Nothing much about the appearance of Mien Tay would suggest it's worth a visit. This is one of the more 'unreconstructed' Vietnamese restaurants on...

Soon you'll be able to walk from Bloomsbury to Dalston (via Theobald's Road, Clerkenwell Road, Old Street and Kingsland Road) without being more than a few...

The distance Cây Tre keeps from Kingsland Road's concentration of Vietnamese restaurants seems to give the place a forward-thinking attitude its...

Vietnamese cooking has been predicted as the next big thing for decades - along with Korean food, tea bars, and Marco Pierre White returning to the stove....

Long celebrated for its cheap, cheerful cuisine, this community centre has a fervent following of locals. Elbow your way through a mobbed waiting area to...

City Càphê's the best of the batch of bánh mì places to have opened in recent months. It's in the heart of the City, so attracts more sharp suits than east...

The original branch on Kingsland Road sent the food community into a lather when it first opened; Mien Tay's fresh approach to Vietnamese cooking clearly...

'Cash only.' 'We don't serve tap water.' 'Closed Tuesdays.' Café East doesn't offer the warmest of welcomes, and the decor - stark walls, closely packed...

At the quiet end of King Street, this largish restaurant with a basement bar is deservedly popular with locals, as well as many from further afield - it...

It's sad to see a restaurant we once rated highly slip, but Green Papaya doesn't seem to be quite the place it was. There are things to recommend - this is...

A short distance from the Vietnamese restaurant corridor that runs north from Shoreditch, Tre Viet on more mundane Mare Street lacks the manic explosion of...

This informal place might be selling itself a bit short with the 'café' tag. Inside it's bright, clean and homely, with displays of dried and fresh flowers;...