4/5 Franc N. 6 years ago on Google • 25 reviews
Had
an
impromptu
meal
there
with
a
group
of
friends
and
the
food,
service,
table....all
was
great
(we
all
vowed
to
return
and
some
of
us
have)....the
one
major
problem?
This
is
one
of
those
restaurants
installed
in
a
corporate
building,
in
other
words,
most
of
these
places
are
not
suited
for
the
purpose
for
which
they
are
used...USUALLY
meaning
that
the
space
is
a
lot
higher
than
necessary
and
so
an
architect/designer
has
the
great
idea
of
lowering
the
lighting
and
all
of
the
fittings
which
would
normally
be
attached
to
the
ceiling,
to
about
10-12
feet
off
the
ground.
The
result?
Yes,
the
place
looks
more
comfortable
and
less
austere,
the
lighting
is
appropriate
to
the
space
and
the
atmosphere
is
more
open
and
less
stuffy.
But,
if
they
don't
suspend
a
faux
ceiling
at
the
level
where
the
lights
now
are,
there
is
a
huge
space
above
which
needs
to
be
filled
with
sound
and
in
Hanoi,
with
the
idea
which
still
persists
that
eating
in
restaurant
of
a
higher
status
than
a
pho
shop
means
that
YOUR
status
is
high,
so
therefore
if
your
status
is
high
you
are
OBLIGED
to
shout
and
make
as
much
noise
and
swagger
as
possible
(which
is
often
unbearable
for
people
who
like
to
eat
and
chat
at
reasonable
volumes)
AND
bring
the
kids
who
because
they
are
NOUVEAU
RICHE
they
have
never
been
taught
any
manners,
as
later
as
possible,
again
to
show
that
your
are
important......and
let
them
run
riot
around
the
restaurant,
to
the
annoyance
of
people
who
purposely
decided
to
eat
later
to
avoid
families
and
noisy
kids
and
to
the
bewilderment
of
waiters
and
staff
doing
their
jobs.
The
result
was,
with
a
bunch
of
friends
who
love
to
enjoy
a
few
drinks
and
long
chats
after
dinner,
we
seemed
very
eager
to
leave
and
go
home
and
put
a
wet
compress
on
our
foreheads
but
congratulating
the
quality
of
the
food
(This
could
be
fixed
fairly
easily
and
have
a
higher
echelon
of
customers
coming
to
your
restaurant:
1.
BECOME
KNOWN
and
APPRECIATED
as
the
restaurant
which
does
not
take
bookings
for
families
with
children
AFTER
say
8pm.
2.Lower
the
ceiling/suspend
the
ceiling,
to
contain
the
noise.
3.Gather
all
of
those
cardboard
egg
cartons
which
your
restaurant
MUST
use
and
line
the
blackened
upper
space
with
them
and
they
will
cancel
some
of
the
bellowing,
shouting
screaming,
whining
and
the
sounds
of
children
throwing
cutlery,
their
siblings,
glassware
and
food
on
the
floor.
WIN-WIN!
(and
no,
us
foreigners
did
not
come
here
to
change
the
culture
of
the
country,
but
the
point
is
that
if
the
local
population
go
to
a
restaurant
specialising
in
food
from
another
culture,
they
should
eat
the
food
the
way
it
is
eaten
in
the
other
culture,
sit
in
the
same
type
of
furniture,
use
the
same
utensils....then
you
could
at
least
try
to
complete
the
image
by
behaving
in
a
reasonably
civilised
manner
and
with
your
kids
either
sitting
like
humans
as
opposed
to
animals,
and
with
you
speaking
to
the
people
1
meter
away
in
a
normal
level........
Bring
earplugs,
it's
winter
here
now
and
it
is
freezing,
it's
quite
warm
and
comfortable......and
enjoy
the
food
