Congee Noodle House

141 E Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5T1W1
Tel: (604) 879-8221
Neighbourhood: Mount Pleasant
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  • Value3.5
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Special Dinner Menu
By cocoeater of vancouver (222 Reviews)
Submitted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 9:40am [Dine in]

Went here on a weeknight and it was busy but a few large table left. Tried the pick 8 dish special menu for approx. $100 and you get soup, 1/2 duck, rice and dessert. Dishes included egg plant in clay pot - good and not over cooked, bitter melon and beef - just ok, a bit overcooked, veal in black pepper - good with thin slivers of veal, buddhist feast - good with nicely fried tofu on the bottom, steamed fish over tofu - just ok a bit too many bones, beef satay and vermecilli pot - just Ok and a few more dishes. Overall quality was good and the portions were fair size. Service was prompt and food came out quick. Follow up such as refilling tea/water and bill was a bit on the slow side. Would return.

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warning: this restaurant cheats on the HST & BILLING
By dineouteveryday of Vancouver (east) (2 Reviews)
Submitted Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 12:38pm [Dine in]

Last week, 3 of my friends went to Congree Noodle house for an evening snack. The restaurant was 1/2 full and the male owner was at the cash till. We ordered a extra large bowl of congree, a small dish of fried fish, a deep fried "donut" and a small meat dish to share between the 4 of us. When we got the bill, we discovered that the bill was overcharged $6.00 plus HST!....$2.00 for each of the items, except for the donut. We grabbed the menu off the small cabinet beside us to verified the amount and found that we were right. We got the waitress, and she said that she made a mistake. Took the bill and made a $2.00 adjustment on the hand-written bill for the congree. She said that they made a mistake on the price. We pointed the $2.00 extra charges on the other 2 items, and she took the bill back to her boss to make another adjustment. She explained that we were charged for a larger sized dishes and that is why they were more expenses....we were upset and show her the menu, to say there was only one size for these other 2 dishes. To Cheat us was bad enough, but to LIE to us was unexcessable.

We told our other friends and they said that they were also overcharged in the past by this restaurant. We never check the prices on the bill only the number of items. From now on, we will be checking the items, and the prices. We will not be going back to this restaurant and will warn others about the dishonest owners.

We also knew that the bill would not be reported to Revenue Canada, because it is a cash only bill and it could not be traced. We checked with our friends from Revenue Canada and they said that the restaurant would most likely be cheating the TAX department.

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Decent Chinese Place
By Sabzevarian of North Vancouver (18 Reviews)
Submitted Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 11:56pm [Dine in]

This place is packed on weekends, make sure to get there early. It's cash only, which is annoying, but there is a huge menu selection here. Dishes over $10 have very large portions, so they are still worth it. I always have to take food home. Right by the 99 stop, which makes it convenient to commute to.

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Quick and Decent Congee/Noodle
By Spelunca of Vancouver (45 Reviews)
Submitted Saturday, August 1, 2009 - 12:24pm [Dine in]

Food: by nature these places have exotic items like ostrich and innards so I clearly do not understand the last reviewer's reticence. It's not like they don't have hundreds of other food items. Anyways, most of their congees and noodles are filling and of good value; the congees come in pots that retain heat for a very long time. Beware if you do not like MSG, however, as they seem to have gotten quite liberal with using it over the years.

Service: congee/noodle places by nature have minimal but usually efficient service.

Value: not the cheapest place, but the quality makes up for it.

Ambiance: not much to talk about here. This is not the place to take your first date.

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Favorite comfort congee!
By artofeating of n.vancouver (6 Reviews)
Submitted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 2:27pm [Dine in]

After this restaurant opened up after their renovations, it's still just as good! The place is much more cleaner and has some new facelifts here and there.
I come here with my family almost once a week to fill in my congee intake. I love the meatball congee with a freshly made sweet chinese donut. Ah, comfort food to ease my hunger pains.
We usually order the regular dishes, wonton noodle, congee, chinese donut wrapped with rice noodle, and a fry noodle dish. The food is consistent and tasty. I noticed that they really levelled off the msg in the congee and their soup base. Good for them! I'm sensitive to msg, so nice to be able to enjoy the food without downing so much tea and water to fill me up!
The waitresses are nice too, sometimes they can have a bad day, don't blame them when they encounter grouchy or demanding customers. At least a couple of them recognize us and always gives us a smile and good service. Pays to be nice to them and in return get niceness back!

