Steak Love The Villa — Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City

Before I could learn that "Topping" is a nice yet really obsolete way to denote that something or someone bears a certain degree of excellence, I had asked myself countless times "What's a Topping Beef exactly? What makes that Beef top... things?"

I confess to having pictures of this Beef in the act of "Topping" in my mind, most of which are better left unshared, untold. But anyway. Back to the establishment and its qualities.

At Topping Beef you'll find exactly what you expect to find: meat. Excellent sauces, ample selection of, ehm, toppings - and quite some decent wines to choose from. Friendly service, and in the specific case of "The Villa" chapter of TB, a mildly romantic vibe, good for a date.

On a side note, you will perhaps find even more meat than you expected, herds of underdressed youth Insta-Ladies taking countless (COUNTLESS) pictures of their exposed features, grinning over the fancy villa & swimming pool background. (Might this possibly be another form of "topping"?)

Finally, a word of warning - degrees of doneness here are shifted one way down: call for "Medium Rare" and you will get a rare steak, call for "Medium" and you'll get "Medium Rare" - and so forth. Not a big deal, but you'd better go equipped with this lore.

Hope you found this review topping...

Food was awesome. As a loyal customer of Topping Beef since day one during Le Ngo Cat era I have no complaints about food. Yet, this was my first time trying this branch and the service wasn't that good. I did call for reservation and carefully asked whether they have area with AC and they said yes. Guess what? They turned the AC on with fully open air and it was just on fan mode. I was sweating sitting inside that room. It got hotter as more customers walked in and they have to just turn on additional fan instead of making the room closed air for the AC to fully functional. They should have said no AC in the beginning so I could have chosen another branch. What a diaster. Furthermore, staff just doing their job without putting a smile on their faces. They seem unfriendly somehow. The Doc Lap branch is so much better in...

Had steak here before and it was good. However, we ordered the Hokubee beef this time and it was honestly disgusting. I did a little search and found out that Hokubee was actually not a real steak but rather reconstructed beef? How do you even call it a “steak”? Nowhere in the menu and the waiter would not even tell you that it’s RECONSTRUCTED BEEF made from lower quality pieces of beef and injected with vegetable or beef fats with a sort of chemical/beef glue? Like you’ve gotta be kidding me. I would have never ordered that if I had known. It was honestly the most disgusting “steak” I have ever had. I think the restaurant should be more transparent and call it for what it is but instead they try to hide that fact. Won’t be coming here again for a while for sure. This is very dishonest of the restaurant and it’s...