ConvoPlaces

Quiet bars for conversation in Vancouver

40 venues, ranked on what OpenStreetMap actually records about each one.

How this page is built. Every venue below is drawn from OpenStreetMap and scored on recorded facts — Someone wants a bar where they can actually hear each other talk. OSM records no noise level, so ranking uses proxies: outdoor seating, absence of live music, smoking policy. Venues that OpenStreetMap knows nothing relevant about are left off rather than padded in, which is why this list is shorter than the total number of bar-type venues in Vancouver. Full method.

Compare at a glance

Rank# Venue Outdoor Smoking Indoor Hours Access
1 The Charlatan Yes No smoking Yes Yes Limited
2 Uva Yes No smoking Yes Yes Yes
3 Shamrock Bar & Grill Yes No smoking Yes Yes Limited
4 The Junction Yes No smoking Yes Yes Yes
5 Steamworks Brewing Co. Yes No smoking Yes Yes Not recorded
6 Red Card Sports Bar + Eatery Yes No smoking Yes Yes Not recorded
7 Browns Social House Yes No smoking Yes Yes Yes
8 Donnellan's Irish Pub Yes No smoking Yes Yes Limited
9 WINGS Tap & Social Yes No smoking Yes Yes Yes
10 Tap & Barrel Yes No smoking Yes Yes Yes
11 Tap & Barrel Yes No smoking Yes Yes Yes
12 Library Square Public House Yes No smoking Yes Yes Yes
13 Relish Yes No smoking Yes Yes Yes
14 The Fountainhead Pub Yes No smoking Yes Yes Yes
15 Score Yes No smoking Yes Not recorded Yes
16 Ballyhoo Public House Yes No smoking Yes Yes Yes
17 Shenanigans Yes No smoking Yes Yes Yes
18 Lennox Pub Yes No smoking Yes Yes Yes
19 The Sportsbar LIVE! At Rogers Arena No No smoking Yes Yes Yes
20 Switch No No smoking Yes Yes Yes

Swipe the table sideways for the remaining columns. recorded   recorded as absent   not recorded in OpenStreetMap. A dash means the tag is missing, not that the facility is. Showing the top 20 of 40.

The ranked list

  1. The Charlatan

    Bar · 1447 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Access: Limited
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Thu 11am–1pm; Fri 11am–2pm; Sat 10am–2pm…

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  2. Uva

    Bar · 900 Seymour Street, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sun 2pm–midnight

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  3. Shamrock Bar & Grill

    Bar · 1184 Denman Street, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Access: Limited
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Thu 12pm–1am; Fri–Sat 12pm–2am; Sun 12pm–1am

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  4. The Junction

    Bar · 1138 Davie Street, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sun 1:30pm–3pm

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  5. Steamworks Brewing Co.

    Bar · 2275 Main Street

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking
    • Air conditioning

    Hours: Mon 11:30am–10pm; Tue–Thu 11:30am–11pm; Fri 11:30am–midnight…

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

  6. Red Card Sports Bar + Eatery

    Bar · 560 Smithe Street, Vancouver, V6B 3L9

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Thu 11:30am–11pm; Fri–Sat 11:30am–1:45am; Sun 9:30am–11pm

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

  7. Browns Social House

    Pub · 649 Cambie Street, Vancouver, V6B 2P1

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Fri 11am–midnight; Sat–Sun 10am–midnight

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  8. Donnellan's Irish Pub

    Pub · 1082 Granville Street, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Access: Limited
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Thu 12pm–midnight; Fri–Sat 12pm–3am; Sun 12pm–1am

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  9. WINGS Tap & Social

    Pub · 580 West Pender Street, Vancouver, V6B 1W7

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Tue 11am–11pm; Wed 11am–midnight; Thu 11am–11pm…

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  10. Tap & Barrel

    Pub · 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, V6C 0C3

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sun 11am–11pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  11. Tap & Barrel

    Pub · 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver, V5Y 0B1

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon 10am–midnight; Tue–Thu 11am–midnight; Fri 11am–1am…

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  12. Library Square Public House

    Pub · 300 West Georgia Street, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  13. Relish

    Pub · 888 Nelson Street, Vancouver, V6Z 2S1

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Thu 11:30am–2am; Fri–Sat 11:30am–3am; Sun 10am–2am

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  14. The Fountainhead Pub

    Pub · 1025 Davie Street, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Thu 11am–midnight; Fri–Sat 11am–1pm; Sun 11am–midnight

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  15. Score

    Bar · 1262 Davie Street, Vancouver

    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Step-free access · Has a website

  16. Ballyhoo Public House

    Pub · 888 Burrard Street, Vancouver, V6Z 1X9

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Thu 12pm–2am; Fri–Sat 12pm–3am; Sun 12pm–2am

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access

  17. Shenanigans

    Pub · 1227 Robson Street, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sat 12pm–2am; Sun 11am–midnight

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access

  18. Lennox Pub

    Pub · 800 Granville Street, Vancouver, V6Z 1K3

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Thu 11am–midnight; Fri–Sat 11am–1am; Sun 11am–midnight

