Anh Hong

Really good, authentic Vietnamese food. I come here quite often because it is reasonable, tasty, and convenient. The service is not astounding, but the people are nice and accommodating enough. I most frequently order phở, but have tried a few rice dishes and spring rolls and have never once been disappointed. I basically bring every one who visits me here for a cheap and tasty dinner. It does get pretty busy during the dinner rush, but don’t be discouraged, the popularity is representative of the quality of the food.

Great Vietnamese in Dorchester. I’ve tried this restaurant a few times now and absolutely no complaints.

Great casual dining for anytime of the day. The food is very tasteful, but light enough that you’ll be looking for desert.

Seven Courses of Beef is more prevalent in Vietnamese restaurants than their surf or sea cousin — Seven Courses of Fish. I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying the belly stuffing beef variation in the past, most often at Phở Hoa in Chinatown, and found it best shared among the appetite of 3 women.
On this visit, however, I had fish on the mind. And not just fish, but seven full courses of it.
Here is Anh Hong’s description of the meal:
Ca 7 Mon — Seven Courses of Fish $ 37.95, for 2 people
1. Goi Ca (Anh Hong Special Fish Salad)
2. Ca Nhung Dam (Fish Fondue with special vinegar sauce)
3. Cha Dum (Steamed «Pâté» Fish)
4. Mo Chai (Grille Fish Sausage)
5. La Lot (Fish Wrapped in Hawaiian Lot Leaf)
6. Nuong Bo (Grilled Fish with Butter)
7. Chao Fish (Special Fish Rice Soup)
One nice twist offered by Anh Hong is the ability to order based on the size of one’s party. Given my past experience with the beef variety, and my friend’s comment of having shared an order of the beef here at Anh Hong between 3 adults, we opted for 3 people’s portion for 5, while our sixth member ordered a bowl of noodle soup for dinner.
If you haven’t had Seven Courses of anything before, note that it is a very hands-​on meal. There’s not only the cooking involved in (officially) two of the courses, but the option of soaking rounds of rice paper in hot water to wrap your own rolls. Yes, a delicious yet time consuming process, despite the quick avalanche arrival of course upon course to the table. The 6^th member of our party even got busy helping us with the cooking after his soup was history, and commented that it was much too much work. He’s probably right, but it was a delicious experience!
We had heard that less favored courses could be replaced by others more enjoyed, but on this visit we ordered Ca 7 Mon as is, and I’m glad we did! Even my less beloved courses in the beef variation — that is, the plate of sausages — were tasty here in the fish iteration. Yes, none of us were crazy about the semi cooked fish salad, but the chilled carrots and daikon were a welcome burst of veggies, and the chilled fish filets easily tossed into the pan to cook up for further consumption. Favorite courses, however, turned out to be the comforting and homey fish congee and the fish grilled in butter (cause, well… butter!).
The avocado shake was a bit icy here. And parking is only street parking if they run out of space in the small lot out back.

I’ve been here a couple of times and Anh Hong is one of the more interesting restaurants I’ve been to in Boston.
The first time I went, I had a traditional bowl of phở. Nothing special, pretty regular actually (but that means it was good.) I’ve had phở at different other places and I find myself complaining about the strange arrangement of foods in the bowl, the taste of the broth, the ratio of broth to noodles being out of touch, but I didn’t have any complaints here.
Anyway, what makes the place interesting is their «do it yourself» spring roll wrapping. They bring out 2 bowls of hot water to soften up your wraps, a couple sauces, bean sprouts, mint, carrot, lettuce, plates of raw meet, a stick of butter, and 2 miniature gas stoves to cook your beef on. You actually have two options: cook the beef in vinegar and in butter. I liked the butter better. I’m under the impression that this is their biggest attraction but correct me if I’m wrong.
Overall, I liked it. I ended up spending like $ 30 but I got super full. I’ll be honest, I live outside of Boston and if I want to go into Boston for food it might not be the first place I go to. There are just places I would rather go to. To anyone who is local: check it out

Hectic. Hectic. Hectic. From beginning to end.
It was busy. Every table was filled and they were way understaffed. We didn’t have a designated server or just someone to check up on us for that matter. I had to go to the front counter a few times to get additional orders in which seems inefficient. And they were unpleasantly loud when they communicated to each other over their blender that sounded like a helicopter crashing through a building… Yikes.
Must-​try: 7 Course Beef– great for group of 2 – 4. We got half butter, half vinegar broth. Very good. This course is hands on so be very careful with the rice wraps; super delicate!
Smoothies– made with real fruits!

Came here with the sis to grab dinner. She told me this is one of the best places for Vietnamese food, that it was authentic and delicious. She got a noodle soup bowl while I got a rice dish. We shared a fried spring roll. The spring rolls were freshly out of the fryer… it was hot! My rice dish had shrimp and fried seafood-​tofu sides. It was decent but felt it comparable to what I could get in Chinatown. Maybe I needed to get a noodle soup bowl to really taste what makes this place authentic and delicious. We left with avocado bubble tea. The bubbles were too soft, it was evident that they were sitting in liquid for too long. The avocado smoothie itself was smooth and creamy.

So we’re here waiting for a table and a group of five come in and one of the workers take them to get seated.
Another worker states that we are here first and the other worker states that this group is a party of five…
REALLY!!! Is that how you treat your long term customer??? Just because a party of five comes in you seat them first when 2 is just not up to your standards? REALLY!!!
Since the girlfriend loves this place we stay but I’d rather spend my money where they know customer service is very important not because of how many people come to eat your food.
Learn how to seat people by availability and first come.
Wait till you see your tip after this meal.
And yes there was a table for two avail.

