Wah Yuen Noodle House

Reviews

• Andrew F.

  star star star star star_border 27 May 2026

  -It's cheap and hits all the essentials-
  
  For wonton and congee, look no further.
  This place is nothing to look at, it's simply a food court congee noodle joint.
  
  Preserved egg and pork congee. Pretty big bowl of congee, but not a lot of ingredients in it to be honest.  However it does the trick for the congee fix.
  
  Supreme soya noodles. It's a small plate of noodles for under $3. It's simple and tasty.
  
  The menu items and cost are the highlights here.

• Halei J.

  star star star star_border star_border 23 May 2026

  This place is in Yaohan Centre. It's a cool little spot for noodles and congee. I've been here years ago but haven't been here for a while. I usually order the shui gaw and noodles, the price is decent and the food is pretty consistent.  Unlike the Parker Place Mall food court there is usually lots of tables to sit at. The only downside I would say is that it doesn't matter when you come here, the parking is horrendous......

• Byron C.

  star star star star_border star_border 13 May 2026

  3.4 Stars
  
  Free parking in the Yaohan Center lot, but you have to deal with the Richmond drivers.
  
  Came in around 12:30pm on Saturday.  This stand was the busiest one out of the whole food court.  
  
  Ordered:
  Beef tendon/ brisket wonton noodle soup - good flavour, but found the portion size kind of small.
  
  Beef rice roll - very good, made to order.
  
  Service was good, food took awhile because of the rice roll (made to order)
  
  Overall Experience:
  Service - 8/10
  Cleanliness - 5.5/10
  Food - 7.5/10
  Value - 6.8/10
  Parking - 8.3/10

• Stan Y.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 12 May 2026

  It's sad to see that your favorite restaurant starting cut corners, knowing it will just go downhill from here.
  
  The place had been my most fav congee location in Richmond for last ten years. Every time I drove up from Seattle to Richmond, I always visited it for a bowl of heartwarming Hong Kong style congee. It's hard to make daily food great, but they sure did it.
  
  Unfortunately, not anymore.
  
  At my most recent visit to the place, the experience was very disappointing. The delicacy pieces in the congee was significantly smaller than before, the flavor was very plain, and some condiments on top the congee were gone. The quality difference with the ones I had before were so big, I had to check with my wife to see if her bowl of congee was better. She felt the same way too.
  
  I'm not sure what had happened. Last time I visited the store was 2014 April and the congee was still great, but now it's below average. Did they change owner or started cutting costs? I would never know because most likely I won't visit them again.
  
  It's simply sad to see a favorite restaurant used to providing great food starting to fall apart.

• Simon K.

  star star star star star_border 8 May 2026

  I have always just known this place for congee, and have never tempted their noodle offerings. It is in their name... 'noodle house', I was needing a bite, I was in the one food court where you're going to get ok food... and I had no clue what the hell to order. After much pacing I stood in front of here and looked at the menu... and decided on a bowl of wonton noodle with beef balls and wonton. I put my order in... $6.50 and waited at a table in the food court while this was being cooked up.
  
  I decided to look at the whole process before sitting down.... and when the order was placed.. the noodles went into the big brothed wok. It was like watching something out of an HK noodle shop... and this is in the food court.. taking care to drop and raise the noodles and cooking them the way they have been doing it here for what looks like an eternity. I eventually sat down, and in no time the guy who took my order called me order to get my food.
  
  Standard Chinese food court issue, white plastic throwaway bowl (thank goodness no styrofoam!), disposable wooden chopsticks (that you don't have to snap in half... the better ones), plastic soup spoon.. and I was off.... but wait.. I need my chili oil... rest assured this place has you covered.. as right no the side of where you order your food.... there are sauces and little sauce container's to take what you want and go find your seat.
  
  While examining my bowl.. the hot steam was definitely rising.. and the bowl was packed on top.. broth and 4 floating beef balls also 4 good size wontons, couldn't even see the noodles that were supposedly in there. I dug through the balls and wontons.. and broth.. and found the freshly cooked wonton noodles. They were very thin, none of the noodle strands were sticking together to eachother, there was enough chew to it... I was impressed. The beef balls had a great chew.. almost like Vietnamese beef balls.... and the wontons.. they were quite nice... pure shrimp.. no hints of any pork holding it together... not your big one piece shrimps, but a few small ones making up the wonton.... I caught one with a bit of shell on it.. but other than that.. they tasted pretty good.
  
  I was actually full after the bowl.. some of you may not.. but what you are getting is restaurant quality noodles from a small food court stall, not bad I say... a 3.5.. sometimes better, with a pretty good menu of noodles and congee.. and also the Chinese donut.. if you need that on the side. If your looking for this kind of food.... this is definitely the stall to visit if you don't need a restaurant to sit in. It's been a few years since I have been back... and it's still here... so the next time you are in Yaohan Centre.... and have a craving for this kind of thing... you know where.