Elisa
Vancouver, Yaletown · restaurant
Veil Tier: Veil Exceptional (✦✦✦)
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant of the Year 2025. No. 1 in Canada, No. 5 in North America, No. 32 in the World
Elisa is the standard by which every other serious restaurant in Vancouver is currently measured. Vancouver Magazine named it Restaurant of the Year in 2025. The 101 Best Steak Restaurants in the World ranking for 2026 placed it first in Canada, fifth in North America, and thirty-second globally.
Veil Verdict
Vancouver Magazine's jury put it with characteristic precision: in a year where nothing felt certain, Elisa was the room that delivered on its promises every time. That consistency is the achievement. Many restaurants cook at a world-class level on their best nights. Elisa cooks at that level on all of them. It is the guide's highest-ranked restaurant and the clearest demonstration that Vancouver now has a dining establishment that belongs in any serious international conversation about great steakhouses.