Did I find Salvation in Noodles? No, I'm not sure I did. The summer rolls were delicious, a definite must have. The wings were quite good too, moist on the inside, crispy on the outside. My main issue related to the main course. I order the beef ball noodle soup, only for it to arrive without the beef balls lol. It still had veggies and a few thin slices of beef steak, but not the supposedly amazing meatballs that its name advertises. It was disappointing that I wasn't given the option of ordering something else. I'm guessing the meatballs are the higher value ingredient, that also would gave given the soup stock it's main flavour. To add insult to injury, I saw that I had still been billed FULL PRICE for my meatball-less noodle soup! So, it's a disappointing three stars from me. read more

Salvation in Noodles - Spring rolls - Vietnamese Near Me - London, XGL

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A hipster heaven, Pho with a slight twist. This place just opened up - and I can tell it's going to be a favorite of many in Dalston soon enough. The Pho is really lovely quality - rare beef and meatball Pho has been my favorite so far. The staff is friendly and super attentive. All the Pho options are between £ 8-9. Open from 6-11 everyday.. The times on Google maps are not correct so be careful! read more

Salvation in Noodles - Vietnamese Near Me - London, XGL

And the verdict is...... I came into this restaurant coming with knowledge of pho made by friends' parents and living in the states where good pho is normal to come by. My experience here was quite pleasant. Overall I was quite pleased. Atmosphere is very nice. Hipster-like and very modern. Something many Asian restaurants miss here in London. Meaning caught up with New York and San Francisco. Lighting and decor is appropriate for a restaurant bringing together traditional Vietnamese regional dishes with a modern layout. Food was quite nice. I did not get a chance to try a starter, but I ordered the bun rieu and was very impressed. I was worried at first reading the suggestive reviews on tripadvisor with the "bland" broth. However bland for some reviews means salty and my pho was not bland. The broth encompassed a very tasty mix of flavors of tomato and crab. It also had a mild spiciness to the flavour. I enjoyed the fact it wasn't piled with mounds of msg which many uneducated foodies are regularly used with. So now that we're passed the broth... ingredients.... the ingredients consist of vermicelli noodles, crab, prawns, pork belly, bean sprouts, spring onion, cilantro, and tomato. The ingredients all were in very good proportion allowing me to enjoy the food. Overall I had quite a pleasant experience. I would suggest my friends in the states to try this place out if they want a proper Vietnamese fix that most of the UK can't provide. read more

Being a fan of Vietnamese and a lover of a good Pho or Bun I was really excited when my friend suggested grabbing a quick bite to eat at the local noodle place near his office. What I didn't expect to find was a rather hipster set up with a menu that made me want to order everything on it! The atmosphere is super chilled, friendly staff and the seating was pretty comfortable even though it's a fairly small restaurant. So I do love visiting the Pho chain restaurants but I'm always wanting to try new things and SIN did not let me down. They have a great selection of starters, so I'd definitely return just to try them all, and the mains consisting of pho and buns was great! In the end we ended up going for the Pork spring rolls, incredibly tasty and comes in a set of 2 rolls (sliced in halfs) which is great for a sharing starter. I had the Pork pattie bun which was fantastic and so full of flavour. SIN most certainly gave Pho a run for their money and in terms of price are on a level playing field. If you're in or around the Dalston/Mildmay area and fancy a great meal, then I would most certainly recommend popping into SIN! read more

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This hipster joint also does very good food! Had the summer rolls and the chicken pho. (Tip: ask for the chilli sauce and the extra chilli if you are a spice fiend). They were both great. The pho in itself was delicious and brothy with amazing flavour. We went in at a bit of an odd time (around 4pm) so they didn't have some of the menu items but I look forward to going back to try them! Will be back. read more

Salvation in Noodles - Crab pho - Vietnamese Near Me - London, XGL

Fresh Vietnamese food with really, really good wings. Vietnamese food rocks because there is that healthy fresh element throughout the menu mixed with deepfried wings and spring rolls. This Viet place has a nice balance of those two things place plus throw in some Chinese items to please the crowds too. There are a number of 'social plates' to share for starters including the juiciest lamb chop I have had (yum), viet prawn and pork salad, sesame crisps, the above mentioned chinese items as well as dumplings and more. All of these have a nice spice through them and you can add more with the on-table sriracha. Then you can go with a Vietnamese salad which all have the same fresh vegetable and rice noodle base, just chose your protein. And there is the very delicious looking soup. They call the soups pho but they seem to have a lot more going on than a good old fashion pho- so more like a viet soup morphed with chinese soup (or maybe my chinese/vietnamese food terminology is out of wack). Lots and lots of flavour, colour and aromatics. Tick. The wine list is very short- I would have loved to see a couple more wines on there but the Riesling was good (£28). Lots of craft beers on offer too and the cocktails are great. Oh and a lot of craft soft drinks too and of course coconut water because Dalston. And because we are talking Asian food there is lots of veg options as well as melt in your mouth pork. read more

