I had the HOI AN DELUXE, and it did not disappoint! What I love most about this place is the bread--perfectly crispy on the outside without being too bready, which really lets the fillings shine through. The pâté is rich and liver-forward, which I personally love. It does have a slightly grainy texture because of this, but the bold flavor more than makes up for it. The sandwich strikes an ideal balance of savory, creamy, and sweet with a nice tart kick from the pickled vegetables. The pork belly was soft and slightly gelatinous, but not oily. It adds a nice depth of flavor and texture without being too heavy. One note: the sandwich leans a bit on the salty side, so I'd recommend pairing it with a drink. Overall, it's a fantastic bánh mì and well worth a visit! I also tried the wonton soup. The wontons were decent. The soup was rich in umami flavor, though I think some ginger would add depth and really elevate the dish. read more

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Got a bbq brisket bahn mi. The meat was very tender. Food was tasty & fresh and service was fast & polite. Free WiFi was great.

Visited twice once for take away once for eaten. Bhan mi are on point. No vegetarian availability for the noodle soup, which was disappointing as they looked delicious the rice curry was spicy, despite asking them to make it mild. read more

A great, fast-casual spot in the heart of SoHo. My husband and I came in for a quick dinner before heading to a show about a month ago. We were attracted to the nice set up and the crowd inside eagerly enjoying their food. We started with 2 Steamed Pork Buns, which were exactly what we were looking for. Doughy & meaty and so comforting. For my main dish, I ordered the Triple Meat Roast Rice Bowl, which had a great mix of pork belly, duck, roasted pork, and greens. I loved the different flavors and especially enjoyed the sauteed greens in the dish. My husband ordered the Crispy Pork Belly Bowl, which he loved, too. Service was great - our server was incredibly friendly, chatty, and welcoming. Only downside: the bathroom/downstairs area was a bit messy, but the main dining area + counter was very nice. read more

kêu - steamed pork buns - Vietnamese Near Me - London, XGL

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I liked the iced coffee! It was your standard Vietnamese coffee sweetened with condensed milk. The banh mi was okay. It didn't have that much flavor, and I've definitely had much better banh mi. The restaurant is cute and I would maybe consider stopping in again for a quick meal, but I probably wouldn't order the banh mi again. I went with a friend who was vegetarian, and they did have vegetarian banh mi, so that's a plus! read more

kêu - Vietnamese iced coffee - Vietnamese Near Me - London, XGL

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Just eight across the street from our hotel...very lovely staff. Went 2 days in a row and had the wonton soup both times. Ordered it today without noodles and extra wontons as well as the vietnamese ice coffee..it was scrumptious! My partner had the smoked aubergine bahn mi day 1 and then with rice the next...she just loved it! read more

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Keu's Soho outpost has been open for about 8 months and the London street food revolution continues. They are about to open another branch in Bank They do Vietnamese street food - think pho, sandwiches, Vietnamese iced coffee, sometimes with a slight twist I'm generally not a huge fan of sandwiches but I make an exception for banh mi. It's a fine triumph of fusion cuisine - French crusty baguette and pate marrying perfectly with Asian barbecued meats and pickled vegetables I opted for the Ken classic banh mi, which contained mortadella, pork floss, chicken liver pate, spiced pork belly, ham terrine, pickled vegetables and coriander topped with spicy mayo You know, sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. The best banh mi I've had is at Saigon Sandwich in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. For those of you unfamiliar with SF, Tenderloin isn't the most savoury of areas. The banh mi at Saigon Sandwich is simple, classic and dirt cheap but the key is that they've got the balance right The Ken classic had a lot going for it. Proper crusty roll and good ingredients but too many for my palate as they all just turned into a flavour smorsgabord whereas I like to taste individual components. I would also have liked more pickled veg and pate to balance the flavour and add creaminess Not bad though, Keu read more

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The staff's t-shirt says on the back "Saigon street food". It would have been more accurate to say "Ch Ln street food" (Ch Ln is Sài Gòn's Chinese quarter). Apart from the bánh mì, most of the other dishes (especially the noodle dishes) are Chinese. The sauce for the green papaya salad is authentic, but in VN, gi đu đ is served with beef jerky, not beef brisket. Never mind, the food is good, the ambience energetic, service is brisk and friendly, and prices are reasonable. They're not stingy on staff, so the wait is not long even when queues are. read more

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Came in for a light afternoon meal on a Saturday, after walking around shopping a bit. I am kinda over banh mi, and rice noodles after spending a lot of time in Little Saigon (in San Jose, CA), so I went for something I hadn't seen on a menu before - Com Cà Ri Bò. This is described a rice bowl with beef dumpling. When I read dumpling, I mistakingly thought this would be similar tp a potsticker, but the meat is not wrapped in anything actually. The beef is actually very similar to a meatball, and seasoned nicely. The cilantro garnish was very fresh. There is fish sauce, nuts and red chili peppers in the bowl too. I thought the dish was simple, something I could make at home, but unique - I'd never thought about, or seen, Vietnamese beef meatballs over rice. Yum. The best part - they didn't skimp on the meatballs at all - there was plenty (7 or 8 good sized). The food was mega quick, as it's more of a casual street food kinda place. My friend had a steamed bun, which was okay but lacking some flavour. I will just rate based on my yummy dish. Price was decent, service was very friendly, and I walked away pleased. read more

kêu - Com Cà Ri Bò - Beef Dumpling Bowl £8.50 - Vietnamese Near Me - London, XGL

Don't let this store Bahn-you if you've never had these sandwiches before. Got the Bahn Mi classic and the pork belly. The baguettes were crispy but the meats inside of the bahn mi could be crispier. The classic had meat that looked like tofu. The Pork Belly meat was soft instead of crunchy. read more

