Le Petit Sao

Lily

2.0

Very high prices for below quality food. It's not authentic vietnamese food, the drinks taste diluted & the bowls lack flavor & has so little protein. The curry came cold & the portions on the small side. If you're looking for authentic vietnamese food, this is NOT it.

Bob

1.0

Worst service I've ever had in a restaurant. We came in with the place basically empty but then parties coming in 20 minutes after us had their orders taken first. Extremely understaffed. After half an hour we had to flag down the server to get our order taken. Another hour to get food.

Ludicrously tiny portions. As someone who eats a lot of pho it was shocking. Even in a touristy district like Old Montreal there are far better places nearbye. Pho bowl was tiny, the broth luke warm.

Avoid at all costs if you like decent service, value, &/or good Vietnamese place. Total trashbag of a restaurant.

M.

4.0

Cute low-key place. Food was good overall, but the menu does not clearly indicate which items are vegan, in fact it appears that there are none without needing some substitutions which makes it tricky with dietary restrictions. My Bol de l'île had much sparser toppings than the picture in the menu, it didn't feel worth the additional $3 from the normal bowl, especially since they ended up having to remove the creamy sauce as it wasn't vegan.

Emilienne

5.0

Lieu très cute, belle décoration & service chaleureux. Tres bonne location au coeur de la ville ! Je recommande. J'ai super bonne bun bowl.

Varsha

5.0

I had a very satisfactory meal here. Portions are big! Staff is very friendly.
I had the island bowl & the Bahn mi, both very fresh & delicious.
Amex is not accepted here.

Jenna

5.0

Such a good vermicelli bowl! The chicken was so flavourful & this was a really refreshing meal

Amy

4.0

We arrived here quite early on a Tuesday evening & there was no other customers leaving us a bit hesitant at first, however we were pleasantly surprised!

We ordered the chicken bun bowl & the banh Tom poutine. The chicken bun bowl was slightly light for our preference but still delicious. The poutine was so good! Perfect amount of vinegary & savoury the perfect viet/Montreal blend, they used yam fries which help keep it light & everything blended so well together :)

The portions were also quite generous, my husband barely managed to finish the chicken bun bowl, & I got very full 1/2 way through the poutine.

Nice hole in the wall spot in old Montreal!

Kate

4.0

Rly good price for the pho special. We got a big bowl of chicken pho & fried dumplings for 20$. The ambiance of the restaurant was cute & homey, lots of handwritten & homemade posters/decorations. The food tasted good although the soup was pretty salty (to be expected for pho & restaurant foods). There were also options of zucchini noodles instead of rice noodles.

Lillian

3.0

Definitely the decor is by a genZ. A short menu but this means the food is fresh. However, nothing Vietnamese came out of that restaurant. This is a viet restaurant with Westerners adjustments. P.s. small bowl is literally a small baby bowl of noodles.

Patrick

3.0

I think the vibe of this place plays way too in to the "squiggly candle" aesthetic, to the point where the chopsticks are pastel. Am I the key demo? Probably not. The food was mediocre at best. I personally didn't really like the my Bun bowl, the pork meatball patties were strange & had a weird pickled green onion(?) I think on them. Not really a fan. The papaya salad was good, the dressing was nice & tasted fresh. The pho was decent.