Saigon Noodles

1447 N Main St, Salinas
(831) 796-5559

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Andre Moreno

Gave me a water with the cup dripping water all over like they just filled it from a bucket, no straws, kitchen looks dirty, pho was blend, place sucks.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Sebastian Diaz

No one to seat me for a while. Only 2 people inside

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Rosita Lesmana

Called in last minute to make reservation, was so nice to get the table ready for me within 40 minutes for 7 people.
Ordered pho, shaking beef, banh xeo, and others that I could not remember. Their pho was good, big portion and full of meat. Unfortunately the sirloin was overcooked and the other parts of the meat have too much fats in them, so it was down on the score.
Their shaking beef was also meh, very thin and overly sweet, probably not their strongest dish. Banh xeo was full of meat and fillings, but not particularly crispy. All in all, it was tasty but only lacking a bit here and there. Their service was pretty good though. Their restaurants are also huge, which is a plus.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Gilberto

Good food nice service 👌

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jessica

Very disappointing experience due to extremely poor and unorganized service.
We went to Saigon Noodles in Salinas with a group of four. We ordered seafood noodle soup, stir-fried garlic noodles with shrimp, stir-fried noodles with beef, and popcorn chicken with fries for a kid. Only the seafood soup and the popcorn chicken with fries came out. The other two noodle dishes never arrived.
We also asked for 3 extra bowls, which didn’t come either. After waiting, we had to wave down a man walking around the restaurant to ask for the bowls, which arrived about 7 minutes later.
The waitress disappeared for about 15 minutes. When we finally waved her down and told her we were still missing food, she said she would check but never came back. Since two people had already finished eating, we went to the front and asked to have the remaining two noodle dishes made to go. She apologized and said okay.
After waiting another 20 minutes, the waitress came back and asked if we needed anything. We told her we were still waiting on our to-go order. She then said she thought we had canceled the two noodle dishes, which we absolutely did not. She said she would check to see if the kitchen could make them.
At that point, after so much waiting and confusion, we decided to just pay and leave to get food elsewhere for the other two people. When we went to pay, the cashier tried to charge us for all the food, including the two dishes we never received. Thankfully, those were removed, and we only paid for what actually came out.
The service was very poorly managed, slow, and disorganized. No follow-up, no communication, and way too much waiting for such a simple order. Unfortunately, we won’t be coming back.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 1

Jacquelyn Mancera

Never got my food I was ignored lol i waited over 45 min lol and then they tried to charge me for my drink.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Jee

You need to hire more staff. I understand it gets busy especially on a cold/rainy day. When I walked into the restaurant, half of the tables were uncleaned , flies everywhere. I had to ask for the menu and order right away because I knew the servers would not come to me unless I call them over. I saw couple of families leaving because no one was watching the hall. Put some smile on your face because no one wants feel unwelcomed.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 1

Margarita Beltran

I get it that it’s Sunday and it’s very busy… but fully charging me for drinks I never received and extremely cold food?

Never again.

Food: 1

David Turk

Fresh food, generous portions, friendly staff

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jacks E

This is my favorite place for pho but lately the service has not been great at all. I like eating here in person but today I decided to order takeout. I called, a man picked up and the service was good. Sent my dad to pick the food up and I talked to an employee there to confirm what was included in my order and everything was correct. When my dad gets in the car there is a missing item so he had to go back and talk to them about it. They made the order but once he got home we realized they had given us the wrong soup. Decided to call the restaurant to let them know that they had given us the wrong order but when we spoke to them it’s as if they were trying to blame us for their mistake. My family and I come here often so we know who the experienced servers are but these girls seemed to be new. I understand mistakes happen but when they do it’s also important to own up to them instead of blaming the customers for it. Especially when they had already messed up the order by missing an item and making us wait longer for it when it should’ve been there from the start. Food is great but the service lately has been disappointing. There are servers with excellent service who make our experience here great but the last few times that I’ve been here it seems as if the new servers are lacking to provide good service. Won’t be coming back here for a while.

Food: 5

Service: 1

Oscar Martinez

I don't usually leave reviews but I had to for this one - service was ridiculous. Came in on a 30 minute lunch break, ordered a single order of spring rolls. Nothing else. I don't know how they messed it up this bad but I never got them. I waited 25 minutes and made myself late for work, but they still never came. There was barely anyone even in the shop, it's not like they were busy. I had to go back to work hungry and very angry at how poorly this place was ran. I'm sure the food is good, but I wouldn't know. Was given a refund, at least, but no other effort to try and help me out

Service: 1

Myrian Ramirez

Portions are absolutely huge. I had the Garlic noodles and they were so delicious. I recommend it. You get more than what you pay for and they're very fast.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Garlic Noodles

Dana Nguyen

This place used to be decent for Uber Eats... up until 2025. I gave them too many chances. They often list items that aren’t even available, which is really frustrating. Why have it on the menu if you don’t have it?

On October 12th, 2025, I ordered ox tail soup and a plate for my partner. When the order arrived after waiting an hour, the ox tail pho was missing. The delivery driver was polite and mentioned that the restaurant supposedly called me about it... but I never received any call.

All I wanted was some soup since I am unwell, and instead I got a disappointing experience for the price and wait time.

Don’t trust the overall 4+ star rating on Google! Pay attention to the recent reviews! They tell the real story.

Food: 3

Service: 1

Sergio Flores

It’s been about 3 times now that I order for pickup, I show up and they tell me they can’t complete my order. The things I’ve heard: they don’t have the ingredients and they can’t cook anything at the moment. Then why be open? Why accept the orders? Why not cancel the order?

I show up in person and that’s when they tell me my order will be cancelled. This business wasted my time, money and gas.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Michael Castro

Best in town

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