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good food, very nice place, and kind service.

nothing special. overhyped.

Amazing place! Tucked away, but worth the search. Dined with a party of 12, so go with a group to get value for the buck. We ordered every apetizer on the menu and probably 4 six packs of beer. The flavors were lively and authentic, service was accomodating and the price was surprisingly inexpensive for the selections. A true gem!

VPR = value/price ratio. I liked Bia Garden. I liked the food. It's simple, rustic, nothing fancy, full of flavor. But I generally feel that if I've spent $30 on food I shouldn't be leaving hungry. Yet that's what I did. Two of us ate, and ordered four "medium" plates, averaging about $15 per plate. Be warned: "Medium" is "appetizer" - I can only imagine that the "small" plates must be little more than snacks. There was only one "large" plate on the menu when we went. What we ate certainly tasted good - there just wasn't much of it. Had the dishes come with a bowl of rice or something it might have filled up some extra stomach space - besides, there was a great deal of sauce on each dish, sauce that was just aching to be soaked up with some kind of carb, be it rice, bread, whatever. But instead all that yummy sauce went to waste once you'd finished the protein. Adding a carb might have helped with the "leaving hungry" factor as well, though none of the dishes would have been worth their price point regardless. So close to Chinatown, where one can find very similar food for the half the price no less. Maybe it won't be QUITE as good as you'll get at Bia Garden, but it's all about VPR. It's sad, since I felt Michael Bao had really hit it well with Baoguette, in terms of "updating" something one can find elsewhere - yes, the Banh Mis might be a dollar or two more than you'd find elsewhere, but that's not such a high premium for some of the best in town. Here, the "markup" is much higher - as I said, nearly double what one would find comparable dishes for a few blocks South. The beer concept is... annoying. You can only order in six-packs, twelve-packs, or cases. You only pay for what you drink, though. This is a pain in the butt for the servers more than anyone else, as they then have to carry back the five out of six beers you didn't drink when you only wanted one. And what if I'd like a different beer for my second? They have to bring out a whole other six pack. It's just an affectation, but I have very little patience for useless affectations. Let those that want a six pack get one. Let those that want one beer... get ONE beer! My only other note would be to the staff: warn diners when bringing the steamed mussels to the table that the little green pods, some of which look an awful lot like green beans, are not green beans but extremely spicy chiles. That's a mistake I won't bite into again.