A romantic dinner by a roaring fire is best enjoyed in a restaurant and not around the neighbour's emblazoned wicker man. Retain your amorous appetite with today's Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of upscale cuisine and drinks at Hart House Restaurant in Burnaby.

A cozy picture of Tudor Revivalist design, Hart House is a charming lakeside restaurant purveying a menu full of exquisite delicacies with sophistication and casual elegance. Start dinner with oysters gratin ($14) paired with a glass of white wine ($7+), or spoon a scrumptious bowl of spiced pumpkin soup ($8). For the main event, savour the culinary mastery and patience of a six-hour braised lamb shoulder ($28). Complete the experience with molten Hart cake ($10) or caramelized lemon tart ($7).