Review Cattle Cafe - Victoria

Friday lunch with a co-worker. I was craving for HK style cafe so I suggested Cattle Cafe. The staffs were quite friendly and attentive. After struggling what to order from the menu fora good 5 minutes, I decided to go for the Crispy Pork Chop and Sesame Sauce on Ramen ($14.99) while my coworker ordered the Boneless Chicken Curry on Rice for the same price. Both dishes came with a drink so I ordered hot milk tea and he got hot Yin Yang (milk tea mixed with coffee). I asked for my drink to come later too so it wouldn't get cold after I finish my dish. The dishes came fairly quick and as I'm half way eaten mine I noticed there's a small dead bug under the gai lan. Looks like they didn't do a thorough job while washing the vegetables.

I didn’t expect great service but staff were very attentive and friendly! I enjoyed my favorite laksa noodle soup- i chose fish fillet and tofu toppings. The toppings were fresh and good quality too. <br/>

I usually just come here for bubble tea because the actual food they serve here is kinda meh. It's good though if you just wanna have bubble tea with friends and chill.

January 7th, 2018<br/>It's been a while since coming to Cattle Cafe, but a friend wanted to catch up so we decided to drop by here for some quick fix. Fish noodles is usually my go to when I'm here. I always find that getting the fish noodle soup options cheaper than the combo+drink options. With the combo+drink option, it is extra $4 on top for fish noodles, making it around $15, whereas the regular fish noodle soup plus a $1 cold drink only comes out to $10. Doesn't make sense to me at all. Anyways, I got the satay fish noodle option today with an cold iced lemon tea. Honestly, it wasn't that memorable.<br/><br/>January 8th, 2018<br/><br/>I was temping at a dental office nearby, so I dropped by for lunch today. I got the Beef Brisket with rice noodle. When it came out it actually look quite delicious. The beef brisket was juicy and full of flavour. Even the soup tasted the beef brisket! There are times where I got this at other places, the brisket were always dry and just tasted like beef and the soup was just chicken flavoured. Definitely, will be coming here for my beef brisket rice noodle fix!

ATROCIOUS NON-SERVICE!! First time we were here back in Dec 9, the waitress forget my friend's order. Tonight (Jan 14/18) was WORSE! The manager himself, took our orders but, BUT DID NOT PLACE THEM. From 8:55 pm to 9:20 we have been patiently waiting for nothing. When we followed up with the waitress, she said the manager left already. Only 3 tables were there, so they were not busy at all. Unfortunately I can't post without even one star.....which they don't deserve at all.

Food was OK... nothing special but the low rating is given to their customer service, or should I say lack of. The waiter was some young school boy, obviously from China... he didn't say 'thank you' one single time from taking my order to me paying the bill!! I don't expect you to give me a warm smile but if you do want a tip, step it up boy!<br/><br/>Whatever... they don't need my repeat business as they got enough from people who don't care too much about service... but really, they are giving a bad name to the so-called HK style restaurants!

I find it good to scan the menu ahead of time or I would spend an hour making up my mind. There is a great deal to chose from. To make it worse, while waiting, you can watch photos of the choices rotate through on a TV screen and everything looks good! My partner and I shared a signature noodle combo. The price is a couple of bucks more that the menu posted on Zomato but still a nice deal at $11.49. We had the Malay Laksa soup base with ramen noodles, baby bok choy and fish balls. It is a big serving. I'm not sure how one person would finish it. And it was very tasty. On the side (you can add on up to two sides), we tried the deep fried fish filet (very nice with a tasty tarter sauce) and deep fried chicken wings (only 3 sections to an order; very tasty but not a smoking deal at $3). My partner had a Green apple slush with pearls, which was great! We finished with a black bean desert which was on the forgettable side...reminded me more of Mexican restaurant black beans with some sugar added. We won't order that again. $30 for two for lunch including tax and tips is a pretty good deal. Sleek comfortable place with decent if somewhat distracted service.

Came here for a late lunch and it was still quite busy. We had to wait a little bit for a table, but it wasn't unreasonable. <br/><br/>I ordered the noodle soup, where you get to choose the soup base, toppings, noodle, and drink. My friends got the same thing. I had the tomato and pumpkin soup base with sliced beef and beancurd and with rice noodles. Also got the lemon ribena drink. The bowl of soup was quite large. There was plenty of toppings. I was surprised with how much bean curd there was. I like getting my soup base because it comes with tomato and pumpkin plus the other veggies they have in the soup. I was pretty happy with my noodles. My friends dishes had some problems though. One of my friends is a vegetarian and she found a piece of fish and ham in her soup. It was unfortunate, and she told the server and he was apologetic. In my other friend's noodles, was a piece of pork blood. Something she didn't order or would expect in her noodles. I understand how toppings might get mixed up in different orders and it was unfortunate it happened to my friends. Other than that, it was a good meal. In the end, service was really slow. It took them awhile to split our bill and to get us change. The server actually ended up giving my friend the wrong change, but we just wanted to leave so we didn't bother dealing with it. <br/><br/>Overall food was pretty good, but service could have been better.

Grayson and I haven’t been to cattle cafe in a couple of months and seeing that they finally reopened their Kingsway location (across from Metrotown) we decided to pay them a visit. As always, I got the noodle special ($8.95) with my usual go-to soup, noodles and toppings! So what do I get?. Tomato and pumpkin soup with rice noodles (on the side), fish fillet and calamari of course!

