Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar Restaurant Review
1095 Hamilton St. (Helmcken St.) 
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Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar Restaurant is one of our 2012
| Top 10 Vancouver Wine List Restaurants
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Cuisine
Open
Dinner nightlyFeatures
- Romantic setting
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Outdoor dining
- Open late
- Valet parking
- Business casual
Wine
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 Chef Frank Pabst is at the vanguard of the movement promoting responsible seafood practices, with an inventive approach to West Coast cuisine grounded by classical technique. Pabst created the annual Unsung Heroes dining festival to spotlight often under-appreciated yet bountiful regional seafood. His creative plates have included sea cucumber chowder with smoked potato shiitake mushrooms, periwinkles served in their shells with saffron aïoli, and red sea urchin trifle with avocado cream, nori seaweed nest and yuzu saké purée. Stop in first at the main bar in this 100-year-old converted warehouse where you can happily slurp on a wide array of oysters while sipping on a skillfully crafted cocktail. Move on to the raw bar to savor wild sockeye salmon sashimi with chilled saké. Finally, settle into a plush banquette in the dining room and indulge in the three-tiered eponymous seafood tower or one of Pabst’s ocean underdogs showcased in that night’s spotlight. Carnivores will be pleased to discover that the kitchen also knows its way around meat, with Wagyu and Sezmu beef tenderloin as well as Kobe-style beef short ribs braised in coffee ancho chile sauce. Sommelier Andrea Vescovi presides over the extensive wine list with its comprehensive selection of British Columbia’s best wines. Service is gracious and professional.
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RESTAURANT AWARDS
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