Whistler

Whistler Resort Restaurants

Whistler still has one of the best restaurant scenes of any ski resort in North America. Araxi remains the standout for contemporary Pacific Northwest cooking and Il Caminetto is still one of the safest recommendations for Italian cuisine in the village.

Rimrock Café down in Creekside continues to be very well regarded for fish and seafood and is well worth the short journey from the main village.

For steaks, The Keg is consistently busy and good value by Whistler standards.

For more casual dinners, La Bocca and Caramba are both reliable choices, while Brewhouse remains popular for burgers, beer and larger groups.

Whistler Mountain Restaurants

Whistler Blackcomb has improved its on-mountain dining considerably over the years and there are now a few genuinely good lunch options, although the larger restaurants are mainly functional and impressively busy during peak weeks.

Christine’s on Blackcomb and Steeps on Whistler are the best options for a proper sit-down mountain lunch and, unusually for a North American ski resort, are worth booking ahead if you want a table at peak times.

If waffles are more your thing then Crystal Hut remains a Whistler institution and is still one of the more characterful mountain stops in the resort.

For quicker lunches, Rendezvous Lodge on Blackcomb and Roundhouse Lodge over on Whistler are efficient and convenient, although both become extremely busy at peak lunch hours.

Whistler Apres Ski

Whistler has one of the strongest après ski scenes in North America, although it feels noticeably more North American in style than the classic Alpine resorts.

Longhorn Saloon is the obvious starting point straight off the slopes and is usually packed by mid-afternoon on busy weekends.

For live music and a more traditional pub atmosphere, Dubh Linn Gate remains one of the best bars in resort.

Down in Creekside, Dusty’s is a longstanding favourite and often has one of the better local atmospheres in Whistler.

For a more classic ski-party atmosphere, Merlin’s at the bottom of the Blackcomb gondola is still the place for live music, dancing on tables and a proper end-of-ski-day crowd.

Whistler Nightlife

Whistler nightlife is still centred around a handful of bars and clubs in the village.

Buffalo Bills and Garfinkel’s remain the main late-night venues and continue to attract younger crowds well into the early hours.

For something more relaxed, Mallard Lounge at the Fairmont remains one of the better hotel bars in resort and works well for quieter, more civilised drinks later in the evening.