Huong Lan Vietnamese Restaurant

Huong Lan has recently been renovated. It's bigger, cleaner and brighter and has a nice indoor waiting area, an improvement from waiting outside in the cold! The food I have come to love is still awesome! I will definitely be stopping by more often!!!

Huong Lan is one of our favourite places in Nanaimo. The #15 soup is phenomenal and the prawn spring rolls are always excellent

I've been to all the Vietnamese places in town, and Huong Lan is simply the best. Having been to Vietnam myself, I can tell you that no one else does a better pho. The broth is flavourful and the soup is accompanied with a generous portion of fresh Thai basil, bean sprouts, lime wedges and chilies, something that is lacking at all of the other pho restaurants. Service is also excellent as the servers are friendly and very attentive. Be prepared to wait in line for a table.

This Restaurant is very Dirty!! I was disgusted when I heard what they do! They do not clean their tea pots after they use them! (Imagine how many people have sneezed on them!) They are reused, all day, the waitress even admitted it! I must say though she said they do wipe them with a cloth, but the same cloth they used to wipe the tables all day. ( note there is no sink) cloths get thrown in a bucket behind the till and I'm not sure how often they change that water but when i saw it, it was very dark and full of floties. Ew but they think that is satisfactory!!! I wonder what else they think is satisfactory. Yikes I felt sick after I ate there I for sure won't go back. Not because of the taste I must admit the food tasted alright, besides the bits of bone I found in my grilled lemon grass chicken. Its also expensive compared to other vietnamese restaurants in Nanaimo. I think they need more intense food/restaurant inspections for sure!
Sorry, but I believe the public should know these things.
- Barb

It was a good resturant 10 years ago when they needed the business now it's over priced and small portions

When I went there, the food was excellent!

the absolute BEST soup in Nanaimo!!

This restaurant is amazing! I agree, the won ton soup and salad rolls are the way to go! Great food, staff and decor! Overall a five star restaurant!

me love huoang lan long time

I go to Huong Lan probably once every week or two. Great tasting food, great staff. Try the wonton soup, #54 or the salad rolls, can't go wrong!!

Excellent Vietnamese restaurant. Always fairly busy in there, but very good food. Salad rolls are great. Excellent ginger chicken.