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Green Bamboo Vietnamese Cuisine
Category: Restaurants Vietnamese Vietnamese [Edit]
4500 KingswaySte 1230
Burnaby, BC V5H
Neighbourhood: Metrotown
(604) 677-8648
- Price Range:
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$
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
7 reviews for Green Bamboo Vietnamese Cuisine
7 reviews in English
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Review from Tyrone Y.
Vancouver, BC
Updated - 2/29/2012 1 photo
skip the wings. beef noodle still good
Listed in: DAT HO in the wall, PHO MY GAWD!
1 Previous Review: Show all »
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7/21/2011
I know this is a vietnamese restaurant, but i read somewhere that this place was good so i ordered… Read more »
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Review from Dylan W.
Langley, BC
3/27/2012
Went here on whim, after not being able to find a different Pho noodle restaurant nearby.
We were the only ones in here at around 2:00 on a Friday. Its a total hole in the wall, but I find these places have some of the best and cheapest food around. This place, not so much.
Asked for two waters and two teas, only received one water one tea, which the server never refilled. I order the beef noodle soup. It was okay, nothing special at all. My girlfriend had the pork vermicelli, it was not too bad. Ive had better here in Langley for cheaper.
I probably wouldn't come back. Just doesn't compare to some other Vietnamese and Noddle restaurants in Vancouver. -
Review from J l.
Burnaby, BC
3/12/2012
The best spring rolls I've had in Vancouver. The pho is okay (not terrible but just not incredible) and the sandwiches are not the super fresh ones you'll get at places that specialize in them but the service is usually fast and good bang for your buck. Wish they'd get a high chair in there though!
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Review from Joyce D.
Burnaby, BC
8/19/2010
Just like my personal life lately, I was in the mood for gambling. LIttle did I know the odds were stacked against me or like they say in Vegas in the houses favour. You're supposed to know when to walk away or fold em and I didn't and lost big time.
Green Bamboo is a shoddy hole in the wall devoid of personality. The first thing you notice walking in is the ceiling fan with wisps of cobweb hanging from it; probably hasn't been on since last summer. A small lone Canadian flag sticks out of a hole in the wall where a nail once was and as for the awkward configuration of the tables and chairs, where do I begin. Dirty ceiling, floors that haven't been swept in at least 3 days should that have been a hint? Well guess what I missed it or choose to ignore it.
Sometimes after working all day a girl just wants a bánh mì and there are certain expectations that go along with that like hopefully french baguettes, pate in some form, cilantro, jalapeno; you know the usual.
What I got in return was something I wouldn't give to Vancouver's homeless. Cheap, moist bun missing the crunch factor...not even heated; don't think they have a convection oven. No 3 varieties of assorted meat, despite this was called a special Vietnamese sandwich. Instead this was thinly sliced indistinguishable mock chicken loaf. A mishmash of extremely soft pickled veggies; I might have seen a stem from cilantro, no greens just the stem. Mayo, what's that?
With 4 loonies missing in my wallet due to this catastrophe I thought fuck it and took one bite; quickly spitting it out seconds later and disposing of it in the nearest trash can on Kingsway. I turned around and seen a stray dog sniffing around and thought that could be my good deed for the day and chased him off quickly.
My 2nd good deed is to warn you to stay far far away! -
Review from Derek W.
7/20/2010 2 photos
This hole-in-the-wall has uncommonly delicious food, with some of the most delicious lemongrass chicken vermicelli I've ever had.
You don't go to Green Bamboo for the decor or environment: there are holes in the walls that are humorously covered with rectangular bits of wallpaper, and they don't seem to believe in cleaning the floor very often. Also, the eating area is very small, with the walled-off kitchen dominating the rectangular room, creating an L-shaped layout that doesn't leave much room for big parties.
But you'll forget about all that when you taste the food. Subtle flavors and lots of fresh veggies make up for the average-sized portions. The spring rolls are delectable, with good crunch and no excess oil. The fish-sauce has a hint of mint or basil - very delicious.
I'd strongly recommend Green Bamboo for a bite at lunch or after work. -
Review from Simon K.
Come to think of it, the only Vietnamese restaurant within this mall, but only accesible on the outside (Willingdon Street entrance). I came here with a friend to try out another place where we have not eaten, and noticed this place while always driving to this mall. The term 'hole-in-the-wall' is dead on accurate here, as this is what you would term this place. Cheap hallogen tube lighting, small tiny restaurant, small tables, plastic plates, and a fan that is so loud, it makes you speak louder, and did I mention that the fan has looked like it has accumulated so much dust over the years, that whoever has to clean this, I feel sorry for you as this one is going to take some work. But enough with the decor and feel, let us get to the main reason why you even go here, to fill your stomach, and you will.
This place is cheap, and I mean you get full ordering whatever there is on the menu. And you may be tricked as to when you see your bowl of pho, but be warned, they give way more meat and less on the noodles here. Even the order of Vietnamese spring rolls was big, plump, and meaty! The menu has enough selection for a small place that you would be lucky to fit 15 people. If you are not in the mood for meaty plates, do not come here, as you will be shorted the noodles! This restaurant would match the rest of the mall in price range, cheap, affordable, but probably not the most comfortable in terms of decor. Just another one of the many that I seem to find here at Crystal Mall. -
Review from Edwin Y.
Burnaby, BC
12/31/2010
I used to think that japanese restaurants run by vietnamese people was sad. I've now learned that vietnamese restaurants run by taiwanese are even worse.
The lack of cleanliness and decor has been mentioned in other reviews. But I couldn't help admiring the highly functional, yet unorthodox method of lighting, by the half suspended fluorescent fixture turned towards the eating area. Then immediately behind it was a massive hood vent with a collection of dingy pipes.
Partway through my newly developing thesis of western and asian approaches to food and presentation, with the complex interplay of emphasis on decor vs. taste, my house special noodle and house special sandwich arrived.
The house sandwich was pathetic, filled with cucumbers and a whole bunch of other forgettable. The only reason why I finished it was because the noodles were worse.
At the aforementioned ethnic cuisine cooked by another ethnic group, turns out the house special noodle was simply taiwanese beef noodle. Or some sorry attempt at it. To recap the highlights: fatty, greasy beef pieces, baby bok choy thrown in for good measure, greasy cloudy soup that coated the thicky chewy noodles on the way up.
Needless to say, I didn't finish the noodles.
The only good thing I can say about this place was that the owner was kind enough to point out the meter maid that was merrily ticketing the cars parked outside. I bolted out of there and parked my car in the infuriatingly bad parking lot at crystal mall and returned to my cold, greasy noodles. I paid and left a very nice tip, only for the parking advice.