Decent Hong Kong style restaurant with a huge menu selection 😮 with full colour pages with photos. It always takes me a while to decide what to eat. If you get some of their meal combos you can also order a specialty drink for $2.<br/><br/>They have a happy hour menu from 3pm - 6? where you can order mini set meals that are smaller versions of the regular menu with lots of snacky options. <br/><br/>There are usually lineups for weekend lunch but if you're a table of 4 its a short wait. <br/><br/>Service is fast and prompt with bilingual staff.

Food was good and prices were reasonable. Upon entering the hostess seemed to not care too much. We had to ask for a table and she grudgingly grabbed some menus and brought us to a table. Our waitress was much better and gave us good, friendly service.

Cattle Cafe has always been our go to for soup noodles near by Metrotown. Although the restaurant is very stuffy with very poor ventilation, and the service is boarding on rude, I just can’t seem to stay away!. What I ate: Malay Laksa Soup + Rice Noodle + Sliced Beef + Chicken ball + Fried Egg (+1.99) + Hot Milk Tea ($11.99)

One-liner: Alright portions for a cheaper part of the day, though the rice quantity is unchanged<br/><br/>Highlight: What little curry beef brisket was on my plate<br/><br/>Recommended for: When you’re hungry between meals and are okay with a lot of rice<br/><br/>Would I go back? Not for these mini cattle meals.<br/><br/>Check out my blog post for the full review!

The fish noodle in kimchi broth was not good at all. It tasted like kimchi mixed with water. I didn't have much of the curry but AL said the rice tasted like leftovers. I will stick with their regular fish soup noodle bowls in the future.

The menu is pretty extensive, but we always seem to gravitate towards the same few selections.<br/><br/>Japanese style takoyaki ($5.99): These were golden and crisp on the outside while soft, warm and fluffy on the inside. A tender piece of tako (octopus) was in the center of each ball. They were generously drizzled with mayo and takoyaki sauce and sprinkled with dried bonito flakes. They’re a delicious savoury treat, pretty similar to the ones you’ll find at the Richmond Night Market.<br/><br/>I highly recommend the signature noodle combo ($9.95). This is something we always order. You get to pick the soup base/sauce, type of noodle, 2 toppings ( additional toppings are $1.59 each) and a drink that comes with it. I love their Malay laksa soup with rice noodle and slice beef brisket. The laksa soup was creamy, and full of coconut and curry flavour. The noodles were al dente and the slices of brisket were tender and delicious. The meat was neither too lean nor fatty. Baby-Paca picked beef tripe for our other topping on this visit, they only gave us a few pieces, and they were pretty standard. The following few times we ordered this, we just got double the brisket because they were so yummy. The bowl of noodle soup was also chocked full of Chinese cabbage with a few slices of abalone mushroom as well. We always get a hot milk tea alongside. The milk tea is alright, strong tea flavour like the way HK milk tea should taste.<br/><br/>The pan fried rice cakes with yaki pork in X.O. sauce ($10.59) isn’t one of our frequently ordered dishes, but it was pretty good as well. The rice cakes were soft and pleasantly chewy, taking on the flavour of the sauce it was pan fried with. The pork slices were flavourful and supple.<br/><br/>Bubble waffles appertain to the category of foods that Baby-Paca and I will never tire of. The bubble waffles ($4.59) at Cattle Cafe are definitely well executed, but rather pricey compared to other places. They’re lightly crisp with a soft chewy center and they’re full of sweet eggy goodness.<br/><br/>We were curious about the ice cream with black glutinous rice ($3.99) so we decided to give it a try. The scoop of ice cream tasted like generic store bought vanilla ice cream, and not the particularly good kind. The glutinous rice was a bit course and grainy. It didn’t have enough of that glutinous-ness.<br/><br/>Service was quick and to the point, but don’t expect much else. The portions are to the smaller side for the price you pay at an HK style cafe, but most of the food I’ve tried here was decent. I just gotta say that finding parking may be a slight hassle though.

One-liner: Tasty food and an eclectic, modern atmosphere<br/>Highlight: Pork Cutlet Curry on Rice<br/>Recommended for: Chinese food lovers<br/>Would I go back? Yes.<br/><br/>Check out my blog post for the full review!

Having discovered Cattle Cafe last summer, I was more than eager to return to the restaurant for lunch the next day. But it wasn't until we called to make a reservation that we discovered that the Richmond location had closed down. Consequently, we set out for their Burnaby location instead; this actually worked out quite well, as it allowed for a short period of shopping to be done at Metrotown before returning to Richmond to prepare for dinner.

Cattle Cafe is your typical HK style cafe food and I would say it’s quite similar to Deer Garden. I found the seating and interior to be quite modern and clean compared to many Chinese restaurants. For myself, I ordered the Mixed Meat & Fish Balls with Flat Noodle Seaweed Soup. You get some pork, meat, and fish balls as well as fish tofu. The broth is quite strong in fish and seaweed flavour. Not bad. Overall, Cattle Cafe is a good option for quick HK style food. I found that prices weren’t the cheapest with each dish still costing at least $9 and the portions being a little on the smaller side. I find the portions at Deer Garden to be much larger. Service is quick and to the point so don’t expect any more.

