praise
Awards
Best Last Course, Gold
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2008
Best Formal Italian, Honourable Mention
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2008
Best Desserts
Urban Diner Restaurant Awards, 2008
Wine List Award, Gold
Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, 2008
Best Formal Italian, Silver
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2007
Most Romantic
Readers' Choice, Vancouver View magazine, 2007
Best Dessert
Critics' Choice, Vancouver View magazine, 2007
'Best of' Award of Excellence
Wine Spectator, 2007
Best Italian, Gold
Westender, Best of the City Awards, 2007
Best People Watching, Gold
Georgia Straight Golden Plate Awards
Readers' Choice, 2007
Best Ambiance
Where Memorable Meal Awards, 2006
Best Italian, Gold
Vancouver Magazine Readers' Choice Awards, 2005
Birks Silver Spoon Award
Voted by the Concierges and Clefs d'Or as the best restaurant overall for cuisine, service and ambiance, 2005, 2002, 2000
Reviews
"The food at CinCin is exemplary…The award-winning wine list is extensive, as is the selection of wines by the glass. The service is exemplary, the desserts divine."
Frommers Guide, 2008
"One of Vancouver's best eateries."
Golf for Women Magazine, 2007
"Exceptional."
The Northern Advocate, New Zealand, 2007
"Thierry Busset, [a] pastry god."
Westender, 2007
"Acclaimed patissier Thierry Busset is a master who turns both the simple and the intricate into sweet wonder."
Vancouver View magazine, 2007
"Thierry Busset makes the best restaurant bread in the city - his crusty rolls release like shrapnel. His desserts are also worthy of leaving lots of room."
Vancouver Magazine, 2007
"In a town blessed with an abundance of excellent restaurants, CinCin regularly tops critics' and consumers' polls for an obvious reason: it's simply a consistently good restaurant"
Lifestyles magazine, 2006
"This beautiful retreat above the Robson Street craziness is on almost everyone's hit parade"
Zagat Guide, 2006
"amazingly consistent. Over delivering has become routine. Bonus points for the interesting, fair value wine list"
Vancouver magazine, 2006
"Dessert is a must at CinCin. Pastry Chef Thierry Busset, one of Europe's most lauded patissiers, has a wicked way with chocolate."
Lifestyles, 2006
"Thierry Busset [presents] wonderful sweets and chocolates, well selected cheeses and the best breads"
Vancouver magazine, 2006
"Cin Cin still has the power to seduce before the first plates even arrive. While the scene might play host to many a business tête-à-tête and celeb soiree, the gorgeous terrace overlooking the street remains one of downtown's most romantic hideaways."
Westender, 2005
"Hearty but polished plates are precisely executed and there's a superlative cellar to match...CinCin is testament to the promise of perfection."
Where magazine, 2005
"Crisp white table cloths, crystal stemware, and a black-clad service crew who know their wines"
Westender, 2005