Steak at Winterlust

The H Tasting Lounge is one of two great restaurants at Vancouver’s Westin Bayshore Hotel. It’s where you’ll find the Winterlust domed-dining experience.

The hotel’s other restaurant is the H2 Kitchen + Bar. The first of the two restaurants specializes in seafood while the other in meats. Both have menus with a range of tasty items, and both are excellent and have really nice outdoor patios.

In addition to having year-round indoor seating and an outdoor patio in the summer, the H Tasting Lounge is also where you’ll find Winterlust which is a unique, outdoor, domed-dining experience that runs from November until the spring. See the H Tasting Lounge website or our article about Winterlust for more details.

H Tasting Lounge at the Westin Bayshore

The H Tasting Lounge is an excellent restaurant at the Westin Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver. The address for both the restaurant and the hotel is 1601 Bayshore Drive (which is in Coal Harbour not far from Stanley Park).

The restaurant is a classy, yet casual place. As of January, 2025, it’s open daily between 11:30 am and midnight. Happy hour runs daily from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Between early November and around mid-March, the restaurant has its Winterlust domes outside on its patio for parties of between two and six people for private, exclusive dining experiences.

As of early 2025, Happy Hour specials include beverages such as house wines and beers for $6, 1.5 oz. daiquiris for $8, and 2 oz. martinis for $10. Happy Hour food options include mushroom and tofu dumplings, calamari, fresh oysters, burgers, chicken wings, and fried shrimp. These are just a few of the late afternoon food and drink specials.

The restaurant’s dinner menu includes entrées like striploin, flat iron and wagyu steaks. There is also steelhead salmon, Haida Gwaii sablefish, seafood pasta, hamburgers, Fraser Valley chicken breast, and lamb shank. Appetizers range from albacore tuna tartare to salads, burrata, caramelized pork belly and other options.

Seasonal Specials at H Tasting Lounge

Seasonal special events at the H Tasting Lounge include the Winterlust domed-dining experience in winter and Valentine’s Day on February 14th. There is also the Winnie the Pooh Afternoon Tea, which is especially fun for young families, and happens on Saturdays and Sundays between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm. A special Festive Afternoon Tea features in November and December.