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(212) 431-7999
143 Grand Ave
(Between Lafayette Street and Crosby Street)
New York,
NY
10013
40.7209
-73.9994
Neighborhoods: Chinatown, Downtown
Hours:
Mon-Wed 12pm-4pm, 6pm-12am
Thu-Sat 12pm-4pm, 6pm-1am
Price:
$$
Last updated 11.30.11
Category:
Payment Methods:
American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard
Bar & Pub Special Features:
Restaurant Special Features:
Romantic Dining, Trendy Dining, Lunch Spot, Group Dining, Dine At The Bar
Cuisine:
Tapas / Small Plates, Asian Fusion, Asian, Vietnamese
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What People Are Saying About Bun SoHo
Featured Review
Justin Hartung
Contributor
The Scene – When Michael Bao Huynh (Mai House) and co-financer Warren Cuccurullo (ex-Missing Persons musician) team up for a restaurant, what do you get? A New Wave take on a Vietnamese diner, duh. The cheeky panel-lined booths, lime green walls, and beaded Asian lanterns hanging above scoop stools at the bar all make a playfully pretty backdrop for the crowd, a mix of Chinatown locals and pho-craving outsiders. – – The Food – The buns in the oven are actually Vietnamese small plates called b'un (pronounced "boone,") which are substantial enough to share between a few…
Editor's Tips
- What to Drink:
- A glass of Salmon Run Cabernet Franc ($8) complements the menu's bolder flavors well.
- Where to Sit:
- Booths seem to be reserved for parties of three or more, and the two-tops near the front can get a little chilly in colder weather--you might be better off seated at the bar.
- The Extras:
- Bao and Cuccurullo are also responsible for a restaurant called Hidden in Santa Monica.
- Fun Fact:
- Cuccurullo was the guitarist in Duran Duran for a short while and has also appeared in porn films.
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| food quality | 100.0% positive |
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| overall | 100.0% positive |
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| return potential | 100.0% positive |
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| service | 100.0% positive |
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| value | 100.0% positive |
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03/07/10
Intoxicating melange of flavors and textures
by bunsoho
“Intoxicating melange of flavors and textures wouldn’t taste any better”
- Pros: Bloomberg
- Cons: Bloomberg
09/16/09
small portions high price
by justpassingby123
I was looking for Thai and somehow got there. The Thai restaurant is next door Thai Angel much better.
Headline says it all.
04/24/09
Classic Find
by shert
Everyonce in awhile you stumble upon one of those local unknown finds. This is one. Just a good place for food, period. The pho is delicious, try the king crab spring roll.
- Pros: hidden, food, price
12/24/08
MR LAM
by chefjohn212
MR LAm, doesn't know how to run the restaurant.. Since the chef Michael Bao left last year.. The dishwasher taken over the kitchen.., :-)
11/06/08
dos and don'ts of running a restaurant
by GourmandGourmet
At the door:
Do get the time and number in the party right when you take reservations.
Do not offer seats at the bar when they are taken.
Do not say ?you?re next? then seat other tables.
At the table:
Do ensure you know which tables you are serving.
If you don?t know anything about the drinks or food, do find somebody who does.
Do not think that ?it?s my first night? is an acceptable excuse.
Do not come to take orders long after food and drink were ordered.
Do answer a question the tasting menu, if not the first, then the second or third time it is asked, especially if you?ve been told that the party contains a non-meat and a non-shellfish eater.
Do not say the shrimp rolls are suitable for a non-meat eater when they contain roast pork.
Do not call the tasting menu ?unlimited? if it is a single bite of a 6 or 7 dishes.
If your menu is a sampler, do bring one bite of each dish per person.
Do bring the extra dishes ordered.
If a dish is sent back or if an extra dish is not brought out, do ensure that neither is on the check.
If you?re the self-proclaimed manager/bartender/busboy:
Do not think that having new staff come in at 5 pm as the doors are opening for the week?s most popular event constitutes sufficient training.
Do not be proud of serving thimble-sized drinks for $9.50.
Do not explain that nobody could make basil mussels right until the dishwasher came up with the recipe.
After admitting that the same dish was ?not very good?, do not explain that the cooks didn?t have time to cook the dishwasher?s sauce properly.
Instead, do remove from the menu anything you don?t know how to cook and serve.
Do not corner a clearly dissatisfied, but still good-natured table as they are about to leave to explain about new staff, cooks who can't follow recipes or the fact that you?ve tried every single drink and they didn?t give you a headache.
Do not expect to stay in business very long.
- Pros: some good dishes
- Cons: amateur service bordering on the comic, some truly appalling dishes
The Details on Bun SoHo
Place Categories:
- great elegant food
- really love new place
- helpful service
- excellent lemon grass sticks
- delicious broth
- pleasant ambience
- delicious pho
- fantastic deserts
- best meals
- nice steak
- fresh lettuce
- authentic fullsize meal
- fresh mint
- reasonable prices
