The Bún riêu chả cá, cha tom is to die for. I have tasted a lot of these noodles all over the place around Vancouver, Vietnam, Seattle, Cali... so I know. Don't be deterred by the somewhat lackluster ratings. Give this dish a try. Try to eat slowly also. Savor every bite! read more

Best restaurant...great vietnamese coffee.. nice owner veru friendly Will be cominh again read more

Very tasty Vietnamese place on Kingsway just E of Fraser. Parking is available on the side streets. Inside looks a bit dated. Nice bright lighting. Seating area is triangular. Staff are friendly and helpful. No complaints. This place has bun oc (snail vermicelli soup). Pretty tasty. Bowls are a wee bit smaller than the competition. Served with onions and cilantro and scallions. Excellent soup. I also tried a piece of my buddy's shaken beef. Super tasty. Looks like I have to come back a few more times in the near future. Recommended. read more

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I ordered pick up here after feeling a bit under the weather. I did the chicken thigh pho with rice noodles, and it really hit the spot. The broth was just what I needed: unctuous yet not cloying in flavor, full of chicken goodness and nutrition. My toddler also loved the broth and noodles. They gave hoisin and sriracha on the side with chili oil in a separate container. I ordered a passion fruit smoothie as well, and it tasted a bit more like strawberry banana. It was still tasty, but the flavors were just a little unexpected. Service was super prompt, and I ordered online. There is some street parking in the neighborhood, so I would look around instead of parking on the busy Kingsway. The restaurant itself is super cute! Staff were friendly and offered compostable or recyclable to-go (paper straws and plastic, reusable containers with lids). read more

Van 168 Coffee - Interior - Vietnamese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Stopped by on a Saturday for lunch after ready a few review as in the mood for pho. The location is on Kingsway and there is plenty of free street parking in the area. The space is fairly small but found seating. And I liked how clean the place was, including the washroom. Opted for #7 Rare Beef Noodle Soup. And it was exactly as one would expect....the broth was nice and the bonus was the chilli oil that the owner makes and brought out...added so much flavour. At $16 for a large bowl, it was in line with the cost of other pho in and around Vancouver. It was a positive food experience and happy to recommend Van 168 Coffee if looking for pho. read more

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I have ordered to go and dined in here, twice I have tried food here. The Pho is alright rhe flavour here lacks salt and aromatics. I order the snail noodle soup twice and bun Bo hue. The BBH is alright not bad, the snail soup when I dined in was lacking in all the flavours, presentation is basic, they gave proper veggies. The ran out and didnt have a lot of things on their menu. I tried the snail pork rolls they were okay. I don't recommend the hainanese chicken, the plate came with no sauce, rice was dry and looks old, tasted bland not like the photo and portion sucked. The first time i had their peach ice tea was good this time the peach ice tea was so sweet I had to go home and add lots of water and ice The service was lacking, she had someone who was inexperienced and was a bit angry, slammed the plates slow in making things. I waited 45 mins for my ice tea came up to get refills for my tea. There was only one cook in the kitchen. The ambiance was just casual mom and pops place. I will not be returning. read more

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I'd seen the sign for Van 168 Coffee a few months ago and made a note to check it out. They serve North Vietnamese food, taking over the spot that previously held Tina Cake Desserts. The inside hasn't changed, still very casual with jazz music in the background. The menu consists of pho, bun, com hoac bun, dac biet, chao (congee), cac loai banh goc bac (Northern Vietnamese cakes) and desserts. The noodle bowls are $16.00 to $18.00, but portion sizes are generous. Prices include all taxes. Trip #1 - Herbs - basil, bean sprouts, shredded lettuce, lemon, chili peppers and homemade chili oil. Very generous portions. - Bun bo hue (#16) ($17.50) - they were out of pork blood, subbed in rare beef slices. Good variety of meats. Broth had depth with a faint hint of sweetness. - Bun rieu cha ca, cha tom (#19) ($17.50) - broth was light but well balanced. All the fish and shrimp cakes tasted homemade. Generous portions of crab. Satisfying. - Pho dac biet ga cay sate (#2) ($18.00) - chicken (bone-in) was mostly dark meat. Had a sip of the enjoyable broth. Trip #2 - Herbs - only basil, bean sprouts, lettuce and lemon this time around. - Pho bo ga (#6) ($16.00) - broth was excellent and the variety of meat was top notch. Good portions of bone-in chicken, rare beef slices, beef flank and beef cartilage (fantastic texture). - Bun oc cha oc (#24) ($17.50) - broth was light but had lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves in it. Plenty of snail but the homemade snail sausage were delicious; touch of heat (from chili pepper skins) and ginger stuffed inside. Cash or EFT only. Will be back to Van 168 for more bowls. read more

