Best Southeast Asian restaurants in Vancouver

Royal Thai, 18 courses, river views in Steveston.

• Canada's 100 Best #24Source ↗

  A calm, elegant Steveston Village room where the chef-owner cooks royal Thai cuisine with precision, in an 18-course tasting menu with white-gloved service and tea, sake, wine and cocktail pairings.

  Standout dishes: Thai chicken dumpling, spicy catfish tart with sour mango, coconut soup with truffle pearls, tiger prawns and lobster in tom yum

• Canada's Best New #14
• 50 Best #12Source ↗

  The reviewer values the detail and labour behind Nutcha Phanthoupheng's 18-course Royal Thai menu, which takes hours to prepare, in a fishing-village setting.

  Standout dishes: chicken dumpling shaped like a chick, vermicelli with squid ink tuile and green curry velouté

Angus An's Thai since 2009: B.C. produce, sustainable seafood.

• Canada's 100 Best #94Source ↗

  Opened in 2009, it helped broaden Vancouver's understanding of Thai cuisine under chef Angus An, with intensely flavourful dishes; the family-style chef's menu is recommended.

Siblings cook family Vietnamese recipes on Main: bánh khọt, shaken beef.

• MICHELIN Bib GourmandSource ↗

  A sibling-run space blending midcentury modern furnishings with the blue neon sign from their parents' restaurant that stood on the site for decades. The menu celebrates Vietnamese flavours.

  Standout dishes: softshell crab salad with banana blossom, grilled prawn mousse with fresh herbs, pho, house-made coffee mousse

Commercial Drive Vietnamese spot carrying on Nguyen Thi Thanh's legacy.

• MICHELIN Bib GourmandSource ↗

  An East Vancouver favourite carrying on the work of chef Nguyen Thi Thanh. The menu is hard to choose from, with filling appetizers and noodle dishes that stand out.

  Standout dishes: fried black tiger prawns with fish sauce, beef carpaccio with pickled onions, garlic fried noodles, wagyu beef noodle soup

Chinatown queues for Cambodian-Vietnamese wings and butter beef.

• MICHELIN Bib GourmandSource ↗

  A long-running, family-owned Chinatown restaurant open since 1985, serving Vietnamese and Cambodian cooking. The large menu is best approached through proven favourites, and a line forms soon after opening.

  Standout dishes: thin beef in pineapple and fish sauce, fried chicken wings, beef luc lac with fried egg