Wild Orchid Restaurant

Had a great experience. The food was excellent and the chicken was nice and crispy and flavorful. My girlfriend had pho and loved it. The owner is very nice and respectful. Always make sure to leave a good tip they deserve it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Special pho was delicious especially when you add the spicy chili oil. The sample appetizer was also very tasty. The batter on the chicken wings were crunchy and well-seasoned.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pho Special Combo, Bun Salad

My girlfriend use to go here for PHO in the winter. I didn't know what PHO was until she introduced me to it, but when I started eating it ,I see why she loved it. It was so so cold the other day and I had to have some, with cream wanton. Mmmmmm. Oh yeah, that girlfriend and I broke up, and I'm still eating PHO from here.

I’ve been going here since i’ve been in highschool with friends so about 4 years now, the service has always been the same welcoming environment, the owner always has such a sweet tone when talking to me, the prices are fairly priced and affordable. I enjoy coming here!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amazing food, great service, nice family owned business (love Jessica) and me and my friends genuinely loved the experience there. My vegetarian friend enjoyed their vegetarian option too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We were on our way back to Madison & found this cute gem on our way. The restaurant name stated “Vietnamese and Chinese” but they also served Hmong/Thai food too. The server was very polite and greeted everyone before seating. We got water immediately. It was around 12:30pm on a Sunday, so it wasn’t too busy- there were at least 3-4 other tables in and out during our time there.

I was craving boat noodle and see they have a regular and a mini version ($4). Both my partner and I ordered both just to see how small is the mini! We also ordered crying tiger laab and viet coffee + Thai ice tea. Prices were fair and this is something that will continue to bring them business. I see other restaurants who overcharge and give subpar food quality and small portions so great job on this!

Thai boat noodle - flavor wise, it’s good. I would give it a 5/5. However, it felt like a regular pho to me and not enough rich pork blood infused with the broth. The color of the broth was light brown and it seemed more of a powder added to a broth (?) I was anticipating dark brown. I would also encourage the owner to add pork blood cube in there as an option. Due to this, it brought my rating down to a 3.5/5. If you were to blind fold and taste the broth, it’s a 5/5 - there wasn’t need to add any condiments. Salt level was appropriate too. Not too salty and not bland, which is a win.

Crying Tiger Laab- 5/5. I got 2 peppers but it felt like 3 which is fine. No biggie. Hands down, I would come back for this! Flavor and texture were there. We received some lettuce and celery to eat with it. After trying, my partner decided if this is good, that means their raw laab would also be good and we ended up getting it to go.

Thai tea- The tea was excellent. The server brought it out without infusing milk and I thought this was how they make it here until I saw another customer who ordered the same thing and they had milk. Not an issue to us. We simply just asked the server if she can add some milk for us too. We learned that they ran out of milk at the time we ordered and the owner came in with more milk at the time we asked. Perhaps the server can let customers know next time should they run out of milk.

Viet coffee- 3.5/5. It tasted like an American coffee - good amount of bitterness from the actual coffee roast but it didn’t really taste like Viet coffee. Maybe the half and half overpowered. I’m not sure!

During our stay, we see the owner engaged with some tables/customers asking how are things going which you don’t see that quite often! Server also checked up on tables. Overall, we had a good experience and gave a 20% tip on a $85 bill for 2 ppl. We would come back again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Ordered take out. Got orange chicken and pad kra pao, barely any meat. Was just a lot of onion.

I have quite a few favorites from the Menu so I'll share a few... A1 Jumbo Eggrolls - delicious! Chicken Pho - with either beef broth or chicken broth - best soup ever! If your a BUN lover - B4 Chix, Pork and Shrimp Bun is great!. S2 Spicy Ginger Stir Fry is really good but S13 Pork Belly Stir Fry is 5 stars and last but not least SP7 Mini Thai Boat - yummy! MN is becoming a hot spot for Vietnamese food and Wild Orchard is a contender in this arena.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Disappointed. I got home and my food was just ok. The egg rolls were Orange colored and really hot (spicy). Now I need to bring them back up there out of my way to show them. I’ve never seen egg rolls from there or anywhere else that were Cheeto colored.

Food: 2

People were nice. They messed up my order, twice. No big deal. But the food was super disappointing. I finally got my appetizer when I paid. The kitchen smelled like cigarettes. Too bad, I hoped for more.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

Very expensive customer service is awful.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Does not taste good. Just sweet sauce.

Been wanting to try this restaurant and it did not disappoint. Loved everything we got! Probably best kapoon I've had at restaurant and I'm usually a pho person.

Raw laab hit the spot 😋 👌 Papaya was delicous as well! I make my own papaya and this satisfied my craving without it being me who made it.

Service was great. Waitress was very nice! Will definitely come again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Got takeout and it took forever. Finally got it only to be super disappointed. I’m from out of town and love Thai food. I didn’t realize it was. Viet/ Thai restaurant. I got Thai dishes and while the portion and presentation were great, the taste was lacking.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

The love the owner/father has for his kids is seen in his every move here. I hope they all know and feel his love.
Pho w/ rich blood broth was as good as it gets imo especially the fresh and i mean fresh veggies, which isn’t common elsewhere. Only available in LARGE bowl so come prepared to eat. Thai iced tea was excellent. Service was superb with owner and staff regulatory checking, even as busy as it was they kept checking with everyone.
There aren’t many restaurants that bring simple formulas for success like this, WO doesn’t claim Olympiad status, it delivers the best it can consistently and it shows. They do a few things great, and the cook washes his hands. Enjoy this wild treasure

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5