{"id":648508,"date":"2026-05-05T03:19:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648508\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T03:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:19:31","slug":"restaurant-awards-2026-the-best-middle-eastern-restaurants-in-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648508\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant Awards 2026: The Best Middle Eastern Restaurants in Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"header-summary\">These are the best Middle Eastern restaurants in Vancouver for 2026.      <\/p>\n<p>\n        By Vancouver Magazine \/ May 4, 2026       <\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Delara-Eva-McMillan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"781\"  \/>Delara. Photo: Eva McMillan<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Zarak-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"1040\"  \/>Zarak<br \/>\nTied for Gold: Delara and Zarak<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Vancouver loves Middle Eastern dining for the same reasons it loves a long dinner with friends: warmth, abundance, spice and a room that makes you stay a little longer than planned. This year comes with a twist: two gold winners. Delara remains the benchmark for elevated Middle Eastern dining, praised as \u201cthe standard bar for the intersection of service, decor and technique\u201d and \u201cthe first place\u201d one of our judges would take someone to understand what high-end Middle Eastern cuisine looks like. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Zarak shares the gold for taking bigger swings, with one judge noting that it \u201cascends to the top\u201d by trusting diners to follow them into more experimental territory, helped along by a \u201cgreat\u201d cocktail program and a menu that pushes past the usual falafel-and-hummus comfort zone.<\/p>\n<p>2272 W 4th Ave.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/delararestaurant.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">delararestaurant.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2102 Main St.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/zarakvancouver.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">zarakvancouver.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yasma_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"727\" height=\"519\"  \/>Yasma. Photo: Leila Kwok.<br \/>\nSilver: Yasma<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Silver winner Yasma is Denman doing Denman: lively, generous, satisfying and easy to love without turning dinner into a three-hour project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">550 Denman St.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/yasma.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">yasma.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Honourable Mentions <\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Tamam<br \/>2616 E Hastings St.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/tamam.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tamam.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Saba<br \/>2881 Granville St.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sabafoods.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sabafoods.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777951171_532_cropped-cropped-441532064_887919126681833_681272281540641431_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver Magazine\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"author__bio\">The editorial team at Vancouver magazine is obsessed with tracking down great food and good times in our favourite city on earth. Email us pitches at  <a href=\"https:\/\/vanmag.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"0b666a62674b7d6a65666a6c25686466\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These are the best Middle Eastern restaurants in Vancouver for 2026. 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