Serves its purpose. While this place isn't the greatest in terms of food or service, for me it serves as a decent enough food joint that has a decent menu selection, complimentary beverage (add a little extra for a cold drink, which seems standard practice) at a very reasonable price. Plus the location is super convenient for me. The staff seem young and inexperienced for the most part, so don't expect outstanding (if any) customer service and be prepared to have to flag down staff if you need anything, because they are not usually attentive. But any problems, especially with rudeness, you can reflect in the tip you leave, and if questioned about that you can explain your reasoning. After all, a tip should be earned and not always expected at a certain percentage.

Cattle Cafe on Kingsway moved a few stores from their original location. They are a Hong Kong style cafe that has a comfortable fast-casual dining experience. The Kingsway location is their flagship store as they a few more items that their other locations. Beware, it’s cash only, so make sure you go visit an ATM ahead of time.

It's a Hong Kong style cafe right across from Metrotown. It's always good for a bowl of noodles and milk tea. They recently moved a few shops over and the space is large and nicer. Service is pretty meh, but the food is decent.

No matter how great your food is, an experience is undeniably INcomplete without proper service. I loved the deep fried pork curry with rice and enjoyed the Oreo Milkshake I ordered with it (for $2.00 extra, grand total of $11.95), however, service was inexcusable due to repeated offenses.<br/>1) Repeatedly took two times for a waitress to notice our hands raised <br/>2) While a server handed a dish, she accidentally dropped napkins from our table, but she ignored it and did not apologize for the inconvenience.<br/>3) There was left over RICE from a spoon handed to us.<br/>4) Needed 2 waitresses and 4 tries to get proper utensils for everybody (sometimes, two forks, sometimes, no spoons, etc. - they even ran out of spoons and simply laughed about it.)<br/>One of their trainees who served us and the chefs seem to be the best workers of the restaurant, however, due to the collectively unprofessional service, the experience at Cattle Café was just not perfect.

went here for dinner some time because it's something that my friend did recommend twice to me. I tried something different, maybe it's a seasonal menu but it's fried fillet in i can't remember exactly what they say the sauce is, but it's more like pinapple sweet type, there's a little bit of kick in the sweetness of the sauce/tartar for the deep fried fillet. <br/><br/>overall i think it's a decent restaurant serving more of pick your own ingredients noodle type. but this time i decided to go with the deep fried fish fillet because i was curious on how it'll taste. pretty decent as i've mentioned<br/><br/>overall most of the food here are just okay, definitely not bad, the noodles will be a lot better than the rice items for me.<br/><br/>would i recommend the place? hmmmm yes only for the noodles in burnaby area, unless i'm willing to travel all the way to richmond for deer garden signature then this can definitely be a substitute.

if you have a lot of time and good mood to waste in a nice sunny day, pls go to eat at Cattle Cafe.<br/>wait for at least 25 mins for food, side order come up with wrong food after another 10 minutes<br/>Drinks!!!!!!!!!!wait for another 30mins after the food came . Eventually the waitress came up with a wrong bill and wait for another 10 mins to get it fixed. <br/>Cattle Cafe wasted my time and spoiled my mood for the whole day <br/>DO NOT GO, unless u have nothing else to do and like to waste your time there

Ben recommended me the Fish Noodle. I had the Laksa broth version with artificial crab stick and squid. I like the springy texture of the fish noodle. There were some tofu puff in it too. Cattle Cafe only accepts cash. Restaurant Review. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Decent meals that are great in portion. Dishes reflect what you pay for. The afternoon tea time specials are the most budget friendly. Usually I'll order the pumpkin soup with hand squeezed fish noodles. The soup always arrives at the table streaming hot and flavourful. I also think that their bubble waffle is pretty delicious too.<br/>Not a must try place, but of you are craving for soup noodles and Chinese cha chan teng cuisine that won't break the bank, come give this location a try!

Shortchanged us, small size and unprofessional. Went there Sunday night with my family to try it out since the one at Circle Square closed down. Went in, sat down and looked at the menu. Waiter comes over and takes our order. No problem there. The food comes and we just start at it. I got the noodle combo and the size was so small compared to the Circle Square location, and Edmonds. The satay soup base was watered down significantly. My drink was only 3/4 full even with ice. My parents meal was equally small compared to the other locations. As for service, we had to wave down someone several times for tea refill. One waiter (tall, skinny) was especially unprofessional. He was talking so loudly with his other co-workers that everyone could hear him. He also had his mouth stuffed with egg bubble waffles while taking an order over the phone for a customer. Lastly, beware of your change when you pay the bill. When we got our change back, my mom realized they short changed us. We decided not to call anyone over because it could turn into an argument about how we took some of it. Instead we just decided to leave less tips, left very little tips. I will most definitely not be coming back to this location.

I've frequented all the Cattle Cafés in GVRD and like the variety it has to offer. Service is average at best but the Metrotown location has got to be the worse location by far. On 2 different occasions we've received absolutely no service. Both visits server took the wrong order. FREE tea/water is not automatic. Food quality is definetly the poorest of all locations. Soup broths are definetly more watered down compared to other locations. I will not give this location a 3rd chance. HORRIFIC!

