I'd been to this place numerous times before and enjoyed it, but not this time.

It's gone way downhill.

It used to be a cheap and cheerful place to bound up some rickety stairs to grab some quick Vietnamese while on the way somewhere else.

It's still cheap, but no longer worth it. The quality of the food has deteriorated a lot.

The rice paper rolls were lovely, so we were off to a good start.

But then they brought out the fish curry, pork with ginger and braised satay chicken. Blech. They just looked, well, I don't know. Not like real food. Then we tasted them.

The pork was glistening with a weird sheen and completely flavourless. The fish curry was a radioactive yellow, and it congealed on the plate. Corn flour much? The only dish that was okay -- and only just okay -- was the chicken. My friend liked it, but I thought it was bland.

We left at least half of each dish. We just couldn't bring ourselves to finish them.

Total cost: $52 for three people. As we left, we agreed that it would have been better to spend $72 and get something that didn't make us feel disgusting as we cautiously descended to the street.

Approximate cost: $9-11

Great food and good prices. Service was efficient and quick. I had the honey chicken and it was delicious! We will be back!

Approximate cost: $13

Food is amazing....ALWAYS fresh....soooo cheap! love coming here for both the food and the experience, on a busy night you could be seated in between groups of people on long tables.qauil is amazing .get here as often as we can