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Address: 158 Pasteur, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
Phone: +84 794 954 110
Website: http://facebook.com/chefthien
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Reviews
Raquel Ordóñez Giménez
Small western restaurant, focus in French cuisine. Everything was very good, and the prices were in line with the quality. The service was also good! The salads were hearty, both very tasty. And the wild salmon was exquisite. This place was a great surprise. The space is tiny, so I recommend making a reservation just in case!
… moreGina Loh
Great affordable French food in a small cozy restaurant. The duck confit was cooked nicely not too dry and the foie gras was really great, seared perfectly with juicy fats
… moreBenjamin P
So disappointed by our steak, tasted off and gristly.
Sauce for steak was served in a tiny 2 divider sauce dish. Both sauces lacked flavour and hardly enough of either.
As one of the other comments said the best thing at the restaurant is the bread. Nothing else was good including our pesto pasta too.
INCREDIBLY overpriced. So many other good steak places for cheaper.
Not sure how this has such high ratings.
I came here once for a haircut upstairs in this same alley and it was the worst haircut of my life. I’m never coming back to this alley way.
Can’t recommend to come here for French or western food again.
… moreSauce for steak was served in a tiny 2 divider sauce dish. Both sauces lacked flavour and hardly enough of either.
As one of the other comments said the best thing at the restaurant is the bread. Nothing else was good including our pesto pasta too.
INCREDIBLY overpriced. So many other good steak places for cheaper.
Not sure how this has such high ratings.
I came here once for a haircut upstairs in this same alley and it was the worst haircut of my life. I’m never coming back to this alley way.
Can’t recommend to come here for French or western food again.
Nga Le
The steak was probably the worst cut of beef we ever had. And it’s not cheap either. It also looked unappetizing. They even messed up the pasta which is the easiest dish to make. I guess they were trying to go for al dente but it just ended up being too hard and dry. Maybe we ordered the wrong dish but that was so disappointing. I could make better steak and pasta than that and I’m not even a professional chef.
Overall, a hidden place that really should stay hidden
… moreOverall, a hidden place that really should stay hidden
Joey Lu
We had a wonderful dinner at Chef Thien in Ho Chi Minh City and every dish showed so much care and skill. The French-style cuisine here really impressed us. The pan fried sea bass was beautifully cooked with a crisp skin and tender flesh, paired nicely with fresh corn and vegetables on the lemon butter sauce. The Papadelle chicken cream pasta was just the right amount of creamy with generous pieces of chicken and mushrooms.
One of the highlights was the foie gras, rich, perfectly seared, and balanced with fresh fruit and a light sauce. Dessert did not disappoint either. We enjoyed the caramelised banana flambee with ice cream. Even the bread was warm and fragrant, perfect with a little butter.
The atmosphere was cosy and the service was attentive without feeling rushed. You can really taste the passion Chef Thien puts into every dish. A lovely spot for anyone who appreciates thoughtful French-inspired cooking in the city. We left satisfied and will definitely be back.
… moreOne of the highlights was the foie gras, rich, perfectly seared, and balanced with fresh fruit and a light sauce. Dessert did not disappoint either. We enjoyed the caramelised banana flambee with ice cream. Even the bread was warm and fragrant, perfect with a little butter.
The atmosphere was cosy and the service was attentive without feeling rushed. You can really taste the passion Chef Thien puts into every dish. A lovely spot for anyone who appreciates thoughtful French-inspired cooking in the city. We left satisfied and will definitely be back.
Steve Danielewicz
We went to Chef Thien on our last evening in Vietnam after our month long trip. This restaurant has nice ambience, it is small and romantic. Nice music, not too loud. Good menu selection. We had French onion soup and the chicken with pasta in cream sauce, and the banana flambe for desert. All were very delicious and the prices were reasonable. Really enjoyed this restaurant and highly recommend it.
… moreWhisky Dev
Generally had a good meal here with some friends recently.
Reasonably priced for comparative French food in other Saigon restaurants. (French food tends to be pricey in this city).
Quality of food varied.
I liked the foie gras very much.
I’m not a big salad fan and the serving here was OK if a little boring.
Japanese scallops tasted good. Wish they were a tad larger.
The steak was a little bland for my taste and the rib eye cut was a little chewy.
The seafood pasta was made with fresh in-house pasta. Had good bite if lacking a little “bounce” to the dough. The flavour of the tomato based sauce was really delicious.
The star of the day for me was in fact the humble French onion soup. Perhaps it was because I haven’t had a serve for a long while but I really liked the flavours here and even the melted cheese on a toasted slice of baguette tasted really yummy.
Friends and I shared a bottle of red that was also fairly good compared to the usual quality vs price that is the norm in Saigon.
I liked the ambience of this small restaurant down an alley way. Will likely return.
