Went back for lunch and it was so good! Service was a little slow but we just ordered via QR code and waved down service for more water. The noodles remain absolutely delicious. Love the unlimited noodles. Pot was also piping hot filled with ingredients. Had to take it to go and got a second meal! read more

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Service was on the slow side today even though they were staffed. We had trouble getting attention of our server to put our order down and it also took a while to get our food. Portion size was good and the soup had the perfect hot/sour taste! Recommend ordering a free extra noodle if you're hungrier or want to take some extra home!! read more

MeetRice Noodle - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

Great location within 10 minutes walk of Royal oak station and within a few minutes walk from bus stop. Th restaurant is clean and spacious with great staff that speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and English. We order a combo for one and a combo for 2 between the 3 of us with individual pot of noodle and a drink for each of us and 3 side dishes to share. Everything was delicious and the service was quick. read more

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Got the meal deal for 2 people for $63 and it was so much food. We got 2 full noodles dishes, 2 sides and 2 drinks. The broths were super delicious and packed with chicken and veggies. Really good meat to noodle ratio! The sides were quite large and we had enough to take home for another meal! This plave gets a bit busy when we were there, but we made reservations in advance. Service was super quick too read more

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I'm a big fan of soup and noodles, and Meetrice never disappoints. I usually go for their bridge noodles because it's fun adding all the toppings from the special box that comes with it. This time, we tried their 2-person set, which is currently $10 off for $62.70 and honestly, it's a great deal. It comes with 2 bowls of noodles, 2 sides, and 2 drinks, and everything felt generous and well-prepared. Their noodle soups are flavorful, comforting, and customizable, and the broth always tastes clean and rich without being overly salty. The toppings are fresh, and the noodles have that perfect chewy texture. The sides and drinks were solid additions and made the whole meal feel worth the price. If you love noodle soup as much as I do, Meetrice is definitely a spot to check out. Great portions, good value! read more

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This place is spacious and bright. The portion size is pretty big. At other places, I can usually finish a bowl of noodles but here, I couldn't. My wife took some hers back home and it was pretty much another meal for her. The service is great and when we went, there were many families with babies. I think I saw at least 5 high chairs. A good place for lunch/dinner and does get busy so recommend coming early. read more

Was in the area, and craving noodles, so Google pointed me in the direction of MeetRice. I actually really enjoyed my noodles - good portion size, there was much more meat than I had expected, it was freaking delicious, and I had so much broth that I had enough to make another bowl of noodles the next day! I'd totally come here again. read more

MeetRice Noodle - Tomato treasure box beef noodle - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

It was late on a Sunday morning and we had originally wanted to go to Denny's for breakfast but Denny's had a ridiculously long lineup so we ended up here. This place was very empty when we arrived. It got busier though towards the end of our meal. I honestly find the menu a bit confusing at this place. There are meals which involved "Step1, Step 2...etc." Some of it involves choosing your broth but I found it difficult to figure out what kind of broths they were even serving. Hubby had been here previously so I let him take care of the ordering. You can call a server over and order from them or you can scan the QR code and order from your phone. Hubby chose to order from his phone. They give you paper cups and bowls for eating from which is not very environmentally friendly. Don't understand why they don't just use reusable cups and bowls. We had some kind of snakehead fish (hubby says this place is famous for their snakehead fish) dish with Sour soup (I think), and another dish with regular fish in a Mushroom broth. Also ordered some deep fried squid and pumpkin cakes. The squid was very nicely done, and I quite enjoyed the pumpkin cakes as well. I was a bit put off to discover pieces of meat in both our soup dishes. I'm pescatarian and I normally don't eat things that have been cooked together with meat. I was too hungry to care about it on this occasion though, so just made sure not to eat the chunks of meat and ate/drank everything else. Really wish the menu would have been more descriptive so that we would have known that there would be meat in the dishes. The Sour soup was quite spicy. It had a nice flavor to it but just a lot spicier than I'd have liked it to be. Preferred the non spicy Mushroom Broth dish. If you have no issues with meat, the food here is quite tasty and it's a great place to go if you need food to warm your belly. read more

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this place is known for their nice noodle dishes and for a good reason! their noodles were so bouncy and chewy, perfect with the soup broth. i got the tomato rice noodle with beef and it was chefs kiss. the broth was slightly sour acidic which paired nicely with the toppings. this place was extremely busy so you need to make a reservation to get a seat. service was fast and attentive. i loved this spot! read more

