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I really wanted to give this popular spot a fair shot, so decided to hold off on writing a review until after my second visit. But this review confirms how I felt during my first time here. The flavors are great, but the portions are small. I'll easily spend $40 on an entree + appetizer, and still leave feeling hungry. This experience was similar during both the times I visited. The beef in the beef pho is also very tough to chew. I may be missing the point because for most of my childhood, I was used to pho in big-bowl portions and tender slices of beef. Maybe it's not served that way at Di An Di, so I would share that as a disclaimer. It's also possible that the restaurant serves food from a very specific part of Vietnam. This information is not specified on the website, though I would love to know.

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My friends from Hà Nội recommended Đi Ăn Đi for us to try their northern style phở. The interior is a really soothing place to be in, with ambient lighting, lots of greenery, and inviting furniture. I really loved how they decorated this place. We ordered the Gà Chiên (fried chicken), Phở Thìn Hà Nội (northern style beef phở), and Sườn Bò Nướng (grilled beef short rib). The gà chiên was really good--just the right amount of crispy and a really tender inside, marinated with a delightfully nutty fish sauce glaze. The short rib was okay. I feel like short rib in general tends to be expensive for what it is, and this didn't feel very different from other short rib dishes I've had in the past. But the phở--wow! My family is from Central Việt Nam, so I didn't grow up with this style of phở. The broth has such a clear and clean taste, so different from the hearty Southern style. The egg yolk, when mixed in, made it just slightly thicker. The noodles are thicker and the meat is thinner. It surprised me how light it felt considering it looks pretty similar to Southern phở. However, our meal here did feel quite pricey for what it was worth. If I lived closer, though, I would definitely be going here more often just for their phở!

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I thoroughly enjoyed the cleaner taste of the broth and the flat noodles. Skip the spring rolls, nothing special there. When I went, not sure if they have a different lunch menu from dinner but it was missing some items I would had hoped to be there ( bun Bo hue, banh xeo, etc. ) Short ribs over vermicelli was good and refreshing. Overall, good place for viet food in Williamsburg though definitely pricey. I would come back to try different items.

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My buddy, who is one of the biggest food snobs I know, took me here. For context, I once got him a cookie from a place that he hadn't tried. He loved the cookie and was obsessed with this little bakery, until he realized it was a "chain." He never ate there again.Anyways, we make the push from the city to Greenpoint for this pho as "the broth is healing" according to him.We walk in, and immediately the vibes are immaculate. The host met us with a welcoming smile and sat us at the bar. The ambience was almost a fusion of mid-century modern architecture with a splash of traditional Vietnamese design. Reading that sentence back I have no idea if that made sense, but overall I just felt like you could eat off the floors in this place.We just got the pho, and BOY did it hit. The broth really did something for me. My first few spoonfuls were just broth and some green onions. It felt as though it possessed therapeutic qualities (some would say healing), think your first sip of water when you are absolutely parched on a scorching hot day. The beef was cooked to perfection and you could tell the noodles were handmade. My favorite pho I have had in all of the NYC area.

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Such a cute place!Beef pho was good! Broth was so good :) the noodles are flat and I've never seen that. Also noodles are short.. not sure if they're making it convenient for people to just scoop but the short noodles were odd. It was good but noodles felt over cooked. Broth and everything was really good thoughPork banh mi was okay. I think it would be better if the veggies were more pickled. The pork wasn't as flavorful. Also the pork's texture reminded me of like a bouncy sausage texture instead of what I'm used to.I originally went wanting to try the pizza but that was something from last year.Food was good and would def be back to try other things but the pork banh mi is def not something I'd get again :(

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I came here after getting drinks nearby since I wanted to try their food and drinks and loved the ambiance! It's a tropical but eclectic sort of vibe and my boyfriend and I got to sit at the bar and watch the bartender make our drinks while we waited for our orders to arrive. I ordered the pandan painkiller and honestly, it was a little strange. I'm a big fan of pandan flavored goodies, but with the pineapple and lime added to it, it tasted a little too tart with the coconut cream. We ordered the Banh Trang Tron as an appetizer, which was rice paper salad with quail eggs, papaya, beef jerky, fried shallots, peanuts and a yummy tamarind sauce. This was pretty tasty and flavorful! We also ordered the De Nuong Xa, which was the sizzling lemongrass lamb belly that DEFINITELY came out sizzling! It was super flavorful with the red onion and okra that it was cooked with and paired nicely with the rice paper, sauce and veggies. The last dish that was had was a little disappointing, which was the lemongrass pork bun bowl. We thought it overall tasted okay but wasn't worth $20.Most of the dishes that we ordered were pretty tasty but I don't know if I would order the pandan drink again. Overall a nice environment with pretty tasty food, but a tad expensive for the amount of food provided.

