Loong Kee in Hackney

Fuimos a almorzar en el día de San Valentín. Teníamos el menú de almuerzo 6 para 2 platos que es muy barato. La comida estaba por encima de la media. . . mayor decepción fue mal servicio del camarero. ¡Siguió limpiando los platos de nuestra mesa cuando ni siquiera hemos terminado! ¡Incluso se inclinó sobre mi cara solo para tomar el plato en lugar de ir al otro lado! ! Nunca volveré! ! !

Llegó la primera vez. Estaba hambriento de verdad quería tener buena comida vietnamita. Como me han recomendado ir allí. Bueno, yo estaba sentado en la mesa por 20 minutos, nadie venía a tomar mi orden. Decidí irme. ¡Cuando estaba saliendo de los camareros estaba charlando aquí sin hacer nada! ! ! Si pudiera daría Minus 5 por eso! Con este servicio este restaurante nunca tendrá éxito.

Average food, very average service. Mains came whilst we were still eating our starters. Don’t waste your time or money.

Cheap eats or fine dining? The deep fried sea bass was superb, the cripy duck predictable but good. Other food was also excellent. Stupidly cheap. Good service, refurbished dining room. Downside is canteen style tables.

Used to be one of my favorite place but loosing in quality.... Used to come here all the time, but lately the food and the service were not that good.. last visit I found hairs in my soup.. first one, I told the waiter and didn't want to make a fuss as it "could be an accident" (but at no point he proposed to exchange my soup).. but 5mn later I found an other one and I started to feel disgusted about my food, the waiter took my plate away as I couldn't eat no more, but he never offered to exchange my food nor he discounted the bill (or the service charge). It was late evening so the place was pretty quiet and we only heard laughters from the staff and the kitchen about the situation..we are ourself in the catering business so we were pretty shocked about how the situation had been handled.. I don't think we'll come back again..

Had an enjoyable experience overall. We ordered an array of dishes that came in waves. The food was delicious, authentic and well presented. The restaurant was busy so it was a little manic but it didn't detract from the evening.

I went to this restaurant with 4 friends on bank holiday Sunday night. We had heard great things and were really looking forward to the meal. We were told abruptly as we sat down that we had under and hour and so had to hurry up. The waiter was nowhere to be seen throughout the evening when we needed help, one meal was forgotten about and so came out 15 minutes after everyone else started eating. I had prawns in a coconut curry which were really lovely, however I found a large flying ant type insect in my meal about half way through, and so informed the waiter (after having confirmed with all 4 friends that it was indeed a large insect). He snatched the plate from me saying, no it can’t be an insect, took it away to the kitchen, brought it back out and tried to give it back to me, saying that what I had found was actually a piece of lemongrass and that I had been mistaken.... feeling increasingly ignored and unwanted after this, we decided to just pay and leave. We were told that no more than 2 people could use the card machine at one meal - so 2 of us had to split the bill for 5 people which was expensive and awkward. My friend went to the bathroom before we left and came back shaken, too worried to tell us what had happened until we had left the restaurant. She then told us that she had gone downstairs to the secluded bathroom and had been followed in there by a waiter (of at least 6 ft 5 and heavy set), and made to feel uncomfortable as she was alone and vulnerable in that confined space with him. There were female members of staff working who could and should have had access to the female toilets, especially if a female customer was in there. He had seen my friend enter the toilets and instead of waiting for her to come out, followed her in there. When I heard this I went back into the restaurant to ask him not to do this with any other female customers in the future, trying to explain that it was inappropriate and intimidating, even if it had not meant to be. In response to this, he laughed in my face, as did the waiter who had been ‘waiting’ on our table earlier that evening. The manager then came over and proceeded to tell me that I was wrong - that it was perfectly normal and acceptable for a male member of staff to follow a female customer (alone) into a secluded bathroom, away from the main restaurant. He also reiterated that I had been wrong earlier too and that the insect in my meal was a piece of lemongrass. At this point I had to leave the restaurant as I was so shocked at having been treated in this way and the events that had happened. I would strongly, strongly discourage anyone, particularly females, from going to this restaurant in light of this awful experience. The members of staff involved should be ashamed of themselves.

Vine aquí para un almuerzo rápido. Porción de comida era razonable, la calidad era regular. La carne la carne de calidad media bien contenidas, la otra mitad era de calidad barata de corte muy fino, para hacer más fácil el cartílago de masticar (aunque no muy bien). Cuando llegó la hora de pagar me cobraron mas de lo que yo había pedido, un 14% extra para ser preciso. A su consulta, que inicialmente intentó hacer de salida es un cargo obligatorio - fue denomina un cargo por servicio en la cuenta. Finalmente, deben haberse dado cuenta de que no era un turista y fue rápidamente explicó el cargo era opcional. En resumen, la comida es aceptable. Sólo asegúrate de saber sus derechos.

