Pot au Feu — Restaurant in Melbourne

Located in Southbank is this small vietnamese eatery. Very clean restaurant with friendly service. Came in a large group of 8 and they were able to accomodate my family nicely.

Ordered Combination Pho ($17.90) - with sliced beef, chicken, brisket and beef balls. Not my favourite dish today. Had the qualities of pho but felt slighlty watered down. Would prefer the bean sprouts to be served separately

Bun Bo Hue (BBH) ($16.90) - standout dish here. A great alternative to pho. Made really well, perfeclty salty and spicy. Noodles cooked perfectly. A winner dish here!

Bao Bun - not your traditional veitnamese dish but still a good version of bao. Unfortunately one of the boas buns themselves was a little tough.

Banh Mi with crispy pork ($10.90) - Not my favourite banh mi. There was way too little pate used and I could barely taste it. The pork belly skin was quite chewey on the day as well.

Considering that this is a place in the city the prices were good and the overall the food was decent with the BBH being the...

One star is to good enough to be given for unauthentic Pho flavour.

Went to this restaurant with my husband. Tried their Pho. 1 combo pho an 1 spicy pho. Sorry to say but this pho is like noodle soaking to the water . I didn’t taste any pho flavour on it. I questioning, do they even Vietnamese ??? As I know Vietnamese really know how to make their delicacy pho noodle. Pho soup is full the rich flavours herbal taste but not this one. For us pho from this restaurant is the worse we ever taste

And also they give bowl of cabbage and carrot as side. It’s not match with that. As we all know pho always side by side with Thai basil, cilantro and bean sprout. Even they didn’t put siracha sauce on the table.

The good things from the meal we get so far only the lychee tea. And...

After spending a small fortune chasing “authentic” Vietnamese food all over Hanoi like some kind of noodle-obsessed adventurer, turns out I could’ve just crossed the Yarra. Pot au Feu on Kavanagh Street, Southbank, is basically Vietnam in disguise—with better parking.

The spring rolls? Handmade and clearly rolled with love, or possibly passive aggression—either way, delicious. The Banh Mi? So crunchy I nearly alerted the seismologists at Melbourne Uni.

The service comes with a warm smile and the subtle confidence of people who know you’ll be back—because you will. It’s packed, because secrets don’t stay secret forever, so yes, you’ll wait. But good things come to...