CLOSED - The Fish House in Stanley Park Restaurant
The Fish House was an upscale dining establishment housed in a beautiful, historic character heritage building inside the park grounds.
Known for serving classic West Coast cuisine with a heavy culinary focus on local fish and premium seafood, the venue offered a refined garden-side atmosphere. It sat situated in a park node tucked closely to English Bay, Ceperley Park, and the edge of the local links.
Historical Operations Timeline:
- The independent operators originally elected not to renew their commercial lease arrangement, bringing regular operations to a final close at the end of the day on September 30, 2015.
- The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation subsequently completed a search program and selected a replacement hospitality group to re-purpose the landmark venue space.
Venue Name History
The iconic building layout transitioned through several distinct identities over its decades of public park use:
- Original Identity: The Sports Pavilion
- 1949: Third Beach Tea House
- 1974: The Beach House
- 1991: The Fish House
Location & Former Logistics
Former Address: 8901 Stanley Park Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The facility is situated just inside the property boundaries from the primary Beach Avenue vehicle entrance.
It sits directly integrated next to the scenic links of the Stanley Park Pitch and Putt Golf Course and the public English Bay Tennis Courts.
Parking Note: A small parking area sits behind the property, with extra capacity stalls located toward Second Beach. Note that all parking in Stanley Park requires paid parking validation tokens.