The Naughty Chef

When a place is good you come back, this place is great. Quick and fresh food the always good optional chilli sauce, a dollar gets you an Iced Tea. The best charcoal pork noodle salad or tofu. Hands down…

The previous reviews made this place out to be much more than it actually was. The broth of the phở was bland and unseasoned, the spring rolls below average and we never received the drinks we paid for. I would not recommend this place if you’re looking for quality phở.

Easily the best place I ate in Australia. A native New Yorker, I lived there for six months and am seriously considering coming back solely for a hot and spicy beef soup (and chicken dumplings). If you don’t go here, you are seriously missing out.
–a phở connoisseur

I have been to the Naughty Chef in Wynyard and really enjoyed the Phở, so I figured I’d try the sit down place near Central Station. I had passed by it numerous times while on my way home on the bus.
Came here on a Monday night and it was fairly empty, expect for one big table of Asian people. Asian people at an Asian restaurant — always a good sign.
Met fellow Unilocaler Linda I there and we ordered some Spring/​Rice Paper Rolls and the Phở Tai. We asked for water and he brought out a bottle and two cups. We then asked if we could just have tap and he was like, «from the sink?» and we said yes.
The rolls came out a few minutes later and with a nice hoison sauce with peanuts. They were fresh and delicious. The phở came out shortly after and was very tasty. All the veggies, bean sprouts and mint were already in the soup, which was a bit strange. I usually like to put in myself. The bowl was accompanied by hoison and chili sauce, actual chili pieces and a lemon. Bowl had plenty of noodles and beef.
In the end it cost us $ 15, not too shabby for dinner. Service was about average, as was the ambiance, but I probably wouldn’t want to eat phở in a fancy place.