No pudimos llegar a los 3 primeros lugares tratamos en Pho milla. Sin embargo no nos decepcionó las raciones eran de un buen tamaño, y la comida era genial, me he dado 5 pero no estoy seguro de qué tiene en contra de la competencia, volvería otra vez.

Uno de los mejores restaurantes que he probado en vietnamita Pho Mile"; "la comida es fresca y deliciosamente aromatizados. recomiendo encarecidamente el bolas de almohada! El servicio es atento pero no molesta y el entorno es cómodo. He comido aquí varias veces y hemos disfrutado mucho de todas mis comidas.

We had several things to share I liked them but the soup with beef was not very good, the beef was not cooked very well and very spicy...

It’s not amazing, felt like a watered down version of Vietnamese food. The menu isn’t a adventurous as neighbouring places and it is not in demand either. The summer rolls lacked the herbaceous glory of freshness and the pho stock was okay. Nothing to rave about and nothing to complain about... it was simply okay.

ロケーションはLiverpool Streetからずっと北に進んだところ、Old Streetの北東の方向、再開発の魔手が届いていない昔ながらの地区にあるベトナム料理店。周囲にも色々と素敵なアジア料理店があるが、ここは安価な上食事がとても美味しい。更にドリンクを持ち込み可能なので、すぐ近くのSainsbury’sにてワインでも買って持ち込むのがオススメ。ワイングラス等も出してくれる。近くにパブも多いため、食後はパブに流れ込むのも良いかもしれない。店員さんも忙しそうですが皆さん素敵な対応をしてくれます。

Este restaurante tiene muy agradable rollos arroz al vapor. Son muy generosos con el tamaño de las porciones. El servicio era bueno. Puede traer sus propias bebidas alcohólicas. Si estás buscando un lugar bonito y barato con grandes porciones para comer, entonces este es el lugar donde debes ir.

I had the pork and spring rolls with vermicelli, morning glory and prawn in parcels. Really nice and fresh. It says something that I had been to every viet restaurant once before today and this is the first place I decided to visit again. Service...

Tuve la carne de hamburguesa de lemongrass vermicelli/fideos de arroz. Fue hermoso, me he estado apegado a pho pero este fue un últimamente cambio, refrescante y especias y no demasiado pesado. El tofu y pal Choi también era bueno. Servicio rápido.

Yo he frecuentado este restaurante durante los últimos 10 años. Desde los primeros días como un estudiante local pobre (sí JC no estudio) para hoy en día como un pobre Londres - los gérmenes extraño. A medida que los años avanzados, este lugar tenía cuidado...

He estado en este restaurante en muchas ocasiones pero sólo recientemente fui después de no ir durante bastante tiempo. Ha tenido una renovación ya que me he pasado y parece que ha cambiado de dirección y chefs. -Bahn cuon ordenados, shell shell cangrejo suave, carne...

El restaurante no estaba muy ocupado cuando elegimos para comer aquí. Elegí pollo en jengibre y cebolla con huevo frito arroz y mi esposa eligió fideos condimentados. Tanto nos gustó la comida y mi esposa dice que ella elegiría el plato que de nuevo. El...

Yo estaba aquí el mes pasado y he probado algunos comida vietnamita aquí como me encanta vietnamita. Yo he probado los rollos de primavera, el cerdo y Pho picada rollos aquí. No están tan mal pero no sabor o diferenciadas. El personal aquí, sin embargo, manejar todo rápidamente no amable y un poco de prisa.

I had one of the worst dining experiences of my entire life here. The food is nasty, greasy and bland. Everything is deep fried, even when the menu says grilled or steamed, the staff are unhelpful and downright rude. Nobody should ever eat here.

I really love pho. It's one of my favourite things and I literally ate it every day while in Vietnam. This was the most authentic one I have had in England. Delicious clear broth, so good! Highly recommend the chicken pho. Friendly staff.

Visited this restaurant for the first time with some friends who live locally and have enjoyed many good meals at this venue. We were certainly not disappointed in what proved to be an excellent meal. The service was efficient and the starters and main course dishes were all very good. An added bonus is that customers can bring their own wine without the bother of a corkage charge. Overall, this is an excellent venue that I look forward to revisiting in the near future.

Crowdy, noisy , the waiters weren't able to manage the floor. No attention for the customers. The food is nothing special.

We ordered vegetable spring roles and prawn toast for starters. Crispy sea bass, spicy beef and egg friend rice for mains. The vegetable spring role was just awful, it lacked seasoning and I couldn't even tell if I was eating a vegetarian dish. I was expecting a shredded filling as opposed to a minced one. The prawn toast were OK, big portion. The Crispy sea bass was so salty that I was unable to eat more than two pieces, this was such a shame because it looked amazing when it arrived. Surprisingly the spicy beef wasn't spicy, it was salty and had far too many peppercorns which left a bitter after taste on my tongue. Finally, the egg fried rice was hard, undercooked, lacked seasoning and most importantly flavour. The bill came to £35 which was too much in my opinion for horrible food. So disappointed Loong Kee. Last time I visited was about a year ago and the food was really good, what happened? Won't be visiting again. P. S. I came home and had to vomit that evening.