MeetRice Noodle - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

The restaurant was quite busy on a weeknight evening with both regular customers and take-out orders. It had a busy and bustling ambiance that made it feel more casual. The menus were a little confusing though. We were given a dry-erase marker to use on a regular paper/plastic menu but the options to check off the boxes didn't always work if we wanted 2 bowls of noodles from the same page. There was also an online order option that also was slightly confusing since we couldn't choose our protein options. We eventually ordered and got our meals without issues thankfully. I chose the Fish Maw Chicken Rice Noodle ($21.95) and all the meals come with unlimited rice noodles. I quite enjoyed my bowl actually. It came out pretty hot and the noodles were such a nice chewy texture. My bowl was full of basa fish and fish maw, I was surprised at the quantity of toppings. The broth was rich and flavourful. Yum. We did ask for some small bowls so the soup could cool down faster and it would be easier to eat but they only had take-out containers. It was kind of funny to use since the spoons were so big and we had to be careful not to topple the bowl/container. Lastly the server also made a mistake with our bill but it was quickly corrected once pointed out by us. They didn't charge us for a takeout container afterwards also. Overall, a decent experience and I would likely return! read more

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Tried this place for the first time. Service was quick & friendly and dishes were hit and flavourful. I enjoyed the Signature White Pepper Rice Noodle with beef. Yummy! Would come back. read more

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Service here is quick and friendly, ambiance is casual family style, I really enjoyed the soup and taste of the marinated items highly recommend the soups cause so comforting and the portions are massive. Chicken nuggets are delicious read more

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Delicious noodle spot in Burnaby that serves up huge portions of slurpable noodles in piping hot soups that are perfect for this weather. We ordered the Fish Maw Chicken Soup and it was filled with chunks of chicken and fish maw in a warm and hearty soup. Like chicken noodle soup but asian style, it also came with some different veggies such as black fungus, spinach and corn. With similar ingredients but different presentation, we got the treasure box rice noodle which let you put in all the ingredients yourself and came with a tomato based soup. Although I preferred the chicken soup, the tomato flavour was very strong and the bowl was packed with slices of beef. The surprising favourite of the day was their chicken nuggets. A huge portion of lightly battered chicken chunks that were both flavourful and crispy. I couldn't stop eating these! The service is very fast and the food comes extremely quickly but they are very nice and get you what you need. Overall, a great experience and great prices for noodles in the area! read more

Very well priced, with bottomless noodles. I was happily surprised how much meat they put in, which made it feel as if I got incredible value for money eating here! read more

MeetRice Noodle - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

If you get their VIP card (a card with loaded money), then you get get buy 1 get 1 50% off noodle bowls on tuesdays. You can load any amount but must pay with that card in order to get the VIP benefits. So far I've tried the tomato and the original chicken broth. Tomato hands down was the best. So flavorful. The chicken was rather bland. If you dine in you can request extra bowls of noodles but be careful, one bowl is quite big. One was enough to share between 2 people. They give loats of meat (I choose the fatty beef) but I feel like they can do better with more veggies. Only a few pieces of spinach, 3 wood ear mushrooms, a tablespoon of corn, 3 small pieces of tofu sheets. It also includes 1 shrimp and 1 fishfu. Their snacks are also quite big for the price. read more

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Upon arriving at this restaurant, staff are very quick to seat you and give you a large sheet with soup base options. I admit the sheet was quite overwhelming, as it didn't break down the different types of soup very well. (I was expecting Deer Garden level of paper, but this one was massive and repetitive.) My partner and I also couldn't figure out how to write down 2 orders of the same soup base, but the staff had a method - after we had to ask. I ordered the tomato soup base with sliced beef and added on sliced fish. It came very quickly, and piping hot! The tomato soup was good, but not the best I've had. I would have liked more depth in flavour for the soup. The meat and vegetable toppings were a great portion - I ordered 1 more noodle refill (which is unlimited) to balance out my noodle to topping ratio. There is a sauce bar in the back (which staff did not tell me about; I found out by looking at other customers) with cilantro, green onion, and chili oil. I would visit again, perhaps trying their location on Main street. read more

MeetRice Noodle - Tomato soup base with sliced beef - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

This is a good noodle soup option in the area. This is chain serving crossing-the-bridge noodles for those who are familiar with the style. Basically, it is a bowl of pipping hot soup with choice of meat and broth with vegetables, other meat ingredients and rice noodles. The ingredients are already added in when the bowl is served to us. Other restaurants would serve the ingredients on the side and you add the ingredients into the bowl yourself. There is a self-service section for condiments to add to your bowl such as cilantro, green onion and sauces. Lastly, you can ask for another side of extra noodles if you are still hungry. Service was fast and efficient. Restaurant was clean and tidy. My only concern is the parking situation in the area can be a bit challenging when it is busy, but there is metered street parking in front of the building. read more

