From The Fairmont Vancouver Airport Best Nearby French (Restaurants) (10 Overall Closest) Metro: Vancouver, BC Lumière (Restaurants - French) 2551 W Broadway between Larch and Trafalgar Sts, Vancouver  BC  V6K 2E9 • 604-739-8185 Distance: ~6.701 km User Rating: 9.25 / 10         Description: This cutting-edge West Side restaurant offers contemporary French cuisine in an understated modern setting. Three- or eight-course menus change frequently and a separate seafood menu is available that may feature lobster and crab salad, pan seared scallop or grilled yellowfin. A separate yet sumptuous dessert menu features hazelnut mocha with double-milk ice cream mousse and coconut and kaffir lime leaf brûlée. Salade de Fruits Café (Restaurants - French) 1551 W 7th Ave, Vancouver  BC  V6J 1S1 • 604-714-5987 Distance: ~7.674 km         Description: Want to feel like you've turned the corner and landed in Paris? Seek out this little cafe right in the middle of the French Cultural Center and your wallet will thank you in more ways than one. No airfare for starters and a great value on well-prepared dishes. You'll need a rudimentary knowlege of French to make a selection from a menu that includes classics such as carnard confit and lapin grille entrees and for dessert crème brulée du jour or decadent gâteau ganache. The changing weekly table d'hôte is also a great deal. Smoking Dog Bistro (Restaurants - French) 1889 W 1st Ave, Vancouver  BC • 604-732-8811 Distance: ~7.876 km         Description: KITSILANO. Contemporary and rustic, elegant flavors and a cozy neighborhood setting make the Dog a "must eat." Menu items are inspired by French and Mediterranean methods and ingredients and may include traditional French onion soup alongside insalata caprese with creamy mozzarella or scallops, lamb chops or escargot. Pasta and sandwiches are perfect for lunch, especially streetside if you can nab a table on the outdoor patio. Try the Saltspring Island mussels prepared Provençal or West Coast style. Provence Marinaside (Restaurants - French) 1177 Marinaside Cres between Aquarius Mews & Davie St, Vancouver  BC  V6Z 2Y3 • 604-681-4144 Distance: ~9.259 km         Description: YALETOWN. Breakfast with the sunny taste of Southern France is replete with tempting croque monsieurs oozing gruyere, crab and shrimp cake eggs Benedict, fresh fruits, piping hot baked goods in a basket and french toasted baguettes. Each egg dish is carefully created with omega 3 eggs and served up with potatoes and fresh fruit. If the steaming coffee and tea is not enough to wake you up, cast your eye out the window where Davie Street meets False Creek for a fabulous view of the seawall and the marina . Le Crocodile (Restaurants - French) 100-909 Burrard St on Smythe, Vancouver  BC  V6Z 2N2 • 604-669-4298 Distance: ~9.839 km User Rating: 10 / 10         Description: The Alsatian-style cuisine at this elegant restaurant is most pronounced in the savory onion pie served with a glass of chilled Alsace Edelzwicker. Other rich and saucy classics include calf's liver in garlic spinach butter, duck in a reduction with olives, and rabbit in a pinot noir sauce. The salmon is grilled with the skin on, and the Dover sole is pan-fried to perfection. Finish your meal with French cheeses or nibble on them prior to indulging in one of the many fine desserts. Bacchus (Restaurants - French) 845 Hornby St Wedgewood Hotel, Vancouver  BC  V6Z 1V1 • 604-608-5319 Distance: ~9.924 km User Rating: 10 / 10         Description: Located in the Wedgewood Hotel, this stylish jewel features an elegantly romantic setting and a dazzling seasonal menu that offers superb cuisine. Dinner entrees may include Quebec foie gras, Alberta beef tenderloin, or pan seared Baja scallops. The lunch menu features pizza, pastas, and roasted meat dishes. Finger sandwiches, baked scones and pastries are served during afternoon tea in the adjacent lounge which also features piano music during cocktail hour. Complementary valet parking for dinner guests. Fleuri (Restaurants - French) 845 Burrard St Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver  BC  V6Z 2K6 • 604-642-2900 Distance: ~9.940 km         Description: Innovative French Continental cuisine is the highlight of this award-winning restaurant. The dining room is elegantly appointed with dark cherry furnishings, linen cloths and reproductions of Impressionist paintings. The menu features such sophisticated delights as venison tenderloin, sablefish and seared prawn and lobster cappuccino. Reservations recommended. William Tell (Restaurants - French) 765 Beatty St Georgian Court Hotel, Vancouver  BC  V6B 2M4 • 604-688-3504 Distance: ~9.953 km         Description: DOWNTOWN. For over four decades, this multiple-award winning restaurant has been serving classic Swiss and French dishes to an eager and elegant crowd that keeps coming back. Start with French onion soup or the famous Swiss cheese fondue which blends Gruyere, Ementhal, and Raclette with white wine and kirsch. Then tuck into Zürcher Geschnetzeltes, a thinly sliced veal and mushrooms or a juicy châteaubriand. Save room for dessert, the flambe is prepared tableside. Lots of tasting options are available during the Sunday Swiss Farmer's buffet including a selection of sweet treats. Hermitage (Restaurants - French) 1025 Robson St, Vancouver  BC  V6E 4A9 • 604-689-3237 Distance: ~10.023 km         Description: DOWNTOWN. Scallops, sweetbreads, veal cheek, rack of lamb and steak tartare are just a few of the selections created by master chef Hervé Martin and served in traditional French style. A critically acclaimed wine list boasts exclusive wines from the family winery in Chamilly, France. On a fair evening, enjoy your dinner on the private courtyard patio, or when a chill is in the air, cozy up to the crackling fireplace as you tuck into a dessert to cap off your memorable meal. Le Gavroche (Restaurants - French) 1616 Alberni St, Vancouver  BC  V6G 1A6 • 604-685-3924 Distance: ~10.350 km User Rating: 10 / 10         Description: Traditional French cuisine with an interesting contemporary twist defines the menu at this romantic West End restaurant. Start with the fresh foie gras with endive, apples and raisin marmalade and follow with the poached smoked Alaskan cod in burnt orange sauce and anise coulis, grilled pork tenderloin with Calvados and Stilton sauce, or the Thai curry lobster. The dessert specialty is the marvelous lili cake, which is a soft almond and hazelnut meringue with an almond crème anglaise. The wine cellar features an extensive list of Bordeaux wines. Copyright ©2001 10Best Inc. All rights reserved.