Address: 301 Old St, London, EC1V 9LA, United Kingdom
Phone: +442077298662
Rating: 4.1
based on 213 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"The Butterfish curry was stunning, creamy, the fish was meaty."
"Consistency of all components of the pho is there."
"The food is incredibly good. Flavors just pop from the first to the last bite."
"Food was excellent, we got the set menu and really enjoyed all elements."
"The food was phenomenal and affordable."
"Everything we ordered was delicious and flavourful."
"The food is fantastic and you can totally taste the love in it, and the quality."
Cons:
"Our food was close to inedible."
"This really take a huge amount of aroma and flavour away from this dish, making it underwhelming and quiet bland."
"The aubergine curry was cooked wrong, lacked flavor and the texture of the sauce was strange."
"The food is really average."
"The most disgusting food i’ve ever eaten, unrecognisable meat, probably dog meat or horse meat."
"The food was uneatable."
"The roast duck dish... was utterly unacceptable."
Service
Pros:
"Duc went beyond to make us feel welcome and really looked after us."
"The service was friendly, and the food was good."
"Staff were very professional and dealt with this issue promptly."
"Thanks to friendly staff Kin, Eric and Allison for good food recommendations."
"Staff is friendly and portion size is decent."
"Staff are very friendly and attentive."
"The staff were so friendly and welcoming."
Cons:
"A high service charge for serving a bowl of soup doesn’t make a lot of sense either."
"Although food was okay, I had a combination of poor service in my evening."
"Very unpleasant experience, waiting outside very long time."
"Service was very slow - stingy with water and napkins."
"Slow service, mixed up orders."
"Terrible service and overpriced for what it is, with an automatic service charge added to the bill."
"Service is quite slow."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"The restaurant looks beautiful with some lanterns in the entrance and amazing Vietnamese artworks all over the walls."
"The guys at the service are great and I really loves the atmosphere there."
"Nice Vietnamese restaurant in Shoreditch. The interior decoration is nice and comfortable with good lighting."
"The restaurant is minimalist, clean and spacious."
"Busy, noisy dining area. A great combination for a Vietnamese experience."
"Nice environment."
"An unpretentious restaurant in shoreditch with great flavours."
Cons:
"Cay Tre is very overpriced, especially if you add bad service and atmosphere."
"It was just really noisy we were having to shout to have a conversation."
"The atmosphere is not the best and can be quite loud due to echoing."
"The music is so loud but it still doesn't affected these gobbers to stop talking."
"They sat us downstairs, which had a canteen type feeling to it."
"I feel they over packed the restaurant and we were packed uncomfortably close to the next customer."
"It felt a bit too compact inside, as the tables are very close to each other, and when it gets busy at lunch time it does get quite noisy and hot."
Value
Pros:
"The food was phenomenal and affordable."
"We had a great lunch with fast service from lovely staffs."
"Delicious food at great value, and excellent service."
"Portions are very generous and well priced- recommend 1000%."
"Great food at a very reasonable price."
"Excellent value for money, that bowl felt truly bottomless."
"Food is superb and authentic and the lunch deal is fantastic value £15 for 2 courses."
Cons:
"Very expensive Vietnamese but it’s standard for London."
"Overpriced for what it is, with an automatic service charge added to the bill."
"Prices have risen in line with the wealth of the clientele."
"Think the wine was overpriced for the decor / canteen style restaurant."
"I paid 38 pounds for 2 dishes of canned food and 2 rice (which cost 8 pounds)."
"On the whole not a bad but relatively pricey experience."
"They also took it upon themselves to make sure they debited all their discretionary service charge from our card even though we instructed them otherwise. Very cheeky!"