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We came here for dinner as people highly rated this new Vietnamese restaurant. This restaurant used to be Tina's cake house but now it is a Vietnamese restaurant serving hot food and coffee beverages. We ordered a house special and freshwater Snail and Steam Snail Sausage Vermicelli. I was scared to eat snails, so my husband ate the dish and said it was great and had a very unique flavour that we couldn't eat it at other Vietnamese restaurants. I tried the house special. The soup base or broth tasted good and looked clean (without too much oil or fat). The restaurant also put a lot of beef in the dish. I liked the beef that was not too fatty I couldn't finish the noodles so I brought the leftover home. I ate it the next day. It still tasted great!!! And the noodles did not become soaky and soft. The business owners came to the front and had a chat with us. They recommended us trying the fish cake and crab cake noodles next time. Yeah!! We will for sure go back and try other dishes. There is street parking, so don't need to worry about parking problems. read more

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Finally checked out Van 168 Coffee for a late night, Northern Vietnamese dinner. It's run by a friendly woman. We shared a bun bo hue ($17.50) and bun rieu cha ca, cha tom ($17.50). Both bowls were large, filling portions. Broth was flavourful and came out piping hot. Generous portions of meats. It's cash or EFT payment only. Looking forward to coming back to try their bun oc cha oc. read more

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I ordered a large chicken noodle soup. It has 1/4 meat of a drum stick, literally 2 coin size of dark and white chicken on a bone and a lot of flat noodles. Nothing special about this soup and not like what you see in the pictures displayed on their front window and counter. It tasted like the instant pho bowl from Costco. I give it 6 out of 10. My daughter ordered the number 16 and the photo on the menu showed it had blood gelatin in it, but when it came it didn't have any. She rated 4.5 out of 10. read more

Came here on a weekday evening and was seated right away as we were the only table at the time. I ordered the crab and fish noodle soup and we shared the fresh salad rolls. The salad rolls fell a bit short for me, nothing to rave about and the dipping sauce was a bit lackluster. The noodle soup was good, the broth was flavourful and the fish and crab were delicious. Even though we were the only table, service was definitely lacking. Our water was never refilled and our server stood behind the counter most of the time. read more

Van 168 Coffee - Vietnamese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Went for a later night dinner with the girlfriend. It's one of the few pho places that open late and is good. I had the spicy chicken pho and my girlfriend got the crab meat with shrimp and fish cakes bun. Both the soups were great. They only had one size, the portion was huge. The chicken wasn't dried and chewy. 10/10 would come again. read more

Van 168 Coffee - Spicy pho ga - Vietnamese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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We heard of a new Vietnamese restaurant in town, so we decided to give it a try! We tried the chicken phó and regular beef phó. The portions were quite generous, so that's something we appreciated here. Vietnamese coffee was good, but couldn't really tell what the difference was with the other Vietnamese restaurants around the city. Kinda tasted the same. I think this place is alright. We went on a day where there was no one at the restaurant, they also didn't have any of the desserts when we were there. So that was a little bit odd. Service was alright, not great. My breakdown of Van 168: Location: 3.5/5 Food: 3/5 Service 3/5 Price 2.75/5 Might be worth a visit, but I think there might be better Vietnamese alternatives throughout the city. Especially in and around the Kingsway area, which is known as Little Vietnam. Lots of great Vietnamese Restaurants around the area. This one's alright, just not sure what their speciality was, or what they wanted to stand out. read more

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The soups are not authentic at all! I ordered bun rieu (special crab cake noodle soup) and the soup base was all wrong! There was dill which is wrong and the crab cakes were awful. I know that this is a northern Vietnamese restaurant which is even more shameful because bun rieu originates in the north. I was disappointed with the bun oc (snail noodle soup) because it was the same soup base as bun rieu. I think they use the same soup base for both dishes which is sacrilegious! The soup base is the heart and soul of the dish. Finally, there were no herbs, not even mint or Vietnamese coriander or thai basil at the minimum! I know that we can get herbs and with bun rieu, you need shaved morning glory and banana blossoms. I don't think the restaurant tried very hard to be authentic. Very disappointing. I also ordered durian milk shake and there was no durian flavour at all. I believe they just used milk powder, sugar and ice. The point of ordering durian is because I love the taste or some would call "the stinkiness"! Again, very disappointing. read more

