Hi folks,
The original post and discussions are [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/FoodNYC/comments/qki072/my_top_list_for_vietnamese_food_in_nyc_from_a/).
Discussion at 6 months update is [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/FoodNYC/comments/v6cm8w/my_top_list_for_vietnamese_food_in_nyc_from_a/).
Discussion at 1 Year update is [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/FoodNYC/comments/zsvss0/my_top_list_for_vietnamese_food_in_nyc_from_a/).
There are interesting questions and answers that other Redditors have provided in the past, and to prevent the same questions from coming up. But again, I will still offer my humble opinion, either on recommendations or food in Vietnam.
So I won’t repeat myself a lot here. For context, I spent 16 years with my folks in Hanoi before moving to the States 10 years ago. This whole list started because of my constant urge to find a half-decent Viet restaurant in NYC 9 years ago and lots of my friends asked for it.
The list has stayed somewhat the same. Monsieur Vo made the list. I have a detailed write-up for the top 4. I will write more in the future.
The link is the same and will be updated on a monthly basis:
[https://www.tuuthreee.com/imnotafoodblogger/2021/6/15/current-viet-food-eateries-ranking](https://www.tuuthreee.com/imnotafoodblogger/2021/6/15/current-viet-food-eateries-ranking)
If you want to read about northern pho origin stories through folk tales and anecdotes, you can read them [here](https://www.tuuthreee.com/imnotafoodblogger/2021/10/9/pho-how-it-came-to-be).
Currently working on a piece on how pho broth is made and mastered at the commercial level in Vietnam, as reasons why it’s easy to understand how many restaurants in NY got it so so wrong; and why it remains mainly a breakfast offering in Vietnam.
by 2u3ee
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I appreciate these updates and definitely look forward to them, and also can’t believe it’s been another 6 months already! Going to Mam this weekend, so excited!
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Makes me really want to try mam now. I been to most of the ones in your top 10, and Em Bistro to me is the best, an absolute delicious gem. But I’ve gone to Di an Di the most, the best vibes at a Vietnamese restaurant.
Still no Ave U in Brooklyn.
This is helpful, at what rank # is it just not worth going to the restaurant? Or did everything that make your list clear some basic hurdle?
Awesome job, now do Korean and Chinese and Thai next 😆
When I lived in Philly, I used to live near a spot that made (still) my favorite Banh Mi. The guy (technically from Cambodia) trained in France and also made delicious pastries. But he made a curried tofu banh mi on a delicious baguette that is good in it’s own right and you could get it for like 6 bucks.
I don’t know if it passes as anything “authentic”, but I have yet to find a tofu banh mi that comes close.
OP or anyone else, what’s the best bánh mì đặc biệt in NY, any borough? I usually go to Ba Xuyen or 5ive Spice.
Banh had a pop-up close to me (UES) a few weeks ago and I do not regret ordering A TON of food!
They’re the only ones making an actually flavorful and complex chicken pho.
This was the menu for the pop-up: https://www.eatoutpost.app/popups/e7285dff-cc6d-4cd5-9d4b-9c99188b34cd
I’ve been to most on your list with the notable exception of Mam.
My favorite is Banh, so I’m eager to try Mam.