Blue Water Cafe Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to Blue Water Cafe, a premier seafood destination nestled in the heart of Vancouver. This upmarket establishment offers an exquisite menu that celebrates the bounty of the ocean, featuring fresh catches expertly prepared to tantalize your palate.

Guests can expect a diverse array of dishes, including vegan options and limited vegetarian selections, ensuring there is something for everyone. The chic ambiance is perfect for intimate dinners or vibrant group gatherings, enriched by a classy decor and moderate noise level that amplifies the dining experience.

  • Reservation Options: Easy online booking and takeout available.
  • Diverse Seating: Enjoy heated covered outdoor seating or elegant indoor spaces.
  • Catering Services: Perfect for events and gatherings.

Indulge in happy hour specials and a full bar, all while enjoying free Wi-Fi. At Blue Water Cafe, each meal turns into a memorable occasion.

First Plates

Seasonal Mixed Greens

blueberries, shaved fennel, pistachio crumble, elderflower and pink peppercorn dressing

$$17.00

Baked Bay Scallops Parmesan Crust

tomato and caper relish, spinach, toasted bread crumbs, lemon butter with fresh thyme

$$18.00

Albacore Tuna Steelhead Trout Tartare

albacore tuna with green onion and ponzu sauce, nori tempura steelhead trout with lemon caper vinaigrette, tomato crostini

$$20.00

Smoked Sockeye Salmon Terrine

watercress, green apple, pumpernickel, dill, horseradish whipped ricotta

$$20.00

Dungeness Crab Shrimp Salad

layered with kohlrabi, mango coulis, pumpkin seed and parsley pesto

$$24.00

Seafood Tasting For Two

Dungeness crab and baby shrimp salad, albacore tuna tartare, bay scallop ceviche, smoked sockeye salmon terrine 24 per person

Jumbo Prawn Cocktail

oceanwise selva prawns poached with bay leaves, with lemon and fennel seeds, bloody mary cocktail sauce four prawns for 19

$$19.00

Carrot Soup

tamarind crumble, duck prosciutto, marcona almonds, citrus creme fraiche

$$17.00

Pork Cheek Milanese

cauliflower couscous with golden raisins and hazelnuts, lemon caper butter

$$21.00

Char

braised leeks, fennel, wakame seaweed, dungeness crab, ikura and pearl couscous

$$39.00

Sablefish

miso sake glaze, baby bok choy, edamame, quinoa, shiitake mushrooms, yuzu dashi

$$52.00

Scallops

broccolini, snap peas, grape tomatoes, panisse, preserved lemon sauce with fennel and capers

$$43.00

Yellowfin Tuna

yellow and red pepper piperade, crispy potato nest, grilled gem lettuce and scallion, romesco sauce

$$40.00

Lobster

Market Price seasonal vegetables, fork crushed potatoes, white wine nage and tarragon

Beef Tenderloin

6oz Larger sizes available pomme anna, heirloom carrots, creamed spinach, bordelaise sauce

$$64.00

Wagyu Beef

please ask for availability and selection

Kobe Style Shortribs

roasted pear and carrot, broccolini, hazelnut gremolata, parsnip puree, coffee ancho chili demi glace

$$65.00

Free Range Chicken

braised new potatoes, green vegetables, english peas, sauteed mushrooms, roast chicken jus with truffle mascarpone

