Restaurant Vietnamien Le Cristal — Restaurant in Paris

We got a bowl of beef pho to share, salt and pepper shrimp, pork spring rolls (egg rolls), two baskets of sticky rice, and a spicy lemongrass beef salad. The lady was very nice and incredibly helpful despite not speaking English. The spicy lemongrass beef salad did not taste of lemongrass and had a very overpowering flavor of something that we weren’t able to identify. The pork spring rolls were quite good. The pho wasn’t the best but not the worst, it was very bean sprout heavy. The salt and pepper shrimp was cooked well, but not the typical salt and pepper seafood. We were very happy that sticky rice was on the menu. In summary, it’s definitely not the most authentic place, and we probably...

The service sucks. I walked in with a smile on my face ready to eat and the lady looked at me suspiciously and not friendly at all and then said "oui?" I guess she forgot that she worked at a restaurant and people go to restaurants to eat. Then I said oui back, and she said aggressively "qu'est-ce que tu veut?" Which means "what do you want?" I was shocked and disgusted so I left. If you like bad treatment, come to this place. Otherwise, if you like being treated respectfully, stay away...

We had an absolutely wonderful meal here! We had the beef pho and the pork broken rice dish—quantities were very substantial, the flavour authentic, the meat was cooked to the perfect temperament, and the service was lovely. We’ve eaten Vietnamese food from Vietnam to Sydney, Australia, and this was completely up to standard. N.B. The menu is in French and the owner does not speak much English, but Google Translate should...