It pains me to have to rate them so low, as their food was lovely and so was one of the ladies, she was very sweet!
So came here based on the awesome reviews. Initially was going to have pho but when I saw hu tieu on the menu I must have it! Speaking of the menu - that thing had tonnes of pages. So much to offer and all Vietnamese, I was so very keen to come back and try them all. They had things like steam boat, bun rieu, diy lettuce wrap with vermicelli squares, BBH, all the stuff I'm familiar with and love.
So we came in, greeted by lovely staff who handed us menus immediately. We looked through the menu, we changed our minds as to what to eat, eventually we stuck to something we were going to eat. Then 10 minutes passed. We watched as a man, a woman, and another couple come in, get seated, then get their orders taken. I was staring and waving my hand at them all the while, did indeed exchange eye contact to the man at the register, but nothing happened. The staff disappeared out back kitchen for ages. By this time, we were hangry. Finally, what seemed like yonks later, the man acknowledged us again, but then got a lady to come over to take our order. Now she was as lovely as can be. So I warmed up a little. My fellow yelper Leisha got the combo vermicelli salad and asked for no chilli in the accompanying dressing. The lady quickly said yep. Leisha didn't seem convinced she listened. I said give them a chance! Spoiler alert - her dressing had chilli lol. The nice lady blamed it on the poor trainee lady. No idea who was at fault and don't really need to hear that!
I ordered a dry vegetable hu tieu and an avacado shake. We also got 8x fried spring rolls. I/we was excited. Then another 15-20 mins went past? All the diners who came in after us were already chowing into their food and we weren't. Hangry x5 ensued. Eventually they came and my god, the portions are HUGE. Seriously H U G E. It was incredible, kudos to you if you actually finished it! So huge that it made no sense huge. My hu tieu was wtf huge. The broth I expected to be served in a smaller bowl, but this thing was like 2 separate dishes! And it was $11 so it's a bargain for the quantity! The vermicelli salad was packed to the brim, never seen anything like it! Anyway, we got those before we got our spring roll entree. Forgivable I guess? They forgot about my avacado shake though, the nice lady blamed the trainee girl for the chill dressing mix up, and then for the missed avacado, and then blamed her again to another couple for giving them the wrong order...
Anyway, low score because of all the finger pointing and the absurd length of time waiting and forgetting the shake. And I don't think I'm judging them harshly as I know what to expect from restaurants out in the scray. A real shame as their food was delicious. I will reluctantly come back.... Reluctantly. read more