Hello hello! Snow season has finally hit Vancouver two weeks into February. It’s a little on the late side and for the last few weeks it was really looking like it wasn’t going to come this year but here we are snow, slush, sleet and all. I miss the old days when I was a kid and snow meant either no school or we get to make snow forts/people all day. Now it means 1) how much am I going to need to shovel, 2) how am I going to get to work, and 3) how am I going to get home from work. At times like these, I wish I wasn’t so much of an adult. Although arguably, the kids at school are probably going to convince us to take them out to play in the snow over the next few days so I guess in a sense, I do get to have childish fun too.
There are two locations in Richmond, we decided to go to the one on Capstan Way since there’s more parking at this location. We had to wait about 20-30 minutes, which was expected since it was a busy Saturday night!
○ok service/ made reservations still had to wait 30m after they kept assuring me ill be next
○good food/probably one of the better customizable soup style places
○size can share, huge portion
○family friendly
○reasonable price/ they charge .50 for take out container
○if i had to choose 1 dish: radish cake
○would I go back? Yes but not during their peak times
Yes. We,re Eating Again.
+3.5
Well Old Xian isn't open during the hours posted on Zomato. The good news is that there are a few other restaurants in the area (you get the joke, right?). This is not my first visit to Deer Garden. I always intend to order a baked dish but to be honest, the extra 20 minutes does not seem fair to the people behind us waiting for a table. This is a busy place. Some day, I will get smart and order in advance. In the meantime, there are other amazing things to eat here. The soup combinations are great. My partner ordered the Laksa base soup with thick noodles, deep fried fish cake and Enoki mushrooms. It came with lots of fresh button mushrooms and tofu skin also. Very good. We ordered fried fish filet on the side and my partner loves Taro bubble tea, each of which are a small adder. I had the Malaysian curried brisket (totally my weakness) which was great! Lots of meat (I left a little pile of fat behind as it is not my favorite thing). It came with a side of rice and tater tots! I can't tell you the last time that I had tater tots and had a good chuckle over this! I had 7up with salted lemon as a drink and this was refreshing and interesting. The service is seriously efficient and friendly. Realize that many people want to eat and that you are not the centre of the universe and you will be treated well.
Great food. The service is very quick and efficient, but they aren't there to make small talk (so don't take it personally). Their build-your-own noodle is great (so are the sides with them). I personally recommend the laksa soup and the current beef brisket. They're also known for their "fish noodles". Drinks are standard and good. Would definitely recommend, but keep in mind it is cash only.
The food was amazing but the service was average. The staff was too less and so providing services was harder. The beef streak and black bean mushroom sauce is too die for and so are their soups.
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I come here every time I'm in Richmond. Nothing satisfies my Asian soul more than a steaming hot bowl of soup and noodles. My last visit was on Jul 12, 2017 and I arrived at 1840. The restaurant was quite full and I didn't have to wait for a seat.
If you've never been here before, it's a bit tricky to find. It's on the upper level of the shopping plaza and is accessible by a typical sketchy Chinese elevator.
How it works: choose your type of broth (anything from plain chicken to spicy laksa), choose your type of noodles (egg, rice, udon, fish), choose your toppings (all sorts of meats, veg, and unique items like pork blood or thousand year old egg), wait 5-10 minutes and enjoy. Always comes out boiling hot and fresh. Broth is always seasoned perfectly for my taste. Noodles are always perfectly done with a great chew on the egg and udon, soft and smooth on the rice. Price starts at $11.25 and I usually eat here for $15-17 depending on how hungry I am. They also have an a la carte menu but I've never looked at it because I'm always super happy with my bowl of noodles (always forget to take a picture because I'm so excited to dive right in).
It's a cafe style restaurant so don't expect the servers to be checking on you or having long conversations with you. Also don't expect a quiet dining experience, especially when the restaurant is full. Tables and chopsticks are very clean and decor is spartan. I've been here in the middle of the afternoon and later in the evening and this place is always hopping. It is a CASH ONLY establishment so bring a $20 and you'll have more than enough to cover your drink and a tip. You can't eat at too many places for that price.
