I stumbled across this hidden gem when I was living in the area last year. I now travel back here…read morefor absolutely no fuss, delicious authentic Vietnamese food. I usually order Cha Gio - 6 hot,crispy spring rolls - $8.50 or the more healthy cold version - Goi Cuon. This is chicken and prawnmade in a rice paper roll. My favourite dish is the Bun Ga Nuong. Lemongrass grilled chicken served with vermicelli noodle and fresh mint, carrots, lettuce, shallots and roasted peanuts. Yum! This is only $11.00 - a bargain. All dishes are served with fresh tea. Nest time I come I want to try the Vietnamese pancake.

Top notch Vietnamese joint just a couple of minutes down the road from Redfern station. Has an…read moreauthentic feel, which is partly to do with the great food, and partly to do with the slightly underwhelming decor more seen in Vietnam than downtown Sydney. Had the pho, which at $10 is amazing value. Served with a significant side of fresh chillis and your standard fare of fresh green produce. BYO booze is also a significant plus.

The restaurant is very stark with its no decoration interior. Anyone would think you are about to…read moredine in a prison. The tables of happy eating customers tell me that this place serves up good food. I was right! So were the reviews by fellow Yelpers recommending to 'taste for yourself and see?" I chose the a bowl of Rice Vermicelli with Pork ($9.50) also I had to try the much raved about Spring Rolls (4) $4.50. When my meal arrived it was missing fresh mint. Some restaurants do and some don't. I asked the polite waitress if she was able to provide some - as this fresh herb really adds flavour to this Vermicelli dish. She obliged happily. The menu has so many different dishes to choose from and they all look extremely tantalising to my taste buds. Everyone is eating happily with out a sound, obviously to busy enjoying the food to be able to waste time in chatter. I'm definitely eating here again when next in Newtown and would recommend it to any of my friends.

There's no time like Pho time!…read more That's my cheesy saying every time I go out for Pho, which... since Pho Grand from my NYC days... I haven't really had a favourite place for Pho in Sydney... *pouts*... Well, I have found it! $7.50 buys you a bowl of delicious, authentic pho here. The broth is amazing. Their spring rolls were so-so, but I didn't come here for spring rolls, so who cares. LOVED THE PHO, WILL BE BACK.

Small restaurant, nice people and good food. Other than the lunch meat in the bowl, it was a tasty…read moreserving of pho. I'd come back again.

Delicious. I really got a kick out of this place. No frills, but tasty food. I thought it was funny…read morethat they have a box of tissues at every table for napkins. Tried an order of their summer rolls as I do at every Vietnamese restaurant I visit. They were fresh and tasty, but the peanut sauce left something to be desired. I had their rare beef pho and asked them to add tendon... Oooooo, I love tendon. I know it's gross to many, but I gotta say, this place provided some of the most plentiful and delicious beef tendon I ever had. Upon request, they also provided some fresh chopped chilli that added a real nice kick to my meal! Nice job Just Pho

Lunch was pho-nomimal! The beef soup was pho-king pho-tastic! Even the Vietnamese coffee, in all…read moreits sweet and rich deliciousness hit the pho-king spot. Yes.... if you had not guessed, I really enjoyed my lunch here. While there was a heap on the menu, as soon as I sipped the deliciously rich and clear beef broth, I knew I had made the right choice. I went for the beef special because, frankly, who doesn't like a bit of tripe every now and then. This place is a great option in St Leonards. Try them out if you get the chance.

A shard of glistening jade lies on the desolate concrete ribbon of Chandos St…read more A South East Asian tang wafts across the suburban fringes of downtown Crowie and towards the St Leonards business district (such as it is). This food is pho real, yo. Song Nhi haven't shot the eye teeth out of their choice of location, but what they lack in this area they make up for in broth. Great steaming bowls of it. Fragrant, lightly oiled, stuffed with fresh bean shoots, sharp winter mint, delicate vermicelli and beef shaved as thin and rare as Lara Flynn Boyle (as an aside, have you seen her face lately? What happened there? On the plus side, she won't need to buy a mask next Halloween). Get the intestines if you have the stomach for it. What the hell, go for broke and get the spicy version and dump a bowl of fresh chopped red chili in there. Unless you're not (wo)man enough, of course. Hey, there's no shame if you aren't*. *Yes there is.

Came here on a whim with a friend. Note...we're both Taiwanese…read more I wasn't expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised by the massive menu and affordable prices. We were feeling the Taiwanese staple, Lu Rou Fan which is minced pork on rice. There was a meal deal with the Lu Rou Fan and another item (I got fried chicken) and I opted for a large...big mistake. The large is quite large...but it was pretty damn delicious, as was the chicken. You can pick whatever drink off their menu (comes with the combo) and I opted for an Almond Milk Tea. That was also delicious....and this is coming from someone who never really gets milk tea/boba (considering it originated in Taiwan...I think it's a big deal.) Would definitely come again to try the rest of their massive menu.

