Tay Do Cafe in Hackney

Helpful and enthusiastic staff and serving units quite late of the day. However, sadly, the pho I ordered was quite disappointing. It literally had no flavour. The broth was so flat and tasteless, and the beef was a little bit hard to chew.

Poorly staffed on a Sunday evening with one server apparently. Seafood soup I ordered was very bland and desperately needed some chill and soya sauce before it could say anything to my taste buds. Was annoyed that it took so long for condiments to arrive by which time soup was getting cold.

I left 2* one year ago and after visiting again yesterday it hasn't improved. It may actually be worse. The food made me sick. The restaurant is so cramped people have to get up for you to walk to your seat or the toilet or outside to buy drinks because they don't serve drinks... Downgrading to 1*. I usually love seafood but honestly I'm not too sure what we were even eating. Also the waitress was extremely miserable.One more wonderful thing, its cash only. Who carries cash nowadays? I didn't even have a card as I pay with my phone using Google pay so had to ask a friend to get cash for me and send her the money. Ridiculous. Clearly a tax fraud of some kind. Should make it clear before you even sit down or order the waitress should stress this.

Honestly, I didn't enjoy the taste of the food at all. The red sauce for summer roll was good but the roll wasn't so nice. The second one was good but too oily. The one I got, number 51 wasn't good at all.I asked for water, but she didn't answer and turned right away after putting dishes, so I wasn't sure if she heard it.Cash only. Fortunately, I had cash but they didn't let us know before ordering.I saw similar review down here and totally agree. Disappointing :(

Delicious and very affordable vietnamese food. The vegetarian sharing platter for starter was great. The pho is huge and really really good. Friendly service. It's BYOB and cash only.

I love this place! The food is always amazing, reasonably priced (the only ‘inconvenience’ for some would be that is cash only - there is a Sainsburys cash point on the other side of the road though). Last Sunday we’ve been there again after a whole year and this time we invited our family too. They all loved it and we were all stuffed by the end of the evening. ☺️ Visited the restaurant a few times already and it never disappointed us!

Food very good as usual. Extremely busy on a Monday evening. Restaurant was overwhelmed, but service was polite and friendly and very apologetic. Our regular Vietnamese restaurant

Rarely seen such unfriendly staff. She just turns around when ordering and intones the guests.Really a pity. I came here because of the good reviews. Am very disappointed. I ordered a Supe Bun Bô Hue. The soup just tasted like water and was tasteless!Prices are much too high for the quality! You could not pay with cash either. The owner did not tell us beforehand and my friend had to go extra to the ATM....Always this tax evasion.KR Thomas from Manchester.

We really like the Salt and pepper 🌶️ Squid 🐙. Pho soup noodle was fine, the beef is a bit hard to chew😅, big portion though. 5 🌟 for quick service and salt & pepper squid 😋

Fresh food, great quality and reasonable price. Not many Vietnamese restaurants in London serve “Nem Nuong” Char-grilled pork patties with rice paper and salad, this place make it good! Vietnamese ice coffee should be first choice to order if you’re in love coffee.