Flavoursome food, served in a relaxed atmosphere with friendly staff.
John Tinitale Saluni Pala
+5
Felt like I stepped back in time, into the 30, 40s era, awesome setup, awesome feel, great & friendly staff!
large menu, everything seems authentic. would definitely come back again, go to place in footscray now
Rating: 4.5
Despite growing up with Vietnamese cuisine and a familiarity with several dishes, it turns out there’s actually a world of dishes outside of this bubble. Namely, dishes from Central Vietnam and through to the North, and I’ve discovered some of these dishes not during my travels in Vietnam but rather here in Footscray at Co Thu Quan. Rice paper roll salad, anyone? Yup, that’s actually a dish, and it’s delicious!
I actually give this place 4.5 but for some reason it isn’t an option.
Fantastic. The food here is excellent. Quite a few different options from the standards you find on Barkly street. We had the hog plum salad with beef jerky and and some dried pork and butter (cant remember the exact name but they were delicious) rice paper rolls and a frosty 333 to start with. There was a mix up with our order and they forgot us for quite a while but when I spoke to the wait staff (apologies if I was grumpy but I was starving) they assured us our food would be quick and it was. The chicken with sticky rice and the pork with rice sheets (again, I forget the exact names) were amazing and they gave us a 10% discount because of the mix up with our order which many places wouldn’t do. I highly recommend this restaurant and we’ll definitely be back!
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+5
Would give this place 6/5 ! We had bot chien, banh trang tron (rice paper salad), bun cha (grilled pork vermicelli) and bo la lot. Everything tasted amazing !!!!!! Very authentic and we really enjoy dining here.
This is my regular Vietnamese restaurant. It never fails to satisfy me. My favourite dishes are the hanoi meats and rice paper salad. They have added new meals and drinks to the menu and I love the coconut ice coffee! Yum!
Vietnamese street good as well as some comfort Viet food are served here. I enjoyed Vietnamese pancakes. Honestly I would recommend to try any items on the menu as they are just simply delicious.
The taste is so surprised to me that I write my first review in the process of eating. it not only deserve $14, it should be $24！In this set,each side dish is fantastic. crab,prawn,egg,fresh side dish and port belly which is very similar to Chinese style with sweet flavor. And prawn spring rolls also are good. I recommend stongly this no.40 set!!!
Very nice duck rice paper rolls and delicious Thai milk tea. The ladies said the cuisine was a mixture of North and South Viet, good combo. Will be returning with peeps
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I’d say 90% of the Vietnamese restaurants in Melbourne are in a style from the South.
Northern Vietnamese restaurants are hard to come by, and I was so happy to have come to Co Thu Quan (even from the other side of the city).
The menu items are refreshingly different – fresh salads, pungent soups and something I couldn’t pass up – Bun Cha Hanoi.
• Rice Paper Salad – Thin, translucent rice paper has a light chewy texture and is seasoned. It goes really well with the shredded beef jerky and dried squid, and the Vietnamese mint gives the dish a real herby lift. So many elements to this salad, but there’s a good balance – give it a go.
• Bun Cha Hanoi – I really got the smoky charcoal grill flavour from the pork patties and pork neck. The dipping sauce could have been a little lighter but it’s still quite tasty. Very refreshing with the salad and mint altogether.
• Bun Mam - So much going on with this bowl of soup noodles – chunky prawn, thick fish cake, roast pork and loads of chives. The broth is made with fermented anchovy so it is pungent but delicious. Think of how blue cheese or truffles are pungent, but they are delicious. It’s another dimension of flavour.
Service and table arrangement are exactly how I expected of a no-fuss local Vietnamese eatery.
Staff were friendly and even though it was quite busy, I still managed to find a window-side table for 2.
Also as expected, prices were very reasonable.
Maybe sometime in the future they will offer Northern style fried spring rolls – wrapped in vermicelli or rice paper, just like in Hanoi.
A different type of Vietnamese dining experience. Food is mainly northern Vietnamese. The using the hand experience is amazing with their dishes. Fresh herbs, sauce and protein whether it's pork chicken or fish.
A must try for everyone
My go-to place for authentic, hard to find Vietnamese street food. Service is friendly and efficient. I have tried several dishes and my absolute favourite is the phá lấu noodles. In the right season I also recommend pennywort juice.
Unique north Vietnamese cuisine with dishes you don't normally find elsewhere
reasonably priced Vietnamese food.
good portion. they have a good range of vietnamese street food and its kinda authentic.
nice ambarella juices
Lots of viet variety! My fav dish which is also one of their signature dish - pic as attached! It’s our regular dinner place and there’s so much we have not tried!
Take away order. Was quick , little waiting about.
The betel leafs were ok, not that many. The tapioca dumplings were a bit too thick. Fish sauce ok. Salad a bit limp.
Awesome Vietnamese restaurant. Huge selection on the menu of authentic dishes (not Aus fusion). The pricing is very reasonable for the quality of the dishes. I enjoyed a salad for lunch (tasty & fresh) so much I came back and had the Baramundi salad (pictured) for diner. Friendly staff, prompt and efficient serving tea as soon as you sit down. After ordering, my meal appeared in less than 5 minutes - Super Fast Service. Highly recommended.
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Cô Thư Quán - Footscray VIC
Canh Bun
It’s a hot and humid day on the 28th of December. Most restaurants are closed for the xmas/NYE period, luckily for Mebournians we have Footscray and a host of traders who never seem to cease trading. Cô Thư Quán is one of those traders who dish up tradition central Vietnamese food with some fishy specialities. For this soup mission I opted for their speciality - The Canh Bun. This is a dish in which the chicken broth is mixed with crab paste to bring a very fishy flavour to your palette. It was different, but I definitely think for something with a huge host of ingredients there weren’t many flavours cutting through apart from the strong fish taste. The ingredients were delicious - a crab meatball that had a variety of subtle spices through it, some Vietnamese pork loaf and some very slippery thick rice noodles. The congealed porks blood was fairly stock standard, this soup probably could have done with one cube and not two. I like this restaurant because it’s authentic. They serve amazing cold vermicelli noodle dishes and a host of menu items you would not be able to find anywhere else. If you want Vietnamese food that is a bit beyond the usual pho then head along and you might find your new favourite dish.
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Broth Flavour: 🍜🍜🍜.5/5
Soup ingredients: 🍜🍜🍜🍜 /5
Service: 🍜🍜🍜.5/5
Overall: 🍜🍜🍜.5/5
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