Hẻm 23 Vietnamese Bar and Grill

This restaurant is CLOSED.

Very much enjoyed their happy hour while they were still around. Sad to see them gone.

This’s my family’s favorite Vietnamese restaurant in Portland. It’s our must go place whenever I visited my parents.

I live in Seattle and I usually have to go Chinatown to get authentic Vietnamese food. But this place is surprisingly authentic! The soft shell crabs were the best we have had.

Service is also much better than most Asian restaurants! In lots of Vietnamese restaurants, their services usually stop after you food arrived, which’s not cool. But here, we have gotten good service all the way till the end every time.

I am fully impressed! If you plopped this place down in a cute part of Queens or Brooklyn you would have to book a reservation a week in advance. The lean brisket pho was delicious! The skewers were so good that we did a "round two" on them to try other kinds. The pork belly satay is meat candy on a stick. I would return here just to eat 50 of them. Spicy Mezcal cocktail (name of which escapes me) was perfect balance of sweet, smoke and heat. Service was fantastic, not typical of Portland. I'll be back. Maybe my new Prov park pregame jam! Can't think of a better way to start the night before a Timbers or Thorns game.

Food was very good. Ordered the grilled combo and it was delicious. Soft shelled crab was also very good. The firecracker chicken had excellent flavor on the outside but bland on the inside. All in all, I would recommend this place if you would like a good meal.

Good venue, good value, good food. Definitely the best-looking Vietnamese restaurant I've been to and I will definitely be coming back. It has a very interesting decor, semi-industrial (but classy) and some craftsman even decorated a portion of the wall with old cabinet doors. The presentation of their food was amazing. This chicken rice was only $11! Brought me a napkin, fork, knife, and a pitcher of water. Chicken was on skewers, and dressed with green onions and sauteed garlic slices. I just wish they could number their menu items b/c the Vietnamese dish names are tricky for me :).