Thanh Mai Restaurant

Ph: (02) 9726 6883; 252 Canley Vale Rd, Canley Heights 2166

vietnamese, $$ -
Open Sun-Thu 9am-midnight, Fri-Sat 9am-2am; Unlicensed, BYO; No cards, Outside seats

Mietta's Review
A friendly family run restaurant famous for its bright lights, huge array of plastic flowers and excellent homestyle dishes. It has a huge menu. Try the salad of lotus stems and beansprouts, sliced prawns and jellyfish and the southern Vietnamese soup canh chua (seafood soup with prawns, tomatoes, pineapple and greens),

Other published opinions

Sydney Eats 2008 "When you're out and about in Canley Vale looking for a late-night feast of, say, salt-andpepper squid $15 or tank-to-table mudcrab - with Singapore chilli or tamarind sauce, with ginger and shallot, or with salt and garlic, market price - this friendly eatery up the quieter, toffler end of the strip is a welcoming beacon of hospitality"

Sydney Eats 2006 "When other places are closing for the night, it's party time at this plain, brightly lit family restaurant with its plastic flowers and music videos, as late-night revellers pile in for a post-club spread offish congee $7.50 or pork chop with broken rice $7"

SBS Eating Guide to Sydney 2005 " 'It's great for its home-cooked style,' says our colleague and well-travelled diner Thang Ngo. This is a cosy spot adorned with a veritable forest of plastic floral arrangements and a bewilderingly long menu, including lots of table-top dishes."

Sydney Eats 2005 "Tiles, bright lights, music videos and a forest of plastic flowers should not deter you from the seriously good homestyle food and hospitable service at this small family-run restaurant."