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Hunger MEET noodle soups... There really is something about this place that keeps me coming back. For sure it's not the service or the vibe... maybe because I just have a thing for HOT soups? Whatever the reason is, I have been back here about a dozen of times now in the last year or so? And honestly I seldom repeat a place more than a couple of times unless it's overall really that good. Anyways here were the noodle soups I ordered; 1. Champion pork bone broth rice noodle soup. The soup came extremely hot and it stayed hot throughout most of duration of the dining experience because of the pot it came in, therefore be careful. As for the ingredients, they all came with the basics; spam, spinach, fish tofu, quail egg, pickled veggies, choice of meat (beef, chicken, lamb, pork), tofu skin, corn, fungus. I added a fried egg on top. As for the pork bone broth, it was tasty! 2. Fish maw and chicken broth noodle soup. Everything was the same, just different broth. The broth itself was okay but I personally preferred the pork bone broth more. Overall the atmosphere here was pretty casual. It kind of reminded me for a second that I was in northern China enjoying a hot bowl of noodle soup during the cold season. (yeah another trip to China is long overdue). The service was pretty basic but quite friendly. There is a self serve little counter closer to the back for extra condiments if needed (a lot of people don't know that). As for the food, the soups were always hot and tasty. The portion was quite generous and surely more than enough to get most people full, if not, ask for a free refill on the noodles. I also enjoy the variety of soup bases and their extensive menu for other dishes. Affordable eats and perfect match during a cold day; Hunger MEETS Noodle soup!?! read more

MeetRice Noodle - Fish maw chicken broth rice noodle soup - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

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Chinese soup noodles with unlimited refills. Chairman Mao would be proud. Parking is available in the secret hidden lot behind the building, accessible from Royal Oak. It looks like a random back alley. Otherwise, there is also free parking on the side streets, mostly past W side of Royal Oak. Be sure to write your license plate on the menu so they know not to tow. The inside is definitely on the ghetto side. Some renovations have been made, but 1/3 of the restaurant seems to double as a storage area, completely filled with boxes. In other words, this places has the authentic cramped Asian feel. Staff are friendly and helpful. There are probably at least 15 flavours of soup available. I just sat there and stared. The menu (order form) is a long double sided sheet that must have 8 or so pages worth of stuff. To be honest they could've packed the menu onto a large sheet (much like Deer Garden) as the toppings were repeated, but this thing is impressive. Oh, and did I mention this place has unlimited noodle refills? Puts all the other noodle places (such as ramen) to shame. The soup noodles here are pretty solid. The bowl is definitely larger than the competition, and the nice solid bowl keeps the soup hot/warm for much longer. As of the time of writing I've tried the Champion noodle soup and beef ribs noodle soup. Both are super tasty, and they don't skimp out on the meat. Also don't forget to load up on the toppings such as cilantro and green onions. There is a toppings station near the back of the dining area. Ingredients weren't super fresh, but oh well. Pro tip - don't eat all the goodies out of the soup too soon. Load up on the noodles while slowly eating the goodies. Finish your last noodle refill before emptying out the soup at the very end. This chain is a Chinese franchise, and each location is individually owned and slightly different from the others. As of the time of writing, there are 3 locations in the city. This location a) uses the large order form, and b) serves noodles refills in disposable plastic tubs. I think I have found my new go-to place for noodle fixes. Recommended. read more

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Found this place on a whim late night dinner ordered the pickled cabbage fish rice dish. Tasty hit the spot for a chilly night. read more

MeetRice Noodle - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

Food is very good. But but tomatoes back on the brisket dish or atleast offer it as an option.

Great place to get some great comfort hot food. Pretty cheap for the price and get unlimited noodles so very worth it. Got the black pepper and mala based and they were both superb. Wanting to try the tomato based hot pot next time. The chicken nuggets was quite good too. Definitely recommended for a comfort hot food if you are around looking for hot food. read more

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I love the various options they have for the broth! It is definitely a filling meal and I always end up packing home a container.

