5 Best Restaurants in Golden, British Columbia

Chef/owner Konan Mar's passion for cultural diversity and his talent for fusing Canadian and Asian cuisine with a distinctly European flair shape this restaurant's regularly changing menu (think pork and kimchi potstickers and stout-braised duck shepherd's pie). Based in one of Golden's oldest houses and decorated with local art, the space is cozy.

This cozy café serves a variety of hot beverages, breakfast, and lunch options. Windows all-round provide light and an airy interior seating, while outside tables provide a sunny alternative during the summer months.

A gondola ride to 7,700 feet brings you to this beautiful, mountaintop chalet with floor-to-ceiling windows and soaring cathedral ceilings; the views of the surrounding peaks are unrivaled. Despite being Canada's highest restaurant, the chef uses fresh local ingredients to create elegant dishes like beef tenderloin served with haskap berry (also known as honeyberries) port sauce and truffle roasted potatoes. Available for lunch, apres-items, and dinner, reservations are recommended.

You can't miss this beautiful timberframe restaurant located right next to the roaring Kicking Horse River in downtown Golden. They serve Canadian Rocky Mountain cuisine with Asian/European influences.

This is Golden's main music venue, specializing in upscale pub food like burgers, sandwiches, and starters like oyster shooters, ceviche tacos, and Korean fried cauliflower. They have eight rotating beers on tap, all from British Columbia.