Praise
AWARDS
Best Whistler
Vancouver Magazine, 2008
(ninth consecutive)
Best Whistler, Gold
Georgia Straight Golden Plate Awards
Readers’ Choice, 2008
Wine List Award, Gold
Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, 2008
'Best of 'Award of Excellence
Wine Spectator, 2008
BC Wine Dinner @ James Beard House
New York City 2006, 2002 & 1998
(only Whistler restaurant invited)
REVIEWS
“Araxi would surely be showered with Michelin stars”
The London Times, 2007
“First-rate food and an expansive wine list.”
Gayot, 2008
“Without a doubt, one of the classiest acts in Whistler remains Araxi.”
Brian Jessel magazine, 2008
“This enduring room seems to get better every year. Chef James Walt takes his pick of ingredients from the nearby Pemberton Valley and crafts them into lush, textured dishes full of flavours.”
Vancouver magazine, 2008
“The wine list features an impressive array of local and imported bottles, and service is seamless.”
Vancouver magazine, 2008
“Frequently awarded for its wine list, and voted best restaurant in Whistler, this is one of the top places to dine.”
Frommer’s Travel Guide, 2008
“Each Ingredient was lovingly plucked, carefully prepared,
and elegantly plated.”
Vancouver magazine, 2008
"Araxi restaurant is top-of-the-line"
The Oregonian, 2008
“Araxi consistently proves itself as the crème de la crème.”
Vancouver View magazine, 2008
“Whistler’s mega award-winning restaurant Araxi…is where you want to be. The food and wine are always world class...”
Vancouver Lifestyles Magazine, 2007
“It's hard to top Araxi.”
Chicago Daily Herald, 2007
“From fresh, sustainable ingredients to creative preparation to an outstanding wine list and excellent service, Araxi is right on the mark.”
Ultimate magazine, 2007
“A Whistler institution.”
Wine Enthusiast, 2007
“Always a standout.”
North Shore News, 2007
“Whistlers’ top spot.”
North Shore Outlook, 2007
“Araxi, as always, hosts the Beethoven of dining experiences.”
The Pique, 2007
“The food was so beautifully attuned to its locale and served in expertly cooked combinations that this was the culinary pinnacle of my trip to BC. Araxi would surely be showered with Michelin stars, were the award system to operate in Canada”
The London Times, August 2007
"Consistently the best fine-dining restaurant on the mountain. Find fresh ingredients handled simply (the seafood preps show a deft hand), often with exquisite results, and a well-managed raw bar."
Vancouver magazine, 2007
"Araxi has been at the top of the Whistler food scene for 25 years, and after enjoying a few icy shoals of oysters on the half shell and some meaty Alaskan scallops, I understood why."
Gourmet magazine, April 2007
"Whistler's culinary star is Araxi."
Seattle Metropolitan magazine, 2007
"The embodiment of elegance, Whistler's Araxi is the sort of dazzling restaurant you don't idly wander into but instead make a reservation, and then look forward to, drooling, for weeks."
The National Post, Canada's Best Restaurants, October 2006
“one of the best” in the Village, thanks to the “Canadian-chic” setting, “delicious” Pacific Northwest menu and “diverse” BC-based wine list; “après-ski” fans of the “awesome raw bar” and “informative staff” say after “more than two decades, this place still glows.”
Zagat Guide, 2006
“Right away you have the feeling they take food seriously here. The chilled seafood tower is a great way to start…..and the wines are carefully matched”
Vancouver magazine, 2006
"some of the world's best mountain food''
(only Canadian listing) UK Sunday Independent, 2006
“One of the top places to dine in town”
Frommers Travel Guide, 2006