Came here for lunch with a friend the other day! Its an old school vietnamese venue, that has been around for years !!!
It has been many moons since i have been here, so it was time to revisit it as i have been craving Noodles for weeks. Ramen and Pho has been my weakness recently.Lunch special of $10 for a Large bowl of Bun Bo Hue (Spicy vermicelli noodles, with beef and pork) Wow! This is the kind of value and authenticity that i would usually get in Inala. In fact it may be even better. Don't be fooled by the basic decor...I thoroughly enjoyed this dish, and it is on par with some of the best Vietnamese food you can find in Brisbane, and the price point is just fantastic! This has the potential to be a weekly spot for me to visit, as i left feeling satisfied and full but still quite fresh.
Highly recommend!
Unexpectedly delicious Vietnamese dinner of fresh prawn and pork spring rolls, vermicelli salad with sugar cane prawns, fried rice and crispy chicken — all with tasty sauces and BYO. Simple setting but became crowded so get there early! 🥘
This place is consistently delicious - and one of our favourite Viet places in Brisbane! Take a bottle of BYO Sav Blanc along and start with some make your own fun rolls (because they are FUN) and share a few mains - we love the Crispy Skin Chicken with plum sauce and the Chicken with Chilli & Lemongrass. Service is always fast and you will leave feeling so satisfied, with a meagre bill to boot.
I had rice paper rolls and a veggie rice vermicelli salad. The salad was really yummy and I'd definitely come back for it.
Rice paper rolls were OK - not the best I've had but still yummy.
The service was really quick and friendly.
This place is super great value. They have really big servings, cheap prices, and the food is super delicious!!!!!!!! My favourite Vietnamese, I love the vermicelli salad, wonton soup and the pho!
this is my favourite vietnamese haunt in brisbane! the pho is phenomenally cheap (cheapest in brisbane iirc) and delicious. full of flavour and fills me up and keeps me warm. i fell in love with the pho and even brought my friends to the place and we pretty much come here often because not only is the food cheap but it's also tasty. i love to add a little bit of chilli just because i like things a bit spicy.
combination noodle soup has seafood, beef, chicken, and pork -- really worth the money and super filling.
crispy chicken with rice & crispy chicken vermicelli salad -- chicken is really wonderfully cooked, not too oily. could have more vegetables for the rice dish but not complaining since it's what's usual in viet restaurants.
service is fast and friendly. definitely a must go place if you're in the mood for viet food
This basic restaurant is another Fortitude Valley institution. The food is very good and the service was excellent with the food arriving very quickly even though it was busy.
Our waiter went out of his way to make suggestions and brought us fresh chopped chilli without being asked. Unfortunately we had dinner there on a Friday night and the noise levels were incredible. We arrived without a booking and were seated upstairs next to a a table of people who were having a work function. This is probably a place to avoid on Friday and Saturday nights because it is so busy.
The dishes taste slightly different from Chinese cuisine, with few innovation on tastes. recommend their spring rolls and meat balls, also the mushrooms with beef.
I have been here way too often but I seriously can't get enough. There are so many options here and everything tastes consistently good. I'm usually here once I get off work, and for a big bowl of pho for $10 only.. how can you resist? Prices are decent and portions are generous. They also have this option where you can roll your own salad rolls which is an awesome idea.
I dragged my Flatty, David to The Vietnamese in Fortitude Valley to fulfill my pho craving for lunch today. Pho is like the ultimate comfort food. It warms you up, makes you feel happy and content. We sat down and I ordered without even opening the menu – the food came out pretty quickly, hot and delicious.
Food was amazing .. so fresh & the flavor was the best !! Friendly staff,, it was packed to the rafters.. indicative of the food.. a must visit when next in the Valley 💋
This place is brilliant. Service is great, BYO, and were very nice with us changing tables to suit our booking. Food is delicious, went with a group and all shared our dishes and every single one was great. Sizzling Mongolian beef was incredible, as well as a pork noodle dish. Huge servings too, could easily go 1 between 2 if you're light eaters. Highly recommend!
