Divino
DIVINO is an Urban Diner supporter.
1590 Commercial Drive | Vancouver
Tel: 604-258-0005
Email: manager@divinovancouver.com
www.divinovancouver.com
View the Divino Banquet Menu
View the Divino Wine Book
General Manager | Daniela Grippo
Somellier | David Fert
Chef | Jefferson Alarez
DiVino is Commercial Drive’s newest addition– voted Vancouver’s best new wine bar. Located at the corner of Commercial and Gravely, Divino is much more than a modern yet comfortable wine bar. It’s also known for its excellent culinary offerings, with a menu planned around the perfect fusion of Italian, French and Mediterranean traditions, prepared with an artisan commitment to the freshest and highest quality ingredients.
DiVino is the perfect place to spend an evening with your partner or with a group of friends. With its upbeat yet relaxing atmosphere, you are invited to enjoy and let loose. Visit DiVino and spend some time looking over our extensive wine list chosen by our somellier David Fert. Pair your wine with a menu selection created by Jefferson Alvarez, our internationally renowned chef. 
DiVino is also a perfect location for your special event. Regardless of the occasion, this cozy spot offers 42 seats and a beautiful south facing patio with another 22 seats available for your enjoyment. Visit DiVino and you will soon become a regular.
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I went to DiVino Saturday and was pleasantly surprised by what I found. This modern little wine bar has a very yale town feel when you first look into it but boy do they make you feel welcome. My husband and I started off with a classic meat and cheese plate which was paired wonderfully with a flight of wine choosen by their sommelier, who did an excellent job of helping us decipher the extensive wine list and pick things that would best suite our palates. We then ordered a lobster risotto, duck on toast topped with amarena cherries and finished off with a bottle of red wine and some dessert. Everything was fantastic and the service was the best I’ve had in a while. Just as we were about to leave the owner came up and introduced himself and explained the concept of the restaurant. I want to compliment him on achieving the old school Italian style hospitilaty that he told his Grandmother used to show everyone just two blocks down. Great place great people I highly recommened it!
I have eaten at Divino three times in the past two months, most recently last night and the night before. After what I take to be some initial glitches and stumbles early on, this small neighbourhood spot seems to be finding its feet. The menu – small and that’s good – has changed since October, and the focus remains on the fresh, the local and the relatively simple. A set dinner menu is available, as well as a daily special soup and main, and small plates. Things are flexible, though, and diners may order dishes from the set menu. On both recent nights the service was attentive, understated and helpful. I enjoyed a fresh and lively aragula, pecan salad, lightly dressed and soft, melting goat cheese gnocci on Friday and the same salad, a succulent rack of lovely lamb with parsnips (subtle not pungent) and spuds on Friday. I caved and had the same dessert – churros with a small, lick-worthy cup of chocolate – on both nights. I rarely eat dessert, but I had to try this Mexican classic. Chef (who is Mexican) certainly got it right. My friends on Friday had a meat and cheese plate that they pronounced heavenly. The gorgonzola and serrano ham were particularly appreciated. My friend Janie and I agree that heaven is the place where gorgonzola is supplied on demand, 24 hours a day. On Saturday, my husband chose the lobster bisque and had to be persuaded not to lick the bowl, followed by very fresh halibut, still moving only minutes before, according to chef, who came to chat with us twice. On the first occasion, he shared the secret of soft gnocci, on the second, he brought us two bulbs of garlic from the farm that supplies their produce. It was a classy gesture, as was the complimentary glass of port my husband enjoyed. On both evenings, I stuck to glasses of perfectly acceptable Malbec from Argentina, my husband drank a California Zin, which he liked. Believe me, that’s something as he often likes not to like, but always in a polite way. Divino is in our ‘hood, we can walk there and we’ll be back. It’s a relief that, at last, (the classic features of Arriva notwithstanding) there is a decent restaurant on the Drive. Thirty years is a long time to wait, and I’m glad we don’t have to drive west for a good meal.
My wife and I had the pleasure of going to DiVino for a lovely dinner last Saturday. The place was just packed but the atmosphere was great. The server let us know there would be about a 20 minute wait and then gave us a beautiful glass of champagne. This made the wait go by very quickly and almost made it enjoyable! By the time we got to the table which was set up very romantically with candles. The crowd was definetly an upscale and appeared to be enjoying the music service and food. The servers were great two well dressed males who appeared to know the wine menu inside and out. I was very suprised to see over 700 hundred wines but was a bit taken back. Our server David happened to be the in house sommelier and helped us pick out a beautiful bordeaux chateau cretain 1998 for an awesome price. After we finished the bottle he brought us over our certificates which officially made us part of the DiVino Bordeaux club, which allows us to attend there exclusive dinners put on for the members of the club. The food was outstanding and the service was phenomenal, I will definetly be back!