Vij's offers a vibrant atmosphere with inventive Indian dishes, attentive service, and personal touches from the chef that create a memorable dining experience.
"Open for: Dinner Price range: $$ Chef Vikram Vij is a huge star, with a stint as an investor on Dragon’s Den, the reality show for aspiring entrepreneurs, and a national range of prepackaged gourmet frozen curries to his name. Vij has created a fine dining Indian restaurant where you can feast on ambrosial curries utilizing local ingredients and hand-ground spices, paired with B.C. wines and funky cocktails. Pre-pandemic, the queue for a table might have included luminaries such as ex-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau or Harrison Ford, but now you can make a reservation and skip the wait. Don’t miss the lamb popsicles. Know before you go: Don’t snooze on the cocktail menu. It’s packed with savory drinks to pair with curry." - Nikki Bayley
"A Bib Gourmand-awarded Indian restaurant known for its innovative Indian fine dining." - Michael He
"Vij’s on Cambie St. is a 10-minute drive from downtown, or a short walk from the Broadway/City Hall SkyTrain station. This Indian restaurant has been around since the ’90s, and it has a great rooftop patio open in the summer. Get things like their famous lamb popsicles or mango kulfi to share if you’re with a group, but know they also do single servings of most appetizers and half orders of their curries if you’re solo or with just one other person. They take reservations, but you shouldn’t have too much trouble finding a table if you walk in. If you can’t get seated right away, just have a cocktail in their lounge while you wait." - carolyn b heller, amber gibson
"Vij’s on Cambie St. is a 10-minute drive from downtown, or a short walk from the Broadway/City Hall SkyTrain station. This Indian restaurant has been around since the ’90s, and it has a great rooftop patio open in the summer. Get things like their famous lamb popsicles or mango kulfi to share if you’re with a group, but know they also do single servings of most appetizers and half orders of their curries if you’re solo or with just one other person. They take reservations, but you shouldn’t have too much trouble finding a table if you walk in. If you can’t get seated right away, just have a cocktail in their lounge while you wait." - Team Infatuation
"When it opened back in 1994, this local staple was at the vanguard of Indian fine dining in North America, and it continues to make a compelling case for the gastronomic riches of the subcontinent. Namesake chef and owner Vikram Vij hasn’t slowed in spreading the good word, still maintaining a daily presence in the dining room, where he stops at tables to check that every guest is happy." - The MICHELIN Guide
