SEN

Pretty happy with Vietnamese cuisine and friendly service here. Thank you

Good food here, easier to find on this end of Gouger Street

The staff were friendly and extremely knowledgeable while the food was delicious and beautifully presented. A thoroughly enjoyable experience and wonderful that we were able to share our experience with visitors from Melbourne.

We had a lovely dinner here. The staff were very friendly, welcoming and helpful, and even saw us off with a smile at the door as we left after our meal. Definitely a kid friendly dining venue too - much to our relief as we were eating out with a 3 year-old and a baby. As for the food - magnificent, delicious and authentic - definitely did not disappoint. If we hadn't been so full, we'd have eagerly tried some more dishes and sampled their desserts. Great value for money for both service and cuisine.

We arrived at 5.30pm to have a quick meal before heading off to a fringe show at 7.00pm. We were the only people in the restaurant and explained that we needed to eat and be finished by 6.40pm. We were told that the chef was running late and did not show up until 5.45pm. We did not receive our entrees until 6.20pm but what made us mad was that 4 or 5 Uber drivers had showed up between 6.00pm and 6.30pm picking up take aways. We would have received our meals quicker if we had of ordered them via Uber eats and eaten at our table. We had to rush our food and cancelled 2 dishes. What we did eat was nice but when you have to inhale food its never nice.

This was my parents' choice for their birthday dinners after eating there in June 2017. We tried a lot of new dishes this time and everything was delicious, particularly the Honey Chicken and the Chef's Special Pork Spare Ribs. The entrees were all huge and everyone enjoyed their meals. We will be back again for sure!

The food was delicious and really well priced. The staff looked after us, particularly the lovely waitress Anna. We had a great night, thank you.

It was beautiful food. Four of us shared and enjoyed three entrees while choosing individual mains with rice. The serves were generous and tasty. The staff were very attendant and polite. A wonderful experience.

Entree and main was fantastic and the waitress very good, would definitly come back for another meal and the prices were very reasonable. Overall a great experience 👍

Disappointed based on previous reviews I had read. Tried this place for the first time, family of 4. Food was good not great, but I also think places in the central market food courts are also good too. Food took ages to be served (90 mins) and the restaurant was far from being at capacity on a Sunday night.

Food was amazing. The crispy chicken is definitely a must. Full of flavor. Prices really good. Service great. Would definitely revisit when in Adelaide again.

SEN was great. Lovely food , staff and atmosphere. Thoroughly recommend the spring rolls - different to any we have ever had absolutely yummy. Staff wete great so obliging. There were 4 of us and they happily gave 4 pieces instead of menu 3 and made suggestions and he lped with choices. We will be back.

Wonderful food and terrific service. Great spot to meet with friends and have a conversation. This is one of the few places I've been recently where there's not a lot of background noise - we could hear each other and had a fantastic time. Highly recommend.

I was disappointed this time. I ate there about a month ago and the food was fantastic. We had some of the same things as our previous visit but it just wasn't the same. Will try again, hoping they can recapture what they previously had. Perhaps there was a change of chef. Waiting staff were good, nice feel to the place.

This was our first visit to SEN and I can say with 100% certainty that we will be going back! The food was very well prepared and authentic with good size servings and the staff were incredibly friendly and attentive. I wont hesitate to recommend SEN to anyone wanting suggestions for dinner (they also do lunch!) on that side of Adelaide :)

We went to Sen for dinner on a Tuesday evening. Received professional and attentive service. The dishes were fresh and very tasty. We will certainly be back!

My third visit this year! The food is always delicious - Salt & Pepper Squid is outstanding. Friendly and efficient service. I will definitely return a 4th time!

Excellent attentive service and very good food. Main criticism is beyond restaurant control: it was very hard to find a parking space close by on a Saturday night.

Chargrilled chicken noodle dish was great. Great service and waitress went out of her way to explain all the dishes on the menu very thoroughly.

Fantastic little Vietnamese restaurant. The staff were so lovely as well as efficient. A special mention to Ha, You went above and beyond to make our night special, thank you. Every dish we ordered was excellent. Would definitely go back again

Food is really good. Staff very helpful. Good choice of drinks. Been there twice and not been disappointed. Even got Saigon special (green) and 333 Vietnamese beers.

Great food. Excellent service We will be back. The food is as authentic Vietnamese as is possible in Australia . The staff is eager to explain the food to you if you are a stranger to Vietnamese cuisine. And yes we will be back.

The quality of the food here is excellent. Great service from friendly staff. Was happy to take my work colleagues here, and will be coming back!

The food itself is authentic Vietnamese. The taste is inline with other Vietnamese restaurants that are demographically in Vietnamese-populated suburbs. Great care was taken into presenting the food. I would recommend this restaurant for anyone wanting Vietnamese food.

Brilliant, authentic contemporary Vietnamese cuisine. Family-run business. The service was amazing, friendly and informative. All dishes were explained to us in detail. Would definitely go again.

The food was superb, full of flavour with a thorough explanation of their menus. Service attentive if not a little too much. No markers on the wine glasses!! We even got first hand advice on a possible holiday to Vietnam

A fairly quiet night but the service was prompt and the niece of the owner was very eager to please, making suggestions about different dishes. Great food - we would go back again

So glad we ate here, food was delicious and prices were good. We had Caramelized Pork (Thịt Kho) and Spicy Grilled Chicken and water spinach. This was a more than enough for two and so we took some home. Will be back soon.

SEN has delicious food, is great value and the staff are friendly and efficient. We had dinner there on Saturday 8/10/16 and it was busy.

