Saigon '60s Rotorua is the original branch of a Vietnamese restaurant that began in the city in 2018. Its name looks back to the cosmopolitan character of 1960s Saigon, an influence the restaurant carries into a menu that balances familiar regional cooking with a small number of fusion-minded touches. The Fenton Street dining room remains the brand's Rotorua home, and the offer is broad enough for an everyday lunch as well as an evening meal. Service runs across the day, so a quick baguette and a longer spread of soup, rice and smaller dishes belong to the same relaxed format.
Pho is one of the kitchen's clearest reference points. Beef, chicken and pork versions build from rice noodles, broth, onion and fresh herbs, while roast duck pho adds bok choy and slices of duck to a beef-bone soup. Diners wanting more heat can move to the spicy lemongrass noodle soup, where vermicelli and cabbage take on the fragrance and warmth of lemongrass. These bowls do not all follow one formula: the meat, noodle and broth combinations change, giving the soup section enough range for both a straightforward classic and something more assertive.
The rest of the menu opens out beyond broth. Banh mi layers meat, pickled carrot and daikon, cucumber and coriander inside a toasted baguette, while vermicelli salads combine crisp vegetables, herbs, peanuts and fried onion with choices such as grilled pork, lemongrass chicken, seafood or tofu. Rice plates and stir-fries make the offer more substantial again. Among the chef's specials are slow-cooked lemongrass beef stew, sliced barbecue-pork egg noodles served with soup, duck breast in coconut gravy and a crisp Vietnamese pancake filled to order with meat, prawns or tofu.
Those choices make Saigon '60s particularly accommodating for mixed groups. Tofu and vegetable combinations recur through the noodle, salad and stir-fry sections, while a dedicated children's range scales down several approachable dishes. Small bites and rice plates can be combined for a shared meal, or each diner can stay with a single bowl. Drinks remain connected to the restaurant's Vietnamese identity: traditional drip coffee appears alongside a richer hot egg coffee made with yolk, condensed milk, chocolate and honey, providing a distinctive finish after the sharper herbs, pickles and lemongrass of the savoury menu.
Address: 1205 Fenton Street, Rotorua 3010, New Zealand
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Saigon '60s Menu
Noodle Soup
Beef Pho
Vietnamese noodle soup. Come with broth, pour over rice noodles and sliced rare beef, topped up with onion, spring onion and corriander. Note: Beef comes raw, will be cooked by pouring hot broth over, unless further instructions are given.
Chicken Pho
Vietnamese noodle soup. Come with broth, pour over rice noodles and topped up with boiled chicken, onion, spring onion and corriander.
Pork Pho
Vietnamese noodle soup. Come with broth, pour over rice noodles and topped up with pork, onion, spring onion and corriander.
BBQ Pork Pho
Vietnamese noodle soup. Come with broth, pour over rice noodles and topped up with sliced BBQ pork, onion, spring onion and corriander.
Katsu Chicken Pho
Vietnamese noodle soup. Come with broth, pour over rice noodles and topped up with katsu chicken (fried chicken), onion, spring onion and corriander.
Roast Duck Pho
Vietnamese noodle soup. Come with broth, pour over rice noodles and topped up with sliced roast duck, onion, spring onion and corriander.
Spicy Lemongrass Noodle Soup
Choose 1 protein option: Beef, Pork, Chicken, Seafood, Tofu
Seafood Noodle Soup
Tomyum-based broth with seafood (prawn, squid, surimi), sprout and herbs
Pork and Seafood Noodle Soup
Nam-vang broth pour over rice noodles, topped up with pork, prawn and squid
Vegetarian Noodle Soup (Vegan)
Vegetable broth rice noodle soup, topped with tofu, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, bok choy and cabbage.
Stir-Fry
Stir-fried Vegetables with Streamed Rice
Choose 1 protein option: Beef, Pork, Chicken, Seafood, Tofu… SF onion, carrot, green, cabbage, bok choy, broccoli.
Stir-fried Rice Noodles with Vegetables
Choose 1 protein option: Beef, Pork, Chicken, Seafood, Tofu… SF onion, carrot, green, cabbage, bok choy, broccoli.
Stir-fried Ramen Noodles with Vegetables
Choose 1 protein option: Beef, Pork, Chicken, Seafood, Tofu… SF onion, carrot, green, cabbage, bok choy, broccoli.
Stir-fried Udon Noodles with Vegetables
Choose 1 protein option: Beef, Pork, Chicken, Seafood, Tofu… SF onion, carrot, green, cabbage, bok choy, broccoli.
Rice Dishes
BBQ Pork Rice
Rice topped up with sliced BBQ pork and cha siu sauce, come with small side of salad.
Beef & Onion
Rice topped up with stir-fried beef and onion. Come with small side of salad.
Lemongrass Chicken Rice
Rice topped up with stir-fried lemongrass chicken and onion. Come with small side of salad.
Lemongrass curry tofu
Rice topped up with stir-fried lemongrass tofu. Come with small side of salad.
Grilled Pork Rice
Rice topped up with grilled marinated pork. Come with small side of salad.
Lemongrass Seafood
Rice topped up with stir-fried lemongrass seafood (prawn, squid, surimi and mussels). Come with small side of salad.
Roast Duck Rice
Rice topped up with sliced roasted duck. Come with a side of boiled bok choy and salad.
