Vibrant Vietnamese fusion with French, Chaozhou, and Vietnamese Mexican influences. Highlights include duck tamales & pork skewers. Recently revamped & relocated.
This Vietnamese restaurant, recently relocated to Greenpoint, offers a unique fusion of Vietnamese comfort food with influences from French, Chaozhou, and Vietnamese Mexican cuisines. Chef Eric Tran crafts an experience that can be enjoyed through a tasting menu or a la carte options like duck "Vietnamese tamales" and savory pork skewers. The restaurant reopened in late 2025 inside the Pan Pan Vino Vino bakery, serving dinner.
The restaurant serves Vietnamese comfort food, with noted influences from French, Chaozhou, and Vietnamese Mexican cuisines. Recommended dishes include duck "Vietnamese tamales" and savory pork skewers. While generally well-regarded, one customer had a negative experience related to an ingredient discrepancy.
"Dishes highlighted include duck "Vietnamese tamales" and savory pork skewers, offering unique flavors within the Vietnamese fusion cuisine."
Customers generally recommend this Vietnamese restaurant, with many expressing positive experiences and highlighting it as a 'wow' factor. However, there's a note of caution from one diner regarding specific ingredient authenticity and pricing.
Important Note
One customer reported an issue with ingredient authenticity (rau cần being served as rau muống) and expressed dissatisfaction with the pricing for the perceived quality.
"The commenter expressed a strong negative opinion about Falansai, citing an incident where they were served rau cần while it was called rau muống on the menu, and they tried to dispute it. They also find Saiguette 'meh' and refuse to pay high prices for disappointing food at places like La Đồng and Madam Võ."
Negative"The original poster acknowledged the update about Falansai's move and menu changes, and plans to assess it based on the new menu and photos."
Neutral"The commenter noted that Falansai recently moved to Greenpoint and underwent a menu revamp about five or six years ago, becoming a Viet/Mexican fusion restaurant that the NYT enjoys. They have not tried the new Greenpoint menu yet."
Neutral"The user collects matchbooks from various NYC restaurants and Falansai is one of them."
Neutral"A user indicated that Falansai is one of the restaurants they could easily see themselves visiting from the list provided."
Positive"Falansai is mentioned as a Thai food option in the area."
Neutral"User recommended Falansai as a restaurant that recently 'wow'd' them. Falansai serves Vietnamese-American cuisine."
Positive"The author recommends Falansai."
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