- 8Shares
On the 26th of July 2019, my family and I revisited an old restaurant we use to go to. Yes, I’ve only been there twice in my entire lifetime. There were a few people there during their opening.
Let me give you a bit of a summary of this restaurant. It’s pretty much just a casual Vietnamese restaurant that also hosts parties or weddings.
Switch to current now. When we got there, there was only one family there eating. As soon as we got to order our food, they left leaving us being the only customers there. Throughout our whole lunch, we were the only people there eating.
The food although is ok. It tastes the same and it doesn’t make me go “wow! Delicious!”. I know this because my mum ordered the same thing as I ordered back then and we switched dishes to try it out.
So, I’ll be listing the pros and the cons of my experience at TreViet Restaurant along with my final conclusion and my rating outcome.
Note: These are my own opinion and my own experience. Others could have a better experience differ to my family and me.
So grab your mug of coffee or tea and let’s get right into it!
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Pros
- The soup was alright. No poison or anything but it taste decent and nothing unique.
- The waiter was very nice when he double checked my order and came back to take the wrong order for the new one.
- The waiters have good customer service, I’ll give them that.
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Cons
- The rice vermicelli noodles and the chicken was undercook.
- We were literally the only people there (pretty awkward to me).
- They got my order wrong (and I hate it when I don’t get my order or get the wrong order. It’s literally irritating!). Instead of the rice vermicelli version with the soup, I got the version that was fried. So we asked the waiter if we can get the right order.
- The chef there reused my wrong order and placed it in the right order. Why am I complaining? The sauce (with the oil) does not go well with the broth.
- The employees there and owner/manager (whatever that woman was) was speaking loudly in Viet about the employee’s private matters in his personal life. It made us really uncomfortable because they were talking about private matters out loud.
- The restaurant closes at 3PM. When the manager/owner left the restaurant, she turned off the lights while we were STILL eating. It wasn’t even 3PM!!
Conclusion
Sorry but I tried to think of the pros to balance out the cons but I really couldn’t think of anything except for the food customer service from the waiters. The food there was undercook and the soup taste ok. I mean, I could literally make a better version at home. The manager/owner was horrible and utterly loud.
Would I recommend going here? No unless you want to eat undercook Vietnamese food.
Review Rating: 1.5/5
Location: (City West Plaza) 484 Ballarat Rd, Sunshine VIC 3020 Australia
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~ Ellen
Thank you so much for the awesome review! I am a foodie and would love to try this place!
What a shame the food was uncooked, and switching lights off is interesting
That’s bad you had a horrible time. Switching off the lights, while the customer is still eating!!!!
The food looks so delicious! Now I’m hungry
wow so happy you were honest about your experience…hopefully this establishment learns from it’s mistakes
Bummer that you had a mostly bad experience, but thanks for lett others know so they could make an informed decision about eating there.
There is nothing worse than spending your money on food that is tasteless and undercooked. So I reckon that the Treviet Restaurant is a big No, no.
Agreed! I mean, if it’s not worth the money, then it’s nit worth going back there again.
Wow, the food looks yummy perfect for the rainy season I want to go there soon!!
Haven’t tried Vietnamese food in my lifetime. Looks like I should try!
You definitely should! It’s delicious.
Great article, very straightforward and I love the pros and cons section. Cool pics too
Thanks for the tip, will likely avoid in future!
Nice! Nice! That looks like an amazing place to blog for my food trip segment.
That crab soup though! 😋
My mum didn’t let me take a photo when it got there. It looked much better before it was mixed with sauce haha. 🙁
Ahh I’m sorry your experience was so bad 🙁 Especially if it’s a restaurant that you guys always went to. I hope the next time is better! 😀
Thank you for your concern. We’re definitely not going next time after my mum started complaining about the “lights off” situation.
Ah man. Vietenmese food is sooo good. It’s unfortunate this resteraunt didn’t score well! Maybe if you bring these issues up… maybe someone will wamt to fix them!
Yes, Vietnamese food is definitely delicious! I wish I could confront them but I’m actually scared to do it in case a large argument happens haha.
It doesnt look pleasant as well. Glad someone does honest reviews. I was thinking of going here last night guess i did right
Haha ty! If something isn’t right, it’s always better, to be honest. I’m glad you didn’t because you would probably experience the undercooked food (which is definitely bad).
Hey Ellen! Seems like you had a horrible experience with this restaurant. Aren’t they aware that under-cooked chicken meat can cause salmonella? Once you get sick, you can sue them. Tsk! Tsk! I’m a confrontative type of person so if anyone (even a manager/owner) turned the lights off while I am eating, they’ll surely hear a lot from me. You’re actually nice for not telling them off. It’s good that you made a review as to warn others.
Offtopic: Do you play League of Legends?
I hope so! I checked the other reviews on TreViet on Google Reviews and apparently someone else had the same experience with undercook food. No, I’m just scared to do confrontations haha. And yes, I do play League of Legends. 🙂