I was on the hunt for a good fish noodle soup and upon searching around on Google, landed on Deer Garden's menu. Apparently, their fish noodle soup is their signature. You can choose from the original soup, pumpkin tomato soup plus many other flavours. I go for thick vermicelli and for my 2 toppings, I have tried fish slices (not fishy at all), black fungus as well as the fish tofu (house made). Very satisfying meal! read more

Fish and mince pork soup as a base + fish fillet and fish tofu was great. You also get to pick what kind of noodles you want and comes with a free tea/coffee. This place takes only cash and debit. Very busy during lunch and dinner times. read more

Stopped by just before it opened at noon and happy to get a booth again as there was a line up. This time around opted for the spicy broth with beef brisket and fish filet. It came out fairly quick and it was perfect. Loved the heat/spice in the broth and both proteins...this will be my go to combo moving forward. There was no issue with the service and it was another positive food experience. read more

Deer Garden Signatures - Spicy broth with beef brisket and fish filet - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Classic spot for noodle soup combo, my go to is always the tan tan soup, it's delicious if you like peanuts. Service is what you would expect in a Chinese restaurant, they get the job done. read more

Deer Garden Signatures - tan tan soup with noodles, lemon tea, deep fried fish cutlet - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

came here for quick lunch. this is a HK style quick service chain focused on soup noodles, esp the fish broth. You customize your bowl. They also have a small selection of non-soup items. Their menu is not nearly as extensive as a typical HK style cafe. Im not a huge fan of their soup noodles, so i went with a rice combo. you can customize it like a soup bowl. you pick a protein, carb, sauce, and drink. I chose beef slices, tomato sauce, rice, and salted lemon soda. Food was 3/5. bland, but fine for a quick meal. Ive had their soup noodles many times before, and my dining partner ordered it, also 3/5. nothing bad, nothing particularly memorable. Soda was good. hard to screw up a cup of plain soda water mixed with premade salted lemon though. service is as you'd expect for a place like this. CASH ONLY which is kind of annoying. Pricing is fair. Oddly, they have a sign saying they only take Canadian cash. Wonder how many foreigners they actually get here. parking is street only. you can find metered spots on Fraser and some free spots in the surrounding neighborhood. i wouldnt go out of my way to come here, but if im in the area, i would consider returning for a quick simple HK style meal. Solid 3/5. read more

I own a business. I would not be able to tell my customers what they told me about tender. Legal tender is legal tender. Bad business. Tax evasion. Poor customer service. Amazing food. So unfortunate. It's hard to be a business these days. You have to save money, you have to please customers... but there are some things you should not pass onto the customers like bank charges for depositing coins. And therefore you don't want the coins. Any business is lucky to have clients these days. And it's a luxury for many to eat out. We even go to cash only businesses because we like the food, we all comply. But to now tell us you will only accept a certain type of tender because there is a charge to deposit coins. There are costs to running a business. You should be grateful for depositing these days! Not every cost needs to be passed onto the customers. My mom is 81 years old. She has coins. They are heavy. Let the lady pay with some coins. I can't believe Connie argued with us about the cost to deposit coins and therefore won't deposit them. If my money is an inconvenience to you, there are a million other places in Vancouver to eat. I love your food, but on principle, especially since we already know what a cash restaurant is up to... you should have just let it be. It was an overall great lunch. Terrible experience for your loyal customer. *there is an extremely kind gentleman that is normally our server. I didn't catch his name. We will miss seeing you and your service with a smile. Thank you kitchen staff, the food is amazing. Management needs to revisit what they choose to save on and pass onto their customer. Also maybe put a sign or make it clear but I guess there is already a sign for everything... cash only. $25 sauce. $25 bag and now add to that 20 pieces of coins max (that's $2 in nickels to put it into perspective). And restaurants wonder why they have issues keeping workers. Your cost saving tactics takes money out of tips for your already lower wage earners. By nickel and diming customer (haha ironic) you upset good paying clients that cost you a lot more than your fees at the bank for DEPOSITING money. It's a shame. read more