Untrustworthy. They add a service charge to the bill with the words “service charge NOT included”, so it’s completely hidden. When you ask why the numbers don’t add up, they then explain but it’s all pretty nonnegotiable. Very deceptive people. It’s a real shame as I do like their food. I’ll never revisit now.

I've been to this restaurant a few times in 2015-2016. I never had a bad experience, so far the food was always tasty. I had the prawn and aubergine with rice, really good combination and another time, the beef vermicelli and it was also delicious. The interior is not very exciting but the food is good and affordable. It's a lot busier in the evenings, especially Fridays, much less busy at lunchtime.

I've been going to this restaurant for 6 years when I crave for some Vietnamese food but unfortunately today was a bad experience. Me and my family waited an hour for our food to arrive, the service was poor, other tables were served before us while we've arrived earlier. The food used to be delicious, the tofu back then was fresh and crispy but today just plain soggy and other food was tasteless and oily. The standard is going downhill and no longer good in value. This restaurant used to be busy and full but barely anyone goes in there now and I can see the reason why. Supported this restaurant for all these years and I'm sorry to say me and my family are not going back there anymore.

Have been coming here for years they do the best starters my favourite are beef wrapped in beetle leaf, Vietnamese prawn salad and lamb chops all starters my favourite mains are the Ho fun noodle soups so delicious and make you feel better afterwards, service is sketchy sometimes great sometimes awful, that never stops me from going there you are always seated very close to other people but still never a problem as you never realise because the food is so tasty the rest of the mains are just ok, they're fresh homemade lemonade is delic.

I popped in and was impressed. The £6 lunch worked for me.The prawn rolls and the spicy noodle main were excellent quality. Next time I'll order the Pho soup which looked so interesting.

Had a great lunch deal here last week, very good value and lovely summer rolls and pho soup, fresh ingredients and very tasty.

My previous two after-work visits here have been quite different as the restaurant as been packed.Today I came for a late lunch around 2.30pm, only two other customers so space was not an issue and didn't have to wait to be served.Staff were polite and accommodating. Food was good, although my starter of soft shell crab did taste a bit strange but not enough to complain. My seafood Pho was great and my friend thoroughly enjoyed her roasted duck with egg fried rice. Starter & Main came to £15.Toilets: steps leading to basement level. Toilets are clean.

キングスランドロード沿いにはベトナム料理屋さんが並んでいますが、ここがおススメです。名前がイマイチ分からないのですが、イカの揚げ物がとても美味しいです。そして値段も安い。是非行ってみて下さい。

You should try it in order to know how the real Vietnamese food taste like! Of course you must appreciate basically "Asian Food". The pork salad was very good as the lamb. Try different plates to share. They don't serve wine but you are allowed to take your personal bottle. Easy and uncomplicated restaurant with very honest price!

Acceptable but very commercial Vietnamese . The papaya salad was swimming in sweet chilli sauce and there were virtually no fresh herbs or nuts and the soup again tasted as though it was from a packet and dull . Buzzy atmosphere and efficient service but the food lacked the subtle flavouring I normally love about Vietnamese cuisine ,

Really enjoyed the food. Great atmosphere , good service and BYO too. We just ordered a big selection to share , and loved everything . We'll be going back. Stopped at Rolling stock bar just down the road for a swift G&T before dinner and managed to catch happy hour (4-6)

Kingsland road and the surrounding area is famous for its variety of cheap vietnamese eateries, but this is by far my favourite. Probably one of the least glamorous looking, its plain formica tables and lack of cosiness belie the flavour of its menu. Although licensed, this is a BYOB restaurant and they don't charge corkage.A firm favourite that I revisit again and again - on one occasion at a friends birthday we remarked that we ate something like 8 different kinds of meat in one sitting, but on another occasion a vegan friend said he was in awe of the delicious dishes available to him too. Whenever I come here I always have the fishcake and vermicelli soup with summer rolls to start. It blows my mind EVERY TIME. Don't expect glamour. Expect simple but delicious food at rock bottom prices.

I've been here about 20 times and I really love the food. It also happens to be very cheap and BYOB. Highly recommend.

It is the last in the row of Vietnamese food street (Kingsland Road). The food is very good specialy the steamed prawn rolls with salad and fish sauce. The sweet and sour soup with fish is great too and so was the Ha Noi Monk Fish with dill.We will definetly go again and try more food. The service could have been better apart from that its all good.

Went here on two occasions, one for a birthday dinner and the other with my boyfriend. The first time was awesome, amazing food! And really cheap but good quality, also don't forget it's BYO as well! - the best part. I loved it so much I took my boyfriend the next week. He loved it too. Both times my meal was delicious. Highly recommend it!

This restaurant worked well for our group of 23 adults. Cheap and simple food. Make sure you have cash on you.

