Vietnamese Restaurant Reviews

3 out of 10 stars

We are a mature couple from Australia. We regularly eat at Cabramatta, a Vietnamese suburb of Sydney and at the Vietnamese restauants near Sydney's chinatown district where Xic Lo is excellent for soups.

We wanted to see if this London restaurant could be similar. We found the food to be almost there but it was let down by the wait staff. It could be that they were too busy. When discussing our order we had to find out what size the serving portions are. As part of that a chicken dish was mentioned. In our opinion we had rejected that in favour of a vegetables and rice dish. The chicken dish was delivered to the table. The lesson is to reconfirm the order before the waiter leaves your table.

Apparently there is a service charge automagically attached to your bill "It's on the menu for you to see."

We ordered summer rolls - 1 each. Well presented, 2 prawns in each but too much rice noodle in the filling.

The thin sliced beef soup with garnishes looked the part. The first taste of the soup was that the flavour was less compared to Xic Lo. The flavour became flatter, even dull, half way through. I'm sure this can be remedied so that the flavour is still alive at the end.

I'm looking forward to eating in Vietnam.

9 out of 10 stars

I eat here quite often and the food is always great, the service is fast and - if you're looking for cheap tasty food - it's hard to beat. Jim

9 out of 10 stars

Well I have been to a lot of Vietnamese eating places in the world including Vietnam. This place is one of the best I have been to outside of Vietnam