Cyclo Vietnamese Restaurant — Restaurant in Hobart

Venue: street parking. 15 minutes walks from CBD. Street food setting with simple Vietnamese photo wallpaper. Rather packed indoors. More high tables indoors and outdoors. Self-service area at the entrance. --- 6.5/10 Service: busy even not in rush hour. Read the menu on the screens. Order and pay at the cashier. Find a spot for dine in. Basic utensils (chopsticks & spoons), seasonings, and serveitte are on the table. Get the lemon wedges, chilies, and extra utensils at the self-service area. Food served fast. --- 6.6/10 Food: simple presentation. Good portion. Good prices. Banh Mi Crackling Pork, $10.5: already cut onto 2 half. Crispy baguette and pork. Crunchy cucumber. --- 7.5/10 Combo Beef Pho. $17.5: served with bean sprouts that weren't dripping. Fresh Basil was already added in the bowl. The soup was clear, and the flavor wasn't heavy. Good portions of raw beef, brisket, and beef balls. Black pepper and spring onions on the top. Get the lemon and chili at the self-service area if needed. --- 8/10 No Tap water. The prices of canned drinks and bottles of water...

Great variety and loaded with flavour. I ordered the BBQ Chicken bahn mi, chicken and prawn fried rice and a spicy chicken pho in beef broth. The bahn mi was yummy, could have had a few more veggies in there but it tasted delicious! The BBQ Chicken was moist and had a great smoky flavour. The spicy chicken pho soup was tasty and quite enjoyable, the balance of flavour was there, for me more spice though, please! Comes only with bean sprouts, would be nice to also add basil, lemon and chilli which are the usual accompaniments with pho. The fried rice was also very tasty, couldnt stop eating that one! So moreish and generous serving size. Will be back to try more, highly recommend, everything is fresh and the staff are very friendly. Id suggest going before during peak time if u can as it's a small place so you might have to wait for a table, I got there at 11am just before...

I have been there twice recently since my absents of 12 months, and they have improved their dishes.. ATM, I don't taste much of MSG anymore which is very welcome practice and I have now revised my reviews.

ATM (2021) , They are one of the best eat outs in Hobart IMO.. Bravo.. Thank you for your tasty dishes..

So, I have been there more than 6 times.. I love eating Pho..but their Pho is mostly missng a beefy broth taste, and is mostly fish sauce and MSG taste.. I make my own Pho at home and I am generous with MSG amount in my cooking, but their MSG useage is another level all together.. i had forgotten to not to drink their soup broth last week after the quarantine, and I was thirsty and high on MSG all day.. I reckon a big scoop of MSG must be in that soup of bowl.

All you can taste is MSG.. I have vowed to never go back...