Restaurant Hoang Oanh — Restaurant in Montreal

I came across their store on social media when I was trying to look for Vietnamese food recommendations in Montreal. Our family came for the hot pot but seems like this place is popular in general for other items as well. It’s huge with seats across 2 buildings and was constantly packed with customers both Vietnamese and other ethnicities.

For hot pot, it’s all you can eat. The broth is decided - plain with no spicy and tomyum with some kick to it. The veggie, mushrooms, fishballs, carb is available at the display to grab ourselves. And they also provide beef and lamb included in all you can eat on demand.

We were greeted with complimentary fried chickens and it was so so good. We quickly went grab other ingredients for our hot pot. And seems like with just 3-4 big groups, it’s also maxing the capacity of their current display. And there were only 2-3 staffs around including the owner to refill. So there are times when the item was empty. Ordering for meat takes some time as well so make sure you ask early on.

At the end, we were all going for their black herb jelly and tofu dessert, which were very addictive.

Alcohol can be bought by the store next door at street corner. (Which was a culture shock for me that you can just bring your own drink without extra...

Food was good but I think they should be more transparent with the prices. The menu states that tax is included. We ordered two medium size bowls of bun bo hue. The waiter asks if we wanted pork feet and we said one will include, the other will have cha meat instead of pork feet. We also ordered com tam with fried egg (as the dish did not come with). Upon paying, we were not given a receipt. We were told we were actually given large size bowls of bun bo hue, which did not feel like it because it was mostly soup and less noodles. Even with the bean sprouts, we did not feel full. However, it should not be our mistake that they gave us large when we clearly asked for medium and had to pay the price difference. I did expect an extra charge for the fried egg but he did not say how much. The total came to 10% more than we expected but there was no receipt to calculate all the supposed extra charges. We were unsure if tips were included. Only upside is that they were open on Sunday whereas most places...

Best pho soup ever, nice clean taste, once the raw beef is mixed in, it makes the soup pop even more. I really like the lemongrass chili paste, I can of abuse it a bit... Having spoonful of chili paste mix a bit with the soup.

Their herbal drink is quite unique and tasty it's a mix of similar to winter melon drink added goji berries, longan,ginkonuts, red dates, kelp and snow fungus...but I found it quite small.... One thing I m a bit disappointed...

WeThe hot pot only available at night... For someone outside of Montreal... It's a nightmare travelling...