A door handle apparatus for a vehicle includes a frame member, a handle body including a handle shaft portion, a bearing member including first and second holding portions arranged away from each other in a rotation axis direction of the handle shaft portion held at the bearing member and defining a holding void for holding the handle shaft portion, the bearing member being supported at the frame member in a state where the bearing member is rotatable between an assembly completion position and an assembly ready position, and a holding release inhibition mechanism inhibiting a release of a state where the handle shaft portion is held at the holding void by restricting an operation of at least one of the first and second holding portions in a case where the handle body receives a load in a predetermined direction while the bearing member is at the assembly completion position.