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Great place for casual dining
2013-03-04 340 views
There's almost always a line in front of this restaurant, so it's rather crowded at all hours of the day, but the line moves reasonably fast because it's not a slow food sort of place. The decor inside the restaurant is very bright and pretty—oil/acrylic paintings of scenes in Vietnam, and light colored tables and chairs. The seats and tables are rather closely spaced together, so that sometimes you get a feeling you're sitting in a stranger's lap and if you're sitting close to the window, you
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There's almost always a line in front of this restaurant, so it's rather crowded at all hours of the day, but the line moves reasonably fast because it's not a slow food sort of place. The decor inside the restaurant is very bright and pretty—oil/acrylic paintings of scenes in Vietnam, and light colored tables and chairs. The seats and tables are rather closely spaced together, so that sometimes you get a feeling you're sitting in a stranger's lap and if you're sitting close to the window, you may get hungry stares from the patrons waiting in line outside, which may be slightly uncomfortable. Still, the place is great for casual dining—it's noisy enough so that you can have a rather loud boisterous conversation and not worry about being overhead. Definitely not a romantic date sort of place, but very good for group gatherings.

The food's pretty good in all branche of Nha Trang in HK. We had spicy beef noodle soup and deep-fried soft shell crab and a couple of young coconuts this time. The coconuts were not particularly young, I think, so that although the juice is sweet and tasty, the meat of the coconuts were a little tough and hard to scrape off and eat; but juice quality v. meat tenderness I think has always been the Scylla and Charybdis of eating young coconuts, and I think these coconuts do a pretty good balancing act.

The deep-fried soft shell crab was succulent and tender on the inside and lightly breaded and crispy on the outside, served piping hot—a 9 out of 10. The spicy beef noodle soup had just enough lime and pepper in it to give a slight kick to the beef slices (full of tendons, the way I like it) and some pork pieces (slightly chalky, but edible)—7 out of 10.

The service was quick, friendly and efficient. Your food is almost always at your table within 10 minutes of ordering, and check gets to your table in 1 minute flat when you ask for you. Admirably, even though there are almost always people lining up outside, the restaurant staff never gives you the impression that they're anxious for you to leave--empty dishes are cleared away very discreetly and quietly, and you're welcome to linger as long as you like, although the noise inside the restaurant sometimes may make you wish finishing up the meal with a quiet cup of coffee somewhere else.
Other Info. : Cash only--bring plenty of cash...
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Date of Visit
2013-03-03
Waiting Time
15 Minutes (Dine In)
Spending Per Head
$150
Recommended Dishes
  • deep fried softshell crab