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A Message to Our Wildlight Community

The news of our closing on Nov 28th, 2026 isn’t easy to sit with, but we’ve decided something as a team…

We have the next couple of months ahead of us, and we intend to spend them properly: one final menu, celebrating everyone who built this place into what it became.

Executive Chef Tim Hui has poured everything he has into this kitchen since day one, with Sous Chef Michelle Garcia earning her way to his side when it mattered, constantly growing and thriving. Their skill, their vision, their leadership have shaped every single one of us who’s worked alongside them.

GM Margot Baloro spent years creating a culture where the team felt seen and heard while being pushed to be a little better every day, the kind of leadership that doesn’t show up on a plate but shapes everything that does.

Bar Manager Aman Nijjar built a cocktail program with real craft and care behind every pour, with his techniques, flavours and his lovable smile.

Sommelier Mike Cooke brought Wildlight international recognition, a Silver Star from Star Wine List, through a wine program built with the same care.

And behind every one of them, a staff that showed up day after day, night after night to make this place run.

To everyone who sat at our tables: thank you. The next couple of months are for you too. Come say hello, come celebrate with us, come back one more time.

More details soon on the final menu, reservations are open ❤️ taken in Wildlight Kitchen + Bar by @wildlightrestaurant

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3 days ago

For Sous Chef Michelle Garcia, this wasn’t just a menu. Food is her love language, and she cooked for a room full of people who felt it too.

Filipino BBQ Night closed out this year’s Summer BBQ Series. Skewers off the open flame, a Ribeye Bistek Tagalog that stopped conversations mid-bite, cocktails from NJ Rowe and Aman Nijjar carrying the night from welcome to dessert.

Three nights, three traditions, one incredible summer.

#WildlightVancouver #SummerBBQ #FilipinoFood #YVREats #LongTableDinner taken in Wildlight Kitchen + Bar by @wildlightrestaurant

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6 days ago

September’s Thursday Cocktail Club goes deep into agave country, and No. 03 is three of the most interesting pours we’ve built yet.

🏜️ Oro del Desierto — La Higuera Texanum sotol, Nodo ‘Coffee’ Tequilana, Amaro dell’Etna, cardamom-saffron syrup, mango, citrus, tonic. Earthy, warm, citrus-lifted finish.

🌶️ Verde Fuego — Solmano Espadín mezcal and Derrumbes ‘Durango’ mezcal, Copperpenny ‘Just a Sec’ orange, house chili liqueur, cinnagave, grapefruit, salted mint-honeydew caviar for a cool contrast against the smoke. Upgrade to the rare Derrumbes ‘Guerrero’ mezcal for $15 more.

🫒 Raicilla Costera — La Venenosa Costa de Jalisco Raicilla, Xila Spiced Aperitivo, house dry vermouth blend, lime cordial, aromatic bitters, topped with a smoked olive brine cheese foam.

Cocktails built with spirits this rare usually run $25 to $40. This month, all three are $15.

Every Thursday in September.

#WildlightVancouver #ThursdayCocktailClub #AgaveSpirits #YVRDrinks #Mezcal taken in Wildlight Kitchen + Bar by @wildlightrestaurant

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12 days ago

After careful consideration, Wildlight’s ownership has made the incredibly difficult decision to close our restaurant on November 28, 2026. For everyone who has supported us, and been part of our journey, we are incredibly grateful.

Most importantly, we want to recognize our amazing team. Their dedication, passion, hard work and commitment to serving our guests has been at the heart of Wildlight since we opened our doors.

To our customers, thank you for your loyalty, encouragement, and support over the years. We have been honoured to be part of this community and to serve you.

While this chapter is coming to a close, the relationships, memories, and impact of our team will remain.

On behalf of our ownership and our management team, thank you to everyone who helped make Wildlight something truly special. taken in Wildlight Kitchen + Bar by @wildlightrestaurant

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3 days ago

Aman just called this the most outlandish Thursday Cocktail Club menu yet, and the lineup backs it up.

September is an agave takeover. Wildlight has partnered with The Beverage Collective, who hold one of the most serious agave spirit collections around, and Aman built a menu spanning the full range: sotol, mezcal, tequila, raicilla. A savoury martini riff, a tropical pour, a reworked margarita. Not the usual suspects.

Thursday Cocktail Club has always been about community, ultra-premium spirits poured for the people who keep coming back, cocktails that would normally run $25 to $40, all at $15. This month pushes that further than ever.

Every Thursday. $15. See you there.

#WildlightVancouver #ThursdayCocktailClub #AgaveSpirits #CraftCocktails #YVRDrinks taken in Wildlight Kitchen + Bar by @wildlightrestaurant

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19 days ago

You saw it in motion. Here’s the part the video didn’t get to: the finished plate, still.

