Posts by Category: Whistler

Harajuku Izakaya

I think Harajuku Izakaya is the one izakaya in Whistler, and we wanted to have some fun on our first night on our past snowboarding trip.

Araxi

Being an avid snowboarder, I go to Whistler about 3 times a year, and I always want to go to Araxi. But, being that it is one of the more expensive restaurants in Whistler, we tend to stay away. On the last snowboard trip though, I was able to convince some of my friends to join me. And it was an awesome meal.

Sushi Village

Sushi Village is one of the more popular restaurants in Whistler. It’s always packed, and you often have to wait or make a reservation during the weekends. On our fourth Whistler snowboarding trip in the past year, we finally got to try it out.

21 Steps: Kitchen and Bar

Last Winter, we had two snowboarding weekends in Whistler. On the first trip, 21 Steps was packed. On the second weekend trip, we were able to reserve a spot for our big group of 14.

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Company

Rocky Mountain Chocolate  Factory is every where. They offer lots of different chocolatey and caramely snacks. From Caramel Apples and Fudge to Nutty Caramel Popcorn and Ice Cream. We stopped by this time after a meal at Splitz Grill, and wanted to kill some time before watching the Avengers.

Crepe Montagne

Crepe Montagne was high on our list of places to eat but they are only open during breakfast and brunch. We stopped before we left Whistler to get back to reality. The place wasn’t busy at all, although it was a Monday morning.

Splitz Grill in Whistler

Splitz Grill is another one of the places I have yet to try (I haven’t even tried the one in Vancouver). After a day of boarding, we got some hamburgers at Splitz to get our energy back. I ordered the lamb burger because our friend Andy said it’s his favourite. The rest of us ordered the Splitz Burger. Each of ours were different though because you can customize it in many different ways.

COWS Whistler

COWS is a staple in Whistler, and is world famous for their Ice Cream and merchandise. I usually go here at least once when I stay for the weekend in Whistler. On this trip we went here for dessert after our dinner at Pasta Lupino. I ordered a Pecan and Toffee Ice Cream in a waffle cup.

Pasta Lupino

On our first meal at Whistler this past weekend we ate at Pasta Lupino. It’s a pretty small Italian restaurant but it seemed like a fairly popular place. It’s not too expensive (for Whistler) at about $15 for their entrees during dinner time. Lunch time is quite a bit cheaper, but I’m not sure what the difference in portion sizes are.

Hy’s Steakhouse

We had a few ideas on places to eat for our friend’s birthday but all of them were busy and would require either 30 mins to an hour wait. Hy’s Steakhouse wasn’t actually one of the options, because it is really pricey. But since it was on a friend’s bucket list, we went anyway. Hy’s was actually on the complete opposite side of the village from where we parked, and luckily when we got to the restaurant we were seated fairly quickly.

Milestones

On our second day of boarding, we chose Milestones for lunch. It’s also in the Blackcomb Upper Village right across from Merlin’s. This space is huge, so it shouldn’t be too hard to get a table there even when busy. Our group, now 7, was easily accommodated.

Merlin’s Bar and Grill

After a morning of boarding, we decided to have lunch at Merlin’s Bar and Grill in the Upper Village at Blackcomb. We had 6 people in our party, so our waitress put 2 tables together and 6 chairs around it. It was really cramped, so we were about to add another table and a chair or two, but our waitress angrily yelled us saying I thought you only had 6. The place was pretty dead and we wanted extra space for our helmets, and gloves as there was no where else to put it except for the floor.