… moreReasonably priced for comparative French food in other Saigon restaurants. (French food tends to be pricey in this city).
Quality of food varied.
I liked the foie gras very much.
I’m not a big salad fan and the serving here was OK if a little boring.
Japanese scallops tasted good. Wish they were a tad larger.
The steak was a little bland for my taste and the rib eye cut was a little chewy.
The seafood pasta was made with fresh in-house pasta. Had good bite if lacking a little “bounce” to the dough. The flavour of the tomato based sauce was really delicious.
The star of the day for me was in fact the humble French onion soup. Perhaps it was because I haven’t had a serve for a long while but I really liked the flavours here and even the melted cheese on a toasted slice of baguette tasted really yummy.
Friends and I shared a bottle of red that was also fairly good compared to the usual quality vs price that is the norm in Saigon.
I liked the ambience of this small restaurant down an alley way. Will likely return.
Nicol
The lunch set choices (pasta or sea bass) were written on the menu, so I chose pasta.
However, when I placed my order, I was not told that the sea bass was unavailable and that duck was being served instead.
Later, I heard another customer being informed of this.
I really like duck, so I would have chosen it if I had known. It was disappointing not to be informed at the time of ordering.
Overall, the food was very good.
… moreHowever, when I placed my order, I was not told that the sea bass was unavailable and that duck was being served instead.
Later, I heard another customer being informed of this.
I really like duck, so I would have chosen it if I had known. It was disappointing not to be informed at the time of ordering.
Overall, the food was very good.
Vy Phan
The food is great. I came with 3 friends thus we had various dishes. We had pumpkin soup, smoked salmon salad, pasta, steak and chicken. I am particularly fond of the deserts here, the frozen cheese cake and the chocolate cake with fondue and vanilla ice cream were brilliant, not too sweet so we enjoyed it very much. The atmosphere is also pretty serene, I live jazz so i enjoy the calm music they played throughout our lunch.
It was raining heavily outside when we were about to leave so we stayed at the restaurant after, and the restaurant kindly treated us with tea, on the house
Pleasant experience here, I’ll definitely come back if i have a chance.
… moreIt was raining heavily outside when we were about to leave so we stayed at the restaurant after, and the restaurant kindly treated us with tea, on the house
Pleasant experience here, I’ll definitely come back if i have a chance.
sam quek
Great French food, with a lower cost! If you are looking for affordably priced French food, I’d totally suggest this place 🙂
Appetisers:
•Complementary olive bread, came with butter – this was good, a little too dense for my liking, but the rest enjoyed their bread.
•French onion soup – i’d caution against getting this, it didn’t have the Onion Caramelised taste that a french onion soup should have. A little disappointing.
•Mushroom soup – thick and creamy.
•Pumpkin soup – if you’re not a fan of Cinnamon, you can avoid this option, the Cinnamon taste is quite strong.
Mains:
•Duck confit – it was very tender, enjoyed the pumpkin mash that accompanied the duck meat really well.
•Chicken breast served with Mushroom sauce and Sauteed vegetables – this was good, chicken breast was cooked well, tasted closer to chicken thigh, it was that tender.
•Pasta – we ordered the tomato and carbonara base pastas, they were both hand-made (I believe so).
•Beef & potato wedges – seasoned well, enjoyed this and wished there was more (set meal served food sizes that were really small).
Desserts:
•Frozen cheesecake served with berries – honestly thought that this would be a typical frozen cheesecake kind of thing, but it was surprisingly good. It was light-tasting and the biscuits at the bottom were not too buttery/oily.
•Creme brulee – grateful that it wasn’t overly sweet, top was nicely torched.
… moreAppetisers:
•Complementary olive bread, came with butter – this was good, a little too dense for my liking, but the rest enjoyed their bread.
•French onion soup – i’d caution against getting this, it didn’t have the Onion Caramelised taste that a french onion soup should have. A little disappointing.
•Mushroom soup – thick and creamy.
•Pumpkin soup – if you’re not a fan of Cinnamon, you can avoid this option, the Cinnamon taste is quite strong.
Mains:
•Duck confit – it was very tender, enjoyed the pumpkin mash that accompanied the duck meat really well.
•Chicken breast served with Mushroom sauce and Sauteed vegetables – this was good, chicken breast was cooked well, tasted closer to chicken thigh, it was that tender.
•Pasta – we ordered the tomato and carbonara base pastas, they were both hand-made (I believe so).
•Beef & potato wedges – seasoned well, enjoyed this and wished there was more (set meal served food sizes that were really small).
Desserts:
•Frozen cheesecake served with berries – honestly thought that this would be a typical frozen cheesecake kind of thing, but it was surprisingly good. It was light-tasting and the biscuits at the bottom were not too buttery/oily.
•Creme brulee – grateful that it wasn’t overly sweet, top was nicely torched.