Vietnam House

Absolutely the worst bahn mi roll I have ever had (and I have had a fair few). Ordered the pork and it was virtually a carrot bahn mi with a touch of ordinary tasting deli pork and a sprinkle of greens with the slightest scraping of liver paste. Could not even finish it. Terrible, terrible, terrible.

I phoned through order combination rice noodles (number 6) old man couldnt understand me I repeated the order and number.
Went to pick up my order I knew he'd gotten it wrong.
He said you ordered pho noodle soup. I said that's not number 6. After disagreeing back and forth I just decided to take the pho bowl.
As I walked away of course they spoke in their language. Never again.

Food was nice and staff were friendly until it came time to pay the bill. Now, I wasn’t aware we were still living in 1996. I thought in 2022 when you went out with a group of 6 people you could easily split the bill, but no, I was mistaken. Nothing worse than not having seen a bunch of people for 12 months then having to awkwardly work out who’s going to foot the entire bill on their credit card while everyone else scrambles for cash. Listen, there is absolutely no good reason you cannot split the bill. What if we had all come in and sat on separate tables?

Thought I’d give these guys a go and unfortunately was disappointed. Firstly, I ordered the egg noodle soup with chicken to be served on the side along with the soup (leaving the noodles dry). I was told this was not possible despite this being a standard practice at any authentic Vietnamese restaurant which this place appeared to be. Owner/manager even agreed that this was done at other restaurants but not them. Okay, so I order the pho. It was okay nothing special with minimal beef.

Overall, poor experience considering the prices (higher than average) and with better alternatives in Canberra.

I hope they lift their game or else I question how long they will be able to operate for.

The chicken pho lacked flavour and depth. Slightly improved with adding sauces and chilli. The chicken in the soup tasted like it had been refrigerated for a few days. The noodles were good though. Disappointing

Always ordered pho and vermicelli salad with beef. All good untill the other day tried a stir fry with seafood. For $22, practically all vegetables, and portion is small.

Preferred the rice vermicelli noodle salad dish from the previous owner. Found the sauce for this one too sweet and rice noodle is different.

The staff were really nice but the food is only ok. The pho broth was served close to room temperature and seemed to lack flavour. The rice paper rolls also seemed a bit stale. The Viet coffee was nice though.

Quick service at lunchtime. Clean restaurant.

It ok.

The service and atmosphere is good. However I didn't love the food, it was just ok. My wife and I had variations of the egg noodle soup. The soup was a little sweet. Wontons tasted a bit like uncooked meat.

We came across this restaurant on visiting Woden Plaza after almost 6 years. So many changes and new restaurants along Keltie St. We were pleased to see variety choices of Beef Phõ, which my husband and elder son immediately ordered Phõ Tai Sat and Phõ Dac Biet. I decided to try out their Bun Bo Hué, while my younger boy ordered the special combination broken rice with pork chop. We also ordered a serve of spring rolls.

Service was ok though could be improved with a smile. Phõ and broken rice tasted good tho my bun bo hue was a bit too oily - I felt I was drinking oil rather than soup. For the size of bowls and price, I was disappointed that meat slices and bits were insufficient. I have eaten at other restaurants and normally find I am unable to finish my noodles and meat, but it was the other way around at Viet Nam House.

Still, a reasonably good variety of Vietnamese dishes to try out if you are at Woden and crave some hot soupy broth.

Visiting Canberra again for a few days, I discovered this restaurant strip and decided on Vietnamese, as I felt like their beautiful, fresh flavours that I am accustomed to. The reality was disappointing.

I walked in about 8: 45 pm and the staff just wanted the order quickly, and not much else. The Grilled fish was burnt black on the underside. Did they think I wouldn't notice? They brought me another one shortly without complaint, and although the flavours were fairly nice, the dish was swimming in vegetable oil.

At 9 pm, the staff was packing up chairs on all the tables, and the music was shut off at some point. I was barely finishing my (second serving of my) meal and wasn't given the time to finish my glass of wine at a normal pace; rather I had to down it alittle quickly.

There was barely a smile from any of the three staff I dealt with over the time I was there.

Clearly nobody from the restaurant reads these reviews, and they don't even have the correct address since they (apparently) relocated at some point. I wonder if anyone there actually cares about their customers at all.

I've eaten here a few times over the years. It's always been an uneven experience. Located in Woden Plaza, a busy shopping centre, the place should be really moving. But it wasn't and so I was wondering what was wrong. The vegan Vietnamese restaurant a couple shops away was full so it wasn't lack of people or location. Today we had the bad part of uneven. Our staff member gave every appearance of not wanting to be there. Her sour face and lack of interest was a real turn off. We put in our order. I asked for water and nothing happened. At the end I saw a few water bottles and glasses on the counter so I helped myself. My partner can't use chop sticks and asked for eating irons. They arrived with hands all over the eating ends. The food was bland and quite basic. I've tasted good Vietnamese food and this was not it. Finally, the bill was incorrect and the pay wave machine was temperamental so it took a few tries to finalise the account. All in all, a night to be remembered for all the wrong reasons. We won't be visiting this place again.

Was here on a Saturday night, staff are very friendly and always smiling, great atmosphere! Place has a homely feel to it.

I think the social combination broken rice is one of the better ones in Canberra and the soup is delicious and compliments the dish well! My partner got the vermicelli bowl who also enjoyed it very much.

The salt and pepper fried tofu was probably a little disappointing but apart from that the restaurant is still definitely worth a visit if you are in the mood for Vietnamese food

I'm a person of habit, if I find a place that makes that one thing great, that's what I go there for.

I love the Rare Beef Pho!

The family love the tofu salad and the pork and spring roll salad.

Great service great food.:)

Pho was quite good, nice quantity of beef. Soup was a touch on the sweet side but still nice. Vermicelli salad was fresh, pork was tasty and good quantity. Would have preferred greener lettuce as opposed to iceberg but minor point. Price was very reasonable and service was excellent. Overall will return.

The Pho tasted like the ones I got in Vietnam and the service was really nice. The lady bent over backwards to get us seated and settled.

Superb true Vietnamese food and caring prompt service. The pork chops were divine as was the quail. I ordered 2 takeaways for my trip back to Sydney after eating in, it was that good! Loved it - and excellent price too!

The Vietnamese pork rolls are to die for. Super quick service and tasty food. Highly recommend

Fish sauce Chicken wings was so delicious and service was fast.
Staff was nice and friendly
Prices are reasonable and vermicelli noodles salad with lemongrass beef was delicious fresh salad and good portions. Will definitely come back to tryout other dishes.

Decent Pho, on the sweeter side.
Lemongrass Beef Bun, was good.
Crispy Skin Chicken also solid.
The fish sauce was on the lighter side.
Friendly service.
Efficient.
Will be back to try more off the menu.