Shoreditch, Vietnamese Restaurant Guide

Some of the “tastiest Vietnamese food in town” is found at this pair in Hoxton and Soho from Hieu Trung Biu, a pioneer of pho and other southeast Asian specialties in the capital over two decades. Popularity means they can be “deafeningly loud”.

2019 Review: Long hailed as one of the better options on Kingsland Road’s ‘pho mile’ – this “cheap ’n’ cheerful” Vietnamese café only inspired limited feedback this year, but all of it positive.

This quartet of family-run restaurants have won a big reputation for their southwest Vietnamese dishes, including pho and their famed goat with galangal. They started out 15 years ago in Shoreditch before heading across the river to Battersea.