Chan Thon Andy Phoung opened Taste With Andy at the end of 2020. The menu pulls from his family's Khmer cooking — Cambodian, the heritage thread — and runs across Thai and Vietnamese traditions. Mom's Chicken Curry, Khmer Burger weekly special, a thirteen-dollar jar of Andy's own super chili paste sold standalone. Downtown Guelph, 45 Cork Street East.

The Nguyen's is a West End Guelph Vietnamese family restaurant with a menu that reaches past basic pho into Mi Quang, Bun Bo Hue, Banh Xeo, Spring Za Rolls, take-home pho spice, weekend noodle specials, limited desserts, and catering for groups.

Pho Saigon is a Guelph Vietnamese noodle-house pick for Rare Beef Pho, Vietnamese Banh Mi, Spicy Huế Noodle Soup, spring rolls, vermicelli bowls, Vietnamese coffee, and practical dine-in or takeout meals.

Red Papaya Thai & Grill is downtown Guelph's twenty-plus-year Thai-Vietnamese kitchen and live-show room, owner-operated by Jill Tieu inside the Old Quebec Street Shoppes. Combo dinners for two through six, vegan-friendly across most of the menu, and a dining room that doubles as a live stage with its own PA and house band running comedy, open mics, and drag programming on the same nights it serves pad thai.