Eileen C.
Yelp
Paris Hanoi is usually amazing. I dine here weekly, sometimes I come even twice a week. Ive dined and done take out. Even when they are busy, they are fast but service is really a mixed bag. I've taken a ton of my friends here and they are hooked too!
Let's start with their food: I've tried their ice coffee (just black coffee with tons of sugar, definitely not Vietnamese style with condensed milk so not worth it), pho (awful, REALLY, don't get it), beignet appetizers (basically fried shrimp, not amazing), and their winner: the BO BUN NEM!!
The bo bun NEM is beyond amazing. Like where do I even begin? For 11.5€, you get perfectly cooked noodles, fresh vegetables, thinly cut steak pieces usually cooked to perfection, sauce, and two fried egg rolls. Their egg rolls are amazing. So good that I would be okay with myself ordering more.
But this dish isn't consistent. Sometimes I get meat that's partly pink (awful). Sometimes I get little sauce. Sometimes I get barely any veggies. But usually it's good and it comes piping hot! I've ordered this dish as a take out and it works. You just have to eat it fast or else it gets a little swollen if that makes sense.
The reason they aren't five stars is the service. Sometimes the food comes out cold, I have to wait forever for the menu or to be acknowledged, the server is just plain mean. One time my friend put in an order and tried to change it because she can't eat beef and the guy refused. They could have easily changed it but no. She had to pick out all the beef and it was the saddest thing ever.
You pay at the cash register and sometimes they just throw the check at you. This place is strange but the food is good.
If you come early, there is no wait. They also have sriracha which is RARE in Paris.