OK food. Terrible service.. We are here on a Monday night. We arrived about a quarter after 9pm and no one greeted us for about 5 minutes so we seated ourselves. We sat at our table for another 10 minutes without any servers acknowledging us or bringing us tea/menus. Finally we waved down a waiter with food in his mouth walking by our table for the third time. He brought us our menus and disappeared. No one came to take our orders or appeared from the back for another 15 minutes. We finally wave down another server and she takes our orders and finally brings us tea. My girlfriend ordered a noodle soup with a horlick tea and I ordered a beef enoki mushroom hot pot and spicy wontons to start. The wontons took about 15 min and were not spicy at all. When I told the waitress, she took the wontons back to the pick up window and had an argument with the cook about whether the spicy wontons were supposed to be spicy? Another 15 minutes my girlfriend's noodles arrive without her tea. My hot pot just arrived and it is 10:40pm. My girlfriend's noodles had long since been finished. The waitress just said the kitchen probably forgot about my order and my girlfriend's tea. It took me an hour and a half from sitting down to get this mediocre hot pot. Never coming here again.

Bad Service!. I have been here 3 times now and was hoping that the service would improve a bit better than the last time but was always bad. There were no one coming to take our orders and i have to wait long to request for extra napkins. Food wise, i just like one of the Laksa noodles soup, Pretty good and it had that touch of kick to the soup despite i ordered it to be mild. Didn't like their french toast and the wings were bland....just fried.

Never going back here again!. WORST SERVICE EVER. DON'T WAS YOUR TIME HERE.<br/>I had to wait for 25 mintues for a table even though there was 3 empty tables. When I ordered my food I had to wait 40 mintues even though I just ordered french fries. Also, they did not have pearls for the 2 osscaison I had went. This is very unacceptable! I'm never going here again.

Good food bad servuce. After they reopened a couple shops down, the seating arrangement is greatly improved but the service is worse. clearly they are understaffed but the waitresses don't even have a sense of urgency about them... like "Yes we're understaffed but I will continue to take my time and not work harder to make up for it". after ordering, I am still sitting here without tea, utensils or drinks -20 minutes later. other tables have brought up that part of their order still hasn't arrived, or that their order is wrong.

Quick, cheap and yummy. This is not fine dining so don't come in expecting great service(or clean bathrooms for that matter) but Cattle is one of my favorite places for a speedy affordable lunch. My husband and I can share a regular sized soup and we both get totally full. my top choices are satay with the hand squeezed fish noodles, brisket and bean curd or laska they are both excellent. We have been here more times than I can count and the food is consistently good, even with a tip and drink for the 2 of us its always under 20$. One draw back is they only accept cash and one of us ends up walking across the street to the bank machine.

I am sure you can find good HK Cafe else where than this place. Food is average but Service is one of the worst from my experience even comparing with other HK Cafe<br/>The place is too small and seating are way too tight

HORRIBLE food and service. Quantity was small too. The place was not clean, floor was wet with spilled soup. We have to wait a long time for the bill and wanted to leave asap due to bad experience.

Why so Busy?. I dropped by this place twice and wasn't very impressed either time. The decor is interesting with its sculpted circle wall panels, but the service is slow and the food is exceptionally bland. The menu is huge and covers eastern and western cuisine, but everything tastes pre-made and lacks flavour. The size allows for a decent group, but if you only have a few people, try one of the many smaller and tastier restaurants a block in either direction.

HORRIBLE service!!!!!!!! if you go save your tips!!!!! waitress didnt bring change back and forced us to pay 20% tips because we were a group of 6. food was bad as well. definitely wouldnt recommend to go to this place for food

Awful service! The waitress forgot about our order and then when we asked her, she rolled her eyes and yelled at us for being not patient. The food was bad. The drink never came. Will not go back to this place again for sure.

Food was bad!! service was worse!! the waitress mixed up the order and there was a piece of plastic in the rice dish. will definitely not go back again

VERY BAD service!!!!! will definitely not go back to this place again for sure. the waitress literally threw the food plate on the table and didnt bring back the change. when asked for the change back, she said that they charge 15% tips. waited for a long time for the food and when the noodles came the soup was not even hot!!!! definitely not a good place to go for food!!!!!!

Bad food, bad service, bad management.. The food sucks here. Let's be honest, you can get better food in Richmond. If you're looking for real HK food your choices are aplenty in Richmond. For any CBCs, or other ethnicities looking to experience traditional HK food, this is NOT the place. The food is highly modified and is not even close to what they serve in Hong Kong. <br/><br/>the service is terrible, there hasn't been a single location where I've received acceptable service. I come into the restaurant to be served, at the very least, not to be glared at like i should leave. <br/><br/>the prices are very bad as well. i hear dishes are nearing the $10 mark these days...this is not standard pricing. standard pricing for HK food in vancouver ranges anywhere from 7.95 to 8.95. $10 is venturing into expensive territory.

Worst Waitress Ever. Food: Average<br/>Price: Acceptable<br/>Service: What service?<br/><br/>All of the local Cattle Cafe restaurants have two things in common; Every Cattle Cafe offers virtually the same food, and every locations has sub par service.<br/><br/>I had a special request for an order of prawn and sausage in creamy corn sauce to be made with no prawns but extra sausage . I have an allergy to seafood, so I quickly returned my plate of pasta when I spotted prawns. The waitress promptly went to get my order redone, and returned with a plate of pasta with ONLY PRAWN. By now it's evident that she's misheard "prawn" as "corn". For medical reasons, I obviously returned the food once more. This time, my friends tell her "no shrimp", hoping that she will not be confused with my request. My waitress walked away and gave a heavy sigh! How rude! My pasta arrived for the third time having no shrimp .... but it also had no corn, which I did not ask for. By now, I'm starving and the corn isn't a big issue, so I just settle with what I've been given.<br/><br/>When my friends and I receive the bill, we ask if we can get it split. The waitress says "No" with a scowl on her face.<br/><br/>It didn't bother me so much that my order was made incorrectly twice, or the fact that the bill couldn't be split, it was the waitress's awful attitude that drove me up the wall. Her atrocious, condescending method of handling guest requests was enough to convince me to never eat at cattle cafe again.<br/><br/>Would I recommend eating here? No.<br/>But if you must go, save your tip.