Haven't been to Deer Garden in quite a while! We had a team dinner here last Friday. My order: - Noodles Combo: Malay Laksa Soup + Fish Filet + Fish Balls + Thick Rice Noodles - Hot Horlicks - Deep Fried Chinese Donut The flavour of their laksa soup (Hong Kong style) is pretty good, and always my go-to pick for the soup base. Portions are still pretty big, even though the combo's price has increased quite a bit over the years (inflation, ahhh). Their Chinese donut was surprisingly good! Crispy, but not too oily. 2 of my teammates enjoyed my Horlicks drink recommendation! They loved the malt taste. Horlicks or Ovaltine are my usual choices for the combo drink. Overall, this place is still a reliable spot for some tasty noodle soup combos! read more

Went there for a quick meal. Ordered the meatball/fishball soup for dining in. Pretty decent. Also ordered the luncheon meat with egg sandwich to go. Unfortunately when I got back, I found out they missed the luncheon meat altogether. So for $9.75, I got 2 thin slices of white bread with maybe 2 scrambled eggs in the middle! If you try to order any take out, make sure you check your content before you leave! read more

Cooler days call for noodle soup. I've also heard the same for hot days. *Shrugs* I'm a big fan of their noodle combos. Your choice of soup base, toppings, noodles, and drink! There are some additional charges depending on your selection, but overall it's a fantastic value. In addition, you are also able to choose from a selection of sides. I always go for the desert wings. It seems they've increased the price of these side dishes, but it's so hard for me not to order them wings. Service and portions are consistent between their multiple locations, as well as takeout/delivery. So... Is it a cold or hot day? Either way, it calls for noodle soup! read more

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Perfect comfort food stop to get out of torrential rain today. So lucky to find a place like Deer Garden, you get to build your own noodle soup bowl. I opted for the knife-shaven noodles in Malay Laksa soup with their signature pork sausage and fish ball w/cheese and sticky rice. The laksa flavors are so good and I'd get this every time- noodles were awesome and worth the extra 2.50, but I'll skip the fish ball and try something else next time. Also I'd skip the wings, wasn't too standout but they have many other tasty sides to try out. Comfy booths and nice service, I liked how the drinks come in like a sealed bb tea cup. read more

Deer Garden Signatures - Laksa, knife shaven noods w/signature pork sausage, cheesy sticky rice fish balls. @DeerGarden (Fraser) insta-cure for rainage - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

You can never go wrong with a nice big bowl of noodle soup, especially one that you build yourself! Deer Garden has been a staple in my family for the last few years. So much that we eat here once a week minimum! For $13.50 you can pick your soup base, noodles, and toppings. Your bowl of soup comes with bean curd, Napa cabbage, mushrooms and cilantro, you can also choose to opt out from these toppings. You can also add more toppings, small side snack plates, and a drink for an up charge. My go to is always the Szechuan Spicy Soup with sliced beef (which is ALWAYS tender), bok choy, and udon noodles. The spice level on this soup seems to vary every week. The service here is usually always great and it always seems like we never have to wait too long for our food. read more

Deer Garden Signatures - Spicy Szechuan soup - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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I love this place! For $11.25, you can build your own noodle soup by choosing the soup base, noodles, and two free toppings. The price even includes a hot/cold coffee or tea drink! I came on a Monday night around 9 pm and it wasn't too crowded. My friend and I got seated immediately. I like how easy it is to order with the paper menu you're given as you can quickly mark off how you want your noodle soup to be customized. There's a great selection of spicy and non-spicy options for the soup base (though I'm not sure any of them are vegetarian), and as a pretty picky eater, I really appreciated the "no green onion & cilantro" options :) I went with the original fish soup, rice noodles (they were out of the flat rice noodles unfortunately), and fish tofu and fish filet for my toppings. The noodle soup already comes with veggies in the form of cabbage, bean curd skin, and mushrooms. After placing my order, I didn't have to wait long before I got my big bowl of piping hot noodle soup. The fish broth was delicious, with a good fish flavor. They are very generous with their toppings and I had quite a bit of fish filet, fish tofu, and veggies to work through. It's a big bowl too, and I definitely struggled to finish it as I wasn't super hungry to begin with. I thought this whole meal was a great value, as you can get both a delicious and hearty bowl of noodle soup and a drink for $11.25. I would come back again in a heartbeat if I'm ever in Vancouver again! read more

