Rose VL Deli | |
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Restaurant information | |
Food type | Vietnamese |
Street address | 6424 Southeast Powell Boulevard |
City | Portland |
County | Multnomah |
State | Oregon |
Postal/ZIP Code | 97206 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 45°29′50″N122°35′48″W / 45.4972°N 122.5967°W |
Rose VL Deli is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is related to sibling establishments Ha VL and Annam VL (2023).
Rose VL Deli is a Vietnamese restaurant in southeast Portland's Foster-Powell neighborhood. The restaurant is located in a strip mall and the interior has been described as "cheerfully purple-and-white". [1]
The menu includes noodles (including cao lầu), [2] soups, [3] bánh mì, and coffee (including Vietnamese iced coffee). [4] [5] Soup options vary depending on the day; varieties include chicken curry, crabflake, [6] fishcake, [7] and turmeric noodle. [1]
Christina Ha Luu and William Vuoung opened Rose VL Deli in 2015. [8] [4] The restaurant began serving lunch in 2016. [9] In 2019, Rose VL Deli began operating on Sundays and not on Thursdays. [10] The restaurant operated via take-out at times, during the COVID-19 pandemic. [11]
Rose VL Deli is related to Ha VL, opened by the same owners in 2004. In 2019, the couple confirmed plans to open a third restaurant in Beaverton. [12] Annam VL opened in 2023.
Rose VL Deli was named the city's best soup shop in Portland Monthly 's 2015 list of the best new restaurants. [13] The magazine also included the cao lȃ̀u in a 2022 list of the twelve best breakfasts in the city. [14]
In 2018, Eater Portland 's Brooke Jackson-Glidden called Rose VL Deli the city's best Vietnamese restaurant. [1] In 2019, the website's Nick Woo called the cao lầu "iconic" [15] and wrote: "The heady stew of wonderfully contrasting textures and flavors has earned this place many regulars." [16] He also included the chicken curry soup in Eater Portland's 2019 list of thirteen "stellar" curries in the city [15] Jackson-Glidden included the restaurant in a 2021 list of Portland's 38 "essential" eateries [5] and the cao lầu in a 2024 overview of "iconic" Portland dishes. [17] She and Mattie John Bamman also included the cao lầu in Eater Portland's 2021 list of the city's fifteen "iconic" dishes and drinks. [18] Rose VL was also included in the website's 2025 list of Portland's best restaurants for mid-week lunches. [19]