Restaurants in Munich | Vietnamese at Thao

Thao. Testing restaurants in Munich is so fun! Recently, I checked my endless eating list on Yelp and chose a favorite. I arranged to meet Irina at the Vietnamese restaurant Thao near the Prinzregentenplatz at lunch. The lunch menu was very reasonable in terms of price and I was already craving the delicious lemonades that are posted on Instagram.

Vietnamese restaurant THAO

The Vietnamese Thao is a spacious restaurant with approximately 20 tables inside and few outside. We could have taken a seat on the terrace outside with the beautiful weather, but, unfortunately, there were no seats available and it was also nice inside.

Thao THE FOOD

The menu looked great online and I saw that they also have a great lunch menu. Most of the Vietnamese restaurants in Munich have one. We ordered tasty spring rolls, the duck with oyster sauce and the rice noodles bowl with chicken of the lunch menu (9.70€). We also got two delicious lemonades (7.00€). The spring rolls and the drinks were served quickly, but then we had to wait for a long time for the rest. My rice noodles with chicken were delicious. Irina’s chicken was okay, but nothing outstanding. We waited for too long! Nevertheless, I like the restaurant and I would like to try more of the dinner menu. It must be very comfy in the evening.

Thao THE SERVICE

I understand that it’s quite busy at lunch time, but I became a bit nasty after half an hour. Every time the waitress came by, I looked at her hungrily. Unfortunately, all other tables, even the people who arrived after us, were waited before us. Tasty food was served around us again and again, until it was enough for me and I asked for our dishes. But with German it’s a bit difficult here. The waitress just said that we will get our food soon… three times! After three quarters of an hour we finally got our dishes.

I told the waitress about our long waiting time before leaving. I should have said it in Vietnamese, because she didn’t really understand my complaint. Never mind! Next time we will sit outside and maybe get our food quicker.