SEN offers visitors an extensive menu of Vietnamese classics for affordable prices given the generous serving sizes. We were provided with a large drinks menu with a delicious house beer, exotic juices and smoothies on offer such as fresh coconut, durian fruit, and even avocado! Along with a refreshing mango juice, there is a selection of teas, wines, and the much lauded Vietnamese-iced coffee which is a must if you are just starting your journey in Vietnamese cuisine. We decided to get into the thick of it by choosing from the impressive selection of entrees in meat and vegetarian options, starting with fresh, cold vegetarian spring rolls, fried spring rolls, tasty curry puffs, and caramelized quails, all garnished with traditional beds of grated vegetable which won points for presentation and even more points for taste. Once we were nice and full and had a chance to order more during the entree, we did not have to wait long at all before the first signs of our mains made their appearance. Chef's signature dishes are definitely worth trying with such staples as sizzling BBQ, sweet and sour soup with pork or beef, seafood steamboat, roasted duck, salt-and-pepper flounder or barramundi, sizzling crocodile with garlic and chilli (which I will definitely be sure to try the next that I am there) as well as 'sweet' dishes like honey chicken and sweet and sour, and copious amounts of rice, noodles, and hotpot. Add to this large servings of salads such Vietnamese salad, lotus root and prawn salad, seafood, and even jellyfish salad for the brave (another dish to try), there is a lot to choose from and only one stomach to put it in. Thankfully, that's what return trips are for! Other things worthy of mentioning are the appetizing soups that we did not get to try this time around, stir fried water spinach with garlic sauce, and the variety of creative bean curd dishes that we unfortunately did not taste due to 'space constraints' and an overall feeling of fullness and satisfaction just from the entrees alone (always the sign of a good restaurant, in my opinion). As if the extensive menu mentioned thus far isn't enough for the hungriest of us, there are various mains and specials that we will need to try the next time that we are in the city and in urgent need of good food. These include such classics as curried beef, Vietnamese seafood soup with egg noodle, Vietnamese prawn cake, caramalized pork, spicy king prawn, and house stir-fried rice (which I am a total sucker for). We were even offered an option to choose from the restaraunt's "Wrap and Roll" menu which allows diners to join in and construct their own spring rolls with specially-brought rotating devices, rice paper and noodles, thus adding an original flair to the overall dining experience for those inclined to cook their own food. Other items of note include delicious special fried rice with four types of meat, or a seafood option for vegetarians - this can happily be extended to much of the rest of the menu as the chef and friendly staff seem to happily oblige the whims of us diners. We were also offered some extremely tasty vegetable dishes such as bean curd or steamed greens in the unmistakable sauces that make Vietnam so famous or its food such as garlic, oyster, nuts, ginger, chilli and lemongrass, or coconut. Our company finished the night with some of the more authentic Vietnamese desserts available including a high quality ice cream served in a box of either a coconut or sugar cane leaf with servings of delicious sticky rice and banana cooked in combination and offering a surprisingly pleasant cleanse of the palate reminiscent of rice-pudding but with an undeniable South-East Asian flair. Other desserts to try include banana fritter with ice cream, fried ice cream, chocolate mousse, fruit salad, sundae, and the curious case of the mung beans with coconut milk which we will gladly come to taste if only to see just how the chef pulls it all off. Ingredients were notably fresh, and the menu carries a personal touch with the chef showing off their definite love of herbs with generous dabs of fresh parsley and coriander scattered throughout many of the dishes. Facilities are clean, spacious, with an attractive drinks bar, and relaxing interior filled with paintings depicting Vietnamese temples and even a fireplace converted into a small, makeshift buddhist shrine - the latter of which I liked the most for some reason - not least for the fact that this detail added to the overall array of personal touches seen throughout the restartaunt and which pull the visitor into a relaxed Vietnamese diner rather than a suit-and-tie joint with extremely long waiting times (we were very happily surprised by the speed with which our entrees were brought to us, and even more surprised when the staff began serving us our mains while they were clearing away said entree plates). Staff were on call at all times, and very interested in our experience and wishes, all the while patiently explaining important tidbits of information about the ingredients and serving sizes to us plebs ^-^. Save yourself the trouble of forking out the big bucks for an overpriced restaraunt with flashy decorations, sparsely filled plates and overworked, indifferent staff, and choose, instead, a warm, homely and casual atmosphere with a hint of sophistication and generous servings of delicious, authentic Vietnamese chow. Definitely much more than a one-time visit.

Great food and service. I really enjoy the meal. I will certainly recommended it as it was extremely enjoyable and we had a really yummy meal.

the food looks and taste all the same and didnt really matter what you ordered, the service from the young man was good and the food came out good. shame that it all looked the same

Booked the restaurant after reading good reviews on the Internet and wasn't disappointed. We ordered the Vietnamese Spring roll, fried quails, and chef signature dishes like meatball and prawn on sugarcane wrap and roll. They were all very tasty. The waiters were also friendly and attentive. Best of all the price was reasonably at the lower end.

We were really impressed with Sen! Lovely decor, attentive service and good food. It was my birthday and they even brought me out a bottle of wine to wish me happy birthday at the end of our dinner! Never had that level of service before. Overall a very good experience and we would definitely go back!

Service OK. Entrees enjoyable. Mains 3 of 4 not good, beef & pork dishes tough and stingy not nice flavor, chicken stir fry came in thick gluggy sauce no what expected for a stir fry. Prawn dish enjoyable. Fried rice had weird flavor. Very limited wine list, no sparkling by the bottle only Piccolo. Will not be going back.

Second visit this year and once again not disappointed, food great, service as good as ever and the ambience wonderful, we will be back, top,notch

The restaurant was clean and tidy and friendly staff that were only too happy to help with pouring water and wine. The food was full of flavor and with the spicy hot level that I like. We will return and will involve friends or family next time.