Lusen Corner - Vietnamese Cuisine — Restaurant in Waitematā

A hidden hole in the wall vietnamese shop that seems to be mainly focused on takeaway, with a few seats in the walkway.

It is affordable compared to other vietnamese places, but this is expected as it is a smaller shop.

Even when dining in they serve in takeaway containers, which i did feel the lids were a bit redundant to receive as we took it off immediately.

The beef pho had a delicious broth, nice rare beef slices and plenty of onion and bean sprouts. However the noodles were clumped together and a little undercooked (I assume this would cater for noodles to be cooked just right for delivery orders).

The chicken noodle salad was fresh with plenty of vegetables. The pickled carrot inside added that extra flavour. The sauce was already poured in, so those whom like to adjust the sauce ratio might find this to be different to other places.

Worth a visit when passing by as it was an easy, quick, affordable dining experience near...

My favourite place to go for tasty cheap lunch in the CBD. You simply don't get high quality food like this at such low a price anywhere else in the CBD. Loads of vegetarian options, very friendly staff. It's really great to support a small, local, independent business like this. Bahn Mi is amazing. Really cheap, large portion size, you can get it proper spicy, crispy bread, sauce is delicious, coriander, fresh veg, cucumber etc, lovely hot crispy tofu. (I recommend getting the crispy tofu one.) Unreal. What more...

Not bad.

I paid extra for meat in the beef pho but it was still a very small portion. Maybe a bit overcooked too compared to the pictures on UberEats. Still pretty affordable but be warned of this.

The bread was a lil stale in the Bahn Mi, wasn't super high quality either. Crinkle cut carrots were a miss. Portions were better here at least, but still very average.

I feel like their ingredients are really good and it's pretty authentic but it didn't really...