The Grocery Cocktail & Social

Love the warm vibe combined with friendly bartenders providing excellent service!!! Just get in here already!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food is usually pretty good but the service that my partner and I received was terrible. Not only did the guy in charge yell at my partner for bringing his leftovers in with him, but he treated us like we were criminals and kicked us out for a simple mistake we weren’t previously warned about. He made us feel profiled by constantly watching us as we packed our food in our to go boxes and walked out and by telling us it was illegal for us to be there. I am unsure if he was going through something or just having a bad day but we apologized to him for our mistake yet he still treated us very rudely. I was very bummed out this night because this was one of my favorite spots as I work very close by and would come often. Very disappointed and I am nervous to return because the one guy working that night was just so rude to us.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 1

Careful of the ceviche. Wasnt that great and very bad food poisoning. Couldn't taste it being off but it put me down for 2 days.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

Food and drinks are great, service is not. Almost every bartender I’ve encountered is snarky and rude. We keep coming back because we do love the drinks and overall vibe-minus the pretentious bartenders. Being friendly isn’t hard.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 2

Do they train staff here to be rude? I don't know. But it does seem that way to me. Every time I want to order something they act like they are doing me a huge favor. I am like, ok, I didn't mean to inconvenience you by trying to order a drink. Will you pretty please do me the honor of blessing me with your presence while I, a peasant, order a drink from your highness? Anyway, the food is good. I like the upstairs area. The service though, oh man. It makes me not want to visit this place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 2

Excellent drinks and food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Decent cocktails, Good atmosphere. Expensive drinks, tables were sticky, semi self serve.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 3

The food and cocktails were awesome! The cocktails are the best in Vancouver

Food: 5

We went for the third time last week. This has the potential of being one of the best restaurants in Vancouver, however, it comes down to a few small things...

First, price. They're simply over-priced. For fries, ceviche, and two drinks, it was $67... there are many more up-scale restaurants in downtown Vancouver that have the same drinks for half the price. Their pours are not generous, there is no reason for the price gouging.

Second, gratuity... on top of $67 for a snack and two drinks... they expect 20% gratuity? This is bar-service, no table service.

Lastly, service. It's slow. Don't expect this to be fast in any way shape or form.

The food is good, no complaints there. The atmosphere is great. The service and pricing just yields it unreasonable.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

I wasn't expecting much from our first glance in; had kind of a dive bar vibe, not the kind of place I'd usually take my fancy Lady. Not *bad*, mind, just not fancy. No table service, order at the bar. 7/10 for ambiance.

Cocktails were *top notch*. I had an Emerald Canopy (punchy, pineapple forward), and my Lady had Pelennor Fields (like a smoked old fashioned, but a bit fruity), and both were excellent. I also had a rum punch, which was also great. 10/10 for drinks.

The food absolutely blew us away. I had the Grocery Burger with fries, and the Lady had Mac & Cheese with grilled chicken. Both were fantastic. We shared the Fried Brussels Sprouts, which may be the best Brussels I've ever had in my life (and I've had a lot). We finished with the Creme Brûlée, which was also great. 10/10 for food.

The space inside is pretty small; fine for a Wednesday, but it might be hectic on a Saturday night. Regardless, The Lady and I were extremely pleased with The Grocery, and we will for sure be back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Grocery Burger, GH Mac N Cheese

Great food great service amazing atmosphere

Service is off the charts. Great drinks, wine, and food. Highly recommend.

Fantastic food. The burger with the bacon sauce is hands down the best burger I've ever had. I was blown away.

Decent food ( good creme brulee ) and interesting cocktails.
The location is on a downtown Vancouver corner which has mutated from several other businesses to The Grocery.
Prices a bit more than the norm.
Interesting decor with a nice relaxed vibe.
Upstairs seating available.
Handicap doable

Pre-prohibition drinks and the bartenders absolutely make the drinks to perfection. This is where I learned what an old fashioned is supposed to taste like. The Atmosphere music is from a record player and the records from whatever bartender happens to be working that day. It's great.