This Vietnamese restaurant is the best in London, according to Time Out

Looking for the perfect bowl of phở? Look no further, as we have just revealed Time Out’s brand new list of the top 20 very best Vietnamese restaurants in London.

Written by our expert, Thuy Hoang, a British Vietnamese chef and food writer (as well as a quarter finalist on BBC1’s MasterChef), Thuy’s list is an exhaustive, delicious and detailed look at Vietnamese food in London, and is topped by Soho’s classic Cay Tre.

Run by Hiếu Bùi, the godfather of London’s Vietnamese food movement, Thuy praised Cay Tre for its phở. ‘The signature bone marrow version is particularly notable; the bowl comes spectacularly topped with a marrowbone, which has been cooked in broth, then grilled under a robata,’ she wrote. 

Cay Tre first opened on Old Street in 2003 before launching their Soho branch in 2011 on Dean Street. Thuy also recommended the restaurant’s Hanoi platter (bún đậu mắm tôm), a northern Vietnamese speciality which comes with blood sausage and a fermented shrimp dipping sauce. 

The list also includes a host of family-run Vietnamese restaurants, such as Eat Vietnam 1 in Deptford, Song Hong in Battersea, Sông Quê Café in Hoxton, and Huong Vi Viet in Camberwell. 

The newer Dzô Viet Kitchen in Islington also features in the Top 20, and which Thuy praised for ‘carving new, innovative ground’. 

You can read the full list of Time Out’s best Vietnamese restaurants in London here.

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