Vietnamese restaurant in Bryn Mawr

[ladydisdain]

So there's this supposed Vietnamese restaurant opening in Bryn Mawr on Rt 30, in the same block as the Bryn Mawr Film Institute. There have been letters stuck to the window saying it's "coming soon" for a year. At least. Maybe a year and a half. Months would go by with no activity. It seemed to sit for the entire winter; we figured it would never happen.

Suddenly about six weeks ago or so a table and chairs appeared in the window. Activity! Huzzah!

Today I drove by and the sign now says "... Vietnamese Restaurant Opening Soon - August 6th."

I think they're trying to see how much we can take.

Anyone have any other information? I'd love to know how they could afford the rent in Bryn Mawr for over a year with no income, but mostly, I'd just love to know if they're ever actually going to open.

[ellencho]

Yeah, I live down the block from Ha Long Bay and look longingly at it every day. Maybe they're waiting for the all those college kids to come back to school before they open up? I'll post something if I see that it's opened.

[ellencho]

Looks like it's opened up. I drove by it, and saw a waiter serving two women seated by the window. Haven't visited yet, but when I do I'll be sure to report.

[ladydisdain]

Looks like it's opened up. I drove by it, and saw a waiter serving two women seated by the window. Haven't visited yet, but when I do I'll be sure to report.

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We had dinner there tonight, and thought it was pretty good. It's not Vietnam good, but it's certainly good enough to go back to. We started with charbroiled beef skewers. When they came out I wondered why there was no dipping sauce of any kind, but it turns out the meat didn't need any - it was very tender and had a delicate thin glaze of some sort on it that was perfect.

We both had bun; lamb, beef and spring roll for him, and pork, shrimp and spring roll for me. Very good. The pho we saw delivered to another table looked very good, as did all of the other dishes we watched come out. It's a small place, nicely painted and simply decorated, casual but well done. Service was very attentive and they're BYOB. The menu is enormous and they have lunch specials and delivery. We're going to go back in a few days to try the pho, we think.

[ellencho]

Delivery? And they're just down the street from us? Uh oh...

[johnb102]

Anybody have a phone number? Is it open for lunch on Mondays?

[johnb102]

Anybody have a phone number?  Is it open for lunch on Mondays?

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I answered my own question. The phone # 610-525-8883 and they are open for lunch on Mondays.

[ellencho]

The bf and I ate there last night. We had their summer rolls and their sugar cane shrimp, both of which were good, their shrimp was really moist and tasty. Then we had the pho and the house special bun. The bun was nice, it came with a spring roll some meatballs and grilled shrimp. The pho was nothing special. I tasted the soup and felt that it could have been richer. But the service was really good and the place was very clean.

For lunch today we're going to try their banh mi.

[ellencho]

Banh mi was very tasty and reasonably priced - $3 bucks. The baguettes were nice and crunchy and the fillings were well seasoned.