Purebread - Village. An incredibly wide selection of pastries, both savory and sweet. $$

Portobello (Fairmont) - Upper Village. Quick pastry and coffee or order and sit down. $$$

Hunter Gather - Village. Great eggs benny. $$$

Stonesedge Kitchen - Village. Sit down breakfast in the Main Village. $$$

Provisions - Village. New spot! great sandwiches and coffees. $$

Lift Coffee Co - Village. Quick coffee and breakfast option in the Main. $

Southside Diner - Creekside. A true sit down diner breakfast, usually quite busy. $$

The Den (Nita Lake) - Creekside. Nice sit down breakfast. Optional buffet. Pricier than South Side. $$$$

Table Nineteen - Nicklaus North. Summer only! - Nicest patio in Whistler (winter opens at 3PM). $$$

Alpine Cafe - Alpine. True local charm to this place. $$

Portobellos - Upper Village. The sandwiches are incredible - along with everything on the menu. Takeout chicken + ribs is good value. $$$

Provisions - Village. New spot! Great Sandwiches. $$

Hunter Gather - Village. Great food - awesome local beers on tap. $$

Ohyama Ramen - Village. Awesome ramen spot near the conference centre. $$

La Cantina - Village. Authentic Mexican Tacos and Burritos, two locations (village and nesters). $$

HandleBar - Upper Village. Hands down best pizza I have ever had in my life. Sorry NYC. $$

Fat Tony’s Pizza - Village. Sesame seed crust is nice. $

Chubby Ducks - Village. Nice kabab/shawarma style wraps and poutines. $

The Naked Sprout Cafe Village. Super healthy, most of the menu items are vegan. $$

Splitz Grill - Village. Great burgers. $$

Peaked Pies - Village. Traditional Aussie meat pies. $

For some people, the most important part of the Whistler trip. For others, the second most important part (1st is skiing obviously!)

Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub - Village. #1 Aprés spot in my books, Live music and the Guinness flows! $$$

RMU - Upper Village. #1 Aprés spot in Upper Village, they sell beer, food, skis, apparel, backpacks etc. good local spot. $$

Handle Bar - Upper Village. If you were unable to get a table at RMU, saddle up here for a pint and the best pizza of your life (sorry NYC). $$

Garibaldi Lift Co (GLC) - Village. Good Aprés spot located right at the base of Whistler, pricey but sick vibe. $$$

Tapley’s Neighbourhood Pub - Village. Relaxed spot for an Aprés, sports on all TVs. $$

Longhorn - Village. Come here ready to party, it is essentially a club, expensive, very high energy. At the base of the mountain, can’t miss it. $$$$

Merlins - Upper Village. Relaxed and Aprés, lots of tables, it used to get wild here now it is mostly an older crowd but still turns up every now and then. $$$

Fitzsimmons Pub - Upper Village. The most chill and cosy pub in Whistler. $

Pizza Antico - Village. Good Happy Hour - 5$ Pints, 50% off Margherita Pizzas - 3PM - 5PM. $$

Crystal Lounge - Village. Cheap wings, basement bar - not very inspiring - cheap wings though. $

Table Nineteen - Nicklaus North. (Summer only! - Nicest patio in Whistler) Opens at 3pm in Winter. $$

Coast Mountain Brewing - Function Junction. 10 Mins south of Village, 5 mins south of Creekside, Whistler’s best brewery

Whistler Brewing Company - Function Junction. Go to Coast Mountain first, then come here if you want to continue the tour. 2nd best brewery in Whistler (with all due respect)

Beer Farmers - Pemberton. Drive to Pemberton for the afternoon, incredibly charming brewery on a farm! Worth it!

High Mountain Brewing Co - Village. The only brewery that is actually in the village. They have decent beer, they have a pool table and the pizza is good

Fine Dinning - Reserve as soon as you know that you want to go!

Rimrock Café - Creekside. #1 Fine dining restaurant in Whistler. $$$$

Wild Blue - Village. Very nice Pacific North West inspired menu great ambience. Like, realllllly nice vibe in here. $$$$

Araxi - Village. Farm-to-table, legendary oyster bar, big wine list. $$$$

Il Caminetto - Village. Refined itallian, probably the best date spot. It is pretty sexy and dimly lit. $$$$

Barefoot Bistro - Village. Tasting menus, vodka ice room, mid vibe in there. $$$$

Red Door Bistro - Creekside. Tiny, intimate restaurant. Set menu, hard to get into. Worth it. $$$$

Balam - Village. New Latin American theme restaurant. Really cool decor. Patio is great people watching. $$$

The level just below fine dinning. Still book ahead when you can, especially on weekends.

Nagomi Sushi - Upper Village. Smaller, more relaxed sushi experience, excellent quality - Upper Village. $$$

Sushi Village - Village. Not really fine dinning, but this place is a Whistler institution. Order the secret menu item ‘Nicole Roll” and Sake Marg. Reservations for 6+ groups. $$$

The Keg - Village. Casual fine dinning. Reliable. They never miss. $$$$

Tandoori Grill - Village. Really good Indian food. Big room. Good for groups. $$

Casual dinning, pizza, groups

Pizza Antico - Village. Awesome pizza in the village. $$

Creek Bread - Creekside. This place used to be the go to. They would source as many ingredients as they could from Pemberton. Great pizza’s were the result. Then about 2 years ago, Nita Lake bought this reasturant and immediately started ordering all ingredients from wholesalers in the city that surely supply their hotel. The result, in my opinion was a drop in quality. Also, they can be a bit rude at the door. A fall from grace for Creek Bread, once timeless - now cookie cutter. A true sign of the times. $$

Splitz - Village Casual burger joint, order, take a number and sit down. $$

Hunter Gather - Village. Great beers on tap and really good food, great value. $$

The Beacon - Village. Casual bar restaurant, great patio for people watching. $$

Portobellos - Upper Village. Take out chicken dinner for 4 people is great value, ps - add ribs! $$

Earls - Village. Casual but good. bar/lounge. $$$

Now. It has been a long time since I have graced most of these venues. I’ve grown a bit older, and I tend not to burn the midnight oil like I used to. So, buyer beware, some of this intel might be a bit dated. All of these spots are in the village.

Garfinkles Legendary Whistler Club - Busiest on Thursdays

Dubh Linn Gate Gets very lit with live music and the Guinness tap runs constantly. This is one of the spots I still go to.

Aprés Aprés A good place to go if everywhere is packed, big dance floor

Tapley’s Good bar/pub that gets busy, sports on the TVs

Buffalo Bills 2 pool tables, big dance floor - used to be an older crowd here 25/30+ (though I have heard that this is the new spot with more of a hip crowd)

Moe Joes regular club, low ceilings, usually pretty heavy techno/electronic music

Brandy’s at the Keg open late and not underground like the other clubs, TV’s everywhere

Maxx Fish This club was dormant for 5 years and has since come back swinging. It feels different than the rest of the late night venues in a good way, authentic, it is a sweet spot. The lead bartender Connor Palahicky is a legend. If he happens to be working, and you happen to show him this, he ‘might’ pour you a beer on the house.

Whistler Tasting Tours - Guided village tasting tours