The food is okay, but most of the fried food is way too dry,and they are really stingy with condiments. <br/><br/>The bubble tea is expensive, but the serving is good.<br/><br/>However, the service is the worst I've ever been to. The waitresses are obviously undertrained, and were not polite at all. They seem to think that being a waiter means throwing a menu at the table you want after they finally seat you, and taking orders after you motion them over for the hundredth time. If it wasn't for the service, I would possibly go back. But at this state, I won't be.

Worst service ever. I love love love this soup that i order every time i go there, i order the tom yom soup with beef brisket and beef balls with udon noodles. BEST soup ever, its to die for. too bad the service there are ridiculously bad. i have never been to a place that serves the way they serve me and my friends, whenever i ask them for something they give me a dirty glare and walk away and just shove whatever u ask for on the table. they pretend they dont hear you sometimes and they dont come up to u and ask if the food was okay but since its a asian place im not expecting them to come to ask me how the food was. all i can say is that if ur not happy working there than go elsewhere because their costumer service can drive ppl away. i am usually a big tipper but not when i go here i dont tip anything at all. i just go there eat my favorite soup and leave. the owners really need to train their staff to have better costumer service, or atleast get new ones.

Bad, bad, bad. The food is terrible, the service is slow, and they ONLY take cash. After having probably one of the worst meals in a restaurant ever, I still went through the emabarrassement of having to leave the girl I was going out with there, so that I could run to an ATM and get some cash to pay the bill. They DON'T let you know before hand they only take cash. Honestly, I'll never go back there!

Felt like being rip off. Only got 3 slices of loonie size sausage on my $8.50 soup noodle. Never coming back here again

Worst service ever. We were waiting in line for so long and obviously there were seats but no one lead us in. My sister and I were talking about the empty seats (intentionally) and one of the servers replied us indirectly by talking to another server saying something like "we're so busy with what we're doing, how do we have time to lead new customers in." Seriously?! The noodle was ok but not as good as the one I ate in Aberdeen foodcourt lol. The steak was flavorful but it was so chewy that I couldn't finish it... By the time we left, one server complained to another server saying "why's every customer like that tonight?". Don't know what they meant and couldn't care less, but what kind of server talks about customers in front of a customer. Overall, I was generous enough to tip them and I won't return for sure

Bad Service. I always went to have lunch at this Cattle Cafe as it's near my work. General service is just ok, they accept just cash, not even debit card. So every time I have to make sure I have enough cash in my purse. The seatings are cramp, foods sometimes slow. But these are acceptable up to a certain limit. Until one day I found it so annoying that the staff seated and took order from other guests who came after me first By the time my order came I didn't have much time to finish as I had to rush back to work. Today, I went there again and the situation was almost the same, the same girl seated other guests first even though it's obvious that I was the first on the line-up. So, I told her that I came first, would she please take order from me first as I had to go back to work. At the time she was taking my order her face and voice obviously showed that she was not happy with me. When I finished my food and paid at the counter, she was there and quickly gave me the bill without looking at me or said any word and her face obviously pouting. I gave her tips, she didn't even say a word of thank you and not looked at me at all. This is rude. I think I will not go there any more.

No doubt one of my favourite Asian cafes - great food and decent prices. Only downside is the service and how tiny the restaurant is. Love their Japanese ramen in satay soup with beef brisket slices + mango milk tea!

Popped in to get some takeout and the service was a little rude. <br/>Got the boneless chicken with black pepper mushroom sauce and it was alright except the mushrooms were tough and rubbery. <br/>The $2 House special milk tea that I added to my meal was a joke. It was watery and it was terribly small, probably only 75% the size you get at many other places. Anyone who buys it at its regular $4 is getting harshly ripped off.

The store is busy so the waiters are rude and lack of patient. Bad service!

Taiwanese Cafe on a rainy afternoon. The place was not full when we got there but got busy quite fast so lucky we ordered before the rush of other people did the same.<br/><br/>Had the Boneless Chicken & Ham in Coconut Cream Sauce with Rice. It was alright, typical chinese cafe food with the cream sauce having a faint taste of coconut though the presentation of the food was really nice and it tasted fine as well.<br/><br/>With my order came with a drink which I had the hot mango milk tea and that was really good.. Usually I have the regular milk tea but this really tasted like mango with a faint taste of tea!

Cheap on the condiments. This was pretty good in terms of food, but they were shy to put the food together.<br/><br/>I have gone to a place with the same idea. You pick the soup, the noodle and the two condiments. However, they have a side menu, that you have to pay more for certain things and not included in the meal. So does that really mean that you get a free condiment? Hmmm.........<br/><br/>I didn't quite get the concept if they didn't want to put stuff in the noodle. So you really have to pay more, where as other restaurants with the same concept don't have that kind of extra expense.<br/><br/>The service was really good. I found that the people there were really nice, both times I was there.<br/><br/>The ambiance is the same as any chinese cafe. Not outstanding, but pretty good for a place to get together and eat.<br/><br/>The price was pretty good too, but I could get better for the same price.

