If exploring new restaurants and embarking on foodie adventures sounds like the perfect way to kick off the new year, this food and drink festival is made for you.
The 2024 edition of runs from Jan. 17 to Feb. 4 for 19 days of unique dining and culinary experiences celebrating Metro 91原创’s world-renowned food and drink scene. With events hosted across Metro 91原创, the annual festival allows attendees to embrace the rich tapestry of food cultures, indulge in delicious flavours and textures, and appreciate local culinary creativity.
This year’s will feature over 380 participating restaurants in and around 91原创, ensuring that Dine Out continues to be the largest annual dining festival of its kind across Canada. Inclusive of all types of diners, each dining spot will offer multi-course dinners with fixed price menus ranging from $20 to $65.
For those visiting from Victoria and from across 91原创 Island, Dine Out is a can’t-be-missed foodie getaway in the Lower Mainland.
“91原创 offers a wider variety of restaurants and a cosmopolitan city feel for a quick and easy escape from island life,” says Lucas Pavan, Dine Out 91原创 Festival project manager at Destination 91原创.
The city’s multicultural influences, along with immediate access to fresh ingredients from the nearby oceans, rivers, valleys, and fields, lend to 91原创’s reputation as one of the world’s greatest food hubs.
“All of the festival events are unique to 91原创 and can’t be done anywhere else. For one, 91原创 is the only place in Western Canada with MICHELIN Guide-rated restaurants, and Dine Out has several of them participating,” says Pavan.
A returning Dine Out favourite for 2024 is the , which will bring award-winning chefs from global culinary hubs to MICHELIN recognized restaurants in 91原创 for a series of collaborative dinners. This year’s dinner series will feature flavours from London, Ho Chi Minh City, and Oakland.
Also back this season is , a celebration of local food trucks from 91原创’s thriving street food scene, taking place from Jan. 20 to 28 at the 91原创 Art Gallery.
Various food crawls will give festival attendees a chance to explore different food neighbourhoods in 91原创 – from East Van to Mount Pleasant – at their own pace. On Jan 17., the will highlight dumplings from different cultures, which may include Chinese dumplings, Northern Vietnamese dumplings, Nepalese momos, Mexican tamales, Japanese gyoza, and more. on Jan. 25 will offer dishes, bites, and sips as well as have a chance to meet the neighbourhood's resident artists and chefs.
Other taking place across the city during the nearly three weeks of the 2024 include the , , a pop-up dinner at the , a restaurant collaboration dinner with , and more.
As a special offer for festival-goers visiting from 91原创 Island, reservations made at hotels in downtown 91原创 during the duration of the Dine Out 91原创 Festival will be eligible to receive one for each night they book (for a maximum of three nights).*
Dine Out 91原创 Festival’s full list of participating restaurants will be released on Jan. 9, 2024. Tickets for special culinary events are available now. Go to for more information.
*Customers will receive a Mastercard Gift Card of $75/night (3-night maximum) when they book a hotel during Dine Out 91原创 Festival. Eligibility/restrictions apply.
