Viet Bistro in Leeds

We order rare beef and well done beef pho and it was average for a pho lover. The broth did not have enough depth but is a quick fix for when you have a pho craving. Weirdly enough this place uses lemons and not limes for pho. Also got seafood cake summer rolls but it wasn’t wrapped tightly enough and it didn’t have the classic pickled carrots and turnip. The dipping sauce was nice and sweet though. The viet lemonade was bit too sweet for my liking. Good price overall but place felt a bit dirty. Love that it had many options on the menu and the egg pancake with filling looked very nice. Might go back and try Overall rating out of 10 - 5/10

Great little place to try in Leeds, whether it's a snack, full meal or just a drink!!! As it should be Viet STYLE

The food here is fantastic. Great value and really tasty. Went for an early dinner on Sunday evening and wasn’t busy at all. Treat yourself and give this place a go.

Stumbled across this place on the way back to the station. One of the best Northern curries I have ever had. Squid was superbly fresh too. Wish we lived closer!

Quedó sorprendido por el auténtico sabor que se ofrece aquí. Grandes precios también con descuento adicional. El personal era amable y rápido con orden, ya que me atendió Kim. Recomiendo encarecidamente este restaurante.

Delicious food, really well priced. Our waitress Kim was absolutely fantastic. Would come back again. The 'Phin' coffee was outstanding.

Lovely delicious authentic food and lovely service from Kim and Hallie! Really helpful, polite and friendly, catered to all our needs and made us feel so welcome!

Visited with my spouse & our two kids on a Wednesday evening. Only one front of house person managing 5-8 tables at the time so they were stretched thin, but we’re patient so it wasn’t an issue. Prices are what we consider to be mid-range for dine-in authentic Vietnamese cuisine. Completely cleaned every plate we ordered. My late mother-in-law set a high bar for banh xeo standards. Ordering banh xeo is always a risky choice as a result - her banh xeo was magically light and flakey. I’ve yet to find somewhere that makes it in quite the same way. Here at Viet Bistro the banh xeo was light and crispy. While it didn’t match my MiL’s, it certainly hit all the right flavour points and *almost* all the same texture points too. I’ve accepted I may never find a banh xeo that matches MiL’s but this was a Damn Good substitute. We will be returning again (& again…) to support this independently owned local business and I will order two portions next time. Will probably aim for ‘Happy Hour’ (11AM - 6PM : 20% off, yespls)

I've been coming to this restaurant for many months and it's been always amazing, service is great and wholesome vibes. HOWEVER something has changed in the last weeks. Quality of the food is a little poor, the broths are very bland with less spices and the seitan option dropped to very low standards. From the best seitan to what appears to be fried mushy flour pieces which don't compare to seitan. Lots of love for their staff and the friendly and patient smiles.

This used to be a favorite of mine in Leeds especially for the pho with seitan, but unfortunately today I ordered it and I received was tasted like a basic vegetable soup with fried flour triangles instead of the delicious spiced broth with savory seitan they used to make :/

We got a tofu pancake, curry, fried udon and spicy beef pho. Everything was amazing and came quickly to our table - tofu pancake was defo a highlight!! The food felt fresh and tasted truly delicious, presentation was good and portions were very generous. The waiter who served us was polite and very nice. A lot of vegetarian options avaialble too. Honestly, I would 100% reccommend this place. Prices were reasonable as well. The only downside was a slightly weird smell/damp near our table, but I think it was from the building itself.

Food was really good will come back!

The food was delicious and plentiful. Fresh flavours, heat, depth. I had the summer rolls, big and filled appropriately, and the rare beef spicy noodle soup. Not too spicy, but you can always add more chilli from the sauces on the table. Don't go there for the decor or the music, but for some rightly priced delicious food and a warm welcome

One of the few Vietnamese restaurants in Leeds, and in my experience the best. Offers a selection of both North and South Vietnamese dishes, and all the ones that I've had have been good. Ample vegetarian options (predominantly tofu and seitan). Mild spice. The condiments and pickles on the tables are also very nice.

Good food. Excellent customer service. Quyên served the food so well.

Good taste, but the beef was too fat, look like pork…

Amazing Vietnamese place. Lived in Leeds for years and really annoyed we haven't been before. We will be back the food is fantastic and the service is so lovely as well. Can't wait to return.

I’ve enjoyed the food and the atmosphere a lot! І will definitely come again.

The service was amazing and the food was so good!! Perfect portions and the best Vietnamese food I’ve had in a while. The waiter was really sweet, I was having a bad day and he just immediately provided such a warm and welcoming service! Also, he let me try 2 different kinds of spring rolls - both of which were amazing, especially the one with avocado!

delicious food and amazing service - loved it!!

Delicious. Really asian atmosphere and very friendly & capable hosts.

