POURHOUSE MENU

Pourhouse Restaurant menu in Gastown (Vancouver):

🥜 Snacks (Lunch & Dinner)

• Nuts – Chef’s rotating blend (GF/VG/V)

• Chips & Dip – Chippers with sour cream, onion dip, and chives (GF/V)

• Olives – Marinated with chili, orange, fennel (GF/VG/V)

• Meatballs – Beef‑pork‑veal mix, marinara, grana padano, chives

• Bulls in a Blanket – Wagyu dog wrapped in puff pastry with honey mustard

• Devils on Horseback – Prunes wrapped in bacon with harissa BBQ (GF)

• Scotch Egg – Fennel sausage and soft-boiled egg in panko with spicy aioli

• Lobster Cakes – Panko-tendered lobster with lemon-herb salad and spicy aioli

• Beef Tartare – Eye-of-round tartare, mustard seed, shallots, hazelnut oil, juniper sauce, chips

• Fried Brussels Sprouts – Tossed in bacon, balsamic, and honey

• Fried Chicken – Buttermilk fried chicken with honey butter, pickles, lemon pepper (GF)

• Truffle Tots – Tater tots in truffle salsa topped with grana padano (GF/V)

• Soup of the Day – Chef’s daily creation served with sourdough

• Charcuterie – Rotating cured meats, cheeses, jams, pickles, and crisps

🥗 Salads

• Classic Caesar – Romaine with Caesar dressing, grana padano, brioche crouton

• Warm Kale – Kale, fingerling potato, Brussels sprout, cranberries in brown butter vinaigrette (GF)

• Pear & Prosciutto – Frisée, arugula, poached pear, prosciutto, candied walnut, ricotta, lemon-herb dressing (GF)

  Optional add-ons: grilled chicken or prosciutto

🍽️ Mains

• Steak Frites – 10 oz striploin, hand-cut fries, choice of red wine jus or peppercorn sauce (GF)

• Arctic Char – Blackened char with creamed spinach and fingerling potato

• Acorn Squash Bowl – Quinoa, kale, vegetables, and tahini sauce (V/GF/VG)

• Spaghetti & Meatballs – Mixed meatballs in marinara, served with fresh pasta and grana padano

• Butcher’s Cut – Chef’s choice steak with fries and sauce

🍔 Burgers

• The Pourhouse – Dry-aged beef, confit pork belly, aged cheddar, caramelized onions, grainy mustard mayo, potato bun, fries

• Gastown Double – Brisket and chuck smash patties, American cheese, bacon, caramelized onions, pickles, secret sauce, fries

• Crispy Portabello – Harissa BBQ mushroom patty with cheddar, alfalfa, mayo, brioche bun, fries (VG)

  Extras: add fried egg or foie gras

🍟 Sides

• Hand-cut Fries & Dip

• Potato Tots

• Truffle Potato Tots

• Fingerling Potato

• Green Salad

• Caesar Salad

• Pear & Prosciutto Salad

• Seasonal Vegetables

🍹 Happy Hour

(Daily 3–6 pm & 10 pm–close)

• Bar Pours – Select wines and sparkling by the glass

• Draught Beer – 10 oz and 16 oz pours

• Kitchen Specials:

  • Smash Burger – Brisket & chuck burger

  • Smashroom Burger – Mushroom burger (V)

  • Chips & Dip (GF/V)

  • Truffle Tots (GF/V)

  • Scotch Egg

  • Meatballs

🍨 Desserts & Cocktails

• Specialty desserts inspired by cocktails (e.g., Fernet‑caramel apple tart)