Salvation in Noodles - Pork patty salad - Vietnamese Near Me - London, XGL

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This place was good not great. We did come here pretty late so hopefully the next time we come it'll be even better. We had two of the pho dac biets. I thought it was delicious but the noodles were undercooked. However, the prawns were cooked to perfection. I would say this place is a mix of authentic Vietnamese with a hipster vibe. It seems like they are trying to go with better presentation than authentication, which is fine, but personally not for me. I much prefer experiencing the diversity of cuisines not white washed for a larger crowd. As a customer I would also prefer to have the power to add as much bean sprouts, basil/mint, lemon/lime and jalapeños as I want and have a sauce dish for hoisin sauce and chili paste. I think this place still has a lot of potential because they obviously know how to make good Vietnamese food and I would recommend trying their pho dac biet but if you're used to the traditional pho dac biet (pho with flank, stripe, tendon, Vietnamese meatballs etc) and that's all you want then this isn't the place. They have bar stools looking outside, so great for a quick lunch by yourself or with a small group of friends. The staff is friendly and the prices are fair. read more

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Damn those wings are worth dying for! They make my mouth and stomach extremely happy. I also ordered the fried spring rolls which were tasty too! The Pho wasn't quite to my taste. The soup did not have the strong flavour that I'm used to. Texture of the noodle was great though. But damn... I'm coming back for those wings soon again! read more

Salvation in Noodles - This was a special, Phuc Quoc wings over noodle salad. And the Pho Bo at the top. - Vietnamese Near Me - London, XGL

So tasty! They also get lots of bonus points for the following items: - Able to get a table on a Saturday night (3 people) - Vegan/vegetarian options, including noodle soup! Hooray! - Reasonably priced bottles of wine All these together earn ye five stars, SIN. The atmosphere was cozy in a good way, not in a euphemism for shitty way, the prices were fair, and everyone enjoyed their dishes. My companions opted for crab and beef respectively, while I had the frozen tofu soup. If you aren't sure about that, it's not that the tofu is *cold*, it's that when you freeze tofu it gets a different (and I would say interesting) texture. Would go again, would recommend, especially for mixed veg/meat company (there's both a soup and a noodle dish option for veg mains, so enough options to have a couple choices). read more

Coming from a Vietnamese person, yes this place is by far the best Pho I've tasted in London. They definitely got the broth right. It has a herbal mint essence which is refreshing! Very close to Pho An in Sydney Australia. For those who don't know Pho An, it is the best Pho in Australia, even tastier than Vietnam. And yes, I've eaten pho at Melbourne, Sydney, Vietnam (north and south), Hong Kong and LA. The Vietnamese iced drip coffee is a good blend too! Delicious after a hot bowl of mouth watering Pho Bò. I will be back for more! I only wish they had the Bò Viên (beef meat balls). That would've made it a perfect Pho serving. The only reason I did not give it 5 stars. read more

