Good pho with a more flavoursome soup than most and good rare beef, although it cooked quickly in the hot soup. It would be great pho at a moderate price but they were pretty stingy with any of the ingredients except noodles and broth.
So friendly and so sweet service. They even have a low carb pho!!! Made my day. Going to be a regular now 🍲.Your review needs to be at least 140 characters long.
I work around the corner and find Yen's to be a cheap, tasty and quick option for lunch. Always busy, it has a low-key vibe that I love - reminds me of some of the street food joints in Vietnam! I really like it because they provide many vegetarian and vegan options, complete with a vegan fish sauce substitute. I enjoy supporting this friendly, family run business. I recommend the vermicelli noodle salad with vegetarian spring rolls!
Great little hole in the wall place in Waterloo. Newly renovated but still the same vibe and prices. The pho is always reliable and tasty. Cash only!
This small Vietnamese eatery is located away from all the cool areas in the city but it’s worth making a detour (which can be justified by having gelato at Ciccone and Sons for dessert). Every time we’ve come on Monday night for a pre-meditation bowl of soup it’s been packed, which is always a good sign. The food is BBB (bueno, bonito y barato), generous in size, and consistently good. The tables are always stocked with the mandatory sauces, fresh chilli, tissues and a flask of hot tea that gets promptly replaced when needed.
The food is amazing. Authentic Vietnamese food, service is good. 4.5 because the restaurant is a bit dark and small. Overall, totally worth it to pay a few more dollars for such great meal.
This place is a hole in the wall- deceptively ordinary from the outside, however some of the best Vietnamese Ive had. The menu has enough to suit everyone's dietary requirements for meat eaters, vegetarians and vegans. The ingredients are fresh, the menu is well priced and the service is speedy. Really warm family run business, with a huge amount of regulars that pop in- highly recommended. ** Dez loved the grilled sugar cane prawn **
Beautiful food. Taste sensation! Walking past, it looks nothing special but these guys show how you don't need fancy settings to have a good business. It all boils down to the food on offer. We had chicken and prawn rice paper rolls. Filled with generous amounts of filling, the addition of mint leaves inside really brought it to another level. We also had spring rolls which came served with more fresh mint which you wrap the roll inside and then dip into homemade peanut sauce. We both had beef Pho as mains. Again, this was pretty good. Amazing value and fast service. Would recommend
One of the best pho that I've tried in Sydney! They were super duper accommodating to our group of six, when they were extremely busy. Honestly, can't rave enough over the pho with rare waygu beef.. plus BYO is always a bonus.
This is my favourite pho in Sydney so far. Easily as good as most of the pho I ate in Vietnam.
One of my colleagues had a stir fry here and didn't rate it. I've never had anything except the various pho options. For me the regular beef pho tai is the best.
Great little hole in the wall type place, nothing special to look at but delicious food. Pho is great, the pork cutlet, pork claypot, chicken vermicelli are our other go-to dishes. Consistently good food. This is our local favourite. Don't forget to take cash!
A great place to visit, Great pho in a simple setting. I head here regurally with friends for a cheap and easy feed...... . ................
Awesome Vietnamese restaurant with a no-frills interior. The pho is good, as is the bun bo hue. I'm also a fan of the spring rolls and the tomato rice with crispy skin chicken.
Yen’s is a little hole in the wall, in Waterloo on Botany Road, brightly lit, and serving humble Vietnamese food. This time, we were sad that the old menus were gone with all the photos of the food. The table collectively decided to get phos, rather than share family-style plates. I remember from the time before, a very good selection of food.
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Classic Viet style, fresh, authentic, loads of chilli & herbs..feels like some of the smaller blocks in Vietnam inside.
Great price for the amount you get! Highly recommended for a quick bite.
Get the summer rolls or beef pho✌️
Wow what an absolute neighbourhood Gem :) we wanted to go Photown but found out it was closed on Monday nights so we came a cross Yen's. Lucky we did. In a bit of a dodgy end of town this shop is a Vietnamese no frills shop with limited seats. We were lucky to get a table but it gets quite busy. Order the fresh rolls omg they are amazing. We got various stir fries and rice but will be back for some noodle soups. Amazing food and super cheap
Great value for money and the food was very good. Large portions so no chance of leaving hungry. I had the chicken and prawn rice paper rolls to start and seafood noodle soup. Both courses were great. I'd definitely go back.
Anyone who has been to Vietnam knows you can not read a pho house by its decor. Great staff, broad menu but nothing beats their beef (and chicken) pho! Stir fried egg noodles with fresh chillie is also a game changer. 😋
Good pho , good noodles! Good times! What you see is what you get, but don't let the appearances deceive you! Staff super good! Will be back again !
Unexpectedly great! Cheap and cheerful, don't let the somewhat dodgy appearance fool you. Pho was flavourful and crispy chicken was delicious.
Dont let the looks from outside out you off. This place just seems like it is getting better. They serve the best Bun Bo Hue (Spicy vermicelli pork and lemongrass soup) but their Pho and other dishes are equally good.
Simple decor, great food. Highly recommend as cheap eat.
Really Good authentic Vietnamese. So delish! deffs go here, really cheap- good value for your money.
Best spring rolls in Sydney! Great community spirit from the owners, I really miss eating here since moving out of the area!