Visited at the beginning of October (Sunday mid-afternoon for a table of 5). Friends recommended and it did not disappoint. Food was absolutely gorgeous, really good portions and they have a great offer on of 20% off food everyday from 11am-6pm. Servers were attentative and food arrived promptly. If I lived closer I'd definitely be a regular :-)

This is the best South East Asian food I've had in the UK..Fantastic restaurant. Highlights Shaking Beef and North Vietnamese Curry. Quality Rioja at £5.90 a glass. Super friendly staff. Thank you so much.

I’m a meat eater and even I found the seitan in the pho was amazing. The staff are friendly and attentive. The menu is good to cater if you just want a small bit or something more substantial.

Food was great but the bathrooms weren't

Excellent Vietnamese food, had pho and Vietnamese rolls. Very authentic and excellent service. Food was delicious will return when I’m back in Leeds

This restaurant offers some really quality Vietnamese food. It doesn't look great from outside but it is friendly and welcoming. The food, (we enjoyed the Udon Noodles with roast duck and the Coconut Sizzling roast duck), is terrific and it is really worth finding this excellent little restaurant. It is licenced and offers a range of beers and wines. Would certainly visit again.

We stopped by this restaurant on our way to another place, and we’re so glad we did. Danny, the waiter, welcomed us and showed us the menu. Right from the start, the service was great. We tried different starters and mains, and the food blew us away. Everything was spot on—great service and amazing food. We were all really impressed and can’t wait to come back next time we’re in Leeds.

I really love vietnamese food and mostly eat it in the US. This place was really amazing. Service was great and they were really kind and helpful. The northern Vietnamese curry was awesome, good and spicy - not sweet at all. The red wine broth pho was incredibly flavorful and packed with meat and noodles. Just an all around great meal, I’ll definitely come here again.

Lovely Vietnamese in Leeds. Chicken Papaya salad was delicious and the 2 pho’s we had were very tasty. Service was fast and friendly and a 20% discount on the food bill was great.

Amazing food. Recommend the coconut curry sizzler. Good lunch deal too!

The best Vietnamese food I’ve had outside of Vietnam! The pho tastes authentic and so healthy!

Tastiest freshest food, a regular place for my partner and I to grab dinner in city centre.

Comfortably the best Vietnamese food outside of Vietnam. The only thing that was missing was the humidity and the plastic chairs. 10/10 food, they didn’t have Bun Cha but the waitress suggested the next best alternative - Bun Saigon I preferred it! I will be coming back every time I’m in Leeds!

Don’t walk past this place, it’s easy to do as from the front window you can’t really see in and tbh it doesn’t really sell itself. However once you’re in it’s lovely. Spotless clean, great menu and lovely friendly staff. I got the spicy pho (can’t remember what it was called) the other half got the stir fried flat pork noodles. With a sparkling water and the 20% happy hour the bill came to £21. Both dishes were amazing. We will make this a regular whenever we visit Leeds. Don’t overlook this if your passing this way 👍🏻

Informal Vietnamese restaurant in central Leeds, Briggate. 20% off at lunch deal gave a real bargain lunch. Recommended.

Excellent food, service not overbearing. Very pleasant lunch. Going to have fun trying other options on the menu, looking forward to returning.

I tried the chicken pho which was tasty and not too salty. Plenty of pho and chicken. Much better than some other ones I had in Leeds. The spring rolls were delicious too. The toilets need a little upgrading and the service was a little slow.

My first time trying Pho and it was honestly delicious. I got the prawn Pho. The customer service was amazing it was really love lady serving me. They food came quickly. I paid £12 for my food it’s very affordable price. I highly recommend this place if you want real authentic Vietnamese food.

The food was excellent and the staffs are so helpful and very friendly. It reminds me of the time when we traveled to Vietnam.

Lovely food, fresh tasting with fresh ingredients. An enjoyable meal with polite and friendly service. Walked in on the off chance of walking by... decided to try it and really glad i did. Hidden gem!

Friendly staff , food was absolutely delicious , would highly recommend and we will definitely be back again , starters had the hot sour soup and main was beef xao delicious

The food was perfectly fine for the price, the spring and summer rolls were both quite nice, and although I’ve certainly had pho broths with much greater depth of flavour, after adding the lemon, mint and chili to it, I ended up with something fairly decent, at least by my own standards. The service, by contrast, was not quite as forgivable - the place was horrendously understaffed, with one single woman taking care of everything - newcomers, people wanting to pay and leave, table cleaning, taking orders and providing people with their food. This obviously became more and more of an issue as a greater number of customers started to trickle in. I wouldn’t have minded, except for the fact that there was a 5-10 minute delay between when my partner’s food arrived and my own food arrived. Okay, not the most horrendous thing in the world, but still not something that one expects or particularly wants to experience when eating out, and ultimately something that could’ve been solved by having just one other member of staff on hand to pick up the slack. The waitress, as respectful as she was, also mis-charged us at first, and required us to make up the extra money she’d forgotten to add to our bill before we left. Again, not an experience-ruining event, but something that indicates a lack of situational awareness or control, particularly when viewed alongside the aforementioned long wait time for food. Probably due to being overwhelmed with the work of more than one person, if I had to guess. Overall not a terrible experience but I probably won’t be going back - had the food been truly superb it might be enough to risk the poor service another time, but in future I’ll probably be taking my chances elsewhere.

