Bauhaus Restaurant

If you’ve visited Berlin – and fallen in love with the city's mid-century modern architecture, slick restaurants and underground nightlife – then you must also visit Gastown’s Bauhaus Restaurant. A fine-dining establishment fit for a German king or queen, Bauhaus offers modern twists on traditional Deutsch fare in a stylish dining room that’s unlike any other in the city.

Berlin's essence has been transported to one of Vancouver’s most prized heritage buildings – the original 1890 Boulder Hotel. The restaurant's inimitable owner, Uwe Boll, worked in film before running Bauhaus; in fact, it was the city’s thriving film industry that first attracted the native German to Vancouver. “I made over 30 movies in the last 20 years, and 20 of them in Vancouver,” says the former producer and director. “The only way to make a restaurant a success is to be there every day,” he says of his choice to launch a restaurant in his new home city.

Uwe knew that Vancouver needed an eatery like Bauhaus. “European and German high-end food was missing in Vancouver,” he says. He took the leap from filmmaker to restaurateur in 2015 – and the rest, as they say, is history in the making.