MRKT East — Restaurant in Vancouver

I ordered a Chicken Chow Mein which wasn't bad but wasn't amazing but the reason for the low ratings is the lack of condiments.

You'd think a place with Asian food would have chili oil. The worst part is that they do have chili oil but it's for display purposes only. There's jars under the coffee/water station but they're only for decoration. They have Louisiana Hot Sauce in packets instead.

The next worst part is that there's chili oil in the house at KOI so it's not even a new inventory item for the building. They just don't offer it.

TBH I don't understand the concept. There's KOI on Level 3 that has quite a number of the same items yet somehow does it better. There's the 24/7 eats with similar items as well. I don't know why this exists. They should have made it a whole new concept instead of half assing the same menu items from different shops in the same building.

Service was counter service so I can't complain. Atmosphere looks the exact same as it did before.

Oh and I get that you're not allowed plastic forks but I went through 4 paper forks eating a single chow mein. If you're gonna offer a metal bowl why not offer metal forks? Why...

Very disappointed. Most items on your menu are either already available at KOI or actually Western food (cheeseburger/hotdog/fries...really? I thought MrktEast is all about Asian dishes). Would be nice if you offer something different such as sushi, bibimbap, japchae, indian curry, laksa, hainanese chicken, pho, padthai, satay...etc.

Ordered the BBQ pork rice bowl to go, and it is tiny, never seen an "entree" dish such small portion. I am a skinny small built girl who doesn't eat much but was still left hungry after this.

Pork overall is fatty and the meat is dried up dark brown. Portion is below average. Rice is too dry (maybe the paper container absorbed the moisture?). Portion is VERY MUCH below average, only about 1/3 of a standard Chinese plain rice...

I am really not too sure how this place stays open. They have interesting hours and not a lot of specials. The portions aren’t huge - I have no qualms against the food, but the prices are the worst. A lot of the food is self serve where you are given a buzzer to pick up my food and whenever I am at the casino, this place is always empty. I think that the prices are outrageous for what is being offered and where. it should be more food court like with accessible pricing. Weird ambience here too and the music was like loud but also inaudible so it was...