Review Love Asia Restaurant & Bar - East Tamaki

The food was delicious and not a long wait after ordering. The service could have been better as I had to keep asking the servers to clear the table. The atmosphere was great. I'll definitely return to eat here again in the future.

A huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone working at this restaurant. I was back here yesterday: for lunch: everything was still perfect: service - condiments - vibe - cleanliness - food. The chicken and rice was delicious & well balanced - seasoned to perfection. The pork bao was melt in the mouth delicious. Served with fresh salads. Had delicious food: Beef / noodle meal had tender beef and was well seasoned. Sirloin was cooked to perfection with a tasty dipping sauce. The soft shell crab had a sweet tamarind sauce. All 3 meals had crisp fresh salad and cooked vegetables that complemented the meal. The staff were efficient and the restaurant was clean. Relaxed atmosphere. Another visit: more pics added Still love this place Crispy pork & crispy duck with rice and flan All were delicious

Authentic Vietnam and Malaysia cuisine. Big varieties of menu. Colourful and vibrant fit out. Will like to come again to try other dishes.

They used to have delicious authentic Vietnamese dishes back to few years ago. Since they changed the menu with Thai, Korean, Chinese food, their menu has turned to average. However, portion of food is still huge, prices are reasonable. This restaurant offers buffet catering function from small to large group with a good deal 👉 check their FB for more info. They do smashing chocolate heart. This needs to be ordered in advance.

Nice ambience, delicious Vietnamese food, good customer service. It's very popular so was very busy. Free parking.

Great food, lively atmosphere and heaps of parking. Suggest going with a group. Not necessarily a place to take a date I'd say.

What a lovely restaurant. A friend recommended this very bright and colourful restaurant in Botany/ Ormiston. We were not disappointed. We chose a number of dishes, and shared between 5 of us. All delicious. Bao buns, ribs, sticky chicken, rice paper and some crispy spring roll type things (can't remember the name but everything was so yum. We will definitely be back, I would recommend the venue and the food to anyone looking at sharing a fun evening with friends or family.

A nice casual restaurant. Atmosphere is chill with mixed genres of covered music (I think) playing in the background with a massive screen vibing, chairs could do with a clean though We brought the vege spring roll, was ok. The beef phò was good, flavourful broth but a very small amount of beef & it never came with a soup spoon overall but id order again. The chicken fried rice was the dish of the night, careful if you're watching your waistline though, this one had alot of melted butter with moist chicken yum. Korean style chicken wings, wouldn't order again if that's how they're always made. Small sized, fried a little too high so bit overcooked. We paid $100+ on that. Drinks n dessert were a little below average. Overall, it was a good experience.

Great variety of asian fusion foods and appetisers to choose from, and big portions - you’ll find something for everyone and even to share. Good atmosphere, although at times the few flies in the restaurant can be annoying when trying to enjoy a meal. Staff usually are waiting by the service window ready to wait and serve you - friendly and helpful. Good also for events.

It's my second time here now. Had grilled chicken bun cha the first time, sticky rice and some stir fried chicken cartilage the second time. Everything was delish. Portion was big so you know that you'll leave their door full and satisfied. Service was fast too.

Great place to eat when want soend some money. Best fried rice i have ever eaten 😋

My new favourite restaurant in Auckland! I love Asian food and was so stunned by their menu and food over all. Prices are very reasonable! The whole set up is very cute warm clean and cosy! The staff were very attentive friendly and hands on! I will be coming back for more 😋 10/10 recommend!

Great atmosphere and good flavourful food. Food came out very fast. Portion size are for sharing. Drinks were good. Desserts were fine. Will be back again. Thank you Team ✌🏼

First time here was recommended by a friend who drives from West Auckland to eat here so I had to try it and I did not regret it! We had the Korean fried chicken one of the platters where we were pleasantly surprised with the do it yourself fresh rolls and this amazing pork and prawn soup dish. How I never heard of this place before I do not know but I will be back that's for sure!

