Step into Madame Vo BBQ, a vibrant Vietnamese eatery where you grill your own beef and savor a playful seven-course feast that playfully pushes culinary boundaries.
"Yen Vo and Jimmy Ly’s East Village Vietnamese restaurant features a BBQ oyster appetizer with a charred uni mayo." - Serena Dai
"An Asian restaurant dream team is hosting a charity dinner this Monday, November 11 at Madame Vo BBQ with dishes from Malaysian cafe Kopitiam, Japanese dessert shop Cha-An Teahouse, Taiwanese restaurant 886, Chinese fast-casual Junzi Kitchen, and Thai stalwart Somtum Der." - Stefanie Tuder
"Vietnamese hit Madame Vo BBQ will start serving brunch this weekend. Dishes such as Vietnamese chicken with pandan and coconut milk waffles, a crab omelette modeled after bun rieu noodle soup, and lemongrass steak and eggs will be available. It’s Jimmy Ly and Yen Vo’s second restaurant, a meaty follow-up to their East Village restaurant Madame Vo." - Serena Dai
"Vietnamese barbecue restaurant Madame Vo BBQ has the ability to “follow or leap over Vietnamese tradition at will,” Times critic Pete Wells writes today in his one-star review. He find that the restaurant’s signature seven-course beef tasting is the way to go, calling it the “surest route to happiness” at the three-month-old East Village spot: Wells also loves the oxtail congee, writing that “everything about it is wonderful.” Other dishes that didn’t quite hit the mark include “pointlessly indulgent” short rib and bone marrow spring rolls as well as “mushy” grilled prawns. The restaurant, from wife-husband team Yen Vo and Jimmy Ly, is three months old, and Wells finds that that shows in some food and the sometimes “inattentive” service. But overall, he thinks Madame Vo BBQ “may eventually run as smoothly as its older sibling.” One star." - Stefanie Tuder
"Madame Vo BBQ, whose New York- and Mississippi-born chefs book up the house with $59 seven-course beef tastings." - Ryan Sutton
