Viet Bistro
Viet Bistro, in Eden Center, Arlington, off Wilson Boulevard, near Rt. 7 (approximately 6801 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA), 703-538-7575, in the corner of the mall closest to Wilson Blvd. (Metro Trip Planner - opens in new window) [Washingtonian | City Paper]
Right now this is the best place in the Eden Center and indeed the best Vietnamese place around. Finer and fresher than Four Sisters. Get the baby clams, the caramel fish, the frogs’ legs, the eel, anything with lemon grass, and the shaking beef. Consistently tasty and refined. Good for vegans and vegetarians also, first-rate tofu. Don’t miss it.
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Great recommendation. The salted fried tofu was superb.
Posted by: Mike | April 5, 2006 11:48 AM
Check out their website for the menu: http://www.vietbistro.com
Posted by: Tony | April 28, 2006 04:39 PM
This is my favorite VN restaurant. They have the BEST Bun Thit Nuong (the rice noodle salad with grilled lemon grass pork) - trust me I've eaten my way through many a greasy pieces of pork looking for a great grilled pork and this is it.
mel
Posted by: mel | August 23, 2006 06:08 PM
This place is awesome, I love the shaky beef and yummy seafood clay pot dishes. IMHO, this is the finest Vietnamese restaurant around. The atmosphere of this place is young and laid back. Avoid the weekend if driving cause finding the parking in this Eden shopping center is a big problem.
Posted by: arthur | January 31, 2007 12:44 PM
Being that my only experience with Vietnamese food was Pho, and bubble tea, tofu, and banh mi from Eden Center, I figured it's time for a real sit down meal.
I ordered a seafood and rice clay pot item from the house specialties section, and unfortunately when it came out they gave me my order with chicken, not seafood, but whatever. I ate it anyway. I was expecting more flavor, all it really ended up being was fried rice with some mushrooms and little tiny egg things that made it a little creative.
A big plus though, the super hot clay pot made the rice on the bottom crisp up and get really crunchy while you ate, I was instructed to stir the pot so it wouldn't burn. It was that hot.
Appetizer was OK, squid sauteed in salt and pepper. I wish it had been spicy.
It's worth another try, but I'd order differently...or maybe get what I really ORIGINALLY ordered.
Posted by: A. | July 12, 2007 10:39 PM
We ordered the caramel fish, sweet and sour chicken (for a child) and the lemongrass eel. Fellow came out and advised against the eel 'very strong flavor, not like sushi' so we had shaky beef instead. Everything was really tasty. Parking was tight at almost 10pm. Lots of people smoking, yuk. Lots of coming and going through the doors at both ends of the restaurant, chilly.
Posted by: M | December 15, 2007 08:46 AM