Great food. Friendly people.During rush times, take-out takes a smidge to long. Once they ran out of ingredients and sent someone out for them - didn't tell me (waiting) that it would take extra long.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Patricia Estrada
We were curious about this place after trying the bahn mihs at Tet that just opened up in Somersworth.I feel like this place is definitely for blue collar white people who work in the area. Not Portsmouth tourists (too out of the way, not distinctive enough) and not PoC or foodies who love southeast Asian cuisine (no flavor and over priced for the quality). It has not only Vietnamese offerings, but Thai dishes, a large boba selection, as well as a whole American pizza/sub shop type menu.Like many of the other reviews mentioned, there's a lack of flavor, particularly for the vegetarian options. When you offer vegetarian options, you should actually pay closer attention to the flavor of the dish, not less. It's not just [insert meat dish] minus meat. I got the vegetarian summer rolls and they were no better than the ones I throw together at home. The peanut butter sauce was very watery and barely had flavor, not restaurant quality. It's like the sauce I make at home when I mess up and water it down way too much and also forget to add vinegar or any spices. The rolls were also $8 pre-tax.The boba tea was a watery slushie made in a blender, not a tea, which I should have guessed when I saw that they offered 20 different flavors instead of just a few despite not being a dedicated boba place (never a good sign). I asked for black sugar pearls (the "standard" boba offered in most boba shops) and was given these weird "gel" pearls that had a fake plastic texture. It was really unappetizing and I normally love all the "different" and less common toppings offered at more authentic boba shops (basil seeds, grass jelly, pudding etc). I know the black sugar boba can be difficult to source, so I wouldn't be surprised if this gel boba has become an cheap alternative in times of need. Combined with the wateriness of the slushie, I couldn't finish it.The drunken noodles were actually decent. I got it with tofu and thankfully there was enough (very sweet) sauce for it to soak up. I wish the cashier had asked me what spice level I preferred. I later saw on the website that you can specific spice level. Maybe they just assume "mild" unless told otherwise.Service was not bad but a little awkward. There's no sauce station like you'd see at other Asian fast casual places, and this place should really have one. My husband had to ask for ketchup for his fries and it was brought out from the back like it was a special order item. The people working at the cashier are teenagers, which is the norm I suppose, but it took forever to flag one of them down for a to-go box.Summary: Overall, I think they have potential, but they're trying to do too much. They should pick either pizza shop with fries and mozzarella sticks, or Vietnamese-ish cuisine and narrow down a target audience, and improve the quality of a curated menu.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Alex Schmitt
Coming from Orlando, we have tons of high quality Vietnamese places and was excited to try one up here. I got the lemongrass pork bahn mi with the brown sugar smoothie. The bahn mi was quite bland. The pork was cubed and had no flavor to it. The brown sugar smoothie is a smoothie not a boba tea. It was $18 for both. The staff was nice. I guess if you haven't had bahn mi before you would like it but if you've had them before I would skip this place.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Janet Richards
Delicious, healthy, homemade foods! What a treat, will be back and highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sub, Original Banh MI with Hot Peppers
DJJ
I got the tofu banh mi, so maybe this one is my fault - but the flavor just wasn't there. Also, I got the 5 spicy option and there was nothing spicy about it. I was expecting fresh jalapenos! Also, it was missing a pickled daikon and carrot mixture. So overall, a bit of a letdown. Again, maybe I should have gone with an OG pork banh mi. However, the fries were awesome! They gave me McDonald's fry vibes, but with a delicious seasoning.
Mangja OnTheBeat
My wife and I got diarrhea after dining lunch for pho with uncooked beef + vermicelli with yellow shrimp. Both of us thought the flavor is mid. Find this place only for desperate reason of hunger. If not, avoid at all cost. It seems like main customers are caucasians. No asian authenticity other than a wall paint. Over priced as well.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Dave Costa
Nikki makes a killer bahn mi! The Asian food items are all on point, but if you're not in the mood for that, she's got subs and pizza as well. For drinks, there's Boba tea, Vietnamese coffee, sodas, and more. I've been a regular for years. Highly recommended!Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian optionsDietary restrictions: Many gluten-free items availableWheelchair accessibility: Not the best accessibility, but I can get my wheelchair in and out without any problems
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dumplings, Pizza, Pad Thai, Drunken Noodles with Chicken, Veggie Summer Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce, Original Banh MI with Hot Peppers
Joan Crow
Nikki's is a great restaurant and the food is so good, Love this place!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dumplings, Steak, Sauce
Mark J. Sullivan
The best ? food, and the service was great. Everyone should give this food a try. Oh so ?damb good!! I will be returning ? for more.
On my way to visiting friends and stopped by for a quick bite. I got a Banh Mi sandwich. ? It was delicious! They also have a great menu selection. Definitely will come back! #Yummy #
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Alyssa Ghazalie
Dietary restrictions: Vegetarian dishes available
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ronna Luy
The banh mi is okay, didn’t taste bad at all, but it was pretty bland to be honest, in comparison to the banh mi places I’ve had in Lowell and Boston Mass. The best way I can describe the taste of their banh mi is that it tastes like it was made for the American palate, it did not have that umami taste that I’m used to in southeast Asian food. I did like the Thai Tea that I ordered tho. The staff seem nice and personable.
