Hanoi Hannah Express Lane

When making dinner plans and craving good hawker-style dishes, this is a great place. Built for takeaway and speed, Express Lane still has a couple of tables to sit in and enjoy what is consistently good Vietnamese food not far removed from their old original location. Although it's taken me some time to post, I was a massive fan of their $25 soup series back in August when they did four soups in four weeks to support Scarf (a social enterprise using hospitality to transform lives), I post this now in the hope that they do something similar to this again soon! Not a place usually housing a special, the Spicy Chicken & Prawn Wonton Noodle Soup hit all the right notes in terms of flavour and I look back and crave this hot bowl of delicious dumps and noods even now. Having dined at both Hanoi Hannah Vol II and here, this is probably one of my favourite dishes I've had. I also like that you can pimp their pho but get concerned re. value for money when their dishes will already set you back $22-$24 before the card and weekend surcharges. I feel that to truly be an express version of their staple restaurant with the cheap and fun atmosphere it seems to want to be, there should be leniencies in price and/or size ranges. It's only now I realise how good a deal the $25 soup series was!! If sending noods ain't so much your thing, the rice dishes are hearty and the Lemongrass Chicken Curry was creamy and a great alternative.

“Cripsy” tofu bowl but they kinda forgot the crispy part. Flavours were there but wouldn’t have ordered this if I knew the tofu was going to be straight out of the packet

Food is delicious and a bit more unusual than the normal Vietnamese restaurants! And that's where it stops. Service wise they only provide the option to pay by card but have processing fees (I know this is charged by the payment processor but if you don't provide an alternative payment option it should not be passed to the customer plus you need a bigger sign saying that you only take eftpos/credit card). Also while happy to pay, the Sunday sur charges were all confusing - things were different for takeout and eat in etc. So needs a bit more communication on those and then a 5 star place. Staff were good, it is not their fault 😊👍 We don't come to restaurants to feel like zombies ordering using a QR code, we would have ordered from the couch if that was the case - FYI

First time trying this place and unfortunately I feel it was a bit of a let down! Nothing against the staff but overpriced for the quality of items. Pork roll lacked flavour in comparison to other stores

Hanoi Hannah is a very friendly lady and she will serve you up some delicious Vietnamese food. I would like to try the pho next time as it looked really good. Ideally I would like to give this 4.5 stars, because it was very good and I would definitely recommend it.

Nice food very tasty , nice packaging always a pleasure to go to Hanoi Hannah. Love their spring roll and their stir fry. The only negative thing is I have been charged a Sunday surcharge of $4 while ordering on Saturday . And I told the counter he didn't offer a refund. Just watch out when you order a pickup. I have an Uber one account that would have cost me less to get delivered to be honest.

Take away was good quality, dont want to be too picky, but there were a few gristly bits in one of the banh mi’s. Still give it full points because the Banh mi and a few sides is a pretty fab takeaway option.

@hanoihannah_ Express Lane 📍Windsor 🍗 Chicken Ribs 🥩 Lemongrass Beef Stir Fry Noodles 🦆 Peking Duck Rice Paper Rolls 🍤 Prawn Spring Rolls Hanoi Hannah’s Express Lane is located in Windsor just off Chapel St. It is their most casual venue, serving up a hawker-style Vietnamese menu with some modern twists. A mostly takeaway restaurant but there are a few tables to dine inside! 🇻🇳 It has most of the classics you love, pho, soups, vermicelli salads, stir fry’s, spring and rice paper rolls. Banh mi are also available at lunch time only. 🥖 My favourite dish was the Chicken Ribs, they were charred well from the bbq, moist and just really cooked well. The Prawn Spring Rolls were crunchy and very tasty. 🍤 The Spicy Lemon Noodles were slightly sweet and refreshing. The beef is so thin and tender, however the ratio was off - too much noodles not enough meat. The Peking Duck Rice Paper Rolls didn’t have a lot of flavour but were nice with the sauce. 🦆 A fantastic quick, casual meal option. Would return! ⭐️ 3.5/5 💸 $$

