* Decent congee - but not worth a special trip * Others have complained about the service not being good here - but I have to say I must have caught them on a good day. I was immediately greeted at the door and given a table. The waitress was quick to bring tea and take my order - even with a smile. The food came quickly. The waitresses all seemed to be in a good mood with many of them smiling while chatting with each other as well. I had the congee with mushroom and scallop as well as a side order of Chinese donut. The congee was on the thinner side, but had a nice amount of peanuts, green onion and sliced ginger to flavour it. There were not very many scallops or mushrooms sadly. (Perhaps 5 slices of scallop and 2 mushroom chunks.) That really pales in comparison to the one I had at Kwong Chow: http://www.yelp.ca/biz/kwong-chow-congee-and-noodle-house-vancouver#hrid:ZQHNxqo-gq3oQXKJILVRFA/src:self where there were about 20 slices of scallop! Sadly while the Chinese donut was a generous portion - it had clearly not been freshly fried as it was room temp. That was a bit of a disappointment. Overall if I was in the area and craving congee I would certainly stop by again. I don't think I would make a special trip out here, or be willing to wait on a line to get in though.... read more

Honestly, I don't know why I come back here. Actually, I do know why: because my father likes this place. IMHO, there's Terrible (with a capital T) service and mediocre food... but I suppose in that sense it's quite an authentic Chinese congee house. There's also pay parking (wooo hoooo, not.) and a lengthy wait time if you're coming during prime time. umm... what more to say.... the food is decent, but really nothing special -- it's not particularly cheap -- and the service is shockingly underwhelming (they'll ignore you repeatedly, especially if you don't speak chinese.) DON'T DO IT!! read more

Randomly drove by the place as we were making our way up from Seattle to Vancouver. It's cash only, so good thing it is located down the street from a bank/ATM. We found parking almost immediately. It was middle of the day during the middle of the week. Ordered a rice vermicelli noodle soup and of course, congee since it's in the name. Was surprised by all the STUFF you get. Considering the price, it caught me off guard. Service was as expected for one of these places. Not super friendly, but also not terrible. You go in, order, eat, and leave. read more

I am a regular here and it's my favourite comfort food place for Chinese. When I come with friends, we usually pick from the "pick your own dishes" meals (i.e. 5-8 dishes that come with soup, dessert and free sides). Most items come in big portions. My personal fav is the satay beef vermicelli pot. If it's just myself and the soon-to-be wifey, we'll get a noodle, congee, and ALWAYS wontons (no noodles). The wontons are bomb here and we haven't found another place better! FYI, they're cash only. Some ppl can find issue with their service, but it's the food I'm there for tbh. Yeah it can be shoddy depending on which waitress you get, but it's just the nature of the place. I come for the fooood! If I'm coming in a big group we always make a reservation because their lineups are insane!!! read more

Disappointing. Food is OK but everything else was crappy. Ended up here on our way back from shopping nearby. Staff were cranky and rude -- they were expressionless, no eye contact, menus thrown in our general direction. Yikes. Granted, we sat at our table waiting a long time without any service and did have to ask someone for menus (table who came in after us was being served, but not us). Maybe they didn't like having their lack of service called into question. However, it wasn't busy and there were several staff walking around all the time. After we had already ordered, I noticed one of the staff wiping and blowing her nose, then holding the tissue and customer receipt in the same hand while using the computer. Nice. I could hardly wait to dive into my congee after seeing that (yuck). Most of the tables are round and seat six people. We were seated at one of these tables and the table top wobbled alot - I couldn't imagine eating at it with six people without a disaster occurring. I had congee and chinese donut. The congee is good, creamy and good flavour. The chinese donut wasn't fresh, not crisp and rather doughy. Won't return, just not worth it. read more

[CASH ONLY] This is a very solid 4-star. We went there at around 10PM on a Saturday evening and we were surprised to see a line. You could get a table immediately if you don't mind sharing a table with strangers. We decided to wait for our own table and it took about 15 mins. By the time we left around midnight there were still people waiting. We ordered four dishes: - Wonton noodle soup. The firmness, bounciness, width, lengths of the noodle were exactly how my husband wanted it. The shrimp in the wonton was huge. - Dry scallop with egg white fried rice. It was delicious!! - Fish and pork congee. It was seasoned well and quite smooth. We had the leftover for lunch the next day and it still tasted very good. - Cabbage dish (forgot the name). Not bad. Everything we ordered hit the spot and delivered what we had expected. Will def come back! What made us give a 4-star instead of 5 is the lack of element of surprise. It didn't blow us away. Also I don't like places that are cash only. read more

