An evolving tasting experience in Vancouver’s West End.
One evening, your own way.
A place for curious appetites.
For one more glass.
For seeing where the evening goes.
Take a seat. Our chef’s tasting menu leaves room for the unexpected, course by course.
A chef’s tasting experience in 10–12 courses, shaped by the season and what arrives in the kitchen. This season’s chapters are on the menu page.
House cocktails with their own point of view, alongside a wine list built around natural wine, including bottles from British Columbia.
Thoughtful cooking in a relaxed room. A few bar seats are kept for walk-ins, with a limited à la carte menu.
Previous creations from our official gallery.
Undated photographs, not a current or complete past menu.
For Kyle, food, wine, hospitality and the people behind them belong to the same experience, and a restaurant should be a place where people learn, grow and become proud of what they do.
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Chef & owner
Born in Korea and raised in Canada, Kyle has cooked in Michelin-starred kitchens around the world, from one to three stars, and in some of Vancouver’s most recognized restaurants, where he took on leadership roles young.
His cooking isn’t bound to one cuisine. It starts from what an ingredient naturally wants to be, and the menu moves through seasonality, memory, technique and flavour.
Pastry chef · Cocktails & natural wine
A pastry chef and cook led by imagination, emotion and instinct rather than convention. She shapes the cocktail program, curates the natural British Columbia wines and influences the visual world of the restaurant, from the table to the small details.
Her cocktails link dishes and moments like chapters in a story. Her Vietnamese roots and a palate for tropical, vibrant flavours bring softness, curiosity and unpredictability to the restaurant.
Cook
Nishan first came to By Handson as a dishwasher with little kitchen experience. Mentored by Kyle, he now works side by side with him in the kitchen, something they are both deeply proud of.
847 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC V6G 2L7
At Denman & Haro, in the West End.
Get directionsWed, Thu & Sun · 5–10pm
Fri & Sat · 5–10:30pm
Closed Monday & Tuesday
By Handson is a contemporary tasting-menu restaurant at 847 Denman Street in Vancouver’s West End. The chef’s tasting menu runs 10–12 courses and changes with the season. To drink, there are house cocktails and a natural wine list. Dinner is served Wednesday to Sunday.
It runs 10–12 courses, designed by the chef in three chapters: Tide and Terroir, Field and Forest, Orchard Twist. The dishes change with the season, and the current menu is on our menu page.
The chef’s tasting menu is $128 per guest.
A few bar seats are held for walk-in guests, who order from a limited à la carte menu. Reservations, made on Resy, are for the tasting menu.
The tasting menu is served as designed, and substitutions aren’t available, so please don’t expect a changed menu. To ask about an allergy, call 672 258 0088 or email [email protected] before you book.
A credit card holds your reservation. If you cancel within 24 hours or don’t show up, the fee is $35 per person, and it applies to each guest who doesn’t arrive, even when the rest of the party does. Reservations are for the tasting menu, so a guest who decides not to have it on arrival is charged the fee too. Once the bill has been charged, there are no cancellations or refunds.
Yes. Corkage is $35 per 750ml bottle, with a maximum of two bottles per table. Please don’t bring wines that are on our current list; call 672 258 0088 to check your bottle.
Dinner is served Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 5 to 10pm, and Friday and Saturday from 5 to 10:30pm. The restaurant is closed on Monday and Tuesday.
847 Denman Street, Vancouver, BC V6G 2L7, at the corner of Denman and Haro in Vancouver’s West End.
Kyle Lee is the chef and owner. Born in Korea and raised in Canada, he has cooked in Michelin-starred kitchens around the world, from one to three stars, and in some of Vancouver’s most recognized restaurants. Cassidy, a pastry chef and cook, shapes the cocktail program and the natural wine selection.
We ask every guest to respect the space and the people behind it. Anyone who mistreats our team will be refused service and asked to leave, and we may refuse service to protect the space and the safety of our staff and guests.
Photography shows previous Handson creations. The current menu may differ.