Thuan An — Restaurant in Melbourne

I ordered the tomato rice with diced beef. One of the best I've ever had. The portion was generous. The service was quick. I ordered an iced green tea, it wasn't as sweet at most places but was nice. Overall this place was great and I would definitely be back in the future. Rice dish $15.50 Drink $6. I'll update the review with my next trip and new dish.

Since I wrote the review we had a few hit and misses. Stir fried noodle dishes being really bad as in almost inedible, getting food poisoning 3 times in a row (make it 4 as of this review as soon as we got home) and now today with a decent meal but dirty utensils from the container, sticky table, dirty glasses for hot tea which I used to clean the utensils. Attached are photos of today's meal and the one two years ago. I feel that if you eat here go for rice dishes and check what you eat the meal with. The staff didn't seem happy that I found 5 dirty spoons with food stuck on them and that I left them on the table near my empty plate. Still will come back. That should tell you how good their competition is lol.

Ps the crispy chicken (wasn't seasoned) fried rice (no flavour). The diced beef and tomato rice was still good though.

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No longer do you get a free thermos of green tea when you sit down, replaced by a jug of water and glasses. Tables are clean and set with condiments, cutlery and chop sticks. Service is quick and the extensive menu is accompanied by pictures of the food which helps. Food orders are taken on ipad ensuring accuracy and the servers English is good and easy to understand. On this occasion we had the spring rolls, rice paper rolls, beef pho and laska. All very nice except they forgot to deliver the satay sauce for the rice paper rolls but an easy ask and they quickly bought it to us. This is our go to place in Sunshine. Consistency of food and service is what this place has. Always people coming in evidencing that this is a well visited venue. Recommend and pricing reasonable and comparable to other nearby food venues.

Revisited 15.7.2023. Still quality and still packed out while nearby establishments are near empty testifying this place is still good. Service of food super quick. Eat and begone is the theme here as others are waiting for your table to be...

While we were on our authentic Vietnamese food hunt, we discovered this Vietnamese restaurant - #ThuanAn in Sunshine. Aside from the usual suspects like Pho, #ThuanAn served the original beef casserole with baguette - Bo Kho. Unlike the Western-style beef stew, Bo Kho is full of Asian flavours - sweet, sour and spicy. When served with a baguette that is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, it is really a wholesome meal for cold and wet autumn weather in Melbourne. Aside from Bo Kho, we also tried the Vietnamese Tapioca Noodle Soup with Crab Meat - #BanhCanhCua. Besides the piece and pieces of crab shells in the soup, the dish is pretty decent for those who have not had the authentic version in Vietnam. The restaurant is clean and modern looking with bright light. The only thing that bothers me is the music, and the restaurant played pop dance music pretty loudly.

Consistency -✅️ Food Quality - ✅️ Efficiency- ✅️ Service -...