For me Vietnamese is one of the essential restaurants I have in my rotation as the food for me is nourishing, not too heavy and inexpensive. Finding amazing Vietnamese outside of the downtown core however is increasingly difficult. As many Viet places here in Montreal and Quebec advertise as Vietnamese but when their main dishes is General Tao Chicken, Nid au poulet or Boeuf Basilic they are light years away from Vietnamese for me!
So on this evening my number one choice was closed for a winter break, my number two choice was closed down for good so I was close to striking out until I came here.
Entering the restaurant I noticed it was fairly busy for a Wednesday night. Good sign number 1. People seemed to be enjoying big hot bowls of what appeared to be pho (or as Quebeckers call it soupe tonkonise) good sign #2. They fact that they had a diverse menu with some Chinese options was good sign # 3 for me.
I ended up ordering an order of fried spring rolls and a vermicelli (bun dish) with grilled chicken and spring roll. Then I ordered a Cantonese chow mein and a fresh spring roll (chicken and shrimp) to go. The vermicelli was really hearty, filling and good 4/5. Especially for the price. The spring rolls were good but had a bit of a chalky texture to the filling. Not sure why. It wasn't horrible but on a scale of 1-5 I'd give them a 2.75/5. The chow mein the next day was spot on with some seafood, vegetables and great chow mein gravy sauce. The fresh spring rolls were surprisingly crispy 2 days after I bought them and tasted fresh and amazing. Peanut sauce was perfect in flavour and sweet and saltiness.
Decor of the restaurant isn't your fine dining but I'm okay with it here. Service was friendly but I'm certain if it's busy here service could be a bit neglected.
One word of caution it's across the street from the big Bombardier plant so lunchtime I'm told is very busy!
Price is your very reasonable Vietnamese inexpensive. I love it! So for me all wrapped up it's a solid 3.5 stars that I'll bump up to 4 stars because they we cordialy friendly on my first visit.