Another frequent food stop for the boys so naturally I had to see what all the hype was about. Deer Garden is known for their broth dishes/combo variations so that's what I went with. I had: fish tofu and cuttlefish balls on a spicy broth egg noodle base with a side of deep-fried pork chop and a cold milk tea. With tip came to about $18; real bang-for-your-buck ✊ Portions were generous and filling! Service was so-so (our food came quick though) and restaurant decor was pretty standard all things considered. To sum up, an overall good and interesting dining experience. Eager to try more of DG's varied and expansive menu during future visits.
Good place for a cheap and quick meal. Their fish broth noodles is the most famous and the best part is you can make up your own combo.
I especially like their stir fried turnip cake with XO sauce.
I had no idea deer garden had different locations. I recently ate at the Fraser street location and had a good experience. My honger friends and I were in Richmond, and they took me here.
The laksa broth is my favorite so far so I went with what I knew would suit me. The spicy peanut broth is also very delicious. Service is very fast and efficient here. Parking is a bit tight. And there's a ton of smokers out front lol.
The establishment was pretty hard to find considering it is located on the 2nd level of the plaza and has no sign. Service was meh. However the food was bomb, and reasonably priced. The Laksa was lit and so is the Curry rice dish. 4/5. Other than the hard to find location, would go again.
I enjoyed my meal here very much! I had the DIY noodle soup and chose the tomato pumpkin fish soup base with rice noodles, fish tofu, and deep fried fish balls. If you add a dollar you also get a special drink, I got the Honey Lemon tea. Was super filling and worth the price! I wish I lived in Richmond so I can enjoy the food there.
Deer Garden Signatures is a fairly popular chain restaurant. Never having been to the location at Venezia Place before, I had a difficult time actually finding it because it’s located on the second floor of this complex. Arriving for lunch, I decided to order the Malay Laksa Soup combo ($9.50) with egg noodles, sliced beef brisket, and homemade cuttlefish balls as well as a cold lemon tea (+$1).
dre in Richmond: We love Deer Garden. In fact, we like it so much, that we made all the cousins go there for dinner. The reason we like it so much is because we are able to choose the type of broth, noodles and toppings in our soup. The soup we can choose from isn't just MSG-loaded broth. You can choose from a fish-based soup, laksa, tom yum, and other choices.
Probably the best Deer Garden I've been to. Always had good service and spectacular food. I noticed not every franchise has the same quality and as I will mention again, best one I've been to so far.
Best spot for noodle soup! I love the cilantro+century egg soup with rice noodles. Their beef brisket is very very fatty and thick cut though.
One of the best Noodle places around that's not pho. Love their soup base. You can select toppings as you like and is super customizable. Cold drinks charge extra and if you want any special drinks, it charges more(but I personally think it's worth it) side dishes are good too like the chicken wings and pork chop. There's also rice.
Deer garden is the go to when I want noodle soup. Love the customizable noodles. I usually order laksa with udon :) so yummy, I love this cheap find!
Had the pan seared ox tongue as an appetizer and it was really good!
Ordered the noodles with beef brisket and pork stomach. The noodles come with veggies so the toppings you pick are on top of that. The portion is HUGE and delicious! I could only eat half of it. It also came with a drink and I chose honey lemon.
I think the food is definitely worth the price. Try it out sometime! Happy they got a Toronto location but not sure if it's this good. I sure hope so!
Best Location. The 1st Location.. If you want to try Deer Garden, this is the best location. They are also the first location as well. Why?
- If you go to the other Richmond location beside Pearl Castle, you are guarantee to share seats with strangers.
- If you go to Fraser location, they mix water with their soup and give you way less soup and portion as well.
Love their fish soup noodles at the one on Capstan way. Totally addicted to their fish soup noodles, my husband and I love the one located on Capstan way (we somehow found out the one in Alexandra road taste different). We go to the one on capstan way for at least 2 times a week to have a fast hot soup dinner.
Good for the price. Interesting menu, not usually too keen on Asian cuisine but I liked what I had and the price is very reasonable.
