Crab Hot Lau

Crab Hot Lau Visit us and discover the rich culinary heritage of Northern Vietnam. COME & TRY 🦀

07/15/2026

Some bowls comfort you. This one stays with you.

Phở Sườn Bò begins with a slow-braised beef short rib, simmered until it yields effortlessly with every bite. Served in a traditional clay pot, the meat continues to soak in a clear, aromatic bone broth that has been patiently prepared to let every ingredient speak for itself.

This is Northern Vietnamese pho at its most refined. The broth is clean, delicate, and deeply satisfying, allowing the richness of the beef to shine without overpowering it.

Simple. Honest. Timeless.

One signature pho. One unforgettable bowl.

📍2993 Granville St
📍2141 Kingsway
📍2192 Western Pkwy

07/02/2026

Before there were more locations, there was Kingsway.

This is where Crab Hot Lau first opened its doors, creating a place where families, friends, and neighbours could gather around the table to share good food and even better conversations.

Our signature Crab Hot Pot is still at the heart of every meal, alongside favourites like our comforting Rib Phở, crispy Square Crab Spring Rolls, and so many of the family recipes lovingly passed down through generations. Every dish carries a story, a tradition, and a taste of home.

Whether you’re sharing a cozy booth or filling a round table with the people you love most, Kingsway has always been about bringing everyone together, one meal at a time.

If you’ve been with us since the beginning, thank you for being part of our story. And if it’s your first visit, welcome home.

📍 Crab Hot Lau – Kingsway
2141 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC

There are two parts to every claypot rice.The first is what’s on top: your choice of savoury toppings, resting over a be...
06/25/2026

There are two parts to every claypot rice.

The first is what’s on top: your choice of savoury toppings, resting over a bed of fragrant rice that slowly absorbs every drop of flavour as it cooks in the claypot.

Then comes everyone’s favourite part.

As the pot is scraped, the golden layer of crispy rice at the bottom cracks into irresistible bites. Smoky, crunchy, and caramelized by the heat of the claypot, it’s the part everyone reaches for first.

Some might call it the best bite in the pot. We certainly won’t argue.

📍2993 Granville St
📍2141 Kingsway
📍2192 Western Pkwy

06/20/2026

Our Black Pepper Steak Bánh Mì has quickly become our most requested sandwich since we launched our program.

Each order begins with tender steak seared in a hot wok with freshly cracked black pepper, then layered into a crisp bánh mì with house-pickled vegetables, cucumber, cilantro, and our signature sauce.

The bread has always mattered to us. Cherry’s husband’s family was in the bánh mì bread business in Vietnam, where an understanding of texture, structure, and freshness was passed down through generations. It’s a small detail, but one that continues to shape how we think about every sandwich we serve.

Prepared to order, balanced in texture, and made with the same attention to detail that has kept it a guest favourite from the beginning.

📍 Granville — 2993 Granville St
📍 Kingsway — 2141 Kingsway
📍 UBC — 2192 Western Parkway

06/17/2026

These Vietnamese spots are the best in the city for 2026.

06/13/2026

Vancouver has the World Cup. You bring the fans. We’ll take care of the food.

Order ahead and pick up/deliver from Granville, Kingsway, or UBC before the match starts.

A table filled with Nem Cua Biển (Square Crab Spring Rolls), Chả Mực (Ha Long Squid Cake), and steaming bowls of Bánh Đa Cua Đồng beats cooking on game day.

Gather your crew, choose your team, and enjoy match day the Northern Vietnamese way.

🏆 Vancouver’s Best Vietnamese Restaurant — Two Years Running

📍 Granville — 2993 Granville St
📍 Kingsway — 2141 Kingsway
📍 UBC — 2192 Western Parkway

06/09/2026

A quick stop after work. A friends’ gathering that turns into dinner. A bubble tea run that somehow becomes snacks, bánh mì, and one more round for the table.

That’s exactly what our Happy Hour menu is for.

Join us every weekday from 3–5pm and after 8pm for a selection of customer favourites at special pricing.

🍴 $10 Eats
• Chicken Wings
• Salad Rolls
• Spring Rolls
• Bánh Mì Pâté & Egg
• Bánh Mì Lemongrass Chicken

🥤 $5 Drinks
• Vietnamese Iced Coffee
• Bubble Tea

Come for Happy Hour, stay a little longer. Catch up with friends, share a few plates, and settle in for a meal if the conversation keeps going.

Available at all locations!

05/27/2026

A little story behind one of our diners’ favourite dishes, from our very own Chef Cherry. ❤️

“Every time I make our crab spring rolls, it brings me back home to Hải Phòng, the coastal city where I grew up.

Back home, we call this dish “Nem Cua Bể,” our traditional Hải Phòng crab spring rolls. The filling is classic to where I’m from — pork, shrimp, crab, shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, glass noodles, egg, and bean sprouts. In Hải Phòng, we keep the filling focused on the seafood and texture rather than adding lots of vegetables. Simple ingredients, carefully balanced.

When I moved to Vancouver, I never expected to find seafood that reminded me so much of home. Then I discovered fresh BC crab. The sweetness, firmness, and freshness immediately connected me back to the flavours I grew up with beside the ocean.

Over time, these spring rolls became a reflection of both places that shaped me, Hải Phòng and BC. I still import the traditional rice paper wrapper from Vietnam because it fries lighter and crispier the way we do it back home, but the crab itself here is truly incredible.

One of the best compliments I receive is hearing visitors from Hải Phòng tell me these rolls remind them of home… and sometimes even say they love the crab here more.

Every crab spring roll we serve carries a little piece of my story with it.”

📍 Granville - 2993 Granville St
📍 Kingsway - 2141 Kingsway
📍 UBC - 2192 Western Pkwy

Some dishes don’t need introduction. They just need time, and the right hands.Pork belly braised low and slow. A single ...
04/24/2026

Some dishes don’t need introduction. They just need time, and the right hands.

Pork belly braised low and slow. A single egg, steeped in the same rich sauce until it’s deep and savory all the way through. Steamed claypot rice underneath, pressed warm against everything above it.

This is Northern Vietnamese home cooking. The kind a grandmother makes without measuring anything.

Come as you are. Bring an appetite.

📍 Granville - 2993 Granville St
📍 Kingsway - 2141 Kingsway

Every dish at Crab Hot Lau traces back to one person.Chef Cherry Pham ❤️Her recipes. Her standards. Her kitchens, across...
04/19/2026

Every dish at Crab Hot Lau traces back to one person.

Chef Cherry Pham ❤️

Her recipes. Her standards. Her kitchens, across all three locations.

She didn’t bring Hải Phòng cooking to Vancouver just to hand it off. The fish cake, the square crab spring rolls, the broths that take hours to build, these are her work, shaped by her hands and her memory, and she stays closely involved in every kitchen that brings them to life.

Because this kind of cooking is about care, time, and doing things the way they’re meant to be done.

If you’ve ever wondered what that really tastes like, you’ll find it here.

📍 Granville - 2993 Granville St
📍 Kingsway - 2141 Kingsway
📍 UBC - 2192 Western Pkwy

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2141 Kingsway
Vancouver, BC
V5N2T4

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 10:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 10:30pm
Thursday 9:30pm - 10:30pm
Friday 10am - 2am
Saturday 10am - 2am
Sunday 10am - 1am

Telephone

+16044233633

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