$$36.00

Baked Polenta With Black Truffle Miso

sauteed mushrooms, zucchini, broccolini, roasted red pepper sauce, parsley pesto

$$29.00

Pommes Frites With White Truffle Oil And Parmesan

Accompaniments

$$13.00

Sauteed Baby Spinach With Lemon And Garlic

Accompaniments

$$10.00

Broccolini, Spicy Sesame Sauce

Accompaniments

$$13.00

Sauteed Mushroom Medley, Parsley Pesto

Accompaniments

$$12.00

Roasted Heirloom Carrots, Dukkha, Carrot Top Chermoulah

Accompaniments

$$10.00

Seared Sea Scallop With White Wine Sauce

Accompaniments

$$8.00

Oceanwise Jumbo Prawn In Garlic Butter

Accompaniments

$$5.00

Principal Plates

Raw Bar Plates, Nigiri, Sashimi and Rolls

Tuna GomaAe From Sushi Bar

albacore tuna marinated with sesame seeds and soy

$$16.00

Kani Salad From Sushi Bar

dungeness crab with wakame seaweed and thinly sliced cucumber

$$19.00

Ahi Tuna Tataki From Sushi Bar

red tuna with daikon, chives, arima sansho

$$20.00

Tsunami From Sushi Bar

torched hamachi, thinly sliced with jalapeno, ginger sesame oil

$$27.00

Beef Sashimi From Sushi Bar

tenderloin, garlic chips, chopped green onions, yukke sauce

$$23.00

Edamame From Sushi Bar

steamed soybeans

$$7.00

Beni Sake Nigiri

sockeye salmon

$$8.00

Kani Nigiri

dungeness crab

$$8.00

Aka Maguro Nigiri

red tuna

$$9.00

Shiro Maguro Nigiri

albacore tuna

$$7.00

Suzuki Nigiri

sea bass

$$7.00

Kizami Hotate Nigiri

chopped scallop

$$7.00

Hamachi Nigiri

yellowtail

$$9.00

EBI Nigiri

giant prawn

$$8.00

Unagi Nigiri

bbq eel

$$9.00

Nigiri Platter

8 assorted pieces

$$59.00

Beni Sake Sashimi

sockeye salmon

$$18.00

Aka Maguro Sashimi

red tuna

$$24.00

Shiro Maguro Sashimi

albacore tuna

$$17.00

Suzuki Sashimi

sea bass

$$19.00

Hotate Sashimi

scallop

$$21.00

Hamachi Sashimi

yellowtail

$$25.00

Lobster Sashimi

1lb and up market price

Sashimi Platter

14 assorted pieces

$$57.00

Chopped Scallop Roll

with cucumber and avocado

$$17.00

Dungeness Crab Roll

fresh crabmeat and avocado in an egg roll

$$18.00

Dynamite Roll

tempura prawns, tobiko and cucumber with spicy mayonnaise

$$16.00

Lobster Roll

mango, avocado and lobster salad in an omelet crepe

$$33.00

Stamina Roll

fresh crab, cucumber, barbecued eel, smoked salmon, sweet soy glaze

$$24.00

Sockeye Salmon Roll

local sockeye, avocado and cucumber

$$16.00

Spicy Tuna Roll

chopped albacore tuna with cucumber, sesame and chili

$$17.00

Garden Roll

cucumber, green beans, avocado, radish sprouts

$$15.00

Dragon Roll

crispy prawns, tobiko, barbecued eel, avocado with mirin mayonnaise

$$21.00

Aburi Sablefish Battera Roll

pressed sablefish sushi, torched with white miso, kabayaki sauce

$$23.00

Alaskan King Crab

The kitchen is home to two stateoftheart live tanks. Please contact us for todays availability.

Dungeness Crab

The kitchen is home to two stateoftheart live tanks. Please contact us for todays availability.

Atlantic Lobster

The kitchen is home to two stateoftheart live tanks. Please contact us for todays availability.

Spot Prawn

The kitchen is home to two stateoftheart live tanks. Please contact us for todays availability.

Live Tanks

Seafood on Ice Oysters, Ceviche, Seafood Towers, Caviar

Oysters

Please call the restaurant for our daily selections.