Cake out, pho in... While cruising along Kingsway in Vancouver, saw a grand opening sign for a new pho place. It has taken over the old spot of Tina's cake dessert. First time checked it out when it was having a soft opening so the menu was very limited, but it turned out to be quite good. Second time around, after over a month, craving for some late night pho on a snowy night so called to make sure they were still open till 11pm. The lady boss answered and were about to close but told me she'll wait for us, much appreciated. The restaurant is quite small with about 9 tables, a very casual ambiance, and finally had a full menu. Here were the food I ordered; 1. Steamed snail sausages. Ordered to try it, pretty good! This should be an Asian fan favourite but I stopped ordering snails long time ago. 2. Round sticky rice with pork ham. The boss lady gave it to us to try, taste decently okay, but I still prefer the Chinese style more. 3. Bun bao hue. The soup base was very flavourful with its unique distinct taste as a good bun bao hue should be and the ingredients were proper and plentiful. 4. Bun rieu cha ca, cha tom (fish cake, shrimp cake, crab paste vermicelli soup). Soup was steaming hot, great amount of everything, really good amount of crab paste and the soup was very tasty. I highly recommend this one of you are here. 5. House special beef noodle soup. Tasty broth, the beef were tender and of generous portion. This is a nice little cozy place with a very casual ambiance to it, almost feels like at home eating a bowl of noodle soup. The menu does have a few dishes not many places have. Honestly, so far I really enjoyed the fish cake crab paste soup here; the portion was more than generous, the broth was tasty and a lot of crab paste cake. The bun bao hue was really good too, for all the bells and whistles such as pig feet and pork blood, etc..., although the outside looks a bit sketchy cause of the renovations on outside of the building, but the owner and staffs are very nice and welcoming. I will definitely repeat and recommend trying it out if you haven't yet. I hope this business will keep its tasty food and much success! read more

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On a Monday evening, it was pretty quiet for dinner. They have quite a few tables and plenty of natural lighting. The tea they served tasted different than other places. They served it iced since it was hot out and it was really refreshing. I had the fish cake, shrimp cake, and crab paste vermicelli soup. It didn't have a very strong dill flavour and was more tomato-y. But I didn't mind that. There was plenty of shrimp/fish cakes and crab paste. It was a pretty good portion. It is on the pricier side compared to other pho places, but the portion and quality justified it. My friend had the chicken noodle soup and the chicken was very tender. We didn't realize that the broths were chicken based rather than beef, even for the beef noodle soups. But it was still tasty. I liked how they served a variety of items with the noodle soup. It included beansprouts, Thai basil, Thai chilis, lettuce, and another leafy vegetable. Overall, it was a satisfying meal and I'd come back again! read more

Van 168 Coffee - #19 - fish cake, shrimp cake, and crab paste vermicelli soup - Vietnamese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Drove by this new place and decided to come in and try it and I was surprised that the food was fair good and got a big selection of pho that's not available in most typical pho restaurants. Service was really nice and friendly. Atmosphere is fairly comfortable. read more

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Amazing food! Was absolutely blown away. We got the Loc Lac and Snail soup both so so good. There was a side appetizer soup for the Loc Lac as well that was just phenomenal. Will definitely come back! read more

Van 168 Coffee - loc lac - Vietnamese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

big portion, great value, good service, clean restaurant. Food delicious beyond expection

Good food, friendly staff, but watch out for over billing! Food ordered were #3, 10, 19 and 37. Was charged for #37 that never came. Cash only on hand written receipt... Hmm. There are good food all over Vancouver so it would hard press for us to go there again with a wad of cash in hand. read more

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Food is super super good, I got the spicy beef noodle (#3) with spice on the side just in case I can't handle the spice. But highly recommend it, its really really good, really brings out the flavor. For $18 I think its super worth it considering the portion is pretty big as well. Great service staff, even gave me a free small container of the spice red pepper to bring home! Will be visiting soon. read more

Really lovely mom and pop shop. The snail and snail sausage noodle soup was very unique and tasty. I think it is probably the only place in Vancouver I've seen this noodle soup. It was worth the drive from North Vancouver :) read more

the bun rieu is absolutely delicious，with lots of dill and water celery， also would recommend the sugar cane juice， this place is a gem read more

Van 168 Coffee - bun rieu - Vietnamese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Phở gà và bò rất ngon. Sẽ trở lại

First time trying and will definitely return . Tried the bun oc (snail noodle soup) and it's super flavourful. Taste very authentic and I can't wait to try other dishes on the menu. Service was great as well. read more

Nice service! Delicious food! I'd recommend "bun oc "! It's a must. Then Range Chicken Pho is also good!