AA Scallop Pea Sprout Dumpling
A1 Ha Gow - Shrimp Dumpling
A2 Siu Mai - Pork N Shrimp Dumpling
A3 Shrimp W/Chives Dumpling
A4Chicken W/Spinach Dumpling
in Black Bean Sauce
A5Steamed Chicken Claws
A6Steamed Beef Tripe
w/Ginger
A7Steamed Spareribs
A8 Sticky Rice Lotus Leaf Wrap
in Abalone sauce w/mince chicken,pork and egg yolk
A9Steam BBQ Pork Bun
A10Steam Mince Pork Dumpling
Siu Lung Pao
A13 Plain Congee W/Dough Fritters
A14Steam Custard Bun
A11Gyoza
Pan Fried Chicken Dumplings
A18Roll On Roll
Crispy shrimp roll wraped w/soft rice paper,lettuce, cucumber served w/chili sweet sauce dip or wasa
A20Crispy Long Srhimp Stick
A21Tempura Squid Tentacle
A22Deep Fried Shrimp Dumpling
A23Crispy Bean Curb Roll
Stuffed w/mince shrimp
A24Fried Green Peppers
Stuffed w/mince shrimp and black bean sauce toppings
A25Fried Eggplant
Stuffed w/mince shrimp and black bean sauce toppings
A26Tempura Pumin
A29Fried Sticky Rice Ball
Filled w/mince pork
A30Fried Egg Noodles
in superior soya sauce
A32V-N Style Fried Vermicelli W/seafood
A33Fried Shanghai Rice Cake W/seafood
A34Indochine Fried Rice
w/seafood and shrimp paste ( choice of spicy or regular)
A28Beef Curry Samosa
503 Appetizer Platter
mini spring roll, shrimp roll, crispy wontons, satay skewer & mango salad
501 Crispy Vietnamese Spring Roll
502 Fresh Grilled Nam Rolls
500 Thai Spring Rolls
504 Shrimp Rolls
505 Grilled Pork Meat Balls
506 Sugar Cane Shrimp
507 BBQ Pork Rolls
508 BBQ Beef Rolls With Avocado
509 Deep Fried Chicken Wings
509B Chilli Salt Chicken Wings
511 Mango Avacado Rolls
512 Crispy Cyclone Rolls
513 Cheese Wontons
with cream cheese & diced veggies
514 Grilled Chicken Skewers
515 Fresh Chicken Rolls
514B Grilled Beef Skewers
401 Vietnamese Sweet
401C Vietnamese Sweet
402 Vietnamese Sweet
403 Thai Tom Yum Soup With Shrimp
403C Thai Tom Yum Soup With Chicken
404 Thai Coconut Sour Soup With Chicken
404A Sweet Corn Chicken Soup
400 Green Papaya Salad
choice of mango, beef, chicken or shrimp
412 Vietnamese Chicken Salad
413 Mango Salad
choice of beef, chicken or shrimp
701 Mixed Seafood
702 Fish Fillet
703 Chicken Breast
704 Tiger Shrimp
705 Beef
706 Crispy Flour Sticks
101 Ben Thanh Special Beef Soup
contains: lean beef, flank brisket, soft tendon, tripe & beef ball
102 Rare Lean Beef
103 Rare Lean Beef , Tripe
104 Rare Lean Beef ,tendon
105 Rare Lean Beef , Flank Briske
106 Rare Lean Beef, Flank Brisket , Tendon
107rare Lean Beef, Tendon , Tripe
101 Ben Thanh Special Beef Soup
contains: lean beef, flank brisket, soft tendon, tripe & beef ball
109 Rare Lean Beef, Flank Brisket , Tripe
111 Flank Brisket , Tripe
112 Flank Brisket , Tendon
113 Flank Brisket
114 Beef Balls With Noodles
115 Rare Lean Beef, Flank Brisket ,chicken
125 Five Spices Beef Stew With Rice Noodle
126 Five Spices Beef Stew With Egg Noodle
128 Sate Beef With Rice Noodle
116 Chicken Breast With Rice Noodle
118 Chicken Breast With Vermicelli Noodle
119 Transparent Noodle With Mixed Seafood
121 Egg Noodle With Mixed Seafood
122 Rice Noodle And Egg Noodle Mixed Seafood
123 Phuc Kien Noodle With Mixed Seafood
128C Sate Chicken With Rice Noodle
129 Sate Beef With Egg Noodle
131 Wonton Soup (Contains Shrimp
132 Shrimp Dumpling Soup (contains Shrimp
133 Wonton Soup With Egg Noodle
134 Shrimp Dumpling Soup With Egg Noodle
135 Tom Yum Beef Rice Noodle
135C Tom Yum Chicken With Rice Noodle
136 Tom Yum Seafood With Vemicelli
137 BBQ Pork With Rice Noodle
138 BBQ Chicken With Rice Noodle
139 Mixed Seafood With Udon Noodle
139C Chicken With Udon Noodle
140 Malaysian Seafood Laksa Rice Noodle Soup
140C Malaysian Chicken Laksa Rice Noodle Soup
297 Vietnamese Yellow Curry Goat
298 Spring Rolls Vermicelli
299BBQ Lemon Grass Chicken
300 BBQ Pork
303 Grilled Pork Meat Balls, BBQ Pork
304 Sugar Cane Shrimp, BBQ Pork
305 Sugar Cane Shrimp, BBQ Pork
