Viet Star — Restaurant in Melbourne

When you want to have dinner in Glenferrie rd, it can be hard to decide, with so many options When I passed by Viet Star it looked I noticed it was popular, being almost full even though not being a big name or looking super fancy, and even though having quite many seats inside, and even some outside My experience told me that this would be a good choice... And I can now confirm it! There are lots and lots of food options: soups, chicken, duck, pork, beef, seafood, prawn, squid, scallops, fish, rice, noodles... With all sorts of varieties Perfect for people who have an idea of what they want Now if you prefer to be guided, there are also the chef's suggestions Which is what I went with, getting a barramundi (fish) with green apple salad. If you're sensitive to spiciness, you may want to mention it. In any case, you'll enjoy it (it was actually really good I would say) I got some steamed rice to go with it I also had prawn sugar cane as a starter They have lots of wine, beer, and non alcoholic drinks. I went for a fresh coconut juice, that came along some coconut meat even, loved it And a banana fritter with ice cream as a dessert The whole meal was great The atmosphere is laid-back Location is great It's an authentic Vietnamese restaurant And the staff is efficient, special mention to Ben with whom I had a chat (good memories from my 1 month in his native...

TLDR: great service, food not particularly good or bad, clean

Full review: came here with extended family for Father's Day dinner. They proactively offered and setup a booster seat for my toddler. A few family members were running late and they were happy to take the order first but to hold off on cooking until the family members were 5 minutes away so that the food would arrive fresh and hot. That was really nice of them to offer.

Of what we ordered, I'd particularly recommend salt & chilli quail and the fried flounder. Both were really well-seasoned and crunchy on the outside whilst moist on the inside. We also had a ginger tofu/prawn & veggies clay pot, black bean tofu & veggies, and some Chinese broccoli in garlic sauce. Although the dishes were not the absolute best I've ever had, I'd say they were pretty good compared to the average restaurant

No photos as I was too busy feeding a...

Made us feel incredibly rushed. Said they shut at 9.30pm, but Google says 10pm. They let us sit down, then told us to order fast, then cleaned around us bashing chairs and cutlery which felt like they were letting us know they wanted us to hurry up and leave. If you are closing and don’t have time to allow customers to finish their food, don’t let them in in the first place. Appalling service. We even brought it up at the end and they said they didn’t do anything and made us feel like it was our fault. They shouldn’t let people in if they are going to make them feel completely unwelcome and rushed. I have indigestion from eating so fast because I felt so uncomfortable. Decent food but bad service. Won’t...