If your Vietnamese food experience is limited to Pho & Pork Chops, you will be in for a pleasant surprise as you won't find them here. Instead, you will enter into a brand new culinary adventure full of delicious dishes. I love Banh Beo, unfortunately it is a difficult dish to find in this area, and this place really delivers on this dish. It's absolutely delicious and my favorite dish here. The beef carpaccio & shaken beef are also pretty great. The cocktails are fantastic. The only dish I probably won't order again is the platter. I wasn't a fan of the tofu & pork, and the dipping sauce was overpowering. Service was great, attentive without being overbearing. The space is well designed with semi open kitchen and a full bar. Will definitely come back soon

I struggle with giving it a 4...my review is a 3.5. Gabriella's Vietnam offers authentic Vietnamese food. The individuals working here were very kind and explained the dishes nicely. I really appreciate when restaurants answer questions about their cuisine patiently rather than feeling annoyed so thank you, I learned a lot. The restaurant could definitely be more elevated without the random and tacky decorations all over the restaurant. Secondly, the QR code in the restaurant for the menu has more items listed than what is on the restaurant's website. We also noticed there were space heaters all throughout the floor, I am not sure if this is a normal. We felt very cold the entire dinner. We were closer to the window but had to keep our jackets on which didn't feel like enough. Otherwise the space has a beautiful bar area and plentiful seating surrounding it. WATER FERN DUMPLINGS - (ordered without the pork crackling) this was such a beautiful presentation and there is an explosion of so many textures and flavors in your mouth at once 5/5 WINTER FLOUNDER - what a fun dish to share with! the flounder was flaky inside and crispy on the outside, I loved the herb mix that came with it, moreover, the fish sauce vinaigrette WAS SO GOOD, we asked for two more bowls of it, it's definitely needed as the flounder could use a bit more salt 5/5 SIZZLING CATFISH - the catfish was so flavorful as it was cooked with a turmeric dry rub. It was served with a ton of fresh dill which was a great touch and cut through the fish pieces. Catfish is a freshwater fish so it has more of a meatier taste that seafood taste. The pineapple sauce that came with it was a bit more bold that the fish sauce vinaigrette served with the winter flounder. 4/5 Squid/Mango Salad (not listed on website) - was refreshing, the sauce was tangy but wish there were more squid pieces! 3/5

We've been wanting to try Gabriella Vietnam for a while and decided to do date night here on a Thursday evening. We got martini and Saigon smash for drinks, the Saigon smash was good but too sweet for me. We shared the crepes, water fern dumplings, wings, soft shell crab, and prawn mango salad. Our favorites were the dumplings and wings. Wings were so crispy and flavorful! The prawns were a bit dry, pancakes were good but could've had more flavor, and the soft shell crab were too greasy for our liking but other people raved about it so it's a personal opinion of course. We would probably come back to try other items!

Came in earlier with my daughter for a last minute dinner decision. Since we got there around 5:30 PM, we were promptly seated even though we didn't make nor have any reservation. Luckily, we got there early because it started getting busy after 6. Our server, Tony, was spectacular. He has a wonderful smile that was welcoming and can light up the room. Our water was never empty. The food was fairly decent. The prawn & mango salad was a little different than what I've anticipated but still delicious. Lots of different textures and flavors but, somehow, managed to compliment each other. The lightly battered fried calamari was splendid. The sauce it came with made this simple dish feel whole and complete. The water fern dumplings, on the other hand, were my least favorite. Wished it was served piping hot from the steamer and the shallots were freshly fried crispy. Maybe adding ground pork to the mini dish would also enhanced the flavors. Anyway, is it worth coming here? Definitely at least once. Would I come back here? Maybe.

I was beyond skeptical about Vietnamese food in Philly, as I just got back from Vietnam last month. Ohhhhh you haven't been to Vietnam? Oh ok, I'll handle this one then. My skepticism morphed into excitement when we were entering Gabriella's and I saw an authentic Vietnamese scooter in the window. The streets of Vietnam are LITTERED with scooters. I've never seen anything like it. How I didn't see one accident in my 2 weeks there will never make sense to me. You wouldn't get it though because you haven't been.... After walking through a small rustic space with beat up walls and a gritty open kitchen, we were seated at a high-top table. I only made it about 27 seconds before I told the waitress I had just recently gotten back from Vietnam, expecting her to be like "Wow this half Croatian half Mexican American guy was just in Vietnam?! He's so cultured and well traveled!" When I informed her I had gone to Northern and Southern Vietnam, she scolded me on how I missed the best part of the country which is right smack in the middle. "The food better, the beach better, everything better! Why you no go to Central Vietnam?!?" I was getting COOKED. She really was so vibrant and engaging, and a good waitress like this can really make your experience at a restaurant. She also confirmed the authenticity of Gabriella's as she was from, you guessed it, Central Vietnam. She helped us decide on food, and we opted to pull the trigger on the Water Fern Dumplings, Chicken Wings, Shaken Beef, and Brussel Sprouts. I had never come across dumplings like these, as they are essentially unwrapped. All the fixings are in the individual bowls with the dough at the bottom, but you put your preferred amount of fish sauce on each one and eat it with a spoon. I loved them, DELICIOUS. No matter what you do, no matter where you come from, you need to get these chicken wings with the fish sauce. I, like you probably reading this, was skeptical about fish sauce on chicken wings but these were some of the best chicken wings I've had this year. Sometimes two things you would never think of putting together can be a perfect fusion. Yin and Yang. The Shaken beef was ELITE, tender and juicy just as any good beef should be served... and don't even get me STARTED on these flash fried brussel sprouts. Brussel sprouts need to be perfectly fried for me or they are just a BRICK, and these were sensational. All in all, Gabriella's was yet another case of the Philly food scene slapping me in my face for my New York food scene arrogance. I also need to get to Central Vietnam... IG @jnov_ Tiktok @jnov_reviews

We keep coming back here and ordering the same dishes!!! We LOVE the savory crepes (amazingly crispy and light crepe with unique stuffing and amazing sauce), shaken beef (the best dish, according to my partner), sizzling catfish (served with herbs and crispy rice cake things and a sauce), seafood fried rice (lots of seafood and chunks of eggs), lemongrass tofu (large portion and the second best thing we order) and brussels (standard Asian way of cooking them that is tough to replicate at home). They are always bustling, which is nice to see so service can be a bit slow, but it's nice not to be rushed out of your table honestly like in some places (esp top NYT restaurant). PS you get a 5% discount if you use cash.