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Viet Café

345 Greenwich St., New York, NY 10013
nr. Jay St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-431-5888 Send to Phone

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  • Price Range: $$$

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  • Reader Rating:

    8.8 out of 10

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    5 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Vietnamese
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Photo by Andrew Karcie

Official Website

viet-cafe.com

Hours

Mon-Fri, 11:30am-10pm;Sat, 5pm-10pm; Sun, closed

Nearby Subway Stops

1, 2, 3 at Chambers St.

Prices

$15-$25

Payment Methods

American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Delivery
  • Good for Groups
  • Take-Out
  • Online Ordering

Alcohol

  • Full Bar

Reservations

Accepted/Not Necessary

Delivery Area

State St. to Houston St., FDR Dr. to West Side Hwy.

Profile

Tribeca gallerist Lan Tran Cao has dabbled in the culinary world—first in her native Vietnam, where she learned French patisserie, and then in Sydney, where she cooked in one Vietnamese restaurant and helped open another. Food and art are the best way to experience a culture, Cao believes, which is why she opened VietCafé next door to her Gallery Vietnam. She's imported the café's furniture from her homeland and assembled a team of French-trained chefs to prepare the bánh mì thit, bo bia, and pho bo she grew up with—freeing her to lead the occasional Chinatown shopping expedition and cooking class. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

8.8 "Highly Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review
80% Would you go back?
80% Would you take a date?
60% Would you take kids?
80% Would you go on business?
80% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 8.8
Service: 8.6
Décor: 8.8
Value: 8.4

Great ingredents and clean kitchen

nhaquang from 10016 | Posted on 4/9/09

Overall Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)
Food: 10
Service: 10
Décor: 9
Value: 10

I met my friends Barbara & Alan to introduce them to some Vietnamese. After they saw this place and had a couple glasses of wine, it was the beginning of a nice evening. Few Vietnamese restaurants do it the old fashion way by cooking their own stock from scratch (which you can see boiling behind open kitchen bar). It's nice to eat out in NY city and be able to see how your food is being prepared. We started with an order of Mien Ga to split as an appetizer (a soup that is hard to find), the Lotus Salad, and the Sesame-Marinated Beef roll. For the main course, we shared 3 other dishes, the Tamarind red snapper, the Vietnamese Steak Frites, and the Chili Tofu. This was so different then any previous experiences my friends had at other restaurants. They just thought that all there was to Vietnamese is the beef soup (pho bo) and fried spring rolls (cha gio). We top this off with a chocolate mouse cake, a banana flan, and some Vietnamese coffee. We throughly enjoy this restaurant, it's nice ambiance, and will be back to try their other dishes.

Love the food!

outandabout from 11421 | Posted on 3/30/08

Overall Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Food: 10
Service: 9
Décor: 8
Value: 9

I went here once for a drink and I've been back many times since for the food and service. I always make a reason to pop all the way downtown to come here with my friends.

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