Much hyped modern Vietnamese cuisine but not at all worth the hype. Biggest red flag: We stood around a few minutes and finally yelled out hello! just to get their attention. The chicken pho is totally made from a soup base and not the usual slow cooking from so many other pho spots. It was so overly salty and mostly inedible. Whole fried flounder is probably the smallest one I have ever been served. The crispness was overdone and fish was practically overcooked. Topped with shreds of green mango and bottled sweet chili sauce. Crispy fried tofu was so bland, served with the same bottled sweet chili sauce. Barbecued ribs were tender and yet again served with the same chili sauce. And finally the decor is overly floral to the point of tackiness.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 3
Tul Ah
Food was NOT that good as expected at the price. Lots of deep fries.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
David Tran
It was really good before they started to cut down the portion of food
Rubi Macias
The Vietnamese food here is amazing. Chef Kristen’s dishes are so creative and versatile. You can get acidic, sweet, salty, umami all in a single meal. The portions are perfect and the food is so fresh. Highly recommend going with multiple people so you can dine family style and try as many dishes as possible.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sophoan Yem
Met the owner while we dined here. Food was excellent and one of the best Asian cuisine in the area. We had a party of 13 also and place accommodated well!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joe Ruocco
We ordered dishes that we shared with a group of over 20 people. The total bill was very doable. The food were fairly priced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mar Sañudo
Lobster..
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Andre Tran
We enjoyed most of the food, except the baked clams were very overcooked which dried up the texture and ruined the taste. We are willing to coming back and trying more of their main dishes to re-evaluate.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Aug O
I had the house special lobster with noodles. The serving was HUGE with tons of garlic and chives (living up to their name haha), jalapeños and chilies on top. Flavorful and delicious, will come back to try other dishes
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
sandrafaye63
The food is served family style. Although the chicken had flavor, it was a bit hard. Too crunchy. The noodles and rice were my favorite 😍
Parking: The owner and her staff were friendly and accommodating. I would go back
I'm so thrilled this location opened in Cerritos. I would drive down to OC to its original location. Personally, think this location is better. It's spacious and modern. There's also a private dining area you can reserve. Great friendly service ? The menu selection is vast with lots of seafood options. So happy to have some modern traditional vietnamese closer to home versus driving out to OC.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
M Cross
First time to this restaurant. Went out with friends who have been here before. This is definitely a hidden gem in Cerritos! The food is made to order and delivered hot & very fresh to your table. Flavors are amazing!
Service was great. Refilled the water and was attentive to our group.
We tried a few dishes. We had the garlic noodles with shrimp. That was good. Also tried the salt and pepper calamari. It’s good but caution about it being spicy. We also tried a few different salads which was refreshing.
The decor was nice and pretty. I think it’s a nice place to take a date. Weds evening there wasn’t too many people which was nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp and Pork Roll, Shrimp Garlic Noodles
Jeff Genota
Owner and staff went out of their way to be super hospitable, something I haven’t seen in a good while. Bun cha bowl was delicious with noticeably fresh garnishes. Will come back again soon to try the best hits.
Parking: Busy shopping center but not hard to find parking.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp and Pork Roll
m v 25
We went on a Tuesday for dinner, there weren’t that many people in the restaurant which told me what I needed to know.
Really wanted to support the small business, have seen amazing things online. Was really looking forward to this meal to celebrate my mom’s milstone in her cancer treatment. We saved our stomachs all day looking forward to this meal. However, was really disappointed.
We ordered about five dishes, two of which weren’t able to be ordered because the kitchen ran out of key ingredients (Mustard green rolls, seabass hot pot). What we were able to get sent to our table were razor clams & it really lacked the pungent Vietnamese flavors I grew up loving. Most notably, the size of the razor clams were super small and overcooked. Perhaps we went on a bad day, but there seems to be too many misses for me to warrant a second attempt. Our server was really nice & understanding and let us return the razor clams so I tipped him accordingly.
Much hyped modern Vietnamese cuisine but not at all worth the hype.
Biggest red flag: We stood around a few minutes and finally yelled out hello! just to get their attention.
The chicken pho is totally made from a soup base and not the usual slow cooking from so many other pho spots. It was so overly salty and mostly inedible.
Whole fried flounder is probably the smallest one I have ever been served. The crispness was overdone and fish was practically overcooked. Topped with shreds of green mango and bottled sweet chili sauce.
Crispy fried tofu was so bland, served with the same bottled sweet chili sauce.
Barbecued ribs were tender and yet again served with the same chili sauce.
And finally the decor is overly floral to the point of tackiness.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 3
Food was NOT that good as expected at the price. Lots of deep fries.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
It was really good before they started to cut down the portion of food
The Vietnamese food here is amazing. Chef Kristen’s dishes are so creative and versatile. You can get acidic, sweet, salty, umami all in a single meal. The portions are perfect and the food is so fresh. Highly recommend going with multiple people so you can dine family style and try as many dishes as possible.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Met the owner while we dined here. Food was excellent and one of the best Asian cuisine in the area. We had a party of 13 also and place accommodated well!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We ordered dishes that we shared with a group of over 20 people.
The total bill was very doable. The food were fairly priced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lobster..
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We enjoyed most of the food, except the baked clams were very overcooked which dried up the texture and ruined the taste. We are willing to coming back and trying more of their main dishes to re-evaluate.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
I had the house special lobster with noodles. The serving was HUGE with tons of garlic and chives (living up to their name haha), jalapeños and chilies on top. Flavorful and delicious, will come back to try other dishes
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is served family style. Although the chicken had flavor, it was a bit hard. Too crunchy. The noodles and rice were my favorite 😍
Parking: The owner and her staff were friendly and accommodating. I would go back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Fried
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I'm so thrilled this location opened in Cerritos. I would drive down to OC to its original location. Personally, think this location is better. It's spacious and modern. There's also a private dining area you can reserve.
Great friendly service ? The menu selection is vast with lots of seafood options. So happy to have some modern traditional vietnamese closer to home versus driving out to OC.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
First time to this restaurant. Went out with friends who have been here before. This is definitely a hidden gem in Cerritos! The food is made to order and delivered hot & very fresh to your table. Flavors are amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Beans, Rolls, Holy Crunchy Chicken Wings
Service was great. Refilled the water and was attentive to our group.
We tried a few dishes. We had the garlic noodles with shrimp. That was good. Also tried the salt and pepper calamari. It’s good but caution about it being spicy. We also tried a few different salads which was refreshing.
The decor was nice and pretty. I think it’s a nice place to take a date. Weds evening there wasn’t too many people which was nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp and Pork Roll, Shrimp Garlic Noodles
Owner and staff went out of their way to be super hospitable, something I haven’t seen in a good while. Bun cha bowl was delicious with noticeably fresh garnishes. Will come back again soon to try the best hits.
Parking: Busy shopping center but not hard to find parking.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp and Pork Roll
We went on a Tuesday for dinner, there weren’t that many people in the restaurant which told me what I needed to know.
Really wanted to support the small business, have seen amazing things online. Was really looking forward to this meal to celebrate my mom’s milstone in her cancer treatment. We saved our stomachs all day looking forward to this meal. However, was really disappointed.
We ordered about five dishes, two of which weren’t able to be ordered because the kitchen ran out of key ingredients (Mustard green rolls, seabass hot pot). What we were able to get sent to our table were razor clams & it really lacked the pungent Vietnamese flavors I grew up loving. Most notably, the size of the razor clams were super small and overcooked. Perhaps we went on a bad day, but there seems to be too many misses for me to warrant a second attempt. Our server was really nice & understanding and let us return the razor clams so I tipped him accordingly.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
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