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]
Reception
Rose VL Deli was named the city's best soup shop in Portland Monthly's "Best New Restaurants of 2015" list.[13] The magazine included the cao lȃ̀u in a 2022 list of "The 12 Best Breakfasts in Portland".[14]
In 2018, Eater Portland'sBrooke 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 "13 Stellar Curries in Portland".[15] Jackson-Glidden included the restaurant in a 2021 list of Portland's "38 essential restaurants and food carts".[5] She and Mattie John Bamman included the cao lầu in Eater Portland's 2021 list of "15 Iconic Portland Dishes and Drinks".[17]