• Classics Volume 1 – Shaken

  • Daiquiri – rum & lime sweetened with turbinado

  • Calvados Sidecar – apple brandy with Cointreau & lemon

  • Gimlet – gin with lime cordial

  Classics Volume 1 – Stirred

  • Old Fashioned – bourbon with bitters & sugar

  • Rittenhouse Manhattan – rye, sweet vermouth & bitters

  • Martini – London dry gin & dry vermouth

  Classics Volume 1 – Built

  • Whisky Highball – Japanese whisky & soda

  Modern Classics – Shaken

  • Paper Plane – bourbon, Aperol, Amaro Nonino & lemon

  • Naked & Famous – mezcal, Aperol, Chartreuse & lime

  • Jack Rose – apple brandy, Calvados, grenadine & lemon

  Modern Classics – Stirred

  • Black Manhattan – rye & amaro

  • Revolver – bourbon with espresso bitterness

  • Mezcal Old Pal – mezcal, Campari & dry vermouth

  Modern Classics – Built

  • Fernet & Coke

  Classics Volume 2 – Shaken

  • Corpse Reviver #2 – gin, Cocchi Americano, Cointreau & absinthe

  • Pisco Punch – pisco, pineapple & citrus

  • Hurricane – dark rum, passionfruit & bitters

  Classics Volume 2 – Stirred

  • Widow’s Kiss – apple brandy, Chartreuse & Benedictine

  • Vancouver – gin with herbal vermouth blend

  • Vesper – gin, vodka & Cocchi Americano

  Classics Volume 2 – Built

  • Tom Collins – old tom gin with lemon & soda

  House Pours – Shaken

  • Gastown Gimlet – mezcal with grapefruit & lime

  • Passionfruit Fizz – gin, passionfruit, egg white, lemon, soda

  • Pourhouse Punch

  House Pours – Stirred

  • Bourdain Old Fashioned – Japanese whisky, cognac & amaro

  • Paranubes White Negroni – Oaxacan rum, vermouth & bitter bianco

  • Dark End of the Street – Japanese whisky, Cynar, plum wine & bitters

  House Pours – Built

  • Amaro Long Island Iced Tea – quintet of amari & Brio soda

  Fancy

  • Blanton’s Gold Old Fashioned

  • Pourhouse Vieux Carré – cognac, rye, vermouth & bitters

  • Drouin Martini – Normandy gin & vermouth

  • Booker’s Boulevardier – bourbon, Campari & vermouth

  • Champs-Élysées – cognac & Chartreuse with bitters 

📍 Location & Hours

162 Water Street, Gastown, Vancouver BC

• Mon–Wed & Sun: 11 am–11 pm

• Thu: 11 am–12 am

• Fri–Sat: 11 am–1 am

  Happy Hour: Daily 3–6 pm & 10 pm–close

📖 See the current Pourhouse menu on their website

Here are the top customer favorites at Pourhouse Restaurant – Gastown, Vancouver, based on reviews from TripAdvisor, Google, Yelp, The Infatuation, and community posts:

🌟 Must-Try Dishes & Drinks

🥚 Scotch Egg

• Consistently praised for its flavor and perfectly runny yolk wrapped in crispy sausage and panko

“The scotch egg was really phenomenal, ESPECIALLY the aioli it came with…so addicting” 

“We came here for their famous cocktails and the scotch egg…super tasty!” 

🍟 Truffle Tots

• A classic shareable side that keeps guests coming back

“The truffle potato tots are a MUST get here—they’re super crispy and dense” 

🍔 Pourhouse Burger / Smash Burger

• Juicy, flavor-packed, and recognized as one of the city’s best

“The Pourhouse Burger was incredibly tender, sweet and savoury…Top class” 

“The Pourhouse burger…pork belly was crispy and crackling…patty thick, tender, and juicy” 

🥃 Cocktails & Classic Drinks

• Many guests come for the cocktails, especially bourbon-based classics and negronis

“People who love bourbon are going to love Pourhouse and its classic Old Fashioned…all the cocktails here are top‑notch” 

• Praise on Reddit for being a standout cocktail bar in Gastown 

🍹 Specialist Cocktails

• Unique cocktails like mezcal daiquiris, Paper Planes, and the Amaro Iced Tea win rave reviews

“I quite enjoyed the Amaro Iced Tea…it was herbaceous and delicious” 

🥩 Steak Frites & Beef Tartare

• Loved for quality and flavor

“The steak frites…came out perfectly…fries were amazing” 

“Beef tartare…very good…the salty chips got neutralised by the beef” 

🐔 Fried Chicken & Other Snacks

• Many mention the crispy, flavorful fried chicken, devils on horseback, and Scotch eggs in glowing terms 

✅ Summary Table of Favorites

This menu was last updated: 4 weeks ago.