Fried rice
Rice, pea, carrot, corn, spring onion, and your choice of proteins:
Salad & Noodle Salad
Vietnamese Salad
Choose 1 protein option: Stir-fried Beef, Grilled Pork, Lemongrass Chicken, Lemongrass Seafood, Lemongrass Tofu
Vermicelli Noodle Salad W/ Spring Rolls
Choose 1 protein option: Stir-fried Beef, Grilled Pork, Lemongrass Chicken, Lemongrass Seafood, Lemongrass Tofu
Chef's Special
Duck Coconut gravy
Duck Breast, broccoli, coriander, onion, house-made coconut gravy & your choice of carbs:
Beef Stew
Your choice of carbs. Slow cook beef chunks, lemongrass, carrot, onion, spring onion, salad, rice, or baguette ..
BBQ Dried Noodles
Sliced BBQ Pork, boy choy, bean sprouts come with egg noodles, mixed in cha siu and soy sauce. This dish comes with a side of soup.
Vietnamese Pancake
Choose 1 protein option: Pork, Chicken, Prawn, Tofu. Sprouts as fillings. Served with lettuce, pickled carrot and daikon, and fish sauce.
Small Bites
BBQ Pork Banh Mi
BBQ Pork Vietnamese Baguette (baked in house). Served with: Pickle Carrot & Daikon, Cucumber, Coriander, Butter, house-made char siu gravy.
Pulled Chicken Banh Mi
Pulled chicken with Vietnamese baguette (baked in house). Served with: Pickle Carrot & Daikon, Cucumber, Coriander, Butter, house-made char siu gravy.
Fried Egg Banh Mi
Fried Egg (x2) with Vietnamese Baguette (baked in house). Served with: Pickle Carrot & Daikon, Cucumber, Coriander & House-made sauce.
Katsu Banh Mi
Fried Katsu Chicken with Vietnamese Baguette (baked in house). Served with: Pickle Carrot & Daikon, Cucumber, Coriander, house-made char siu gravy & Aioli
Spring Rolls Pork
3 x per serving. Deep Fry Rice-paper Rolls with pork and mushroom filling. Come with salad and fish sauce.
Spring Rolls Chicken
3 x per serving. Deep Fry Wonton-Skin Rolls with chicken filling and wonton sheet. Come with salad and fish sauce.
Spring Rolls Veggie
3 x Deep-fried rice paper rolls w/ Carrot, mushroom, snow pea, cabbage.
Summer Rolls Pork & Prawn
2 x Larger rolls. Pork & Prawn Fresh rice paper rolls with lettuce, carrot, sprout, mint. Come with peanut hoisin (vegan) sauce. Note: Product is gluten-free. Peanut and Gluten are only in the peanut sauce, change to fish sauce for gluten-free option.
Summer Rolls Chicken
2 x Larger rolls. Steamed Chicken Fresh rice paper rolls, lettuce, carrot, sprout, mint. Come with peanut hoisin (vegan) sauce. Note: Product is gluten-free. Peanut and Gluten are only in the peanut sauce, change to fish sauce for gluten-free option.
Summer Rolls Tofu
2 x Larger rolls. Tofu, Fresh rice paper rolls with lettuce, carrot, sprout, mint. Come with peanut hoisin (vegan) sauce. Note: Product is gluten-free. Peanut and Gluten are only in the peanut sauce, change to soy sauce for peanut-free option.
Edamame
Steamed Edamame bean (skin on)
Fried Tofu
Deep Fried Tofu cubes. Served with vegan peanut hoisin sauce. Note: Peanut is only in the sauce.
Fries
Potato Fries. Come with tomato sauce.
Kid Menu
Nugget n Chip
Mini Katsu Chicken Rice
Kid Katsu Chicken on Rice, topped with mayo.
Mini BBQ Pork Rice
Smaller size of BBQ Pork on Rice
Mini Plain Noodle Soup
Rice noodle with pho broth.
Vietnamese Drinks
Pre-dripped coffee
Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk. Can be served as hot or cold.
Pre-dripped coffee (DOUBLE size)
Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk and ice (DOUBLE amount of regular ice coffee)
Egg Coffee (original)
Vietnamese coffee topped with egg custard (egg yolk mixed with condensed milk and honey). Can be served as hot or cold.
Egg Chocolate
Chocolate topped with egg custard (egg yolk mixed with condensed milk and honey). Can be served as hot or cold.
Salted Cream Iced Coffee
Vietnamese coffee mixed with condensed milk, topped with salted whipped creamy.
Cold Drinks
Mango Smoothie
Mango Smoothie
Mixy Berry Smoothie
Mixy Berry Smoothie
Fejoa Smoothie
Mixy Berry Smoothie
Tropical Smoothie
Tropical Smoothie
Creamy Avocado smoothie
Avocado blended with condensed milk, whole milk and ice.
Lemon Iced Tea
Lemon Iced Tea
Peach Iced Tea
Peach Iced Tea
Coffee- Frappuccino
Coffee- Frappuccino
Mocha-Frappuccino
Mocha-Frappuccino
Chocolate-Frappuccino
Chocolate-Frappuccino
Matcha – Frappuccino
Matcha – Frappuccino
Hot Drinks
English Breakfast
English Breakfast
Lemon Tea
Lemon Tea
Green Tea
Green Tea
Earl grey Tea
Earl grey Tea
Short black
Short black
Long black
Long black
Flat white – Reg
Flat white – Reg
Latte (Reg)
Latte (Reg)
Cappuccino – Small
Cappuccino – Small
Cappuccino – Reg
Cappuccino – Reg
Mochaccino (Reg)
Mochaccino (Reg)
Hot chocolate (Reg)
Hot chocolate (Reg)
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- Fried rice Typical in Rotorua: $18.90 $21.50
- Flat white Typical in Rotorua: $5.75 $5.50
- Mocha Typical in Rotorua: $6.25 $6.50
- Short black Typical in Rotorua: $5.00 $4.00
- Long black Typical in Rotorua: $5.00 $4.50
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