Banter Room opened in 2017 at 1039 Mainland Street, in the space Romer's Burger Bar left behind (Daily Hive). It runs from weekend brunch through 2am cocktails, one block from Yaletown Roundhouse station.
This is Yaletown's group bar. Big tables, a long marble counter, espresso martini flights, and a patio that fills first on warm evenings.
Drinkers who want quiet should go elsewhere. Reviewers on Yelp flag the noise as the room's defining feature, and they are not wrong.
One large room plus a covered patio. Brass fixtures, marble, banquettes built for six.
Vancouver Is Awesome covered the 2025 patio and menu refresh; from May through September the patio is the seat to ask for.
Skip the quiet date plan. Order food with the cocktails; the kitchen is an equal partner in this room.
Weekday happy hour, 2pm to 5pm daily, draws the office crowd off Mainland and Hamilton.
Weekend brunch flips the room to birthday tables and bachelorette groups. After 9pm on Friday and Saturday the volume climbs and stays there.
What to order
- 01
Espresso Martini Flight
- 02
Spring Fling
- 03
Chicken and Waffles