Had good experiences here overall. We stick to our usual dishes of sizzling prawns/ scallops in garlic and ginger sauce, the calamari (to die for- you have to try it!), lemon chicken and spring rolls. Other dishes we have tried have been very average. The service is prompt and friendly. Recommended
I have read other reviews. We also found that there was confusion with orders and some things did not come out as ordered .. BUT the food is fresh and tasty. The Vietnamese pancakes are delicious as were the salt and pepper tofu balls. The bill $140 for 6. Fantastic! Persist with this one ...simply make your order clear and get waitress to repeat. We will absolutely be back.
Have visited this place a couple of times to try out different dishes. The salted fish fried rice is very good. Other dishes such as the pho and char grilled beef (looks more like a stir fried beef) are just ok, not terrible or outstanding. Bun is good with lots of fresh vegetables. Service is always prompt and friendly. Wouldn't mind to stopby here for a quick meal.
Great value local Vietnamese food. Some nights its very busy and sometimes its easy to get a table. The pho is great. Recommend also for take out with orders normally taking 10 min
We have been staying in the area for a month and have been to Sapa Rivers 3 times! Great variety of dishes, something to suit everyone in my family of 5 - fantastic spring rolls, rice paper rolls and pho. Family friendly atmosphere, the waitresses were lovely (even to a very rude lady sitting next to us last night). Highly recommend
Lovely place, great service, and good food.
Ambiance was very nice and pleasant. Ordered stuff chicken wings for starters, was very oily. Had to try the excess oil with the tissue, but it went really well with sweet chilli sauce, for main ordered rice with chicken and spring rolls ( forgot the name), and for desert had ordered deep fried banana with vanilla ice cream, with drizzle of honey, well the most amazing fried banana I ever had.
Value for money, will go back again.
Nice place but a little noisy. Prices are a little more than normal for Vietnamese food but food was tasty.
Rice paper rolls were lovely and fresh as we're the spring rolls.
The rare beef pho was a little on the more noodles than anything else but the broth was tasty.
The vermicelli decent but a little on the small side and overpriced as we asked for grilled pork which was not on the menu.
This place has good food and nice staff buts still, it has its faults. The noise is unbelievable and worst of all, (dramatic pause) the staff don't listen to your order. We've done some delivered takeaway and we got the wrong order. This day we got green curry instead of red curry. Other than that the food was really quite good.
-Matthews son
Veggie Laksa. Beautiful coconut based spicy and flavourful laksa soup with egg noodles, veggies and tofu. The perfect meal!
A Pleasant Surprise. The family and I went for the first time today for an early Sunday evening dinner and were extremely pleased we did. A very no nonsense looking place, a little too bright maybe but certainly comfortable and clean. We ordered several dishes and they came one by one all hot, all delicious and a real mix of spices and flavours. Top dish was the the stable dish of Pad Thai. A real cracker! The Peking duck was juicy and fresh and the papaya prawn salad wonderfully clean and spicy.
A real local winner
Green Papaya Salad with Prawns. Amazing fresh summer salad
At last! Authentic Vietnamese comes to Elsternwick!. For 20 years years we have been travelling to Richmond for authentic Vietnamese food! Sapa River hits the right spot. Clean fresh flavones, quick service and reasonable prices. I'm a bit embarrassed. To say we've been twice a week since it opened. Excellent!
I'll be back. Great food, nice atmosphere, good service, good price, what more could you want.
Awesome to have a Vietnamese place so close by. I got the green papaya salad with prawns takeaway. It was absolutely delicious! BUT $19.80 for a little bowl is way too much. They either need to double their serving so it can be a share dish or take it down to $15 then I'll be back and recommend to friends.
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+4.5
Real Vietnamese food is back on Glenhuntly Road! I missed Saigon Palace when it went. Now I don't have to drive to Pho Hoang in Springvale for a fix that is on par, the Beef was much better at Sapa Rivers BTW, 1 criticism - put some fried Garlic & Shallotts on top of the Pho. I love Broken Rice & it's spot on here too. The staff were very attentive. If you like real Vietnamese food get in there & give it a crack, you'll be back! The restaurant decor & location reflect the slightly elevated prices compared to some good Vietnamese restaurants in Springvale & Richmond. This restaurant is going to kick on & flourish if it remains consistent. I hope so - I need very good Pho & Broken Rice within walking distance from home. Enjoy the clean, crisp, fresh, crispy & very tasty flavours of SR. FEAST!
Just opened today and we had a really fresh tasty meal, this vietnamese is fantastic . We will be back next week !
I've been coming here for the past year and tried many things on the menu and each time the food is delicious. The staff are so accommodating and lovely and always put a smile on my face. Highly recommend this place to dine in to enjoy a beautiful atmosphere.
We went ysaterday and 4 of us had a banquet for only $28 per person. We had to wait a while to take an order but as soon as order was taken the food started coming out and it was fresh, delicius and so much of it , that we could not finish it all! Loved it, highly recoomended.
I was absolutely surprised by how good the food from this restaurant was ,as it was a place I had driven by a lot without ever noticing.The house favourite spicy salt and pepper fish was just delicious as was the spring rolls,satay chicken skewers ,the special fried rice.This establishment is truly a gem and after my first meal from here, i will certainly be frequenting it.Really Good Vietnamese ..
Well I have now had my second meal from here and it was just as good as the first one last week..the food here is just the best Vietnamese that I have had in many a long year.
I day it again, this is well worth the visit to dine in or takeaway..
Best Vietnamese in Melbourne.food is consistently fresh and delicious and very nice owners, do your self a favour and go.
Food is really really good here, I was really surprised. Very good value also.
5/5 from me.
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