Roast & Smoke Thao Dien — Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City

Roast & Smoke offers a clean and modern atmosphere, with both indoor and outdoor seating options. The indoor area is air-conditioned, making it comfortable, especially in warmer weather. Their selection of wines and craft beers adds a nice touch to the overall experience.

The menu primarily features pizzas, calzones, salads, and some unique local dishes. As the name suggests, the restaurant specializes in smoked meats, which you can smell as soon as you walk through the entrance.

I tried the brisket calzone, which I can recommend for its flavor, though the cheese on top was burnt. While I didn’t mind it, it’s something others might not appreciate.

Service was a highlight—waiters were prompt, polite, and everything seemed well-organized and clean. Credit to the management for keeping things running smoothly.

Overall, a solid experience with a few areas that could use...

just a wonderful find hidden on a small street in thao Dien= so easy to walk right past without a 2nd look.

Smoked meats: brisket, ribs, pork are perhaps the best in D2. Eclectic , creative and interesting menu: start with brisket croquette appetizers topped with a little sauerkraut, then dig into an amazing brisket calzone- soft and chewy pastry filled with deliciousness of tender smoked meat. Pizza's looked yummy, but haven't tried them yet. Pasta with brisket ends was a bit dry and not as brilliant to my taste buds as other offerings. But overall a real gem

Also shocked at fabulous drinks offering- great home roasted Braziailin arabica and Dak Lak robsuta, interesting selection of tasty home made sodas, decent selection of local brews on tap, and a nice cider...

Very disappointing experience this time around as I’ve been coming to this place every Sunday for their Brisket Bun Bo. That’s how much I love that dish. However, yesterday the brisket and broth were very stinky, I’ve asked to return the dish and let the chef make another one. The dish was sent back to me as reheated in a broth, and now the meat tastes even worse as you could feel the cooked blood in them. That shouldn’t happen. 2 waiters came, one to tell me the chef did it right, the next came to say it must have been a bad batch. He didn’t offer to get me a new dish or anything, he did apologize. I don’t know if they will improve from here but at 200k a bowl, they should. Best of luck...