This is cheap cheerful cuisine at its best. The fresh rolls are fat, juicy and packed full of flavour, fish is good here, as is the duck and five spiced chicken. Plates arrive from the kitchen steaming hot, and fast and it's sometimes hard to hear your fellow diners above the din of the place, but that just all adds to the atmosphere and is well worth the trip to Hackney for an authentic taste of Vietnam in London. Huong Viet has many competitors in the neighbourhood down Kingsland Road in Hackney and many of them provide great cheap food and a fun place to dine, afterwards you can head out to Shoreditch for a night on the tiles.