Hungover and wanted some chinese food. Sat down, restaurant was extremely full. Ordered BBQ pork w/ noodle in soup. They gave me the dryest pieces of bbq pork ever. It was so dry i had to put it off to the side and ask for fresh pieces. Also ordered chinese donut rice roll and shrimp and chive rice roll. The chinese donut roll was soft, not crunchy. Drastically changed expectation. A chinese donut was ordered on the side for congee, the donut was still soft. The shrimp and chive rice roll wasnt good. Very bland, mostly noodle than filling. Noodle was bland. Last thing, my friend and i attempted to order roast pork and bbq duck. They didnt have either, so bbq pork was only choice. Not very happy. Another friend ordered bbq pork w rice. Pork wasnt as dry as in the soup but more dry than ideal. Do not go here if you want to walk away satisfied eating these items. read more

Hadn't been back for a while as I don't live in Burnaby but was not disappointed when I finally came back. The shrimp won ton (not the regular wonton) were 4 succulent balls of chunky shrimp and black mushroom fungus in a fresh, pork broth with chewy won ton noodle. A side of salt and chilli pepper squid (slightly tough) was a treat based on flavour. Why won't you open another location???? read more

Congee Noodle King - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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If you're thinking, "Is this place related to Congee Noodle House on Broadway?", you are correct! The owner of this place was actually one of the chefs over at Congee Noodle House before opening this place. Again, Asian servers -- Anyone who knows better wouldn't expect much customer service from them. During busy lunch/dinner hours, don't just stand at the door expecting that they will notice you, fight over the crowd and make sure you tell the server how many people is in your party. Servers don't keep count on who came first, so you should remember who was there before, and who came afterwards. Believe me, some Asians can be quite ruthless if they see that you are confused and they would try and get ahead of you. The congee isn't as thick and creamy as the one on Broadway, but I would suggest people to try out their different variations of fried rice/noodles. My favorite dish here is the Singaporean-Style Fried Vermicelli. Serving per dish is pretty generous, so I'd say a dish can served 2-3 people, all with a chance of seconds. Downfalls here is that sometimes there are more than grumpy/rude servers and people waiting in the crowd. The food is ok, but I wouldn't come here and wait with the crowd during rush hours. Parking is also a big issue: It's either street parking or fight for one of the 4 parking spots at the back of the restaurant. Your chances of finding a parking spot along that strip of Kingsway can be challenging and the anticipated wait with the crowd at the door can augment your wait time for up to an hour. read more

Cantonese breakfast for the win! You can't hate on Congee Noodle King. You just can't. It's a Vancouver institution! (In the chinese community.) Breakfast here comes cheap, they have a ton of dishes for $5 and under! The ambiance isn't too shabby, not as run down as other places! Food wise, it's far from the best Cantonese food, but it's decent! read more

The consistency over the last five years has been the same since I wrote my last review here. So I won't change anything except that now we get tapioca for desert if you order up the dinner menu combinations. We usually order the 8 dish combo which comes with rice and soup and a choice of BBQ meat platters for just over $100. Come after 8 pm and the rush isn't so bad. Come between 5-7:30 and there's a lineup. read more

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Like Hon's, this place has a massive menu selection, to big for my liking. It can seriously make one cross eyed, starring at the rows and rows of food items. I've been by here a gazillion times, but have never really thought to come in and try their stuff. It usually seems fairly busy here, so it can't be that bad. It really teaches me not to judge a book by its cover and to also be a little more adventurous and step into places that I would normally turn a blind eye too. This place ain't so bad actually. For myself I ordered the mushroom and vegetable soup, which came with egg noodles. It was very mushroomy and earthy tasting. It had an abundance of those Chinese mushrooms that are dried and fairly large. Even though this bowl of soup didn't have any protein in it, the huge mushrooms more than made up for the lack of meat. I've been sick with a cold for more than a few days now, so I thought with all my minimal wisdom that mushrooms with veggies in soup would be just the thing I need to destroy the invading virus and I think it actually helped, a little. My friends ordered a egg noodle chow mien that was a tad too spicy (black pepper spicy), a Chinese donut thing, and fried squid. The noodles were on the verge of being uneatable because of the abundance of pepper. The squid, while also spicy, was perfectly delectable and the Chinese donut was delicious. Overall not a bad place. Will come back to try the first half of this place's name sake, the congee. MSG rating: 0 (but I could be wrong because this cold is impairing my judgement) St3Fin read more

A solid choice for late night congee! I usually come here with a large group. The food is good for the value. We order a lot of dishes and the bill usually comes out to no more than $10-12 per person. read more

Service is complete shit here. It took us a while to get a server to our table. The Chinese donuts we got were cold. There wasn't that many pork in our congee and the beef in our noodle dish tasted like there was salt poured on it. Parking can be a hassle as it is paid parking up front and kingsway can get crazy. I would only come back here at not busy times for congee but I was pretty disappointed. I felt I was being discriminated because I didn't speak Chinese but I suppose that is something to be expected. The food here is decent but nothing to be wowed about. Would I come back? Only if I had no choice and the convenience... read more

