Since opening in 2011 it’s become one of Vancouver’s top dining draws located at the city’s foremost luxury hotel property. Unlike most stuffy and formal hotel eateries, chef David Hawksworth creates a more casual but thoroughly stylish playground that marries approachable Canadian cuisine in a sexy dining space that’s second to none. Arranged within four distinctive spaces, a color palette of creamy white and solid black is echoed through a playful bar and lounge arranged in cushy, plush sofas and lounge chairs with long bar framed in elegant gold leather detailing. Next door, a parlor-style dining room is surrounded in archways with double gas fireplaces inlaid to a singular ebonized wall. Above, large crystal chandeliers hug a roofline of architectural acoustic detailing and crisp lighting radiated through period tray molding.
The Food
Fancy, formal gourmet cuisine typically found in 5-star hotels gets a reprieve at Hawksworth via a contemporary Canadian menu that offers fresh, locally sourced ingredients for a series of all-day menus that include dinnertime ala carte and seasonal tasting options. Appetizers of seared weathervane scallops are presented with beech mushrooms or maple bacon sweetbreads with black truffle and lemon. Other standout starters, so many it’s difficult to choose, include beef short ribs cooked 48-hours with Thai basil and green papaya or Yellowfin tuna carpaccio with Asian pears. Mains vary between land and sea with beef tenderloin with chimmichurri, olive oil poached salmon with eggplant caviar or duck breast with confit leg and pea tendrils.
Last Word
Chef David Hawksworth leads starry, seasonal, renegade Canadian eatery within Hotel Georgia in downtown Vancouver.
