Bonjour Saigon — Restaurant in Calgary

May 2025 update: Visited again for breakfast. I tried chicken and waffle, the food was good.

I liked chicken, egg, but waffle was not my favorite. It was almost chewy, I also did not like the syrup/sauce on it too much.

Price was really decent as always, it’s unbeatable and I appreciate it!

My issue today was their service. I got there as 1st customer, when we were ordering, there was only one more table. However, they got our order wrong, forgot to bring a plate I asked. Also, I ordered 2 dishes for myself, each dish was supposed to come with drink but I got only 1 drink. Nothing major but not great experience.

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I visited this place on Sun afternoon for brunch for the first time.

I got their special Benny with pork belly, my partner got steak and eggs.

My bennies were ok, it was flavorful but protein was really small like 1 slice of thin pork belly and 1 slice of Viet ham. Bread was the same size as a porches egg, potion was overall really really small. One egg was runny, the other ehh was medium Porched, the cook of eggs were inconsistent(see video and pictures)

Steak and eggs were more interesting with a lot of Viet twist, their steak was like what you get in Viet sandwich. Basically, it was deconstructed Viet sandwich with eggs. But steak was like one bite size. It was the most expensive item in their menu but the potion was also pretty small.

Great thing about them was that the price was so affordable. My special was $12, it came with small side and drink, which is really great value.

Service was nice and friendly, I felt taken care of before and after meal. For future improvements, I’d like to be informed about sold out items when we order( I originally came for beef dip and stew but both were sold out and I did not know until I asked). They are open til 6pm and 3 items were already sold out around 1pm.

Overall it was good but we left hungry, I’d come back and try sold out items like stew but I’ll never order those 2 items we had...

Food? Yeah there’s food. In fact, the food, is better. If I had to rate it out of ten, I would. Tbh, the food, is actually pretty good. Really good. But, not to be confused with butt, the price? Yeah, there’s a price. If I had to rate the price. I would rate it, 20 out of wallet. What does that mean? Your wallet might have 20 less dollars after. That is if you’re single. And your stomach? Your stomach will have the food that cost the price, and it will be satisfied. The price, and maybe my stomach, may be a bit high for some dishes, but a lot of it is totally worth the it. The service? Excellent, not to be confused with exeggcute. The waiter are ultra poggers Ohio sigma rizz fan um tax. I don’t know what that means. They’re good though, very welcoming and checking up on us. Nice people, you should give them your money. All of it. The trash can they have is cute as well. And finally, the atmosphere, it’s mostly composed of nitrogen, however, there was more than enough oxygen for us to breathe, and that is good. Unfortunately, the space is a little small, it gets quite cramped if you are big, or if you’re more than 10 people. That also means it’s cozy though. Fr kinda small though. (I mean it’s not small it’s average right?) some spaces are good for privacy I suppose. The washroom looks cool I like it. Overall, I would rate it, a bonjour honhon out of sai gon. I would come here again, and again, and again, and you guys should definitely…[come]. Jwmo out🥸 but I’m actually inside (and have actually tried almost all of the menu). Attached picture is a special dessert they had for Mother’s Day. I am a mom. Also, this city has lights that go...

Delicious food, especially if you are looking for something unique that you won't find anywhere else. The portions are also very reasonable for the price. My only comment is the service we received from our waitress was lacking. She had forgotten we requested a hash brown substitution instead of fries and then rushed the kitchen to have the hash browns served right way which then resulted in the potatoes being undercooked. We also ordered a side of pancake towards the end of our meal which came out very raw. When we told our waitress she brought the pancake back to the kitchen and had them put it back on the griddle to cook more. The thing is I had already cut into the pancake with a used fork and knife, and the waitress was well-aware of this. This put us off because from an infection-control standpoint, food that has been touched by a customer is contaminated, therefore should never re-enter the kitchen and especially should not be placed on a surface where other customers' food are being prepared. If it wasn't for our server this would have been a 5-star review, but otherwise our visit here was overall a good experience and we will definitely be back to try more of the food.

Update: My family and I returned to this restaurant and the staff were very apologetic about the service from our previous visit. They made a lot of effort to ensure things went well this second time and it did not go unnoticed. This business truly cares about customer satisfaction and this is a quality that is not easy to find with companies nowadays. I highly recommend eating here, it will definitely...