Good for a quick bite but expect to wait awhile during the weekend lunch period. They've done quite a bit to improve the congee. When it first opened, my dad's homemade congee was better than theirs! I went back a year later and the congee improved it's texture. Also, the deep fried food (such as the calmari) looked and tasted great. Maybe it was just that day. Who knows :) The staff there are consantly on their feet trying to cater to everyone orders and they tend to forget to get u that refill for your tea. After a couple of reminders, the tea comes. Hard to get a table to yourself and it's very common to share a table with another group of diners. It's like any other noodle place you go to. Nothing special. read more

Surprised that this place doesn't have a higher rating. The food was really good for a noodle house. What I found impressive was how generous they were with their ingredients. Their beef ho fun had so much beef (most places only gives a few slices) and their seafood congee had more seafood than congee - with prawns galore, squid, fish and fresh (yes fresh) scallops. We also ordered their pork jowls which came with a lot of jowl meat too. Great food for amazing prices - a perfect place if u crave traditional Cantonese fare of great quality. read more

Can't believe I'm seeing negative reviews, yes, there's typical Chinese diner level of service but the food is good and super affordable. I live in kits and what I would give to something like this in my area!! Get the Chinese donuts, the rice rolls, rice wraps, I ain't mad at the beef brisket rice noodle soup and it's right in the name congee. read more

Came here last year for a small Chinese New Year celebration for a few people during the day. We wanted something a little on the cheap end and not so flashy and this was the location. It was also centrally located which we appreciated. Very friendly staff. I had a few deep fried appies and of course I had my own Congee which was okay, nothing to write home about, however, not terrible either. read more

Not very many good congee places near Metrotown, so we drive here for our congee fix. I have been here more than a couple dozen times with no complaints. (Weird I know) This morning after my doctors appointment I felt like a hot bowl of congee with some sides. I was one person so I sat at the communal table. There was 2 older ladies sitting at my table and I started talking to the lady beside me. I just found it so interesting that she spoke fluent Chinese being Caucasian. Then the other lady started talking to us as well. Our appies came and she offered to share, which I though was extremely sweet, so we offered to share ours as well. During our whole breakfast we engaged in our conversation. I finished first as I had clients to call, and said my goodbyes. While paying I decided to pay for them as well. I love sweet people :) and I think kindness should be acknowledged. Oh the food...no complaints. One of the owners is my neighbor and gives us free things from time to time. Not the reason I come here, I come here for the good food at very reasonable prices. read more

I've been here a few times in the past 6 years and I have to say my experience and taste of food were pretty much the same each time whether if I'm going with one person or with a table of 6 people. I was here again a few nights ago and this time with a friends baby for dinner. It was one of those nights that I crave congee. I have to say I do like their congees. I mean that is why I went there. Services is alright. It's one of those you can't expect too much from a Chinese place. I've never been to a Chinese restaurant and felt they had some outstanding customer service. So, I wasn't surprised about this place either. There really was no complaints either. Food was good and food came at a good time. I felt the food was a bit salty but not bad. Overall, the place is worth to go. Just don't order the deep fried donuts at night. I believe they re-fry them. So, it's a bit hard. read more

Good place to go for late night Chinese food. I like their late-night menu. You get to order more dishes at a lower price cuz the sizes are smaller. The deep fried squid, black pepper short ribs, oyster omelette, and blackbean sauce clams are my usual order. They go well with rice or congee. Food comes out fast too, but they're always busy, so there's usually a lineup. read more

For a Chinese place its not bad. Service was good, congee base is good. Pricing is decent. Its a pretty solid place. My only recommendation is dont order the beef rice roll or youll be disappointed. Its not the dim sum type. read more

Congee Noodle King - Hk style sapan congee - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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The rice rolls were cold when they arrived at my table. The veggie dish that I ordered was salty. My friend, who was living nearby, told me that when she ordered the take-out from there, they had missed one of her orders. My friend called them and they told my friend to go back, but when my friend went back later, they said, "Why are you so late?" What an attitude. There was another time when my friend dined at there, the change that they gave my friend was short. Also their washroom is not clean. I don't see any reason for me to spend my money there. read more

This is the WORST Chinese food I've ever had. The Chicken noodle was TASTLESS. The Deep fried tofu was TOO SALTY and my favorite owl 牛腸粉 was TOTALLY GROSS... The waitress was VERY RUDE...To top it off, when I complained to the manager he just rolled his eyes and said that sometime when they are too busy the chefs might have forgotten to put the salt in the food... I couldn't believe what I heard... but whatever I'm not going to let this stupid incident ruin my vacation here in Vancouver. Hopefully the owner see my review & do something about this!!! If not the chefs at least the waitress they should have a better service or attitude toward their customers!!! read more

