Cibo Trattoria is offering two NYE seatings, at 6pm and 9pm. The 6pm seating is $79 for a three-course menu, while the 9pm seating is $115 for a five-course menu. Dishes include burrata with prosciutto, preserved cherry tomatoes and parmesan crisp; seared scallops with slow-cooked fennel, stinging nettle puree and elderflower brown butter; vanilla semifreddo with Maldon sea salt; and more. Guests can also add oysters or seared foie gras to their meals, as well as curated wine pairings. CiboTrattoria.ca
For a more casual – and cape-themed – night, Uva is turning itself into Gotham City for NYE, with cocktails and canapés, as well as superheroes and cool jazz from the James Danderfer Jazz Trio. Tickets are $40 and include two complimentary drinks, food, entertainment and party favours. UvaVancouver.com
Latab Wine Bar is offering a special NYE set menu that will give you a taste of everything on the menu, plus a glass of bubbles, for $59. Dishes include favourites like the Humboldt squid with sauerkraut, caramelized yeast and crab apple leather, vegetable “egg” with charred wild mushrooms and toast, and radishes with sea urchin and cultured butter. The à la carte menu will also be available. Two seatings are available between 6-7pm and 9-10pm. Latab.ca
Beach Bay Café & Patio offers three menu options for NYE. Choose from the à la carte menu, or else the four-course ($49) or eight-course ($98) chef menus (optional wine pairings available for additional amount). A DJ will be on hand, and last seating is at 9pm. BeachBayCafe.com
For a more elegant and upscale evening, Ancora is offering a six-course menu for $95 that includes ceviche, sea urchin and scallop causa, lobster risotto with winter truffles, Pacific lingcod, Yakima Valley lamb chop, and milk chocolate ganache with raspberry, plus an amuse. Optional wine pairings available for an additional $75. In addition, guests will be able to sabre their own champagne bottle. AncoraDining.com
Dockside Restaurant is hosting a special four-course menu on NYE for $110 per person. Menu includes house-cured salmon with crème fraiche, beef carpaccio, roasted beet salad with pickled beets, arugula and goat cheese, lamb loin with lamb bacon and fingerling potatoes, grilled beef tenderloin Oscar, herb-crusted halibut, mushroom and mascarpone ravioli, and dessert. Complimentary glass of bubbly is included. DocksideVancouver.com
The Oakwood in Kits is serving dinner and breakfast on NYE. The $65 five-course menu includes snacks, cured salmon with Dungeness crab, lamb breast with smoked yogurt and braised cabbage, seared diver scallops with confit duck thigh, and caramel apple terrine, as well as a breakfast take-home box. TheOakwood.ca
Prohibition Bar at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia is holding a “flapper-esque” NYE event, with 1920s-style seasonal punches, traditional absinthe service and vintage cocktails. Tickets include complimentary coat check, champagne coup on arrival, hot and cold canapés, and dessert throughout the evening. Tickets $118. NewYearsEveAtProhibition.Eventbrite.ca
Pidgin is offering a “no-fuss” NYE with a choice of an eight-course tasting menu or the regular à la carte menu. The eight-course menu is $100 per person, and include daily pickles, oyster shot, tuna with guanciale and roasted lemon gel, uni with cauliflower and duck fat gomae, ling cod in red curry, Wagyu steak and dessert. PidginVancouver.com
For a more family-friendly NYE, check out Rocky Mountain Flatbread’s “early” new year’s celebration. Enjoy pizza-making and entertainment (or just dinner and fun), along with face painting and an early-evening countdown. RockyMountainFlatbread.ca
L’Abattoir will be offering its à la carte menu on New Year’s Eve in the main dining room, as well as a special four-course menu in its private dining room around a communal table. The four-course menu includes duck foie gras torchon, baked Pacific oyster with black truffle, roast fillet of beef with butter-poached lobster, and caramelized banana with white chocolate for dessert. Tickets $175 per person, including dinner and beverage pairings. LAbattoir.ca
La Pentola is offering two NYE menus. The six-course early seating at 6pm includes roasted quail with squash puree, crab and prawn squid ink tortellini, and beef tenderloin, and costs $65 per person. The seven-course late seating at 8pm includes a glass of Prosecco, oysters on the half-shell, foie gras torchon, seared scallop with parsnip and polenta gnudi, and buttered popcorn ice cream, and costs $80 per person. LaPentola.ca
Mamie Taylor’s is celebrating New Year’s Eve with a whole hog pig roast on Dec. 31, 8pm-2am. Tickets are $100 per person and include devilled eggs, cornbread, hush puppies with pimento cheese spread, okra, suckling pig roast and crackling with buttermilk buns, mac ‘n’ cheese and southern slaw, and for dessert, apple turnovers, rocky road brownies, and sweet banana pudding. Pescatarian and vegetarian options available. MamieTaylors.com
Wildebeest is offering a special NYE four-course menu, available all evening with multiple seatings. Options include arctic char with golden roe, beet terrine with goat’s cheese, venison carpaccio, oxtail agnolotti, hamachi tuna with cured ham broth, butternut squash gnocchi, pheasant breast with quail roulade, smoked sablefish with potato pave, spinach tagliatelle, beef striploin, cheese or dessert. Tickets are $69 per person. Wildebeest.ca