친구가 주문해줘서 정확한 음식 이름은 모르겠지만 숙주&새우를 볶아 계란지단 안에 넣은 음식, 쫄깃한 만두피를 말아놓은것, 생선 튀김 그리고 쌀국수를 먹었는데 쌀국수는 베트남에서 먹던것보다 맛있었습니다. 진한 국물이 설렁탕 느낌이였어요.친구 생일 겸 해서 갔는데 사갔던 케이크도 보관해주고 편하게 먹으라고 미리 얘기하지도 않았는데 접시, 포크 챙겨줘서 감동했습니다.쇼디치 다음역인 Hoxton(overgraound) 삼분거리이고, 비싸지 않고 친절하고 맛있는 식당으로 추천합니다!Lunch break가 있으니 시간 확인하고 가세요~

Took a group of 15 from my group, food was very nice, but the service was terrible!I emailed the restaurant 3 weeks in advance to book a table, someone emailed me back 2 days later saying to call. I called up and basically just confirmed my booking (no reason really then to call).On the evening, a few of us arrived 20 minutes early, with the rest arriving soon after. They put us downstairs, near the toilets. The waitress that took out order was very rude with the way she spoke to us and didn't even have a basic command of English, so everything had to be said twice or three times to make sure we got the correct food ordered. One person in our group, who arrived just after 7pm was just told to sit upstairs and wasn't show to our group, he got fed up and left!We ordered drinks, starters and main meals, but unfortunately, the main meals arrived first, then about 10 minutes later the starters, then after asking many times, the drinks arrived. After most of us finished (with 1 or 2 still eating), when they decided to clean half the table and they then brought some of the bill, then the rest of the bill arrived a few minutes later. There was no offering of a desert and we had only been there about 1h 15mins.We paid and left, very poor, rushed and staff all over the place. There are lots of great Vietnamese restaurants on Kingsland Road, but this isn't one of them.

キングストンにはベトナム料理の店が立ち並ぶエリアがありますが、その中でも人気のレストランです。雰囲気は食堂という感じもあり、豪華な雰囲気ではないのでオシャレなデートには向きませんが一応、ワインもそろえていたりするのでお酒もたっぷり楽しめます。働いている店員さんはみなベトナム系の人で、キビキビ働いているので店内が汚い、ということも少ないと思います。人気のメニューは生春巻、バインセオ（ベトナム風お好み焼き）、そしてたくさんの種類があるフォーだと思います。どれも美味しかったです。驚きなのは値段の安さで安いワインのボトルを頼んで、食事をしっかりとっても２人で￡５０くらいだったりです。キングストンは地下鉄駅がなく、OVERGROUNDのHOXTON駅から歩いてすぐ。もしくはバスで行くのが一番良いと思います。

I came to Loong Kee with friends last week. I've been to a couple of chain Vietnamese restaurants and have enjoyed the food and this was my first time at a family run establishment.There is a great range of foods to try at much cheaper prices. The decor is very old school and even though it's a small restaurant it was very boisterous inside so it's def a place for quick informal dining.

Bought some minced pork steamed rolls to take away. First they gave me little sauce to go with although i told them to put more. Later when i got home, i discovered they forgot my pork sausage. So there goes £4.5. It was kinda my fault as well to not check but was extremely disappointed of the fact that they couldn't get the order straight. They also gave me some herbs to eat with the steamed rolls. However, parsley instead of coriander and mint. Seriously?

I tried different Vietnamese restaurants, but I always prefer Loong Kee. Both spring rolls and summer rolls are delicious. They have a great choice of meat, fish and vegetables dishes and food is always fresh and very tasty. Noodles soups are huge. Staff is friendly and atmosphere is nice, although sometimes it gets too busy and too loud. Don't forget to bring your own wine!

蒸し春巻きがおすすめです。どれも美味しく、みんなでわいわいするのに最適です。早い時間にいくと空いてますが7時以降は予約をした方がいいです。金曜日はかなりこみます。

overpriced for quality and quality of food which is not so good,and staff unfriendly,not such good atmosphere for eating

This is a good choice for Vietnamese restaurant. It is famous that steam roll is seen as the best food of Loong Kee, and I also ordered other dishes, I really like mixed salad here. Staffs of Loong Kee are very kind and friendly.

We ordered vegetarian spring rolls, roasted pork on rice and vietnamese vermicelly with prawns. The spring rolls were only three and not vietnamese at all, more the frozen chinese style you get at a take away. The rice of the roasted pork dish was clearly microwaved, the rice was unevenly warm and quite hard and dried out. The pork was take away quality, again microwaved. Comming to the vermicelly. Ive eaten this dish many times at different places. this was by far the blandest and poorest version. This should come with some herbs etc. in this case it only came with some shreddered lettuce. Its a shame as true vietnamese food is so amazing. The staff was friendly though.

