Cafe Trang- Downtown
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: (801) 539-1638
- Price:
- $
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10:30pm, Sun 12pm-10pm
Editorial Review for Cafe Trang- Downtown – by Bob King
The Scene
Booths and tables fill three dining rooms. Fish tanks add splashes of color and light, while on busy nights--most nights--contented patrons add their buzz to the bustle of busy waiters and clamor from the kitchen.
The Food
Cafe Trang specializes in Vietnamese dishes, but there's also a smattering of Chinese selections. Start with plump pot stickers or the fresh spring rolls served with rich peanut dipping sauce. For entrees, patrons generally go with favorites like salt-baked shrimp, charbroiled pork and lemon grass chicken with red peppers. But the lengthy menu offers room for exploring: Clay-pot catfish, various noodles and vermicelli and salt-steamed chicken are worthy options. A relative bounty of vegetarian selections includes a tamarind soup and bean curd with lemon grass or with scallions and ginger. Drinkwise, there are local beers on tap and a wine list.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoThe corkage fee is $7.50, if you have a favorite wine pairing for Asian fare.
The ExtrasThe Cottonwood Mall location has a newer, tidier ambience and the same menu.
User Reviews for Cafe Trang- Downtown
11/12/2007 Posted by j8veg
A must go for delicious Asian fare. Make your own spring rolls, dip them in the peanut sauce, and sit back and smile as your mouth goes to a happy place. Man, I miss this place since moving back East. Order an extra skewer of fried Tofu, and split your platter! So delicious! My friends and I would tell the wait staff if we were on lunch hour, and were always out in time to head back to work. Good times!
Pros: Try the vegetarian menu
Cons: Can't remember any. The food was too darn good.
07/07/2007 Posted by maria_c
The service at this restaraunt was terrible. The restaurant was pretty much empty and it took them 20 minutes to get out out appetizers. Then they brought us the wrong the beer and it went downhill from there. There were 5 tables occupied in the entire restaurant. They served my husband his entree and did not bring mine out for 15 minutes. We said something to the waitress and another woman appeared who we had not seen before and said it was her fault - ??? She proceeded to tell us the restaurant was very busy and that was the delay for the food and offered to remake my husbands now cold entree. No one refilled our water until we asked for the check nor did they ask if we wanted another drink or check on our meal.
Pros: NONE
Cons: SERVICE
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