Right at the Bullring, on St Martin's Square

Family-run Vietnamese restaurant on St Martin's Square — the open square behind the Bullring, opposite Selfridges and beside the markets. Pho, bun cha, bao buns, bottomless brunch, pre-theatre dinner.

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Inside Vietnamese Street Kitchen at the Bullring, St Martin's Square

Where we are vs the mall

Right at the Bullring

The Bullring is one of the busiest shopping centres in Europe and one of the most densely-fed neighbourhoods in Birmingham. Inside the mall: food court chains (Wagamama, Nando's, GBK, Pasta Evangelists) and a couple of cafés. Step out the Selfridges side onto St Martin's Square — the open square by the markets and St Martin's Church — and that's where we are. Right at the Bullring, not a trek across town.

Vietnamese Street Kitchen sits on St Martin's Square, right at the Bullring — the original family-run Vietnamese restaurant of this format in central Birmingham, serving since 2018. A minute from Selfridges and the markets, about five from Grand Central and New Street station, about seven from the Birmingham Hippodrome.

Why pick us

What this kitchen does that the chains don't

The Bullring's food-court tier is chain-fast, chain-cheap, chain-good. It does what it does. We're a step out of that — a sit-down Vietnamese restaurant where the broth simmers overnight and the bao buns prove in-house. If you want a real meal after a long shop, with table service, a proper drink and a menu that goes beyond the chain default, we're the one.

The menu reads: summer rolls and crispy spring rolls to start; 25-hour signature pho, plus bun cha and pho tai for the bowl crowd; build-your-own big bowls and slow-cooked classics for the share-plate crowd; bao buns in pairs for the in-between. Drinks: Vietnamese coffee on slow drip, lemongrass spritzers, lychee martinis.

A bowl of 25-hour pho at Vietnamese Street Kitchen, a minute from the Bullring
Our 25-hour pho — beef bones, charred aromatics, no powders. A minute from the Selfridges exit.

Getting from the mall to us

Step by step

From inside the Bullring, head for the Selfridges / markets exit at the south end. Step out onto St Martin's Square — the open square by St Martin's Church and the Rag Market — and we're right there, opposite Selfridges. Total walk: under a minute.

From Grand Central / New Street — easy: head through the Bullring toward Selfridges and out onto St Martin's Square. About five minutes.

When to come

Lunch, dinner, brunch, theatre

Lunch (12–3 pm) — quietest at noon, busiest from 1:30. Most bookings are 1-hour business lunches; walk-ins fine.

Pre-Hippodrome (5–7 pm) — our peak booking band. No set menu; order à la carte and we pace it to your curtain — see the pre-theatre page.

Dinner (7–10 pm) — Friday and Saturday evenings book up; weekday evenings usually flex for walk-ins.

Bottomless brunch (Sun–Thu, 12:30–7 pm last seating) — Birmingham's first Vietnamese version of the format. £32.99 pp, 90 minutes, 18+. See the brunch page.

If we're full

Other Hurst Street and Arcadian options

We won't pretend the area only has us. The Arcadian has Chinese (Cantonese dim sum, Sichuan), Korean BBQ, Indian. Hurst Street has Italian, steak, and a clutch of bars. Grand Central is mall food. The Bullring shopping centre's food court is the fast-food tier. If we're full, the neighbours are easily reached — and the team is happy to point you somewhere good when we are.

But: walk-ins are usually fine midweek lunch and Sun–Thu evenings. Book ahead for Friday or Saturday night, Sunday brunch, or any pre-theatre slot. The whole booking flow is on the book page.

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St Martin's Square · B5 4BW · right at the Bullring, opposite Selfridges