$$$$ • Sudamericana • Main Street
Tucked into Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, SUYO is Chef Ricardo Valverde's tribute to the country he left as a teenager. Since opening in 2022, it's earned Vancouver Magazine's Best New Restaurant and Best Latin American Restaurant, a spot in the MICHELIN Guide with the Exceptional Cocktails Award, and an EnRoute Canada's Best New Restaurants finalist nod. The name means "homeland," and every plate carries that intention: ceviches and tiraditos built on B.C. seafood, causa layered with Peru's ancestral potatoes, and a ribeye finished with chimichurri that regulars keep coming back for. Cocktails lean into Peruvian classics — Pisco Sour, Chilcano — alongside originals inspired by the Amazon and Andes. The room has been called a "walnut jungle," warm wood and greenery softening concrete and low lighting. Whether it's a celebration dinner, a date night, or your first taste of Peru, SUYO offers a Main Street experience found nowhere else in Canada.