Alix Morrell
Online ordering was easy. Price was very reasonable. Food was ready quickly. Pick-up was seamless. Original Banh Mi was delicious! I like spicy food. I ordered a 3 which had a nice kick, but not too much. I will definitely be back to try more from the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shelia Mcmahon
Ordered pho no bean sprouts hardly no basil was married vietnamese ma n had go hannaford buy vegetables for leftovers and sandwiches loaded carrots. Being cheap fool ppl.food expensive my father said dnt want carrot sandwich
Great food. Friendly people.During rush times, take-out takes a smidge to long. Once they ran out of ingredients and sent someone out for them - didn't tell me (waiting) that it would take extra long.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
We were curious about this place after trying the bahn mihs at Tet that just opened up in Somersworth.I feel like this place is definitely for blue collar white people who work in the area. Not Portsmouth tourists (too out of the way, not distinctive enough) and not PoC or foodies who love southeast Asian cuisine (no flavor and over priced for the quality). It has not only Vietnamese offerings, but Thai dishes, a large boba selection, as well as a whole American pizza/sub shop type menu.Like many of the other reviews mentioned, there's a lack of flavor, particularly for the vegetarian options. When you offer vegetarian options, you should actually pay closer attention to the flavor of the dish, not less. It's not just [insert meat dish] minus meat. I got the vegetarian summer rolls and they were no better than the ones I throw together at home. The peanut butter sauce was very watery and barely had flavor, not restaurant quality. It's like the sauce I make at home when I mess up and water it down way too much and also forget to add vinegar or any spices. The rolls were also $8 pre-tax.The boba tea was a watery slushie made in a blender, not a tea, which I should have guessed when I saw that they offered 20 different flavors instead of just a few despite not being a dedicated boba place (never a good sign). I asked for black sugar pearls (the "standard" boba offered in most boba shops) and was given these weird "gel" pearls that had a fake plastic texture. It was really unappetizing and I normally love all the "different" and less common toppings offered at more authentic boba shops (basil seeds, grass jelly, pudding etc). I know the black sugar boba can be difficult to source, so I wouldn't be surprised if this gel boba has become an cheap alternative in times of need. Combined with the wateriness of the slushie, I couldn't finish it.The drunken noodles were actually decent. I got it with tofu and thankfully there was enough (very sweet) sauce for it to soak up. I wish the cashier had asked me what spice level I preferred. I later saw on the website that you can specific spice level. Maybe they just assume "mild" unless told otherwise.Service was not bad but a little awkward. There's no sauce station like you'd see at other Asian fast casual places, and this place should really have one. My husband had to ask for ketchup for his fries and it was brought out from the back like it was a special order item. The people working at the cashier are teenagers, which is the norm I suppose, but it took forever to flag one of them down for a to-go box.Summary: Overall, I think they have potential, but they're trying to do too much. They should pick either pizza shop with fries and mozzarella sticks, or Vietnamese-ish cuisine and narrow down a target audience, and improve the quality of a curated menu.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Coming from Orlando, we have tons of high quality Vietnamese places and was excited to try one up here. I got the lemongrass pork bahn mi with the brown sugar smoothie. The bahn mi was quite bland. The pork was cubed and had no flavor to it. The brown sugar smoothie is a smoothie not a boba tea. It was $18 for both. The staff was nice. I guess if you haven't had bahn mi before you would like it but if you've had them before I would skip this place.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Delicious, healthy, homemade foods! What a treat, will be back and highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sub, Original Banh MI with Hot Peppers
I got the tofu banh mi, so maybe this one is my fault - but the flavor just wasn't there. Also, I got the 5 spicy option and there was nothing spicy about it. I was expecting fresh jalapenos! Also, it was missing a pickled daikon and carrot mixture. So overall, a bit of a letdown. Again, maybe I should have gone with an OG pork banh mi. However, the fries were awesome! They gave me McDonald's fry vibes, but with a delicious seasoning.
My wife and I got diarrhea after dining lunch for pho with uncooked beef + vermicelli with yellow shrimp. Both of us thought the flavor is mid. Find this place only for desperate reason of hunger. If not, avoid at all cost. It seems like main customers are caucasians. No asian authenticity other than a wall paint. Over priced as well.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Nikki makes a killer bahn mi! The Asian food items are all on point, but if you're not in the mood for that, she's got subs and pizza as well. For drinks, there's Boba tea, Vietnamese coffee, sodas, and more. I've been a regular for years. Highly recommended!Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian optionsDietary restrictions: Many gluten-free items availableWheelchair accessibility: Not the best accessibility, but I can get my wheelchair in and out without any problems
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dumplings, Pizza, Pad Thai, Drunken Noodles with Chicken, Veggie Summer Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce, Original Banh MI with Hot Peppers
Nikki's is a great restaurant and the food is so good, Love this place!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dumplings, Steak, Sauce
The best ? food, and the service was great. Everyone should give this food a try. Oh so ?damb good!! I will be returning ? for more.
Consistently
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
On my way to visiting friends and stopped by for a quick bite. I got a Banh Mi sandwich. ? It was delicious! They also have a great menu selection. Definitely will come back! #Yummy #
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Dietary restrictions: Vegetarian dishes available
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The banh mi is okay, didn’t taste bad at all, but it was pretty bland to be honest, in comparison to the banh mi places I’ve had in Lowell and Boston Mass. The best way I can describe the taste of their banh mi is that it tastes like it was made for the American palate, it did not have that umami taste that I’m used to in southeast Asian food. I did like the Thai Tea that I ordered tho. The staff seem nice and personable.
Online ordering was easy. Price was very reasonable. Food was ready quickly. Pick-up was seamless. Original Banh Mi was delicious! I like spicy food. I ordered a 3 which had a nice kick, but not too much. I will definitely be back to try more from the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ordered pho no bean sprouts hardly no basil was married vietnamese ma n had go hannaford buy vegetables for leftovers and sandwiches loaded carrots. Being cheap fool ppl.food expensive my father said dnt want carrot sandwich