306 Sugar Cane Shrimp, Spring Roll
307 BBQ Pork, Spring Roll
308 BBQ Beef
309 Vietnamese Yellow Curry Chicken
309R Thai Red Curry Beef With Eggplant
310 Grilled Pork Meat Balls
312 Sugar Cane Shrimp
315 BBQ Beef
317 BBQ Beef
323 BBQ Pork, Grilled Pork Meat Balls
325 Grilled Pork Meat Balls, Tiger Shrimps
326 Meat Lovers - BBQ Beef, Chicken, Pork
328 Shrimp Lovers - Steamed Shrimp, Shrimp Skewer, Sugar Cane Shrimp
202 Beef Rib With Rice
201 Pork Chop
206 BBQ Beef
209 Lemongrass Chicken
213 Lemongrass Chicken / Pork Chop
210 Stir Fried Lemongrass Beef
210B Stir Fried Basil Beef With Onion, Green
211 Stir Fried Lemon Grass Shrimp With Onion, Green
211B Stir Fried Basil Shrimp With Onion, Green
212 Stir Fried Lemon Grass Chicken With Onion, Green
212B Stir Fried Basil Chicken With Onion, Green
219 Stir Fried Sirloin Steak Cubes With Mushroom On Rice
222 Cashew Chicken On Rice
222S Cashew Shrimp On Rice
215 Thai Green Curry Shrimp With Green Bean
215B Thai Green Curry Beef With Green Bean
216 Vietnamese Yellow Curry Chicken With Potatoes
217 Thai Green Curry Chicken With Green Bean
220 Vietnamese Yellow Curry Goat With Potatoes
221 Thai Red Curry Beef With Eggplant
221S Thai Red Curry Shrimp With Eggplant
221C Thai Red Curry Chicken With Eggplant
482C Stir Fried Chicken Teriyaki Rice Noodle
chickrn noodle
425A Young Chow Fried Rice
425 Shrimp Fried Rice With Ginger / Basil Or Curry
425B Beef Fried Rice With Celery / Basil Or Curry
425C Chicken Fried Rice With Pineapple / Basil Or Curry
422 Pad Thai Mixed Seafood
422C Pad Thai Chicken
422B Pad Sieiw Beef Noodle
427 Singapore Noodle With Mixed Seafood
427C Singapore Noodle With Chicken
427B Malaysia Style Noodle With Seafood
470 Saigon Seafood Chow Mien
471 Shrimp Chow Mien
472 Chicken Chow Mien
473 Beef Chow Mien
474 Phuc Kien Seafood Chow Mien
475 Cantonese Seafood Chow Mien
476 Black Bean Beef Chow Mien
477 Black Bean Beef With Rice Noodle
478 Stir Fried Udon With Mixed Seafood
479 Stir Fried Udon With Chicken
480 Chap Chae With Seafoof
480C Chap Chae With Chicken
481 Spicy Thai Rice Noodle With Chicken
433A Thai Spicy Coconut Shrimp
Broccoli and thousand Island Sauce , Sesame
434A Battered Shrimp
415 Stir Fried Lemon Grass Shrimp
with green, red pepper & onion
416 Chilli Salt Calamari
430 Stir Fried Shrimp
431 Black Bean Shrimp
with green, red pepper and onion
432 Chilli Salt Shrimp
433 Cashew Nut Shrimp
with mixed vegetable
434 Sweet And Sour Tamarind Shrimp
435 Basil Shrimp
with green, red pepper & onion
436 Eggplant Shrimp
437 Black Pepper Shrimp
with green, red pepper & onion
439 Spicy Coconut Sauce Mixed Seafood
with spicy thai coconut sauce
441 Mussel With Thai Sauce
442 Mussel With Black Bean Sauce
443 Mussel With Spicy Basil Sauce
457 Mango Shrimp
459 Stir Fried Shrimp
with snow peas & asparagus in garlic sauce
417 Deep Fried Fish Fillet With Mango
417B Deep Fried Fish Fillet With Chilly Salt
420 Deep Fried Fish Fillet With Sweet
423 Spicy Black Pepper Fish Fillet With Tofu
444B Spicy Coconut Sauce Fish
with mixed vegetable
462 Stir Fried Fish Fillet
with snow peas & asparagus in a clear garlic sauce
486C Chicken Ramen In Teriyaki Sauce
Onion , Red , Green Pepper , Dried Chilli
486 Seafood Ramen In Teriyaki Sauce
424A S/S Chicken
446A Thai Spicy Coconut Chicken
406 Stir Fried Lemon Grass Chicken
with green, red pepper and onion
407 BBQ Lemon Grass Chicken
with sweet & spicy sauce
424C Sweet And Sour Tamarind Chicken
with green, red pepper and onion
428 Sate Chicken With Pineapple
429 Black Bean Chicken
with green, red pepper and onion
445 Stir Fried Chicken
with mixed vegetable in oyster sauce
446 Cashew Nut Chicken
with mixed vegetable
447 Basil Chicken
with green, red pepper & onion
448 Eggplant Chicken With Thai Sauce
448 Eggplant Chicken With Thai Sauce
