Cà Phê District OL — Restaurant in okres Olomouc

The food here would have been much better if they had used some fresh basil, mint, cilantro, and lime in the cooking ( along with some fish sauce) .. Like they do in Vietnam.. This is evidently a Czech take on Vietnamese food and I doubt a person from Vietnam would recognize these dishes..The Pho breaks the rules by being spicy which is probably fine because they don't bother to use any of the spices that make Pho a wonderful soup.. This is beef noodle soup with lots of chopped green onion and more chili and a slice of lemon on the side.. Pho it is not. That being said the spice had me breaking into a sweat which cooled me off a bit as the place was sweltering as the city was in the grips of a heatwave... ( we ate in the garden which marginally cooler than inside.).The tofu spring rolls lack all of the above herbs but include some chopped lettuce and a soy dipping sauce which makes it all the more dismal ( certainly the traditional vinegar based dipping sauce made with a bit of rice vinegar , sugar , fish sauce , lime and chili would have helped these bland fellows) ...The chicken curry was ok.. but I found it odd to see the addition of green beans and carrots.. We took this to go and discovered that they had ignored our requests for plastic forks and an extra paper plate when we opened up the bag at the hotel.... It was hard to share a soupy curry with chopsticks out of the same take out box.... While the menu is in Czech the waitress kindly translated it for us.. a nice girl wilting in the heat....All in all, a strong MEH...( response to the response of the owner.: All the good pho I have eaten is usually cooked for many hours with variations of star anise, cardamon , sometimes a cinamon stick , whole cloves and some corriander seeds all wrapped up in cheese cloth..I have never seen pho not served without lime, basil, usually mint , bean sprouts, cilantro and chopped chili( which you did have)BTW: Lime is much better than lemon ( which you offer on the side) when it comes to Vietnamese food I think..... Its nice to have some Hoison on the table too along with the chili sauce.One of my favorite pho places always remind me NOT to add chilis until I enjoy the beautiful aromatic broth which always cooks for at least 12 hours..Certainly your spring rolls would be 100 times better with fresh herbs in them but if your customers dont like them then I can see why you don't use them ...I grow all of them in Poland ( see photo)and have a huge crop now..anyway thank you for response and I certainly understand that you must cater to your regular customer base.Regarding the lack of plastic forks with takw away meals, fine, but you happily used a plastic box with the curry to go if indeed you are trying to cut down on the use of plastics.. It would have been a kindly consideration to the customer who requests extra forks or spoons ( not to mention a paper plate) with which to eat take away food that these are not provided....Anyway: Good luck...

I don't even know where to begin... it's a shame that the maximum amount of stars is 5, cause if I could, I'd give at least 7 🙌 This place literally ticks off all the boxes for an authentic contemporary Vietnamese restaurant. Super friendly and skilled staff, food is served in no time and is so damn delicious, all the aromatics and textures are spot on. I was able to choose between more than 5 amazing vegan options 💚 Also loved their wide variety of fancy beverages. When in Olomouc I will never look further than this place, can't wait to be back. Thank you so much to the...

Phở bò and Bún Bò Nam Bộ are nice, we dont ask anything more than that for Vietnamese foods in an EU country. It would be even better if you can use lime instead of lemon. I know VNese herbs are hard to find here but the other vegetables already satisfy me. Thank you for promoting Vietnamese foods in Czech. But the Cà Phê Muối is the worst one I've ever had. It had too much condensed milk at the bottom and no salty cream. Hopefully, you can improve it. The menu has various of choices. I would recommend people to come and try. The staff was nice...