Bun Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant

3.5÷5, +.5 for service
Quite surprised by this place. It’s definitely one of the better Vietnamese places in Chinatown, and there’s a lot more variety here compared to other competitors in the area.
Design of the restaurant is quite standard, with not much decorations. They do have a TV at the front though. When I arrived on a Friday, the place wasn’t too full, but it did fill up as the lunch hour continued.
I ordered the beef stew with rice stick noodle soup (hu tieu bo kho), as the photo image in the menu looked like the tomato broth was quite strong and filling. Sure enough, the broth was actually one of the better tomato soup bases I’ve had (and I’ve tried several). The noodle was of the phở kind, and it was decent for the price I paid.
Service is good for an Asian restaurant. They will greet you, politely ask you if you want tea, and generally show good courtesy. In my opinion, this is probably one of the better Vietnamese restaurants in the area, and I would highly recommend it if you’re in Chinatown looking for good, cheap food.

Completely flavorless and expensive for being so terrible! It is hands down the worst Vietnamese food that I have ever had, which is quite an accomplishment. The service was horrible. They bought us the wrong food and then overcharged us. My recommendation would be to AVOID.

AWFUL culinary experience for someone who spent a long time traveling through Vietnam and who is a Vietnamese food enthusiast. Food was overall bad, staff was not nice, our order was wrong and we’ve also been overcharged for a dish. When we told them they didn’t even apologize. An experience to forget. Spadina Avenue’s worst nightmare.

Been here a couple of times. Sometimes I really crave for phở but I’m not around College West or Ossington area, so I have to settle for less decent phở. The phở itself is average, and they use thin vermicelli type of noodle instead of flat one, which is not good. The broth has sweetness which I am sure it’s due to MSG. They really need to improve on the amount of meat portion, which I find it to be insufficient, and offering only two size options is not very customer friendly. I also had their rice dish before which I think it’s ok, better than their phở. Service is efficient but definitely not friendly, after all it’s in Chinatown so…
Overall since Chinatown doesn’t really have decent phở joint so there’s really not much different of visiting this joint or other joint in the area.

I come here all the time and would call this my favourite phở restaurant in Toronto hands down. The broth is delicious, the environment in relaxed, and it fills me up every time. Love love love bun saigon!!!

Prefer this to Phở Hung. Fast service and excellent food, particularly the vermicelli with grilled pork and spring roll. I will be back.

I had the absolute WORST vermicelli bowl here and I will not be returning. For a basic dish (cooked noodles a bit of grilled meat and fresh vegetables) you’d think this is a hard one to mess up right? Well they did. Meat looked old and greasy, sparse and they threw in a few shoots underneath a giant pile of fat white noodles and one chopped up spring roll with processed meat of some sort. It was gross and I’ve had this many times at other places without any issues. Service was sub average. Not impressed.

This is my go-​to bun/​phở place in Chinatown. The food is consistently delicious and portions are more generous than others in the area. Service is super quick so it’s perfect for a lunch hour.

Stopped in for a quick bite of phở on my way home. There’s plenty of spots to choose from when you’re in Chinatown and this was the closest to me. I ordered Phở with rare beef, beef brisket and beef flank. I really enjoyed the flavour of the broth, the beef was plentiful, and it seemed to me like they might make the noodles in house, but I never confirmed this. The service was quick and I paid $ 10 with tip for a very filling and delicious meal. I’ll definitely be stopping by again.

The phở here is average. The noodles here are on the thinner size instead of the huge flat noodles that resemble ho-​fun. They can improve on the amount of meat provided.
There’s a slight price to product mismatch and there are only 2 sizes for their phở: medium & XL.
The medium is like a small (in comparison to Scarborough joints) and the XL seemed like an in-​between of a medium and a large.
The soup is a little bland but can be corrected with the hot sauce and black pepper provided on the side. But the virgin soup isn’t exactly bursting with flavour.
The service here is efficient but not very friendly.
I’ll try the rest of the phở restaurants on Spadina before I return.
(However, this is the only one that I’ve seen so far that takes VISA).

Food isn’t bad and the employees are nice, it’s just that there are so many other good places in Toronto Chinatown…
The phở broth did not have much of a flavor. Sauce for pork and shrimp rolls looked and tasted like hoisin sauce with sprinkles of peanuts. Noodles were properly prepared and meats were good.

I slipped in here for quick takeout after another one of my long walks back from the office, and just kept coming back. I now can say that this is one of my favourite takeout Vietnamese places in Toronto.
The vegetables are always fresh, the food is always tasty and honestly I found their Bun Cha meals to be tastier than Xe Lua (yes, I know it’s sacrilegious to say that). For a place that’s so cheap, I was pleasantly surprised by the depth in flavours.
The service is alright and they serve the meals quickly (but not too quickly, if you know what I mean). I can’t say that I’d sit down for a meal there. Typically I find their TVs playing loudly whatever is on CBC (hurray Dragon’s Den…) and the restaurant is your typical casual Chinatown restaurant. It’s not the most fancy place, but it’s good for a lunch sit down.

