Three Mums Kitchen — Restaurant in Northern Territory

It's...ok at best. I'll be rating it purely based on the Banh Mi that I had.

Foreword: My standards for Banh Mi in general is probably a bit too high considering the amount of it I ate back in HCM city and Sydney.

There are 3 main issues with the Banh Mi: It's $11, which is insanity. And before you ask, it's not like it was a veal schnitzel banh mi or a lobster banh mi (which is sacrilege as it is). No option for a traditional pork roll, which is usually the prime differentiator between good and great Vietnamese restaurants. They only provide meat stuffings that are already marinated (a la lemongrass pork and whatnot). This is probably because they don't use patè in their rolls, which is a big no-no for me. The quality of the bread was ehhhh... Considering it's $11 you'd think it'd be a bit better. Even the notorious Hong Ha would give this place a run for it's money (pun intended).

Anyway, the guy who served me was cool at least, so I'll give them credit for that.

The Banh Mi gets a 2/5. I haven't been back to try anything else. Maybe the pho or bun cha is better? Who knows. But I'm incline to give them the benefit of...

I’m going to say this was the best Bahn Mi I’ve outside of Vietnam.

It was absolutely awesome.

You’ll not be disappointed when you find Three Mums Kitchen tucked away in a rather bland and run down looking arcade off the Smith St Mall. The service is bright, cheerful and friendly and the is food amazing - when you see so many locals eating somewhere you know it’s going to be good and we weren’t disappointed in the least, I’m just annoyed I didn’t order spring rolls or extras to go with my lunch !! I’m looking forward to heading back soon before we leave Darwin to continue...

This is hard to write in contradiction to so many good reviews, so maybe you have a sabotage problem or maybe you've stopped caring, idc, but this was absolutely disgusting. This "meat" is like reheated leftover smoked BBQ from the weekend with an overpowering smoke. There is no way this was cooked to order, its the worst broken rice dish Ive ever encountered, and the dressing/nuoc cham smells toxic. Spring rolls not fresh and soggy as. This is the worst food Ive ever come across in Darwin in 20 years and Ive been to Uncle Sams...