When making dinner plans and craving good hawker-style dishes, this is a great place. Built for takeaway and speed, Express Lane still has a couple of tables to sit in and enjoy what is consistently good Vietnamese food not far removed from their old original location. Although it's taken me some time to post, I was a massive fan of their $25 soup series back in August when they did four soups in four weeks to support Scarf (a social enterprise using hospitality to transform lives), I post this now in the hope that they do something similar to this again soon! Not a place usually housing a special, the Spicy Chicken & Prawn Wonton Noodle Soup hit all the right notes in terms of flavour and I look back and crave this hot bowl of delicious dumps and noods even now. Having dined at both Hanoi Hannah Vol II and here, this is probably one of my favourite dishes I've had. I also like that you can pimp their pho but get concerned re. value for money when their dishes will already set you back $22-$24 before the card and weekend surcharges. I feel that to truly be an express version of their staple restaurant with the cheap and fun atmosphere it seems to want to be, there should be leniencies in price and/or size ranges. It's only now I realise how good a deal the $25 soup series was!! If sending noods ain't so much your thing, the rice dishes are hearty and the Lemongrass Chicken Curry was creamy and a great alternative.

“Cripsy” tofu bowl but they kinda forgot the crispy part. Flavours were there but wouldn’t have ordered this if I knew the tofu was going to be straight out of the packet

Food is delicious and a bit more unusual than the normal Vietnamese restaurants! And that's where it stops. Service wise they only provide the option to pay by card but have processing fees (I know this is charged by the payment processor but if you don't provide an alternative payment option it should not be passed to the customer plus you need a bigger sign saying that you only take eftpos/credit card). Also while happy to pay, the Sunday sur charges were all confusing - things were different for takeout and eat in etc. So needs a bit more communication on those and then a 5 star place. Staff were good, it is not their fault 😊👍 We don't come to restaurants to feel like zombies ordering using a QR code, we would have ordered from the couch if that was the case - FYI

First time trying this place and unfortunately I feel it was a bit of a let down! Nothing against the staff but overpriced for the quality of items. Pork roll lacked flavour in comparison to other stores

Hanoi Hannah is a very friendly lady and she will serve you up some delicious Vietnamese food. I would like to try the pho next time as it looked really good. Ideally I would like to give this 4.5 stars, because it was very good and I would definitely recommend it.

Nice food very tasty , nice packaging always a pleasure to go to Hanoi Hannah. Love their spring roll and their stir fry. The only negative thing is I have been charged a Sunday surcharge of $4 while ordering on Saturday . And I told the counter he didn't offer a refund. Just watch out when you order a pickup. I have an Uber one account that would have cost me less to get delivered to be honest.

Take away was good quality, dont want to be too picky, but there were a few gristly bits in one of the banh mi’s. Still give it full points because the Banh mi and a few sides is a pretty fab takeaway option.

@hanoihannah_ Express Lane 📍Windsor 🍗 Chicken Ribs 🥩 Lemongrass Beef Stir Fry Noodles 🦆 Peking Duck Rice Paper Rolls 🍤 Prawn Spring Rolls Hanoi Hannah’s Express Lane is located in Windsor just off Chapel St. It is their most casual venue, serving up a hawker-style Vietnamese menu with some modern twists. A mostly takeaway restaurant but there are a few tables to dine inside! 🇻🇳 It has most of the classics you love, pho, soups, vermicelli salads, stir fry’s, spring and rice paper rolls. Banh mi are also available at lunch time only. 🥖 My favourite dish was the Chicken Ribs, they were charred well from the bbq, moist and just really cooked well. The Prawn Spring Rolls were crunchy and very tasty. 🍤 The Spicy Lemon Noodles were slightly sweet and refreshing. The beef is so thin and tender, however the ratio was off - too much noodles not enough meat. The Peking Duck Rice Paper Rolls didn’t have a lot of flavour but were nice with the sauce. 🦆 A fantastic quick, casual meal option. Would return! ⭐️ 3.5/5 💸 $$