Restaurant du Boeuf - Lyon

After constantly eating rich food, we were craving for something light fresh. I seldom venture into new Vietnamese restaurants as my biggest fear is will it stand up to my standard being of Vietnamese heritage. Are we glad we did!!! This place ticked all...the boxes!!! I am still thinking of their spring rolls, served with fresh lettuce. The clean taste from the salad, accompanied by the ever-so crispy spring roll and the well balance nouc mam. We continued with one of their speciality Beef Pho! This will be a good test! A feature of a good pho is a clear and well balanced broth that does not require any addition and that they delivered!!! Ahhhhhhh We finished with their banana fritters and that was one of the best banana fritters I’ve eaten!!! It takes me back to when I was a little girl in Vietnam, waiting for the banana fritter lady to walk my street. As we enjoyed our 3 course there, what was very evident is this place is a local favourite! If you ever get the chance to spoil your taste buds here, go out of your way to strike up a conversation with the lovely couple. We sure did and was welcomed into their life. I hope our paths will cross in Australia one day

If you are looking for something other than the French menu of the day come here. The food is delicious, authentic Asian, and reasonably priced compared to other restaurants in the area. We ate here twice since we enjoyed it so much. We ordered Tom...yum soup, beef pho, cashew chicken and Vietnamese chicken salad. All were very good. The service is fast and polite.

I was a bit wary of going to a Vietnamese restaurant in France, but was very pleasantly surprised! My chicken with cashews was really, really good! I highly recommend it!

You know there was nothing wrong with this place, and the value was good. If it was in a different place it would probably stand out as good, but here it is just okay. There are so many good restaurants, this one just didn't stand...out. Service was a little rushed and not overly helpful, again, food was decent but nothing spectacular.

When they come from the Usa Australian Canada or vietnam themselves and expect first-class authentic Vietnamese food, they will be disappointed. if they want to eat a break from lyonnais, then I would recommend it. the restaurant is run by a Vietnamese family that was in lyon in 92. the sohn runs in front of the house with dad cooking in the kitchen. overall it is a good absorption in Vietnamese food by lyon standard, but it is not particularly exciting. the menu is limited and has a mix of Thai and Vietnamese, but it is Vietnamese in first line. the service was nice and I would recommend it for this alone. note however, it can be quite smokey in the inside and for those who are sensitive to these things, sitting at the front when they can. I wish them well.