Bun Cha - Islington

I love Pho and have eaten it for years, both in Asia and other places in the World this is a poor substandard version No herbs and vegetables on the side, had to ask for chilli and vinegar. Really don't reccomend it.

I came here a couple of weeks ago for a quick lunch during my lunch hour. I love pho and have tried many different and wonderful pho's in many countries so I was looking forward to trying this restaurant. First off, the young woman behind the counter was very unfriendly and the restaurant wasn't even busy, only 3 other customers were in there. The chicken pho I got was very disappointing and had very similar flavours to tangy, packaged stock with far too much salt. It is a pity as the Exmouth Market and Clerkenwell area are great little spots of the city. Cash only as well, which for a central London restaurant is just asking for less business.

We recently visited Bun Cha and we were surprised by how good the value for money was. This is probably the cheapest Vietnamese restaurant we have seen. It’s not too busy, we didn’t really like the decor but the food and the staff was amazing. Worth trying out!

I went here with my mum and 6 month old baby. It was midday on Friday and there were no customers so being busy is not an excuse for the terrible service we received from the young lady taking orders behind the counter. First of all she was not friendly at all, no smiles or welcoming atmosphere. She pointed out that the menu is up on the wall, so I was looking at it while I fed my baby. My mum went up to the counter and asked if there was a menu she could look at closely the lady just pointed and said it's up on the wall. My mum explained that she has bad eyesight but she was completely ignored I thought this was extremely rude. Anyone in the restaurant business should at least try and be helpful to its customers! Mum had to come back and I was reading out the choices to her. I was still feeding my baby at this point, and I also needed to change his nappy so I told mum to get herself something first, and I'll order later. She went up to the counter again and asked if there are any nappy changing facilities answer was no. I had had enough at this point so I decided to leave. Mum was being nice but there was no way I was going to let her pay good money for some food with awful service. At this point there was only one customer in the restaurant. This place obviously only caters to young professionals who want to come and get takeaway quickly they don't need to use the bathroom or change a baby's nappy, and they have great eyesight and won't care much about friendly service, just a speedy one. Never coming here again as they didn't even try to be helpful or civil even though we were the wrong type of customer.

Recently visited this Restaurant and just had the Banh Mi which was exceptional, The meat and the Salad ingredients were Lovely fresh and flavoursome , with just the right balance of Mayo and Chilli Sauce, The lady at the counter is really friendly and efficient, highly recommended.