you expect.
Kissa Tanto and AnnaLena offer strong alternatives at a lower price ceiling, with Kissa Tanto holding its own critical reputation for Italian-Japanese cooking in a more intimate setting. Published on Main is the call if you want a chef-driven room with comparable technique but a less formal register. Masayoshi suits omakase-focused diners who want precision over breadth. iDen & QuanJuDe Beijing Duck House is the right answer if you want a group-friendly format — it operates on a different premise than Hawksworth entirely.
Book dinner and arrive early enough for a drink at the bar — the cocktail program is worth your time and the wine list is serious. Hawksworth operates inside the Rosewood Hotel Georgia at 801 W Georgia Street, so the room is polished and the service is hotel-fine-dining level. David Hawksworth's kitchen has held La Liste recognition since at least 2025 (77.5pts) and has ranked in Opinionated About Dining's North America top 100 across multiple consecutive years, so you're not taking a risk on quality. The price point is $$$$, so come with an occasion or a reason.
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