• Nhu Lan

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Take-out
Vietnamese
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Vietnamese sandwiches, could get one with tofu. Open Mon 8:00am-6:00pm, Wed-Thu 8:00am-6:00pm, Fri-Sat 8:00am-7:00pm, Sun 8:00am-6:00pm.


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13 Reviews

First Review by mariec1

meowlison

Points +228

Vegan
18 Mar 2024

Best vegan bahn mi in town!

Take out shop with the best vegan bahn mi in Chicago! Three different sandwiches, two spring roll options, cold noodle salads, vegan pho. Order your sandwiches and pho at the counter and look for spring rolls and noodle salads in the self-serve cold case. Great inexpensive, tasty, quick, to-go options.

Updated from previous review on 2018-02-13

Pros: excellent vegan bahn mi/springrolls/pho

Cons: not much of a dine-in area

diannec

Points +786

Vegan
10 Mar 2024

Crunchy fresh delicious

I’ve been told that nhu lan has the best bahn mi in the city and I finally stopped by to test the veracity of that claim. It really is delicious! Lemongrass tofu was more like seitan than tofu, and it was a delicious meal for under 10 bucks. I’ll be back to try the other vegan options and some of the really yummy looking dessert options they have!

Pros: Cheap, Fresh, Flavorful

isthatvegan

Points +53

Vegan
18 Feb 2024

5 stars

I've only had the vegan bbq banh mi so far because I keep craving it but I really need to try their other option. Their bread is so soft and easy to eat. Normally, the fact that they don't put any sauce on the sandwich would be a knock but I don't think they put it on the meat versions either so that's equality! I just put on my own when I get home and it's utopia.

Piggy

Points +406

Vegan
02 Apr 2023

Heavenly

Delectable vegan lemongrass tofu bahn mi that'll haunt your thoughts till you go back for more.

ECDLR

Points +751

Vegan
20 Jul 2022

Homemade vegan options

Walking in the smell of the fresh baked bread is amazing. There’s some grab and go options with description of everything in the food item. There are some vegan sweets and spring rolls available there. There’s multiple vegan bahn mi options made to order and smoothies that use coconut milk. The lemongrass bahn mi was pretty good. Very flavorful tofu and not fried at all. A little dry, I’d add avocado next time. I’d recommend for something quick and authentic!

Pros: List ingredients , Quick , Seasoned tofu

VegosaurusVagabond

Points +3056

Vegan
30 Dec 2021

So tasty!

Wonderful banh mi with 4 vegan options to choose from, and really great vegan pho as well. They bake their own bread and I've heard they supply the baguettes to a lot of other Vietnamese restaurants in the city, so you know it's good! Worth a visit if you're in the area!

Updated from previous review on 2021-12-30

GreenPete5

Points +68

Vegan
11 Dec 2019

Check this place out!

Great prices and vegan options! I try to get their sandwiches whenever I'm in the area. They often are out of one of the 3 options, but my main go-to is the vegan lemongrass tofu without cilantro. The spring rolls are really good too

Pros: Price, several options, good service

Cons: Often out of one of the options, Also serves meat

kozmicblues24

Points +26

Vegan
14 Oct 2019

Awesome vegan pho

Probably the best vegan pho in Chicago. They have vegan sandwiches and rolls too.

Cons: Small seating area

uptownveg

Points +17

Vegetarian
07 Apr 2019

Great vegan pho

Their vegan pho is fantastic and the broth is delicious. They have a ton of vegan and vegetarian options.

Fricka

Points +1333

Vegan
29 Dec 2018

Great vegan Pho!

Very tasty broth and enough vegan protein added. Also, they were sweet enough to give me a spring roll for free😄

DanMiller

Points +183

Vegan
26 Oct 2018

Always a good choice

Always a good choice. Vegan sandwiches are delicious, best banh mi I’ve had

PeteBull5

Points +47

Vegan
26 Mar 2016

Hits the spot

There R2 vegan sandwiches, both pretty good (but I like the lemongrass tofu the best). they also have a sweet rice & crushed almond topping dish that's really tasty. I really want to explore the other off-menu options

Pros: The prices are good enough so you can get a few sa

Cons: There could be more options, but there are languag

mariec1

Points +125

Vegan
31 Mar 2015

Great Vegan Sandwiches

Love, Love Love Nhu Lan. I don't know how they get the tofu to taste so good but they do! Try the Ginger or Lemongrass versions. Both are very tasty. Bread is fresh and the pickled daikon and jalepenos make it a delicious sandwich.
2nd location on Sheridan & Lawrence just opened a few months ago and they're doing a great job too. There's also a 3rd location on Belmont in Lakeview but haven't been there yet.
Updated from previous review on Monday March 30, 2015

Pros: Vegan Options, Inexpensive, Friendly Staff




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