Edinburgh
Vietnam House

Vietnam House

1-3 Grove Street, Edinburgh, EH38AF, EH3 8BA, United Kingdom

Asian • Vegan • Asiatic • Vietnamese


"Vietnam House is one of my favourite restaurants in Edinburgh. Every time I go I love it even more. This review is from my last visit yesterday. I went with three friends and we all ordered something different. We had the fresh spring roles which are by far one of the best spring roles I've had in my life. As for the mains I had a Beef Pho which is absolutely amazing! I added the chilli sauce and it was perfect! Iva Stefanova Stancheva went for the Bo Kho Saigon's Beef Stew which she finished in a record time and said it was really good. However, she also said it was like a soup so don't expect a very thick stew. Simona Troppova had a braised pork in caramel sauce which I've had before and loved it! It's quite sweet so don't go for it if you don't like your meat sweet. My other friend went for the Bun Cha Gio noodles but vegetarian style. He really liked it. As for the desserts we had a green melon ice cream which was absolutely amazing and served in half frozen melon. It's obviously home made and tastes great! My friend had a Vietnamese dessert which is served with lychee, pineapple jelly and basil seeds. It's really weird but yummy weird! If you like trying new things get this dessert and you won't regret. The ambience is always very relaxed and the staff is friendly and they know the menu inside out. They can recommend dishes if you struggle to choose. If you haven't been here yet book a table and go and I guarantee you won't regret it! The only fault of this place is that it's open only for dinner!"

True Thai Cuisine

True Thai Cuisine

49-51 Causeway Side, Edinburgh, EH91QF, EH9 1QF, United Kingdom

Thai • Asian • Asiatic • Vegetarian


"Booked a table online for 7 people and got confirmation via email to say it had been received by the restaurant. On arriving at the restaurant I mentioned my name for the booking and the time, and the server looked confused and then asked how many people it was for. She told me and my friend to wait while she set up the table. Not sure how their online booking system works but they hadn’t realised we were coming. Luckily the restaurant was empty so there was plenty room for us. We were given Thai prawn crackers while we chose our food from the menu. Cutlery was set up for half of the table by the server and then the other half had to set it up themselves. We laughed this off as we couldn’t see a reason for the server only doing half and then walking away. We ordered a mixture of dishes between us and found they all arrived at different times, so some had almost finished by the time other food arrived. We felt that there was perhaps only one chef so the food didn’t come out at the same time. My duck pad thai was tasty and came with a good amount of duck. However my roti was mostly burnt on one side, as was my friend’s one. My friend enjoyed her tom yum soup which was not too spicy but filling. The salads were very spicy! At the end of the meal we were given a bill which wasn’t ours. It was a receipt for a takeaway order where none of the dishes matched what we had. My friend went to complain and get the correct bill (which the server didn’t quite understand). We were eventually given the correct one with service charge added on. We did not receive an apology for the mix up from the server. We reluctantly paid the service charge added on though not believing the service received warranted as such. No COVID measures in place apart from mask wearing, however some of the kitchen staff came out of the kitchen clearly not wearing one. We wore our masks when not at the table but there was no signs or enforcement to do this."