The best cheap eats when after big tasty comfort food portions in a casual food hall kinda vibe. Been a regular for years and my go to is always the kung pao beef, spicy salt chicken, and the fried rice. Service is always pretty fast and food is always tasty.
First time visit this place, ordered their spring rolls and Special beef rice noodle. They both are really delicious! They put a very decent amount of beef in the soup. The best beef pho I’ve tried so far! Yum
We decided to deviate from our fav pho place and try Sam's place. We ordered deep fried spring rolls, chefs special which is the rice dish and we also got the special beef pho. The pho was delicious, the broth was on point. Noodles were bouncy and lots of beef meat given, my favorite dish of the night. We had spring rolls to start, the filling was delicious but the outer layer was a bit hard for my liking, but dipping sauce was yum. The chef's special was packed with rice, an egg, a vietnamese meat loaf, and a salted prawn, and a comparatively smaller piece of pork chop drizzled in a delicious spring onion oil sauce. This dish was delicious as a whole and we definitely struggled to finish it. Overall, this place is a great alternative to try it out and good portions and taste is authentic. Service was really good too.
First time dining in Otahuhu, the place wasn’t too busy and it was very spacious. A decent and clean place for lunch. Menu was intense lots to choose from mixture of Vietnamese and Chinese dishes. The order came out super fast and the staff were very friendly. Food wise we were very surprised and satisfied! Really generous portion for what you pay ($14-$17) range. Quality was very good too and yummy! We paid $50 in total which was decent as we had two entrees, two mains and 1 smoothie. Will be back for sure!
It's our local so we come here often and are always happy with food and service. A number of times we've turned up in a small group with no prior booking and they've happily accommodated us . Very good pricing and a good variety of Vietnamese food. Yum
Best beef pho I’ve had, the broth was good and had lots of flavour & the food came out quick & the springrolls was cheap which was 3 for $5.
Lovely place to dine in with a large group or by yourself. thoroughly enjoyed the spring rolls and well done meat soup. Great prices and awesome service. Definitely would go back!
I have been coming here for years & the food is always consistent and yum. Most times unless it's very busy (e.g. mothers day) the food is brought out quickly. I especially love their beef pho and fried rice!!
Best Vietnamese place around - there are a few other Vietnamese places around Otahuhu but this is probably the best in terms of price $. Most mains around $11-12
Our favourite is shredded pork on rice, the beef pho and spring rolls.
Food was great and has a decent size per serving. The restaurant is spacious but it's hard to find parking esp during busy hours. We ordered pho, fried chili chicken and spring rolls. I highly recommend this restaurant, surely we'll come back and eat again. Food 5/5 service 4/5 place 4/5
First time here. Came from West to check this place out. Very nice food. No complaints, good service. Awesome enviroment. Will be back to dine again..
When you order food enough to feed a family of 5 and you manage to punish this with 2 adults, leaving nothing on the plate goes to show the quality of each dish.
I haven't been here for years and was able to come by since I was in the area. They do have a parking area but I ended up just parking on the street. The entrance is where the takeaway area is, under the red cover. I ended up entering through the side door and had to walk to the counter to get seated. The menu is decently sized and has a range of Vietnamese and Chinese style food.
I had the raw beef salad as well as the bon bu hue, the spicy beef noodle soup. The salad was really fresh even though it was packed with meat. The dressing was really nice and it had a nice balance of flavour and textures. The bun bo hue had a tasty broth but it wasn't very spicy. I quite liked the spaghetti like noodles and they had cabbage along with beansprouts to add into the soup.
The dishes here were quite tasty and had a nice flavour. The portions were also decent and the meals were packed with meat. It is a really nice place for some tasty dishes and unsurprising that it was quite busy.
Been here a few times & always loving the authentic pho noodle soup we order from Samwoo Vietnamese Cafe! They cater for large groups or a table for two. Service is super quick, lovely customer service. Hubby loves to taste all kinds of soup from your Cambodian rice noodle soup to the Hue spicy beef rice noodle soup & various seafood soup. We also recommend to try the fried pork with green vegetables & rice as well as their delicious smoothies!
Great food, fast efficient service. The staff are very very friendly and the guy that was walking around (maybe the boss/manager?) was awesome! He made sure we were well looked after and was very welcoming. I also see great vibes and team morale amongst the staff/workers. Will visit again soon.
Not the most modern place but certainly one of the best in Auckland.
Amazing food, high quality service. Will definitely visit again. Thank you so much Samwoo staff for the wonderful food. The spring rolls never fail to impress.
First time here. Great range, very tasty. No frills quality food - dine in or takeout.
Parking is a little strange, customer service is average but is better then try it out for sure, pricing is very good and affordable for its portion, the venue is also huge and gets busy quite fast. However the flavour is not that great but they have improved. But I would not hesitate to come back anymore since the improvements have been made etc.
Good service. Tasty dishes. Quick dish preparation. Not enough parking. Menu needs to be updated with more pictures please.
Love Sam Woos. Our family have been frequent visitors for over 20years. Our go to's are Spicy squid, Satay chicken, spring rolls, salted steam chicken, pork ribs with plum sauce....tbh the list is endless 😋
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