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access

  19. The Sportsbar LIVE! At Rogers Arena

    Bar · 99 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, V6B 1Z3

    • Hours published
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Tue 4pm–11:30pm; Thu 4pm–11:30pm; Sat 4pm–11:30pm

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  20. Switch

    Bar · 1339 Robson Street, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Thu 2pm–2pm; Fri–Sat 2pm–3pm; Sun 2pm–2pm

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  21. 1181 Lounge

    Bar · 1181 Davie Street, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sun 8pm–3am

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  22. Good Co. Granville

    Bar · 965 Granville Street, Vancouver, V6Z 1L3

    • Hours published
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon closed; Tue–Thu 5pm–midnight; Fri 5pm–2am…

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  23. Sing Sing

    Pub · 2718 Main Street, Vancouver, V5T 3E8

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Thu 11:30am–1am; Fri–Sat 11:30am–2am; Sun 11:30am–1am

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

  24. Stanley Park Brewing Restaurant and Brewpub

    Pub · 8901 Stanley Park Drive, Vancouver, V6G 3E2

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sun 11am–11pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

  25. Local Public Eatery

    Pub · 2210 Cornwall Avenue

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Wed 11am–midnight; Thu 11am–1pm; Fri 11am–2pm…

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

  26. FUNK coffee bar

    Bar · 1025 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, V7X1M5

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating

    Hours: Mon–Fri 7am–7pm; Sat 9am–4pm

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Opening hours published · Has a website

  27. The Park at English Bay

    Pub · 1755 Davie Street, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sun 7am–12:30am

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

  28. Red Accordion

    Pub · 1616 Alberni Street, Vancouver, V6G 1A6

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Thu 12pm–midnight; Fri 12pm–1am; Sat 10am–1am…

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

  29. Lions Pub

    Pub · 888 West Cordova Street, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Tue 11am–11pm; Wed–Sat 11am–midnight; Sun 12pm–10pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

  30. Caffe Barney

    Bar · 2975 Granville Street, Vancouver, V6H 3H6

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating

    Hours: Mon–Thu 10:30am–11pm; Fri 10:30am–midnight; Sat 9:30am–midnight…

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Opening hours published · Has a website

  31. St Augustine's

    Pub · 2360 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, V5N 4B7

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Wed 11:30am–midnight; Thu–Sat 11:30am–1am; Sun 11:30am–midnight

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

  32. Steamworks

    Pub · 375 Water Street, Vancouver, V6B 1B8

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking
    • Vegan

    Hours: Mon–Thu 11:30am–midnight; Fri–Sat 11:30am–1am; Sun 11:30am–midnight

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

  33. Time Out Market Bar

    Bar

    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  34. Time Out Bar

    Bar

    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  35. Time Out Market Bar

    Bar

    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  36. Shamrock Storehouse

    Pub · 678 Nelson Street, Vancouver, V6B 6K4

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Wed 9am–midnight; Thu 9am–1am; Fri–Sat 9am–3am…

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating - a quieter option · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published

  37. Granville Room

    Bar · 957 Granville Street, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Tue–Thu 11am–3am; Fri–Sat 10am–3am; Sun 11am–3am

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

  38. Mum's the Word

    Bar · 1301 Commercial Drive

    • Hours published
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sun 9am–midnight

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

  39. The Den

    Bar · 1348 Robson Street, Vancouver

    • Hours published
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Thu 4pm–1am; Fri–Sat 4pm–2am; Sun 4pm–11pm

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

  40. Grain Tasting Bar

    Bar · 655 Burrard Street, Vancouver, V6C 2R7

    • Hours published
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Thu 3pm–11pm; Fri–Sat 3pm–midnight; Sun 3pm–11pm

    Why it ranks here: Bar rather than a pub floor · Non-smoking indoors · Opening hours published · Has a website

Where they are

40 venues on the map Loads OpenStreetMap tiles on demand

Frequently asked questions

How many Vancouver bars are on this list?

This page ranks the top 40 of 173 bars in Vancouver that OpenStreetMap records at least one relevant detail for. Of the 40 shown, 3 have Wi-Fi recorded and 36 publish their opening hours.

Which of these Vancouver bars have Wi-Fi?

Of the venues on this page, Sing Sing, FUNK coffee bar and St Augustine's all have Wi-Fi recorded in OpenStreetMap. Wi-Fi is not tagged for every venue, so absence here means "not recorded", not "no Wi-Fi".

Which of these bars stay open late?

The Charlatan, Uva, Shamrock Bar & Grill, The Junction and Steamworks Brewing Co. are open until 11pm or later on at least one day of the week, according to the opening hours published in OpenStreetMap.

Which of these bars are step-free?

Uva, The Junction, Browns Social House, WINGS Tap & Social and Tap & Barrel are tagged as wheelchair accessible in OpenStreetMap. Accessibility tagging is incomplete, so it is worth confirming with the venue.

How is this list ranked?

Venues are scored on the facts OpenStreetMap records about them - bar rather than a pub floor, outdoor seating - a quieter option, no live music, non-smoking indoors, opening hours published - and ranked by that score. A venue with no relevant detail recorded is left off the list entirely rather than padded in. Nothing on this page is a paid placement.

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