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- This review is based on service, not food - I've been to this branch a multiple of times but always reluctant to write a review. However, today I saw something that's quite incredible, so I had to write it. My in-laws and I were having lunch, and I stole my hubby's cup of tea (since he has his iced milk tea) so I had two empty cups in front of me. The waitress walked by, saw it, then went to get the tea pot. I thought she's gonna refill my tea, but nope, she refilled the tea at the westerner's table. Yup, discrimination against her own race. It's funny because she will 100% see our table before she gets back to the counter, and the tea pot was 80% full still (since it's transparent, i could see). I couldn't believe such thing, and my mom-in-law asked her to refill my tea. But nothing happened for the next 20 min until 1 minute before we were leaving. Not sure what happened, but I think it's quite sad if you discriminate against your own race. Either way, she got the amount of tips she deserves, and I will probably not go there anymore. Btw, a lot of the ingredients in the soup that day had no taste, the soup/noodle/ingredients were completely separable.. it's probably the worst meal I had there ... perhaps it's the time of the month for the chef and waitress that day *shrugs* read more

My partner and I came here for dinner on a really cold night. After reading some Yelp reviews, we decided to stick with the laksa broth - I opted for the beef brisket & fish balls toppings, and my partner got fish. The laksa broth had a delicious, deep, spicy flavour. It was the perfect option for the cold weather that night! My only complaint is the tea that came with the dish. I usually live HK style milk tea, but this one was too strong & unfortunately it was lukewarm. Nothing worse than a lukewarm HK milk tea :( read more

Deer Garden Signatures - Beef brisket, fish balls, and instant noodles in laksa broth - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Everyone always comes to Deer Garden and raves about the soup noodles. Don't get me wrong - I'm a fan too, but I simply cannot get enough of their Minced Pork Cake and Preserved Mustard Leaves on Rice. You must try it! The minced pork cake is so succulent (the perfect ratio of fat to meat!), and is only enhanced by the flavour and texture of the preserved mustard leaves. There is also gai lan on top to give some crunch (and health) to the whole dish. You're given a sauce to pour on top, and I highly recommend doing so along with the chili oil for a wonderful blend of umami and spice. Once upon a time, you could ask for the chili oil if you simply got a steamed rice combo, but now it only comes with the soup noodle combos upon request. If you're debating on a drink, might I suggest the classic HK-style milk tea? It's good hot or cold, but I do think the latter is better. Deer Garden's milk tea is unparalleled - I love it so much! Of course, as with any Chinese restaurant, it does cost extra ($1) to have a cold drink. Even though you have to pay another $1 to upgrade the size, the regular size is still enough to satiate your thirst and balance out the meal. As far as service goes, Deer Garden's really isn't the best. The waiting room can get quite busy and oftentimes, you will have to wait for the "hostess" to come and take down names based on the honesty policy. The bill will typically come before you ask for it and even when they're not that busy. On this occasion, the group next to us was also asked to leave because they were still chatting after paying, and there was a long lineup outside. Finally, having been a loyal customer of Deer Garden over the years, I've noticed that their prices have changed quite drastically. (E.g. Their DIY soup noodles were once around $8.95 and now they're $11.95.) That hasn't stopped the crowds from coming though because it is still relatively affordable and the taste is amazing! read more