My friend suggested me to this shop. The Vietnamese food were so amazing. It made me remember when I went to Ho Chi Minh. Restaurant is clean and good manage. Many staffs take care very well. The cost a bit expensive for Thai food. If you looking for some Vietnamese food. I suggest you try this shop. 👍🏻

Discovered this place through Google Maps and were extremely happy with our choice. The mood and atmosphere in the restaurant is very relaxing and for a big place it seems rather cosy. I especially liked the lights. There are a ton of options on the menu which was nice and when we ordered the food came quickly. That was when I really got impressed. The food was absolutely delicious. Much better than I expect from similar restaurants. Given the good prices on top of all of that, I'll be coming back here in the near future!

We had our baby's 1st birthday here last night and it has been absolutely amazing.. Amy you lived up to your words..From the food to service everything was 100%. Everything was ready before time we just had to pay,walk in and enjoy.. A hassle free place to book your event. Every single guest loved everything about our party.. They also have a great sound system included at the venue.. Thanks love asia team ❤ 💓 💗 😘

Super disappointed! Foods and services nothing are good... 😔 We spent over a hundred here. We are definitely not coming back! Don't even want to take picture of the foods. Services are so bad, waitress gave us attitude when we try to ask for extra plates and order drinks. Seriously something wrong with he restaurant, even when we pay the bills they are not showing gratitude to the customer.

Terrible staffs and services. I saw a wire inside food. They even didnt say sorry to me. They left a staff and supervisor have none exp to due with the situation. Didnt see manager anywhere and then they keep saying you cant meet manager, its privacy. WTF is that. Viet's restaurant but the chef are Thais. Jesus.

Food hall experience nicely decorated. Chicken nibbles very good. Beef randang not dry like was expected but in a gravy still quiet tasty. Pork in lemongrass with rice very little pork. Wine selection very average- they'd be better to allow byo. Ambivalent about returning one day.

Their dishes are authentic and well priced. We got the beef rendang with roti, Hainan chicken, special beef pho, viet spring rolls. Highlights would be how tender the meats were, especially the beef rendang and chicken. I thought the spring rolls tasted great, but the skin was a bit on the thick side. Everything was also a bit sweet, but that suits my taste 😋<br/>Friendly service and comfortable dine in experience.

It is mainly a Vietnamese restaurant. Liked the spacious dining area and service manner.<br/>Plating looks good but taste is average.

First time going to Love Asia and it was great! Service was 5 stars, place is clean and tidy, menu is affordable, didnt take long to get our food #bonus, huge screen tv playing music right in front of us- keeping the kids entertained. Will be back forsure!

The decoration inside the resturant is really nice and service is professional and all waitress are attentive. The menu has a lot of range I tried the special noodle and the soup was flavorful 👍👍 definitely recommend

Tasty food down south! worth a go

I was very dissapointed in the wasabi salad, it was just a mountain of lettuce, the batter on the prawns was like a fish batter, not tempura. There was one waitress who's took my order and her service was coming of as bit rude. Her mannerism was not nice or approachable. I didn't get her name but she looks like she's still in school. I did give two stars for the warm welcome I recieved and the table I got. But the huge let down was the wasabi salad. I would not pay 20 dollars for that.

One of our favourites! We’ve been here a lot, and we never really get tired of it. Highly recommend the special vermicelli, I get cravings for it weekly, it’s fresh and flavourful and delicious. Their lemongrass marinade is fantastic so any dish you order with that is great. Partner usually gets the roast duck on crunchy rice, the rice is amazing. Pork & prawn summer rolls are delicious and the chicken or pork kebabs are great, and the beef in betel leaf. I love the satay sauce that comes with the roti also. Service is fast, portions are huge and well priced, staff are friendly and attentive, and the restaurant is clean, colourful and pleasant.<br/><br/>If you have nut or other allergies please note - the waitresses are lovely but some have very limited English and when they nod and agree when you say “no nuts please”, they actually have no clue what you’re asking! It’s hit and miss for my partner whether his food will come with peanuts or not - regardless of how clear we think we’ve been about it. There are a lot of peanuts in their dishes, sometimes not easy to see so BE CAREFUL and triple check that they understand and pass it on to the kitchen! If the message gets through they’re all good about it and when our food has come out with peanuts the manager has replaced it.

Fast service and great food!!

Customer service was really bad. Only 2 people working in the restaurant. Waitresses didn’t want to be there

This place is amazing! The food is great and portion size is huge. Both my friend and I weren't able to finish our dish. The seating area is huge and the ambience is also beautiful. Would recommend!

