Service was really good! I had a really wonderful experience here. Food also are amazing…read more I ordered Fish Hot pot, Steak Salad, Pad Thai, Mango Sticky Rice. It was delicious! Definitely come back to try more dishes.

Rens Cafe is a beautiful dinner spot with a glass-ceiling indoor terrace that fills the space with…read moresoft natural light and creates a relaxed, airy atmosphere. I ordered the mixed mushrooms with glass noodles from the main dishes menu (one of the few vegetarian options available). It's a simple stir-fry--fragrant garlic, mushrooms, and silky glass noodles. Nothing overly complicated, but comforting and satisfying in its own way. At first, it feels quite understated, almost plain-looking, but it grows on you with every bite. The little chilli sauce on the side is what really elevates everything. A bold mix of green chilli, garlic, ginger, and lime juice--it completely wakes up the dish and turns each bite into something bright and punchy. It honestly made me realize how much I miss ginger in everyday cooking. The stir-fry is a bit oily, but it seems intentional, helping keep the glass noodles from clumping and giving them that smooth, glossy texture. My only wish is that there were more plant-based options on the menu--because the space and flavours here really deserve a stronger vegetarian selection.

Song Cafe is located at the 2525 Heather Street, Vancouver,…read moreBC Food : Service : Ambiance :

This veteran Hong Kong café in Vancouver was one of my regular spots over ten years ago. Under new…read moremanagement and a new name, the menu remains largely similar and food is still alright. The chicken noodles have wonderfully tender, flavourful chicken paired with mediocre noodles. The satay beef rice noodles were plain; its preparation differs greatly from authentic Hong Kong style. The chicken steak sandwich and fried egg were decent. The overall quality has slightly dropped from before. My main gripe is the $2 surcharge for ice in drinks, which feels unfair. Worth a stop if you're nearby, but not worthy of a special trip.

Unique Vietnamese menu with items not offered elsewhere. Informative & friendly service. Our…read moredishes were great & I look forward to returning. Highly recommend calling to make advance reservations due to limited seating.

No Ne Kitchen and Bar is a cute and cozy Vietnamese restaurant in the heart of Demand Street and…read moreloved every minute of my visit. Serviced, food and décor all 5 stars!. Staff were very helpful and friend from the start to the end. Serving Northern Vietnamese cuisine which tends to be lighter and less sweet than the South and it reflected that. We had the free-range chicken Pho and Bon Bo Hue, and the soup based tasted lighter but savory and enjoyed. My friend had the dry noodles with crispy crab roll. The crab roll was deep fried absolutely perfectly with a flaky and light coating and the meat and crab inside seasoned just right. Loved the cute décor which transported me back to Vietnam to the olden days. The restaurant is small and seats about 24 people. It's Demand Street so in the busy part of the West End, so limited meter parking on the street or take transit. Yes, I'll be going back.

Song by Kin Kao is full of bold flavors and incredible textures. Definitely Michelin worthy and…read moreofficially added to my Vancouver rotation! Here is what we ordered: *Calamari -- crispy squid, pickled banana pepper + Tom Yum mayo *Laab Wings -- bite-size wings tossed in spicy, tangy Northern Thai laab spice * Fried Barramundi -- whole fish with Thai chili garlic or tamarind *Steak Nam Prik -- grilled Two Rivers grass-fed striploin with spicy, sweet + savory mushroom nam prik + endives *Crab Fried Rice -- crab, egg, crab paste + jasmine rice, finished with seafood sauce *Mango Sticky Rice -- classic, creamy + perfectly balanced *Lod Chong -- pandan strings, coconut granita, young coconut, corn + taro

