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Here are your 2025 Stars of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­winners

The best of the best, as voted by our readers.
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Showcasing the most awesome businesses and services the city has to offer, V.I.A.'s 2025 Stars of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­is our chance to put the spotlight on everything that makes our city shine.

From the top spots to get beautiful bouquets to the city's best destinations for delicious eats, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ readers have cast their votes in our annual Readers' Choice Awards.

The Stars of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­celebrates the incredible businesses and services that make our city shine. This year, we saw a record number of votes across a wide array of categories, showcasing your favourites in the city from Spanish Banks to Strathcona and everywhere in between.

You let us know your favourite rainy day go-tos, where to find divine desserts, and which meal kit service really delivers. 

From wellness and pet care to the best in insurance and home improvement, you've shown who the real stars are in the city.

All of these were nominated and voted on by our readers, so this truly reflects what locals love most in Vancouver. Thank you so much for taking the time to cast your ballots.

We hope you can continue to support these truly awesome Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­businesses.

Lindsay William-Ross

Editor-in-Chief, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­

ART GALLERY

1. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Art Gallery

2. Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

3. Hill's Native Art Gallery

DANCE STUDIO

1. iDance

2. Harbour Dance Centre

3. Urban Beat

NEIGHBOURHOOD

1. Kitsilano

2. Commercial Drive

3. Yaletown

PERFORMING ART VENUE

1. The Centre in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­for Performing Arts

2. Pal Studio Theatre

3. Queen Elizabeth Theatre

TOURIST ATTRACTION

1. Stanley Park

2. Granville Island

3. Pacific Spirit Regional Park

PUBLIC ART

1. A-maze-ing Laughter (Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Biennale)

2. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Olympic Cauldron

3. The #Kitswings Mural

EAT & DRINK

BAKERY

1. Breka Bakery & Cafe

2. COBS

3. Purebread

BRUNCH

1. Yolks

2. Cafe Medina

3. Jam Cafe

BURGER

1. Vera's Burger Shack

2. White Spot

3. Romer's Burger

CHINESE RESTAURANT

1. Sandy La Chinese Restaurant

1. Szechuan Chili Restaurant

2. Peaceful Restaurant

COFFEE SHOP

1.JJ Beans Coffee Roasters 

2. 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters

3. Bean Around the World Coffees

CRAFT BREWERY

1. Parallel 49 Brewing

2. 33 Acres Brewing Company

3. Granville Island Brewing

DESSERT

1. Thierry Chocolates

2. True Confections

3. Thomas Haas

FINE DINING

1. Seasons in the Park

2. Hawksworth Restaurant

3. Blue Water Cafe

FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE

1. Uber Eat

2. Doordash

3. SkipTheDishes

FOOD TRUCK

1. Chickpea

2. Tacofino

3. JAPADOG

GREEK RESTAURANT

1. The Greek by Anatoli

2. Stepho's Souvlaki Greek Taverna

3. Maria's Taverna

ICE CREAM/GELATO

1. Rain or Shine Ice Cream 

2. Dolce Amore

3. Earnest Ice Cream

INDIAN/ SOUTH ASIAN RESTAURANT

1. Sula Indian Restaurant

2. Vij's

3. Agra Tandoori Restaurant

ITALITAN RESTAURANT

1. Pepino's Spaghetti House

2. Ask for Luigi's

3. Savio Volpe

JAPANESE RESTAURANT

1. Miku

2. Minami

3. Applause Sushi

KOREAN BBQ RESTAURANT

1. Kook Korean BBQ

2. Chosun Korean BBQ

3. SURA Korean BBQ

LATE NIGHT EATS

1. Lucy's Eastside Diner

2. Denny's

3. Earl's

MIDDLE EASTERN RESTAURANT

1. Nuba

2. East is East

3. Jamjar Canteen

NEW RESTAURANT (OPENED IN 2024)