Deer Garden Signatures - Minced Pork Cake and Preserved Mustard Leaves on Rice, and hot HK-style Milk Tea ($8.95) - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Warning: ***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.*** Deer Garden allows you to choose, based on an a la carte menu, the soup base, noodle type, and the toppings. You check off what you want on the menu. ***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.*** A la carte menus apparently confuse elderly Chinese people ***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.*** There are numerous choices of soup bases, numerous choices of noodles and numerous choices of toppings. On top of that, they have a drink menu, and HK style food that is not noodle based as well as snacks, with certain time restrictions for certain items. This will add to the confusion for elderly Chinese parents. Information overload, I guess. ***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.*** The menu is in both Chinese and English. Apparently, written Chinese is tough to comprehend for elderly Chinese parents even if they are schooled in Chinese. ***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.*** I ended up explaining the whole thing to them. They still didn't quite get the idea. ***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.*** I end up ordering for them. In fact, I told them what to get based on my knowledge of their preferences. ***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.*** You get a drink included with the a la carte noodle dish. A choice of HK style coffee or tea. The drinks arrive first, but only one drink came. Elderly dad complains to Yelper, "Where are the other drinks? Why did they not bring the other ones?" Yelper reply, "Dad, you do know this is a Chinese establishment, so the timing of items coming out will be inconsistent?" Elderly Chinese parent, "Harmmmmmmmphhhhh!" He grumbles. The rest of the drinks came within a minute. ***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.*** The snacks of fried wings and pork chops come first. They were tasty. Wings were really crispy. 3 wings for $1.75. Sides cost $1.75 if you order a noodle dish. Elderly Chinese parents approve. The first round of noodles come and it just so happens that elderly Chinese dad didn't get his, since the bowls were too large to fit on the tray. So the waitress walks away. She happens to walk by a few seconds later and elderly Chinese dad complains to her, "I'm missing my bowl??" Yelper interjects, "It's coming dad, stop complaining." Elderly Chinese dad: "I'm not complaining. I'm afraid they forgot my noodles" Yelper: "Dad, when you're speaking to the waitress in less than one minute about a missing bowl of noodles, you're complaining." ***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.*** Surely enough, the "missing/forgotten" noodles came within one minute. ***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.*** The noodles and soup were a hit all around. Good flavours and a large quantity of food. Nobody finished their food. All of it was packed to go. Elderly Chinese parents were happy because of bang for the buck. Average bill was $10 per person with left-overs. The place is modern and clean. Men's room is a bit tight, so if you have elderly Chinese parents, heed warning, "***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.***", else they may complain about a tight washroom. ***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.*** I would come here again. Elderly Chinese parents want to come again. I'm not coming with them. They'll have to fend for themselves. Good luck to them with that. ***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.*** I'm not the only one who went through this experience according to one of my buddies. Similar thing happened to him. ***Do not bring elderly Chinese parents here.*** You've been warned. If you do bring elderly Chinese parents here, you didn't read my review. Cash only. read more

Deer Garden Signatures - Crispy chicken wing side dish $1.75 - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Totally had no idea Deer Garden had a location here until now. Parking is available on the side streets, but there are also these nice giant city-owned lots half a block W of here. The interior is mostly dark wood, with (of course) plaster deer heads on the wall. Everything looks good except for the vinyl seats - this makes the place look dated. The soup noodles I had were very consistent with the Richmond location. Which means the quality is decent. It's pricier than some other locations at $8.50, but the portion size more than makes up for it. You will leave satisfied. One other interesting bit - some of the tables have a hidden side drawer for utensils. Very ingenious. Oh, and they like serving hot drinks inside stainless steel mugs. A little unusual, but hey, they're shiny. read more

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For a foodie, strangely enough this is my go-to comfort food place. It's not fancy by any means & cash-only to boot with long lineups, but it's seriously worth the wait. I always get their signature noodle soup combo cuz you really can't beat $11.95 for a delicious bowl of customized noodles that easily feeds 2, a drink & 11 types of discounted sides ranging from seared ox-tongue to whole fried cutlets/fillets for +$3.25! Tip: they also have complimentary dishes of house made XO sauce. Just ask! My favourite soup base is their tomato with kabocha, though their watercress with almonds & the coriander with century egg are great as well. For those who don't like fish soup, I would definitely recommend their laksa if you could take a little heat. It's a pretty rich, so you might want to go easy on the beef brisket or the other fattier cuts of meat. Their hot milk tea is damn authentic & I love it, but you could pretty much swap that out for any drink they have on the menu by paying the difference for the cold/speciality drinks. Check out their red bean ice with vanilla ice cream for a true HK experience :) Their entire menu is available in actual English which definitely makes ordering a little easier lol read more

