Sen Vietnamese Kitchen & Bar — Restaurant in Albert-Eden

. (02/2019) This beautiful Vietnamese restaurant is located over Normanby Road in Mount Eden and can be easily spotted on the roadside from a moving vehicle in normal traffic. Convenient location. Well managed, organised and nicely maintained. Comfortable seating. Excellent ambiance and cosy atmosphere. The seating is extended to second level which presents a lovely view as well as great surrounding. Plentiful food options with dedicated section for vegan and vegetarian ones. Delicious food and it comes with good presentation. Drip coffee, Banh Bao Chay and Ca Tim Chay are amazing. We were looking forward to mango salad but due to different season, it was replaced with papaya after informing us. Table service. Offers takeaways. Well timed service. Pleasant and helpful staff but once you have been served, you may have to try hard to get attention of servers for anything else. Could not notice wheelchair accessible seating or high chair in plain view at this location. Good for groups and catch-ups. Reservation can be made in advance and is recommended for big groups. Good place to spend quality time. There is no dedicated parking area available although ample shared parking can be found. Finding parking can be a struggle over a weekend or a day with some sports event at Eden park. Entrance is not wheelchair accessible. PayWave facility is available at this location. Had a great experience, more because of...

My second visit since I posted a review last month and - sadly - was sooo disappointed! I brought my son (who is a Chef at Masu) and his girlfriend as I wanted them to experience Sen and... OMG... the 'service' was embarrassingly woeful and the brulee disappointing. The waiters (different to our last visit) had to be asked twice to remove the stack of menu's from our table after we ordered and as they cleared the tables from surrounding diners, they just stacked the dirty dishes on the empty, but clean, tables [plural] next to us and left them there whilst they went downstairs - empty handed! I've never seen anything of the kind! Sadly, the brulee, which I'd previously raved about, came out this night with what looked like tinned boysenberries on top and the juice just dissolved the incredibly perfect sugared crust on the top! Such a waste! Bahn Bao were average. I'd be hard pressed to return. (1st Visit - October) My friend brought me here for dinner and I was so pleasantly surprised! Service and food is excellent. We ordered the 'Shaking Beef, Steamed bun and asian greens' and... wait for it... 3 desserts!! Defintiely order the brulee. It was THE BEST brulee we'd ever had!! The puffed rice was unimpressive but the chocolate cake made up for it! Ambience is great and the interior - absolutely charming! Will definitely return before I leave NZ!...

What a beautiful space! Sen has a very warm atmosphere to it. Very chic! Great for a date ! My partner treated me to dinner at Sen last night. The service is wonderful, the staff are all very kind and their lead waitress is very attentive! She explained the whole menu to us, pointing out Vietnamese favorites and staple dishes for us !

The food was Crazy! You must try the Nem Lui (pork skewers) they are cooked on a lemongrass stalk that gives you a little spritz of flavour every time you bite ! We also had the summer rolls and spring rolls. Both of which were so fragrant and came with a variety of dipping sauces. Try the summer roll with the hoison sauce! So good ! Our waitress even went the extra mile to set our entrees up as a sharing platter since we were on a date!

My partner order the Bo Cari. A bright beef curry. The sauce was nice and thick and the flavour kind creeps up on you. Many layers to the sauce. And nice soft veges to accompany! Decent portions

I ordered the Ca Sot Man. A Tarakihi fish With a sweet plum sauce base. There were veges on the plate but the fish sings by itself. The sauce is a little sweet, a little sour, but all round so much flavour!!!! Great portion size also! And not too heavy

Add on a Vina colada ( a kinda fizzy pinacolada) and your night will be made.

10/10 will see...