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the best congee and wonton soup
By bertb of vancouver (1 Review)
Submitted Friday, February 6, 2009 - 2:15pm [Dine in]

very good food asual.so glad it's open again after being closed for reno's.I been going there for years and never had a bad meal.prices are very affordable and good size portions
it's the best chinese food on Broadway.it gets pretty packed but it's worth every minute that you have to wait.take out taste just as good

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Dingy place with great congee
By Bonka of Vancouver (369 Reviews)
Submitted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 2:52am [Dine in]

I frequent this place on a regular basis either alone for lunch or with a few friends for a late meal. It's feel good comfort food with good ingredients.

The place is dirty and the washrooms are disgusting. They usually have a cart on the floor for dirty dishes which would not be too welcoming for anyone sitting next to it.

The usual order consists of Preserved Egg & Pork Congee or the Chicken & Mushroom Congee, House Special Chow Mein or the Salted Fish & Chicken Fried Rice. Other times it's the Wonton Noodle, Hot & Sour Soup or a plate of Sea Salt & Chili Tofu to go with the congee.

The food is consistent, hot and easy on the wallet. The congee is the best in town. They don't skimp on the ingredients. You get big chunks of meat, fresh vegetables and good sized portions.

They've had the same set of waiters/waitresses for a while now and they're all generally good and what you'd expect from a chinese place, with the odd forgotten item.

Don't mind the surroundings, you're here for the food. Be careful though if you're coming in from the back entrance, it's always slippery.

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Good eats
By hydeeho of Burnaby (125 Reviews)
Submitted Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 7:02pm [Dine in]

11:00 pm Saturday and the place was bustling. Ordered the sliced fish congee and the sui gow in noodle soup. Both were piping hot and delicious. Lots of fish and gigantic sui gows. However why is it when only 2 items are ordered there is an time lag between delivery of said items? This is becoming a pet peeve of mine as it doesn't make sense and makes you look disorganized. Place was clean and had lots of wait staff on hand. Return visit a certainty.

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Congee is not all that
By scbsee88 of Seattle, WA (4 Reviews)
Submitted Friday, July 18, 2008 - 10:31am [Dine in]

Based on some bloggers recommendations, decided to try this place for simple congee and noodle dishes. This place tries to be clean but there is a feeling of thin peanut oil around you.

Ordered the geoduck congee, beef chow fun, singapore rice noodles, three meat chow mein, gaai lan, half roast duck, and peking style pork chops.

Everything was just OK and nothing to return for EXCEPT the roast duck. One of the best roast ducks I've tasted in Vancouver. The wok wasn't hot enough so the beef chow fun was mushy. The congee's geoduck were MIA, and the peking style pork chops were overbreaded and had a gloppy red sauce.

Perhaps they have a junior cook during the early evening hours but it was apparent that he/she did not have full control of the wok as the food lacked the "wok hei". Don't know if I'll return.

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Greasy Chinese Spoon but Not Bad
By peterandpeg of Vancouver (3 Reviews)
Submitted Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 6:09pm [Dine in]

Went here with a few friends for lunch for some cheap Chinese eats. There seemed to be a good dose of MSG in my wonton noodle soup, which was otherwise not too bad. I had some fried rice with salty fish and it was a large serving and my favourite dish out of all that we sampled. Good place to visit for the odd cheap meal.

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Good Late Night Eats
By diningRL of East Vancouver (60 Reviews)
Submitted Friday, June 27, 2008 - 7:27pm [Dine in]

Inexpensive place to grab some chinese grub - noodles, rice dishes, or congee. Everything's quite solid at this place and the pricing is really cheap compared to other similar establishments. Love the fact that it's open late. Service is actually better than the typical fast-food-esq chinese restaurant. Definitely a recommend!

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Never disapointed
By zcat of vancouver (6 Reviews)
Submitted Thursday, June 5, 2008 - 3:46pm [Dine in]

I've been going there for a few years now and I like this place not just for the great value but the servers are pretty good and the food is pretty fresh and therefore tasty. This is a noodle house and as that it ranks pretty high compared to other noodle houses. If only it were closer to my home so I could walk there every day. Oh and I lovvvve that it's open late at night.

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First time trying the Congee Noodle House
By achicken of vancouver (1 Review)
Submitted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 1:37pm [Dine in]

When I ordered take out from the congee noodle house for lunch, my expectations were high because of my co-workers raving about it.
Boy was I disappointed! I ordered 4 kinds of meat with rice (Chicken, Duck, Pork and not sure what the other one was) . Not one kind of meat was good. Instead of the chicken being cut with a knife the chicken had clearly been bashed with a mallet until it fell into pieces. razor sharp bones cut the inside of my mouth while I was eating it. I've never taking so mouth food out of my mouth after putting it in. The chicken came with a green garnish. It looked like it had been kacked up by a cat after it had been force fed a house plant and a cup of salt. It also came with a duck egg which was no bonus...instead of being pealed and cut in half, it had quickly been cut with the egg shell on, leaving shards of shell in the rest of my food. At this point I was so fed up I threw the rest in the garbage. I think you have to be familiar with this type of food to enjoy it.

