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    Lan Vietnamese Express

    4.4 (29 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Order area, kitchen in background, very clean, friendly staff!
    Tina W.

    A very cute and very clean well run place. The flavor of my chicken, peanut, Thai basil soup was a little different that I'm used to. My dad ordered a vegetarian tofu soup. He thought it was under seasoned. The soup was hot and otherwise good. Friendly and helpful staff; very helpful and polite. I would give it another try.

    To go order, after I unpacked. Yummy
    G C.

    Was having the "cravings" and I called and ordered, so happy I did. Good flavors, yummy spring rolls and salad rolls. I got it to go with sprouts and basil and lime. Thank you! If you're well versed in pho, this place doesn't have all the tripe, tendon, type ingredients, that's ok I'm guessing not too many locals are upset about the lack of tripe in their soup .. i guess we have to wait for our local palates to graduate to the adventurous additions.

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    Cassie L.

    This was our first time getting takeout from Lam. We ordered the chicken and pork combo and our daughter ordered the chicken and rice. Hands down the best part of the meal was the spring roll. 1 star for that. 1 more star for fast service. But it's easy now to know why it was so fast.... I was disappointed with how little meat there was. Especially considering we paid $14. There was $2 worth of meet, and some iceberg lettuce with carrot shreds and sprouts. Then noodles/rice. With such a small menu offering you have an opportunity to do what you DO offer really well - but you didn't. Missed the mark.

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    Pretty generic. Small portions. It wasn't awful, but there are far better options in the area.

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    3 years ago

    Go whenever possible. All positive ...great tasty dishes with a great staff in very pleasant surroundings.

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    5 years ago

    Great, fresh food....friendly staff...and love the on-line ordering and Curbside pick up!

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    4 years ago

    Delicious food. Affordable prices. Clean interior. Nice decor. Nice washrooms. Nice outside dining area. Great staff.

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    6 years ago

    These guys will treat you right and they are COVID SAFE. The food is OUSTANDING! Highly recommended! BUBBLE TEA Is The BEST!!!

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    4 years ago

    An excellent restaurant, great food and service, very clean, fast, very vegetarian friendly. What else can I say?

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    We really enjoyed the food and the atmosphere of this restaurant. The wait staff was especially friendly and the service was great.

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    6 years ago

    Awesome and amazing food. Beautiful fresh flavor. Best restaurant in parksville

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    Saigon Kitchen - S8. Beef Stew

    Saigon Kitchen

    4.7(46 reviews)
    23.2 km
    $$

    The food is so nourishing. Service was fast and friendly. Restaurant set up was quite friendly…read morefor dining conversation as well as clean and tidy. 2 thumbs up. I will definitely go again.

    An absolute gem in Nanaimo!…read more upon the recommendation of a very good buddy, on my way to tofino, i passed by nanaimo for a hearty lunch in this family owned Vietnamese restaurant. Staff and owner very hospitable and welcoming! never in my wildest imagination did i expect to find excellent Vietnamese food the city of Nanaimo. this restaurant puts many Vancouver restaurants to shame. Their level of dedication to their craft is admirable and impressive. For appys...We started with fried wontons and the beef roll. My on my, the wontons were crispy-liciously goood! They were not your typical chinese fried wontons...the wrapper is paper thin and had a yellowish colour. And its because they used the spring roll wrapper to make It, making it super extra crispy. The pork filling was hot and juicy. Seasoned perfextly With a touch of cumin. One bite, and you will be in wonton heaven. the beef roll was truly a unique masterpiece. Whoever thought of putting a friend spring roll inside a salad roll and enveloping it with grill beef is a total genius!! You get a plethora of different textures and flavour profiles. With every bite, you get crunchiness of the spring roll, smokiness of the grilled beef, green leafy vegetables, and juiciness of the pork filling...all rolled into 1 roll! How could you possibly go wrong? Its a masterpiece like that of the mona lisa! We also tried the beef curry. Succulent pieces of beef slowly simmered rich thai curry sauce, Complimented by soft jasmine rice. Not a vietnamese dish, but executed with perfection. Curry was rich and robust. Quality coconut Milk and curry paste was used. Now..unto the pho!!! the ultimate test of an excellent Vietnamese restaurant is the PHO. More specifically, the PHO Broth! the PHo here is nothing short of spectacular! You can tell bec of 3 important factors. One, the aroma. Two, the clarity of the soup ( aka i how clear is it). And three, the taste! ( how deep the beef essence is!) This place exceeded expectations and passed with full flying colours! One sip of the broth, reminded me of vietnam. It was absolutely amazing! Head and shoulders above many restaurants in vancouver. Plus, no msg was used. We never felt Thirsty or craving tea. I could tell there was a lot of time, labour, and love invested into making the broth. No shortcuts! Just sheer excellence from chef. I feel very blessed to have been a patron of such fine vietnamese cuisine. Definitely a must try when in the city of Nanaimo. Service was quick and efficient. Will i repeat? As many times as i can! ;) Cheers! Happy eating!

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    Pho Thi Vietnamese Cuisine

    Pho Thi Vietnamese Cuisine

    4.0(4 reviews)
    32.6 km

    We have been missing this restaurant since it "temporarily" closed in the early days of this Covid…read more We have been waiting since but it has not reopened yet. Since we moved from Vancouver to the island 3 years ago, this restaurant is the best Vietnsmese food we have had in this island. We finally broke down today and did a take out from well reviewed Vietnamese restaurant in Nanaimo today. But no comparison. This restaurant we did a take out was so much more expensive and not very good. We said to each other how we miss Pho Ti. I am writing to encourage the owners to reopen if they are reading this.

    I got take-out once and ate in once but I won't be going back…read more When I was ordering take out for my family, I called and asked for 3 orders of pork and shrimp salad rolls and 2 orders of spring rolls. The person on the phone kept saying 2 salad rolls per order, which I knew. That's why I specifically asked for 3 orders and not 2 salad rolls. This went in a circle for a good 3 minutes and I finally said that I would come there and order. When I got there, I took the menu and showed her that I wanted 3 orders of A1 (the menu number) and 2 orders of A3. The food didn't take too long but when I got it home she still had it wrong and only sent 1 order of spring rolls. Not a great first impression. A couple of weeks later, I went to have dinner with a friend hoping that they had worked out the kinks..... No such luck. When we got there it was about half full. We took a table at the back and were brought water right away, but no menus. After about 15 minutes I had to ask and then we got them. Both my friend and I ordered spring rolls to start and different dishes. It took a very long time and when we were served, it was our main course, and mine was wrong. I pointed out that my meal was supposed to have two kinds of pork and it didn't. He said sorry and went to the kitchen to bring me a fork, which I didn't need. Again, I said that my meal was incorrect and also pointed out that we had not received our appetizers. He went back to the kitchen and came back with another employee. I explained again that my dish was missing one of the pork items. She looked at my plate, pointed at the pork that was there and said "that pork". I was getting really frustrated at this point so I picked up the menu and showed her the description of the meal. She finally acknowledged that what I had ordered was not what I had, but said that they had decided not to used that kind of pork anymore (it is listed on several dishes on the menu and nowhere does it say they don't have it or they are out). I was not told that when I ordered because if I had known, I would have chosen something else. When I said that she smiled and walked away. Realizing that I would not be getting any resolution I ate it and it was not bad. Our spring rolls finally came when we were done our meals but I didn't want to sit there anymore so I took them home for my daughter. When I got the bill, I was charged for the whole dish, even though it was missing 1/3. Disappointing as I was excited for them to open so close to home.

    Lan Vietnamese Express - vietnamese - Updated June 2026

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