PURVEYORS

GIFT CARDS

  • We offer gift cards in any denomination. You can purchase a digital gift card through the button below.

    Digital gift cards will be emailed to the recipient and can be presented to the staff via a printout or phone upon payment.

  • We offer physical gift cards in any denomination. If you would like to purchase a physical gift card, please visit us in person.

USEFUL INFO

  • We’re a small restaurant so we mostly seat tables of 5 and under. All of our booking availability [for parties of 1 - 5] can be found on our Tock Page.

    We have limited space for walk-ins.

    Groups of 6+

    For groups of 6+, connect with us by email at bookings@garysrestaurant.ca.

    Dining Time

    We do 2+ seatings at dinner. All tables in our earlier seatings are booked for a 2 hour dining time. If you would like a longer dining time, we recommend booking from 730pm onwards.

    Wait + Notify List

    If you do not see your desired day/time available, we suggest adding yourself to the ‘notify’ list. If/when a cancellation occurs, you will receive an automated email to book any table/bar stools that become available within your preferred dining window.

  • Gary’s offers the perfect setting for events where the entire restaurant can be hired exclusively. Please email us for any private party / exclusive use inquiries.

    Capacity; up to 26 seated at one, long table or 36 standing

  • Thursday, October 2

    Wednesday, October 22

  • We do not have parking on site.

    Metered street parking is available on granville street, 11th avenue and 13th avenue.

    Free street parking is available on hemlock street after 6PM and on 12th avenue after 7PM.

  • Our team is always happy to open special bottles.

    The corkage policy is $40 per 750ml bottle (standard size), up to two bottles. Magnums are $80 per bottle, limit one. We kindly ask that your selection is not already represented on our wine list.

  • We do not allow outside desserts at Gary's — there is no cake cutting available.

  • We love kids! Typically we have one or two dishes that are familiar to young palates. However, we do not supply high chairs, a change table and we do not offer a kids menu. Please include your little ones in your party size so we can accommodate appropriately.

ACCOLADES

  • 2024 Air Canada’s Best New Restaurants, 4 November 2024

    Canada’s Best New Restaurant - No. 9

    “The jumping off point for Gary’s, the first restaurant from industry vets Bailey Hayward and Mathew Bishop, was a friends-only supper club. Now menu-carrying members, we lean back in our chairs and spring for the crudo, gem salad, hen-of-the-woods and rabbit. All warrant membership, but the roasted leg, in a consommé with petit garlic sausages and early-summer vegetables, is our runaway favourite. Broad ribbons of lightly-fermented sauerkraut are languid in a transparent broth, with a clarity that belies its depth of flavour.”

    See Gary’s on Air Canada’s Best New Restaurant Guide here

    See Air Canada’s Best New Restaurant Top 10 here

  • 2024 MICHELIN Guide, 3 October 2024

    Bib Gourmand

    “It's easy to be won over by this convivial neighbourhood spot, which owes its easygoing charms to the combined efforts of partners Bailey Hayward and Mathew Bishop (who oversee the service and the kitchen, respectively). To match the relaxed, friendly vibe, the cuisine is rustic and approachable, offering hearty dishes that draw inspiration from French country cooking, as in asparagus with saffron rouille, or pork collar with parsley sauce—and don't miss out on the fluffy, freshly baked rye rolls, served with green garlic butter. For a final slather of indulgence, do order dessert, like a rum baba soaked with chamomile-scented syrup and capped with a ribbon of decadent pistachio custard and a cloud of chantilly.”

    See Gary’s on the MICHELIN Guide here

  • Outstanding Service Award

    “Carefully curated but totally unpretentious best describes the vibe at Gary's, thanks to the work of co-owner and Operations Manager Bailey Hayward. The resulting experience is everything one could ask for in a neighborhood restaurant: approachable, friendly, and engaging.

    With her partner in life and in business Chef Mathew Bishop, she started the restaurant as a friends-only supper club at their home. Today, in a brick-and-mortar location, it emanates that same warm and intimate feeling for any guest. Fittingly, Gary’s uses three words to describe itself: “a nice place.”

    Read article here

PRESS

  • MICHELIN Guide, 12 June 2025

    Our Most Searched MICHELIN Bib Gourmand Restaurants in the U.S. and Canada

    See the list here

  • MICHELIN Guide, 16 January 2025

    The Best Date Night Spots in Vancouver

    Read article here

  • Scout Magazine, 17 April 2024

    The Power of Two: From Road Trip Wisdom to Laugh-Love-Language, with Bailey Hayward and Mathew Bishop

    Read article here

  • Scout Magazine, 26 September 2023

    A Sneak Peek Inside the Deliciousness of Gary’s

    Read article here

  • The Globe and Mail, 1 August 2025

    Step aside, sirloin and filet mignon. These chefs say a good steak dinner doesn't need prime meats.

    Read the full article here

  • The Globe and Mail, 27 November 2024

    The mindset around solo dining is changing: According to the booking platform OpenTable, it is on the rise worldwide and up 16 per cent in Canada.

    Read the full article here

  • Vancouver Magazine, 5 May 2025

    Restaurant Awards 2025: Reader’s Choice, Best Neighbourhood Wildcard

    See the Reader’s Choice winners here

  • Vancouver Magazine, 6 May 2024

    Restaurant Awards 2024: The Best New Restaurants in Vancouver - Bronze

    Read editor’s note here

  • Vancouver Sun, 4 April 2024

    Read review here