449 Stir Fried Black Pepper Chicken
with green, red pepper and onion
456 Mango Chicken
458 Stir Fried Chicken
with snow peas & asparagus with clear sauce
464 Ginger Chicken
with broccolli, onion, red & green pepper
483 Yellow Curry Chicken Pad Thai
Red ,Green Pepper and Onion
482 Teriyaki Asian Spaghetti
Spring Mix, Asparagus,Zucchinis
482B Teriyaki Black Pepper Beef Rice Noodle
482B Teriyaki Black Pepper Beef Rice Noodle
484 Red Curry Beef Pad Thai
409 Stir Fried Lemon Grass Beef
with green, red pepper & onion
410 Oriental Five Spice Beef Stew
411 Sate Beef
450 Eggplant Beef With Thai Sauce
451 Black Bean Beef With Green, Red Pepper, Onion
452 Stir Fried Beef With Mixed Vegetable
453 Spicy Basil Beef
with green, red pepper, onion & snow peas
454 Black Pepper Beef
with green, red pepper & onion
455 Stir Fried Tenderloin Steak Cubes
with mushroom
421 Spicy Black Pepper Pork With Tofu
424 Grilled Lemon Grass Pork Chop
with sweet & spicy sauce
424B Sweet And Sour Pork
460 Beef With Snow Peas
with clear garlic sauce
464B Ginger Beef
with boccolli, onion, red & green pepper
418 Green Curry Chicken
418B Green Curry Beef
444 Green Curry Fish
419 Green Curry Shrimp
419M Green Curry Seafood
(shrimp, scallop, mussel, fish ball and calamari)
463 Red Curry Beef
463C Red Curry Chicken
463F Red Curry Fish
463S Red Curry Shrimps
463M Red Curry Seafood
(shrimp, scallop, mussel, fish ball and calamari)
405 Yellow Curry Chicken
405B Yellow Curry Beef
440 Yellow Curry Goat
438 Yellow Curry Shrimps
438M Yellow Curry Seafood
(shrimp, scallop, mussel, fish ball & calamari)
426 Steam Rice
426A Sticky Rice
426B Vermicelli
426C Rice Noodle
426E Egg Noodle
602 Deep Fried Vegetable Spring Rolls
601 Fresh Tofu Rolls
604 Mango Salad
605 Papaya Salad
630 Vietnamese Sweet
with Mixed Vegetable & Tofu
631 Thai Tom Yum Soup
with Mixed Vegetable & Tofu
630 Vietnamese Sweet
with Mixed Vegetable & Tofu
632 Thai Coconut Soup
with Mixed Vegetable & Tofu
609 Tom Yum Vegetable
with Vermicelli Noodle Soup
610 Stir Fried Vegetable
with Tofu & Gluten on Vermicelli
612R Thai Red Curry With Tofu, Gluten
Bamboo Shoot & Eggplant on Vermicelli
613 Vegetable Spring Rolls On Vermicelli
Bamboo Shoot & Eggplant on Vermicelli
620 Mixed Vegetable, Gluten
621 Vietnamese Yellow Curry
with Tofu, Gluten & Potatoes on Rice
622 Thai Green Curry With Tofu, Gluten
& Green Bean & Zucchini on Rice
622R Thai Red Curry With Tofu, Gluten
Bamboo Shoot & Eggplant on Rice
640 Stir Fried Mixed Vegetable
641 Spicy Black Pepper Tofu
642 Thai Green Curry
with Green Bean & Zucchini & Tofu
642R Thai Red Curry
with Bamboo Shoot, Eggplant & Tofu
643 Vietnamese Yellow Curry
with Tofu & Potatoes
644 Vegetable Pad Thai
645 Vegetable Singapore Noodle
646 Stir Fried Vegetable Chow Mein
647 Mushroom
648 Deep Fried Cubed Tofu
with Black Bean Sauce
649 Stir Fried Vegetable
with Black Bean Sauce
650 Spicy Coconut Vegetable
651 Stir Fried Vegetable Udon Noodle
653 Stir Fried Shanghai Bok Choy
with Garlic Sauce or - A. asparagus; B. Broccoli; C. snow peas
656 Cashew Tofu With Mixed Vegetables
655 Stir Fried Tofu, Gluten, Snow Peas
& Asparagus in Garlic Sauce
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long time customer - comfort food for me
Can't say I ever remember what I have eaten here, but its always good. I honestly pick a random vegetarian dish off the menu and have never been disapointed. Great food, great value. The infamousness of this place's disregard for service and atmosphere adds to it's charm for me. Sometimes you just have to go to a place for the food and the food alone. Their food makes up for anything else that is below expectations.
The food is amazing. Service is non-existent! Most wait staff do not speak much comprehendible English. Having said that, you go there for the food not the service. The price is great and the food is the best I have had anywhere. Better than some places at a much higher price.
