Community is built together

Reservation by Donation by Anh and Chi is the first of its kind in Vancouver. 

Anh and Chi introduced Reservation by Donation in December 2020 at the peak of COVID-19 to keep staff and patrons safe, opening up a small portion of the room for bookings, with the majority of seats still open for walk-ins, first come first serve basis. 

By donating $10 per person, guests can skip the line and contribute to the urgent and ongoing needs across our communities in BC A rotating selection of three local, public-nominated charities will receive your donation.

To date, patrons of Anh and Chi & Good Thief have raised and donated over $500,000 to registered charities committed to upstream prevention and trauma-informed care, including food security, housing, mental health, living with drug use; and with at-risk populations including youth, women & children, LGBTQIA2S+, refugees & immigrants, seniors, and more.

Dollar for dollar goes to the charity of your choice. We cover all the administrative, transaction and staffing costs that are required to facilitate this program.  

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CURRENT CHARITIES

  • NexUp
    The neXup Initiative began in 2020 by engaging young men, boys, and masculine youth in our local community to build a space dedicated for youth to gather, get active, and create connections.  NexUp is powered by the DUDES Club Society – established in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside in 2010.

  • Growing Chefs
    Growing Chefs is where kids’ connection to food takes root. Through hands-on programs like LunchLAB, students grow, cook, and share meals with peers—building food skills, leadership, and belonging while transforming how school food is experienced.

  • Sheway
    Sheway provides comprehensive health and social services for women who are pregnant and/or parenting young children and who are experiencing, or have experienced, challenges with substance use. The program offers prenatal, postnatal, and primary care, along with education, counselling, addictions management, housing support, and parenting resources.

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Choose a date, time, and donate $10 per person to one or more of the select charities.

Please note that there are NO refunds and same day reservations cannot be accommodated.

Only a small portion of our seating is available for reservations, the rest is open for our walk-in dining guests. If your desired date and time are not available, please join us as a walk-in guest. 

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Community is built together: Anh and Chi's Reservation by Donation

A NOTE FROM THE ACCOUNTANT:

Anh and Chi recognizes the reservation fees when it collects the funds and reports it on the T2 corporation tax return. The restaurant then donates the received amounts from the reservation fee to your selected charities in full. Only once the donation is submitted to the charity is the donation expense claimed. As all of the monies are donated to charity, this arrangement results in no financial/tax gain for the company; net zero. This arrangement is very similar to retailers selling a product in which the monies from the sale of the product are donated to a charity. Donation receipts are issued by the registered charities in which the donations are made out to. Therefore, our customers are not given donation receipts, as registered charities can only issue receipts to the donor from whom they receive the funds directly. Alternatively, you can choose to donate directly to one of the select charities and email us showing proof of this donation, and book a table with Anh and Chi.