Reviews for Banh Appetit in Portland, ME
Massive Banh MI (I get lemongrass chicken) oh so delicious! I paired it with their ragoons, which were vegetarian & delicious.... While sipping their Thai iced tea. It was the best. Read more
I?ve had the best banh mi?s on the west coast and now I?ve had the best banh mi on east coast. Fresh meat, crunchy bread, and a... delicious Vietnamese coffee. The owner even took the time to say hi! Read more
Best banh mi I?ve had had on the East Coast. Coming from the OC with a huge Viet population and currently residing in the Boston... area in close proximity to Boston Little Saigon, this is a gem of a place. Great flaky bread, delicious ingredients, and themayo was too good. Can?t wait for my next trip back to Portland! Read more
I've been going to Banh Appetit at every opportunity since discovering them a few months ago. They have excellent Banh Mi, of... course, but the whole menu is good. Every entree has been really great, and the drinks are delicious, too. The only thing thatdidn't knock my socks off were the egg rolls. Read more
Being from Houston we have a huge Vietnamese population with amazing food. With that being said, Banh Appetite is hands down one... of the best places to go for a delicious banh mi. The BBQ pork was amazing and the bread was soft and crispy, the pickled onionsand carrots was prefect. Will definitely be back again and again. Read more
Dropped in as I live in Portsmouth and was craving a bahn mi sandwich. I'd heard about this place and finally got here and so... glad I did. It's a very unassuming and simple shop. Got to speak some with the owner's daughter about the Vietnamese communityin the area and she was very pleasant to tell me a bit about Portland and her goals. So weird how simple conversations are a bittreasured with the lack of contact these days. Looking forward to going back and trying the pho! Read more
Ok, so we've been here three times now and one word can sum them up-superb. I've said it before in my reviews of Vietnamese... restaurants and I'll reiterate, we've been to a great many Vietnamese restaurants, and we know what great, authentic Vietnamesefood is/should be. This place is that. The bread is perfect, the meat is moist and seasoned with authentic flavour and notoverly salty. The ingredients are there! Some won't understand how important this is or may take it for granted. We've been toboth excellent and terrible Vietnamese restaurants and, unfortunately, even in many great restaurants they are lacking in someof the important authentic herbs and vegetables, and/or in the quantity. Banh Appetit has all of the ingredients, fresh, and ingenerous/perfect quantity. The portion sizes are perfectly sized and you feel like you're getting great value-unlike some placeswe've been, it might be a great-tasting banh mih for example but the size and price don't correlate. There's just no question,this place has it on authenticity, flavour, freshness, and value. (Sorry it took me this long-I've been meaning to give a ravereview since the first visit, and I'm missing a picture of a lemongrass beef and shrimp banh mih that was so, so great.) Read more
After a week of travelling in Vermont and Maine and eating classic American fare, my friend and I were craving some delicious... ethnic food that we?re used to eating regularly. We both got the egg roll vermicelli bowl which was so fresh, delicious, andsatisfying, not to mention a good price. The owners were also very kind and friendly. Will definitely eat here again if I?m everin the area! Read more