Only non-locals would rate this less than 4 or 5 stars!!! For locals that come here regularly, this…read moreplace is like a 2nd home - very friendly staff, top service where they actually do the extra things for you, BYO, just to name a few things.

If I could give this place less than one star I would. I ordered special fried rice which took…read moreabout 10 minutes to arrive considering I was the only customer. My special fried rice, when it finally arrived, consisted of about a cup and a half of rice, some egg and a few bits of spring onion. This cost $10.50!! I compared what I had been served with their photo. Besides the quantity of food missing from my plate, were the juicy prawns that covered the dish in the photo. Mine had none. No prawns, no meat, no nothing. I took my plate back and asked about the rest of my dish. "Oh solly. I forget plawns" was the response. Five minutes later, a small handful of frozen shrimp had been added. What a gip. Avoid at all costs.

This is a second location for the Cardamom Pod, a vegetarian (apparently vegan) brunch place (the…read morefirst is south of here at Broadbeach). The location itself I'm not a huge fan of. It's not close to the beach or on the tram line, so it wasn't the easiest thing to get to. Moreover, because it took a while to reach, I arrived just after their breakfast had ended and their lunch started. Looking at the breakfast menu, this was a tad disappointing. That being said, the crunchy tofu rolls I ended up were ethnically indiscernible but tasty, combining a Vietnamese presentation with a very Indian-ish dipping sauce and some marinated mango. They were amply spicy and sweet, and with avocado accompanying the tofu, reasonably filling. Their menu on the whole is quite lavish (and expensive). And yet, despite being a pricey pure plant-based restaurant at a non-ideal location, it was kind of busy. Gold Coast, man, I'm telling you. Most parts of the world, there aren't too many fancy vegetarian restaurants and the ones that exist sometimes struggle, but I just can't stop running into them here, and they're doing fine. I imagine I'll be back for some of their chickpea flour breakfast dishes sometime.

Decided to give this place a second chance after trying it during the COVID pandemic when they were…read moreonly doing take away, their food was not to their usual standard. Sorely disappointed with the service this time and didn't even get a chance to eat. From the time of ordering to leaving waited over an hour. Full story is we didn't have an appointment but me and my friend wanted to see if they had seats anyway. There were two tables opening up but the hostess told us to wait and gave us some attitude about it. We shrugged it off and waited about 10min for the table that was just empty the entire ten minutes. When we sat down we looked over the menu and then ordered about 5 min later with the same hostess lady. She unkindly told us that the gnocchi was sold out which is fine but she still had an attitude about it. Then after ordering we waited about an hour and saw people who had come order ate and left. We had been chatting and had ordered a big meal so thought maybe our food took longer to prepare but after an hour we were hungry and impatient and asked the hostess about an update and she said "what food" and we reminded her that she took our order and she just said "omg I forgot" she had not put the order in. In the hour she had not checked on our table even tho by this time half the restaurant tables were empty they weren't that busy. Terrible service. The food however does look and smell amazing from the tables next to us.

would recommend this restaurant to anyone We've been dining…read morethere for 10 years. The food is 5 star

This is the 2nd time I've been here.... once on my last trip back and this time. I always come with…read morefriends. The Vietnamese food is decent, and that's saying a lot coming from someone who lives in an area with one of the biggest Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. The spring rolls are great. I love the bun bo hue, bo luc lac and rice plates. I did detect some MSG in the broth, but not excessively. Pretty decent Vietnamese food in the Brisbane area.

Had dinner here 2 weeks ago with a friend and we did the Feed Me Chef menu with wine pairings which…read morewas both delicious and an excellent value (at the US$ exchange rate especially)! The tempura oyster and tempura barramundi bites to start were two of my favorite new foods of the trip. The special chicken wings & pork belly dish were delicious and we were literally slurping up the broth that the wok tossed squid came served in - a great flavor balance! The wine pourings were very generous and equated to 4 full pours of wine so be prepared to get a little buzz

The best food and service in Australia so far! We were party…read moreof 9 and everyone ordered different items from the menu. Every single dish was cooked and presented to perfection! Service was impeccable, from arranging the table to cocktail service, serving the food and attention to detail! Thank you for the great experience!

One of the only places that stays open real late for food. I know Vietnamese food really well and…read morewas worried I would be super disappointed in this place. Ya know, it wasn't all bad. I got the lemongrass stir fried beef with vermicelli noodles. The beef stir fry has capsicum (bell pepper for Americans) in it, which is very unauthentic. The rest of the bowl was ok though. The beef had good flavor, they used mint and bean sprouts as the veggie garnish. Vermicelli cooked well. The fish sauce vinaigrette tasted authentic too, just needed to be a little more salty/pungent in my opinion. I felt there was not enough vinaigrette for me to bring this "noodle salad" together. All in all though, I would recommend it for a light and fresh meal.

Had a fish and chips there today. It came with a fried bug under the chips. Chips was also…read moreterrible. Customer service was also poor.

Almost too good to be true! I wouldn't expect to find pho this good outside Inala but Little Hanoi…read moreproved me wrong. Broth was remarkably clear and incredibly flavoursome and jam packed with noodles and beef. At $10 for the small including complimentary Chinese doughnuts for dunking in the broth it's a steal!

Popular spot This restaurant was extremely busy on a…read moreSaturday night - it was fully booked and they were dealing with a lot of takeaway orders. Despite this our food didn't take long to arrive and the staff were super friendly and helpful. We just thought that the food did not really taste like authentic Thai. The prices and portions were reasonable and BYO wine is a plus!

A good meal. Fresh crisp vegetables and tasty. Comfortable and lovely staff…read more Just could have been a bit spicier and cash only no cards.

We have been always looking for a vietnamese venue in our local area and these guys opened up…read more. WOW.. Great atmosphere, fantastic staff and very friendly. Food is really good and well priced. They do take reservations, weekends are always busy but always make room for you..

This place is a little shop in the main shopping district of Sandgate. It is casual dining, and the…read moreservice can be slow when they're busy, there is usually only 1 waitress. They have good Viet coffee and pho and the meals are quite traditional, lots of stuff I haven't had since going out to eat with my Vietnamese-American cousin. Highly recommend it (even though I know it will mean a longer wait now for the rest of us!)