Urban Orient in Croydon

I love this absolute gem and have been coming here for years! The food is fresh and delicious, the staff are so friendly, the service is good and the atmosphere is really chill and welcoming! Book ahead as it’s so popular you have to be proactive. I live for all their starters and Hanoi Special Fish dish!

I want to rate it badly so that I can continue getting a table, but honestly it's great. We eat here at least once a fortnight, favourite place on the 🔺️

Second time ordering here (through Deliveroo). I would have given 3-4 stars after the first time - really good food but no sprouts/basil/onions with our Pho and no utensils even though I checked the box to ask for some.This time I'm really disappointed. I don't eat seafood just because of the taste and the spicy beef pho is Extremely fishy. I got chicken pho the first time to test out the 'fishiness' as they all say 'contains fish' and was happy that it did not taste fishy at all (as expected with pho). With the same exact description under both dishes I would expect the beef pho not to be fishy either, however it legit tastes like it's just fish broth with some beef that was marinated in fish broth - I can't even eat it.We also did not receive the ingredients you would expect with pho (the bean sprouts, onions, Thai basil, etc.) and no utensils again despite checking the box to send them with our order.The reason I'm giving two stars instead of one is that the spring rolls are amazing. It's just unfortunate that I had two spring rolls for dinner instead of a full meal.

We've ticked off 90% of the options in CP and this place is the best without a shadow of a doubt. The food is fresh and delicious and staff are very attentive. No fuss, wonderful place to visit.

Could not have had a better expierence. Cheap and generous portions with excellent quality. The amount of delivery drivers popping in and out was testinent alone to its popularity. Just hoping they won't up the price any further from their listed online menu, despite it being only a small increase.

Most delicious spring rolls I've ever had! Everything they serve is wonderful and they have brilliant service, my favourite place to eat in crystal palace by a mile! They do byob for a very reasonable £3 corkage (£1 for non-wine bottles like beer) but have also started to offer their own wines and beers! And we got complementary prawn crackers while deciding what to eat! Brilliant, can't wait to go back again!

This was a lovely and quaint little restaurant snuggled amongst a row of shops in Crystal Palace. The food was flavoursome and the portions were generous. The waiters and waitresses were attentive, smiley, helpful and made us feel very welcome. This is a lovely little restaurant to visit if you are looking for good food in a very relaxed setting.And you can bring your own bottle of wine!

Solid Vietnamese spot. Had the vermicelli noodle dish with Tofu, and they got the Tofu and the seasoning just right. Summer rolls were OK. My friend had the same with beef and enjoyed it. Will come back to try the rest of the menu. It can get quite packed and noisy when it's busy.

We popped in here for dinner on a Friday night and the woman who greeted us wasn't super friendly as we hadn't made a booking. She took a long time to decide whether or not they could seat us and eventually said it would be fine if we could dine quickly. We were happy to do so. The experience once we were seated was great. Food was delicious and for such a reasonable price. Will definitely return and will try to make a booking next time!

We ordered chicken Pho and vegetables tofu Pho. For the price is really great food ! They also have original Vietnamese beer. Really nice place. Stuff was really helpful. Recommended 🌸