Viet Grill

Good food, but staff seem less attentive and polite, the portions are smaller and recently, we went for the afternoon tea option, £28 of various starters for two people between 3-6.00pm. When we ordered this, the waiter had no knowledge of this offer (which was on the menu) and talked us out of it because on his own admission, it was a method 'to get people through the door.' It transpired that all the staff and chefs were eating, and didn't want to cook it! Still good food, but after eating here for about 5 years, it's time to check somewhere else.

Poor, poor, service. Food unquestionably excellent, but as at Cay Tre, the kitchen is let down by the staff, and more recently the greedy management hiking prices and halving portion sizes. New manager Charles listened to comments and did nothing about them. A shame.

Nice atmosphere, but food is average. Maybe it was becuase we ordered the wrong combination but the dishes were all very oily. Also the waiter was not very friendly, was kean on taking the plates away eventhough we werent finished yet. Won't go back there!

I eat there weekly (I am a neighbour). Love it! Great meats, best duck curry (the sitting one), lots of other winners on the menu, affordable and well presented. Hardly ever have any issues with the service - only minor things. Ok you may have to sit on a table with another couple close by, but that seems to be part of the affordable Vietnamese. Anyway, sorry others seem to have a bad experience there, but I wouldn't let that keep you from going!

I asked for duck, they give me chicken. I asked for rice, they gave me beer, What the hell... They rushed me to eat chicken even though I didnt want chicken and im really upset. Did they not understand me? Im asian too.

Having tasted all the Vietnamese restaurants round Shoreditch, I had to try Viet Grill. It was very beautifully decorated, better than all the others I would have to say. However, when asked to be seated, we were forced to be seated with this other couple. I asked them if it was possible if we could move to another table, however the waiter just answered “No” and went away. I couldn’t understand why as there were plenty of seats as it was only 6pm. The waiters where very rude and when we started to order, they were very impatient with us and almost tried to rush us. I did not like this experience at all. The restaurant may have looked nice, although the staff where very unfriendly which is a complete downfall.

This place was reccomended to me by a friend but I did not have a great experience there. The staff were rude and dismissive and seemed more concerned with getting as many people through the door as possible than with keeping their current customers happy. The food was average at best and the atmosphere was clinical and overly-minimalist. I will definitely not be passing on the reccomendation!