Mixed Seafood Ceviche

$$18.00

Bay Scallop Ceviche

$$19.00

Shellfish Plateau

single tier with oysters, prawns, mussels, clams, jellyfish and scallop ceviche

$$42.00

Seafood Tower

two tiers with oysters, prawns, seared red tuna, salmon tartare, jellyfish scallop ceviche, clams and mussels

$$110.00

Blue Water Cafe Tower

our signature three tier tower with oysters, prawns, clams, mussels, jellyfish salad, salmon tartar, seared black peppercrusted red tuna, scallop ceviche, tuna Gomaae, spicy tuna roll, crab roll and 1lb Lobster

$$205.00

Northern Divine Caviar

Canada BC Sunshine Coast 30g Northern divine caviar was introduced to the market in 2012 and is one of only two certified organic caviar in the world. They are recognized as sustainable by OceanWiseTM. Flavor profile This caviar tastes buttery, and nutty with a fresh ocean flavour and a touch of salt. Dark black small eggs.

$$160.00

Acadian Sturgeon Caviar

Canada New Brunswick 30g Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar Inc is a family business since 2005 has developed both wild and farmed sturgeon and caviar for the Canadian market Acadian Gold Caviar is an exclusive shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum caviar farmed landbased. Flavor profile early maturing, large eggs between beluga and osetra as buttery, nutty, sea salt and pleasant algal taste. Low salt malassol technique.

$$140.00

Beluga Caviar

Italy 350 30g 490 50g Beluga is a caviar extracted from the Huso Huso sturgeon. Calvisius story begins in the late70s with the birth of Agroittica, an avantgarde fish farm where an all Italian experience is created with respect for nature, passion for perfectly crafted products and a strong pursuit of perfection alvisano is a typical town located in the middle of the Po Valley in the province of Brescia, an area rich in fresh spring water. Flavor profile defined by large roe more than 3 mm, oval shape and color tones of pearl to dark grey.

Adriatic Davinci Caviar

Italy 145 30g Adriatic Davinci caviar been named Calvisius in honour of the ancient noble Roman. Maturing around 1214 years old. Flavor profile As a result, the caviar is mellow and fresh. The eggs grains are typically mediumsized and characteristically brown to black in colour. Da Vinci Sturgeon Caviar has an intense, distinctive taste especially smooth consistency, with a nutty, subtle brininess flavour.

$$145.00

Osetra Caviar

Italy 170 30g Osetra mature, indicating that the eggs are available for pick, somewhere between 1215 years in cool waters and between 810 years in warmer waters. Flavor profile On the sturgeons entire life Osetra caviar fades from dark caviar to amber tinted caviar and it develops a moderate fan quality which some have when compared with walnuts and cream.

$$170.00

Sevruga Caviar

Italy 155 30g Sevruga comes from the Starry Sturgeon, a small sized species which rarely reaches 55 lbs 25 Kg. It can be found in the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Azov Sea and in the respective tributaries, and it is also in the Aegean Sea and eastern Ionian Sea. Flavor profile The color can varies from light to anthracite grey. It has a rather aromatic taste and is characterized by small eggs.

$$155.00

Siberian Caviar

Italy 220 30g Siberian Caviar from the prestigious Giaveri sturgeon. Siberian Caviar family Acipenseridae, species Acipenser Baeril, is Russianinspired caviar, finelycrafted in the heart of Italy. Flavor profile its mediumlarge dark sultrycolored black greyblack grains 2.8mm. with a brisk oceanic base Siberian Caviar is lightly salted Malossol to maintain the flavor profile.

$$220.00

Golden Sterlet Caviar

Italy 165 30g Sterlet sturgeon family Acipenseridae, species Acipenser Ruthenus, like its cousins the Beluga, Osetra, and Sevruga sturgeon, is one of the original wild sturgeons that thrived in the Caspian Sea. Now sustainably produced in Italy by Giaveri renowned for its premiumquality caviar. The albino sturgeon yields these soughtafter golden eggs in their 10th11th year. Flavor profile The eggs are small to mediumsized 2.3mm and robust, with just the right amount of pop. These supple golden eggs are buttery tasting with hints of the sea and a smooth finish.

$$165.00

Golden Kaluga Caviar

China 155 30g 255 50g Golden Kaluga Caviar from the renowned River Beluga more commonly known as the Amur Kaluga sturgeon species Acipenser Huso is sustainably farmed and produced by Kaluga Queen the largest producer of caviar in the world. Responsible for over thirty percent of the global caviar production Kaluga is synonymous with quality and sustainability. Flavor profile These robust golden grains are the largest grains of any golden caviar with sizes ranging between 3.3mm 3.6mm. Golden Kaluga Caviar as creamy, nutty flavor akin to walnut, It has a modest oceanic sharpness, and is lightly salted to preserve flavor and quality.

