Took a couple of friends here following a movie in the area….Modest restaurant, but a step up from other comparable Vietnamese restaurants in the city with booth seating throughout. I love trying sate soups! I strayed from my usual beef sate pho and opted for #16 Seafood Sate, that included imitation crab, shrimp, and squid….The broth was rich, portions large, and I am now a fan of their sate!
2018 Update: they're back baby!! Their curry soup is exactly the same!! Still the best in Calgary.
Their sate paste is different. It was better before the fire.
The renovations look good. It's bright and fully lit. Not a dim romantic place.
So happy they are open again!!!!
October 2016: I think this place is closed due to a fire. I can't wait until they reopen.
My review based on dozens of visits over the last couple of years:
Food: It's a little pricey for Viet but they do Curry Vermicelli soup like no other so it's worth the extra couple of dollars to me (#20, #21 are my picks). Their sate sauce is also incredible and I usually get a side of it with whatever I order. Their grilled shrimp on skewers are amazing (part of #8 and some of the vermicelli dishes). The rest of the menu is not bad but the dishes I mentioned are the reasons I make the drive there.
Service: Friendly service.
Ambiance: Nicer than many other Viet places.
Serving were huge. I had the spicy seafood sate with double beef balls and it was a thing of beauty. Amazing place. The curry soups are a must. Seafood curry with beef balls will change your life. I'm a fan of peanut broth not the red broth so much so take that into consideration. But if you like sate and peanut broth this place will be your favorite
Lady Of The Evergreens
+4.5
Bad Service, Good Soup. It's a toughie - the service isn't good, or even friendly. The curry seafood soup, however, is delicious. And it is served VERY fast.
Sooo, I put up with the service for the soup...it's SO GOOD! :)
I am addicted to the chicken tomato satay soup - consistently good often excellent. We go here often for lunch as one of my friends is allergic to MSG and this is one of the few Vietnamese restaurants where he can eat. The beef stew is another favourite although sometimes the meat can be too fatty. Lots of other good choices.
Great Food/Fast Service. I Arrived with a huge group of friends for supper. Great service, The appetizers that were ordered were a bit disappointing and were pretty standard..., however there were no complaints from anyone about the main orders served. I'd go back again.
Expensive!. I'm a fan of pho...I make it myself at home, yet I didn't order pho. I had a rice vermicelli. It was overall good, but expensive compared to all the pho restaurants I've tried. The spring rolls are amazing, they're small and not much meat in them yet taste great. If they lower their price I will return.
Not too bad in a pinch if its the only Vietnamese food that's close by but definitely no where near other better places I have tried. Bubble teas on the other hand are disgusting.
Best Vietnamese in Calgary by far,. Only one In Calgary that doesn't use MSG in their food. Delicious sate beef on vermicelli and beef soup is yummy! Everything actually is awesome! Lots of meat on dishes! Yummmmmmy!! And no upset tummy after like other places! Friendly staff, very fast service! Delivery after 5pm too!
I've dined in a few times and have gotten takeout s number of times. I find it pretty good. They are prompt, service is good for both takeout and fine in. I do find the chicken in their soups and noodle dishes a little dry. They must have it premade making me think it drys out the meat a bit. Saying that I think it's ok. Good value.
Good but not great food. But professional business with nice looking restaurant and fast friendly staff.
So good!. Absolutely delicious! Good sized portions. I am a baby when it comes to spicy food so it made me happy that all the food and sauces were not spicy at all, but you had the option to add the spicy red sauce at the table. Every other Vietnamese place I have ever gone to always makes the sauces so spicy I can never eat much of it.
Service was better than most vietnamese places.
Good food... not so greatservice. My first time in this former pizza hut turned Vietnamese restaurant was actually exactly what I expected because of other reviews I had read before going there.. Yes, Its a family run place, and the service I have to say was not good, The restaurant was more than half empty, and the staff was very disorganized, which was disappointing because the food was actually quite good, and It's a comfortable atmosphere. I would go back again, but no rush. maybe for pick up.
Very large and clean atmosphere. Huge portions I'd you eat in. I ate in 3 times and had HUGE amounts of meat. Then I ordered delivery and they were tiny so that is disapointing. However eating in is well worth it.
Gotta LOVE their photo menus!. It's so much easier to decide what you would like to eat when you can see photos of many of the dishes (on the in-restaurant menu only) ....it takes the "I wonder what THAT is?" out of the equation.
The food is well prepared and the portions generous for the reasonable prices.
We enjoyed freshly prepared salad rolls and a wonderfully chewy Beef Tendon soup...seasoned just perfectly and well balanced with the lime juice to reduce the otherwise heavy nature of the dish.
I was also delighted to be able to enjoy a Durian Shake - not something you can find anywhere.
The service was friendly and efficient and the place appeared to be immaculately clean.
We'll be back for sure.
Fast, affordable and friendly!. Recently my fav vietnamese restaurant went belly up so I tried this place and I'm so glad I did! The service was extremely fast and everything was really fresh (Salad rolls are amazing). The best part was how accomidating the staff were since I have food allergies. They went out of thier way to make sure what I wanted on the menu did not contain the allergen and were not scared off by food allergies as most restaurants are! This place is definatly a keeper!
The broth was nice and flavorful, even without putting extras in the soup. I've never tried their salad rolls , but all my co-workers rave about them!
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