Review Chao Vietnamese Restaurant - Oatley

Great food, friendly staff, generous portions and wicked pho... What more could you want?? Oh and the chili garlic prawns are just as good!!!

I had a lovely dining experience at this restaurant, it truly is a local gem. The staff are friendly and very helpful. Our waitress advised us of the quantity of food we should be able to eat and she was right, we would have ordered too much otherwise. The food was fresh and absolutely delicious. We shared two entrees, one main course and two servings of their gorgeous coconut rice. That was plenty for two of us. I will definitely be back.

Disgusting, we booked specifically because we were told we could have a private area for a large group (meeting), however there were other people seated in the area. Service took two hours, food was expensive and miniscule serves. Had the slow-cooked beef, which was so tough it could not be chewed properly and was there was more fat than meat. Someone had a stir-fried vegetable dish; the vegetables weren't crisp, they were rock-hard, pancake dish was soaking in oil and the pork belly was four small strips again mostly fat.

The noodles looked like instant noodles but the pho was good. But the thing that really irked us was the fact that they refused to give a tax invoice and waitress started having an attitude . Definitely not going back.

I'm heavily pregnant and was craving pho, so I walked from Mortdale to Chao after seeing on Google that they opened at 10am. I arrived at about 11 but they were closed! So disappointing! Pho is a breakfast food in Vietnam so I don't understand why they're only open for dinner.

Enjoyable small sized meals don't order seafood as it's mainly capsicum 2 prawns 2 mussels & not much more..not hurrying back..

Delicious Vietnamese food. The salmon clay pot is unique and highly recommend.

You can't please everyone but I'm happy. Great laid back vibe, fresh food & a great place for a quiet weekend coffee & lunch after a nite shift.