Viet Grill

Living in Hoxton Village for many years, and just back from Vietnam for holiday, I have just realised Viet Grill is a real icon for Vietnamese Food. I cannot imagine I can find a true taste of this lovely cuisine so close to what I have tasted in Vietnam. The Pho I have here, got the real aromatic of Hanoi street Pho, with the fantastic cut of beef, the sweetness and depth of marrow bone stock. The Green Papaya Salad is the real version with dried brisket, the Galangal Grilled Duck is so marianted so well and char coales just right enough.

This is a bit expensive, bit still the most busiest in kingsland Road. The buzz and cosy place make me give it 10 scores as I enjoyed this eatery so much.
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Edward Tran
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Thursday, May 16, 2013

After many years of visiting Viet Grill / Cay Tre and recommending both restaurants to anyone who will listen, I visited tonight with a pregnant girlfriend of mine.

Having enjoyed our starters, our mains were swiftly served and just as swiftly removed; within moments we received our bill without asking. We were then asked, by an incredibly rude waitress, to leave the restaurant immediately as someone else needed our table. Clearly as we were drinking water, our bill was not going to be hefty enough for us to be allowed to stay and finish our evening.

Before leaving feeling outraged at your behaviour, we went downstairs to the toilet level where we saw a handful of completely empty tables.

Cay Tre and Viet Grill had a reputation for being the best Vietnamese in East London. The food is good but the severe lack of respect from the staff, who quite clearly are tasked with making as much money as possible in any way possible, will ensure we never return - and we will most certainly be spreading the word that they have sadly got too big for their boots. No restaurant survives on good food alone!
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1 Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Friday, April 12, 2013

Nice and spacious and was not too busy, but we did wait a good 10 mins to have our order taken. The drinks were a bit slow but food came promptly after.

I just had water spinach (morning glory) which had whole garlic cloves. Would have preferred it to be cut up as I was using chopsticks and I like some chilli but I could have asked for it. I do love it though and hadn't had it since I was in south east Asia a few years ago. Portion was a wee bit stingy but I think the idea was to have it as a side. My appetite at lunch is always pretty minimal so it was actually just right. Ordered rice as well and only had a spoonful, it wasnt all that fresh.

Companion had vermicelli bowl with pork in betal leaf (delicious) another porky thing in puffy crunchy coating (also lovely) and prawn spring roll (underwhelming and by the time I tried it, quite soggy)

They loved it and portion was huge. I am not mad keen on cucumber when it's had contact with heat but that's just me.

Non alcoholic cocktail was carton juices and absolutely tons of ice. Beer was fine, can't remember the name but it was the only Vietnamese one they had. Overall enjoyed and pretty good value for the vermicelli bowl, less so my veg dish.
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Kedi - View all reviews by this user
7 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 6
Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Have just read some reviews of Viet Grill expressing disappointment and had to lodge my views! Have eaten here 10 times in the last 18 months.....absolutely fantastic.

Wonderful fresh flavours, great ingredients and friendly warm service, and good value. Now to be balanced it's very popular and gets noisy and they like to turn the tables but the food remains outstanding!
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Roger
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Probably the best of the lot along this strip - The Pho Mile. Have rated them as good before, but went in recently and had the 'Hanoi' beef pho - loaded with extra garlic - which was very good. The stock was light, but very tasty and the beef was fantastic. Also had the crab summer rolls which were very good. Service was hit and miss though...
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keisha - View all reviews by this user
7 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Monday, February 13, 2012

The food is poor. It has really gone down hill over the last few years in terms of portion size and quality. I have cooked better Vietnamese food myself! Service is erratic. Atmosphere is better than the other Vietnamese restaurants on this strip but food is much worse and overpriced. You can do better.
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Derek
4 Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 3
Sunday, February 05, 2012

We all gave out a laugh when we saw a little square on the side of the menu that said 'Recession proof meal'. That was a 2 course for £10 and why not so we went ahead and ordered that.

From the appetisers, you get a choice of either the Grand Imperial spring roll, chilli squid or lotus stem salad.

With the mains, you get to pick one from their main dishes and we all went with the vermicelli salad.

At this price, you get a decent and tasty fare that you can't complain about.
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Chopstix2Steaknives
7 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 7
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

I have dined at the Viet Grill four times, the last visit was 10/12/11. The food has been good each time, I haven`t been impressed with the service given by the waiters/waitresses.,most seem to be preoccupied,as if serving food wasn`t the main part of their job. This was most noticeable on my last visit. I found my table was a bit "sticky" too...
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Mike Richards - View all reviews by this user
6 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 7
Sunday, December 11, 2011

Standing out of the crowd of 13 Vietnamese restaurants here, Viet Grill is definitely the best.

What I really enjoyed here is the quality of meat. Rarely you have properly beef and duck with this high quality. Their prawns are from Red Sea, and their squid is very tender. If you care about what you eat, here is the best in Kingsland Road, maybe in London as well in term of Vietnamese Food.

I have to mention the quality of cooking is also excellent. People told me Pho in Song Que is very good, but after trying the beef in the Pho in Song Que and at Viet Grill, I prefer Viet Grill. The menu also has a fantastic Salad section, with things from Mangon Salad to Indochine beef.

Verdict: best in town for Vietnamese Food
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Marq - View all reviews by this user
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Good food! love the fishtank and decorating. A bit noisy and the service wasn't good. The staff was pretty out of control. its better go for lunch.
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bianca
6 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Sunday, August 14, 2011