We had an incredible meal at Song recently…read more We came for the set menu, which doesn't explicitly list what dishes you'll get, other than that's it's an assortment of some of their popular dishes. We made a reservation beforehand but didn't need to decide on the set menu until we sat down, so we had the flexibility to decide if we wanted to order a la carte or not. Our server was super nice and clearly enthusiastic about the dishes that she described to us as she brought them. FOOD // The pomelo salad was the star of the meal - SO good! I've had pomelo before and sometimes have mixed feelings about it, depending on how sweet/sour it is and how juicy it is. Song's pomelo salad was mixed with some amazing flavors - I have no idea what was in it, but it tasted super unique, refreshing and sweet/savory - and it came with a bunch of betel leaves to wrap with, which was my first time trying betel leaves and also had a really interesting taste, almost minty but not like peppermint. GET THE POMELO SALAD! I really liked everything else we got too - satay chicken toast amuse bouche, shrimp toast, duck confit red curry, tom kha ($10 CAD extra for the best tom kha I've ever had), even the oyster was good (not too briny, as someone who doesn't love raw oysters). The only thing I'd skip on next time is the Mushroom & Tofu Stir-Fry, which was a bit too salty and didn't feel that unique compared to the rest of the meal. The lychee sorbet dessert was a refreshing end to the set menu meal. We were stuffed by this point and didn't have room for a second dessert from the main dessert menu, even though they all sounded good. Total price for the set menu came out to ~$72 pp including tip. Next time I want to try the pad thai and fish too, which friends have recommended.

Great tasting beef noodles. Both beef dishes are great. Love the soup. Server is great but wait…read moreis long

Location had an odd table setup with 2-tops in the middle of the usual flow of traffic, which…read moreseemed like a poor maximization of table tops. Regardless, we got a table quickly and then were presented with the massively huge menu--lots of different options and small-plate options, as well as noodles, soups, and dumplings! (As I don't eat Pork or Beef, about 3/4 of the menu were off-limits for me...but shrimp dumplings and the vegetarian side dishes looked great.) Overall service was a bit slow once we put in our order. Apps came out quickly, but the dumplings and soup took a bit longer than we expected. Water refills had to be called over every time, and they weren't super on top of that. This is a huge negative when we're also just sitting there, waiting for entrees, OR when we're eating spicy foods! Bean sprouts (with dried garlic and sesame oil) were phenomenal!!! Cucumber salad (not pictured) was boring--just a bit of oil and very little tang/vinegar. No spice! Waste of small plate. Shrimp Dumplings in Spicy Garlic Sauce were delicious (and not too hot/spicy!). Well-stuffed, deliciously delicate and chewy dumpling wrapper, and nicely seasoned shrimp mix inside. Wonton Soup with Shrimp Dumplings--this dish was the main cause for the 3 star rating. Not only did it taste like the Wonton boiling water (no taste, no salt/MSG/flavour, no pepper, no onion, no garlic, no spice), but it ruined the otherwise delicious shrimp dumplings as they continued to overcook in the hot water. This was not a soup, but just the hot boiling water. (If the intention was "delicate flavour", they missed it by a mile.) Thankfully a manager (?) came over to ask us how the food was. We were already running late to get back to our hotel, so we just wanted the soup taken off of our bill. She was gracious and removed it (offered to remake, but we couldn't take it back with us). Her explanation was that they had a new cook, and maybe this dish wasn't quite perfected by the cook just yet. Dunno, but hot water and dumplings does not any type of Chinese/Asian soup make! We left somewhat sated, but also disappointed that a seemingly simple staple "wonton soup" wasn't so simply executed or served at a seemingly upscale Asian eatery (especially in Vancouver's China Town!). Maybe they've retrained the cook by now...but I'm not sure we'd return to see the fruits of their labours.

My husband and I had tried this place a few years ago when it first opened and we weren't super…read moreimpressed with it back then. Since then though we've heard a few people say positive things about it so...we decided it was time to give it another try. Came here as a group of 5, and it was a last minute decision as we had originally planned to eat elsewhere but that place turned out to be closed on Sundays. With no reservation on a Sunday, we were asked to wait about 10 minutes. Not too bad of a wait, compared with another Vietnamese place that we'd driven by earlier which had a lineup out the door. A couple of people in our group had fried eggs on their dishes. The eggs looked good. Soft yolks and soft yolk is what I like to see. There was a Papaya salad that we shared amongst the table. This was OK for me. Wasn't thrilled with it. I ordered the Lemongrass Tofu on Vermicelli. I love that this restaurant gives the option of having it on Vermicelli. I'd been somewhere else earlier this year which also had Lemongrass Tofu but it was only served on rice, with no option of switching to Vermicelli. The Lemongrass flavor was strong. Very flavorful. Something in the dish though was quite spicy. It seemed a lot of other dishes on the table were also quite spicy. Hubby's Bun Bo Hue was extremely spicy but he still enjoyed the dish very much. My daughter and I both ordered the Sober Sunday drink which had Lychee, Kumquat and Lemon Juice. The drink was OK. Nothing to write home about. Our daughter just ordered the Tapioca Dumplings appetizer and then took bits and pieces from other people's orders. A spring roll and a couple pieces of Lemongrass Tofu from me, some beef and noodle from her dad...etc. The dumplings looked tasty. They looked like something I'd have ordered myself if I were still a meat eater. Overall, the food here is flavorful. It was a much better experience this time than the first time we came here. Personally though, I'd prefer them to tone down the spice or even eliminate the spice altogether. I don't like having to wipe my nose all the time because of having eaten something spicy, or having my lips burn.