Everything on the menu is good. Just ignore the service.
My 2nd time here. The first time, I really liked the fish soup but didn't much care for the service. Last night, it seemed like a whole different wait staff was working. The ladies were friendly, efficient and attentive. Specially Connie, she even went after us outside and said that we overpaid. She returned a $20 that was stuck with another bill ! Talk about honesty!! We couldn't believe how nice and honest she was. We will definitely be back.
Chinese Noodles.. If you're too lazy like any other young adults and hate cooking for yourself this is the right place for you! to eat your favorite chinese noodles! according to the menu it says there's no MSG in the soup base.. you add 2 dollars and you get bubble tea. that's what i call a DEAL! your bill come to $11/12 not including tip. decent price!
Excellent Curry Beef Bisket. Most diners come here for the noodles in soup, but I come here for their Malaysian styled curry. Love love love their Curry Beef Brisket on rice. I can never have enough of it. Try to avoid visiting the Alexandra Road location during rush hours because it's almost impossible to find parking within this little strip mall.
Very delicate rice noodle. Highly recommend.
Always packed to capacity. The bf digs their noodles in fish broth. me, not so much. i'm more into their rice dishes. the food here's pretty good....not into the looooOOoong wait time though.
Food is okay, but service is bad. Service is sub par, and compareable to a rundown joint in Hong Kong. The food was okay, but I'd rather go to other HK style cafes in Richmond than here. The poor service may relate to how busy they are, but still not an excuse since similar chains like Cattle Cafe still manage to provide decent service when it's busy.
Hopefully the servers learn a bit of manners since the food is actually okay.
On another related, but unrelated item, parking in this complex is a bit troublesome too which is not their fault but I thought I'd mention it.
My new noodle place!!!. For a chinese restaurant, I thought this place was pretty outstanding.
There was a long line up, but for a good restaurant, I was willing to wait.
For $7.50, i got to pick my soup, my noodle and two kinds of toppings. I picked the tom yum goong soup, the udon noodle, deep friend fish cake and beef. The portions were VERY generous! AND yum it was sooooo........good. I also got a drink (cold drink was an addition $1), the lemon Ribena was awsome. But a side of deep fried pork chop was an extra $1.50. Double yummers!
I thought the servers there were not friendly, but they were not, not friendly. Pretty typical for a chinese restaurant. I think I am a little use to it.
Will definately go back!!!!
Love the choices. Came here after hearing about the popularity of their soup noodles. First time we visited, we actually waited for a little over 20 minutes. So be prepared to wait if you're planning to come during 'dinner' time. We like the choices in their menu. Contrary to many people, we prefer the Laksa soup over the fish soup. One of us actually tried the fish soup and did not like it at all -- the noodle became tasteless combined with the soup. The toppings here are pretty generous, especially if you order the beef tongue. Our favourite toppings here are the fish puffs and beef tongue. It's good that the noodles come with drinks...but rarely do we want to pay that extra dollar to make our drinks cold. Understandable if the service is a little slow as it gets quite busy here sometimes.
I love the 'Cart' style noodle where you pick your own soup base, noodles type, and toppings. For $7.50 it includes a hot drink ($1 extra for cold). The deep fried chicken wing (3 pcs) for $1.50 is good value and pretty darn good. Service is decent as they are able to get your drink and food Ina reasonable time. Expect long waits during lunch time. Overall experience: thumb's up
Great fish soup base but spotty service. My kids prefer the soup to Cattle Cafe. I prefer the side dishes which are only $1.50 each. I liked the dessert wings and fried fish side dishes. Quantity of ingredients in the soup noodle bowls is smaller than Cattle Cafe.
Good hk style food. Noodles & soups are good and tasty, prices ok, service is slow, parking is limited.
Big bowl, valuable price and the noodle taste good!!! The bubble tea, not as good as i think.... but, the hk style cold lemon tea was soo good...