My first bad pho experience. I've never tasted a broth so BLAND! Will not return and definitely would never recommend. The prawn Summer rolls were decent. Staff/service was friendly.

We got pho and chicken fried rice. And hot Vietnamese coffee which was perfect on a cold rainy day in Leeds! Very delicious! The last was very friendly

The food was good. The Vietnamese coffee was something else. I LIKE! PRESENTATION WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD. not really out of this world but in this world. My bad I was exaggerating. But it's worth the exaggeration. I LIKE

Great service very good food. A joy to stumble across.

My favourite south East Asian food in Leeds. A no frills taste of Vietnamese, friendly staff, diverse clientele and a real feeling you have stepped out of Leeds and entered Hanoi. The food is always fresh and so tasty, prices are low, couldn’t recommend it more highly and number of my Asian friends in there speaks volumes.

Found this place by chance. Had ban xeo and bun cha ca. Reasonably close to expectations. Made me miss Vietnam. Recommended for a visit. Bit pricier than Hoi An though!

Very small portions soup had a weird taste

I visited this lovely little Vietnamese restaurant twice and both times food has been delicious flavours and fresh having visited Vietnam several times. This is pretty authentic.

Cold and tasteless food. I do not recommend

Amazing food, lovely atmosphere and wonderful staff. We'll certainly be returning 😋

It was amazing. Food was great, the staff super friendly and the vibe quite chill ❤

Really good food with a decent variety in the menu. Value for money!

It's an open secret amongst the Vietnamese community in West Yorkshire that Viet Bistro does inauthentic and bad Vietnamese food. This comes from testimony from many people from Vietnamese people who have eaten there to a chef in the kitchen. After trying it for myself, I'd have to agree with them. People settle for less because they aren't familiar with true good quality Vietnamese food. I'd give this one a miss, although I can't fault the staff here

Really relaxing, comfortable place to eat. Friendly staff. Had the spring rolls starters and the chicken curry it was absolutely delicious 😋

Delicious vegan pho and summer rolls, lots of other great-sounding vegan options too. Will definitely come again.

My favorite Vietnamese restaurant in leeds

The food was very tasty and authentic, but the service let it down.

Outstanding Pho. 10/10 would eat every day if I could.

Amazing food. Authentic taste! Dining experience could be improved with better ambiance and cutlery.

I ordered a soup. It was not Vietnamese at all. Flavor missing, no herbs and spices. Really Poor soup probably the worse one I ate. Staff was nice. Restaurant abit Dirty and outdated. In Addition the sriracha spices are really bad they have flying goose bottle but they put something cheap home made.

This is the first time we have visited, and definitely will not be the last. The food was so fresh and tasty the staff so warm and welcome. Can not wait to go back.

Food, service, vibe and music all amazing! Highly recommend

My favourite beef Pho and prawn summer rolls in Leeds. I've been to this restaurant multiple times over the passed year and never been disappointed.

I love this place! Such tasty food, especially the salt and pepper squid/prawns with the noodles and sauce 🤤 I got wings for the first time the other day and they were fantastic!

Food was fresh and filling. Please get the Pho you won't be disappointed.

Love this place. The salt and pepper squid and prawns with noodles and that amazing sauce. Actually I didn’t realise I was supposed to pour the sauce on so thought it was a bit bland at first lol but nah it’s amazing

Amazing tasty food and very polite staff.

Where to start 😌 The food is bursting with flavour and let me tell you about the PHO. I had the trio of meat that accompanied the PHO, rare steak, well-done beef and chicken. From the first sip, you can tell that this dish will warm your soul and fill your belly :)) Rice noodles cooked just right, easily melt under the tongue. Well seasoned from the kitchen but there are plenty of options on the table if one wants to add some extra flavours and seasoning. That bowl could easily feed 2 people but in the end, managed to finish it off:)) As a starter, I had the Squid and when it came out I thought that it was meant for two people. Juicy Squid in a lovely crispy batter. To refresh the taste buds ordered a Coconut Bistro, Malibu-fresh coconut-rum-pineaple juice. Could not ask for anything better to enjoy on this rainy grey day. Definitely recommended this place and will re visit next time I'm in Leeds.

sunmmer rolls和beef pho都很好吃！pho里面的牛肉特别香！汤汁味道比较淡。summer rolls配的麻酱/花生酱味道很赞，橙汁也很好喝，但是吃饭的时候有苍蝇

Best Vietnamese food i have ever had.