They food was delicious and had a very nice fragrance to it! The service was amazing and kind. They had all of the utensils set on the table, ready for the next customers. I think that this place is really underrate and more people should go! read more

I did not have any high expectation for this restaurant. They are definitely a one star restaurant. We tried their original soup. It is just meh. You are paying for the experience not really the food. You get this whole platter of condiments that you put YOURSELF into the soup. Yes you are kinda semi cooking the noodle at your own pace. The nice thing, the pot is hot all the time and keeps your soup hot. Their condiments platter looks like its prepped a day before and refrigerated - and theres flowers, like actual flowers...and smells nice too but too weird for me. Anyways, this is a one stop try restaurant for me. Try at your risk. And BTW, not only its debit or cash only.. you also cannot split bill because... the server told me they are way too BUSY (NO. THEY ARE NOT BUSY) THEN they told me it is illegal for their restaurant to split bill. LOL. BAD FOOD + BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE = DO NOT GO HERE, YOU'RE WELCOME. read more

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Wanted to try this place out since all the other restaurant were quite busy. I had tried the boiling point many times before and wanted something new. The parking around the area can be unusually hard to find and during the lunch and dinner. The is close to kingsway and royal oak. The seating was very easy to obtain. I had order the tomato soup with beef. In my opinion - This noodle bowl was very simple and lacked flare. The items inside were not as plentiful as boiling point. I believe the contents in this noodle bowl lacked contents - however the soup is flavourful. This order was not special and unique compared to other places. Service wise the waitress never came back and check how we were doing, if we were ok with our food. This felt more like a self serve restaurant. In short I would go to the other neighbouring restaurants. read more

MeetRice Noodle - Tomato beef with noodles - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

As their only location in Vancouver, this is as plain as 'flagship' goes. Highlight, for me anyway, is the unlimited free noodle refills, though you'll probably run out of soup after the first refill. Taste-wise they're quite similar to other Yunnan noodle soup places. However, their single chili logo on the menu, which i suppose indicates a milder spice level, is totally misleading as it is HOTTT... read more

MeetRice Noodle - Your paradise in a 'bolw' ? - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

I was intrigued by the new restaurant that recently replaced the old Au Wing Kee on Kingsway in Burnaby... their large picture window allowing me to see the bright and modern interior was a big change. I finally had the chance to drop by for a visit in February but I had a bit of difficulty when I actually arrived at their door. Tentatively looking in through their door, it almost seemed like I was walking into a book store. I did a double-take and then walked in further where I finally saw the interior of the restaurant. Their front alcove/waiting area really puts out a book store/travel agency vibe. Their specialty seems to be Chinese rice noodle soups. I wound up ordering the Spicy Beef Rice Noodle lunch special ($12.95). They also have a version that you can order which comes with all of the ingredients in a wooden box where you cook the items yourself in a piping hot bowl of soup. Seems interesting but I wasn't in the mood to cook myself so I just stuck with the cheaper lunch version. This bowl of rice noodles is fairly large and comes with thin and fatty strips of beef, corn, black and white fungus, veggies, bean curd sheets, luncheon meat slices, a quail egg, couple of pieces of baby shrimp and a fish-shaped fishcake in a tomato-based broth. Contrary to the name, the soup isn't overly spicy but it does have a bit of spicy/sour flavour to it. I found the ingredients were fairly meh... especially the beef which wasn't very tender. The best item in this bowl was actually the fish-shaped fishcake. A fairly standard Chinese noodle soup place that only accepts cash or debit. read more

MeetRice Noodle - Spicy Beef Rice Noodle - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

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This is a new noodle place with a trendy interior and it sells the idea that the ingredients come in a pretty wooden box. They give one box for each table, because it's here just so we can take photos right? Actually presenting every set of ingredients with the box would be a waste of space. We got the original and the pork bone soup. The soup base was okay and there was nothing special. *We came here for the aesthetics really, and that it wasn't far. If you don't care about how the meal is presented (or the fun part of arranging it yourself to make it nice) and rather have it come cooked like a regular noodles, it's not the place for you. **And yeah, no credit cards. read more

MeetRice Noodle - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

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This is the average simple Chinese noodle soup place. You order a soup base, get the noodles on the side. Plus all the varieties little dishes you can put in. Tomato soup was good and had more taste compared to my friends bland simple one. Really enjoyed the books that were displayed. Makes the place look more relaxing. The only reason why I'm on here to give a 5 star is because of the customer service. I accidentally left my money that I just got from the bank (it was quite big amount of money). Forgot all about the money for the entire day. When I do remember, I called them and asked if they found money in an envelope. Thankfully they did and held it on for me. I even tried to tip them some money when I got there. They wouldn't accept it no matter what I said. 5 star for the boss hiring the right and humble employees! read more