Good customer service comparing to other chinese restaurant sttrong and tasty broth recommeding this place to go ...the other dishes other than thier noodle on soup were not as good
Deer Garden is famous for their make your own noodle soup combos and their no MSG fish broth! For some reason I've never tried Deer Garden before, so I decided to give it a go last week. I usually don't comment on the service I receive at restaurants because a) The waiters/waitresses get paid minimum wage so I want to give them a break and b) it's not fine dining so I don't have much expectations. However, on this trip to Deer Garden, the service I received was quite shocking. Five minutes into my meal the bill was slammed in front of me with the waitress barking "Here is the bill!" Okay, I understand that you want a high turnover rate for profit, but really? I had barely even started eating! A restuarant shouldn't give someone a bill unless it is apparent that they are finished or unless they ask for it. I was willing to look past the incident and focus on the food. However, the food was a disappointment as well, considering the hype surrounding this place. 2/5 stars Th
Today I had Pan fried beef tongue with mushroom in black pepper sauce on rice – goodness, what a mouthful. This can found on Deer Garden's Mini Set Meal menu, and is priced at $6.95. However, it is only available from 3 pm to 6 pm and 9 pm to closing, meaning you can't order it during the typical dinner time. If you're ever hungry during awkward hours, I highly suggest you try this dish as you really get your bang for your buck! This is the first time I've had something other than the
In Vancouver, when one mentions “Rice Noodles in Fish Soup”, almost 90% of the people will think of Deer Garden. A bowl of good rich noodles in fish soup is not easy to be found yet Deer Garden is famous for it and has opened three stores in Vancouver and Richmond. I can’t remember how many times we have been there but all we tried are their noodles combos. They are so good that we just keep coming back for the same dishes. They have many choices. I didn’t take a picture of the menu form but all choices are shown on their website: http://www.deergarden.ca/signature.html I love their Dried Fish and Minced Pork Fish Soup. It’s MSG free and very tasty!! There is no doubt that the Rice Noodles in Fish Soup is very nice and good valued.
Lots and lots of choices and you can always create your combos with all your favourite ingredients.
Their fish soup is MSG free. What are you waiting for?
By the time we were able to find the restaurant, it was packed! Lucky we anticipated this and made a reservation! And just as we went in a group of people were leaving so we got a table really quickly. Always make a reservation here if you come in during lunch time/dinner time!
The soup comes with veggies like green onions and cabbage and bean curd already and if you don’t like any of that there’s a box you can tick to have them omit it from your order! I thought that was nice for the picky eaters *cough cough*. I liked that it had bean curd! It seemed kinda abnormal for noodle soups but it tasted good.
Deer Garden is actually one of my favorite places to go to (and hot pot) especially now in this cold rainy weather in Vancouver. This restaurant currently have two branches in Richmond, one on Alexandra Rd and one on Sexsmith Rd (Continental Plaza). If you compare the two Deer Gardens, the only difference of the two is the parking space available on each location. The branch on Sexsmith Rd (Continental Plaza) compared to the Alexandra Rd one has more parking space available.. which is good! So most of the time I tend to just head over to the Sexsmith Rd branch so that I won't have to get frustrated over having to look for a parking space on the Alexandra Rd location. Every time we go to Deer Garden however, we usually have to wait for quite a while before getting a table because of the amount of people that always go to this place! Although the wait is quite long sometimes.. I think this place is worth the wait.. especially if your looking for some reasonably priced Chinese food that y
A little while back we tried fish noodle soup combos from Nishiki restaurant when they first introduced it in their menu. My boyfriend and I really enjoyed it. The other day we were in Richmond and craving this style of noodles so we “googled it” and found two restaurants that served this same style of noodle combos.
A few weeks later, I revisited Deer Garden again with my family and boyfriend. I ordered the Rice Noodle in Malay Laksa Soup with Sliced beef and Sliced Deep Fried Fish Cake. I didn't bring my camera with me but the noodles essentially look the same as the malay laksa from the first visit. I really liked the soup base this time because it was barely spicy at all and had a rich creamy taste to it. The beef was very tender and the bowl of noodles also came with an abundant amount of vegetables.
