Ban Tôi Restaurant

It is not your average Vietnamese cuisine; nevertheless, everything we ordered was delicious! We loved their free range steamed chicken (great texture and moist) rice, mi Quang (they used flat white noodle which we didn't mind at all), beef pho, frog legs in curry sauce, jackfruit salad, conch in garlic butter, snails on bed of corn and grilled squid. Great service. Dishes were beautifully displayed. Just a little pricey but you are paying for good quality and somewhat gourmet Viet cuisine. I would give a five star rating if the portions were a little more generous.As General Douglas MacArthur once said: "I shall return!"

Don't expect a large menu or what we expect from typical Vietnamese restaurants Chinatown or Quincy. This place reminds me of the many sidewalk food stalls that one would find in Asia, where you share food and conversation in very simple surroundings. We ordered several things: the jackfruit salad (meh - not our favorite), grilled whole squid (prepared to order so this takes about 20 minutes), melo melo stir fry (our favorite - garlicky and delicious), beef rice (good but nothing extraordinary), and the bun bo hue (only available on weekends -- enjoyed this a lot, not as spicy or fatty as other places). Quality of food was amazing, especially the two seafood dishes. We noticed several tables order the sea snails which looked great and on our "to do" for next time.The staff was very nice but service was slow when we were there on a Sunday evening. There were two employees working the front, with some assistance from a woman who may be the manager/owner. No alcohol served and parking can be very tricky as it is street parking only. Worth a visit but make sure to leave your "Pho Pasteur" expectations behind.

Incredible Pho Ga! Chicken was cooked perfectly, noodles had just the right amount of bite, and broth was deep with flavor. Menu seems to be a bit more diverse than other Vietnamesespots close by, especially when it comes to pho. Multiple options for noodles, broths, etc. Give Ban Toi a try!

Wonderful Vietnamese soup! Waiter recommended shrimp, pork and chicken pho and it was delicious. Good service and great food.

We tried this new restaurant and were quite disappointed. The food in different from other Vietnamese restaurants. While not bad, the amount of food was insufficient to fill us up and we are not huge eaters. Quality was quite good. Service slow given the few people having lunch. Prices were high compared to neighborhood restaurants. Big negative was in the small quantity of food for the price. We will not return.

There were six of us so we tried a number of different items. Ordered chicken wings, jack fruit salad, conch salad, crawfish, sea snails, steamed rice flour with pork belly, two types of vermicelli, two types of pho, grilled squid. Except for the chk wings, which were very crunchy and had nice flavor of shallots and garlic, everything else was meh. Portions were small. Service was terrible! For a long while, we were the only people in the restaurant. This was about 5:30pm on a Saturday evening. The waiter brought only one pot of tea for six people. We asked for a second pot, but all he did was refill the one pot and we had to constantly ask for more. All he did was bring the food out when it was ready. He didn't even bring spoons for the pho! Told him we were sharing so needed extra bowls. He brought out two (there were six of us). Didn't bring out any plates to roll the rice pancakes wrappers. Guess he expected us to just do it on the table. The water for the rice flour wrappers was cold so took a long time to moisten wrappers. He never came back on his own to check to see if we needed anything. We had to constantly ask for everthing including refilling water and tea. Had to ask several times over the course of 20 minutes to get the bill. Only one other couple came in the entire time we were there. Guess word is out in the neighborhood about this place. Don't expect this place will be around next year.