We came here one night and it was great. The staff were very accommodating for such a big group. Pretty easy to get a park in the parking lot across the way. Service was fantastic, food was great and prices were very reasonable!
Such great prices! Only $10 for a vermicelli noodle salad or a pho. I would recommend booking a table in advance for weekend nights. The corkage is $3.
Had a wonderful bowl of BBQ Pork Wonton noodle soup. The soup was really flavourful, but the there is a tad of msg in it. It's a quick fix when Inala and Darra are just not convenient to travel too and you've got a craving for Vietnamese food.
Cheap good pho! Very popular place during dinner time and it's $10 for most pho noodle soups. Definitely a great place to eat at if I'm ever back in Brisbane again.
Consistently good Vietnamese food. I don’t feel it’s the best in Brisbane, but it’s a close runner up. There is always a crowd in here so expect it to be busy and noisy, but get together with your friends and bring some beers along and have a fun night. The service, although not super friendly, is always quick and efficient and the meals are really big portions for such cheap prices. The crispy skin chicken was unfortunately a little dry, but the flavours overall were quite tasty. They have a vegetarian noodle soup which is also quite flavoursome; I usually find vegetarian soups can be quite bland but this is probably one of the better ones I have had. I would recommend that and the spicy beef noodle soup.
2nd best Pho I've had in Brisbane. Price isn't the best but isn't the worst either. Customer service is pretty abysmal, but I wouldn't let that ruin it. Nice selection of Viet beers also. Worth a try!
I dragged my Flatty, David to The Vietnamese in Fortitude Valley to fulfill my pho craving for lunch today. Pho is like the ultimate comfort food. It warms you up, makes you feel happy and content. We sat down and I ordered without even opening the menu – the food came out pretty quickly, hot and delicious.
Standout place in the Valley for cheap, tasty, authentic Vietnamese. The special crispy boneless chicken in soy sauce is amazing, as is the pho. Can get very busy and noisy on a Friday/Saturday night but still a great place to go for dinner before/with drinks. Definitely stands out among the cheap BYO places in the Valley as somewhere with consistently good quality food, ambience and service.
Working in the CBD, I occasionally head off to fortitude valley to have lunch. Last week, my friend was suggesting that we grab Vietnamese food, so we did some research and one name that stuck out at us was The Vietnamese, which is situated on Wickham Street. Whilst I haven't been before, this store has been around from as early as I can remember, and has withstood the test of time.
I don't usually write reviews but this restaurant definatley deserves a shout out. The Vietnamese is a very very authentic and affordable place!! I highly recommend trying it!
Basic looking place but really Authentic and affordable Viet food. Best $10 I spent on a large plate of THE BEST crispy skin chicken (for some reason this is what I always order at Vietnamese restaurants). Always a big line up especially around dinner time. Also it's BYO. Definitely worth going for and I'll keep raving on about the $10 rice with crispy chicken. Would recommend.
Absolutely amazing food and ambience, people will line up to come here rather than settle for any of the other restaurants around China town. One of the more genuine Pho's served in the area, guaranteed you'll love it
This place has been here since before I was born and is still doing a busy trade...that's got to be legendary in the restaurant scene. Long before there was banh mi and rice paper rolls in every food court, there was The Vietnamese, a Valley icon serving up Vietnamese 7 days a week. With criminally cheap prices and one of the ever dwindling number of BYO restaurants, The Vietnamese has established itself as the perfect place to line your belly before a night out. We called in late on a Thursday night and even after 9 on a school night, the restaurant was still busy.
A simple Vietnamese joint. No frills, budget and authentic. From broken rice to pho all dishes are good. Pricing is amazingly affordable and they're byo.
Franziska Schönenberger
+4.5
Love this place! Always fast, friendly service and great food for very reasonable prices! I come back here time and time again and am never disappointed!
Best Vietnamese in Brisbane. Well priced, fresh, great service & amazing food! We used to live around the corner and we would eat there at least once a week. Food is always exceptional & it's BYO too boot!
I love your food. But get some takeaway cups so everything is available to eat at home. If you're concerned about portion control, weigh your ingredients?
Yummy pho and tasty ice coffee. Highly recommend!