Love Yens! Pho with beef or chicken are both great but salads, noodles and many of the starters are also worth a look in. Cheap, cheerful and generous.
Great local joint. Small, hole in the wall kinda place but authentic Vietnamese cuisine. I have been here on multiple occasions and take away as well. My favourite is the Pho (beef noodle soup) and Ban Xeo (crispy pancake) and crispy fried egg noodles. I have noticed that every other table orders the pork claypot - will try it next time.
If they get your order wrong, its probably because of language barriers. To me, that just means more authenticity in the food!
Love it. Yen's is just around the corner from my house so I go there/get take away regularly. It is pretty "no frills" when it comes to atmosphere (being right on botany road!), but it has some seriously delicious food. The pancake (ban xeo) is a ripper. I love that they give you mint and lettuce just like in Vietnam for your spring rolls. The soups are pretty tasty. Pretty cheap though, although their prices are increasing on 15 August 13 because of food supply inflation pressures.
Being a noodle soup addict I have eaten at a lot of Asian soup joints in Sydney and this place has got to have the best pho and chicken broths! Definitely recommended for pho or chicken noodle soups.
Hubby and I eat here regularly and apart from soups the grilled chicken, pork or chicken claypots, spring rolls, fried squid and banh xeo (pancake) are fabulous. Delicious food and cheap what more can you ask for!
Awesome. This place is awesome! We had for lunch once or twice a week and are never disappointed. Get onto the chicken pho and beef vermicelli. Fresh spring rolls are also tasty.
Ive actually had the chicken and curry coconut cream several times and it is quite delicious! It is not noodles in the dish it is actually bamboo shoots- if you dont know what your ordering then you should ask- yes the food sometimes does take a while to come- however its a given considering how busy they are and that there is only one cook- most people would say it is worth the wait
No need to travel to Cabramatta, this pho is the best I've tried! Silky noodles, tasty soup and tender beef. I'm addicted!
Best pho ever..... I've never had beef noodle soup as flavorful as this before it is hands down the best Pho i've ever had, the rice paper rolls are fantastic too. i'm not so fond of other items off this menu, few times i've ordered other things (the prawn cakes & beef cubes) i've been disappointed, i have had better of both elsewhere (specifically pho pastuer in parramatta)
Excellent cheap and tasty Vietnamese food. Friendly owners too
Cheap and cheerful - the foo was very fresh and exactly the perfect take away for my Sunday eve! Rice paper rolls are delicious!
Our favourite local cheap- eat. Tasty, dirt cheap and friendly!! Try the sweet and sour prawn soup and the pork claypot. YUM!!!
Understaffed but always tasty. This is a cheap, tasty family-run Vietnamese that I go to frequently. It is quite understaffed though and I've noticed more and more that people seem to be ordering over the phone in advance (to eat in), so you might sit down and think you're the only customer and there's actually a bunch of people ahead of you! That said the food is delicious and the tea is free. Try the Pho and the fried spring rolls, yum!
Great find through Urbanspoon.. This place might look dodgy at first, but give it a chance and you'll discover one of most authentic "homestyle" Vietnamese food in Sydney.
Must try - pho and claypot pork.
We found this place through urban spoon and this place didn't dissapoint. Fast service, great tasting pho and I had it takeaway and still was so fresh. We should have more support for this restaurant. Definitely add this to one of my regular restaurants i'll visit
Best Kept Secret. This place definitely one of Sydney's best kept secrets - price is affordable and the food (especially the pho) is awesome.
Beef pho is a must try and the experience matches that of Pasteur in City. It has a home-made feeling which is definitely an additional plus for Yens.
Decor was rather awful and dark, food turned out to be pretty good.. Had the special beef pho and it was above your avg pho. Worth a try.
Pretty much my favourite restaurant ever. I LOVE this place so much, yes the decor is awful but where else in Sydney can 5 people eat 6+ dishes for ~$50! Answer? NOWHERE! Try the grilled Lemongrass Chicken and the Pork hot pot, divine!
Who says Pho isn’t for breakfast? A nice bowl of warm and hearty pho in a cold autumn morning it’s exactly what you need. The aroma and umami from the stock it’s better than coffee, and a good hangover cure too. For A$4 more, you could have Wagyu beef too, what a bargain!
They have a raw or cooked beef option and the difference is serving the beef completely raw on the side vs serving the beef medium rare in the soup. I suggested to have cooked beef option since it was serve very medium rare so it won’t be over cooked and the problem with the raw beef option it’s that the bloods from the beef will contaminate the beautiful and clear broth (some people might like the gamy taste).
Btw, great and friendly service for a small business.
Vietnamese restaurant that hits the spot. Fairly priced and quite authentic. They have free hot tea! Pho was standard, crispy chicken was also not too bad. Nothing much to complain, very satisfactory for a viet craving .
The rice paper rolls are so fresh and we were even given our own dishes of dipping sauce! Friendly service and the bowls of bun are huge! These guys don’t skimp out on the meat or spring rolls. In true Vietnamese fashion, the table also overflows with condiments. They only accept cash but you can get cash out at IGA just two stores up
Had lunch with work mates here. The chicken curry tastes just like my mom used to make (I’m Viet). So much nostalgia in one bowl.
Portion is very big. Taste is authentic homemade Vietnamese. Very satisfied and highly recommended.
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