Chef Thiện French Bistro

Small western restaurant, focus in French cuisine. Everything was very good, and the prices were in line with the quality. The service was also good! The salads were hearty, both very tasty. And the wild salmon was exquisite. This place was a great surprise. The space is tiny, so I recommend making a reservation just in case!

So disappointed by our steak, tasted off and gristly. Sauce for steak was served in a tiny 2 divider sauce dish. Both sauces lacked flavour and hardly enough of either. As one of the other comments said the best thing at the restaurant is the bread. Nothing else was good including our pesto pasta too. INCREDIBLY overpriced. So many other good steak places for cheaper. Not sure how this has such high ratings. I came here once for a haircut upstairs in this same alley and it was the worst haircut of my life. I’m never coming back to this alley way. Can’t recommend to come here for French or western food again.

The steak was probably the worst cut of beef we ever had. And it’s not cheap either. It also looked unappetizing. They even messed up the pasta which is the easiest dish to make. I guess they were trying to go for al dente but it just ended up being too hard and dry. Maybe we ordered the wrong dish but that was so disappointing. I could make better steak and pasta than that and I’m not even a professional chef. Overall, a hidden place that really should stay hidden

Generally had a good meal here with some friends recently. Reasonably priced for comparative French food in other Saigon restaurants. (French food tends to be pricey in this city). Quality of food varied. I liked the foie gras very much. I’m not a big salad fan and the serving here was OK if a little boring. Japanese scallops tasted good. Wish they were a tad larger. The steak was a little bland for my taste and the rib eye cut was a little chewy. The seafood pasta was made with fresh in-house pasta. Had good bite if lacking a little “bounce” to the dough. The flavour of the tomato based sauce was really delicious. The star of the day for me was in fact the humble French onion soup. Perhaps it was because I haven’t had a serve for a long while but I really liked the flavours here and even the melted cheese on a toasted slice of baguette tasted really yummy. Friends and I shared a bottle of red that was also fairly good compared to the usual quality vs price that is the norm in Saigon. I liked the ambience of this small restaurant down an alley way. Will likely return. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Tucked away at the end of the alleyway sits this little bistro, every time I've gone for dinner there was no wait. We order the ribeye beef steaks each time. The beef is tender and flavorful to your desired temperature. If only the sear on the steak was better, it would be a home run. Sides and appetizer were always up to "western standards". I'd say it's a nice cozy place to take a date or your partner for a nice tasty meal. It might be a little pricy for a local, but a visitor to the country, prices are very reasonable.