Great gluten free rice noodle salad. Love their $10 rice noodle gfree salad for lunch very generous amount and always same high standard, just wish they had more gf on their menu!
Loved the soups. The name "delicious soups" ring true. Can't wait to Ty more of the menu.
This restaurant is "just ok".
I had pho tai and vegetarian rice paper rolls. The taste of the pho broth is a bit flat. In fact all of the items I had tasted a bit flat. Not to say it was bad, but it turns out to be about a 6/10.
Service form staff very impersonal.
Food: 6/10
Service 4/10
Would eat here again though if hankering for pho.
Great crispy duck, took a takeaway very generous.
Incredibly efficient & friendly service. Consistency with the meals, been going for 18 months now, they never get it wrong.
Fresh, authentic, affordable food. Love it!!!!
Every good night out in the valley starts at the Vietnamese. Lovely staff and amazing food - it never let's me down!
You can't go past the roll your own fun rolls and the crispy duck.
Must book in advance for Friday and Saturday nights.
I've eaten an embarrassingly large quantity of crispy duck at this restaurant. So worth it.
Pho shiz!. Great pho! Not the best in Brisbane (need to head to Sunnybank for that) but getting up there! Service is always great, even if you do turn up at 9.30pm for dinner!
Great Delicious Soups!. Had the chicken curry soup with vermicelli noodles. It was totally delicious and insanely cheap. I had a taste of the other soups my friends ordered and they were great too. We shared Crispy Duck with Asian Greens in the middle which was hnnnnng. =P
We haven't tried the rest of the menu yet but the soups are winners. :)
Food was amazing. Dim sims were delicious! Had sizzling beef with Mongolian sauce and crispy eggs noodles with chicken. Yuummmm. New favourite place!
Experience wasnt wonderful until the food came out. Food was magnificent! Speedy food. Lots of food. Good food. Service 3/10.
A solid favourite, don't forget to book!
AMAZING PHO!. The Beef Pho was so god damn amazing, I can't stop thinking about returning so I can try the dish again. Fun rolls (chicken satay) are great too. Great value for money, we didn't have a table booked but only had to wait 15mins. Highly recommend!
Good value for money, enjoyed the stuffed chicken with pork entre
Great value banquets with delicious food only problem is they're so popular it's hard to get a table without booking!
Great food, cheap price, friendly service. This is now my favourite Vietnamese restaurant! I had the pho, and I give it a 10/10.
Excellent byo! but book early or you wont get a table
Never been disappointed.. I've been here on several occasions for lunch and have never been disappointed with the food or service.
The portions are generous, food is fresh and flavours are authentic. You can even have a Vietnamese beer to wash it down with!
Salt and pepper calamari, crispy duck and the quail dishes are just some of my favourites here.
This is a favourite place for reliable and delicious Vietnamese food. Crispy duck with Asian greens is really yum and prawn on sugar cane make your own 'fun rolls' are good. Disappointed last visit with the bill though. Whilst each item was the correct amount, the bill total was written as $15 more than it added up to. When raised it was changed but no apology was offered. This was really disappointing from a place that is generally great.
Very popular for a Monday night & very easy to see why! Delicious food that was served in a timely manner!! Tyson was a charismatic and attentive waiter. Will definitely go back.
Missing detail. I loved the taste of the broth used in the Pho, herbs and garnish were spot on but why can't you get the tripe and tendon as an option with the combination? I would also like to see the sugar / chilli / sauce condiments server as an option too. Overall I liked it but it was just lacking the basics most punters look for when comparing the great from just ok.
Great food, fast service. I always leave with a full stomach. This place is busy for a reason and I suggest booking in advance, even just for 2 people.
This place is a regular for my friends and I. For the price, the food is always delicious. Don't be turned off by the appearance. The Vietnamese is always busy for a reason.
Love this place... Have been here over
100 times .. Affordable fresh food...we stick with the fun rolls.. Rice paper rolls you make yourself... Plenty of fresh salad... Great for group get togethers... We order a selection of the fun rolls about $12 a serve, place them in the middle of the table and everyone shares and helps themselves.. It is a great way to get people interacting.. Sharing tactile / hands on food.. Byo ensures everyone can drink what they like rather than of a limited wine list... Chinese new year is fabulous here also... Great menu and atmosphere.
