Vietnam Cuisine Restaurant — Restaurant in Orlando

We came here one afternoon for a nice lunch. We didn't know where to go at first, but we knew we wanted to be in the Mills 50 area, so we broke out the trust dusty list and browsed until we found this place!

Ambiance was very simple. It was a dining room with no more than 10 tables. Mirrors everywhere, one small window, and some nice ambient music being played. Service was great, too. A nice fella who helped me pick something good. I always want to try something different that Americans probably don't get too often, but servers are always hesitant and push me to more familiar things. What can you do?

We started off with the Cha Gio (deep fried spring rolls (2) with fish sauce). Very crispy, not very oily, and the fillings within were very fresh while still being warm and well seasoned. I was a fan.

Then came the Goi Cuon Tom Thit (Summer rolls (2) shrimp, pork, lettuce, rice vermicelli, and peanut sauce). There were very good! Summer rolls are my favorite. There wasn't a lot of meat filling in these, so just be wary, but I could dip anything in that delicious peanut sauce and be happy.

For our mains, we ordered the classic Banh Mi Thit Nuong (With grilled pork). I wanted something off the wall a little, but how do you say no to this wonderful sandwich? Soft, strong, perfect bread holding all that meat, all that veg, lovely bites. Great banh mi. One of my favorites in town.

I can't remember exactly what my last dish was, but I think it was the Mi Xao Hai San (Egg noodle stir fried with seafood and vegetables). Loved this. Delicious rice noodles, huge chunks of well cooked veg, little shrimps everywhere.

Overall, this place gave me exactly what I needed. Cheap, easy, simple, delicious Vietnamese food. I will be...

Gỏi Ngó Sen Tôm Thịt: Way too much meat with very little ngó sen. The meat was thick, not thinly sliced like traditional dish. In fact, it was too thick that it felt like we were eating a pork dish instead of a gỏi. The sweet and sour sauce for the gỏi was decent, with much more sweetness than sourness.

Bún Bò Huế: I did not taste mắm ruốc, which is the main ingredient for the broth, at all. Everything else was average at best.

Bánh Canh Tôm Cua: The broth was so oily. The only thing we could taste is the garlic oil put into the broth. The bánh canh (noodle) themselves were thick and chewy, and it was perfectly cooked. You got 2 shrimps, 2 pieces of pork, 2 quail eggs, and 1 crab claw. The quail egg was the canned one, not freshly boiled. The white park tasted like cardboard, and the yolk tasted like watery mess. Other toppings tasted ok-ish at best.

Rau Má Đậu Xanh: Decent flavor but not enough đậu xanh (mung bean).

Chè 3 màu: Too much food coloring. Taste was very generic. They definitely bought it from somewhere else. It wasn’t too sweet.

Overall, the dishes weren’t great. I don’t know about other items, but I recommend you not order these. I probably won’t come back since there are som any other options...

This restaurant has a very bad odor because it shares the same air as the next door nail supply store. This is like eating in a nail salon with all the strong nail polishes. Can you really taste and enjoy the food if all you snell is nail polishes?

Also the restroom is dirty and they do not provide soap in the restroom. So you know your food is not clean because the people that work at the restaurant don’t wash their hands with soap.

Another bad thing about the restroom is it is very small and not in compliance with the ADA. If you are over 170 pounds forget about using this restroom because you will get stuck in the restroom door because the door is only 16 inches long. I am pretty sure if you are over 170 pounds you are likely be at least 16 inches round. So where can you go to the restroom if you are big? Just don’t drink too much water or order soup with too much liquid so you don’t have to go.

To summarize, eating at this restaurant is like eating in a nail salon but you walk out without a manicure (if you did not get stuck in the 16 inch...