Saigon Kitchen 越华 — Restaurant in Howick

What can say but truly an absolute pleasure to have eaten at this new Restaurant. Thank you to Alan for such an exceptional customer service given. Absolute delight and hassle free to deal with and converse with. I would totally recommend this Vietnamese style foods restaurant to anyone. Fast and quick service and the food OMG, it was absolutely delicious and money well worth spent, money for value and more. You definitely get a huge and decent sized portion meal for sure. Here's my rating of 5/5 as follows... Very roomy and spacious surroundings and ambiance as expected being an Asian restaurant is fantastic. Exceptional Customer Service given by Alan (so be sure to go in and say hi to him and talk to him if you have any upcoming functions, very easy to deal with and is flexible to ensure your function or event is a success and that you go leaving satisfied and most definitely full) Money for value for sure Fast service Very polite, professional and understanding with a smile. Check their facebook page out to find out more details etc under SAIGON RESTAURANT THANK YOU ALAN...

Drove from Waiuku to dine here tonight. We were a party of 22 people and the majority wanting to order from the menu. Our booking was for 6.30pm, they called at 5.30pm to confirm our booking which we verified. We arrived on time and were seated with menus. However, when it was time to order, we were told that they had run out of chicken and not serving chicken dishes. Very disappointing, this information would have been helpful when they called at 5.30pm, also not serving alcohol but is advertised on their website menu. I was embarrassed because I booked this place for everyone. Please do better for others, we were trying very hard to be patient even when you mixed up our orders. Have a better system of taking orders. The person taking the orders should be the one directing those bringing them out to the tables. We had several different people bringing out food and putting them anywhere on the tables, it was all confusing. It shouldn't be that hard. On a positive note, the wonton soup broth...

First time trying their hotpot buffet. I had no idea this place was quite popular. It was quite packed during the time we were here. They have a small selection of hot food. Then the rest are veges, meat and seafood to be cooked. For the hot food I really liked their lamb brisket and their egg omelette. For the hotpot stuff, my go to was the sliced beef, salmon head, cuttlefish and the squid. My wife's favourite is the crab. The seafood here is quite fresh and no bad ammonia aftertaste. They also have a small selection of dessert in the end. There was coconut jelly, coffee jelly and coconut sago soup with yam and also of course ice cream which I didn't go for. Our favourite was the sago, it was nicely cooked sweet, slightly thick and the yam flavour was good. Overall, this place is good priced and the selection of food is great. Service is not bad, staff comes and collect the used plates, but it is a...