Oh dear. I liked the Vietnamese coffee at Salvation in Noodles. The service and my pho? Not so much. Salvation in Noodles is a hipster haven in otherwise unenchanting surroundings. For some reason I was expecting a Vietnamese place similar to the ones on Kingsland Road. Instead I was greeted by a fixie out front, check shirt-wearing patrons, tattooed waiters and a casual chic interior. Indicative of high standards, right? Sadly not. We ordered our food - a starter, two mains, two drinks and tap water. Our drinks appeared, but our waiter immediately disappeared before I could ask him for a glass for my beer. I kept trying to catch the eyes of the three waiters circulating around the small space but none seemed interested. Neither did our tap water appear. Finally, ten minutes later, our waiter returned and was able to rectify both. I mean sure, some people are happy to drink beer straight from a bottle, but it only takes two seconds to check. Then our starter arrived. Or so I thought. My girlfriend's eagle eyes spotted that we were being served spring rolls rather than summer rolls. She pointed this out to the waiter who disputed her comment with "For real?" My girlfriend persisted and the waiter took both back. A more senior waiter appeared and quickly saw the problem: our summer rolls had been served to the neighbouring table and his spring rolls served to our table. Gah. Again, after a delay, it was rectified. The summer rolls themselves were okay, with hints of the crunchy, flavoursome signature of Vietnamese food but some of the ingredients (e.g. the tofu) didn't seem very fresh. Next, our pho arrived. My girlfriend liked her crab and pork one. My chicken pho was bland and boring. I've long since revised my expectations of pho in London from the hopeful highs I had after having excellent, dirt-cheap pho in Vietnam, but even with these lowered expectations I was disappointed, labouring through the broth rather than enjoying it. For what it's worth, I think the pho at the chain restaurant Pho is the most dependable in London, however unfashionable it is to sing the praises of chains. Was I the only diner left wanting? No: when asked how his meal was, our neighbour shared his dismay at the poor service he'd received, backing his feelings with the revelation that he had worked in restaurants as a waiter too. As the only reassuringly middle class restaurant in the area I'm sure that Salvation in Noodles will continue to attract custom. But I really hope they fix their service and food, particularly now that prices are noticeably higher than mentioned in the other reviews here (mains cost between £8.50-£9.50). As it stands, I'd be heading to Que Viet et al for Vietnamese food in Dalston. read more

Bowled over by a noodle bowl on Balls Pond Road. If one can indeed find Salvation in noodles, I'm going to start a noodle monastery and I'm looking forward to spending an afterlife surrounded by awesome SE Asian noodle ladies. I'm excited. SIN (see what they've done there) was a follow up to On the Bap (y'know, trendy looking new Asian places). It's not a small space by any means - a few tables at the front (plus a window bench) and some room at the back. The menu is pretty straightforward - starters, soup noodles, and cold noodles. There's nothing particularly outlandish on the menu - for starters we picked the shredded chicken with sesame crackers and a plate of pickled lotus root with carrots, pork, and crispy shallots and peanuts. Both starters were pretty large and packed with flavour, really close to similar dishes I'd tried in Vietnam. The chicken dish is well spiced and seems to keep ging forever - my one gripe is that it's a little dry in places (leg would probably be better), but still. Delicious. The pickled salad has a great combination of textures and packs in a lot of crunch. When we went, the cold noodles weren't on, although it wasn't clear whether it was a one off thing or a Monday thing. It didn't matter, I was going for the bun rieu, whatever happened. Bun riu (crab noodle soup with tomato) has a special place in my heart, being the first dish I ate in Vietnam and was a moment of instant love for me. That part of my heart can belong to nobody else. It's also a dish I've not had outside of Vietnam yet, so to find it brought a tear to my eye. My partner ordered the bun bo Hue, a tangy, herby beef noodle soup. Like the starters, these dishes are large and packed to bursting with goodies (meats, herbs, banana blossoms...). I really enjoyed my bun rieu. It's not the tangy, full-on flavour assault that I've experienced before - the flavour is more delicate, but it's delicious and has an excellent crabby flavour. The lime also helps to add a little more zing. I tried some of the Bun Bo Hue too - also very flavourful, although could have done with a little more tang too. Still, very good, and tasty strips of beef to boot. Two nights, both times a full-to-bursting Rob. Seriously, the starters already filled me up a lot and the soups were genuinely excellent. Overall the value for money is really good - large bowls of soup for under 10 quid, and massive starters. The service was friendly, albeit a little slow, but given the quality of the food, it didn't bug me too much. I'm glad they were getting good business on a Monday night too, although I can imagine that there's a queue a lot of the time. If you are trying to find penance, you know where to go. It's a little out of the way, but worth the trip, and I would happily travel to come back here (need to try the pho!). Despite the trendy aesthetic, it's pretty authentic overall, and a lot of care has been put into the food. It's simple, yet super effective AND holy. What more could I want? read more

Really attentive staff, cold beer and nice atmosphere. The dishes were very well prepared with no corners cut in ingredients or seasoning. If you guys manage to get Cao Làu onto the menu I'll come by every week. Great addition to the neighbourhood! read more

Phoking excellent noodle joint! Bun Bo Hue you say? Yep, it's the real deal - deliciously spicy lemongrass broth filled with noodles, beef brisket pork and all the herbs, a great bowl of pho rain or shine. The Lemongrass lamb chops are excellent, cooked pink with rendered fat - a delight. If you are in their Dalston branch and spot the dumpling on special - GET THEM - crack parcels! Failing that, head over to Finsbury Park and order at least two rounds, you won't regret it. read more

