Relive your gap year days backpacking around Hanoi and book in for one of London’s most authentic – and delicious – Vietnamese restaurants. From family-run favourites to the Vietnamese deli serving up London’s best Banh Mi, we’ve rounded up the nine best restaurants transporting you to the sandy shores without having to jet overseas.
Vietnamese restaurants to book this month…
Delicious Pho
Delicious Pho is the latest must-try Vietnamese dining destination to land at Spitalfields. The menu centres around pho – the clue’s in the name really – and is divided into protein options depending on your favourite flavours and dietary requirements.
The popular choice is ‘the regular’, centred around beef protein and includes six combinations of beef, including sliced steak, flank and tendon, or sliced steak and tripe, or you can supersize it with the ‘pho master’.
But it’s not all just pho the restaurant prides itself on. Expect zingy salads, chicken wings, summer rolls and sharing platters, as well as curries, rice and noodles.
3-6 STEWARD STREET SPITALFIELDS, E1 6FQ
WWW.DELICIOUSPHO.CO.UK
Pho & Bun
Serving up affordable eats and meaty flavours is Pho & Bun, the sister restaurant of Holborn’s Viet Eat. Located just minutes from the city’s West End, the restaurant is home to trendy exposed brick walls plastered with cool murals and traditional wooden decor.
As for the menu, you’ll find them serving up pho that’s been simmering overnight for 18 hours, infused with beef bones, herbs and spices, as well as freshly steamed buns served with their signature smoky mayo sauce.
76 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, W1D 6ND
WWW.VIETEAT.CO.UK
Mien Tay
When it comes to beautiful Vietnamese hospitality, Mien Tay reigns supreme. They are a small restaurant group set up by My Le and Su Tran and is named after the area of Southern Vietnam the family originates from. You can expect an authentic taste of the Asian country in every bite, with them combining the finest fresh ingredients.
They have restaurants in Battersea, Fulham Shoreditch and Wood Green, so you’ll always find somewhere with a welcoming table waiting for you.
BATTERSEA, FULHAM, SHOREDITCH & WOOD GREEN
WWW.MIENTAY.CO.UK
Ngon
Translating to ‘delicious’, Chiswick’s Ngon is the small independent deli you need to know about. Serving up some of London’s best and most authentic Vietnamese dishes, you’ll find a mix of banh mi sandwiches filled with the likes of pulled pork, shredded duck or go for their Ngon special stuffed with Vietnamese ham, pork sausage and pork floss. As well as healthy vermicelli bowls, summer rolls, salads and soups.
They deliver on fresh, healthy and tasty ingredients that you wouldn’t find anywhere else this side of London.
195 CHISWICK HIGH ROAD, CHISWICK, W4 2DR
WWW.NGONDELI.COM
City Càphê
Located on Ironmonger Lane, City Càphê serves up a great selection of authentic Vietnamese street food. Their story began in 1978 after the Vu family came to the UK as part of the refugee ‘boat people’ and quickly formed a community of fellow local Vietnamese people. They started off creating social events and organisers to help the Vietnamese community connect with one another and integrate into society. Fast forward to 2010 and they opened up City Càphê and they’ve been keeping Londoners full with their hearty homemade dishes.
Expect steaming bowls of pho, vermicelli salads and plenty of crispy spring rolls to go around.
17 IRONMONGER LANE, EC2V 8EY
WWW.CITYCAPHE.COM
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