Finally a new Vietnamese spot that opened around the area, besides eating at Gia Lam on 8th Avenue.
Location: Great location IMO. Transit friendly if you don't drive, N train and two bus lines (b16 and b9). If you do drive, it might be hard to find parking during certain times of the day due to the supermarket across the street and people buying grocery. Great area to be seen by car traffic and by foot if you are just passing by!
Customer Service/Environment: Decorations are definitely very modern and I just love the whole wooden look they decorated their restaurant with. Seating is limited since the place isn't quite big. This is my second time coming in a month and I have to say the owners were very kind. They asked for my opinion on their food and I was being honest the first time I came and the second time I came, they already took my opinion and changed what I thought could have been better and I am glad they did. Shows they care about their customers and want their customers to enjoy their food. Since they just opened maybe only a month, they still are short on waitresses (add one more waitress and would be perfect). Overall, the waitress and owners are friendly and I hope it'll stay that way. Customer Service is always a plus in my book.
Food: Yes we all know food has to taste good too, besides having good service and let me tell you, this place is good. WAY better than Gia Lam. It's worth making a trip here if you want better tasting Vietnamese food. Food is reasonable price as well. This is my second time coming back in a month and I am impressed for a new restaurant! Food presentation is amazing as well!
1) NS1 "PHO 60 SPECIAL NOODLE SOUP" (Fire Train Head as most of us know it is). The broth is important when you want a good bowl of noodles and they definitely did the broth right! The broth was very light and doesn't have that overwhelming MSG taste yet very flavorful. I like the bowl they served it with because it keeps the broth nice and warm throughout your meal. Noodles are great and the meat is soft and tender. My boyfriend is a picky either and even he said it was really great!
2) PORK SPRING ROLLS: Ugh, maybe it's just me but I really really like them. I had to get them again when I came back the second time. This was kind of my main reason of wanting to come back. I kept thinking about the spring rolls. HAHA!
3) GRILLED PORK CHOP RICE: Beautiful presentation and delicious as well. Pork chops were grilled nicely and had plenty of flavor as well!
4) D2 "BAHN FLAN (CARAMEL EGG FLAN)": Homemade. A little sweet for my liking since I'm not a sweet type of person to begin with, but if you like sweets you might actually enjoy it. Has a hint of caramel and coffee taste to it. I still finished it though!
5) D4 "BANANA PIE W. ICE CREAM)": OH MY. I really enjoyed this. Maybe because I like bananas LOL, and with the ice cream on top, made it even better. Homemade as well which I am impressed. I will definitely get this again. YUM.
And if you ask for tea rather than water, their tea cups and kettle is freaking CUTE! It reminds me of prince tea house haha and they actually have tea leaves inside!
Okay, my review was quite long I know, but I feel like for a restaurant that just opened not too long ago, they really blew me away of how well their food tasted. I think I'm not going to ever go back to Gia Lam again and come here instead. Definitely my new Vietnamese spot!! DEFINITELY WORTH COMING! Give it a try, I hope you all will enjoy it as much as I did :) read more