Saigon Taste is a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant at 17 Majoribanks Street, Mount Victoria, at the eastern end of the Courtenay Place precinct near the Embassy Theatre. It has been operating in Wellington since 2010 and describes itself as a locally owned, independent restaurant with no other branches. The kitchen is run by chefs Hung and Nga, who the restaurant says bring generations of Vietnamese home cooking and street food to the menu.
The menu covers traditional Vietnamese dishes, including phở, banh xeo (Vietnamese pancake), fresh summer rolls, fried spring rolls, rice dishes and noodle salads. The restaurant lists a vegetarian menu and states that it offers a range of vegetarian and gluten-free dishes, several of which can be made vegan. Spicy dishes are marked with a chilli symbol on the menu, and staff will advise on heat levels — both useful when ordering for a group with varied preferences. Dine-in, takeaway and delivery are all available.
The restaurant states that its dining room is laid out with a mix of two-person and four-to-six-person tables, and that it can accommodate bookings of up to 20 people. Reservations are taken by phone or email, and the restaurant recommends booking for larger groups and weekend evenings. There is no separate function room advertised.
The restaurant publishes practical access notes. There is no allocated parking, but 15-minute free parking sits directly outside for pickups, with metered parking across the street and towards Roxburgh Street, two-hour coupon parking a short walk away, and a Wilson Parking carpark on Lipman Street. Mount Victoria street parking fills quickly at peak times. For most delegates the site is walkable from Courtenay Place accommodation, so parking is rarely the deciding factor.
Saigon Taste is closed on Mondays and open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 10pm. The long continuous service across lunch and dinner gives organisers flexibility around session times.
Saigon Taste suits smaller-scale business dining rather than large functions. The stated maximum booking of 20 people makes it a practical choice for a working lunch, a small delegate dinner, a speaker or committee meal, or a team dinner attached to a conference on Courtenay Place. The Vietnamese menu with clearly identified vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options is easy to plan around, and the all-day trading hours accommodate programmes that run late. Organisers needing a full-venue function space or a large set-menu group should look at larger venues; for a modest group in the Courtenay Place area this is a well-established option. Browse further Wellington restaurants for delegate dining.
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