Hanai Vancouver

Gave this place a shot since it made the Michelin Guide, and I hate to say that I don’t really know how it made it on the guide. Vancouver is a hub for Foodies - so the local standard is high. This fell short of our expectations. We ordered a cocktail each, and the Ohana Menu ($60pp Chefs Tasting Menu). They ran out of passionfruit to make our feature cocktail and just made an ingredient substitution to lime for us - it wasn’t great. The Pog was a delicious cocktail though. We arrived for a 7pm seating, but didn’t leave until 10:05pm Positives: - The food is unique, and the intention behind each dish (story) was more memorable than the food itself. - The food was cooked well, and tasted good Negatives: - Service is way too slow. They did mention at the start that they only have 2 chefs. Suggestion to limit seating if you cannot handle the headcount… We had to rush our server towards the end.

We wanted to check out this place for a while and we were very happy that we did because we had a great experience. We were greeted by a friendly waitress in a stylish interior. We decided to sit outside and absorb and summer sun and enjoy some drinks. I grabbed the featured drink which was strawberry collins, and a glass of beer. We also got the happy hour chicken rice bowl which was cooked to perfection. The pickled daikon also cut through the richness very well. I got the yaki udon which was very saucy and thick. We enjoyed the meal very much and would definitely come back for some more cocktails and menu items.

Ohana menu is a must. delicious from start to end. Portions were perfect for my party of 3. i especially enjoyed the grilled humbolt squid with thai chilli spices..absolutely fantastic. Huli chicken was cooked perfectly. Pickled celery was surprisingly good. Highly recommend. Id like to try their hot and sour oxtail soup..so hope they bring it back in the fall/winter!