Deer Garden Signatures - $11.95 Combo: watercress & almond fish broth + Korean sweet potato glass noodles + beef brisket + liver - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Do you like cheap Asian noodles? Then come here. I can't think of any reason why I wouldn't recommend this place to my friends who visit Vancouver. You can either order from their hot dish menu or fill out the order form for custom noodles. I've only ever had the soup noodles here, but their other dishes looked really good. The combo deal is $10 CAD with a choice of soup broth, 2 toppings, and choice of noodles. It comes with coffee/tea, but if you want a cold drink it will be $1 more (I recommend the Honey Lemon or the Lychee Ice). For $2 more, you can get any of their specialty drinks like milk tea and slushes. You get an option of appetizers with the combo for $3 CAD each, maximum of 2 per combo order. They range from anything to fish cutlet and chicken desert wings - there's a wide variety. I recommend the deep fried fish and desert wings - fish is crunchy and goes great with the tarter sauce. Desert wings have this great ginger flavor in addition to being crispy. For soup noodles, it's really up to your preference. I usually stick to the rice noodles (vermicelli, thick, flat) and prefer toppings like fish cake, beef brisket, and fish balls. The special pork sausage is more of a kelbasa. I DON'T recommend ordering vegetables as a topping since they automatically give you bean curd, green onion, cabbage, and mushroom (make sure you specify if you don't want these), unless of course you're vegetarian. - Watercress Almond Fish Soup: I recommend this if you're looking for a light broth. It's very light, so try to pair with thin rice noodles and some seafood toppings, though beef brisket works fine. - Tom Yum: It's really not spicy, but more sour. The spiciness gives it a mild kick, but the lemon grass cuts into it. It's actually REALLY good and great for when you have a sore throat/cold. I recommend seafood toppings and thick or flat rice noodles... the broth itself is very addicting. Fair warning, this place is VERY popular and has wait times during peak lunch. We came here at like 1 pm and still had to wait 20 minutes for a table. This location is also cash only, but there are banks in the area if you're strapped for cash. Don't expect the greatest service here - it's still a Chinese restaurant. However for the food, options, and price... I'm willing to endure it. Originally we were headed towards their Richmond locations, but there was so much traffic on the way that we found this location on the map (thanks T-Mobile for allowing international data roaming). Honestly it's just as good as the ones in Richmond I've been to, and I'm glad their expanding their presence around Vancouver. read more

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This is a total Cattle Cafe copycat. There are a few things that were done better though: -Service bell at your table to ring for staff to come to your table -Check off sheet to order what you want in your noodle combo -Slightly friendlier service -They have the flat rice noodle option Other than that, the prices are identical and so are the flavors. The bowl of noodles seemed a smidgen smaller at Deer Garden, but I was full anyway. Overall, I prefer Deer Garden. read more

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If order your food for take out or cannot finish your food and need a take out container they will charge you $0.50 per container This gets two thumbs down from me read more

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Another Deer Garden opened on Fraser St & 47th Ave. I believe this is the 3rd store they open.. This location have NO parking at the front n rear, you may need to spend more time to find a parking spot at near. It becomes "chain" noodle soup café, the noodles and other dishes are pretty standard. The fish broth was rich and flavourful, the service pretty quick and attentive. read more

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(Migrating old reviews from my account on another review site to here) I can never finish a full bowl of noodles here. A good tip if you're coming with a friend is to order a bowl of noodles then add the noodle upgrade. That basically give you another bowl of plain noodles for $1.50. And then you'll have room for the chicken wings! read more

While they're mostly known for their fish soup noodle, their steam rice combo is also a commendable choice. At $8.95 with a drink, it's terrific value for lunch or dinner. While there's absolutely nothing wrong with their fish soup combo itself, I'd suggest you skip the add-ons. Yes, even the 3 pcs. fried chicken wings are somewhat of a rip-off at $3.25. read more

QUALITY OF FOOD (5/5) The milk tea I ordered was made to perfection! Wasn't too sweet and had very little ice which didn't water down the taste. I can taste the honey and tea blend very nicely. The pearls on the other hand were a bit hard (in my book, their pearls are 2/5). The food is delicious if you like Hong Kong style cafes and food. They are known for their noodle soup which has a variety of soup bases. They also have really tasty baked rice dishes (I suggest the baked seafood rice on cream sauce or the baked pork chop on rice) QUALITY OF SERVICE (5/5)    * Friendliness of Staff (5/5)    * Attentiveness/Speed (4/5) Normally for Chinese restaurants, I have to wave the servers when I am need things like ordering and water..but this place is quite snug so servers can see whether you are ready to order and if you need other things. That of course varies from server to server whether they are observant or not and depending on time of day. Staff are all nice and generally fast for service (based on Chinese service) CLEANLINESS OF RESTAURANT (4/5) Relatively clean! They get pretty busy during peak hours so staff is always cleaning tables and chairs. RESTAURANT APPEARANCE/AMBIENCE (4/5) Asian specifically Chinese restaurant environment. Really relaxing comfort food. Nothing super fancy or fine dining-like. VALUE OF MONEY (5/5) Comfort/Leisure food is always worth. They've been around for a while and although prices increased from the past due to inflation, the food quality and portion is kept the same... Awesome! OVERALL EXPERIENCE (5/5) read more