MeetRice Noodle - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

Interior is nicely decorated. This place is cash or debit only so make sure you bring some cash. Ordered the tomato soup based beef noodles. Comes with a wooden box with a lot of toppings where you just toss in to the boiling soup. The noodles were pretty good but it doesn't have flavour to it and you have to let it sit in the broth. The tomato broth was pretty good and I enjoyed it. The broth has more fresh tomato taste to it compare to other crossbridge noodle places. It's priced a little higher than other places, but it wasn't too far off from other places. I would come back if I am in the area craving tomato broth noodles again. Good and friendly service. I would recommend if you are looking for chinese crossbridge noodles in the area. read more

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Over priced for what you get. 3 leaves of spinach ? A few pieces of this a few pieces of that, total 8 small dishes of this and that. Everything is extra $$$. Left disappointed and hungry. I have lived in this area for over 40 years and our whole entire family will miss Au Wing Kee. That's the first thing my mom said after eating here. You are better off going to Crystal Mall paying less than $10.00 with more noodles with meat and all the fixins. Be prepared to spend at least $20.00 per person after tip and tax for a bowl of noodles with meat. NO THANK YOU!!! This place will not last long in this area there is too many good places to choose from. Can't wait to see who will go in this location next, I hope it's a good wonton house that serves the best wonton noodles ever! read more

Really average food here. There are some free parking spaces in the back but it was full when we arrived. Everything was really just OK. Probably wouldn't come back. I would say it is pretty pricey for what it offers compared to competition in the area. read more

A chain from China that's bringing over their noodle franchise. Not much English explanation of how to order. Basically, you pick your soup base and any extra toppings. The toppings are presented on your table in a box. Unfortunately, instructions are in Chinese. One thing that's not mentioned on the menu is the noodles are unlimited. Overall, the soup broth is tasty and portions are generous. read more

MeetRice Noodle - Toppings for your soup - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

Not enough green for the price. No service restaurant. Please don't add chicken powder added to soup. read more

I have no clue why this place is getting so much hate. My boyfriend and I stumbled across this place on its opening day and decided to give it a try instead of flocking to Boiling Point as usual. The selling point of this store is that with each noodle order, customers are provided with a (mysterious) wooden box filled with various ingredients. There is instruction in Chinese inside the box (excuse my semi-illiteracy in Chinese) on the order to add things. Since the instructions did not match the ingredients provided, I ended up just tossing everything in. I was later told by a waiter that seafood should always be added first, which makes sense in retrospect. [Positives] The interiors are beautifully decorated to provide a pleasant atmosphere for dining. Ordering is done by checking off the desired items on a colored menu printed on high-quality paper (I initially thought it was a bit excessive, but hey, it looks nice!). The steaming hot and flavorful soup was definitely the highlight of the experience. And although the meal is pricey, you can get free refills on noodles. Lastly, the owner seemed nice and asked for feedback to improve the place. [Negatives] The portions of meat and vegetables were quite small, which did not justify the high cost. One of the two soup noodles ordered was served with very little soup, which was anti-climatic. The noodle was also not very well cooked, as a chunk in the middle was somewhat hardened and dry. It could be due to noodles being served dry in a bowl instead of in the soup. Overall, the store could use a bit more consistency in the food served. I would also say that despite the cost of taking credit card, it is very much a necessity since many of us don't carry cash or use debit card. read more

atmosphere: the place is traditional yet stylish but not pretentious. price: market value. cash only. customer service: friendly but it took us a while to get served and even acknowledged which was a bit irritating. i wanted to leave but my girlfriend was insistent on staying. food: i actually had high hopes for this place as well as my girlfriend given the decor and thought that this would be a good place but the food said otherwise. we had a noodle soup dish that was mostly diy which was okay nothing to write home about. read more

My friend and I were here and we really liked it. We had the original noodles. The staff was friendly and helped us with the menu. Will be back to try other items. read more

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New restaurant. I had reasonable expectation before coming here. The kids running this restaurant can barely create a proper restaurant name let alone cook. Parking was annoying. Expensive trash that I wont even feed to my dog. Its too salty and filled with msg in the broth of noodle soup. The way they serve the noodle soup by separating soup and vegis with other side junk is tacky and lame....oh wait they charge extra for some paper thin meat. The server constantly hover around each table trying to remove the plates before we are done. Overall bland and lacks any authentic flavor. Try at your own risk...Be ready to break the bank for this cheap yet expensive and unsatisfying meal. They should open this restaurant on April fools day. Burnaby deserves much much better. Instead go get fast food. You're welcome. read more

Bad service, mandatory tip. Couldn't merge bill. Slow service. Plastic cups. $14 noodles for only 1 1/2 serving of noodles Highly do not recommend this place read more