V-nam - North Vancouver

I've been to V-Nam twice and both experiences have been wonderful.  The owner is so sweet and accommodating, the restaurant is clean, and you don't leave smelling like pho!  The menu has a lot of variety and the food is delicious.  I highly recommend trying out the Phorrito, it's a cool spin on the traditional soup, but in a wrap form if you want something to grab and go!

This is where my partner and I eat when we need a quick healthy meal and don't want to cook, where I take out of town family when they visit, and where me and my friends come to feast after a big hike, like Crown Mtn.  We love the food, Lani remembers our regular order, and it's usually quite quick. There have been some re-do's on the menu in the past year or so- larger portions of noodles with the soups, a slightly different veg spring roll recipe, and perhaps some other changes. Oh yeah- you'l see Lani there all the time because she's the owner- its a family business! The only trouble is that it's gotten so much busier in the past little bit that sometimes it takes a little while for the food to come- so now it's our place for a healthy meal when we don't want to cook :

Awesome food, great customer service the waiter is extremely nice. Me and my friends always come here, it's a great place to get some nice hot pho, but they also have great other options like chow mein and fried rice.

V Nam was randomly recommended to me by a friend years ago and I completely ignored said recommendation (even though I 'm always in there area! until the other day. Decided to check this place out as I saw they had a 'Veggie Pho ' on their menu. A friend and I swung by here later on at night and it was completely dead when we walked in and completely packed when we left (always a good sign! . Food was delicious and definitely one of the best Pho 's (veggie or otherwise I 've had in a long time. The service was really friendly and fast considering there was literally one server for the entire, pretty busy, restaurant. My favourite part of the meal was the Deep Fried Bananas Ice Cream (forgot to take a pic fail! must order, so good OMG. Will definitely be back again great place!<br/ <br/ <br/ Update (July 27th 2016 :<br/ <br/ Still eating here and it 's still awesome but I finally tried a new menu item and I 'm in LOVE with it. The Veggie Plate (actually served in a bowl consists of 2 deep fried veggie spring rolls, shredded fried tofu, and a veggie stir fry (with fried taro root strips YUM on top of a bed of vermicelli noodles and a green salad. I order a side of peanut sauce and pour that on top, with sriracha and hoisin sauce, and mix it all up. So flavourful, filling and fresh. Must try!

Probably the best pho you're gonna get in north vancouver. The lady who takes the orders (the only lady) is the owner with her husband in the kitchen. Very friendly and delicious food with large portions. Highly recommend.