Chao!Now in City of London, Westminster

This place is amazing; had the chicken curry today and it was perfect, nicely spiced, good portions and a decent price. Will definately come again !!

First visit to this little place. Decided to try it without reading reviews. Very fresh, well presented, great tasting food. We had Spicy Chicken Curry with rice and Veggie Noodle Salad.

Came across this as a recommendation by my colleague. I was not disappointed .. their pork chop rice special with egg was lovely. Many other options on their menu that I will go back to try!

I go here at least once a month for the vegetarian pho or bun hue. I like that they can make it spicy and completely veggie by having a separate chilli sauce without fish sauce. It's really filling and a great pick-me-up. It's just a shame that the loyalty scheme has changed.

poor Vietnamese food, the banh mi was bland, not much other food options. had spanish staff that didnt know much about the foods and culture.

Visited here early morning whilst just opening, warm welcome, one of us had beef pho, and the other chicken bun hue. Both dishes incredible!!! Took us straight back to Asia! Definitely recommend!

I get my work lunch from here at least once a week. Their Pho soup base is one of the best I've had. More expensive than your average quick lunch but the loyalty stamp card makes up for it with the 10th lunch being free.

Love this place, really close to my office and makes a nice treat on a cheeky lunchtime trip. The fresh spring rolls are delicious and take me right back to South East Asia all over again. Big fan of the spicy Pho too!

Always queuing out the door at lunchtimes because the food is so good and great value! But don’t worry, the queue moves quickly. It’s cheaper than the chain Pho, and you can eat inside although it’s quite small and during the summer very hot- so they serve everything in takeaway containers so you have the choice. It’s around £6.95 if I’m right in remembering?? For a pho beef soup. It’s delicious! The curries they serve on special most days is also incredibly tasty- my friend always goes for these and I go for the pho. I’m yet to try the rolls because I can never resist getting pho when I go! Would recommend time and time again, great value for money and really tasty.

Around St. Pauls it really is a tourist trap - there is a lot of overpriced food and to be quite honest a lot of boring food - on the main ludgate hill road there is only big chains like pret, eat, itsu - and Chao Now is a shining light in the area. Although it is in the back streets - you will likely find it due to the huge queue coming out onto the road during lunchtimes. Don't worry - service is very quick and most people takeaway - however there are some tables to sit and eat. They serve a few curries, and lemongrass chicken, pork and beef. They also do noodle salads and noodle soups and pho. I always get a lemongrass chicken banh mi - but sometimes get a rice box if i am a bit more hungry (great portion sizes). The sides of pork spring rolls is also delicious. They also do specials. This is genuinely the best place i have found for a lunch around this area. I recently moved offices and i really miss this place. I whole-heartedly recommend this place.

Was looking around for somehere different to eat when wandering around the St.Pauls area of London and came across Chao!now will a small queue out side. The food smelt very good. I played safe and went for the chicken curry and rice and found a stool to sit on in the shop. Facilities basic but adequate Very nice service with a quick turn around of customers. Would go back again.

I had some awesome lemongrass pork, rice and salad. V tasty indeed. Staff were very friendly service. I will definitely be going back even though its a 15 minute walk from my office.

Tried the different rice boxes and eat them on the steps of Saint Paul's on a nice day. Very nice food.

Delicious Vietnamese food. The pork noodle salad is nice. Long queues sometimes by 12:30pm but worth the short wait

This place is just around the corner from my work and I've been here many times. Sorry to be boring but I always order the chicken noodle salad which is so tasty I'm actually salivating right now just thinking about it. You get a huge amount for what you pay for so its great value! Chicken noodle salad is literally noodles with a bit of cabbage/carrot/lettuce and heaps and heaps of lemongrass chili chicken. Brilliant authentic flavours! And there is always a queue at lunch so its gotta be good right?

Fuimos allí para comer y estaba muy contento con mi comida. Tuve la sopa picante vegetariano. Estaba delicioso y muy grande, con mucho para ahorrar para dos comidas, incluso.

Sin duda una buena relación calidad-precio, y muchas opciones disponibles. Son rápidos y tienen un par de mesas para comer en el lugar, pero principalmente un tome.

The smell of this lovely place drifts up me every weekday morning.If a review can just be based on smell , this place gets five stars. But fro the numbers who glitch here for lunch, I suspect value nutrition and taste are a match for smell!

