Anan Saigon

Stopped here on a trip to Utrecht and was not disappointment! All the food was very flavorful, balanced, and not too expensive. Try the goji berry green tea as well!

The food was very good. Amazing stuff on the menu. Also quite good for the price. The staff is super friendly and the service is quick. The place is quite crowded, but other than that, it's an amazing spot.

From start to finish a culinary experience not to be missed. Went for the tasting menu and each course was explained well and totally different. Various drinks with different courses made it a very memorable evening. I was a bit surprised when my bill arrived and I asked was the “SVC” service charge? To be told it was to cover breakages!!

Looking forward to this treat for Christmas eve after making reservations nearly 2 months in advance, as visiting Michellin star restaurants around the world is one of my husband and my favorite adventures. Service was excellent, staff prompt, efficient, friendly. However, the chef's tasting menu was a series of 11 dishes in a row, each showcased in a dramatic, visual spectacle without the actual taste to back them up. Pouring consume from a clear glass teapot through fresh herbs is stunning, as is a half egg stuffed with caviar in a bed of grass. However, this is visual art, one would expect the one bite to be an amazing burst of flavors to match the eye, and this was not. Each course was worse than the last, with an overuse of smoke and charcoal, gimmicks that cannot replace true flavor of delicious ingredients. The bland, mushy turmeric rice under duck dumpling was inedible. Hoping for a palate cleanser with a dessert course of coconut icecream with a fish sauce caramel seemed promising, until discovering, no ice cream at all, but a warm, tasteless spoonful of something the exact consistency of marshmallow cream out of a jar. This was served with a Chanel styled glass bottle of Umami 'perfume' to spritz on, with the added remark from the wait person "we'll leave the bottle here, so you can take a picture". So really, all a show, for the Instagram crowd, without originality of herbs, spices or fresh ingredients that ought to be the star of the show in good cuisine. Calling out Obama and Anthony Bourdain's television experience in one of the menu descriptions was name dropping at its worst, considering it had nothing to do with this restaurant. Go for the camera shots, but don't expect to be delighted by taste. The backstreets of Saigon, have this well taken care of, and where I recommend you spend your time, and where the same 400$ would delight your tastebuds for a month.