Viet-anh Cafe

girlswear

26th April 2009

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Great place for a cheap and quick bite before a gig or a night out in Camden. The turnover is fast, the place is small and the service is always friendly. Ordered a Beef Pho and Lemongrass chicken with Rice. Food came fairly quickly and hot, price around £5-7 for mains. Beef Pho's soup base is pretty good, with the added garlic flakes and this special preserved veggie (one of my favourites "don choi") which excelled Kingsland Road Vietnamese restaurants! Lemongrass Chicken was good, though i think pork or beef would have tasted even better. A couple of Tsing-Tao's and it's all yummy in the tummy!

curlyfries

Twelve stars 25th November 2008

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I've probably spent more time sitting in Viet-anh than in my own flat: it's one of my favourite places in the whole world. The staff are brilliant, the service mega-speedy and though there's a constant turnover of people stuffing their faces (foodbymark is right) there's no pressure to feel like you need to get your belly full double time before you get kicked out.

The prawn satay, deep fried chilli squid and steamed dumplings are all faultless starters and you can't go wrong with a Vietnamese curry, lemongrass dish or any of the soups (either a pho or the bun rieu) for a main, accompanied with a pot of jasmine tea (free constant refills) or a Tsing-Tao. All incredibly tasty treats, and all at bargainous prices.

Viet-anh is a warm, cosy, lively, great place to cram in a few friends or sit with a book on your own - I love it so much I've even sat outside when it's raining (what an idiot). You can take out, but it's never quite the same in front of the telly.

PKblue at 30/12/08

Nice review, but I think you must have accidentally given them a 0 star rating then?

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foodbymark

Authentic fast food 5th September 2008

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The Viet Anh Cafe is only 200m from Camden Town tube station but located on parkway seemingly away from most of the bustle of the Camden Market crowd. Three of us dined here and we shared starters of Deep Fried Crispy Tofu and Prawn Toast, both £3.50 each. The main courses are "complete" dishes based on protein with rice or soft or crisp noodle accompaniment. I ordered the Beef Pho Soup and the dish arrived in less than 10 minutes. Perhaps 5 minutes. Some of the beef was almost rare, but not quite rare enough on the whole. Still, all main dishes ordered here were under £6 and three of us dined for under £26 with tea as our drink. It was packed, but we didn't feel pressured to leave quickly. For a cheap and cheerful meal in the bustle of Camden, you can't go wrong with the Viet Anh Cafe.

stantoncarlisle

Fast tasty and friendly 17th January 2008

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Lets face it the food in Camden Market is over priced slop - the stall vendors motto is anything goes, an approach that's backed up with a verbal hard sell straight out of Apocalypse Now. Thankfully the Viet-anh cafe cum restuarant offers a friendly, buzzy haven with food to match. Tables are small. the turnover is fast - expect to get served swiftly. The waitress is cool like martini regardless of the pressure and the food comes fast and fresh. Highly recommended is the mixed seafood and noodle soup. Whipped up in around 5 minutes. The soup base was excellent, the rice noodles, thin but meaty and the whole bowl was topped with a mound of assorted perfectly cooked seafood. Yum. Just what you need on a cold day. Starters were cool too - all the ingedients were fresh and in good combos. At lunchtimes the media crew descend and the place can turn into a total hubbub with a resonant yak-fest. But as a recharge place it's hard to beat when your kness are wobbling and you really need that good food top-up and fast.