Saigon-paris Cafe Vietnamese Cuisine

Let's start with the venue. It is clean and the dining space is big. The facilities are also clean. The food: the fish and chips are one of the best that I've ever tried. Comes with two crumbed fish, a good serving of chips, tartar sauce, wedge of lemon, and a good portion of salad. The presentation of the food is decent. I love the Vietnamese Ice Coffee. It is serve with condensed milk and ice. The slice of cakes (black forest, and chocolates) and sweets (custard) are yummy. The combination fried rice is also delicious. The only challenge is finding your car park. You need to find one on-street or park in the mall then walk.

Ok, so the laksa looks great in photos but is lacking the authentic thick Udon style noodles, instead having a lot of regular noodles, is thin on the goodies (the meats, the veges, the bean curd etc). Pretty good laksa flavour but not a patch on, for example, Nudels (217, Willis St, Wellington) brilliant authentic laksa. Will keep hunting for Lower Hutts best laksa because it ain't here. Otherwise fine. Very nice, friendly people.

Chicken Laksa wasn't nice, lacked flavour, big bowl but its full of 90% noodles, 2 slices of bok choy, small amount of chicken sprinkled with crispy fried onion. Disappointing for $16. Does anyone know if it's under new management? . I'm sure other things on the menu are better but I definitely won't get the laksa from here again.

Purchased a sandwich, asked the assistant if it was freshly made today, was told it was, the ham had a nasty taste, the bread was disgusting and stale. I would never ever buy anything from there again, went to return the sandwich but they had closed.

"The coffee at this place can be quite expensive, but I appreciate the diverse flavors from around the world. Aotearoa truly has something special to offer. Looking forward to visiting again soon!"