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Outside of the "Pho-mile" this is where I go for pho. Really good Viet food with some pan-Asian foods thrown into the menu in a beautiful hipster style restaurant. We didn't arrive until after 10pm and the staff were happy to keep the place open for us. Food was served quickly, probably due to us being so late, and it tasted pretty good. I would go back just to get a better look at one of the staff though, as he was a fully decked man-bun glory, whose muscled arms and abs really showed through the tight black tshirt as he took the rubbish out. But I digress. Like Viet, like hipster style buildings, like hipster men. This is the place to go. But if you want true Viet food, it's worth making the trek down Kingsland road to the Pho mile. read more

I really enjoy SIN, it's probably my favourite nouveau Vietnamese restaurant in London. The starters are delicious, especially the fried chicken wings. All of the phos are fantastic because of the tasty broth, especially the crab broth. Needed to get to the bottom of the bowl on that one. I've dread the comments that this is a "hipster" place, whatever that means. It's a good Pho joint with fresh and delicious food and that's all that matters in getting to heaven. read more

People write that this is a hipster place. Surely it is but the phō was great nonetheless. I'd be happy to come back and try out some other items on the menu. read more

Salvation in Noodles - Vietnamese Near Me - London, XGL

(Forgive the all too easy pho puns ahead) .I can easily say that I am a phunatic. In San Francisco where I live, I eat pho 2-3 times a week. While I will gladly eat pho from the greasy spoon in a dingy asian food court, I eat an almost equal amount of higher end phoductions. S.I.N easily ranks up there with some of the best pho's I've had. The Phacilities: While this was my first trip to London, the Dalston area reminds me of other gentrifying areas. Mixed neighborhood, with a smattering of higher end restaurants and shops moving in. S.I.N itself was a pretty sparse but hip restaurant with a small area for bike parking in the front. There's counter seating facing out towards the streets, and a number of tables in the main area. There was a surprising amount of waiters for the amount of tables, and I found service to be perfectly adequate. Friendly, mostly prompt, nothing out of the ordinary. The Slurp: We split the fish sauce wings, lemongrass pho and beef pho. The wings were juicy with a good texture to the breading, and came out quite quickly. I've never been a huge fan of sweet wings, but these had a good balance of sweet/garlic. Lemongrass pho would be a good intro to Bun Bo Hue for the uninitiated. The lemongrass and spice can normally be very overwhelming, but this had a more mild balanced feel to it. Meat was super tender, and good noodle texture (not typical noodles, they use the spaghetti shaped ones). Beef pho was a standout. Thin flat noodles were high quality with a good spring to them, the broth was balanced and tasty, and the meat was exceptionally well cooked. I did ask for the steak on the side so I could put it in myself, which they forgot, but it was so tender, I didn't care at all. Overall: Totally worth the trip, and one of the best meals we had in London. read more

Really nice stylish vietnamese noodle place. Friendly waiter. Small menu so you know its the food is made fresh. Daily special. Loves the spring rolls as a starter and my vietnamese noodles and the dessert was amazing. Give it a try. read more

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SIN has a rather small menu and is focusing on the regional noodle dishes that is still a pretty new territory in the London dining scene. As a keen foodie that always enjoy exploring, I headed off to SIN on a fine Friday evening to seek some classic Vietnamese noodles. Bun bo hie, aka beef brisket and pork in hot and spicy lemongrass soup was very pleasant and really showcased the fine quality of soup noodle. The soup was cooked for 24 hours using pork and beef bones as well as other Vietnamese seasoning, very rich in taste but not challenging at the same time. The soup had a lovely depth of herbal and meaty aromas and I personally enjoyed it far more than any of the Japanese ramen I tasted in London such as Shoryu.... read more

Little and cozy place. I ordered chicken pho soup and spring rolls. There was nothing special in pho soup (basic delicious pho soup) but spring rolls with pork and dofu were amazing. If you are heading to this place be prepared to wait at least 30min. Or maybe we were just unlucky on saturday morning. read more

Phoned ahead to ask if there was rice on the menu, they said yes - so I took my rather old relatives all the way to the restaurant in the cold only to find that they actually didn't serve rice (fine, it's a miscommunication, no problem, noodles are great too!) We had the beef pho instead and unfortunately that gave my brother food poisoning so that put a little damper on our trip. Would not recommend. read more

