Saigon Cafe

Vietnamese · Provo · 440 W 300 S

Saigon Cafe is the no-frills family-run Chinese and Vietnamese kitchen southwest of downtown Provo, and our Asian food guide is candid that despite the name it is the Chinese dishes -- ham fried rice, hot and sour soup -- that keep regulars coming back.

Where it is

At 440 West 300 South in Provo, four blocks west and three south of the grid origin at Center and University, with parking behind the building.

Provo addresses are grid references rather than house numbers in the usual sense: they count outward from the origin at Center Street and University Avenue, one hundred to a block. Our guide to how Utah addresses actually work explains why the same number means a different place in the next city over.

What we know about it

Our Chinese and Asian guide gives it the description every city needs one of: unpretentious, consistent, quick service, basic atmosphere, a menu broad enough that everyone in a group finds something. That is a specific kind of praise, and it is the kind that lasts -- our coverage does not treat it as a destination but as the neighborhood restaurant you are glad exists on a weeknight.

The name is the thing to get straight. Our pho guide places Saigon Cafe among the Provo-Orem Vietnamese set alongside DA PHO and Pho King, and our ramen and noodle guide lists it too, but the Asian guide's advice is not to let the Vietnamese name set your expectations. Regulars order from the Chinese side of the menu, and the guide names the fried rice and the hot and sour soup as the reasons.

It has been at the same west-side address for decades under the same family, which in a city where restaurant turnover is high is itself a fact worth carrying. Our noodle guide lists it among the kitchens that post Sunday closed, in company with Tai Lai Shun, Saida and Yummy's, so plan a weekend visit for Saturday. No hours or prices here, as everywhere in this directory; our guide's durable characterization is budget-friendly, and the rest is for the restaurant to say.

Everything we have written about it

This is every page on Provo.com that names Saigon Cafe, most substantial first. The directory exists to route you into the writing rather than to replace it.

The durable facts, and the ones we refuse to carry

Name: Saigon Cafe
Address: 440 W 300 S, Provo, Utah
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Where we read the address: our own page, not a third-party listing
How we know the city: this site prints the city immediately after the address

We do not publish opening hours, prices, phone numbers or ratings for any venue in this directory. Those are the facts that go stale, and a directory carrying them is wrong within a season while still looking authoritative. For hours, ask the restaurant.

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