10 Great Restaurants in Halifax
Where to Eat in Halifax and What to Try?
Halifax boasts a range of great restaurants that cater to a wide range of tastes and preferences. Seafood is a cornerstone of the city’s culinary landscape, reflecting its rich seafaring heritage. But the restaurant scene in Halifax is diverse and vibrant.
You can try the local spin on comfort food in a cosy spot or indulge in an upscale steakhouse offering prime cuts. High-end restaurants around the waterfront offer breathtaking harbour views or you can indulge in a craft cocktail and cuisine in a charming historic setting. Whatever your preference, the best restaurants in Halifax offer a great range of choices.
1. The Bicycle Thief
Famed Italian seafood restaurant on Halifax harbour
Ideal para: Luxo, Alimentação
The Bicycle Thief specialises in creative Italian-Canadian dishes with lots of seafood options. This restaurant is famed throughout Halifax and beyond. It’s always busy and has a buzzing, low-lit vibe, and tables with harbour views.
The menu is extensive and mouth-watering, and the seafood dishes are very popular. Seared local scallops and fresh oysters fly out of the kitchen. A particularly popular dish is the Agnolotti all’Aragosta, a fresh handmade pasta filled with Nova Scotia lobster, sherry crema, lemon and herb gremolata. The butterscotch cake is a popular dessert. There is often a line up to get in but you can book ahead on their website.
Localização: 1475 Lower Water St, Halifax, NS B3J 3Z2, Canada
Abre: Daily from 11.30 am to 11 pm
Telefone: +1 902-425-7993
The Bicycle Thief
2. The Five Fishermen
Creative seafood and quality steak in a heritage setting
Ideal para: Luxo, Alimentação
The Five Fishermen is a high-end restaurant known for its service and signature cocktails. Located in a heritage building, it has a warm, contemporary ambience, in which it serves a range of creative fresh seafood and steak dishes.
The crab cakes and tuna tartar are popular seafood dishes along with oysters, mussels, wood-fired fish and seafood pasta creations. The Five Fishermen Experience offers a sampling of different fresh seafood. Steaks are prime centre cut, aged 28 days and wood-fire grilled. It is also vegetarian friendly, with vegan and GF options and a sommelier-curated list of over 200 wines.
Localização: 1740 Argyle St, Halifax, NS B3J 2B6, Canada
Abre: Daily from 5 pm to 10 pm
Telefone: +1 902-422-4421
The Five Fishermen
3. Lot Six Bar & Restaurant
Creative cocktails and cuisine in a trendy atrium setting
Ideal para: Alimentação, Famílias, Casais
Lot Six Bar & Restaurant is in the historic Carleton, a keystone of the Halifax restaurant and hospitality industry. It serves craft cocktails and contemporary Canadian cuisine with a creative twist in a trendy setting with a patio and lush atrium.
Lot Six sources high-quality local ingredients and puts its own unique turn on staples, seafood and meat dishes aiming to surprise and satisfy diners. Oysters are a house speciality served with lemon, horseradish and mignonette, or baked with gruyere cheese and herb butter. Make sure to be seated in the atrium for the atmosphere.
Localização: 1685 Argyle St, Halifax, NS B3J 2B5, Canada
Telefone: +1 902-428-7428
Lot Six Bar & Restaurant
4. Durty Nelly’s Irish Pub
An authentic, traditional and fun Irish pub
Ideal para: Alimentação, Casais
Durty Nelly’s Irish Pub in Halifax has a special claim to fame and authenticity. It is a real Irish pub that was designed and constructed in Ireland, then shipped to Canada and reassembled in Halifax. Durty Nelly’s Irish Pub has been a Halifax institution ever since.
Durty Nelly’s is known for its speciality beers and friendly and welcoming atmosphere, winning the Irish Hospitality global award in 2019. The place has a buzzing ambience and excellent live music. Food quality ranges from fair to very good.
Localização: 1645 Argyle St, Halifax, NS B3J 2B5, Canada
Abre: Monday–Friday from 11.30 am to 2 am, Saturday–Sunday from 10.30 am to 2 am
Telefone: +1 902-406-7640
Durty Nelly's Irish Pub
5. The Brooklyn Warehouse
Slow food that locals love
Ideal para: Alimentação, Famílias, Casais
If you’re looking for a place where you’ll taste the real Nova Scotia, make your way The Brooklyn Warehouse in the residential West End Halifax. This local favourite boasts a chef-driven menu that rotates based on the availability of fresh regional ingredients.
For lunch, dive into the smorgasbord including meat, fish and cheese with marinated garnishes. Or go for a sandwich or a salad with Dragon’s Breath blue cheese. The star of the dinner menu is the melt-in-your-mouth soft slow cooked beef short ribs. You can reach The Brooklyn Warehouse from downtown Halifax in 5 minutes by car or 30 minutes on foot if you fancy a stroll. This place is popular, so be sure to make a reservation.