Pho soup a must. Quite a bust little place. The pho soup is phenomenal. If you want real authentic Vietnamese I highly recommend. I am now a regular.
The food is most of the time really nice. The only problem, the A/C or I should say its absence. The horrible heat inside the restaurant made our meal quite unpleasant and we were in a rush to finish the dinner and get out for some fresh air. Food is good but can't really enjoy it with such heat. Not sure if I would go back.
Amazing vegetarian fun rolls!
Busy n bustling, recommend booking on thur-sat nights. Great food and quick efficient service. Fried rice and crispy chicken delicious!
Book ahead, great food.. Always busy and for a reason! As someone who spent a month in Vietnam I would like to think I know good Vietnamese food and the food here is pretty good!
Wonderful Pho, service with a smile please. Excellent Pho broth with rice noodles,and thinly sliced beef. just wonderful and well priced I think it was $10 or just under. I have some friends who are fanatics and go every weekend for the pho. The place is always full of people who obviously keep coming back! top place for pho.
Service is just okay, they should smile at customers as we pay their keep and it is just courteous - isn't it. Food comes out in a reasonable time given they are so busy, but could be a little faster at times, good enough.
Awesome fresh Vietnamese! And it's BYO!! Definitely a great meal for a very decent price
Fresh and tasty. The roll-your-own fun rolls are great value for money. We eat here about once a fortnight and have a delicious meal every time.
Fantastic Highly recommended. Discovered this place a couple of months ago after seeing reviews on Urbanspoon and have been there about 5-6 times already which is a decent effort as we live on the Gold Coast.
Haven't had a bad meal yet, would definitely recommend the Quail and also The Crispy Duck with mushroom sauce on the specials board.
By the way i have been here when it is a full house and also a bit earlier in the evening when it isn't as busy and the service is always fantastic. Highly recommended.
Writing this review has made me really hungry!
Since moving to Brisbane I've been trying to find a good Vietnamese restaurant and I have found it! The place was packed but service was still pretty good. We had the prawn and pork rolls and springrolls with salad for entree. Both were excellent and it was fun wrapping the springrolls and salad into the rice paper rolls. Had the crispy duck with mushroom sause and fried chicken with sweet chilli ginger and fish sauce for mains. Again the food was amazing. Can't wait to go back and try more!
Just love it!. We have just moved from interstate and have found it difficult to find restaurants to replace our favourites from back home. We went to The Vietnamese and just loved it, we booked a table, which was a good idea as there was a stream of people lining up to get a table for the whole time we were there. Amazing dishes, hard to pick our favourite so far. The second time we went they forgot one of our dishes, we asked after some time and rather than make you feel terrible for pointing out a mistake they were so helpful, said sorry and brought out the dish asap, then didn't charge us for it. We all make mistakes and to have a venue that takes mistakes on board to makes it up to you is a nice change. Even if they didn't do all this wonderful customer pr work (the staff are so lovely) I would go back for the food again, again and again! Try it, and it is BYO with very low corkage prices.
Happy to come back!. Really great serves with the best flavour and no MSG!
Salt and pepper squid 10/10!
Vietnamese salad oh so good as well!
I really like it here. One of my most visited asian places in Brisbane this places comes with the goods. The inside of the restaurant is tacky, the service is not always there but as long as you serve me delicious food for a reasonable price I really don't GAF.
Ultimate menu items include: salt & pepper squid (best in QLD), duck w/mushroom sauce and chinese greens, fun rolls (make yourself) and the spicy beef pho also good.
I'll keep coming back. As will the chick who does the Ch. 10 news weather which we have seen on occasion in there also.
A great cheap eats. Some of the best Vietnamese in Brisbane. Love the soups and the home made dim sims are great. Well worth a visit but I would book a table as they are always busy.
Their crispy duck in mushroom sauce is a great dish, and their soups are generally excellent. Expect good food and good value, however the service and cleanliness of the dining area could be improved.