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As a vietnamese, probably one of the worst unauthentic pho i've ever had. Soup was bland and tasted like msg filled soup. broth was meh. noodle was meh, beef was beyond meh, chicken thigh was so dry it tasted like breast. Subpar place overall, bar/drinks were probably the highlight from the visit.

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Really delicious flavors! My fav was the pork skewers with rice and spring rolls, the phony Negroni was really good too! Great service and the dishes came out quick, can't wait to come back again!

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4.5 but rounding up to 5. Arrived ten minutes before opening on Saturday and was seated immediately upon opening (four people, no reservation).Service: 5/5. No complaints.Appetizers: 5/5. Crispy spring rolls and rice cake omelette were both excellent.Mains: 5/5. Grilled beef short rib, grilled chicken skewers, beef pho, and grilled chicken banh mi. Would order them all again.Cocktails: 5.5. Cold Smoke, Eastern Trader, and Man Man Sour. All excellent.Lost half a star because the Vietnamese iced coffee was a little watered down.Would definitely dine here again.

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Coming to this place forever and that is the only reason I will not give less than 3 stars. Telling a customer you are out of dessert when you clearly not, just in order to flip a table not ok! Give me an option to order a dessert before you bring the check. After we got the check, we off course wanted to order a dessert. The guy disappeared and came back to tell us there was no dessert for the night. It was very much not true. As we were leaving it was obvious desserts were not sold out.Short hair girl in front also needs to check her attitude!

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Fantastic! We split the lamb belly, it comes with rice and lettuce wrap. The fried oysters are original and delectable. The pho is made up of rice noodles and is gluten free. My favorite cocktail was Arm Candy: frothy and citrus-y. Umami to the max

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I've been wanting to try this place since I moved to the east coast. I've been finding it hard to find good Vietnamese food that isn't super expensive and this place is pretty good, a little more expensive than I'm used to. The Food/Drinks: Beef Pho: The way they make their pho is a little different than what I'm used to (not sure if it's north vs. south cuisine), the broth did not taste as flavorful as I'm used to and came with a kick (you'll see some chopped peppers in the pictures) that I did not add myself. It also had too many scallions for my liking. Cha Gio: The Cha Gio's were really good, fried to perfection and weren't greasy. Greens were fresh and crisp. Beef Vermicelli Bowl: also very good. Beef was not over cooked and well flavored. I'm not a drinker (I didn't order the drinks) so the drinks were on the strong side for me, but my friend seems to thoroughly enjoy them. The Environment:Super crowded on weekends. We did not have a reservation, but was able to get some seats at the bar within 20 minutes. Love the decor in the space, very tropical and lively.Overall, I'd recommend this place to a friend. I wouldn't necessarily go back to this spot if I was craving pho, but other Vietnamese dishes I would. Environment wise, it was a little too loud for my liking but it was as expected for a popular restaurant on the weekend.

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I've passed by here daily on the way home but it's always so crowded. So I stopped by for lunch instead when it was empty. Love the set up and the decor/plants are so cute. Clean bathroom with the vacant style lock (yes, important to me). Hostess and waiter were both friendly, the food was amazing. It's 95 degrees so we wanted something light and refreshing.. noodle bowl was the perfect choice. Will definitely come back for lunch

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Great spot of good food and comfortable atmosphere. Dishes we got was very flavorful with plenty of meat and vegetables. They also have small market inside for some food items.

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The drinks here are really awesome and tbh they are really what I'd come back for. While the pho was good, it was just pricey. I suppose this is to be expected for a trendy restaurant but the pho didn't blow me away so $17 felt a little much. If you do get the pho, get the chicken pho. :)

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I had the pork banh mi and I was disappointed by how hard the bread was. It was half the width of a normal baguette and it was hardly filled. It was such a let down from all the reviews about Di An Di.