I don't know why "hipster" would factor into this; maybe these reviewers who have an issue with the social factor lump it with ambience. Fair enough, but even hipsters know how to give a good dish, provided you go with your GUT! I was between the brisket/pork belly and the crab/prawn/pork belly soup, and these days seafood has really been grabbing me. There's not a ton of mention here on the seafood side of SIN (say that eight times fast). So I took a gamble, went with what I craved, and got rewarded. I avoided the standard spring rolls because the bowls here are humongous, and unless you're sharing the rolls with other people and having your own dish, it may be a meal for either a single hungry-hungry-hungry hippo or someone with an insane metabolism. Back to the dish: probably the tastiest vietnamese offering I've had ever; put some chili sauce in there for that spicy kick, and you're rewarded with some sweet crab flavor, some delicious mild prawn, lemon juice sparkle, mint and parsley madness, bean sprouts up the hoo ha, and noodles, my god the noodles, they never end and I never wanted them to end. It all became a wonderful spiral of flavor, especially with that chili sauce to offset the sweetness of the seafood/crab combo. I wish I had a bigger stomach because I would've ordered another bowl right away. And if that isn't a compliment, what is? I will say the service is more of a hands-off sort of establishment. More apt to give the eater space, especially if they're by themselves, but if you look up and focus a gentle stare on one of them, they'll catch on that you need something. Beer and wine prices are reasonable - around 3-5 pounds, but I skipped that because I didn't want to get sloshed; the broth was doing enough of that work. Also, they charge a mandatory 12.5% service charge, so don't feel like you need to leave a tip unless the service has been outstanding. Had the server/waiter been more of a recommender (I was on the fence and went with the gut in lieu of the lack of external push) or more involved with making it personal, I would have left a tip. Yelpers, make this your go spot and DON'T FORGET TO ADD THE CHILI SAUCE! read more

An instant favorite in the Dalston area. The prices are great, the pho is really good, but it's the CHICKEN WINGS....omg. Honestly, the best chicken wings I've tasted in London and some of the best I've ever had period. It comes coated in a sweet saucy and is so crispy/flaky on the outside and tender and juicy in the inside...ordering this is absolutely a must. read more

Noodles were very average. Impolite staff. Not very clean. The waiting period was too long

I went there for my birthday with a few friends for an early lunch on a Saturday afternoon- it was around 4pm and it was pretty quiet but filled up quickly. We ordered some Summer and Spring rolls as starters- which were excellent: both the vegetarian and non- vegetarian potions. The main course was plentiful: large portions and very tasty. Good choice of hot and cold food They also had a great selection of beers and soft drinks; not your standard "Coke" or "Stella"- all very good and refreshing! I would definitely recommend it others. Great value for money and food made with love and pride. I would definitely return again! read more

After a long flight from LA we really did find salvation in noodles. We stayed in a flat just around the corner so this was our go to dinner spot for our time in London. Really delicious and fresh pho. I recommend the fried chicken wings as an app. read more

Really nice ramen but it was the starters that really stood out. The lamb chops were delicious as were the crispy chicken wings. Service was friendly and efficient and a big plus is that there is bicycle parking at the entrance to the restaurant so you can park up easily and keep an eye on your bike from the restaurant. read more

Another hipster noodle place in east London. Blah blah blah. The noodles were only ok.

What a horrible place. We arrived to be told that we would be very lucky to get a table, then miraculously 2 were available. The music was very loud. We asked for the level to be reduced as we couldn't hear each other talk. It was reduced by a nano decibel. We decided to leave and we were told 'Yes, it does get very loud', as if the music controlled it's own volume. Contemptuous staff, totally thrilled with themselves. Perhaps the food is nice but we'll never know. Neither will the million friends that we tell. Disgusting, cold, rude, unfriendly place. read more

I've been a regular customer at SIN since its opening early 2014 going there every month. My friends and I had time to experience almost every dish from the menu and we always had a great experience. All the dishes were flavory and fresh, meat was fantastic and the staff was remarkably efficient, professional and refined. Despite the increased rates, we kept going there because it was simply excellent.Early July, they opened a new branch in Finsbury Park, exporting their knowledge there. Unfortunately, the impact at the original restaurant in Dalston was immediate. Food is now very average and I couldn't recognize the original flavor of SIN. Since they're now delivering, delays have also been extended. Plus, we had to face an incompetent and clumsy staff, absolutely not coordinated and who seemed to just start in the profession. I couldn't be more disappointed and probably won't go there ever again. Such a shame. read more