Just good quality Vietnamese food and at a good price. Great gathering with friends. Very popular restaurant, so better make a reservation.

never had Vietnamese before, will do again. We were in a bit of a hurry for a lunch but thought it looked like it'd be quick n cheerful. It was. Friendly guy waiter helped us choose something. Food arrived and was great. Tasty, refreshing, and I might return one day. Handy for the Jeffrye museum next door.

This is my first visit to this restaurant and will also be my last.I came here on Bank Holiday Monday with my family, we were gestured to sit on the right side of the restaurant. We were given menus to look at and doing all the normal stuff like reading the menu, preparing what to eat and drink, we called the waitress over.Ordered five Jasmine Tea (for the five of us). About five minutes after, she returned and said Jasmine Tea will cost 80 pence per person, and we said OK, we know.After another five minutes, she came back with only three tea cups and one pot of tea. So, basically three tea cups and one pot of tea to share between five people! How do we drink? We then asked for two more tea cups and more water.Time to order food, the waitress has zero knowledge of what was on the menu.Before we made our orders, we did ask a few questions as the menu was not clear enough.We asked about the steamed pork rolls, it stated “cool” so we asked her if it would be cold as I have had it in many Vietnamese restaurants and it's served hot.She replied, it will be hot when we cook it but on table it be cool.Fair enough, we can understand that. But no, when it came out, it was stone cold! Not even warm. If the top was cold I can understand, but inside was cold too, so basically it was not even steamed!! We did order TWO portions but only one came and the other came almost towards the end of the meal.Another question we asked, my pork chop rice. I asked her if the pork chop rice was spicy, and she replied no. But when I got it, yes it was spicy!Finial question, we asked how many spring rolls in a portion. She replied three rolls but cut in half. But instead of spring rolls, we got some deep fried prawn rolls.  We also ordered a chicken pho (rice flat noodles), but while everyone were eating their unhappy, wrong and cold food, one guest was still waiting because the waitress has forgotten to write the order down. So another ten minutes on the waiting list. The waitress had zero knowledge of what was on the menu, and also the waiter that gave us the bill, was totally rude!I normally go Tay Do which its only three minutes walk, but due to it being closed on Bank Holiday, I thought I give this a try and a very unhappy customer, I will not be returning.All in all, on the way back home, I felt unwell and as soon as I got back home, I threw up everything that I have eaten at the restaurant!!!We are all very disappointed with the service and food quality. I don’t normally give bad reviews to restaurants but I am really disappointed with my visit.

My family went to this restaurant tonight as the one we normally goes to were closed. The waitress who took our orders doesn't seem to know what she was doing and didn't understand their own food. As we loved Banh Cuon; steamed rice rolls, it says cool rolls so we asked the waitress, are the STEAMED rolls cold and she said no it is hot but by the time it gets to the table it will be warm to which I can understand and accept so we ordered 2 large portions. When the rolls came, we all dived in with our chopsticks, big disappointment! Stone cold!Pho was missing then bill was confusing. Sorry to say but this will be our last time going there again!

Honestly...What's wrong with people?If you go in a Vietnamese restaurant in Kingsland Road, you can't expect the service of Sushisamba or The Shard.I found this restaurant very good, tasty food and the service was fast and nice.I attended maximum 10 minutes for my drinks and starter and maybe other 5/7 mins for the main dishes.Overall, I suggest this restaurant. I didn't find huge problems in it.ps: The price could be around 10/13 pounds each person with drink, starter and main dish.

Hi, I went to night with my husband and we wait for 20 min on the door that was ok for friday night. After we got chance to get a table by the window it was a good start for us. But then another 20 min for waiters to get our orders they totally ignored us. Finally we ordered a seafood platter to start with then it followed by noodle soup with duck and seafood egg noddle. starter was ok but main courses was absolutely disaster. Especially duck noodle soup was disgusting instead of duck we had more duck skin, when we told that to waiter, he said that he will tell to chef. just couple of spoon we tried and that's it. Second maincourse was seafood egg noodle, taste was ok but portion was too small for the price and there was not enough seafood.When we asked for the bill, we recognised that he charged for the soup, was not fair at all. We were so hungry then we had to go another restuarant but not to Vietnamese. We had enough tonight...

Peu amatrice de cuisine asiatique, je me suis lancée sur les conseils d'une amie.Bonne surprise, le Bo Bun (spring rolls) est excellent et les beignets de patate douce le sont tout autant.Je vais y retourner rapidement. C'est vraiment peu cher et le service est très bien.Parfait à toute heure, entre amis ou en couple.

I love Vietnamese food. And my favourite dish is Vietnamese Banh Cuon, Steamed rolls. Sorta like rice crepes filled with mince pork and chopped mushrooms. Dipped in amazing fish sauce.Now the problem with Banh Cuon is there aren't very many places in London that actually make them. I can probably count on one hand of the restaurants that I know. And I've tried them all. These are by far my favourite. Loong Kee gets pretty busy in the evenings and nearer the weekends, it's a small place so you need to get there early. It very much has that local Vietnam feel with all the people chatting away, eating and sharing food. Great authenticity.I am now very much a regular at Loong Kee.