Me and my friend often go to Chao! for a Vietnamese chicken curry and summer rolls. The food is excellent - large pieces of chicken are nicely cooked and very tender, the sauce has enough kick to it, however we always get an extra spicy chili paste, which we absolutely love. The service is very efficient and friendly.Chao! is extremely popular with long queues form outside, which in my opinion only proves the quality of their food.Recommend to everyone, top marks!

Cheap Vietnamese eatery that does a host of yummy Vietnamese fastfood dishes. I had the beef with lemongrass bún, it's was pretty good especially when considering the £7.50 price tag.

Really enjoyed the tasty authentic food.I had rice with chicken curry (which had sweet .potato and potato chunks) and lemongrass chicken (half and half). The spring rolls were super fresh and tasty. My husband had the pork chop special - was beautifully seasoned. Friendly staff and nice ambience. Would highly recommend.

Working in the area and a colleague recommended this place. More expensive than a sandwich, you can eat in or take away and there is usually a very big queue outside. It's tasty food. I have not strayed from the bahn mi so far. Spicy and tasty it packs a punch. They also do lots of others things, noodles, soups, salads and prawn crackers. Well worth finding out about.

Had the chicken and pork combo with rice; tasty and quick filling lunch. Cheap meal option close to St Pauls Cathedral

I used to trek 40 minutes to a place near Goodge Street for an amazing bahn mi, until I discovered this place!When I first visited, I tried their bahn mi and it was gorgeous - the meat was tender, the salad fresh and altogether incredibly flavoursome. I had that repeatedly, until I plucked up the courage to try something a bit different... the rice box. Wow! Again, the meat is tender and the portion size probably too big, but it is too good to leave. The fresh coriander, nuts and chilli really take this dish up a notch - it is much more than just meat and rice. The staff are great, really efficient and quick, which is helpful as sometimes the queues are out of the door at peak lunch time, but that's normally a good sign. It's tucked away which is a shame, as more people should know about this great little place. I find the price more than reasonable too. When the area is saturated with Prets, Pods and EATs, it's nice to find somewhere like this with a stunning flavour and fresh produce.

Have been a frequent visitor for lunch here for many months now.Consistently great food. The lemongrass chicken on rice is superb as is the chicken satay and prawn skewers. The Banh Mi and Pho are also worth a look at.If you can handle chilli/spice would strongly recommend asking for the chilli paste - it's a genuine game-changer. Made on site, keep asking the owners to bottle it and sell it on the side!

I saw a colleague eating a dish and had to know where it was from leading me to this excellent place. The Vietnamese beef stew has chunky beef pieces, carrots and some other exotic potato like vegetable. The curry they use is spicy and close to a thai red curry but more watery. The portion is not that big for the price but was enough for me. There is always a line of people waiting to get takeaway but its well worth it.

My local lunch spot and been visiting this place for over a year now. Authentic taste and good value for money.

テイクアウェイで利用しました。ライス、バゲット、フォー、バーミセリの主食を選び、さらにポーク、ビーフ、チキン、カレー等のトッピングを選ぶスタイルです。コリアンダー、チリの有無も選べます。その他、一品もの（生春巻きなど）もあります。やや辛いですが、クセがなく日本人にも食べやすいチキンカレーがオススメです。

Visited this place thinking it was affiliated with Chao kitchen in Whitecross Street (which is the best Vietnamese street food in London). The service was beneath my expected standard and the banh-mi was not as tasty as I expected (again based on the ones I've had at Chao Kitchen). Just not good enough for me.

Excellent food, small place, good price. It can be a bit too small, but probably the best choice in the area.

Cercano a Saint Paul's catedral es un local donde poder prepararte tu plato para tomar o llevar con la ayuda del encantador personal. Puedes prepararte el pho (la sopa de noodles) o el arroz con unos cuantos ingredientes como la ternera picante o la zanahoria y el pepino rallado; no es el no va más culinario, pero está bueno y es barato, encontrándose cerca de la catedral de Saint Paul y de la Tate. Puedes ver fotos del "paquetito" que te dan para que te prepares tu comida. Atención muy amable

Saw the previous reviews of this tiny restaurant and take out. Great fresh, tasty, authentic food served with a smile and good humour. All of us loved it.

Service polite, enthusiastic and helpful. Food delicious and reasonably priced. Restraint small but clean and pleasant. So good we came back for second visit.