Osetra Kaluga Queen Caviar

China 145 30g Osetra Caviar by Kaluga Queen the largest producer of caviar in the world responsible for more than 30 of the global caviar production. Flavor profile Complex flavor profile consisting of aromatic yet mild flavor with a creamy, distinct nutty walnut, superlative finish these eggs are average sized 2.53mm. Classic Osetra Caviar is lightly salted using the traditional Russian Malossol little salt method to sparingly preserve the flavor without overpowering the delicate balance of the eggs with added salt.

$$145.00

Lime Panna Cotta

mango compote with cilantro, mango gelato with passionfruit and chili

$$16.00

Greek Yoghurt Mascarpone Cheesecake

fresh raspberries, vanilla meringue, raspberry gelato

$$16.00

Elderflower Creme Brulee

roasted pineapple compote, coconut meringue, oralys chocolate mousse

$$16.00

Black Forest Cake Bar

white and dark chocolate mousse layered with griotine cherries and chocolate biscuit, morello cherry gelato

$$16.00

Warm Dark Chocolate Cake

brandy truffle center, vanilla bean ice cream

$$16.00

Daily Selection Of Sorbets

three scoops served with fresh berries

$$16.00

Fine Canadian Cheese

Served with dried fruit bread. Price as 6.50 each.

$$6.50

Hand Crafted Financiers 6 Pieces

Take Home Boxes

$$10.50

Hand Crafted Financiers 12 Pieces

Take Home Boxes

$$19.00

Dark Chocolate Rochers 6 Pieces

Take Home Boxes

$$11.50

Dark Chocolate Rochers 12 Pieces

Take Home Boxes

$$19.50

Macarons 6 Pieces

Take Home Boxes

$$15.00

Dessert

Patio

Jumbo Prawns

Bloody Mary cocktail sauce 5pc

$$5.00

Bay Scallop Ceviche

grapefruit, bell pepper, red onion, lime, cilantro

$$15.00

Seafood Plateau

single tier with fresh oysters, jumbo prawns, jellyfish salad, mussels, clams, bay scallop ceviche

$$42.00

Seafood Tower

two tiers with oysters, prawns, black pepper seared tuna, steelhead tartare, jellyfish salad, bay scallop ceviche, clams and mussels

$$110.00

Blue Water Seafood Tower

three tier seafood tower with spicy tuna roll, dungeness crab roll, tuna gomaae and chilled lobster 1lb

$$205.00

Oysters Caviar

Please inquire with your server for todays selection.

Wagyu Beef Polpette

ancho chili arrabbiata 6pc

$$6.00

Edamame

steamed soy beans with vancouver island sea salt

$$7.00

Gem Lettuce

white anchovy, black pepper croutons, parmegiano, caesar dressing

$$15.00

Tomato Watermelon

Salad dodonis feta, cucumber, bell pepper, kalamata olives, fresh oregano

$$15.00

Corn DogTopus

octopus cocktail wieners fried in corn batter, tonkatsu bbq sauce

$$14.00

Moroccan Calamari

fried squid rings seasoned with ras el hanout, harissa aioli

$$14.00

Albacore Tuna Tartar

ponzu sauce, sesame, chili, nori tempura

$$12.00

Dungeness Crab Cake

grilled corn remoulade with aji panca

$$16.00

Halibut Croquetas

roasted red pepper romesco sauce

$$15.00

Grilled Garlic Prawns

lemon parsley butter 5pc

$$5.00

Truffle Fries

parmesan, white truffle oil

$$12.00

Sorbet Trio

three assorted flavours

$$16.00

Sunseeker Ice Cream Sundae

daily flavour

$$16.00

Mascarpone Cheesecake

fresh raspberries, vanilla meringue

$$16.00