Localização: 2795 Windsor St, Halifax, NS B3K 5E3, Canada
Abre: Tuesday–Thursday from 11.30 am to 3 pm and from 4 pm to 9 pm, Friday–Saturday from 11.30 am to 3 pm and from 4 pm to 10 pm (closed on Sundays and Mondays)
Telefone: +1 902-446-8181
The Brooklyn Warehouse
6. The Auction House
Pub fare with a personal flair in a historic central location
Ideal para: Alimentação, História
The Auction House is located in a historic building from 1765, which has housed many different businesses over time, including of course, an auction house. The charming building is also in a convenient location on trendy Argyle Street in downtown Halifax, directly across from St. Paul’s Anglican Church, the oldest building in the city dating from 1750. It’s also near the Scotia Centre so many use it as a pre-show stop.
The Auction House is known for good, friendly service. It serves bites, burgers and beers plus classic staples and salads with a big selection of regional craft beer. The place can get busy on game nights and hosts popular live music nights.
Localização: 1726 Argyle St, Halifax, NS B3J 2B3, Canada
Abre: Wednesday from 4 pm to 9 pm, Thursday from 4 pm to 11 pm, Friday–Saturday from 11.30 am to 12 am, Sunday from 11.30 am to 8 pm (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays)
Telefone: +1 902-431-1726
The Auction House
7. CUT Steakhouse
Opulent fine-dining steakhouse
Ideal para: Luxo, Alimentação
CUT Steakhouse is an award-winning casual fine-dining restaurant. They specialise in dry-aged steaks including tenderloin and ribeye cuts of Canada AAA, Albany, Blue Dot Reserve and Australian Wagyu. The Caesar salad starter prepared tableside is a popular dish. The menu also features a seafood tower with local oysters and a chef’s seasonal selection of sustainable seafood. You can be sure of an extensive wine list and selection of craft beer.
CUT Steakhouse is a high-end opulent restaurant with prices to match, popular for special occasions and business lunches. In the summer, it offers al fresco dining with harbour views.
Localização: 5120 Salter St, Halifax, NS B3J 0A1, Canada
Abre: Daily from 5 pm to 10 pm
Telefone: +1 902-429-5120
CUT Steakhouse
8. Canvas Resto Lounge
Convenient, cosy and dependable downtown restaurant
Ideal para: Famílias, Alimentação
Canvas Resto Lounge is the hotel restaurant of the Cambridge Suites Hotel in downtown Halifax across from the Convention Centre. The restaurant provides efficient service in a comfortable setting with plenty of space between tables for privacy and a cosy cocktail bar.
The menu is brief but offers salads, soups and seafood including beer-battered haddock and pan-friend Atlantic salmon. The generous burgers are popular. The restaurant offers changing daily specials on food and drinks and happy hour between 5 pm and 7 pm.
Localização: 1583 Brunswick St, Halifax, NS B3J 2G1, Canada
Abre: Tuesday–Saturday from 5 pm to 10 pm (closed on Mondays and Sundays)
Telefone: +1 902-425-4278
Canvas Resto Lounge
9. The Stubborn Goat Gastropub
Chic downtown bar with innovative cocktails and creative comfort food
Ideal para: Alimentação, Famílias, Casais
The Stubborn Goat Gastropub is a trendy downtown tavern serving craft cocktails and creative comfort food that seems designed to go with the cocktails and match their colour schemes. They use local Nova Scotia suppliers for their menus which include creative varieties of the local favourite mac n’ cheese, thin-crust gourmet pizzas, burgers and bennies and large ‘social plates’ to share with your group.
The Goat is a good place to unwind in a buzzing vibe with live music. They regularly host Wing Wednesdays, happy hours and the brunch served on weekends is a local hit.
Localização: 1580 Argyle St, Halifax, NS B3J 2B3, Canada
Telefone: +1 902-405-4554
The Stubborn Goat Gastropub
10. Gio
Creative fine dining with a twist
Ideal para: Luxo, Alimentação
Gio is a fine-dining restaurant located in Halifax’s King George’s Hotel, offering a luxurious experience in an elegant restaurant and lounge setting. The team serves quality food with its signature artistic culinary flair with a menu that changes according to locally available seasonal ingredients. The dishes are creatively prepared and beautifully plated to look like works of art. They are also served in generous portions.
Gio is a good option for a celebration, a romantic dinner or a business lunch if you want to impress with a reliably faultless service and quality fare.
Localização: 1725 Market Street. Halifax, NS B3J 3N9, Canada
Abre: Monday–Saturday from 5 pm to 10 pm (closed on Sundays)
Telefone: +1 902-425-1987
Gio
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