Nice local restaurant, both pho noodle soup and spicy lemongrass chicken was amazing pack with heaps of flavours!

The coffee is to die for. The lemongrass chicken on vermicelli is excellent.

Nicely decorated Vietnamese restaurant. Being a Vietnamese Southern girl, I find myself click with the taste of this restaurant's food so much easy. The rolling-up meal is just something that you must die for. Would love to come back and try other things on the menu xxx

Beef & vegetables was a generous portion. Beef rendang was not good at all. Meat had lots of fat & parts were chewy. Rendang sauce was not right - really sweet. I eat this dish a lot & it was all wrong.<br/>Roti was well made.<br/>Service was good

Absolutely loved everything about our experience. Greeted and showed to our table straight away. We ordered quite a few dishes (extensive menu!!) and food didnt take long to prepare at all. All the ingredients were fresh and each and every dish was reasonably portioned. Highly recommend this place!! We are already planning our next visit. 💕

Very good selection of food and the food was really good. Great atmosphere and felt like we were in another country stepping in there. Definitely will be back, EpicEats approved 😊

First time last night, party of 4. Friendly service throughout, spacious seating and the food is fantastic. Already planning next visit. Highly recommend.

Doesn't taste bad at all but you only get that much from $16? Really? (coke for scale, not included)

The platter looked really good but the meat did not taste hot and fresh. The caramelised fish also look appealing but was dry. Portion size was small for what we paid for. Service was nice and friendly.

Really tasty and authentic Vietnamese food. Love the ambience and interior. The bar is also nicely decorated. Portions are huge comparing to other Vietnamese joints, good value for money. <br/><br/>We have dined here for 3 weekends in a row, so far the dishes we have tried are:<br/>✔️Love Asia Platter: must must try!! It’s a make-your-own spring roll platter, it includes all the must tries such as pork skewers, deep fried spring roll etc. <br/>✔️Grilled Lemongrass Pork Vermicelli: pork was really tasty, and with all the other ingredients they put in, it gives you many different textures in a single bite. <br/>✔️Special Noodle: it has a beef meat balls, beef brisket and other beef ingredients. The soup was flavourful and the noodle was smooth. <br/>✔️Crispy Pork Belly on Crunchy Rice: crunchy rice was fried rice with pork crackling. It tasted better than i thought, the pork crackling gave the rice a specially scent and wasn’t greasy at all. <br/><br/>We love all the dishes we have tried except rendang beef, but then it was a mistake to order an Indonesian dish at a Vietnamese return anyway... and the only reason I gave them a 4 star not 5 was because the restaurant gets stinky and smoky when they get busy. I mean, really smoky... as if it’s on fire...

Love this new addition to the neighbourhood, a huge venue with good vibe! <br/>Food menu is extensive , we ordered a platter to wrap our whole fresh spring rolls , was fun and yum ! <br/>The roasted pork dish is also very tasty, beef pho is okay just the standard.<br/><br/>Great food and value for money. <br/>We will definitely be back to try more dishes!

Very large portions and delicious food. The menu has some interesting Vietnamese dishes that I haven't seen in Auckland before. The grilled beef in betel leaves was very delicious.<br/>The staff were very kind and helpful and the food came quickly.

Very nice atmosphere to enjoy your meal,<br/>Menu has a really big selection to choose from, my meal looks very well presented but, my food wasn't flavour enough, seems like it was pre cooked in the morning then reheated knowing it came out right after 3 mins after my order 🤔<br/><br/>Stir fried seafood tasted was good, then again, most of it was just onions and very small portion of seafood 😕 ( wasn't happy at all)<br/><br/>Expensive for what we pay for aswell

The food was fresh, properly prepared and a great value for the price. I highly recommend it. 