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Can't believe I didn't know about this place!
By hungryjo of Vancouver (158 Reviews)
Submitted Monday, April 14, 2008 - 1:50am [Dine in]

Normally you can't expect much service at a Chinese restaurant but this one is different. These guys are quick and attentive. My dad spilled some soup on himself and the cashier spotted it and quickly grabbed a towel and ran for rescue. And then immediately the server went in the back and grabbed some tissues for my dad. Wow, it's amazing.
Anyways, I can't believe I didn't try this place earlier! This place is awesome. I go here almost every week w/ my family. They have the bestest wonton noodle soup. The wonton is fresh and huge! The noodles are perfect and the soup base is flavorful. I also like their plain congee w/ "fried donut".
We never got a chance to order dinner dishes but I've seen ppl order them and they are huge and yummy looking. If we have more ppl next time, I would like to try it.
This place also serves late night snacks.

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Food keeps me coming back
By vinns of marpole, vancouver (23 Reviews)
Submitted Monday, March 17, 2008 - 8:51pm [Dine in]

I've tried the fish congee. It's very good. Other favourites include their beef brisket chow mein, sweet chinese donut, and prawn rice rolls. All tasted very fresh and piping hot. Delicious.

As for service, waitresses never bring us iced water like we asked. NEVER. I've been there 3 times, and they never bring us water. Ever.

Definitely high in fat and carbs though, so don't eat here everyday!

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Great congee!!!
By JupiterJ of Vancouver (5 Reviews)
Submitted Friday, March 14, 2008 - 11:35pm [Dine in]

I love their congee, but I have to say that the congee served during the day is much thicker than that served at night. I also tried their regular dishes. They were very tasty, but the price was a little higher compared to other similar restaurants.

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A better Wonton House
By petery of Burnaby (14 Reviews)
Submitted Monday, January 21, 2008 - 10:53pm [Dine in]

I came here quit often. The food is always better than the regular Wonton House. I like the Wonton noddle, congee is excellant. Service is always horrible. Good price, good portion. A good place for Chinese food.

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Comfort food
By tastytasty02 of Burnaby (44 Reviews)
Submitted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 9:33am [Dine in]

The food is pretty good here, always piping hot, fresh, and tasty.
Don't expect great service but expect good comfort food.

Try the congee it is really good. I always order the same thing here rice rolls, deep fried bean curd, and congee.

They have another location on Joyce and Kingsway called Congee Noodle King that serves the same food.

Give it a try!

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good quality food!
By sumdum of vancouver (5 Reviews)
Submitted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 2:11am [Dine in]

This is my favorite place for wonton! (their noodles are from Hon's) If you get a "Bleach" smell from the noodles, it is because they did not rinse them enough. The wontons are shrimpballs and the broth is not loaded up with MSG. For those who do not know, you should not drink all the broth. You could get an MSG attack.
I have tried their fried rice, curried beef rice,chicken & mushroom congee(Tojo's favorite) Ma pa tofu rice and it has all been good.This is not a large quantity place.
I am perplexed by people complaining about greasy chinese food. Hamburgers, hotdogs,fries,potatoe chips, sausages,fried chicken, bacon, pizzas ribs.....are greasy also. If you do not want greasy food,then don't order it.

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Best Congee in vancouver
By tasteeDlite of kitsilano,vancouver (9 Reviews)
Submitted Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 9:26pm [Dine in]

I have eaten here several times, most recently two weeks ago. Congee is the best in vancouver by far. Thick, delicately flavoured with a hint of ginger, and they are generous with the meat, seafood or mushrooms. I have found it to be far too thin, salty or tasteless at other restaurants and often they are skimpy with the seafood.
Other really good dishes here include the BBQ pork, rice crepes or rice rolls with prawn or BBQ pork, Shanghai style noodles. It is annoying to not be able to make a reservation, but once seated, the food always comes very quickly and is very hot.
Service is okay. The ambiance is that of an inexpensive restaurant i.e. nothing fancy. The prices are really cheap so why would you expect more?
At least the bathroom is clean, albeit freezing cold.
The parking lot is usually a zoo, I would recommend parking on Broadway or a side street (meter parking).

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