Something has either happened to this place or something has happened to my food standards. Years ago when it was the only game in town, I used to really enjoy coming here. But I ate here again recently and wasn't impressed. I had some serious digestion issues after eating here. (The food tasted OK though). It seems like they put way too much flavoring and junk into the broth. (This might be good if you like it, but it didn't sit well with my stomach). The service (as always) was subpar. I'm not sure why the people who serve here are as rude as they are. (Years ago, this was tolerable, but nowadays it's not).
The food is awesome here, I would highly recommend it, Although it can be very frustrating to order ahead on the telephone because they don't understand you if you don't say what number the item your trying to order. So I guess we'd all better learn to speak their language if you want to order ahead.
I am a regular patron. Have been alone, with my wife, and with groups of as many as 12. Love the food, love the buzz as the place is always packed. Good solid food at a great value. Some reviewers of B & T have been unduly critical. yes it is busy, yes the servers are Asian and do not speak English well, yes it is a hole in the wall, yes you have to write down the number of your menu item to order it, and yes the basement washroom are pretty dingy. But, once in a while, it is good to get off the culinary high horse and eat some darn good food, isn't it??? I think it is... and places like B & T make it an adventure. As one other reviewer mentioned, Thanks Mr. Highpants!
The previous few reviews make me laugh simply because honestly: this is a place you come to for the food not for the atmosphere - but even that is fine with me. If you like Thai/Vietnamese cuisine then you will likely enjoy the food here... No, you will not get the kind of service where your server goes out of hers/his way to be at your table checking on you throughout your meal - are you kidding me! They are busy! But then again this is not the kind of place you come for the service. That said, I have NEVER, ever been rude to! We always feel welcome here, always get smiles and greetings when upon arrival as well as on the way out. It's true, the place gets comically overcrowded - and that too tells you something: the food is delicious, fresh and let's face it - ridiculously affordable!
I really do not get the hype on this place. Horrible food, dreadful service, not that clean, and the owner/manager is the most miserable person I've ever seen. I stopped eating here 3 years ago but my friends begged me to go last night and it just re-affirmed my decision to stop going. The manager was so rude to us, it took them 30 minutes to give us menu's, there was 4 of us and they only gave us utensils for 3 (which also took forever to get another set). I will never set foot near this dive ever again!
Very disappointing experience. The place was crowded (like a lot of reviews here mentioned). It's not enjoyable when you're crammed into a seating area. My server could not speak English if his life depended on it. They relied on the numbers on the menu, not the actual name of the food. So asking about portion sizes, and what was in everything was out of the question. I didn't like my order. The spring rolls were alright, my pop came at the end of my meal, but this tofu mess I ordered was awful. Bad service, poor facility, and bad food. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.
I do not understand why this restaurant is crowded. The food is okay, but is the worst of any other Vietnamese Restaurants in town. Services were neither welcome nor friendly.