Was the best Vietnamese food in Leeds. A rebrand and possible change if ownership has meant their Pho isn't quite the same anymore and unfortunately not quite for us.

Very relaxed and kind of casual place but for what you pay the food is so tasty and all the ingredients look very fresh Been loads of times never disappointed

I’m deaf and came here the other day. Was fantastic. It was that good and made to feel welcome I came back 2 days later. Great food. Great staff and try the salt and pepper squid!! It’s to die for !!

taste is not good, and their bad manner. Not worth to try! Ruin my day...

Simplicity with authenticity and great food. Reasonably priced and appetising.

Amazing food. Not expensive. Will definitely be back.

利兹最爱越南菜，shaking beef和well done beef pho每次必点，炸鱼和炸春卷也好吃。就是最近才发现卫生评分比较低，希望可以调整一下卫生情况，这样我就可以继续安心的吃了哈哈

Never again. The service was slow and the food was tasteless. Google map was misleading.

Poor on most levels. The broth was tastless. Starter better, but far better places out there. Google review is misleading.

Some dishes were ok, but I recommend the tofu noodles

We ordered Rare Steak Pho, Well-done Beef Pho, Pad Thai and Spring Rolls. The serving size is satisfying. The beef is not a thin-cut. It seems that the broth is not hot enough to “cook” the rare beef. The Pad Thai is not what we expect….

Good experience, service could be a bit faster (to take our orders, delivery of food was very fast!) Food was great but a little bit less seasoned as expected. This was okay though, we enjoyed our food nonetheless

It was viet guy before and now changed to viet bistro. The prices increased £1 for the rare steak pho which is fine but they added service charge on the bill without informing me. I only noticed when I walked out paid and looked at the receipt. Very cheeky

I am a frequent customer of the restaurant; I was very disappointed that they have reduced the portion of the Pad Thai, and not only that, the taste is no longer the same. Lack of flavor compared to what it was before. I prefer that the price of the dishes increases but that the quality does not decrease, much less the flavor.

Nice tasty lunch in Leeds. Nothing fancy just good food.

The staff were friendly but very busy, as there was only one person serving/behind the bar. Overall, the food was good and we'd go back.

Phenomenal food, and extremely nice people running the shop. It was great authentic food and I loved every bite of my meal. Honestly, this is the best food I've had in Leeds. I would come back any day and the great prices add to my enjoyment.

Excellent food, super nice staff

Slow service when it’s not busy. Food should come out together for those on the same table, not 20 mins apart. Friend finished their food before mine arrived.

Richly prepared food with generous portions, though the toilets are a distressing vision of hell. With a relentlessly positive disposition, I suppose one could consider them as a part of the wider authentic experience.

Fast and good service. Big portion. We ordered pho chicken, spicy noodle chicken, veggie spring roll and vietnamese coffee. Everything is good. On top of that, the chicken is halal. Will come again to try another dishes.

Delicious food always! I often get the rare steak Pho and Summer Rolls. Often whoever I am with will get a different filling so we have one of each. Service is always polite and attentive.

Downgraded from my 5 star to a 3 star as I have been eating here years and the last two times the Pho standard has slipped. The depth of flavour in the broth is lacking compared to what it used to be. When the food is excellent you can forgive the restaurant for the tired interior and the grotty toilets. When the food is becoming a bit 'meh' then I am afraid I am having to give it one more chance to redeem itself. I am not sure if there is a new chef or if they are trying to cut corners but if the Pho broth isn't up to standard that day I would rather thee waiting staff told us to order something else instead rather than give us a bowl with little beef flavour. There is no way to do a shortcut or hide with Pho.

Here for lunch on a weekday having read the reviews. Not that busy and could have done with some heating in the restaurant. Ordered Pork Hai Noi noodles. The service was fairly prompt, and the food was well presented. Strong flavours in the food and was distinctive compared other restaurants in Leeds. The temperature of the food was a little cold, hotter food and warmer in the restaurant would get the 5th star

I was really keen to try Vietnamese food, and based on it being the first authentic one in Leeds, thought it’d be worth it to try Viet Guy. I was disappointed with my vegetarian BÚN BÒ HUẾ. Broth was made out an oxo cube - not pleasant would’ve expected a homemade broth and overpowered any other flavour (if there was any). Promised hot and spicy - it wasn’t. Pak choy end wasn’t trimmed so all the leaves were still attached to the root - unlikely to have been washed throughly. Not a great eating experience having been told how authentic it was going to be.

Super fresh and well made food.

Good service 👍very nice Good food too😋