The Vegetable Medley Linguine after the toss is done and everything’s found its place. Shishito peppers, roasted corn, parmesan cream coating every strand of that rough-cut semolina pasta. Fresh herbs over top. This is what it looks like when it lands in front of you.

A dish that deserves a proper look.

#WildlightVancouver #PastaSpecial #YVREats #VancouverDining #SeasonalCooking taken in Wildlight Kitchen + Bar by @wildlightrestaurant

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a month ago

Filipino BBQ Night is done, and Sous Chef Michelle Garcia gave the Summer BBQ Series the ending it deserved.

Tuna Kinilaw Tarts, chicken skin chicharron, skewers straight off the grill: pork BBQ, chicken Inasal, pork intestine. Atchara on the side, an eggplant ensalada with soy-vinegar sauce. Ribeye Bistek Tagalog with a soy-calamansi glaze, Tinolang Halaan, whole red snapper escabeche. Ube Leche Flan to close it out.

NJ Rowe and Aman Nijjar built cocktails around the night too: a Pandan Cloud to welcome everyone in, a Mango Calamansi Spritz through the mains, and a Mais Miche to send off dessert.

This was Michelle’s night, built from a table she’s known her whole life.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for all three evenings this summer. See you next year.

🫙🔥🥩🐟🍮

#WildlightVancouver #SummerBBQ #FilipinoFood #LongTableDinner #YVREats taken in Wildlight Kitchen + Bar by @wildlightrestaurant

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20 days ago

Beer. Spirits. Cocktails. Wine. Non-alc.

Every corner of what we pour has its own kind of care behind it. A cold one on tap. A shelf of spirits that could take you somewhere. A cocktail landing in the glass exactly right. A bottle resting in the cellar until it’s ready. And zeroproof built with the same intention as everything else on the list.

What’s your go-to?

#WildlightVancouver #BarProgram #YVRDrinks #CraftCocktails #VancouverBar taken in Wildlight Kitchen + Bar by @wildlightrestaurant

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a month ago

Watching pasta come together in the pan hits different when it’s on video.

Karima’s making the Vegetable Medley Linguine here, and this is the toss that matters most. Brass-extruded semolina noodles, rough enough to grab the parmesan cream instead of sliding through it. Shishito peppers, roasted corn, whatever’s peaking right now.

It’s better in motion.

#WildlightVancouver #PastaReel #YVREats #VancouverDining #SeasonalCooking taken in Wildlight Kitchen + Bar by @wildlightrestaurant

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Duck has been getting paired with fruit since before France was even France. Catherine de’ Medici apparently brought the combo over from Italy in the 1500s and nobody’s touched the formula since.

We’re not mad about it. Fat needs acid. Acid needs fat.

Fraser Valley duck breast, skin shattered and crisp, haskap berry compote instead of the usual orange. Parsnip purée, pomme dauphinoise, rainbow carrots, a jus that ties the whole plate together.

The French had the right idea. We just made it BC.

#WildlightVancouver #FraserValleyDuck #YVREats #VancouverDining #BCIngredients taken in Wildlight Kitchen + Bar by @wildlightrestaurant

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Good service isn’t a policy. It’s the people. Our team carries the room every shift, Tuesday through Sunday, and it shows up in the details.

Happy hour runs daily from 3 to 5pm. Wine Wednesday means half off all bottles from the by-the-glass list.

Every Thursday, Aman runs Thursday Cocktail Club: premium spirits, three high end cocktails, all at $15.

Come for one, stay for dinner.

#WildlightVancouver #HappyHour #WineWednesday #ThursdayCocktailClub #YVREats taken in Wildlight Kitchen + Bar by @wildlightrestaurant

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a month ago

Indian BBQ Night is done, and the long table didn’t want to go home.

Chef Tushar Tondvalkar of Restaurant Kavita brought a Dawaat Awadhi Feast to our open-air atrium that felt like being welcomed into something deeply personal. The food was generous in the way that only happens when a chef is cooking from memory as much as from a menu. Aman’s Gulab Jamun Sour was the closer nobody wanted to put down.

Thank you to everyone who joined the long table, and to Tushar for bringing Kavita to Wildlight. Vancouver Magazine’s Best New Restaurant, and you could taste exactly why. We are so grateful!

One more night to go. Filipino BBQ with Sous Chef Michelle Garcia, September 6. Link in bio to book.

#WildlightVancouver #SummerBBQ #IndianBBQ #DawaatFeast #YVREats

@restaurant.kavita @chefttushar

Thanks to Sommelier @mmcooke8 for taking photos! taken in Wildlight Kitchen + Bar by @wildlightrestaurant

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