Dong Ba - CABRAMATTA

We've tried many Bun Bo joints, including Dong Ba in Melbourne & this one in Cabramatta just cannot compare. Bun Bo Hue (Hue spicy beef noodle soup) soup here is spicy, but very bland & lack flavour. Won't be rushing back, unless we can't find a better bun bo place here in Sydney. Also tried the Broken Rice here, the pork cutlets were fried instead of grilled, so there's no charred smell & meat was tough.

One of the few oldest Vietnamese food stores that has many branch around Sydney, this place is known for its spicy beef noodle soup to which I too agree that is one of the best in Sydney. Unfortunately that  is the only thing its good at and the other dishes are mediocre however its not like you go to a PHO shop and order their rice dish LOLRecommended DishBUN BO HUE (Awesome for winter) asianfoodninja.com

The diversity of dishes have here really surprised me. Apart form the speciality-Bun Bo Hue, I did try Mi Vit Tiem (Egg Noodle soup with Duck & Shitake Mushroom), Special Pho, Cubed beef with tomato rice... and they are soooo yummy, you guys definitely should try one.

It's not a good sign when at 1pm during lunch hour, the restaurant is almost empty in a heavily Vietnamese populated suburb. This is not my experience from all the other Dong Ba's I've been to but it wasn't to deter me. The shop was at the top end of John street and appeared quite dated and tired. However, good Vietnamese food always has a way of making you overlook your surroundings.  The Bun Bo Hue (Spicy beef and pork noodle soup) is of course the house speciality. Unfortunately, this was not as good as the other Dong Ba's. The soup lacked all the aromats of lemongrass and chilli and was so mild flavoured that all you could taste was fish sauce which is quite acrid and salty. The sliced beef, pork trotter, brisket and pigs blood were well prepared but there wasn't enough of it compared to the other branches and the pork loaf was missing. There wasn't enough mint and lettuce in the condiments and there were no chilli flakes too.  As with all Vietnamese noodle soups, the soup base is what makes a seemlingly simple dish so great however, Dong Ba Cabra doesn'thit the mark and in fact left a very unplesant taste in the mouth long after therefore explaining why it's not bustling like the other noodle shops on John street.

It's not a good sign when at 1pm during lunch hour, the restaurant is almost empty in a heavily Vietnamese populated suburb. This is not my experience from all the other Dong Ba's I've been to but it wasn't to deter me. The shop was at the top end of John street and appeared quite dated and tired. However, good Vietnamese food always has a way of making you overlook your surroundings.  The Bun Bo Hue (Spicy beef and pork noodle soup) is of course the house speciality. Unfortunately, this was not as good as the other Dong Ba's. The soup lacked all the aromats of lemongrass and chilli and was so mild flavoured that all you could taste was fish sauce which is quite acrid and salty. The sliced beef, pork trotter, brisket and pigs blood were well prepared but there wasn't enough of it compared to the other branches and the pork loaf was missing. There wasn't enough mint and lettuce in the condiments and there were no chilli flakes too.  As with all Vietnamese... read more