Convenient location on Spadina and located on the 2^nd floor. Standard viet restaurant with the standard phở, vermicelli, rice, etc that you would typically find at vietnamese places. We each ordered the chicken vermicelli with spring which was about $ 8. The dish was again standard although there was a bit too much fat on the chicken and there wasn’t a lot of meat or vegetable on the top either. Nonetheless, it was pretty flavourful and definitely hit the spot. Service was alright. Being in the Chinatown area, I would consider exploring other viet restaurants nearby next time.

Petit restaurant de quartier. Sobre. Cuisine correcte. Bonne adresse. Les assaisonnements gagneraient à être rafraichis.

I’ve been eating Vietnamese noodles for a long time. My ex wife cooked and all their friend cooked them. Once I put the doup in my mouth I can tell you what ingredient they missed and out in. Msg is definitely a factor. Too much oil and not enough bones.
The bowl I order was XL and yes the bowl is large and the food is little. The spring roll is ok. I would come back again especially the wife of the owner doesn’t look and talk friendly. Bad business.

Used to be the best Vietnamese Restaurant in China-​Town, fairly cheap and decent portions, But on the last 2 or 3 visits, Ive noticed the portions have gotten smaller and smaller, and the amount of meat they have been putting in my vermicelli bowls has basically become 2 to 3 small pieces cut up! I have decided it is no longer worth the price, and quality has gotten worse! Shame as it was my go to place! (do they think customers wont notice if they start cutting back on Ingredients!)
– went back, seems to have improved again — fingers crossed.

I had just moved to Toronto, and was in search of the phở place that would receive my regular business. I was walking up Spadina when I stumbled upon this cozy phở restaurant and decided to give it a try. I looked over their menu and ordered my soup, but did not see the type of rolls I usually ordered so I asked the owner if it would be possible to make them. She smiled and said yes, she could do that and a few minutes later out came these delicious beef satay rice wraps, seasoned with cilantro, mint and basil and rice vermicelli. They were delicious. The next time I was there was a good couple months later, as my schedule didn’t always allow me to be by when they were open. I walked in and right away the owner recognized me. On top of that, she remembered exactly what I had ordered-​2 months ago! At first I didn’t believe her, but when the order arrived and it was exactly the same thing I had ordered 2 months back, I was impressed. To this day I still get the same thing and she always remembers. If it weren’t for her, I’d have no idea what number to order off the menu it’s been so long since I’ve had to write it down.
Aside from the phở and rolls, the pad Thai is also good, as are the Bun dishes. Prices are very affordable, and the atmosphere has been upgraded since I first started going. Never a bad experience, definitely worth the trip!

Despite not having Phở in its name, this place have the best Phở in Chinatown, great broth that isn’t too light or rich. They also have a killer chicken pad thai. Admittedly it isn’t the most authentic, but it’s definitely worth a try.
Great little family owned Vietnamese restaurant. The place is tad dingy, but the food is great, and service is fast. Affordable too, especially for a broke student.

The standard late night viet place for all the night owls. This place won’t let you down in terms of taste.
We have got wrong orders before but the service is prompt and the place is packed.
I highly recommend their drinks. I had their mango smoothie last time and it was delicious. I also hear their avocado shake is great
World star hip hop! Hahaha. Don’t throw plates

I enjoyed my first couple lunches here last year, but I have been here a couple times this past few months and I have been highly disappointed.
I used to like their Special Spicy Phở Soup (I forgot what it was called exactly), which had a rich and hearty spicy red broth and assorted meat. My recent experiences with this same dish has been pretty bad. The broth was completely different, it seems like they didn’t even bother to make it and took their regular phở and added a ton more fish sauce and extra chili. The fish sauce overpowered the meal and there wasn’t that rich red soup appearance, and it wasn’t even spicy. I had to add a lot more chili and Siracha sauce to give it some flavor and to mask the overwhelming fishy funk.
Another thing about this place which annoys me is that the restaurant owners look after their young kids in the restaurant on the weekends who takes over the large table in the back. They are often loud and they play children’s television shows on all the TVs in the restaurant with the volume on pretty high even though their kids barely pay attention to it. This creates a very irritating environment in the restaurant. I have nothing against kids, but this is a restaurant and it’s not fair to the kids to be couped up in a restaurant all day long and having the customers put up with them.
My last visit here a few weeks ago there was a very unusual smell in the restaurant which I found a little off-​putting. There was a strong wicker/​rattan/​dried flower smell that was unpleasant and I couldn’t figure out where it came from or what it was caused from. Also the cleanliness has also gone downhill, as the tables and chairs felt a little sticky and I found large hair balls that gathered around the chair legs (see photo).
I love Vietnamese coffee, and unfortunately here the characteristic stainless steel coffee filters they have were heavily clogged and not cleaned well so I didn’t enjoy my coffee the way that it should.
The only good thing I could say about Bun Saigon was that the food came out very fast, but that is pretty common for most Vietnamese restaurants.
With all of these problems this restaurant has I will definitely will not return.

Hard to find Bun Rieu Oc (Shrimp & Crab paste vermicelli with escargot) in Mississauga, so was excited to try it out here. Add a bit of fish sauce in, and you best bet momma was a happy camper. Very busy and crampy, but the quick service surely makes up for it all.