Praise + Accolades
Awards
Best Restaurant, Gold
Best Seafood, Gold
Best Japanese, Honourable Mention
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2011
Best Seafood
Best Fish & Shellfish
Georgia Straight Golden Plate Awards, 2011
'Best of' Award of Excellence
Wine Spectator, 2011
Wine List Award, Platinum (Best Overall)
Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, 2011
Four Diamond Award
AAA, 2010
Best Bar (Formal)
Westender Reader's Choice Awards, 2010
Blue Water Cafe Seafood Cookbook - Best Fish & Seafood Cuisine Cookbook
Cordon d' Or - Gold Ribbon, International Culinary Academy Awards, 2010
Best Seafood
WHERE Magazine 'To Dine' Awards, 2009
Blue Water Cafe Seafood Cookbook - Best Seafood & Fish Book in Canada
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, 2009
Four Diamond Award
AAA, 2009
Silver Medalist, Frank Pabst
Canadian Culinary Championships, 2009
Sommelier of the Year, Andrea Vescovi
Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, 2009
Chef of the Year, Frank Pabst, Gold
Best West End/Downtown/Yaletown, Gold
Georgia Straight Golden Plate Awards
Readers’ Choice, 2008
Vancouver Culinary Champion, Frank Pabst
Olympic Gold Medal Plates, 2008
Birks Silver Spoon Award
Voted by the Concierge and Clefs d'Or as the best restaurant overall for cuisine, service and ambiance, 2008
Reviews
“Not only is the food truly amazing, but every celebrity and their mother eats here.”
AOL Travel, 2011
“This year's Heroes menu is his most creative effort to date--a showcase of unusual marine cuisine that often dazzles with ingenuity.”
Vancouver Courier, 2011
"Blue Water Cafe is the room you’d take an out-of-town visitor who wanted to experience the embodiment of Vancouver’s culinary sensibility."
Vancouver magazine, 2011
“Consistent freshness, high quality, and meticulous preparation are the hallmarks of this Yaletown institution.”
Vancouver magazine, Eating + Drinking Guide, 2011
“Blue Water Cafe in Yaletown will satisfy any raw or seafood craving.”
National Geographic Traveller UK, 2011
“There are no words to describe dining on a multi-course, tailor-made seafood menu overseen by acclaimed Vancouver chef Frank Pabst on a heated patio on a beautiful summer's night.”
Toronto Sun, 2010
“For local seafood perfectly prepared, hit Yaletown's swanky Blue Water Cafe.”
The UK Independent, 2010
"Executive chef Frank Pabst dazzles, as he has for years, with his stellar menu highlighting locally sourced, sustainable seafood."..."Add to the mix a burgeoning cocktail program and a knockout wine list, courtesy of award-winning wine director Andrea Vescovi. Marry all that with seamless front-of-house service and it adds up to a superlative dining experience."
Vancouver magazine, 2010
"This high-concept seafood restaurant is Vancouver's best posh oyster bar and the pinnacle of Yaletown fine dining."
Lonely Planet Travel Guide, 2009
"Vancouver's A-1 pick for seafood from wild and sustainable fisheries."
Frommer's, Vancouver & Whistler, 2009
“In a seafood-obsessed city, few places do it better.”
FASHION magazine, 2009
“A must-try for anyone who wants to know what progressive West Coast cuisine is all about.”
EnRoute magazine, 2009
“Consistent freshness, high quality, and meticulous preparation are the hallmarks of this Yaletown institution.”
Vancouver magazine, 2009
“Gremolata cannot visit Vancouver without stopping by for some of their delicious creations like the Dungeness Crab salad, a tower of perfection served with flying squid, couscous, chickpeas, green onions, parsley, and harissa vinaigrette. Divine!”
Gremolata.com, 2009
“One of the country's finest seafood restaurants.”
Vancouver Courier, 2009
“It was the taste of my childhood–it was the essence of British Columbia–and I did not want it to end.”
Bottom Feeder by Terrace Gresco, published 2008
“The head-turning choice is the Blue Water Tower: three tiers of iced fish, shellfish, and samplings.”
Robb Report, 2008
“Chef Frank Pabst adds a modern-Vancouver sensibility to his French-inspired seafood dishes. We loved: ‘Unsung Heroes’ sampler of sustainably raised fish, such as sardines, spot prawns and lingcod.”
Food & Wine, 2008
Guest Chef Dinner @ James Beard House
Two sold out events at the prestigious James Beard Foundation.
New York City, 2006 + 2002