I had grilled wagyu beef and kongfo intestine. They are awesome. The beef is very juicy and tender…read more Nothing to complain about the beef except for the small portion for $17. Kongfo intestine makes me remember of all the food in Singapore. There are 4 or 5 different sauce. Have a look at the first page of their menu to know which one you like. Staffs are happy to wait for you (well, actually they are always busy with the crowded customers unless you signal them). Min to use credit card is $20. I will come back again to try other noodle soup: beef noodle soup (I heard it's very good) and thin noodle soup.

Within 30 minutes after checking into our hotel room, we "hit the ground running" and headed…read moredirectly to Ho Jiak Malaysian Grill & Nyonya House in Haymarket since we were hungry and craving Chinese comfort food. Our Cantonese heritage taste buds from Hawai'i would have been happy with steaming hot bowls of soup noodles and dumplings after our long travel day. Still, I suggested to my husband that we eat a familiar Asian cuisine we wouldn't usually get back home; hence, Malaysian & Nyonya were the answer. I had bookmarked Ho Jiak Haymarket because it was in the Chinatown neighborhood, where we also planned to explore, and it was about a 15-minute walk from there. We were certainly glad that we didn't have to wait in line to get in, as Google Maps photos show. We were seated immediately and took a few minutes to scroll through their extensive menu, then chose items from the Lunch Specials Menu. The Lunch Specials Menu included an entrée (choose from 8 selections) and a beverage (non-alcoholic or alcoholic) for A$25 or around $17 USD. FOOD: -Hainan Chicken Rice + Teh Tarik (cold): I received a half slow-poached chicken, fragrant rice cooked in chicken broth, and a bowl of chicken broth. The chicken was garnished with fresh cucumber slices, bean sprouts, and cilantro. Also, it was served with chili sauce, soy sauce, and finely chopped ginger root and garlic. The tender poached chicken was juicy, non-greasy, and tasty. This dish was a healthy and toothsome meal. Teh Tarik is a Malaysian "pulled or shaken" milk tea, and I requested it in the cold or iced style because the outside temperature was quite hot. The Teh Tarik was refreshing, thirst-quenching, and flavorful. A$25 -Char Hor Fun + House Beer (Asahi Dry 330 ml): My husband selected this dish, but didn't know what to expect as he doesn't read or speak Chinese. Admittedly, my limited reading of Chinese characters suggested that this dish might be similar to my "usual" Cantonese childhood comfort food, Wat Tan Hor. When the Char Hor Fun was delivered to our table, I immediately recognized it as Wat Tan Hor, except that the egg sauce contained tender pork slices, shrimp, green vegetables, fish cake, and, I think, chunks of fish. The flat, broad rice noodles were stir-fried in soy sauce for additional seasoning, and we could tell the wok heat was perfect because there were very few broken noodles. When the server brought the House Beer, my husband was pleasantly surprised to receive an icy cold bottle of Asahi Dry. A$25 -Loh Bak: We selected this appetizer because of its description and our pork-leaning taste buds. Loh Bak is five-spiced pork jowl rolls wrapped in bean curd skin and deep-fried. We were thinking these pork jowl rolls would surely whet our appetites, and the deep-fried rolls didn't disappoint. A$20 This restaurant was lively, friendly, and clean with authentic-tasting Malaysian and Nyonya flavors. The service was prompt, amicable, and helpful.

We shared: 1. Char Koay Teow - Spicy stir fried flat rice…read morenoodles with seafood & Chinese sausage 2. Nasi Lemak - Fragrant coconut rice served with anchovies, peanuts & sambal & Beef Rendang 3. Kiam Ah Nui Kay - Stir fried chicken wings with salted duck egg yolk, butter & curry 4. Char Koay Kak - Wok fried radish cake in signature soy sauce I have little Malaysian food experience so I can't speak to authenticity. Just that it was a very satisfying meal. Big flavor and big portions. Meats and carbs were perfectly cooked. I would've preferred bigger wings and drier rice though. Service was good and friendly.

3.5 it was good, there's air conditioning. We sat down and a lady was nice to put some seats…read moretogether for us to unload. We eventually got teapot of hot water (requested). We got beef fried rice and dumplings. A bit of MSG after effects. The eggs in the fried rice was slightly orange in color. Pretty. Got the taste just right with saltt and oil. Beef was tender. Dumplings had shredded "mok yee" and shrimp. There were 10 dumplings. Very generous. Other tables had duck. I noticed they recognize white people faster than non-white. Seat them faster and more attention.

Food quality terrible Staff rude and dismissive…read more Awful Experience Will not return or recommend

The (beef) Laksa is amazing! It's like pho with a thicker and heartier broth, almost a cross…read morebetween Thai and Vietnamese in the best way. The portions are massive, enough at least for 2 people, and friendly service. I will absolutely be back. This place is upstairs in a mall, so ambiance is okay, but worth the food

I am writing this for my husband, because I didn't get food from this place. But as soon as we got…read moreto Sydney our Uber driver told us that we HAD to go to China town and get some food. He got some spicy seafood ramen. He said it was really flavorful and full of noodles and food. He would have definitely gotten it again. This place is in the Haymarket located in Chinatown.