Reviews Hoa Sen Restaurant

5
Miss Chop Suey
+5
A wonderful find in the theatre district for a quick meal before or after your show! The service is efficient and food delicious. The Beef Pho, Seafood Pho, Garlic Chicken Wings and Rice Rolls did not disappoint!
5
Perrin Cimener
+5
The food is 10/10. Me and my husband booked this before our comedy show as a quick bite to eat. Honestly, it was absolutely delicious and some of the most flavoursome food we have ever had. The half a duck was so tasty and they serve it with mango which compliments it so well. Definitely going back.
5
Kyle
+5
Tasty, freshly served Vietnamese food in a cozy, warm and alluring decor. Not very spacious inside, but attentive and courteous service throughout and our orders were positively well received by our group and we look forward to returning in the near future.
4
NN Z Corp.
+4
Large portion, good food. Perhaps we read too much online reviews and had high expectations.. the food turned out to be slightly disappointed. That said, Think it is still worth a try but likely not coming back again. Bun sa was ok but too much ingredients stuffed in a small bowl kinda hard to get the noodle out and when you pulled out it broke into small pieces. Fish stew was good. The fried tofu was very nice just by itself with no sauce.
5
Maria R
+5
Authentic Vietnamese food! A good friend found this restaurant by chance when we were going to the Gillian Lynne Theatre to watch 'Crazy for you' musical. Nice atmosphere, great service and amazing food! 10 out of 10. We ordered Prawn Summer Rolls, Hanoi Style pork Rice Rolls, Classic Pho and Hanoi Street BBQ pork. To drink we had Ice Coffee and Pink Lady Mocktail. We paid £67 with 12.5% service charge. I will definitely go back with the family.
5
Michelle Yap
+5
Roasted pork vermicelli. Sweet & sour on the tongue, with some nice mint leaves. The beansprouts added some good crunch to the bowl. So Good! Got some beef meat balls off from my friend's, they were the most tender and fresh beef meat balls I've had here.
4
v
+4
Small spot, but it's very busy and pretty loud. Pricier for Vietnamese food, but it's really good. The Banh Cuon was the star of the dinner!! The pho noodles were a little thicker than usual, but they were a little translucent too. The beef in the pho was ribeye which was really nice compared to the usual thin slices. The chicken Bun Sa was delicious and filling. Nice lemongrass chili flavour.
5
Z Qian
+5
Tasty food and generous portion. Went for crispy bagbagis, which is so crispy. The shrimp paste is strong taste though. Shaking beef and egg fried rice also very good. Want to try other stuff on the menu!
4
Queenie Wong
+4
Came here on Wednesday night for dinner with a friend. We had made a reservation beforehand for 7pm and I was so glad we did because the place was absolutely packed! I had seen all the bahn cuon photos on here so I was really keen to try them. My friend is vegetarian so we went for the veggie bahn cuon option as a starter to share, and then I ordered myself a bun cha ha noi with pork and my friend went with the veggie version with fried tofu and fried veggie spring rolls. We absolutely loved the bahn cuon, they were so flavourful with different kinds of Asian mushrooms and the soy sauce on the side was so moreish! We think fish sauce was added to it because it really resembled the taste of steamed fish soy sauce that we use a lot in Cantonese cooking. My bun cha was great also, pork was grilled well and wasn't dry and the crispy pork spring roll was so crispy with very generous amount of filling. On the contrary, my friend didn't quite enjoy her veggie version which was a shame as the batter of the fried tofu was apparently too thick making it hard to chew and finish the whole thing. She did really like the veggie fried spring roll, saying the mung bean and vermicelli filling was very flavourful. Service was good, the waitress was attentive and friendly. I asked her to teach me how to pronounce bahn cuon in Vietnamese so I could learn and she was very happy to teach. Vibes were chill and relaxing but because of how small the space is, it was very loud and noisy most of the time so it's hard to talk easily. But once most people left after 8pm it became a lot quieter. I would definitely come back to this place to try other things on the menu.
4
Jenny Liu
+4
The pho tastes very good and they give a wide selection. Portion sizes are not the biggest for Vietnamese restaurants but it can fill you up just enough. You will need a booking to avoid the long queues, but during dinner hours it’s very busy and noisy inside.
5
Tiffany Huang
+5
Really good Vietnamese food in Soho! We had banh cuon (pork rice crêpe rolls), a salad, and vermicelli bowls, which were all really fresh and flavourful! Also saw the fried chicken wings at the next table and will definitely get those next time! Service was quick and attentive. Expect the slightly higher prices typical for that area.
5
Sakhom Hughes
+5
Great service and food was good.We had the sea bass with green mango, stir fry seafood, bbq pork with vermicelli and beef pho. Banh cuon and fried banana with ice cream were delicious.
5
Ricky Wang
+5
The Com ga was phenomenal! The chicken was crispy on the outside with a layer of specialty sauce poured underneath the meat, so good!
5
chad snook
+5
Hands down the best authentic Vietnamese restaurant in London. From the setting, too the taste of the food everything is astonishing. I would highly recommend coming here to literally anyone. Wether that being someone who’s craving that homemade authentic Vietnamese taste, Or someone wanting to try something new. There is literally something here for everyone’s taste buds.
5
Chiang Rosa
+5
The food was great and authentic, the banana ice cream dessert was delicious, glad that I hear my friends suggestions and order it 👍👍
4
Anthony M
+4
The menu had a variety of options but I came specifically to have a personal favourite dish - Banh Cuon. It did not taste super freshly made and was not the best I've had, but still enjoyable to eat. I was in and out pretty quickly, but they sat me in the deep back area which felt like an annex room, as a result I had to frequently flag down staff.
5
Cliff
+5
Very nice hospitable staff and food was yum! - classic pho - lamb curry - pork steamed spring roles - fried banana and ice cream - fried ice cream