Bistro Saigon

Had a fabulous meal here last night. I really recommend the yellow curry. The service was great and the staff couldn’t do enough. I look forward to going back.

By far my favourite restaurant. It offers some of the freshest and tastiest food I have had. The friendly welcome from owners Lok and Laura was a grear touch and the recent refurbishment has done it wonders. if you ever want to try somewhere new and a bit different yo the usual curry and pizzas get yourself to Bistro. makes it even better when lunches are 2 courses for £12.50 absolute bargin. another massive bonus is the fact it is in ilkley which offers some great walks and surroundings.

One of the best restaurants in Ilkley. it is always packed on a Friday and Saturday so book well in advance.
The food is excellent and is a must try. You won’t of tasted anything like it. The food is fresh and flavours vibrant and exciting.
The staff are very good too at looking after you and the head chef Loc is one of the best in the business.
If you fancy something new and exciting to eat there is no better place to go.
p. s. the chicken wings are AMAZING!!!

Outstanding Vietnamese food where you least expect it. Fresh spring rolls were exploding with flavour and deep fried vegetables also irresistibly moreish. My main was a wonderfully spicy chlli beef dish. Didn’t see much of my wife’s chicken dish as it went straight down her neck! Not particularly cheap especially given this is rural Yorkshire but they do a good value two-​course lunch deal and, in any case, it’s worth every penny!

This was my first foray into Vietnamese food and to be honest i wasnt hopeful when i found out we were going for ethnic food in the middle class strong hold that is Ilkley.
The name upon arrival was also i thought a really bad choice, the connotations of bistro is not one that is synonymous with any part of South East Asia.
The atmosphere upon arrival was verging on hostile, the three people who worked there clearly had some issue with us, im not quite sure what, but they were lovely with the old middle class group just in front of us.
We ordered spring rolls for starters, not my choice but they turned out to be really nice. I had never eaten them by wrapping a mint leaf then a lettuce leaf around it before dunking it into some dipping sauce; a nice touch i thought!
However, one again the service from the three women was steely in its resolution and the wait for food was just far too long!
Upon arrival we were given a few prawn crackers between five of us, for the amount of time we had to wait for our order to be taken let alone the food arrive, i would have have thought several more would have been in order.
When the food eventually arrived we were asked if we knew how to eat the food, it was at this point she, the manager it would appear, noticed we had a South East Asian girl with us, and said ‘ohh of course you know how to eat it’… Words literally escaped me! Christine is of Vietnamese descendants, but what an unholy assumption to make!
The girls then asked for Sriracha, a standard Vietnamese sauce, which they had no clue what it was. And instead got really quite funny about them asking for it and interrupted the meal several times wanting the name of this illusive sauce. In the end they brought over chilli chopped and raw.
The food i had i thought was utterly delicious, i order the green curry as my first baby step into Vietnamese food and was delighted!
The girls who all ordered Phở, said it was okay but they had had better.
The one saving grace in this place in the cook, without him this place would have closed long ago!
It is fair to say though that the massive wait for food is directly due to the fact that he is the only chef.
In summary food very good, service absolutely crap!
The chef on his own would get 4 – 5 stars, the service 1, so it really depends how badly you wanted to be treated to get a reward.
People with sub ordination fetish’ s, i feel you might love the service!