1. Elio Volpe

2. Meo & Elem (tied)

PATIO

1. Mahony's Tavern

2. Joe Fortes

3. Tap & Barrel

PIZZA

1. Via Tevere Pizzeria

2. La Ruota Pizzeria

3. Pizza Garden

SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

1. Joe Fortes

2. Blue Water Cafe

3. Rodney's Oyster House

SPANISH/ TAPA RESTAURANT

1. Espana Restaurant

2. Bodega

3. Como Taperia

SPORTS BAR

1. Boston Pizza

2. Red Card Sports Bar + Eatery

3. Shark Club Sports Bar & Grill

MEXICAN RESTURANT

1. La Taqueria Pinche Taco Shop

2. Tacofino

3. Sal y Limon

THAI RESTAURANT

1. Thai Away

2. Maenam

3. Bob Likes Thai Food

VEGAN RESTAURANT

1. Chickpea

2. MeeT

3. The Acorn

VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT

1. MeeT

2. The Naam

3. Chickpea

LIFESTYLE & SERVICES

APPAREL

1. Lululemon Athletica

2. Aritzia

3. Simons

ARTS & CRAFT SUPPLIES

1. Michaels

2. Opus Art Supplies

3. Urban Source

AUTO REPAIR

1. M & N Auto Repairs

2. Tremblay Motors

3. Everbloom Auto Repairs

BABY/CHILDREN'S STORE

1. Babes on Fourth

2. West Coast Kids

3. Dilly Dally Kids

BARBERSHOP

1. Big Bro's Barbershop

2. The Barbershop

3. TopGun Barber

BIKE SHOP

1. Reckless Bike Stores

2. West Point Cycles

3. Our Community Bikes

BRIDAL STORE

1. Everly Bridal

2. Bisou Bridal

3. Luxx Nova Bridal Boutique

BUTCHER

1. Columbus Meat Market

2. Windsor Meats

3. Rio Friendly Meats

CAR DEALER

1. Brian Jessel BMW

2. Open Road

3. Regency Toyota

CAR SHARE

1. Evo Car Share

2. Modo

3. Zerocar

CAR WASH

1. M & J Car Wash

2. Shine Auto Wash

3. Century Car Wash

CATERER

1. Emelle's Catering

2. Savoury City Catering

3. The Lazy Gourmet

CHARITY

1. BC Children's Hospital Foundation

2. Covenant House

3. BC SPCA

CONTINUING STUDIES INSTITUTION

1. Langara College

2. UBC

3. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Community College

COOKING CLASSES

1. Dirty Apron

2. The Gourmet Warehouse

3. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Community College

DRY CLEANER

1. Busy Bee

2. Fletchers

3. A Star

EYEWEAR STORE

1. Bailey Nelson

2. Della Optique

3. Integra Eyecare Centre

FLORIST

1. Celsia Florist

2. The Flower Factory

3. Queen Bee

FUNERAL HOME

1. Amherst Funeral and Cremation Services

2. Kearney Funeral Services

3. Mount Pleasant Universal Funeral Home

FURNITURE AND DECOR STORE

1. Structube

2. Parliament Interiors

3. West Elm

GARAGE DOOR SERVICE

1. Rio Garage Doors

2. West Point Garage Door Company

3. Garage Door Ninja

GARDEN STORE

1. Figaro's Garden

2. Hunters Garden

3. Southland's Nursery

GIFT SHOP

1. Giving Gifts

2. Make Vancouver

3. Pacific Arts Market

GROCERY STORE

1. Choices Market

2. T&T

3. Stongs

HAIR SALON

1. Suki's

2. East Vanity Parlour

3. Chura's Hair Salon

HARDWARE STORE

1. Home Hardware

2. Rona

3. West End Paint and Hardware

HEARING CLINIC

1. NexGen Hearing (Hearing Life)

2. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Hearing Centre

3. Connect Hearing

HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE

1. Trail Appliance (tied)

2. Drips & Drains Plumbing and Heating

HOME APPLIANCE STORE

1. Forum Home Appliances

2. Trail Appliances

3. Coast Appliances (North Vancouver)

HOME RENOVATIONS

1. Lower Coast Building Group (North Vancouver)

2. Kerr

3. Twins Lions Contratcing

INSURANCE BROKER

1. Jack Chow Insurance

2. Westland Insurance

3. BCAA

JEWELERS

1. Birks

2. Blue Ruby

3. Mejuri

KITCHEN DESIGN

1. Casa Bossanova Bespoke Cabinetry & Accessories

2. BFJ Design Custom Kitchen and Closet

3. Fiona Sinclair Design Studio

KITCHENWARE STORE

1. The Gourmet Warehouse

2. Ming Wo

3. Forum Home Appliances

LANDSCAPING

1. Hyland Landscapes

2. Elemental Garden

3. Sprout Landscapes

LASER AND SKIN CLINIC

1. Revivaderm

2. Arbutus Laser Centre

3. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Laser & Skin Care Centre

LAWYER

1. Taylor and Blair LLP

2. Krista Simon

3. Acumen Law Corporation - Kyla Lee

LIQUOR/ WINE STORE

1. BC Liquor Stores

2. Legacy Liquor Store

3. Liberty Wine Merchants

MEAL KIT DELIVERY

1. Fresh Prep

2. HelloFresh

3. Goodfood

MORTAGE BROKER

1. Pinsky Mortages

2. Michael Sato.

3. Birgit Christina Holm

NAIL SALON

1. Pure Nail Bar

2. Modern Nails

3. Joyride

NOTARY PUBLIC

1. Reg Chow

2. Yoshida Notary Public Inc.

3. Morris Notary

OIL CHANGE

1. Mr. Lube

2. Jiff Lube

3. Everbloom Auto Repair

PAVING SERVICE

1. Burnaby Black Top (Burnaby)

2. Nasib's Asphalt Paving (Richmond)

3. S&S Asphalt Paving

PET STORE

1. Discover Dogs

2. Pet Pantry

3. Mrpets

PLUMBER

1. Canada West Plumbing & Heating

2. Millani Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditoning

3. Papa Plumbing, Heating & Draining (Surrey)

PRE SCHOOL DAYCARE

1. Little People's Community Preschool

2. Pebbles and Piaget

3. Kiddy Junction Academy

PRIVATE SCHOOL

1. York House School

2. St. George's School

3. Crofton House

REALTOR

1. Rod Chow

2. Michelle Yu

3. Paul Toffoli

ROOF SERVICE

1. Robinson Roofing (Port Coquitlam)

2. Marine Roofing (Burnaby)

3. Holland Roofing (Burnaby)

SENIORS CARE SUPPORT SERVICES

1. Nurse Next Door

2. Sunrise Senior Living

3. Qualicare

SENIORS RESIDENCE

1. Louis Brier Home and Hospital

2. Sunrise Senior Living

3. Blenheim Manor

SHOE STORE

1. Gravitypope

2. Browns

3. Private & Co.

SHOPPING CENTRE

1. Pacific Centre

2. City Square

3. Kingsgate Mall

SPA

1. Spa Utopia

2. Sabai Thai Spa

3. Fairmount Spa

SPECIALTY GROCEY STORE

1. Greens Maket

2. T&T

3. Whole Foods Market

TOY STORE

1. Toya are Us

2. Kaboodlies Toy Store

3. Dilly Dally Kids

TOURIST ATTRACTION

1. Expedia Cruises Center

2. Travel Best Bets

3. Canada Revealed

VETERINARIAN

1. Atlas Animal Hospital

2. Yaletown Pet Hospital

3. West Boulevard Veterinary Clinic

VINTAGE/ CONSIGNMENT STORE

1. Turnabout

2. Front and Company

3. Value Village

WEDDING VENUE

1. Brock House Restaurant

2. Stanley Park

3. Heritage Hall

YACHT SERVICE

1. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Yacht Charters

