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    Viva Restaurant

    4.2 (25 reviews)
    ModerateVietnamese
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    Cantonese chow mein
    D'Arcy L.

    Family favourite of our for well over 20 years. In fact I can remember many memories of coming here for meals with friends and my family for a long long time. Prices are your typical Viet restaurant inexpensive and flavours are wonderfully delicious. If you enjoy Vietnamese food sure there may be other places in Winnipeg but Viva is one of the best. We ordered a multitude of dishes on our visit. A mix of Vietnamese and Chinese. Here is the grand rundown: Deep fried spring rolls- crispy and filled with pork and veg. Awesome as usual Hot n sour soup- a very good mix of the H&S typical ingredients (bamboo shoots, mushroom and tofu) in what my wife calls a gluey sauce. Delish Fresh Vietnamese (make yourself) spring rolls- different concept as every other Viet place I've been they make them for you. Here they bring out the fresh rolls with a very clever hot water contraption that you soak in and add your ingredients and roll away. Char grilled beef was awesome with noodles and veg and you make some nice tasty rolls! Cantonese chow mein- this has always been a staple of a great Chinese meal and they had it on the menu so it made my daughter happy. Healthy mix of meat and veg with tasty shrimp in a light gravy sauce. Chicken with Chinese broccoli (gai lan)- very lightly done Cantonese style with a light sauce and crunchy gai lan. Viva fried rice- BBQ pork and great wok flavour with the rice in a light soy sauce making it a nice brown colour. Beef Bun Vermicelli- great grilled flavour from the beef with vegetables and noodles for a delicious favourite of mine. The night we ate the restaurant was packed. We called for reservations before and they held the table as we were slightly late. The restaurant had a very smoky air to it from the grilled meat. Not cigarette smoke but they need a stronger exhaust fan. Overall it's an awesome meal if you choose to eat Vietnamese or a Chinese or mix the dishes. One of my favourites in Winnipeg.

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    Good rice,Good Sweet n sour,but chow mein was like top ramen.Don't waist money on chow mein

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    Great food, definitely going back there again! I recommend their springs/salad rolls! Nice and polite servers too!

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    My faves are the wraps, hot and sour soup as well as the deluxe vermicelli. Just awesome.

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    Pho Hoang - #16 - enuf4me.

    Pho Hoang

    4.2(86 reviews)
    1.0 km
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    This place has changed. My last visit was a year ago. Just visited today and food quality and menu…read morehave changed. They seemed to have a new owner. Its no longer authentic. Ordered chicken salad wrap. Instead of using grilled chicken, they used packaged chicken breast chunks. Ordered lemongrass chicken platter. Instead of properly grilled lemongrass chicken meat, they served a large chicken leg with bone. Fish sauce has no flavour. Will not visit again!

    I had an ok experience dining here. When I get off a plane I like having Pho as it's such a…read morecomfort...so I've had a lot of Pho due to my travels. I ordered the salad rolls with pork and shrimp...structurally very substantial in size and full of stuff. One could just order a few of these and have a nice filling meal. That said, the peanut sauce wasn't particularly creamy or pea-nutty. The pho is served in a moderately size bowl, but they didn't offer a lot of sprouts or basil. The salad roll had basil as a garnish and I put them into the pho. Also, there wasn't a lot of depth of flavor in the soup base itself...it wasn't watery just bland. Lastly I order the crepe sweet potato and shrimp. To describe this as a "crepe" has never had a crepe (made in the French tradition). It's not at all pancake like and more like a hash brown with shrimp. It was good and crispy but not at all what I expect. The restaurant has amazing ambience, kudos to the decor...with a wall length mural of a peacock and hanging paper lanterns...the restaurant looks exotic. Lastly, service was also just ok, not special or fast. Also, I got my entire order all at once, which I hate especially since I like having Pho hot. When one gets everything at once stuff gets cold! The cooks have no sense of timing (seemingly) and are more concerned about getting the order out. Overall, it's a beautiful restaurant full of charm with ok food and care for the customer. If you're not as exacting as I am about Pho and dining out in general...you may like it...the food is certainly filling.

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    Pho Hoang - Beautiful lanterns.

    Beautiful lanterns.

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    Vermicelli noodles with chicken and spring roll

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