Taytene Cafe - South Portland

Small but great! Love the food and you can tell it is fresh ingredients after eating from here no regrets i actually eat here once a week. the Pho (soup) is hearty and healthy. ive tried it all and love everything they have.

Very Good Service and Very friendly One of the Best Restaurants I Recommend Going there

The boba was great they just added to much ice but the workers don’t really pay attention to you and on there

I really like this place. Being a Vietnamese and a cook, I tried many Vietnamese restaurants in Vietnam l, Boston and here. This place has the best roasted pork Vietnamese sandwich. And no I don’t know the owner or related. Their sandwich bread is soft and thin, each bite has equal amount of meat, bread and vegetables. The balance of sweet, sour, salty, fatty and crispy was right on with each bite. Growing up I always like crispy roasted pork Vietnamese sandwich in Vietnam and there are non around here in southern Maine or even Maine. I can’t speak for their other dishes because once I found the roasted pork sandwich, I only go back there for that lol. For less than 10$, you will not find another better roasted pork sandwich.

I was bummed this place didn’t deliver as one would expect from the various 5 star reviews of late. However, it was a miss for us.We ordered take out on a slow Wednesday evening Chicken Pho and Pork Grilled Bánh Mi.The chicken noodle soup pho was fine, but not particularly notable. The grilled pork Bánh mi missed the mark entirely. There was very little meat and no pâté for the most part it was a veggie sandwich.Lastly a bit of unnecessary attitude when picking up our to go order. I’ve never had a to go Bánh Mi that put the veggies in the sandwich, instead it’s put in a separate bag so as not to make the bread soggy. That’s fine if Tay Tene does it differently, but the guy who checked us out, when we politely asked where were the veggies for the sandwich, he flippantly said “they’re… in… the… sandwich” (insert implied “duh?” tone). Again, don’t have an issue with the different approach, but the attitude wasn’t necessary.