2. Habibi Yacht Club

3. Skookum Yacht Services

HEALTH & WELLNESS

ACUPUNCTURE

1. Acupoint Wellness Centre

2. Jenny Abel Acupuncture

3. Main Acupuncture Clinic

FITNESS STORE

1. PowerBlock

2. Peloton

3. Fitness Town

CHIROPRACTOR

1. Kingsway Spine & Muscle

2. The Powerhouse Chiropractic

3. In Touch Chiropractic

DENTIST

1. Kits Family Dental

2. Dr. Harry Sangha (Family Dental Care - Kitsilano)

3. Kingsgate Dental

DENTURE CLINIC

1. Inspire Dental Group

2. Northwest Denture Clinic

3. West Point Denture Clinic

FERTILITY CLINIC

1. Olive Fertility Centre

2. Grace Fertility Centre

3. Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine

GROUP FITNESS STUDIO

1. Pure Barre

2. Studeo Gyms

3. Kondi Fitness & Rumbo Boxing Studio (tied)

HEALTH & FITNESS CENTRE

1. Anytime Fitness

2. Fitness World

3. YMCA

HEALTH & WELLNESS STORE

1. Finlandia Natural Pharmacy

2. Body Energy Club

3. Alive Health Centre

LASER EYE CLINIC

1. Pacific Laser Eye Centre

2. Lasik MD

3. BoydVision Centre

MASSAGE THERAPY

1. Spa Utopia

2. Evolve Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­RMT

3. Everest Therapeautics

NATUROPATHIC CLINIC

1. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Naturopathic Clinic

2. Divine Elements

3. Cross Roads Clinics

NUTRITIONIST

1. Stephanie Burns Staiano

2. Dr. Vanessa Lindsay

3. Kelsey Ellis

OPTOMETRIST

1. Integra Eyecare Centre Optometry

2. Eyelab

3. Mount Pleasant Optometry Centre

PERSONAL TRAINER

1. Kalev Fitness Solution

2. Precision Athletics

3. Turnfit Personal Trainers

PHYSIOTHERAPIST

1. Kelvin Physiotherapy Clinic

2. Tall Tree Integrated Health

3. Total Therapy

SPIN STUDIO

1. Spin Society

2. Ride Cycle Club

3. Altea West 6

YOGA STUDIO

1. Oxygen Yoga & Fitness

2. YYoga

3. Open Door Yoga

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

URBAN HIKE

1. Pacific Spirit Regional Park

2. The Sea Wall

3. Stanley Park

BEACH

1. Spanish Banks Beach

2. Kitsilano Beach

3. Jericho Beach

PUBLIC GARDEN

1. Queen Elizabeth Park

2. VanDusen Botanical Garden

3. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden

OFF-LEASH DOG PARK

1. Spanish Banks Beach Park

2. Trout Lake Park

3. Queen Elizabeth Park

BIKE TRAIL

1. Stanley Park

2. The Seawall

3. Arbutus Greenway Park

RUNNING TRAIL

1. Stanley Park

2. Pacific Spirit Regional Park

3. The Seawall

PLACES

BEST OUTDOOR PLACE ON A RAINY DAY

1. Stanley Park

2. Granville Island

3. Pacific Spirit Regional Park

BEST PLACE FOR A FIRST DATE

1. Pacific Spirit Regional Park

2. The Seawall

3. Stanley Park

FAMILY OUTING

1. Science World

2. Pacific Spirit Regional Park

3. PNE Playland

DOG WALK

1. Pacific Spirit Regional Park

2. Spanish Banks

3. The Seawall

STAYCATIONS

BEST HOTEL

1. The Westin Bayshore

2. Sylvia Hotel

3. Fairmont Pacific Rim

BEST TV SERIES

1. Riverdale

2. Poker Face

3. Fire Country & The Last of Us (tied)

FAVOURITE SKI HILL

1. Cypress Mountain

2. Whistler Blackcomb

3. Seymour Mountain