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I do not like to post harsh reviews but our latest experiences at Di An Di have just been underwhelming, the last one topping them all.One of our party of four was 10-min late for an 8.30pm reservation on a Saturday night. We were kindly seated anyway, the restaurant was busy not full. We ordered some drinks but were told we could not order appetizers as everything had to be ordered together. Since we are regulars, we said we did not care when the items would arrive but definitely wanted to order these appetizers - yet of course we would order the rest for the table as soon as our friend arrived. Still no. Our waitress also insisted our reservation had a time limit, so our friend should hurry. Oh how I hate when Covid rules are used as an excuse. Seriously who are you going to sit at 10pm when your kitchen and bar are closed?!?! So we waited for our friend (10min) and then the attention of our waitress (another 10) to order food. I do not understand the rationale. We just wanted to get the rolls ordered. To add tommy frustration, ordering in 2 rounds seemed to not be an issue anymore when they call for last call at 9.30pm. For food and drinks, a Saturday night... 9.30pm last call. Except that they had ran out of the rolls... We ordered another noodle to share but felt rushed. At 10.20pm, the floor was being mopped next to our table... The food is great, really. But the service had gone down. The irony? This kind of underwhelming experience also makes me miss the Covid days and the outdoor barbecues with Caroline... when Di An Di was the queen of hospitality...

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First time at a Vietnamese restaurant! Super impressed by the presentation of the food and the unique flavors each dish has. We ordered more than half the menu and everything was so good! The fish dish and spring rolls were my favorite! Very very fresh ingredients! The service could of been a tad bit better but it was obvious the waitress was overwhelmed by the restaurant being fully packed.Food 5/5Service 4.9/5Wait time: 5/5 (made reservations the night before)Restaurant overall: 5/5 (nicely decorated and well lit)

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Broken noodles in all three pho bowls we took. Vegetation option has only mushrooms and scallions besides broken noodles. Place definitely not for food but maybe for bar scene since it looks nice.

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They were not skimpy on the meat. I'm giving it a 4 stars because the service was bad. We were seated outside when we reserved the table and we said we preferred to be inside . we had to keep asking the server for water. Two servers were just talking outside and we had to tell them we were ready to order.

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Front patio and back seating with ceiling lights make this place a VIBE. Luscious plants on the inside, sage green and blush pink decor = Not only is the interior lit, they have a creative, Asian inspired drink menu selection with non alcoholic creative drinks. My boyfriend thought the pho was okay (they seemed to have pan fried the beef, making it too chewy/dry). I liked the pho and the rice mushroom wrap, it was the first time I've ever seen such an item on an menu. Super unique!

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I really liked this place! Bf and I were trying to snag something at WenWen but they were booked for the night so our next stop was here. We previously had had Madame Vo and really enjoyed the modern/fusion take on Viet food and thought why not. For a Friday night, the wait was around 1 1/2 hours but we had plenty to do in Greenpoint so it was no biggie (this was around 6:30pm). They texted us when our table was ready and only hold it for 10 minutes so be sure to be close by otherwise 10 minutes is TIGHT lol We had gone to Nura to get drinks so we called them to let them know we were about ~15 away but would be there ASAP. Super understanding and had a table ready when we got there. We ordered the crispy spring rolls, rice paper salad and the chicken pho. I loved the spring rolls! They were so flavorful and delicious. The basil was extremely fresh and the crunch from the lettuce was the cherry on top. The rice paper salad was interesting, definitely different for me. I didn't love the texture of the rice paper but I loved the flavoring (lime, fish saucey) and the jerky was delicious. The chicken pho was exactly what you would expect, true comfort. The portion was rather large although it looked small initially. Overall a really lovely meal! The bar area is pretty small but they have lots of tables and space. The decor is fun and welcoming. Would try it out for a casual bite! It gave off a dinner with friends atmosphere or a casual Viet dining spot.

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The dishes are more expensive than your usual Vietnamese restaurant. But it's because they are trying a modern take on traditional dishes. The lamb belly was amazing. The dish is so flavorful - the meat tender and moist, sizzling with vegetables when it came out. You wrap it yourself with rice wrap and veggies. Also tried their pho with the raw egg. To be honest, I didn't really see what the raw egg added to it and the broth needed more spice and flavor. It wasn't bad for the experience but if you're going for pho I would go somewhere cheaper with better broth.

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