I was really disappointed with this place, from the outside, a promise of warming Vietnamese food beckons, Communal tables and aloof service don't put me off, I am sure the food will be good. Silly me for assuming any place with a short menu will do everything well. I ordered the lime soda drink, this was close to 4 quid for minimal fresh lime, flavourless mint leaves, sugar which wasn't mixed in and a mini can of branded soda water. Joke. For food, I ordered braised beef noodle bowl. What a poor representation of, well, anything! A small handful of boring, poor noodles, braised beef that wasn't soft, broth not flavourful. Overall, a truly disappointing shame. I wish I had eaten at a high street sandwich chain instead. Never again. read more

Since moving to the Soho/surrounding area with work, I've been trying to find somewhere that does Banh Mi. Good Bahn Mi. Bahn Mi that doesn't require queuing for several hours or mortgaging the house. I don't even have a house... That was in November 2013 and I had given up hope. Yelp returning nothing within walking distance, and Google just kept sending me back to City Caphe near our old workplace in the City of London. No good at all. But then, my colleague alerted me to Keu.. which has a location in Old Street with a favourable looking menu, and which apparently opened in Poland Street, right under my nose, without warning. I absolutely had to try it. Now I am in serious danger of spending all my wages in 2015 on Banh Mi. Not because it's so good I can't stop eating it, but simply because it's there. It IS good though... I've only tried the classic but it was everything I expected: tasty pickled goodness on a pate and meat baguette. Crucially, as with all of the best sandwiches, the bread is key and the baguettes here are deliciously soft on the inside and crunchy outside. Warmed to perfection. At £6 a sandwich it's not the cheapest thing in the area but the goods are worth it: you find yourself wanting more but I think it's due to the savoury goodness rather than the amount of filling. One criticism of the taste I can give is the lack of "punch" in the sandwich: friends prefer a lot of heat throughout the sandwich, but here it's tame unless you grab a mouthful of seeds along with the raw chilies they include - at which point it's near deadly! But I enjoy the danger.. Frankly, it's been so long since I was at City Caphe so I cannot quite remember their sandwiches to compare, but I'm more than satisfied with the Vietnamese classic here at Keu. When the novelty of simply having Banh Mi for lunch wares off, I will branch out to some of their other sandwich varieties on the menu; the BBQ pork and the duck versions sound lovely, and the aforementioned colleague is a big fan of the pork buns. They do ramen & other soup-type dishes too, and the restaurant has that new, fresh feel should I ever want to sit in. Service is swift - if you're after takeaway go straight to the counter - but at peak lunch times you'll have a little wait. I've found that avoiding 12.30-1.30 is best. So: tasty vietnamese food, especially the sandwiches, for the price of anything else going in the area, but vastly superior in taste. I may well upgrade to 5-stars once I've tried more of their menu! read more

kêu - Bar and menu - Vietnamese Near Me - London, XGL

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Love Vietnamese baguette you must come here. Other dishes were ishh and quite pricey. read more

kêu - Vietnamese Near Me - London, XGL

The Bahn Mi was pretty boring and tasteless. I would suggest to who runs the menu to step up their game flavourwise. The pork belly needs to be juicy and crunchy at the same time and the one we got was soggy and bland. The staff is attentive but the food is so so... read more

One of the few Banh Mi (Vietnamese baguette sandwich) places in London. Not the best I've had - the best I've had was in SoCal where a lot of Vietnamese immigrants setup home. I ordered online. Would say the food was ok. The baguette was not the traditional one with rice and wheat flour which adds that "crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside" structural density. Typically these sandwiches have enough dressing made from white vinegar and juices from the pickles in addition to the mayo, butter and pate (or the Sriracha or Maggi or BBQ sauce depending on s'wich). This one did not. As a result the s'wich was very dry. The meat was also quite dry - like a really dry brisket. Also not a fan of how the red chillies were cut chunky. They got in the way of rather than helped the flavor. The Vietnamese sweet iced coffee was also dark and burnt with very little condensed milk added to it as is usual. I think the restaurant has potential to improve, though. read more

What bad service! I waited in the counter for 10 minutes waiting to order a take away banh mi and the two people in the counter Couldn't be bothered. The person who I thought had ordered before me was similarly waiting to order. All the servers saw us waiting but wouldn't take our orders. ?!?!?!? read more

Smokey aubergine banh mí was pretty damn tasty. The juices soaked nicely into the bread and I loved the marinated tofu. Definitely a quick and easy eat if you're looking for something healthy and veggie based! read more

The bahn mi was quite nice. They had no pork buns the day I was there.

2.5 stars for a very average meal. There was nothing particularly nice about it, but nothing too unpleasant about it either. The chicken was a bit dry and the sauce was boring (i had the Coconut chicken curry and rice). There was a lot of stodgy rice in the dish. It just felt like the McDonald's version of Vietnamese food, and definitely not worth the price. read more

So fantastic. I just spent £8 on a large bowl of chicken curry, with loads of meat in, all white meat, free range, corn fed. On top of that chunky veggies and plenty of rice. Ready to takeaway in less than 5 minutes. In Soho! How is such a wonder even possible? read more

The food was actually great, surprisingly. Probably the best Asian food I've tried so far in London...I really need more recommendations

They cut the middle part out of the baguette! It's already expensive for a sandwich. Why cut the middle part out?

The noodle soup with pork bone broth is the one of the best I've had in a while. Wholeheartedly recommended.

Typical Vietnamese food with a large choice of sandwiches and Vietnamese soups. Unfortunately the service is not so good.