Deer Garden Signatures - Egg noodles w/Laksa soup base (toppings include fresh fish slices, special pork sausage, and sliced beef briskets) - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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The place is big enough to not need reservations on usual weekdays, but the line was LONG when I came on Remembrance Day for dinner. I'd recommend the canto greeter/server listen more closely to the names of customers...(I spoke English and he interpreted it as Cantonese). The noodle soup was awesome though. HUGE portion with actual substance inside. Price: $9 for that bowl of noodles + a drink? Can't get better than that. Service: other than the greeter part, not terrible. Worth the wait? I'd say so. read more

My buddy got me liking this place, so I visited Deer Garden in different location this time. I had to wait a bit for a table and the restaurant was already busy around 6:30 PM. So I ordered laksa flavoured noodle with 2 toppings and iced coffee together($9.95, $8.95 if noodle is ordered with hot drink). They were both amazing and delicious. Even though their food really amazed me, but service was slow. I got my water first and waiting for my order took longer time. I wanted to give 4 stars but giving 3 stars because of waiting time. read more

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Good value, but be prepared to wait. Deer Garden is your typical Hong Kong style Cafe/Diner. $7-10 will get you freshly prepared entrées. Portions are generously portioned, especially the rice and noodle combos. They also have Chinese versions of Western foods like spaghetti and sandwiches which you'll probably best avoid. My wife likes to order the custom noodles. You use a pen and fill in an order form. Simply check off your choice of soup base, noodle, meats, vegetables and garnishment. The chef will cook your noodles just the way you like it. You can eat at Deer Garden for about $10 per person. However, all the combos have optional "upgrades" like better drinks or side orders that could bump costs higher. Show some restraint and the value is pretty decent. On weekends, you need to arrive early to avoid the lunchtime rush. On some weekends, there could be 30+ people waiting outside for a seat. read more

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The noodles here were good, though I accidentally ticked off pork's blood and did not realized that my bowl was going to be bombarded with them to such an extent. It was cholesterol city in my stomach that night. I like that this location has the buzzer to request for assistance. I didn't notice any buzzer at the Coquitlam location. read more

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Been going here for almost 10 years and it never disappoints. Try the Malay Laksa soup base because its the best!

Their signature menu which is the noodle soup is good. I remembered they are famous because they don't use any MSG for some of the soup (especially the fish soup), however my favourites are tom yum or the spicy si chuan. You can choose the type of noodles, soup based, as well as toppings and the portion is big enough! I usually order 2 bowls for 3ppl. and also add the cold drink for only $1 or the bubble tea one for $2 (which is cheap!!). Their beef tounge with rice is really good Service was like usual hongkongnese/chinese place so don't expect too much. One funny thing tho, you have to pay $0.50 for box to go and everytime we asked she will remind us "it's 50cents" one more thing: CASH only read more

Deer Garden Signatures - rice noodle tom yum soup with chicken balls and fish tofu - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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My friends and I had a reservation for the 6 of us to this restaurant for a birthday dinner. All of us went for the noodle combo with drink. They provide you with paper you can fill out to create your own unique bowl (noodles, soup base, toppings, drink). I went for vermicelli with century egg and fish cake in tomato /pumpkin soup. It was a large bowl, filled with all these veggies and toppings. It was tough for me to get through it all. Next time, I probably shouldn't have that much veggies (an option that you can do) if I'm going for a tomato pumpkin soup. Nor should I have put century egg in it, it just did not work together at all. I'll admire the efficient service and the nice decor (there's actually a pull out drawer on the side of our table!). I'll give it another try on another day to see if I can get my choices right. read more

Deer Garden Signatures - Noodle combo - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Hong Kong style cafe. Quick turnover and very clean Chinese restaurant which makes me very happy. Food is well priced and yummy. I got their basic fish soup with noodles and fish and tofu. Yumyum. I can't wait to come back to try their baked pork chop on rice, or any of their other good looking dishes. read more

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Happy to dine out on Father's Day. We were six people so we called ahead to make a reservation. No problem. We were seated right away when we got there about 10 minutes early. I ordered the "chaochou" style fish broth with minced pork, with egg noodles, sliced beef brisket, and fish tofu. I got a coffee too as part of the combo. Hit the spot and great to not have to cook on Father's Day. Left feeling a little too full so I had to go for a nice evening walk. One warning if you've never eaten here before (it was the first time for my Dad); one of the cool things about this place is you get to customize your bowl by selecting the broth, the type of noodles, the protein and veggies. With many choices so crowded together on the order sheet, if you are not careful you might order the wrong thing. My dad was expecting noodles and he got rotini. read more

