Blue Ocean Vietnamese Restaurant

Really enjoyed this place. Ambient atmosphere with some catchy music. The food tasted great and the portions quite large which was an added bonus! Service was okay for the most part - we were never offered water refills etc. It was too bad that the restaurant became very, very noisy with a large group that came in and decided to take up many of the booths right in the middle of the restaurant. Only thing I would really question is having the chopsticks, soup spoons, etc in a large communal container at the table to grab from given that COVID is still present (even if COVID wasn't around who knows where people's hands have been...).

We were looking for something to eat around Chinook and I remembered there was a Vietnamese restaurant before 58 Ave (driving North on MacLeod), but it was closed so we kept going and saw a little Vietnamese restaurant in a strip mall on the west side of MacLeod and decided to go there and I'm very glad we did, because it's a real treasure! Service was great, food items were served very quickly, the portions were big, and the food was definitely delicious! I had the shrimp fried rice and my daughter had the grilled shrimp and spring roll on vermicelli and before the tip the price was less than $30, which I thought it was very reasonable. If we're around than area again, I think we'll be visiting one more time for some very yummy food!

I ordered the Wor Wonton Soup & had to stop eating it as I noticed that every piece of chicken had these gross looking grey spots that went through the chicken. To me, this was a red flag that the chicken had clearly gone bad. This was incredibly disappointing as I've ordered from here many times before. Now I'm questioning the quality of the food, and how the food is stored, prepped, & cooked. I wish I could get a refund!!

First visit, success! I ordered to start the shrimp salad rolls (I couldn’t wait to eat them 😅, so there is no photo!). I’m usually quite picky when it comes to peanut sauce, it has to taste just right (best so far is Bolsa’s - those little extra peanut chunks just do it for me but that’s besides the point). Peanut sauce 4/5 (again, just missing those peanut chunks, lol) and 5/5 for taste. Salad rolls on its own also had a good taste. Moving on to the spring rolls (I got the végétarien ones): fresh out the deep-fry is always the best! I had one, saved the rest for another time and they were still very nice to eat the next day! 6/5. And finally, I ordered a simple no meat noodle soup with satay: excellent! Broth is SO yummy! Also got to take the noodles home for leftovers. Love when you can eat some good food and make it a next meal! All for $26! The place was nice, the girls serving were very nice and accommodating!!!Def recommend for a good Vietnamese place! Cheers to the chef!

Ordered a #31, Special Vermicelli, for take out yesterday. Normally they have fairly good food but the beef in this dish was uneatable. It was all sinew. I suspect they are cutting corners by sacrificing the quality of their product. What a shame Follow up to my initial review - the money for the order was refunded by the owner