Went as a group of eight on a relatively busy Saturday night. There seemed to be a lot of staff buzzing around but it took over half an hour before a waiter deigned to take our order - we weren't even asked if we wanted drinks first. After a long wait our orders came out in dribs and drabs, and after over two hours waiting we still hadn't received two mains, long after everyone else had finished eating! Food was fine, standard fare for Kingsland Road. We had to argue about the bill which wasn't itemised, so we had no idea whether we'd been overcharged or not. No apologies from the staff who were rude and indifferent. Restaurant was drab and draughty. Never again.

It's hard to choose any of the restaurants along Pho Mile if you've never been to any of them. The place was pretty packed but we were seated right away. Ordered 3 main dishes with a few starters. The first came right away but then we had to ask about the other two (one which was charged twice on the bill when it came). All but one of the main dishes came and they were delicious. However, the last one came finally after we had already finished all the other food which was disappointing. Overall, the food was tasty and had a nice atmosphere. The service left something to be desired though. Dishes tried: pork steamed rolls, salt and pepper squid, crispy seabass, morning glory, shaking beef

No where close to home food but around 80%. Prawns salad, minced pork steamed rolls were very good. Decent portion for the price.

In a stretch of 200 yards are a number of Vietnamese restaurants, all extremely cheap, but always jam packed. Eaten here a number of times, main meal and a couple of house red circa £13

Right in the end of he row of Vietnamese Restaurants next to the Geffrye Museum lies this little gem. Serves great food (I recommend the Pork Steamed Rolls, sweet potato pancakes and the Vietnamese Spring rolls and Pork with Cold Bun Noodles!), you can bring your own alcohol, admittedly the service isn't Michelin Star but the food compensates.

Decent vietnamese food (the Minced Pork Steamed Rolls and the Minced Prawns Steamed Rolls were both good, the Pho Noodle Soup with Beef was tasty), but the service was very poor: it took nearly 30 minutes to get a waiter's attention in order to place our order, and all the waiters looked sloppy and annoyed.

I first visted Loong Kee about a year ago and really liked it. Decided to go again last week as I had some family down but was really disappointed with it and embarrassed I had dragged everyone there. Service was appalling, I had pre-booked, and it was half empty when we go there, but they tried to seat us on a table with another group of people. Dont get me wrong I dont mind this but this situation was just a bit too close for comfort and VERY awkward. We asked to be moved which they did with no hassle onto another table. They then made us all shuffle a few seats across for some reason.The fact you can BYOB is excellent, however bear in mind that this doesnt include soft drinks. We had a bottle of coke with us as mixer which they told us we couldnt use. We still did though as all the staff are so run off their feet they didnt even notice.The food was pretty average this time. Fairly small portions, and a bit bland really. I dont know if they have changed chefs or something since the last time I went but it was just really disappointing! And sadly one of our party is still suffering from the food 3 days later. The smells that kept wafting around made me very nervous about their hygeine situation, in fact I think I would probably prefer not to know!Won't be returning to that particular establishment again!

Went last night and we pretty much (over) ordered every single starter on the menu. Highlights were salt & pepper squid, chicken satay skewers, and the prawn and lotus salad. Really good stuff and disturbingly cheap.

It all tasted like Chinese take away really. The spring rolls were Chinese style and not Vietnamese (with rice paper). The satay sauce looked weird and was too syrupy for its own good, probably a lot of glutamate in there.For more authentic Vietnamese food go to Song Que cafe down the road.

Visited here last night with my partner and another couple. When I first saw the restaurant and went to the loo and smelled damp, I was very concerned. However it was recommended by the couple we were with and they had visited numerous times. The food was great! I don't eat a lot of fish, but their Hanoi Fish, grilled sea bass and squid were even enjoyed by me! Lovely, fresh, non greasy food. If you're looking for fine dining or decor, not the place for you. Otherwise a reasonably priced, delicious food outlet

Stoppped by here last night as we were in the area and hungry. Ordered a dinner of Summer Rolls Crispy Salt and Chilli Squid,Roast Pork with rice and Fried Sea Bream-One wine and Beer and there was change out of forty quid. Service efficient and polite-would definately return.

No idea why people love this very average place.. been twice now, once in a birthday group and once just the two of us. The cha gio are stodgy and bland compared to the lovely well seasoned ones Tre Viet do, and the wonderful light ones Pho 999 do - these are only passable due to their garlicyness. The vermicelli goat meat lacks any of the wonderful caramel/charcoal bbq flavour you get at hai ha or anywhere else on mare st. It was quite boring. Similarly I thought the beef pho totally lacked any depth of flavour, and didn't even come with the basil garnish you'd expect. Perhaps we ordered things that aren't their forte, but it's a limited menu compared to other places.. I'd not bother again.

