Au Petit Café - Vancouver

Without a doubt one of the best places in Vancouver for banh mi and pho as well.

Finally got the chance to swing by Au PetitFirst thing I noticed was that they were not Vietnamese, owners are definitely Chinese.

Au Petit Cafe is a small restaurant in Vancouver on Main StreetThe prices are reasonable and the service was amazing.

As expected, always got a line up for this pho restaurant. Despite its tiny shop layout, it's always packed. The food is great. We ordered two small bowls of beef pho and half an order of spring rolls with a cold Drip coffee and lemon tea. And the bill is around $31.xx Canadian. For hygiene wise, I found that the place is a bit run down. And the floor below us is always wet with tissues around. Having said that, the raw beef was super tender!

Was in a bit of a rush as mom and I missed lunch at noon-ish. Wanted something quick and could not sit down for late lunch. Decided on banh-mi sammy and shrimp salad roll. Thought it was quick, can eat on the run, sorta but still would've preferred pho. Anyways, rolled into restaurant ~3:05pm. Pretty full and I bee-lined it to the counter to order take-out. Waited...and waited...and waited...till ~3:40pm.....and 3-4 tables later!! One of which ordered and received the same shrimp salad roll that I ordered. Manager/cashier said that I need to call ahead of time on my next visit if I wanted the roll, as if it was my fault for having to wait as..."it takes time to hand roll". Hmmmmm....maybe need to stay and sit down for food for better service?? Banh-mi was good though = fresh ingredients and bread (but a bit pricey at ~$8) and shrimp salad roll was fresh too but peanut sauce a bit runny for my tastes and lacked the chunkiness from the peanut bits that I enjoy (my subjective I guess). May come back to try the pho....maybe.