Really glad I discovered here as a quick lunch place when in the St Paul's area. Really friendly staff explained the menu choices and the Pho I had was fresh, taste and filling. Even better, it was only £6.50 which is an absolute bargain in this area. Would definitely recommend it and I will be back again soon.

観光で聖ポール寺院周辺に行って、安くランチを食べたい方にお勧め。座ってしっかり食べるというよりも、買った料理をその場でさっと食べて、すぐに出ていくようなお店です。基本的にテイクアウトのベトナム料理屋さんなのですが、店内の一部に座って食べられる場所があります。店員さんは全員ベトナム人で、手際よくお客さんをさばいています。Bun（ブン、麺）かライスを選んで、さらにその上に載せるもの（ポーク、ビーフなど）を選んで注文します。1人前が6.50～8ポンド前後と、ロンドン中心部のテイクアウトランチでは平均的もしくは若干安めの価格設定です。テイクアウトが主流のレストランのため、店内にトイレがありませんのでご注意ください。

What a great find! Amazing Vietnamese food and friendly service!! Great selection- my fave is the rice combo! Great portions - 100% better than the chains!!

I've been going here since it opened about 2 years ago and in my opinion, it's the best Vietnamese in London!! It's so clean and fresh.Coming from Australia where we're spoilt for choice with Vietnamese restaurants, I've tried a few restaurants around London but nothing really compares to Chao!Now. I would highly recommend Chao!Now to everyone in the area!

Excellent lunch spot, great tasting Pho and really healthy too! Make sure you add the bean sprouts, chilli and pepper for the full experience.

Fun, fast, filling. Great place to stop by. Very small shop, maybe ten seats? A dozen? You have your choice of four? meats (pork, chicken or two types of beef) in three (?) ways: on a bun, over rice in soup. If you want soup, pickup the container in the cooler behind the counter and hand it over and they'll add hot broth and meats (if I recall correctly - although the meat may have already been in the container). The snack skewers/noshes aren't as good, I'd skip those.

I am writing this as I am finishing the last few mouthfuls of an excellent spicy chicken noodle soup. The summer rolls are always excellent. The chicken satay delicious. I like to eat in for a relaxing quick lunch break or take away and enjoy a filling and tasty lunch at my desk. I could never go back to a sandwich... A real gem!

Que dire ?Ici tout est bon du classique mais efficace Banh Mi en passant par la traditionnelle soupe pho.Travaillant à deux pas du restaurant, j’en ai fait ma cantine avec un passage par semaine minimum !Chao Now propose également des limonades maison (parfois orangeades) à £1.20-1.50 – très rafraîchissant.Il y a souvent la queue dehors en période de point, mais l’équipe est organisée et efficace.

Tasty food with authentic Vietnamese flavour. A good selection of vegetarian options as well. Vey good value for money.

Nice and warmy place. Not a big place for sitting. Great pho. £6 beef pho. £8 combo pho (chicken, beef, shimp). Cheap food the most expensive dish is about £8. All the food seem delicious. Great attention. Don't have restrooms.

My colleague and I are completely addicted to Chao Now. It's an unpretentious gem with a good atmosphere and amazing food. The staff are so friendly and really pack your box full! A combo box will get you loads of rice, two kinds of meat (like lemon grass pork or stewed beef...yum) with some Vietnamese salad, fresh chill, lime, crushed peanuts AND a few grilled prawns to top it off. For something less hearty there's pho and rolls of course. All fresh and zingy. All for around a fiver! What more could you want?!

In the back streets near St Paul's, this maybe tucked away but is a great little restaurant for Vietnamese.Simple but fresh and tasty food. Only had the chicken curry rice so far but the ingredients are nice quality and plenty of flavour with fresh chilli and coriander .£6 not bad at all.A small area to sit down in but majority of business seems to be take away. Definitely recommended if you're in the area for Asian fast food.

I've been here a few times as it's close to my work place and my partner is a bit obsessed by it ;)I've only had the chicken satay and Bánh mì (chicken version and veggie). They offer good value, take out or stay in. Service is quick so perfect for lunch on the run!

I had high hopes for this place as I love Vietnamese pork rolls but was quite disappointed. The rolls arent made to order and come from a stack already made so the bread is a bit soggy. They arent filled with the traditional ingrediants and the filling isnt generous. For £4.50 for one the price is far too high for what you get.

Great little Vietnamese cafe, nice staff and a great menu. Much better value that the chains. WIll be back soon.