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Viet Grill was my first Vietnamese culinary experience. I ordered the cha la lot and the Mekong catfish clay pot with jasmine rice. Oh boy! What a tea…
Rhea Stephen
Viet Grill
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Ok but nothing special. The food was OK and reasonably priced but drinks etc. are expensive. The rough and ready atmosphere in Song Que is a better ex…
Sean McCarthy
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On the Kingsland Road strip, I don't visit Viet Grill often despite the food being excellent. It is more expensive than some of the other spots and yo…
Alice Gee
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9 Reviews on “Viet Grill”
On the Kingsland Road strip, I don’t visit Viet Grill often despite the food being excellent. It is more expensive than some of the other spots and you can’t bring your own wine. It’s more civilized looking than a lot of the other Vietnamese restaurants in the area, so suitable for bringing a date. However, be warned that acoustics are not great, so it is very noisy when crowded.My colleague and I both ordered pho but started with a shared dish of chilli salt and pepper squid. A smallish portion but perfectly exquisite. Great light texture, tentacles still beautiful, and perfectly seasoned. I preferred my companion’s classic pho to my Saigon sate pho which was a novelty with peanut and chilli in the broth. We were both disappointed that the ox cheek pho is no longer on the menu as it had an incredibly powerful broth. In fact, the whole purpose of deviating to Viet Grill was to order the ox cheek pho.The pho comes with the veg already mixed into the broth, instead of on the side. Their beef broth is considerably better than average for the strip, but I prefer my pho served in the classical fashion with bean sprouts and a selection of fresh herbs on the side that can be customized. Also there were no accompanying lime wedges.With a bottle of house red at 20, dinner for two was 57 including service, which is higher than average for Kingsland Road.
Had a wonderful meal here. The place was seriously buzzing when we arrived. Each dish was excellent, could hardly fault one, and several reached lofty heights. Service was excellent. Brisk, efficient and most affable. Recommended.
I decided to go back to Viet Grill as I found the food here is pretty authentic. We get really good Asian food back home in Sydney so I do compare the quality we get here in London. This second visit I decided to test their Vietnamese authenticity by ordering Pho. I was really impressed! The flavour is definitely there, just wished it came with a little more noodles but overall I’m happy I’ve found a go to Vietnamese place in my local area.
Really delicious food, tastes fresh. Pho is a generous portion, however expected at an average price of 10! there is a downstairs too! Cocktails are maybe a 3/5.
A must have at any Vietnamese restaurant is the Banh xeo, a wafer thin pancake, folded in half crammed with prawns, chicken, and mixed herbs. Its engineered to eat in one-bit mouthful with the lettuce provided.The seafood platter is all the seafood dishes from the chilli salt & pepper section, squid, soft shell crab, and Ecuador prawns. Insanely addicted simple ingredients dusted in batter deep fried until you have the perfect crunch, and seasoned with chilli salt and pepper with semi cooked onion slices, spring onions and chillis.The lucky dip ice creams. Developed and made with Gelupo youre onto a winner. You never know what flavour you end up with; a mix of three is scooped into a tall glass. thefoodconnoisseur.co.uk
Terrible value. This place has a lot to like, but ultimately, with a simple bowl of Pho broth (stock, rice noodles and some pieces of beef) costing 10, its cool factor isn’t enough to get it over the line. It doesn’t even serve the pho with the traditional side plate of Vietnamese basil, bean shoots, chilies and lemon slices. When you can’t get the basics right of a food famous for its immediacy and simplicity, and at an appropriate price, you’ve gotta rethink.
Disappointed. Have been to Viet Grill in the past for food, however over the weekend decided to try other dishes on the menu apart from the usual pho such as the banana leaf mackarel, dong du lamb curry and water spinach stir-fry. Portions have gotten smaller, and the we ended ordering two tubs of rice (10 pounds total) which according to the waiting staff, one tub should have sufficed for feeding our table of three. We left Viet Grill still feeling hungry, and even ordered an additional tofu summer roll which still didn’t quite satisfy us for the evening. Song Que definitely does better cooked dishes and at a much cheaper price! (although decor and service is sacrificed). For future reference, perhaps I would go back to Viet grill just for the pho or the bun noodles.