Perfect spot to stop in Nanaimo. Great menu selection. Food came hot and fast. Server was…read morefriendly. Nice outside seating for a sunny day.

Good, fresh, healthy food with gluten free chowder as a BONUS! Love it!! I can never find a gluten…read morefree chowder in my locality.

I feel a bit conflicted about leaving a review for a single novelty dessert, but I specifically…read morecame here looking for this one-of-a-kind item! And I haven't seen many other people reviewing it either. So here's a review for others like me. If, like me, you were going to Nanaimo and decided to look up the Nanaimo Bar Trail, you may have seen that the Noodlebox here offers a "Nanaimo bar spring roll." What a cool idea, right? I absolutely had to try it, but we'd already had a big breakfast, so my sister and I popped in here for a quite bite just to try the dessert. And they very kindly gave us three of the spring rolls instead of two, which is a plus! Unfortunately, though, the spring roll tasted... basically nothing like a Nanaimo bar. And I know it's a spring roll and it's going to be different, but this was a spring roll filled with banana and a sprinkling of spices. The custard dip was nice and the portion size was good, but there was nothing chocolatey about it at all, and the overwhelming taste of banana made me wonder if they were just taking a banana dessert spring roll and calling it a Nanaimo bar spring roll. So, while this sounded cool on paper, I did end up feeling that, while it was tasty, it wasn't at all what I had been hoping for. Overall the Noodlebox location seems nice and the staff were friendly, so I can't fault them anything else. I do think I'll make a point to return here for lunch next time I'm in Nanaimo, just so I can give the rest of their food a genuine shot - but we were on a wild dessert quest, and sadly, this point on the list didn't really deliver.

Service was good but the food was horrible, no flavour but oil and Medium spice was way too hot.read more

Expensive for portions and quality of food. First time ordering for two people and over $80read more

Small family run place. We tried the green curry and the pad Thai…read more Portions were more than adequate and the taste was excellent. Highly recommend.

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!

I had horrible customer experience at this restaurant. I called in and made a simple take out…read moreorder. I arrived 2 minutes later and I asked if we could sit while we were waiting and then eat the food in the restaurant instead, they said yes. We waited abd 15 minutes after we ordered the food did it finally arrive. The item I got was barely Luke warm. I told my server who informed another server who came over and told me it was basically my fault that the food was Luke warm as they made the food super quic. the server begrudgingly had the cooks remake the food after taking it back the first time and saying they were to busy so we were shit out of luck. Then after bringing us the food the server told us to never call in food again and just come into the restaurant and order food only. Extremely disappointed with this situation and restaurant. The other servers were understanding when I made my complaint. Will not be coming back here as the food I got was still a little cold in the centre.

Basic, white people Vietnamese. I was hoping for actual Bun Bo Hue with congealed blood, nope. I…read moreskipped it and had vermicelli, the flavor was good. It was expensive. Skip this one.

My second time ordering and my last to expensive. I ordered a small coconut rice 4 vegetable spring…read morerolls no flavor,the rice was good. Total cost $17. 85 you need a bank loan to eat here. I was shocked no meat.never again Lily

Authentic Thai food, operated by a super friendly Thai family. My son had a great time playing with…read morethe owner's daughter. We all had a great time, and had great food. The papaya salad was fantastic

I have always had a great experience with Kasira thai. My favourite dinner item is the "tofu duck"…read more(actually seitan) and the drunken noodles! They have a great lunch special too, with a spring roll and salad. My only warning would be that if you are trying to order vegan, you should specify that you also mean no egg or fish sauce, as not all staff know what vegan means. Otherwise, so so good! The fried tofu could use a little love, though. It's pretty dry and bland.

This is the best Thai restaurant in BC. It is authentic, fresh and so, so tasty. Kasira is a local…read morefavourite, hidden away in a strip mall it looks like any usual family Thai restaurant, but it is anything but usual- fresh ingredients, interesting spice combinations and unique presentation. The best of their menu includes the Tom Yum soup, Drunken Noodles and the Thai Inter (seafood, crispy duck and veggies). If you have room try dessert- Fried Ice Cream with raspberry sauce. If you don't want to wait for a table, get there right at 5. Also don't come in a rush, they make each dish fresh so be ready for a bit of a wait, but it is definitely worth it!