As far as Vancouver breweries go, Steamworks may not have the most inventive beer, but they do classic well. As a restaurant, it’s great: interesting building, classy food, and great beer. I visited the restaurant once in the distant past and don’t remember the details, but I remember that it left a good impression. Returned recently and had a great time again. Started off with drinks: I ordered a flight of Heroica Red Ale, Chuckanut Brown Ale, Umbrella Hazy Pale Ale, and Coconut Porter. They were apparently out of the Chuckanut, and without asking they replaced it with the Flagship IPA because it was “award-winning”. That is great but IPA’s are my least favourite beer. I can be coaxed into trying one if it’s got something unique going on but this beer is not trying to be anything except an IPA and while I can respect that, it was not for me. Luckily I was sharing with someone else and they took care of most of this one for me. The rest of the beers were what I hoped for, though. The food actually exceeded my expectations! I had the Tofu Goddess Bowl, and the tofu had this hot honey-esque sauce and a crispy coating that was delicious. I liked that this was a healthy option but was still very interesting and flavourful. We shared a Beeramisu at the table for dessert (shared between 3, but I can totally see it being manageable for one person if you’re hungry for dessert). As far as tiramisu goes it was average (I like mine pretty soaked in the espresso), but the inclusion of stout was great. It gave the tiramisu a smoky finish but it wasn’t too strong. The restaurant is huge (if you have the chance, walk around and check it all out) and they were busy, but they seem to have the appropriate volume of staff to handle the volume of customers. Our waitress was attentive and friendly despite having a lot of tables to keep track of. Other than the replacement beer in my flight, it was stellar service. I was also pleasantly surprised when we showed up at 6 on Saturday with no reservation and were seated immediately.