The Best Restaurants In Kamloops, British Columbia

Hello Toast is a local favorite for breakfast, lunch, and brunch, offering a menu of homemade sandwiches, soups, burgers, rice bowls, baked goods, and breakfast classics. There’s plenty of meat on the menu, but the restaurant also offers an excellent selection of vegetarian and gluten-free dishes. The prices are affordable and portions are generous. Decorated with quirky artwork, the restaurant’s interior is informal and welcoming. Try the Bird’s Nest, which features multigrain toast topped with two basted eggs, cheddar, sautéed spinach, and crispy bacon bits.

Terra Restaurant is an innovative restaurant focused on fresh West Coast cuisine. The restaurant’s menu changes monthly based on the seasonal ingredients available, but you can expect dishes like cauliflower and carrot purées, kale pesto, market veggies with spiced sunflower seeds or lamb ragu with creamy polenta, tomatoes, basil oil, and parmesan. Diners who opt for the Chef Table tasting menu discuss their preferences with Chef David Tombs, after which he prepares custom meals. The restaurant’s wines, beers, and spirits are sourced from local BC producers. The restaurant’s chic interior features a beautiful wooden bar and a bold, red accent wall.

Quilas Mexican Restaurant is a family owned restaurant specializing in meat and seafood dishes from Mexico, with a touch of Latin American/El Salvadorian influence. Diners can enjoy their meals out on the patio or in the restaurant’s earth toned interior, which features original artwork, eclectic chandeliers, and an upside down table hanging from the ceiling. Start with Quila’s mesa guacamole, which is made right at the table with tomatoes, red onion, jalapeño, cilantro, lime, and a special blend of spices. Pair your meal with one of the restaurant’s signature Mexican apple mojitos.

Jacob’s Noodle & Cutlet is a low key lunch and dinner restaurant specializing in Japanese and Korean dishes. As the name suggests, the focus is on pork, chicken, and fish cutlets, which are served alongside a set of house made sauces. Diners are given a little mortar and pestle with sesame seeds for grinding up and sprinkling over their dishes. Set in an older heritage building, high ceilings and brick accents add character to the restaurant’s clean, bright interior. If you’re not in the mood for one of the cutlets, try the Sundubu, a hot pot of seafood, tofu, and egg served over rice.

Spice is an unassuming, family owned restaurant that specializes in traditional Indian dishes. The restaurant’s all-you-eat lunch buffet is a popular option, featuring an excellent variety of tandoori specialities, kormas, samosas, naan bread, salads, desserts, and other Indian classics, along with a great selection of dipping sauces and chutneys. The restaurant also offers à la carte dishes for lunch and dinner, with plenty of vegetarian, dairy-free, and gluten-free options. Enjoy your meal in the restaurant’s simple, warm toned dining room, or opt for takeaway.

Run by husband and wife team Connie and Dale Decaire, the Brownstone is a favorite among locals for special occasions. This elegant restaurant is set in a 1904 heritage building that once housed the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The menu focuses on beautifully presented plates of West Coast cuisine with international influences, with many ingredients sourced from local farmers, ranchers, and artisans. Try the bison meatballs with San Marzano tomato sauce or the balsamic glazed roasted red pepper stuffed with pearl cous cous.

Part café, part art gallery, and part live music venue, The Art We Are offers organic food in a welcoming atmosphere. The menu feature a variety of house made vegetarian and vegan meals, including plenty of gluten-free dishes. Soups like cilantro coconut lentil and Hungarian mushroom are served with hunks of buttered cornbread or freshly made gluten-free bread. The café walls are covered with the work of local artists for both exhibition and sale, while the stage hosts performers from across Canada and beyond. It’s a place where diners are invited to linger while listening to the live music or drinking a speciality tea while playing a game of chess.
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