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Went to this place today and was extremely disappointed. I had bad experiences with the other restaurant in Hoi An, but my grandmas want to go here because it has nice view and setting. The food was NOT authentic at all. Both my grandmas were from mien Tay and mien Trung and they said that the food was NOT authentic. We ordered fried fish with tamarind to make spring rolls but the fish has lots of tiny bones in it, which were very dangerous for my grandmas. The "Lau Mam" was salty and does not have depth of flavor. What EXTREMELY upsets us is when they served us roast pork to go with the "LAU MAM". Each piece is like 3-finger big, it is even bigger than a spoon. My father politely asked the waitress to bring the dish back to the kitchen and cut it in smaller size and she said no, cause the kitchen is busy (the restaurant at the time was not crowded at all). I was very mad because the chef as well as the owner should pay more attention to their food. My father, and my sister, who have very strong teeth, could not even bite even after we cut the pieces of pork by ourselves. IMAGINE the choking scenerio, my grandmas could have choked. This is an upscale restaurant and the service AND the food did not reflect that! We also had to wait for quite a while to get the food too! It reflects badly of the restaurant as do not care about their customers. Another thumb down for me is the table is full of wastes and trash, while they should have cleaned it up throughout their meal. I had to tidy up the table?! This doesnt happen even when I eat in other cheap places or...

I went there few days ago with my oversea business customer and We are very very disappoint and upset with there services and waitress attitude. We ordered dish come with soup but we didnt got the soup. I told more than 5 times to waitress and he said we forget soup so please wait 5 minutes. We are there for about 1 hour but at end I didnt get the soup. I dont know there waitress are stupid or rude because then we told to him very seriously anout soup but he was smiling and keep looking at me. How stupid is that attitude? We felt he is not serious and we felt this guy try to play with us. That made us very angry. When we go out to restaurant we told this matter to the manager but she said we will make you soup for take away so please wait. What are stupid is that too? I was waited almost 1 hour and she ask to me more. This restaurant is food and atmospheres are nice but if you are committed to go this restaurant then please consider there waitress are have no brain. Because then you can have...

This restaurant is fabulous. Booking a table was easy. The staff are attentive. They are equipped to elegantly communicate with one another and serve guests. I had no problem finding my friend who was not informed of the name I used when I reserved out table. And even though we stayed and chat for a couple of hours, we were still welcome. Overall, I would say that this place is not only ideal for eating, but also for enjoying conversations in.

The owner of this restaurant also writes books. I wouldn't recommend buying these. The books have lots of professional photos, yet lack real, practical advice. You could cook Vietnamese food equally well if you look up recipes online. What is more, because lots of ingredients suggested can only be found in Vietnam, don't bring this book abroad. It's a...