The restaurant was recommended by several friends who gave it great reviews. We went for lunch. First off, the service is absolutely terrible. The older gentleman who took our orders has to be, without doubt, the grumpiest person who has ever served food, truly miserable. However, once the order was placed, the food came very quickly. The spring roll appetizers were terrible. They were both greasy and soggy at the same time. The Pad Thai was bland and dull, and the pork/noodle dish was horrible. The pork was all gristle and fat and very stringy. All the while we were eating, one of the restaurant workers was drying chopsticks and cutlery at the table beside us, making an huge racket. We left this place confused, disgusted, and feeling a bit ill. For anyone who thinks this is great Vietnamese food, please try some where else, anywhere!
Okay its crowded. The service is impersonal, and you may have to share a table-for-eight with people you don't know and who likely don't speak English. It is, however, the best deal in town. I have regularly eaten here with a friend for less than $20 for us both - and that isn't skimping either. I'm sure there is stuff on this menu that doesn't fit what the average Western European has come to expect. I found their pad thai unexciting, for example. Their curried beef with basil sends me into gastronimic ecstacy, however, and their General Huo's soup makes me sad that my culture hasn't trained me to work with these flavours, so I can recreate it. Not fine dining, but a great place to have food with an old friend you don't need to impress.
I would actually give the food a 7.5 if possible as you have to be careful with what you order and Vietnamese food definatley adheres to very specific taste-buds. Generally the spring rolls and green curry shrimp are excellent, while noodles are often hit and miss. Service here is usally brutal. Mr. High-pants is just a grumpy guy and the first time I came here the waitress actually said "youve been too long, you have to order now" (Ill admit I spent about 10 min. w/ my menu - considering this was my first time and I was trying to help a friend pick something as well). Decor is nice and the enviorment is always upbeat (dispite bad service) lots of University students go here. I like the asian market next store as well. Viatnamese Iced Cap is the best thing EVER. I will probably go here again, but probably by myself.
Don't pay too much attention to what Threeflavours wrote. I'm sorry they didn't enjoy their meal, but they are the only person I've ever heard of who hasn't enjoyed this place. You can tell a good place when the ethnics eat there, and it is usually packed. Also, it isn't just Thai food. It is a fusion of Thai and Vietnamese. The value is pretty reasonable; the surroundings casual. I often recommend this place and those people that I've recommended it to have gone back again and again.
Absolutely terrible food, tasteless to the point that my dog wouldn't even eat it.. The Pad Thai tasted like it came out of a chef boyardee can, if chef boyardee made Pad Thai.. The other 2 dishes were boring, bland, and tasteless.. Boiled chicken was the lowlight of the dishes, and the Chicken Satays were the exact same chicken that was in the Cashew chicken.. This is a sorry excuse for Thai Food, and I would HATE to bring someone here to try Thai for the first time, they would be repulsed.. I would NEVER recommend this place, not even if I was starving in a gutter would I go back there.
As always, the food is amazing! This is the first time I've strayed away from #303 and I wasn't disappointed. Excellent value for the quality (and amount) of food one gets. We've got to go back more often than we do.
This place has been revamped in beige and black and looks almost up-market. Everyone, including the lovely Mr High Pants, now dons all black to match the new leather-like chairs...stylin'. Really, it's a big improvement that should comfort nervous first-timers. Food is excellent: big portions, fresh ingredients, authentic flavours. As for service, I like the fact that the wait staff don't talk. I don't want to know that Jolly Johnny or whoever will be my server for the night. Filling out your own food order form is a great system (avoids mistakes) plus there's photos on the menu for guidance... And what's not to like about having a free pot of tea delivered the moment you're seated? As long as the food arrives quickly and error-free (which it does) I'm happy. Frankly, the minimal service IS a service to anyone tired of annoying, incompetent wait staff.
As always, this is the one restaurant in Hamilton we know we'll enjoy the food at! And now the new ambiance totally reflects that too. Service is great, we always get seated quickly and served our meals without any delay. The food itself is always flavorful and delicious without being unhealthy. Their spicy dishes are really spicy! But we love spicy! Probably one of our favorite restaurants in the area.
I thoroughly enjoyed this restaurant. It has the best soup, and really ample portions. All of you who seem so concerned about smiles from staff, it is a cultural thing. It doesn't mean they don't like you. If you're that needy, go somewhere else. You can't go wrong with the food here, though.
This is my favourite restaurant in Hamilton. The service could be better, but it is only because they are under staffed. When I get someones attention the service is then good. Sometimes they forget but they are overworked. The food is very good everytime. I enjoy the green tea which comes for free when you sit down.
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