Food was overly salty and bubble tea was extremely sweet. The waitress was not attentive to her customers. There were three of us and she only brought us two cups of tea. She also threw us the bill at the end without saying anything. I don't know why people rave about this place.

Decent portions; good value. This build-your-own noodle bowl chain is pretty consistent. The noodle bowls come with a comp hot drink and you can add-on sides for a good deal. My fave is the XO sauce LoBakGoh. I think the fish soup is very popular and has a mild (not fishy) flavour and milky appearance. It's got good depth of flavour. The laksa soup is also nice and I like to make it low-carb or gluten free by ordering rice noodles, yam noodles or hand-pulled fish noodles. The options seem endless for the various combinations. The kiddies like to order the Egg Waffle Balls for dessert. It's nice to be able to have options so we like that.

Service is a foreign word here.... Great curry here, but yes, service is A-W-F-U-L! We weren't even directed to any seats but left to fend for ourselves so we sat down we wanted....then after getting comfortable, we were told to move because "the section was closed" (what section???? my bedroom is bigger than this place!)....10 minutes later, they were seating people where we had been......needless to say: NO TIP! So if you don't care about service, then go on ahead to this place, food is yummy....as for me, service and great food go hand in hand and can't stand alone, without one there is none of the other.

Gets busy really quicky.. Went there today when it opened and it gets busy within the first half-hour. Considering the good value of the dishes, it's not hard to see why. The food is quite good at a very reasonable price. The service has a bit to be desired (the food came quickly but we never got any tea refills until we had to ask twice for it). But when all the meals are under ten bucks, it's not that bad.

I like it, the place is neat and clean, the lighting is bright, the food is excellence, it's a very good HK style cafe, of course it's a chinese cafe, so dont expect a five star service, u come, u eat, u enjoy, and u go home...I'll surely come back here

Food is excellent but service is horrible. Servers are impolite and ignore you. They can't get their priorities right. Not only that, we ordered a simple dish of vegetables and it never came. We had to keep asking them where it was. As a result, we told them to cancel the dish. Never returning here again!

Go for their soups. I come here for a big bowl of noodles for comfort food, I understand the other reviewers doesn't like the service from the staff, I'd say this is what you'd get from a typical Chinese eatery, as long as my food is tasty and the staff are responsive, I'm not complaining.

They'd do so much better if they were self-served. While the food selection is interesting, and the quality is acceptable, I would have to redefine the word 'service' to be able to even judge them on this part of my experience. Not only are they rude, and unfriendly, but our mere presence as customers seem to be such an inconvenience for them. Sadface

We tried noodles. It tasted good, and it's really big portion. But had to wait for like half an hour on a weekday, and it's super crowded!

Good food and decent prices but service is marginal. Staff avoid eye contact with customers and does not show any initiative to serve them.

Boo no delivery.

They did improve in every way.... The food is more delicious, The drinks are always good. There big improvement are the services. The are more polite now. Keep on the good works... <br/>p.s. this is the few positive comment that I made to all the restaurants...

Place is small and service is ok no smile. Prices are Pricey. Not recommaned . Cash only

Curry was too salty, rice was hard tasting, seafood was over cooked, and for the 1st time, milk tea looks orange like mud water, tasted like tasteless tea with milk. I was tricked by the 90% rating from this page. The waitress even spilled curry on my boyfriend. Terrible, will not go again. Similar restaurant like Pittsburg in crystal mall is much better, even though the service sucks there.

....something for everyone!. A buddy suggested I try out Cattle Café. Made my way there on a weekend with my wife and daughter. Keep in mind, my daughter prefers the foods she's had in the past and not very adventurous. <br/><br/>We arrived at the restaurant at lunchtime and it was crowded! The doorway is narrow and crowded and found myself constantly moving around just so I'm not in the way for the waitresses. We waited for about 15 minutes to get seated.<br/><br/>If you plan on having soup noodles - you get to select your soup base; select the noodle type and condiments. The soup noodle portions are very large. If you're a light eater, share a bowl with a friend. My daughter ordered a teriyaki chicken sandwich. As you can see, there is something on the menu even if you're a 'picky' eater! Each meal comes with a free drink. I ordered a coffee. I was not expecting much but the coffee was very good. Very good aroma! My daughter ordered a bubble tea with a small charge added which was fine and expected.<br/><br/>Great value, great food selection, clean restaurant! The number of people frequenting the restaurant is definitely a GREAT sign of good food.<br/><br/>Waitresses/hostesses are very attentive and alert. Food service is fast and food is served hot! Modern décor. Tables are a little on the cramped side to accommodate more people.<br/><br/>Great place to go to because there is something on the menu for everyone with different tastes.

