Restaurant in Vancouver, Canada
Seasonal tasting menus worth planning around.
Burdock & Co is Vancouver's most consistent farm-to-table tasting menu restaurant, now in its 12th year on Main Street and ranked #349 in North America by Opinionated About Dining (2025). Chef Andrea Carlson's bimonthly rotating menus and Maisie Ryan's all-natural wine list make this a dinner worth planning for — book three to four weeks ahead for weekends.
Getting a table at Burdock & Co takes planning. This is a four-night-a-week restaurant (closed Tuesday and Wednesday, open 5–10 PM Thursday through Monday) with a loyal following built over 12 years on Main Street. The room fills fast, the bimonthly tasting menus rotate with the seasons, and the Opinionated About Dining ranking (#349 in North America, 2025) means food-focused visitors are already on the waitlist. If you show up without a reservation expecting to walk in, you will almost certainly be turned away. Book well ahead — more on timing below — and the reward is one of Vancouver's most coherent farm-to-table experiences at the $$$$ price point.
Burdock & Co occupies a corner of Main Street in Mount Pleasant, a neighbourhood that has accumulated enough serious dining options to constitute a destination on its own. The room reads rustic without being precious: the kind of space where the focus lands on the plate rather than the interior design. Chef Andrea Carlson has been running this kitchen since the restaurant opened, and the menu reflects a consistent editorial point of view rather than trend-chasing. The bread course alone signals the kitchen's ambitions , grilled sourdough, herb-flavoured gougère, and nori cornbread served with aged sake kasu butter position Burdock & Co well outside standard fine-dining conventions before the first course arrives.
The tasting menu format rotates every two months around seasonal themes, which means the menu you eat in April bears little resemblance to what lands on the table in October. Spring visits have historically produced dishes like morels stuffed with halibut mousse alongside gnocchi in green garlic sauce, and miniature Hazelmere radishes roasted with house-made shio koji. Dessert has shown the same willingness to take risks: a deconstructed chocolate soufflé with miso caramel and smoked mascarpone is the kind of combination that reads odd on paper and works cleanly on the plate. Wine director Maisie Ryan's all-natural list is a genuine complement to the food rather than an afterthought , if you are interested in natural wine, this pairing is one of the reasons to book rather than skip the beverage add-on.
Burdock & Co does not serve lunch or brunch. The kitchen opens at 5 PM daily (on its four operating nights), which means this is a dinner-only destination. For food enthusiasts visiting Vancouver who want a weekend daytime experience in the farm-to-table register, the neighbourhood offers alternatives: Main Street's density of independent cafés and casual spots means a Saturday morning can be spent exploring the area before an evening booking at Burdock. If a brunch-format tasting experience is specifically what you are after, AnnaLena and Botanist both offer weekend daytime service worth considering.
For dinner, Thursday and Sunday evenings tend to offer slightly more booking availability than Friday and Saturday. If your travel schedule is flexible, a Thursday reservation is your leading entry point , you get the full menu experience without the weekend competition for tables.
Book a minimum of three to four weeks out for weekend evenings. If you are targeting a specific tasting menu theme (the menus change every two months), check what is current before you commit to a date , arriving at the tail end of one menu cycle means you may miss the dishes that drew you in. The Google review score of 4.2 across 629 reviews suggests a broadly positive but not universally rapturous experience, which is honest for a restaurant operating a rotating tasting format: some seasonal iterations land better than others.
See the comparison section below for Burdock & Co against its Vancouver peers.
If Burdock & Co is fully booked, or if you want to build a longer Vancouver itinerary, AnnaLena, Elem, Hawksworth, and Barbara all operate in the contemporary fine-dining tier and are worth considering depending on your format preference. For the full picture of where to eat in the city, see our full Vancouver restaurants guide.