Deer Garden Signatures - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

If you are ever in Vancouver, this place is a must try if you like noodle soups. We were in town visiting family and being tourist. They took us to a local place and said really good noodle soup. Me thinking, how good can noodle soup be? All I can say is, it was freakin' amazing! There's other dishes, kinda like HK style cafe dishes, but we bypassed it as they were known for the noodle soups. For $11.95 (Aug 2018 price) you pick a soup base (everyone picked the fish soup with choice of ingredients) then you pick any two topping, & your choice of noodle. All extra items and sides cost extra. In case you didn't know what a Specialty Pork Sausage is like I didn't know, it's really a hot dog. I ordered fried fish cake as one of my toppings and I think they gave me fish tofu. Either way, it was delicious! Definitely a repeater for us if we ever visit Vancouver again. But as for customer services it was just okay and I'd give it a 3.5 Stars. Go check out this place if you like noodle soup. I was told the place is always crowded and when we were there, we waited with reservations. Kinda bizarre for a place like this to provide reservations. Maybe one of our relatives know someone there?? Anyhow, we went on a Thursday night and it's was full house. When we left around 9:30 pm, people were waiting in line still. I wish they had a place like this in San Francisco! read more

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This place is quite legit! I got the Century Egg noodle soup with rice noodles, beef brisket and fish tofu. I also got a milk tea on the side for a total of approximately $12.50. The bowl of noodles is huge! Unless you have a big appetite, a lot of people aren't able to finish it all at once. There is also tons of other topics inside like green onions, mushrooms, lettuce etc. Definitely a balanced meal. One bad thing is that the service isn't very good, like many other asian places. But if you are use to the fast pace of asian restaurants you should be all good. read more

Deer Garden Signatures - Century egg soup with beef brisket and fish fillet. - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Came here around 7:15 PM for dinner. The restaurant was packed when I arrived but luckily my friend had already gotten a table for us. I ordered the noodle combo: rice noodles in tomato and pumpkin fish soup base with beef tendon and deep fried fish cake. It also came with chinese lettuce and mushrooms. The portion was relatively big compared to other places but turned out it was just a big bowl and a lot of soup. The rice noodles were the usual ones, nothing special about them. I like getting tomatoes and pumpkin soup base because it comes with actual tomatoes and pumpkin slices. There were some slices in my noodle soup but they were minimal and thinly sliced. The deep fried fish cakes were also the usual ones but I didn't like the beef tendons. The beef tendons were mixed with black pepper and it was way too strong. The two flavours didn't mix well so I didn't enjoy them. I definitely had better beef tendons elsewhere. Given the large amount of noodle soup restaurants in Vancouver, this particular Deer Garden location would not be my go-to if I happen to be craving for noodle soup. Servers were always in a rush so service was alright. read more

Deer Garden Signatures - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

The wait here can be crazy long though with people pushing their way through, being impatient, and it was very hard to get the attention of anyone to get wait times or questions answered... I'm not sure the food is worth the crazy long wait, but I will say that once inside, the drink and soup combos they offer aren't too bad. I've tried the fish based broth, spicy broth, and the laksa - all are pretty good - a nice light flavor, noodles and some meat - you can customize it all, which is kind of fun as well. read more

4.1 Stars Free parking along Fraser street and all around the surrounding residential area. First impressions, big restaurant, well lit, lots of booth style seating and spread out. Ordered: Build your own noodle combo - this is one of the biggest bowls of noodles around. The soup was very flavourful, lots of noodles and toppings. added Desert Wings - only comes with 3pcs, very crispy. added cold milk tea - good tea flavour, only a small tho. Service was good, I like the checklist they give for the noodle combos, makes it really easy. There is also a bell on every table to call the server over. Overall Experience: Service - 9/10 Cleanliness - 8.7/10 Food - 9/10 Value - 8/10 Parking - 9/10 read more

Deer Garden Signatures - Build your own noodle combo - Chinese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Same dish, but with oil noodles this time and the soup was VERY pumpkin. Luckily, the wait was only a few minutes and the food came out quick! Plenty of fish but not much tendon this time around and the bean curd is the stick instead of the sheet. Other than that, also got the laksa which was too heavy for me but loved by mom and dad. read more

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