NOODLE SOUP ONLY. So many people going to the Cattle Café and most of them wrote favorable reviews about them on the other food review site. I though I have to try it for myself.<br/> Most of this type of restaurant operate and own by Taiwanese, they should not group as HK style café. The Taiwanese are very good operator for these type of restaurant, so is the Pearl Tea store, they all started by the Taiwanese few years ago.<br/> Most of the ingredient are precooked and put together whatever you order and add the soup based whatever you order which are also already cooked. It's very tasty and good variety to choice from the menu. For $7.25 per bowel, it's not cheap and yet is not expense. Its much taster then the food served in the Vietnam Noodle restaurant. The atmosphere is much to be desire and service is very poor. All in all, Foods are fresh and price is reasonable, its worth of our business, I will be back and recommended to others.<br/><br/> On my second visit 2 days ago, I try their HOT POT , as mention earlier, this is Taiwanese style food restaurant, their HOT POT (beef brisket with lo bak) is nothing more then a BEEF BRISKET WITH LO BAK SOUP, nothing like the HK style, I was very disappointed. They charge $9.75 for this dish which should be cheaper than a bowl of noodle soup. The noodle soup has more ingredients and taster than the HOT POT. Be careful what you order here other than the NOODLE SOUP which they are good for.

The food was well priced and the portion is quite big.

It's a typical Hong Kong style cafe with huge selections of dishes. (If you are indecisive like me, you would be sitting there for an hour trying to figure out what to order) This location is quite clean and seats are not tightly arranged.

Today’s dinner I felt like noodles and one of the go to places for me to … well go to in burnaby is Cattle Cafe. I really enjoy their noodle combo, lets you feel like you made it but actually they did. My GF and I both order the noodle combo. I got the peanut sauce & chili soup with vermicelli noodles. My two toppings are always the same, slice beef brisket and pork intestine (its an acquire taste~ not everyone like to eat intestines) As for drinks u can add One Dolla for cold drink~ So I got hk style milk tea. Also added a side of chicken wings. My gf got Chicken broth with Jap Ramen for EXTRA 50cent! and same two toppings. She really likes the lemon Ribena here.  Overall I really enjoy their food~ I really like the chili sauce that came with my soup base~ I can’t seem to find the exact same sauce in any super market so not sure exactly how they made it. One thing to note~ I really like restaurants that have their logo/name on the napkins. I always give them bonus marks when they do

Cattle Cafe (Metrotown) is a modern Hong Kong style cafe that can accommodate around 40 people. They are quite popular for their Fish Soup Rice Noodles where you can pick and choose toppings, types of noodles, and soup base. The Noodle Combos’ price range from $8.5 – $9. Their menu is huge, just like any other HK Style Cafes, offering over 200 items including snacks, drinks, and dessert! They currently have 4 different branches in Vancouver, Burnaby, and Richmond. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Avg. Price: $10 – $15 Opening Hours: Opening Hours: 11am – 1am Last Order 12:30am Phone: 604.430.8686 Address: 4885 Kingsway, Burnaby Related Posts

The Pork Chop w Bacon Onion Glaze far exceeded my expectations! The glaze was delicious! It was creamy, slightly sweet and just the right consistency. There were a lot of onion pieces in the glaze. As for the bacon, there were only two measly piec

After a weekend of fast food I was most insistent on getting something cooked to order: bubblingly warm and mildly wholesome. What I craved for was noodles in a rich broth-like soup, perfect on a foggy Vancouver day. “Cattle Cafe” was on route home and I knew they had laksa (one of my all time favourite dishes). So with convenient parking around the block I pulled in for some take out. Right as you enter a sign at the counter directs you to write your name in their ledger, in order to be seated. This is here despite the presence of several employees behind and around their bar/cash desk. I took it as an accurate indication of the service that was to come. I read the menu by the counter and stood awkwardly by the door for my order to come to pass. Without designated waiting seats or being offered a table to loiter at, I was constantly in the way; as guests came in and others left. Not that there was room for either, but some consideration would have been nice. The restaurant was shaped

Overall, Cattle Cafe is a great place to go for a quick bite. It gets really busy during dinner hours, and the seatings are cramped a little. If you go after 6pm Fridays and weekends, be prepared to wait outside for a seat.

Cattle Cafe is pretty much your run of the mill Hong Kong style cafe. However, if you’re at Metrotown but don’t want to shell out a whole lot of cash for food court eats, there’s plenty of restaurants around! (like Uncle Willy’s, Curry King, etc). On this occasion, I set my sights on Cattle Cafe! For $8.75, I got the curry boneless chicken on rice. Although so mild to the point where it’s not spicy at all, it was quite tasty! To boot, the chicken was very savoury, though I wish they cut off the skin, and tender that it just melted in the curry.  For $2 more, you can pick a drink off their specialty drinks menu (all of the bubble tea, smoothies, milkshakes, etc.) Although it’s probably powdered, it’s not a bad way to wash down your meal; this drink’s the red bean milk slush.

<br/>Overall, will go back and try more stuff!! Only downsides are the lack of space (it's a small restaurant) and the "Cash only" rule. Otherwise, very good, I loved the food I got, so I felt the wait for it was worth it! Really wanna try their hot pot, but it's only offered at night, so maybe I'll go one day for dinner! *excited little girl* hehehe

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The Final Verdict: Definitely a good price for what you get and quite filling too. The french toast was a little on the dry side if not slathered with syrup, and would be better if provided a jug of syrup rather than just a small cup. Wouldn’t say it’s the best I’ve had, but will most likely come back for it. As for service, when it’s busy, you’d be lucky if you can actually get the attention of the servers. Afterall, it is an asian cafe, don’t expect service to be the best.

Don't expect much in terms of ambience or service; both of which are always a bust at HK Cafes (in fact, it took a good five minutes to flag down a waitress for our order given our corner table position). But for a sub $10 meal (tax and tip included), you can't go wrong with the tremendous value these soup noodle combinations bring to the table.

