"Located in a veritable banquet hall (it used to be a dim sum joint), this top spot for Vietnamese fare is obviously well equipped to handle large parties — and so, of course, is the wide-ranging menu, laden with such crowd pleasers as stir-fried whole crab; rice-paper wrap platters starring the likes of deep-fried sugarcane shrimp or lemongrass pork skewers; and fire pots bobbing with seafood of all kinds, from catfish to squid and mussels. (Reservations are recommended for six or more.)" - Ruth Tobias