Cloud Vietnamese Restaurant

"Cloud Vietnamese pulled customers in for its novel peanut butter coffee, but kept them on the premises for its summer rolls incorporating fresh mackerel, avocado-dressed steak, and flawless pho, with the most nuanced broth imaginable. Clouds dangle from the ceiling, making you feel like you’re dining in a summer sky." - Robert Sietsema, Eater Staff

"Cloud Vietnamese is a new Lower East Side place with a few novelties on the menu, like flavored coffees. It also offers an exemplary bowl of pho bo, furnished with sliced steak, brisket, and beef balls, The fat-rimmed brisket is particularly good, and the broth on the mild side and heavily oniony. A small saucer is provided for the accompanying sauces — for dipping the meat, not dumping in the soup." - Robert Sietsema

"The ca phe bod dau phong ($7) came to the table already pressed, dark on top, lighter on the bottom. I held my breath and stirred, then tasted. It didn’t taste at all like peanut butter, but it did have a nutty savoriness that buoyed the roasted flavor of the coffee beans. When I got to the bottom, there was a caramel-color sludge, kind of pretty but also inedible. It made me wish I’d stirred the coffee with every other sip." - Robert Sietsema