The service is not great but the food is decent. Sometimes they need work on their consistency because today, I had the worst (overly spicy) noodles I have ever had. At any restaurant. The congee is generally good and steaming hot, but again it's nothing spectacular. The prices are pretty good for the amount of food you get. And unless they forget your order (don't be shy to remind them you're waiting if you think it's been too long), the food does come out pretty fast. Also if you go there around dinner time on a weekend or friday night (around 7ish) be prepared to never get seated... you might just want to walk across the street to Gold-train and earn some street cred while you dine. read more

Yes, I'm biased.. I found this little joint 2 years ago when I was craving for scallop congee (I'm a Chinese afterall), and it's comparable to what I can get in a restaurant in Singapore. I was sold. Found a gem and I'm loyal. No fuss and hidden markups, just good congee. Good service, I like to have sesame oil in it and they give me plenty. Super fresh scallops and prawns. read more

Anyone ordering take out needs to check before leaving the premises. The receipt showed the items I ordered so it wasn't a mixed up with other people's order. The order of beef tendon turned into beef brisket and instead of hot chili minced pork noodle , it was beef brisket noodle. Total let down. read more

Come here for family style chinese food. Not that great of a place for small number of people. Typical tasty chinese food in Vancouver.

I would rate negative if i could. Typical chinese restaurant with awful service. It is so strange to go into a restaurant with all servers are trying their best to ignore you and avoid eye contact with you. Went there few times, no matter day time, night time, busy time or quiet time, they all have the same attitude. Their face are like they never get paid or you owe them dollars. I insist to pay at least 12% tips in any restaurant regardless dine in or take out since myself worked as a server. But hell no, not paying a dime for this restaurant anymore because ain't gonna come back. Kthxbye. read more

A slightly cleaner hole-in-the-wall? Maybe. It's more well-lit anyways. I believe this place is owned by the same people as Congee Noodle House on Broadway.. currently closed for renovations, so I found myself on this corner of Kingsway & Joyce getting my congee fix. It's supposedly open late night as well. Typical grumpy waitresses, but the food comes fast and good. Happy hour menu between 3 - 5, but there's no congee on that menu. My favourite item is the Jah Leung. Translated something like Steamed rice roll wrap chinese donut? Don't quote me on that. Yum yum. If you ask nicely, they will give you another serving of sweet soy sauce to go with it. read more

my go-to place for congee, soup noodles, fried rice/noodles...basically, everything i'd want in a casual chinese restaurant. even though it's a "noodle restaurant", their seafood dishes are flavourful, fresh (depending on the seafood), and well priced. my family have gone there to eat king crab and was not disappointed in their quality (similar quality and much better priced than sun sui wah restaurant). they have cheaper congee bowls and specials during their weekday mornings (before 11am, i think). i have to admit service is inconsistent. and decor is not the greatest. but it's comfortable, it's casual, it's well priced and has good food. read more

Congee Noodle King - one of three dishes that come with ordering a king crab. king crab legs steamed in garlic and butter. - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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I love this place! The congee is always good and has a lot of ingredients inside. read more

Congee Noodle King - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Fast service, stomach - satisfying food. Chicken wings - must order. Crispy, garlicky and finger lickin' good. KFC should take note. Century egg congee - better than mom's. (I can say this because she doesn't use yelp) As I write this my mouth is starting to water. Too bad I'm back in etown and it's midnight. Go eat here and I shall live vicariously through you. Please and thank you. read more

3.7. This place is always busy, so either order take out or be prepared to wait. We only order the congee, very solid and portions are big. If you do sit down, don't expect good service either. We would recommend the congee and we have been back. read more

BAD service ! We were arranged to sit a very small seat next to the counter which is full of takeout boxes and server walking by so near. We asked change the seat several time to other available spaces but the server kept ignoring us. Never even offer to refill my tea. I walk away without giving them tips. Never will I come back again. read more

Ordered take out for a three pound crab but the crab was less than 2 and a half pound. Lunch portions are much reduced to our dismay. The beef brisket dry noodle is much smaller portion than before. They now use a smaller plates. This is a wonton soup restaurant, not much of decor or services to speak about. The values are not there anymore. read more

Good congee, cheap, cheap, cheap after 9... expect a line and for it to be packed and also to have to work really hard to flag down servers but when they get to you they are quick and your food is brought to you quickly as well. read more

8 health violations in 1 visit and several others this month. Dirty little hole in the wall place. We went with our family as they wanted to try it out, never again. We would have done better with Denny's. read more

Good food and decent price. Love the roasted pork on rice, the gai lan & garlic and the house congee. The service isn't the greatest and if I were to judge on only that it would be rated much lower. read more

I would recommend the deep fried eggplant! Service was not bad as it was not too crowded last night, and the food prices are cheap if you are sharing with a group! read more