The broth was rich and creamy from the addition of coconut milk and it packed quite a bit of heat. It always makes me happy when spicy things actually come out spicy and they aren’t watered down.

I was super craving noodles in soup today (my lovee!) so I asked Meta Knight to come with me to eat at Cattle Cafe in Burnaby. This Cattle Cafe is located on the intersection of Nelson and Kingsway. The size of the restaurant is relatively smaller than the one in Richmond. Meta Knight and I waited in line for about 20 minutes before we got a table. And this was at 2:30pm!! I saw many people eating this dish called " Pork Chop in Cream Onion Bacon Demi-Glaze With Rice " and it looked super yummy. It is roughly $8.25 and it comes with two giant pork chops. Meta Knight wanted to get this but at the end decided against it. We both ordered the Noodle Combos Of Your Choice ($7.50) and each noodle comes with a drink, as always. Cold drinks are a dollar extra. Meta Knight got the Lemon Iced Tea and it was ordinary. Nothing to rave about.

Overall, all the items I’ve tried at Cattle Cafe are pretty good and they come in decent portions. The only thing I don’t like about Cattle Cafe in the Burnaby location is that the place is really small (and it’s always always busy).

It was quite busy at this location when we visited at 1pm and it seemed to take forever for our food to come out (we thought they lost our order).

The portions were enormous, the food was tasty and the service was fair.

Cattle Cafe….cattle cafe.. have you been to Cattle Cafe yet?? That's what people kept asking me.. including Marv!! So finally 1 Sunday morning, Marv took me there. I bet he regrets it now..more on this later We arrived before it opened and I'm glad we did! Even though it was still closed, there were more customers coming along to see if it was open yet! All these people were making me anxious to see what was so great about this place! Cattle Cafe 4885 Kingsway, Burnaby BC Tel#: (604) 430-8686 Shortly after 11, we were finally let in. I guess that's why they call it Cattle…. they hoard you in like cattle.. haha just kidding. We ended up being seated first, and the place was full by 11:20! Yes, I will say it again, thanks Marv for making me come here early! For our drinks, I decided to go with the Iced Milk Tea (above left), and Marv went with the Papaya Smoothie (above right). Y'know how sometimes in hk style cafes you receive a drink that's warm wit

I was meeting up a friend in Burnaby for lunch and we decided to go to the Cattle Cafe which was located in the space where Death By Chocolate used to be. Cattle Cafe and Cattle Hot Pot (Richmond) are sister restaurants and owned by the same person. Cattle Cafe is a Hong Kong Style cafe and is known for their noodle selection. There is a large menu with a variety of items where you can customize what type of soup noodles you want to eat. And the portions of the noodles here are huge! But unfortunately, I wasn't too hungry and my friend isn't much of a noodle person. So we didn't order any soup noodles. I would like to go back and try that one day. For lunch, I just had a luncheon meat & egg sandwich and chicken wings. I have this strange liking to Spam and egg sandwiches... My boyfriend never understood that. Maybe it's because I grew up eating it and it's comforting and reminds me of my childhood. My friend had the chicken & rice and also the chicken wings. My sandwich also came with

Cattle Cafe may sound familiar if you have been to Cattle Hot Pot in Richmond on Alexandra Road. Same company, different style of food. Cattle Cafe is a Hk style cafe serving up delicious meal…and are famous for their noodles. They are usually packed during peak hours, they have limited seating, so big groups may have to wait. Tea comes in this cute cup. I ordered a cold milk tea ($2.50) to be simple. It tasted fine as usual. M ordered the Banana Chocolate Milkshake ($4.95). You can really taste the banana and chocolate in it. It was good. M got the Curry Deep Fried Pork Chop on Rice ($8.75). Comes with 2 pieces of pork chop, rice, curry sauce and a few bits of vegetables. he liked it. I ordered the Unagi (eel) sandwich with fries ($5.75).The presentation looked normal for an HK Cafe. What puzzeled me was how could they offere an unagi sandwich for only $5. So, I opened up the sandwich and the eel does not cover 1/3 of the sandwich. I was sad because always like eating every bite wit

Our friends have suggested to have a quick meal at Cattle Cafe in Burnaby. They thought this place is one of the better places for HK-style cafe. We arrived at about 5:15pm and there was only one other table. Then, about twenty minutes later, this place w

My first visit to Cattle Cafe was pretty disappointing. The menu has a lot of dishes, most of them interesting for a Chinese restaurant. I was really considering making my own noodle combo where you can pick your base

We were there shortly after 11am, but there was already a huge lineup. My first thought was 'geeze, is it that good or does nobody sleep in anymore"

Let's see … 47 hours more to go before the project I am working on goes live. Whew. There was lot of last minute issues that we still have. Very busy since 5AM this morning. Helping the team keep calm and focus their attention to the most crucial ones is what I am gonna do. At this stage a few balls will be dropped but the team worked their butts off already. They are all committed to give their 101% and that is I can ask for. Time to let go and let the team weave their magic. All they need is for me to let them do their job … and to trust them to pull through. Am swinging into the "protect the team" mode. I just shot off a "48 Hours: The Readiness for RE030 Cutover" email as an update to management. Complex delivery with 8 teams to coordinate. Time to chill for the next hour or so. I can't go far from my desk and so just went to Cattle Cafe. This place is just 2 minutes walk away. This places sways busy during … lunch time. Always a wait. But it clears fast. You need to leave yo