Good place in the center of Nantes, not far from the Galleries Lafayette. Very small so it is…read moredifficult to find a seat during rush hour but, the food worth the try ! I took the formula at €14 which includes the pho with a bubble tea. Very good and perfect size ! I felt pretty full after finishing my pho! I recommend this place for Vietnamese Pho ( I do not know for the other dishes so... I should go back )

Although this restaurant gets mixed reviews in other quarters, we had a wonderful meal there. The…read morepho was delicious, among the best I've ever had, and the Vietnamese spring rolls were excellent as well. The service was friendly and fast, and the restaurant was bright, clean, and very attractive. The price was also quite reasonable!

I wanted to love Asahi so badly, but after our meal, I left feeling pretty neutral about the…read moreexperience. I didn't see the second level, but the first-floor dining room feels like the foyer of an old Nordstrom women's restroom if you covered the walls in rosy-yellow wood paneling. Nothing (except the menus) seemed particularly dirty, but everything seemed run down. I wasn't particularly inspired to order raw fish, so instead I ordered the gyoza (ravioli) menu- miso soup, cabbage salad, 8 gyoza (probably pork/chicken and green onion), and a bowl of rice. My favorite part of the meal was the cabbage salad. The miso soup was ok, if on the bland side, but there was something weird about the little leaves of algae; a metallic aftertaste that I've never experienced before. The gyoza were pretty tasty and landed right in that preparation sweet spot between tender on the sides and crispy on the bottom. On the downside, they were really oily, so I dabbed them off on my napkin before eating. The filling was also good, but I'd be curious to know whether the gyoza were prepared from scratch or reheated from pre-packaged. I was happy my meal came with rice, especially after I added some sweet soy sauce, but I don't understand why so many Japanese restaurants serve rice (when you order a dish that comes with rice) that is of significantly lesser quality than the rice they use for their sushi. I would come again if someone suggested it, but I don't think I would return out of personal volition. P.S. Do not forget to make a reservation. Asahi is open relatively late, but they have a high table turnover. When we arrived at 9:15 pm, both floors were almost full, and yet groups kept arriving for the next 30 minutes, asking for a table. And be nice to the servers. They're sweet if you give them a smile or say please and thank you, but they're also really busy. So don't judge them; they're doing their best.

From the owner: Le Japon dans votre assiette Asahi est un restaurant japonais idéalement situé au coeur du centre…read moreville de Nantes. Les chefs y préparent les spécialités de l'Empire du Soleil Levant, mais également des plats typiques coréens. Ainsi, que vous soyez plutôt tenté par la fraicheur des sushi, sashimi et maki ou plutôt alléchés par le fumet des barbecues coréens, vous trouverez toujours une assiette à votre goût.

From the owner: Cuisine de Chine, cuisine câline Un tantinet classique mais efficace. En terrasse, au coeur du…read moreBouffay, ou dans la fraîcheur de la grande salle tapissée d'estampes orientales, on y vient déguster les plats traditionnels de la cuisine du sud-est asiatique. Poulet au curry, porc aux champignons noirs, rouleaux de printemps... Les incontournables figurent dans la carte, aux côtés de plats plus originaux, composés à partir de gambas et de noix de St-Jacques, et d'autres au nom étrange et envoûtant. Comme le "Délice des trois merveilles au nid de Bonheur"

First off, being from San Francisco where there are a plethora of Vietnamese restaurants, and I eat…read moreat them regularly, I am super picky. Our original quest was to find a small Banh Mi storefront and have a Banh mi sandwich like we know and love. Unfortunately after searching Yelp the 3 places named, 2 were sit down Chinese/Vietnamese restaurants and the 3rd, an actual Banh Mi restaurant was closed permanently. So we ended up here and instead ordered Pho and some egg rolls and some other stuff because they had no more Banh Mi. The Pho had a strange flavor which my chef husband identified as beef bouillon. I asked for limes and cilantro which in my experience is served with Pho but they had none of those either. :( The best I can say is that the food is primarily Chinese and they have a wide selection of choices however it adds up quickly. 22.80€ for mediocre food. Don't think we will be back. There is definitely a need for a good Banh Mi shop tho. My guess is the other place closed due to a bad location more than anything else.