Excellent food and service- must visit <br/>

Environment: ☆☆☆☆☆<br/>Came at around 4pm on a Thursday and only 3 tables were occupied. This restaurant is spacious and clean upon entering the place. All or most of the seating seats 5 people per table, which shows that it is a family-friendly restaurant. Big groups would defs be catered easily.<br/><br/>Service: ☆☆☆☆☆<br/>We were greeted as we entered by a server which led us to a table and gave us their food and drink menu. Ordering was quick and after taking our orders, they quickly gave a set of cutlery and water. Food came about 10/15mins after.<br/><br/>Food & Price: ☆☆☆☆☆<br/>I would usually order Phò or meat on rice in Vietnamese restaus but this time I wanted to try something new-ish. So I ordered the Crispy Pork Belly Vermicelli and boy it did not disappoint. For $16 it had generous portion and super-filling! I 11/10 recommend! If you're super hungry I would suggest adding an entree but in my case just that dish alone was delicious and filling. (This dish does contain peanuts btw)<br/><br/>Drink: ☆☆☆<br/>I ordered a Lychee shake, I'd say that the milk taste was more dominant than the Lychee but it was still decent. I would love to order the other flavors next time I visit.<br/><br/>Overall: ☆☆☆☆<br/>Staff were great, food was great and for its price it will not disappoint!! Found another gem close to home, would definitely come back!<br/><br/>Ps. I think during the night time they do Karaoke so beware if you dont want to eat with aspiring singers 😂 (I hear it outside when I go Hulucat)

Food was AMAZING! So good for sharing! Had my birthday here and all of their staff sung me happy birthday haha. We all had such a great time and service was so awesome!

Food was great, ambience was very nice, very bright and cultural which I loved and was unique to the touch. Venue was very spacious, customer service was great too! Definitely would come back!

Good variety of dishes in their menu. The atmosphere is great and the decor is very Vietnamese. The service is fast and efficient from friendly and helpful waitresses.<br/><br/>

Good service. Pho soup was good and with the right umami. The fish tastes great but with bones so you will have to be careful. I will recommend this restaurant if you also like Vietnamese food.

Will come back here! Just had dinner there last night and the servers were amazing. They were so nice and attentive. I ordered the caramelized fish clay pot and my part ordered the crispy noodles. We shared an order of spring roll as well. The spring roll is okay. I have had better but the noodles and the claypot was great! I loved my mocktail as well. I want to try more of their dishes soon.

Amazing setting love the colours and amazing food and reasonable prices, great service aswel from<br/>Staff. Highly recommended thank you for the great service ☺️

Newly opened Vietnamese restaurant. I've always been a tad more critical when it comes to Vietnamese food (being Vietnamese myself, growing up eating A LOT of it and all 🤣🤣). <br/>But this place lived up to its reputation. <br/>Delicious food, friendly staff and very quick service. This is also one of the only place I've found that serve beef wrapped in betle leaves 😋. <br/>The hannanese chicken was also beautifully cooked. I cannot wait to return to try out more dishes. This is now officially my favourite Vietnamese restaurant.

Loved the ambience! Friendly and quick service and so many food options to choose from! Definitely recommend! Great for hangouts with friends or to hold a venue with karoke! Great night out.

Decently priced vietnamese food and very generous servings! Really enjoyed their fresh spring rolls and lemongrass chicken on vermicelli. Lovely staff too.

The service was great and good food. food came out quite fast. Decent price not too expensive. I really like the atmosphere and decoration. Would go again.

Had such a great time dining at this restaurant with my partner the other night. Love Asia is a newly opened Vietnamese restaurant. Food, atmosphere, decor and service were all lovely and authentic.<br/>The options are almost overwhelming with so many delicious choices, I ordered the Special Vermicelli bowl. It came with lemongrass pork pieces and also a fried pork spring roll, the veggies were so fresh and crunchy in this bowl and the pork was so tender and packed with flavour. <br/>The restaurant itself is so beautiful inside filled with various hanging lanterns like the ancient town of Hoi An in Central Vietnam, there's a really cool cycle rickshaw you can take photos in as well. 10/10 recommend, would probably say best Vietnamese you can find in Auckland.

This is a newly opened Vietnamese Asian fusion place out at East Tamaki. It has a very interesting interior design with lots of hanging lanterns. The food overall was average however, they were very generous with the amount of meat and the portion of the dish was very big. The food was reasonable priced.<br/>DELICIOUS TIP: Order their salad noodles the sauce was yum and can feed 2 people 😋😋😋<br/>_____________________<br/>

Hands down..... best Vietnamese joint in Auckland. Very authentic, wide range of foods to choose from on the menu. Friendly staff, comfortable environment and hometown decors and clean!! Well done!