In the mood for sushi? Go to Van's. Moo Goo Gai Pan? Try Van's. Spring rolls? Van's. This multi-faceted restaurant in old Alamo Heights deftly blends Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese cuisine in an unhurried atmosphere. Van's serves a steady business rush at lunch and draws a crowd as varied as its dinner menu. The mostly nondescript décor is made interesting by a wall of wine bottles offset by a fish ...
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The Scene Mrs. Van's restaurant has garnered a large local following here, including the Alamo Heights set, office lunchers, students and members of the arts and culture crowd. Children delight at the large fish tank that runs the length of one wall. Adults ogle the other walls, lined with wine bottles--one of many areas in which Van's excels. Van's diners are as varied as its divergent ...
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Posted by Citysearch
on April 03, 2008, (Edited August 18, 2003)
I have eaten plenty of vietnamese food in my lifetime and I have to say Van's is not true to vietnamese cuisine. I ordered several of there noodle soups and the ingredients are wrong. They must put in carrots and celery just as a filler. Who has ever heard of Pho with carrots and celery? They also do not put out the right condiments for the soup. The lunch menu is so so, not much different from ...
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Frommer's guide recommened Van's, but when I drove by the first time I wanted to keep driving!Our server recommended two very delicious dishes from the encyclopedia of a menu, a chicken and vegetables dish made of crisp, fresh veggies and a light sauce and shrimp tempura. The two negatives were the filthy fishtank and the fact that with hundreds of bottles of wine they still charge $7 for a tiny glass ...
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The exterior of the building is rundown, but the interior is nicer. The most prominent feature of the interior was the vast wine collection, set off by the large, empty, filthy aquarium with a hamster ball sitting in the bottom.
Our waiter seemed to be marginally familiar of the VAST menu, however, our glasses were routinely empty, and he made more than one mistake with our order.
The menu was large ...
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