Restoran Istok - Belgrade

The best place to escape local taste! great service and great eating from the east! have no fear of trying something new.

Delicious Vietnamese food in Belgrade. We really enjoyed everything we ordered. Highly recommended the beef pho. The waitress was really lovely too.

Returned this time with a friend to enjoy a hot brothy Pho on a cold rainy night. We ordered the fresh rolls and sticky pork. As always I like that they are one of the few restaurants that offer a true smoke free section (in the back) of the restaurant. The Beef Pho was pretty good, broth could be hotter and could use more rice noodles and a side of fresh line and mint would make it more authentic. The fresh shrimp rolls were good, I liked the spicy peanut sauce it came with. The sticky pork side dish was just ok. I think better enjoyed with a side of rice. A nice alternative if you’re looking for Vietnamese and Thai food in Dorcol.

I was unlucky with my order. Chicken came burnt to the state of charcoal (burnt food and especially meat is carcinogenic), sauces smelled weirdly as if they got spoiled (they also were bubbly as a sign of process going in them) and shrimp in a roll tasted like a swamp. It’s was ordered through a delivery services, so I got money in bonuses, but experience is still unpleasant. I was very hungry and couldn’t wait for another hour for another delivery, so I tried to peel burnt parts down and eat what I could, though two thirds of already small portions went to bin.

I had Seitan Jaew. I didn't know what to expect, but the vegetables were too sour. The sauce was sour with some herbs. Seitan a bit overdone. Not a balanced meal at all. I don't know how it should taste but a meal shouldn't make you feel bad.