I realised I've been coming to this place for 25 years. Still offers some of the best value in #Brisbane
One of brisbane's treasures. I went here for a work lunch with 20 people and I hadn't heard of it before, but have since discovered it's one of brisbane's well hidden treasures. On a dodgy street in china town, it doesn't look like much from the outside, but the food more than makes up for that. Another indication is how popular it is - even for lunch it's always packed. I look forward to going back with other people now that I know about it.
It used to be consistently good. I wouldn't have hesitated to say it was the best Vietnamese restaurant in Brisbane. Unfortunately it's turned into a hit-n-miss place that sadly reminds you of good old days (of it's own). I used to really enjoy the vege springrolls and spicy vege noodle soup.
Cheap and so yummy!. Firstly, this restaurant isn't big on ambience or decor - it is very basic and doesn't exactly look like a nice restaurant - more like a take-away joint. It was so cramped and hard to move around, you felt like you were going to walk into people eating their meals! HOWEVER... the food was incredibly delicious and very well priced.
I had the honey chicken which was amazing. A massive plate of honey-drenched battered chicken arrived on crispy noodle thingys. I was amazed how cripsy they stayed while I ate the meal. The chicken used was top-notch, not crappy bits and peices, it seemed to be all breast meat.
My friends and I also shared a sizzling beef dish that came to the table 'sizzling'. It was really delicious as well.
The serving sizes were huge, especially considering it was less than $15 per dish.
So, while the surroundings aren't exactly great, just put up with them to have a really delicious and well priced meal!
LOVE IT!!. I spent a few months in the Valley in 2008 and ate in this restaurant a few times, their chicken in chilli and garlic speciality is AMAZING!!!!! the service was never that good but food and price made up for that
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This was not our first visit, and with good reason. We really like this place that has been a Brisbane institution as long as I can remember. There are no delusions of grandeur just tasty hearty meals at reasonable prices. If you don’t have a reservation make sure you arrive early as the fill up quickly for lunch and dinner. Cooper – confronted with the pictures in the menu requested the Cambodian spring rolls. After searching the menu with no luck I realised that he meant “combination” spring rolls! They were of the rice paper style you would expect in a Vietnamese restaurant and fried crunchy. Delicious – they didn’t last long. For mains we had Ho Fun noodles with BBQ pork. The noodles were super slippery with lots of veges and meat. We also had fried egg noodles with beef which again had lots of yum veg. The last dish was crispy chicken and plum sauce. This certainly lived up to its name. I love crispy chicken! All the main meals were around $15 and generous servings. We had 1 entree and 3 main meals for 4 people and couldn’t finish the food on the table. I’m sure we will be back…….
...interior of this place is about as bland as the name. But, what they lack in creativity and style they make up for in flavoursome food and serious bang for buck. You can get a small or large pho here, the small which is actually big will cost you only $9.
The stock is very fragrant, topped with fresh and crisped onion and packed with noodles, meet and herbs.
Both of us absolutely LOVED the crispy beef strips. The great sensation of sweetness and spiciness worked their magic and left a lingering taste in my mouth . I strongly recommend this dish!
We had a good time at The Vietnamese. There were a couple of misses with the dishes we ordered but I think that's more so to do with our personal taste than the dishes being 'bad'. We've been there enough times to know that overall, they offer a good range of food done well. The service is speedy and the BYO aspect is a great bonus.
The food was delicious.
Chicken lemon grass and chilli sauce
Crispy egg noodles with beef
Just a little note, the restaurant could use a bit more lighting inside, seemed a wee dim
Otherwise 10/10👍🏼
Delicious food always a favourite
Squid in Tamarind is definitely worth ordering
Best Vietnamese noodle soup ever!!!
Our go to Vietnamese. Best beef noodle soup in town, great broken rice combination and crispy chicken and rice. Service has improved. Cheap, cheerful, wholesome food.
Great food and affordable price. Been there many times and mostly I recommending to try the Pho or fish soup that is amazing. The fried noodles I had the other day wasn't that great but still very fresh and OK
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