New Saigon
“Nha Trang was one of my favorite restaurants on 8th avenue, and from what I've seen so far, New Saigon is even better!”
“Quick service and close to N train station.”
“Came here on a Sat afternoon for lunch after a busy day running around doing errands.”
New Saigon
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Big portion noodles, freshly fried spring rolls, pork chop can use some more time in the grill but were decent. Quick service and close to N train station.
Came here on a Sat afternoon for lunch after a busy day running around doing errands. It was buzzing with activity as most establishments are along Brooklyn's 8th Ave Chinatown. This one was no different.
Picked a table for 8 and was seated quickly. From then on, ordering was a breeze even though the menu was quite extensive. If you've ordered from one Vietnamese restaurant you've pretty much seen them all. Went with something I can give you a fair comparison on- their pho xe lua.
The food arrived and was well received. The broth was quite good, although the flank steak in the soup didn't arrive pink, it was nearly well done. This tells us that it may have been sitting in the broth for a bit too long.
Beyond that, service was manageable as was the decor, ambiance, price & food.
Soup is the most important part of pho. If the base isn't good, everything else becomes crap as well. This is exactly how they serve their pho, bland. I liked the fresh ingredients they used but that didn't matter because it was essentially tasteless. Spring rolls were okay. But I won't be revisiting. No thanks.
This replaced an older Viet restaurant, maybe something Hoa, not too sure. The food is typical of any Viet restaurant in NYC. What's different is they also have options for bbq and other non-Viet items. We only tried the Viet items and was pleasantly surprised with the quality, the taste, and the service.
Been here many times. Their service is always simple, quick, and easy. You order, receive, eat, pay and you're done.
The only difference this place is from other Viet restaurants are their spring rolls. They tend to be a lot paler than a normal spring roll that has that golden crispy brown color from other Viet restaurants. Nonetheless, the taste is still good and flavorful. The exterior is crispy and crunchy while the interior is nice and hot, cooked all the way through and juicy. Their noodles are good too.
The place is casual, quiet, and clean. The staffs are all very friendly with great service. They tend to your every need.
If I can go back in time, I will definitely not step foot in this restaurant. Horrible service and horrible food from start to finish. The food here sucks, the noodle in my number 1 big bowl is all broken up, I don't see one noodle strand that's longer than 3 inches, can't even eat it with my chopsticks! The soup lacks flavor. The beef doesn't taste very fresh, I think maybe it was sitting out for awhile already. The viet spring rolls were so oily and it wasn't wrapped correctly or something, because every single of them has a hole in it and oil is just leaking from the hole.
The wait staff were all horrible, they were all very loud and yelling across the restaurant. One waiter is cleaning up behind our table, while yelling at another waiter all the across the restaurant on the other side. This goes on the whole time we were having a meal there. I am so surprised the owner is okay with this? They were not polite at all, not polite when they took our order, not polite when they threw the plates of food on our table, not polite when they give us the check! Just HORRIBLE!
To top it all off, I have a bad habit of never taking the customer copy of the credit card receipt. I always just sign whichever copy and leave the tips on it and leave. Apparently, this time it got me in trouble and humiliated! So i signed the customer copy of the credit card receipt and wrote the tips on there, then I saw the merchant copy of the credit card receipt, so I just threw it on top and left it blank. We attempted to leave the restaurant, then next thing I know, there's a loud yelling by one of the waiters, I think he yelled and said we didn't leave tips and wanted the waiters in the front to stop us. The whole restaurant turned to look at us. Then a few waiters stopped us in the front, as if they want to beat us up, they were all yelling, you no tip, YOU NO TIP!!! YOU HAVE TO TIP!! I calmly showed them the customer copy that was underneath, and then they said, OH OKAY. Then they let us leave. I swear, I think this place is owned by the triad or something, because the way they were acting, they definitely look like thugs and enforcers.
I come here once in a while for take-out with my boyfriend when we're in the Sunset Park area. This used to be Nha Trang Palace, but they still serve Vietnamese food and the decor looks the same too. The only difference is that it is more expensive and very expensive for Brooklyn.
Their spring rolls are fried to perfection, crunchy, and delicious. I usually get the beef cubes over rice with lettuce and tomatoes. I recently had this and it's not as good as the ones I've had at other Vietnamese restaurants. It felt very dry and not enough sauce either. And $7.95 for this particular dish is really expensive.
I think I would be coming here as much as it is quite pricey and the quality isn't all that great. I would definitely go to Gia Lam instead which is just a few blocks away for better food and decent price too.
They changed owners and the name of the restaurant but their food is still delicious! They added bbq onto their menu and added grills in the restaurant as well but I still haven't tried their bbq food yet.
Will definitely try it out soon! 🙂