Their house made fish broth is to die for and is the perfect remedy for a chilly night, starving tummy, or quick bite with friends. Not recommended for chatting and catching up with old friends because Deer Garden is more of a 'eat and go' type of place.
Deer Garden’s best known for their ‘Signature’ noodle-bar menu where you can create your ultimate personalized bowl of noodles.
However, it’s almost worth it for the comforting, inexpensive bowl of noodles that awaits you at the end, though their prices have been steadily increasing over the years.
you choose your own soup base, type of noodles and two toppings. The result...? A big whopping, steaming bowl of yummy!
The soup was pretty good and rich in flavour. This is my favourite type of soup here, though watercress soup is also very good.
Just yesterday night, my brother informed me of a hidden place known as Deer Garden Signatures, right above Cattle Cafe! For all who have no clue where I'm referring to, it's on Alexandra Road near Lansdowne Center in Richmond. On that street, there are hot pot, Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese restaurants, so this is a very popular spot to eat. Actually, I went to Cattle Cafe before, around a year ago! I remembered that they had this noodle combo where you can choose your own noodles, ingredients, and soup base! It was pretty good too! Yet now, my brother tells me that Deer Garden Signatures has an even better noodle combo deal. Therefore, this was something I had to try! When I first reached Cattle Cafe, I was a bit confused on where to go. From a distance, it's probably going to be difficult to spot the cage door on the left of Cattle Cafe. Anyways, you go up the really steep stairs and turn right to find Deer Garden Signatures. It's not a big restaurant at all and that was mainly
This really hit the spot! I like how you can choose whatever you want for meats and veggies. The variations are endless. Don't like cilantro? you can check it off the paper order menu that each person gets. Each bowl can be customized to the individual's preferences. The true test of the restaurant's broth is the fish broth. Because it is so rich and flavourful and not even a tad fishy at all, you get a good idea at the quality of the ingredients. The Deer Garden Signatures menu is a tad different from Cattle Cafe, which is located downstairs. The differences are negligible. Most offerings are the same.
Word of advice with this place would be - go really early or really late to avoid the crowd.
While the food is passable, especially considering the price (dinner for two is like 20 dollars; less if you don’t order the side dishes), one thing about Hong Kong cafes (actually, at a lot of lower-end Asian restaurants, whether pho, Taiwanese, whatever) is that you shouldn’t expect stellar service.
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Food that I ordered was good but i had no idea how to order and no one explained. They can be little more kind to customers.
Deer Garden is a little hard to find, as it is on the upper level of the complex. Go up the ramp and there is some parking right by the restaurant.
Seated right away and menu is accessible via QR code (which links to the website). The menu is quite extensive, which can be a good thing. Ordered three dishes and three drinks.
Beef curry, pork cutlet with egg on rice, and custom noodle bowl. Also ordered a hot lemon tea, cold honey lemon tea, and milk tea and coffee. Service was quite prompt and staff spoke both Chinese and English.
Cash only!
Would definitely recommend going.
Like the place for different variety of soups and rice dishes. Good bbt too
Great little place for noodles where you write down your choices of soup stock, ingredients and drinks for a base price of under $12. Serving size is above average and came with generous portions of meat. Parking can be a challenge during peak times (we were there at 6:15pm). Service was prompt and friendly. Food was delicious!
The best fish soup in town. Lots of choices other than fish soup noodles. I give 4 stars because I still want them to improve.
I have been coming here since 2012 or so and their soup noodle combo is one of my favorite comfort foods. Service is decent, food comes fast and is always consistent. Unfortunately, over the years, their prices have skyrocketed, their portions got smaller and their soup tastes more diluted. I highly recommend the malay laksa soup base for first timers. It is flavorful and has a nice kick for spicy-lovers! The sides that come you can order with your combo are also delicious; the chicken wings and pork with magi sauce are my favorites. However, I don't think the quantity you get is worth the $3.25. Overall, I still love their food but I find myself coming less and less as their prices increase.
One of the original places for fish soup noodle. Even though their prices have almost doubled since they first opened, they still have the mini fish soup noodle set available. I really like their milk tea and iced lemon tea too.
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