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For comparable farm-to-table tasting experiences elsewhere in Canada, Tanière³ in Quebec City and Alo in Toronto operate in a similar register at the leading of their respective markets. Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Lincoln is worth a look if natural wine and seasonal tasting menus are your specific criteria. Further afield, Bastion in Nashville and 63 Clinton in New York City share Burdock's commitment to seasonal, ingredient-led cooking at the $$$$ level. Narval in Rimouski, Jérôme Ferrer , Europea in Montreal, and The Pine in Creemore round out the Canadian farm-to-table shortlist for travellers covering more ground.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burdock & Co | $$$$ · Contemporary | Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in North America Ranked #349 (2025); At Vancouver’s foremost trailblazer — now 12 years strong — of the farm-to-table movement, Andrea Carlson’s bimonthly themed tasting menus are love letters to local and seasonal. Wine director Maisie Ryan’s all-natural selections are the cherry on top. Plating is artful, service professional.; This Mount Pleasant charmer straddles a corner of Main Street in an area rich with top spots, but Burdock & Co stands out with its rustic appeal and Chef Andrea Carlson's farm-to-table cooking. The concise menu highlights the best of the season. First, grilled sourdough, herb-flavored gougère and nori cornbread with aged sake kasu butter prove that this is not your average bread basket. Then, miniature Hazelmere radishes roasted with house-made shio koji deliver unexpected glee. Morels stuffed with halibut mousse resting beside delicate gnocchi in a green garlic sauce embody the fleeting beauty of spring. Finally, the deconstructed chocolate soufflé with miso caramel and smoked mascarpone is a decadent delight.; This Mount Pleasant charmer straddles a corner of Main Street in an area rich with top spots, but Burdock & Co stands out with its rustic appeal and Chef Andrea Carlson's farm-to-table cooking. The concise menu highlights the best of the season. First, grilled sourdough, herb-flavored gougère and nori cornbread with aged sake kasu butter prove that this is not your average bread basket. Then, miniature Hazelmere radishes roasted with house-made shio koji deliver unexpected glee. Morels stuffed with halibut mousse resting beside delicate gnocchi in a green garlic sauce embody the fleeting beauty of spring. Finally, the deconstructed chocolate soufflé with miso caramel and smoked mascarpone is a decadent delight. | Hard | — |
| Kissa Tanto | $$$$ · Fusion | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| AnnaLena | $$$$ · Contemporary | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Masayoshi | $$$$ · Japanese | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| iDen & QuanJuDe Beijing Duck House | $$$$ · Chinese | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Published on Main | $$$ · Contemporary | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
How Burdock & Co stacks up against the competition.
Yes, solo diners fit well in a corner-spot restaurant with counter or small-table seating common to this format. The bimonthly tasting menu structure means the kitchen paces the evening for you, which suits solo visits better than a la carte. At $$$$ pricing, you are committing to a full experience rather than a casual drop-in, so factor that in.
Groups of four or more should book early and check the venue's official channels to confirm availability, since Burdock & Co is a smaller Mount Pleasant room with a focused format. Large parties (six-plus) may find the tasting-menu pace limiting. For group dinners where flexibility matters more, Hawksworth or AnnaLena offer more scalable setups.
Book three to four weeks out minimum for weekend evenings. The restaurant operates only four nights a week (Thursday through Monday, closed Tuesday and Wednesday), which tightens availability considerably. If you have a specific tasting-menu theme in mind, the menus rotate every two months, so check timing before you lock in a date.
At $$$$ pricing, yes, if seasonal tasting menus are your format. Burdock & Co has earned an Opinionated About Dining Top 349 ranking in North America for 2025 and has been running this model for 12 years, which is a meaningful signal of consistency. If you want a la carte flexibility at a comparable price point, Published on Main is a closer match.
Dinner only. Burdock & Co does not serve lunch or brunch; the kitchen opens at 5 PM on its four operating nights. There is no lunch option to compare against.
For a similar seasonal, ingredient-led approach, AnnaLena on 1st Ave is the closest peer and slightly easier to book. Published on Main offers more a la carte range at a comparable price tier. For Japanese-influenced fine dining, Kissa Tanto and Masayoshi both operate in the same price bracket with stronger sushi or kaiseki focus.
Yes, particularly if both parties appreciate seasonal, produce-forward cooking rather than a classic steakhouse or French format. The bimonthly themed tasting menus give a built-in sense of occasion, and wine director Maisie Ryan's all-natural selections add a considered pairing dimension. Book the specific themed menu period that aligns with your date.
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