Have eaten here many many times with all different party sizes from 2 to 20.I recommend booking if you are going on a Thursday or Friday night as the wait can be long and awkward standing in the entry.Salt and pepper squid is the best i have had anywhere. Prawn toast is brill as is the Spice Beef!Order your starters first and then eat them then order your main. They are not very good at timing meals.BYOB is brilliant!

Booked a table for 17 which they accomodated with no problem. This place serves drinks but also allows you to bring your own booze which we did and they provided glasses. We ordered loads of food to share and all the dishes where generally fine. The pho in particular was very good and tasted authentic. It came to just £8 each which was amazing. The staff were friendly. This is a simple vietnamese restaurant perfect for a cheap group night out. I think I would choose another place along Kingsland Road for a date night though. The toilets were overflowing though when I went to use them.

Ive been coming here for years , and arguably its still best restaurant in Kingsland Road. Obviously its not a posh restaurant so i don't expect service to be good , who cares as long as the food the tasty & cheapest on high street !

The drinks are SERIOUSLY over priced. SAve your money and make it well spent else where. Look at the recent comments, I can see there are some suspicious 5 star rating.I highly recommend to not eat in this restaurant.

I visited this place twice in the past 3 months. It still deserve only one star. And I can see a lot of other eaters agree with me on this. I do not know where 5 star is coming from @Opium_guy ??? a name suggesting you smoke dope? Now back to this restaurant. It is not trying to be as fancy as other restaurants, which is a big turn down. They do not improve. When I came back for the second visit, it was the same. Nothing improved.

I've been visiting this place for a whole now. After frequenting pretty much all the other offerings down Kingsland Road - this one is by far the best of the lot. It's cheap and cheerful and not trying to be fancy like the other new ones in the area. Their fish is their speciality as well as cool rolls.

Absolutely horrific service compare to what they have been offering. Spaces are cramped. Customer service are bad as there are not enough waiter/waitresses working. Food is so salty and oily, as if they have been carelessly flung together on the pan then out it goes to the dish.I will try out other restaurants as there are plenty of Vietnamese restaurants on that street. Just too BAD to go back. Not worth the money.

This place used to be the go-to place on Kingsland Road. Sadly the service is now lax and careless, this is could cope with but the dishes don't have the same finesse as they used to, ingredients for my favourite vermicelli, chilli, lemongrass, tofu salad were slung together and weren't of great quality or freshness.Tables took a long time to be cleared, taking our order and receiving our bill took a long long time, drinks never arrived either.

Basic decor - but service is fast, and their Hanoi fish dish is light, delicious and comes with rice and all the trimmings. I go there just for this..! Good value: even more so, because you can BYO. A local gem.

There are plenty of Vietnamese restaurants on Kingsland Road but for me, Loong Kee is the best. Their rare beef and lemon salad is one of the best dishes I have ever had. Wonderfully fresh with real depth of flavour. Absolutely delicious. The vermicelli, pho and stir fry dishes are all excellent too.

You must go to this place. I've been with my colleagues twice and I love the food. We went on a Friday eve and it was very busy and the staff are obviously used to this. The jasmine tea is only 80p and the cloudy lemonade is cool against some of the spicy and salty food. The steamed spring rolls and the salty/spicy prawns are really delicious. For the main I had dry prawn vermicelli which was really yummy and the portion was huge. The atmosphere is noisy and busy but it's good. The prices are reasonable too. I love Vietnamese food and I will go here again. It is the best place so far for me for this type of food. I highly recommend it. You must go!

Went to this restaurant with a few friends. It was crowded (Saturday evening), which showed us that the food must be good. (There's upstairs & downstairs seating to remedy that.) It isn't a fancy restaurant, but who cares? It's clean and nice ENOUGH, which is what matters most to me. The food was very affordable, and came in big, filling portions. All of us liked it and would return again.

My husband and I have eaten at most of the vietnamese restaurants in Shorditch but have to say Loong Key is by far our Favourite and now we wont eat anywhere else, we eat here atleast once a month, the food is reasonably priced and absolutely delicious, especially addicted to the salt chilli squid and prawn's and grilled scallops, hanoi fish..shakin beef...it's all so fresh and gorgeous.

Food was tasty, resonable prices. This restaurant is very busy, you can bring you own alcohol drinks, although they do sale Vietnamese beers.

Was looking for a restaurant where we could bring our own wine - this one popped up. It is in an area where there are several little such places. It is not the most attractive place and the decor is a bit basic. But the staff was very friendly and immediately provided me and my friend with wine glasses and offered to open the wine. The menu was quite interesting, appearing to have links with Chinese and Thai foods. We chose prawn rolls (not bad), duck in orange sauce (lovely and reminiscent of the classic 1970's "duck a l'orange"), beef in coconut and lemongrass (fragrant and creamy) with 2 portions of boiled rice. It came to about £25. Brilliant for the price and turned out to be a pleasant and relaxing meal.

