@movernie
Recently, there are many Vietnamese restaurants poppin’ up all over the GTA.
I finally got a chance to check out this Viet Sandwich. The plaza is new but parking spots are hard to find and it’s hard to park as well. The parking spot is so close to the the road that cars passed by that I don’t even feel comfy leaving my car there coz bad drivers can easily scrap your car.
Back to Viet Sandwich, prices are very typical similar to other new Viet sandwich store. Assorted cold cut is $5.99 CDN + tax here. Grilled Pork, Grilled Beef, Grilled Pork Sausage and Grilled chicken are $6.99 CDN + tax.
The day when I went, the staff said Grilled Beef and Grilled Pork Sausage sandwiches were not available during my visit. So, I settled for 1 assorted cold cut, 1 grilled pork, 1 grilled chicken.
There was only 1 lady in front of me, hardly busy, yet the staff (looks like owner) is taking long time to take my order. I really don’t understand why it takes so long to take order when it’s a short simple sandwich options it offers anyways.
Also, other Vietnamese sandwich store, you can see what the staff is doing and preparing your sandwiches. Here at Viet Sandwich, you can’t see what they are doing.
Could they label the sandwiches, perhaps having sticker label or a different colour wrapping paper? Without labels, when we open our sandwiches at home, no one can identity what sandwich is what.
When I asked the staff that I prefer my sandwiches to be spicy, she said all of them will be spicy anyway, which was odd, coz many vendors would ask if you want mild, semi-spicy or super spicy. Assuming everyone can eat spicy or want spicy by default seems odd to me.
This place has no tables or chairs or counter, so they expect you to bring it home to eat.
I really don’t understand why they need such a big empty space to run this sandwich shop coz even when they use the back to bake the bread, there is still lots of unused space in the front. To have such big empty space, and yet you still can’t see how they prepare their sandwiches is an odd interior layout.
Really don’t know how they can survive paying all this rent selling $6.99 sandwiches as the space is underutilized.
As for taste wise, it’s ok, meat paste is ok, meat is decent but the bread is smaller and shorter than other competitors.
My overall feedback is…unless you are around the area and it happens to be quiet, feel free to stop by and grab some sandwiches. Otherwise, I wouldn’t bother to come here, coz service takes long, you can’t see the staff preparing your sandwiches, the sandwich is shorter and smaller in size and I really don’t want to fight hard to find a parking spot.
Viet Sandwich – Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Website
Address: 2181 McNicoll Ave #4, Scarborough, ON M1V 0B3
Phone: (437) 973-3804
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/adswZVpSdegq3SPTA