I've been seeing this place on instagram for awhile now so we decided to meet up at this place with…read moresome friends. We ordered the prawns with salted egg yolks. But the prawns were overcooked the salted egg yolks taste was barely there. And there were only 6 pieces of the shrimp. We also ordered the special crab soup. This dish was just ok for me. The soup was not as flavorful as what I was expecting. Finally we also ordered the Banh Hoi Platter. This was not bad it was filling for 2 people to share. This place was a miss for me the food is not worth going back for.

We needed a nice quiet place for dinner and the oyster bar across the street was, no bueno. We…read moresauntered over to Zab Zaab and had a wonderful meal. The service was spot on and very pleasant. We enjoyed a wonderful and meal with some delicious appetizers. I read the reviews and specifically asked for crispy calamari and it was melt in your mouth delicious. Prawn pad Thai and the curry were very good. I enjoyed the spring rolls which were fresh with crisp filling. Definitely a can't go wrong spot for me.

it was our first time visiting the restaurant and it was very busy at dinner. Our server was very…read morenice, friendly and provided valuable suggestions when we ordered We ordered 2 appetizers (calamari and chicken satay, i forgot to take picture of the satay!) and 1 entree (salmon penang curry). The chicken satay was definitely very good, flavorful and tender. The peanut sauce goes very well with the meat. Downside was the calamari, the pieces are quite big which make it not as crispy as it would be. Our favorite was the salmon penang curry. the coconut flavor of the curry together with the sweetness make it a very well balanced item. it went very well with the jasmine rice. We also tried the mango sticky rice. the warm sticky rice went perfectly well with the sweetness of the mango. very well made I would love to visit again to try other items on the list which caught my eyes

smashing dumplings - spicy in a green curry sauce with 5 pieces…read more fried sticky rice paper - definitely would recommend!!! it was crunchy underneath layers of rice pap chicken wings - sweet crunchy skin, i would recommend this as well ha noi meatball vermicell - solid meatballs, kinda deconstructed so not the typical noodle bowl vietnamese fusion but was delicious. the hoison sauce even tasted different. my party of 3 was seated pretty late on a friday night, looking for something open late. we were seated at the back by the bar and there was a live DJ as well (which got a little loud, but expected of a friday night vibes when they have a bar in the back too).

Will never say no to a visit to DD Mau! Nice vibes, solid tasty food, ideal for sharing with a…read moregroup of 3 to 5. Came by during the light up chinatown fest just before 2pm. Service was pretty slow unfortunately, but food was served gradually with a nice flow. The next dish was served just as we wrapped up the previous one. Golden basa roll ($13) - it's good, nothing super special imo, no regrets from trying, but unlikely to reorder. 3/5 Smashing rice paper ($15) - would reorder this. The crispy bottom and chewy top is a little fun chaos that we all need once in a while. The anchovy sauce on the side definitely adds a layer of flavour that I still crave. It does stick the tiniest bit between teeth tho haha 4.5/5 Damn good chicken and rice ($21) - yummy toppings. enjoyed the side broth and pairing together with rice. no clue if its traditional but a spoonful of soupy rice is a fun time. 4/5 Ube ice cream ($7) - local creamery? We love to see it. Rich flavour, nice amount and toastiness from the crumble topping. I thought this was good value :) Banana cake ($10) - had no idea what to expect. Flavours were everything I love dense chewiness in the cake, very interesting and good taste overall Chinatown affogato (limited time) - fun to try, might not be a go-to but coffee was delish, pineapple bun ice cream was too subtle (other than butter and sugar, there's not much else to it tbf) I will be dragging my big dd mau enjoying friend here with me soon again! o7