I've been to most of the Vietnamese restaurants in Shoreditch and this is still my favourite.You must try the softshell crab and/or the squid in salt and chilli. My own favourite starter is the steamed minced shrimp rice rolls - lovely and fresh with the lettuce and mint drenched in spicy fish sauce - while the missus always has the tofu summer rolls (she's veggie)For mains, it's either the braised pork belly or the grilled pork vermicelli or the braised Mekong catfish for me. The missus either has the tofu and lemongrass vermicelli or the braised tofu and aubergine.They've started serving alcohol now but it is still bring your own booze. If you're having beer, definitely bring your own because their selection is poor, there are off-licences just down the road.

We went on a Thursday evening and the place was almost full, although there was more space available in the basement. This restaurant is clearly very popular with groups of young people getting together for a meal after work. This creates a somewhat noisy and chaotic ambiance. However, in our experience the staff cope very well with the chaos. We were served quickly and efficiently. The food is very good and reasonably priced. It is possible to have a good meal for two for under £30. Probably not the ideal place for a romantic evening, but excellent for an evening out with friends.

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This is my second visit top Loong Kee. the restaurant has expanded but I do not think that this detracts from appeal. We were greeted immediately and shown to a table. it was Tuesday evening about 7.30. Upstairs was busy but not heaving. Downstairs was closed off.We were brought menus and glasses appeared for our drinks very quickly. Our food choices were great. We tried the steamed rolls and found them most enjoyable. We also had Hanoi grilled fish and duck in black bean sauce. With noodles and rice, the meal was great. All for £29 for 2. Staff were very friendly and attentive. Would recommend thsi eatery

Last weekend saw our little supper club 9 strong and heading over to Hackney for a Saturday night feast at Loong Kee. After a couple of beers at The Dove, which was a very pleasant pub and comes highly recommended, we wandered a couple of minutes down the road to the brightly lit restaurant. Fortunately we had taken the precaution of booking because at 8.30pm Loong Kee was absolutely heaving.It was all hustle and bustle, and fairly chaotic, but we were soon found a table in the basement area (like a lot of basement rooms this one had a bit of a musty whiff about it which the owners had tried to ward off with incense - not so bad that it would put you off your dinner but worth noting if you have a sensitive nose). Menus and jugs of tap water soon arrived as did glasses for the beer and wine we had brought with us; no corkage charge here if bring your own.Service was friendly if a bit hit and miss all night, but we kind of expected that on a very busy Saturday night. You might need to work on catching the eye of passing staff if you want to order or they have forgotten any dishes.Various different starters were ordered and most were met with nods and smiles of approval. I particularly liked the soft shelled crab with salt and chilli which went down a treat. I ordered 12 of the pork and shrimp steamed rolls, a classic Vietnamese dish of stuffed steamed rice batter, which I shared with the group. Now these were certainly not to everyone's taste, but when teamed up with the accompanying dipping sauce I thought they were very tasty and I would recommend that you give them a try.By now the wine was flowing and conversations were getting louder and more heated throughout the restaurant; all good fun if you are with a group but I would probably give Loong Kee a bit of a wide berth if you are looking for a romantic Saturday night supper.Without too much of a wait our mains began arriving in a fairly random and haphazard fashion. No worries though as we were all in a very good mood by this point in the evening and we tucked into anything and everything that arrived. My main of the Hanoi Grilled Fish was a real winner; crispy, full of flavour and pretty authentic - I liked this dish a lot. B had the duck which was tasty, had been well cooked and was just the right shade of pink. Various different noodle and rice combinations were tried and all seemed to go down very well.When the time came to pay the bill we were all more than happy to stump up our share. The starters and mains are all very reasonably priced and if you bring your own wine you will have the pleasure of a very cheap, very tasty supper. It's not somewhere I would recommend for a special occasion but it's a great place to eat with a bunch of pals at the weekend or for a quieter experience, come and fill your boots with quality Vietnamese cuisine on a mid-week evening.

I only had time to enjoy the food for a bit until I found out that my hand bag has been stolen. We were in a table of 24 people, only 3 table around and personal coming and going with plates. When I discovered that my bag was missing, all my friend stand up and we started looking for eat. I just remeber one waiter asked what was going on, but no one helped. No one even asked how my bag look like or anything. I understand that business is so important but I wished to get some support from the restaurante in order to meet a bit of customer service standard.All about business then watch your bag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Easily the best Vietnamese in the area of the six i have tried. It use to be hard to get a seat but now they have expanded to next door. Makes it easier to get seated but the food is still top quality but like the M25 I can see they may have to expand again.

Very good Vietnamese food for a cheap price.

The best Vietnamese restaurant on the strip...get there before they start skimping on the ingedients. They want to make an impression, lets hope they don't try to cut corners and make profits like the other competitors in Little Vietnam.

Might be the only Vietnemese restaurant in London to have Banh Cuon dish ? Very good Pho dish as well.