My friends and I came here (4 ppl total) for the 7 course beef and 7 course fish. The food was all so delicious and fully hands-​on. It’s probably the most interactive eating experience you will ever have. And I really enjoyed it all.
As far as the 7 courses for the beef (same with fish), there was a beef salad, a vinegar beef (marinated beef self-​cooked in hot vinegar), butter beef (marinated beef self-​cooked in butter), beef skewer, beef ball, beef wrapped in grape leaves, and beef congee. Just a note of warning, the 7 courses come one after another with so little break in between that your table fills up very very quickly. I found all 7 courses to be very good and very diverse in preparation and flavor. I find the variety of preparations to be worth the experience; after having it though, my girlfriend and her friend like to substitute all other courses for butter beef.
On that note, you can choose to substitute courses with certain ones that you like more than others. So, you can ask them to substitute the 7 courses of beef and get 6 courses worth of butter beef and a course of congee. However, if you ask them for more rice paper wrapper or rice noodle or anything else, they’ll charge you extra for that. So make sure to portion out.

I love this place. The atmosphere is super low-​key and the food is fantastic. The broth for the phở has a super rich and deep flavor, which blows Phở Hao out of the water.
Place is set-​up for large groups to eat family style, probably because the patrons are large Vietnamese families sharing dinner. This is my new go-​to Vietnamese spot in Fields Corner.

Making it short and sweet– this place has the best Com Thit Nuong ever, and trust me I’ve been to MANY places. No place can beat Anh Hong on their rice plates. Especially with the price. It’s pretty much the only thing I order here but that doesn’t mean that their other options aren’t just as good.
Trust me, give it a try. You won’t regret it!

I’m a big big fan of their seven course beef here!
I went here with just my friend so it was just two of us devouring all of the food. it was honestly A LOT to handle but it was still very yummy. The beef was packed with flavors and their dipping sauce was great.

this little big place is a gem! it’s definitely better than any of the Chinatown ones and there is ample street parking. the staff are very friendly here and the food is very good. i find the broth here to be lighter and tastier too! they offer hotpot and bbq!
i only ordered the seafood with noodles but they accommodated my special request and actually gave me what i asked instead of other places which say they would but you don’t.
will definitely return here if in the area again.

No-​frills choice for phở in Dorchester.
My girlfriend is Vietnamese, and this would be her parents go-​to place for a bowl of phở whenever they were in town. I have nothing to complain about, but nothing to rave about. Service is consistently good, but can get spotty during peak hours. Phở is very good though! Don’t know about anything else.

All of my Vietnamese friends were raving about this place, so I had to try it out.
Their «seven course beef» was excellent and also very inexpensive.
I haven’t tried their phở yet.

When I come to Boston, I always stop here. This is by far my favorite Vietnamese restaurant in Dorchester. The service is quick and friendly. I recommend the Banh Canh Cua (crab). They have great avocado smoothies here also.
The only bad thing about this place is the parking! YIKES
In the totally of a week, I came here 3 times! Nothing disappointed me. Will be back next year!

Came here for the 7 courses of beef that would make a vegetarian think twice. Course after course of delicious beef. A truly authentic experience all for 36 $ for two, 10 $ additional for a 3^rd. Who said 3’s a crowd? Favorites (if you forced me to pick) were the beef cooked on the table hot pot with a big cube of butter and garlic, and the dish featuring 3 prepared beef variations (one with shrimp chip, one wrapped in leaves, and one rolled around onions. You only have to cook and prepare 2 dishes yourselves. The other 5 courses are prepped for you and ready to eat immediately. This is a great food experience.
Unfortunately the service is below average. I don’t expect anything more than to be served food at a Vietnamese restaurant but we got slammed with all 7 courses on the table while we were still cooking our 2^nd course. For those that had to cook they were unable to get to all of the food while it was still hot. We also felt rushed by the rush of plates being dropped on our table. In fact we had to grab food off one plate to make room for another while the server waited. After this though the staff left us alone for a long time so we had plenty of time to finish off each dish and talk.
Regardless of being bombarded with all courses at once I would do it all over again without thinking twice. Worth the trip and more than worth the dough.

First time I’ve had Phở in my neighborhood. I can’t believe I waited so long! We walked in and were seated immediately. We ordered spring rolls and Phở. Both were delicious! Especially the Phở. It’s also inexpensive which is always a huge plus.
Service was a bit overbearing. A different waiter came by every 2 minutes to ask if we were ready to order. That’s my only criticism. They really need to allow people time to look at the menu and think about what they want to order in peace and not rush them.

This is the place I go for seven course beef. It brings me back to childhood when we would make spring rolls. This involves your hands, so do not be afraid to get them dirty. It is worth it.
It is all so good. They have my favorite spring roll dipping sauce, which is not the peanut one. The servers were very attentive to when to bring out the next course. They bring out each meats timely, so you do not get all 7 different kinds and they will not sit and become cold.
If you are confused at what to do, you can ask. All beefs were good and fresh. They were well marinated and tasteful. I am waiting to try the fish spring rolls next!
I would highly recommend this place. It is not too far off the T station. Inexpensive for Vietnamese food.

Popped in here last weekend for lunch and tried their vermicelli bowl with shrimp cake and tofu which was special ordered and not part of their usual menu. 5 stars for offering the shrimp cake. I’ve not seen it in any other Phở restaurants and it was pretty tasty. I’ve also had their tofu curry entrée a few times as well. Highly recommend both.
If you’re in the Dorchester area and need a Vietnamese food fix, head over here. Their menu is pages and pages long but you don’t sacrifice the taste in any way. Service is quick and efficient and food is always prepared fresh.