Nguyen's Kitchen

488 E 17th St b102, Costa Mesa
(949) 873-5069

Recent Reviews

Aaden Tee

Shrimp & steak were good, but noodles were soggy. My friend said the food was usually good

Food: 3

Service: 4

krv bhargav

I love this place. My first visit to this place is back in 2019. I generally avoid going to fusion places as I feel they are not for me. I happened to try this place and it pleasantly surprised. I always go for their garlic noodles with chicken breast/house chicken which costs around 13$. It’s the best the texture, flavor and above all the taste. They always have good music. I found some undiscovered music artists songs at this place. All in all a great place to have good food. It’s a cute place with good restaurants around this place. It’s a small store I generally take out but also dined in sometimes. I recommended their food to a lot of people and they liked it as well.Parking: If you have trouble parking there is Ralph’s just across the street which has enough parking at all times.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Garlic Chicken Banh MI, Chicken Wings, Jumbo Shrimp

Alan Hayes

Awesome food.Equal to super high-end expensive for 1/2 the price and

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

J D

First time here and ordered the pork with jasmine rice, veggies. $13. Pork was tender, rice was just right. The side sauce helped with added flavor. Not bad portion size for the price. I’d consider going back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grilled Pork, Grilled Pork Rice Bowl

Gurpreet Singh

They closed before the time they said they

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

John Smith

Garlic noodles were strait gas

Sean Duggan

Food is really good. The hours aren't that accurate towards the end of the night. It's basically a bar. Last call is at least half an hour before the advertised closing time. Price is good.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Popcorn Chicken

Milliepede

When I didn’t receive my delivery order (via a third-party service), the staff was very helpful toward my situation. I haven’t seen this kind of accommodation in many other restaurants. Their popcorn chicken and garlic noodles are great. The bulgogi could use just a little more love, but it’s still pleasant. Great service and good food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Popcorn Chicken, Cajun Garlic Fries, Bulgogi Garlic Noodles

k c.

I have to say, I'm always skeptical of places that stay open late because I assume it's just late night after bar drunk people food, and probably not good daytime, but Nguyen's Kitchen is definitely the exception to this rule. Their food is delicious, and consistently delicious. The house marinated chicken is so good. The green sauce is also really really good. Garlic noodles with bulgogi also one of my favorites. I've ordered food from here so many times now. I wish they had a gluten free banh mi that would be amazing. Anyway, come to Nguyen's, get the chicken you'll love it!

Kat L.

What a perfect place to hangout, especially late night. Food is always delicious and the staffs are so friendly and helpful.

Nina Zucca

10/10 would recomend. The workers are always super nice and respectful. The food is incredible and tickels my tastebuds. Defenitly should try it out!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Jumbo Shrimp, Shrimp Garlic Noodles, Cajun Garlic Fries w Bulgogi

Yasmeen E.

Ugh I hate to write this review because I love this place. But I'm writing and hoping that it gets the owner's attention. Please specify that the chicken in your garlic noodles has mushrooms. It's not listed in the menu in your restaurant nor is it mentioned on the online menu. I was so annoyed to see SO many mushrooms. Consider being more specific in the menu to ensure others who have preferences or allergies are aware what to order or modify. Otherwise, the food is good (especially when I usually get shrimp in my noodles).

George Davis

My wife and I went to this one after loving the one in Orange and were very disappointed. Her chicken sandwich was severely undercooked and both our sandwiches were under stuffed with the pickled veggies compared to the other location. We won't be back to this location.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

Eduard Gonzalez

My first time trying this restaurant, menu is attractive, few good looking options, I tried the classic Vietnamese sandwich grilled pork and was good, I liked it, nothing special but is a tasty, big enough, I’ll come back to try other items.Parking: You might have problem to find parking at specific time due to the number of businesses including restaurants and the karate school etc. I mean in rush hour

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grilled Pork Sandwich

Angela D.

This location is much smaller than others I've visited but it was nice and clean with few dining tables. The menu is like others but the dishes were much saltier and greasier than I remembered. Not sure if it was just the one time I went or not but I had to drink a lot of water with my meal.

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