Pho Lan Beef Noodle Soup Restaurant

My husband and I have gotten take out a couple times from here and both times it's been stellar! The portions are generous and the food is delicious! Some of the best spring rolls I've ever had!

It used to be one of my favorite restaurants but with the recent price increase it has become one of the most expensive places for pho (even with other restaurants increasing their prices). I've vowed not to come here again until the prices drop to a more reasonable amount. Pho costing more than $15 is just robbery. Edit: they increased their prices again.

I’ve heard many good things from friends and read a lot of positive reviews about this place but never been here as it is really out of my way. Give you a sense of how far out of my way it is. This is 16km away from me, my usual spot when wanting to eat Vietnamese food is 3km away. Driving back from Tsawwassen Mills and passing through Richmond, I thought I should give this place a try. Came here for dinner around 6pm. Parked in the back of restaurant, easy enough. Came in from the back and went to the dining area, encountered the hostess and she lead us to an available table. Me and my daughter ordered the Lemongrass chicken on rice dish. Wasn’t a very long wait at all when our food arrived at our table. Looked good, nice size portions of chicken, a generous size portion of rice and some side of veggies. The flavour of the chicken was really good comparing to where I normally go so I said to myself, I would come back to try the pho the next time. The following week I decided to make the trek out here to try the pho. Ordered the extra large size and that is what I got. Wow! Some places you order the large size and they give you the big bowl with lots of soup but the same amount of noodle as a medium and after finishing it you still are hungry, not this place, the extra large is of epic proportions. I found myself having to force myself to finish this, in a good way though. I was very full after eating this. Great portion, great flavour. Staff is very friendly, safety measures are in full practice. I’ve gone back again. Total of 3 times in the past 3 weeks. Don’t mind making the drive when the food taste this good, portions are very generous for what you are paying and the staff is very nice. A lot of businesses are hurting due to Covid and I would like to see this place thrive so I can highly recommend this place like all the other positive reviews before me has. This will be my go to place when I want to eat Vietnamese food from now on.

Low key, homely type place. Had the #7 beef noodle soup which had about 5 different types of meat and got the extra large bowl since it was only a few dollars more than the small and medium bowls, and it was certainly extra large. Also got the deep fried spring roll and it was certainly deep fried and also larger than I expected! The soup and spring rolls tasted great. Overall very good tasting food with big portions at a good price point, which you don't see all the time anymore

Food was very good and good service as well. Great portion and price for the food. Excpet for spring rolls, seems overpriced. The inside of the restaurant looks much better than the outside, they should look into that. Dec 2021

I have been looking for authentic deep fried Vietnamese spring roll, like not just crispy but also sticky. This restaurant definitely has the food I want! My boyfriend brought me there and he told me that this restaurant has been there since he was still in high school, which was like over 20 years ago.. lol He hasn't been there for quite a while since he no longer lived in Richmond. He told me that there must be a reason why the restaurant is still running and I can prove that it's really true! First, we ordered a large size of pho with rare beef and tendon, and also 2 orders of deep fried spring roll. For pho, we specifically asked for the beef on the side because we wanted to see how fresh the beef was. Satisfactorily, the beef was freshly red and that is good enough for us to go back in the near future again! The broth was really delicious and not much MSG (at least we were not so thirty after we finished it). Second, the deep fried spring roll was EXACTLY what I want!! It was really hot so I believed that they deep fried it once we ordered. It was not only crispy but also sticky, and this is how a Vietnamese spring roll should be. I couldn't even stop eating that and I even wanted to order more.. haha! The prices were really reasonable. Even though the interior decoration is old-fashion style with no fancy design, but the food is totally satisfying, we will undoubtedly go back again!

Been coming here for almost 20 years. Cannot reiterate enough just how good their springs rolls are. Impossibly crisp (literally, what is their secret!?). Flavourful filling. Yes they’re slightly greasy, but what else would you expect? Better than the ones I tried in Vietnam which were supposed to be the best in Hanoi. Oh and their pho is great too. Big portions for a fair price. But them spring rolls tho.

Gotta try their rice paper wrapped fried spring roll here! Unique from other places in that it's extra crispy on the outside and meaty, juicy, and savory on the inside. Delicious Pho too! They also serve steamed Vietnamese crepes here which remind me of rice crepes wrapping meat at dim sum but they are Vietnamese style here and also have meat stuffing and are chewy and squishy yumminess. I also like their three bean ice dessert with green jello and coconut. It's not only pretty to look at but also sweet, light, and refreshing. Great local Vietnamese Restaurant.