Pho Noodle goes by Donut Bistro for some reason. They serve both Vietnamese and Chinese food as well as donuts! The Vietnamese food here is not as good as the Chinese food. I tried one of the Viet vermicelli broiled meat dishes and was not impress.What is good here are the lunch specials. Priced just $9.15 instead of like other Chinese places specials going for $10.50 to over $12.00 and they taste better too.They offer a lot of different specials like the usual dishes of general chicken, to veggies and choice of meat to kung pow beef and even ma po tofu, that you don't see as a lunch special anywhere.Check out the lunch specials and save some money and get some better food on top of that.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
BUDDHA BLESS
Dirty place and would not trust the food coming out of the kitchen.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
John Deer
We got PHO, it was watered down.The Broccli beef entree had little taste.Pot stickers were good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Dirk D
Pretty good donuts at this Chinese restaurant! The Viet food is not as good as the Chinese food. The Chinese food is very good. Order some of the less American Chinese stuff, like the Singapore Noodles, or the spicy pork and eggplant. The lunch specials though are a killer deal at $9.15 for a big plate of food and a bowl of soup. The quality here is just better than most Chinese joints around here.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ralph G
The Pho, Vietnamese, Chinese food are good and the donuts aren't so bad either :-p Had dinner two nights in a row and had a different dish each time. Family of four happy.Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian Chinese food. Not sure about veganParking: Lots out frontKid-friendliness: High chairs and kid friendlyWheelchair accessibility: Roll in.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Doughnuts, Wor Wonton Soup, Egg Drop Soup, Mongolian Beef, Pho Tai Nam Sach
Bb Mo
Atmosphere needs a through cleaning and dusting especially the dining area maybe better lighing too. Loved the lady there and how her kids help out just wished the owner would care for the restaurant more and possibly give them more than $10 an hour.Food is great service is good and great to eat with large families.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sizzling Rice Soup, Pork Buns, Pot Stickers
Dominic G.
The environment is very clean and homey. Our server was kind and attentive. The food was delicious and the portions were hearty. It also serves donuts which is a warm and delicious dessert to eat after your meal, which is a twist i especially like. I would recommend.
Kate Liang
All good!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
M L.
This Donut Bistro goes by two business names it looks like. Pho Noodles AND Donut Bistro. I know Asians make some of the best donuts, so I guess makes sense, might as well serve Asian food for the rest of the day, and make use of the restaurant space they're paying rent for anyways! Only in Reno, Donuts and Chow Mein and Pho in one place! The other Donut Bistro location in Sparks, serves only donuts, no Chinese food.The inside looks like a typical donut shop with tasty morsels on display. Prices are reasonable just $1.25 for a regular donut. My friend purchased a half doz for $7.00. I'm not THAT much of a donut fan, I'm here to see how the Chinese food is at a donut shop!The menu includes all the standard Chinese American dishes and lunch specials, but also has a few dishes you don't see very often. I ordered the large Wonton soup with egg noodles added for $12.95. It was plenty to share, no skimping on the wonton dumplings here! The egg noodles were cooked al dente how I like. My friend ordered a dish I never saw before at a Chinese restaurant, Lemongrass Beef ($13.45). This dish I'd def get again, unique flavor like no Chinese dish I ever had, tender beef and a wonderful sauce eaten with rice. Both dishes 5 STARS!My friend loves to get egg foo young and it was on the menu. When we asked about it, the server told us it takes 45 minutes to make! Wow, I'd never heard of that before! It must be good for taking that long! OK, next time we come, we'll order 30 min ahead, so it'll be ready soon after we get there.Our next visit, Egg Foo Young here we come! Pork Egg Foo Young ($15.45). We also ordered Spicy Sichuan Eggplant with Pork, that didn't sound like one of the run of the mill dishes.The Egg Foo Young comes out .... Holy OMFG! wow, that's not like any egg foo young I ever saw! It looked like 2 large meatballs covered in a rich brown sauce. I cut into one with my fork and whoa! Not meat inside at all, but a moist mix of eggs cooked with veggies and pork. Normally I'm not a fan of egg foo young, they're usually just flat little patties with some generic gravy on it. This was totally a different animal! (Carson City sayin I heard). The gravy went well with the eggs and it was cooked so evenly across the diameter of the ball. Get this, just to say you did, but order ahead!The eggplant dish was fantastic, better than I expected for sure. Everything cooked perfect, no tough skins like one other review complained about, just tender and full on yummers experience. Get this one too! Both 5 stars!
Anna B.
Pretty bummed about this one. I don't usually eat lunch during the work week but as I have been fighting some sinus stuff, I thought I'd treat myself to some piping hot Pho. This place is about 2 mins from my workplace so I thought I was in luck. I was immediately sat in a corner and brought Jasmine tea, the place was clean and lit with natural light. I order #9 which has chicken, rice noodles, in a chicken broth.I have never ordered a chicken broth based pho before so maybe it's the norm but I was really sad to not be given basil for my pho, like I'd usually get.The chicken had to be boiled because it was rubbery and white as a snowflake. Sadly, this Pho left a lot to be desired and I had to add copious amounts of soy sauce and sriracha just to have some minimal flavor. While it was piping hot and all the sriracha I added helped clear my sinuses, I was disappointed. The waitress was very nice and attentive but the food just wasn't good. There are so many great Pho options in Reno, I don't think I would come back here, despite it being so close to work.
Food was decent tasting with good portions and prices were reasonable. We ordered house fried rice, PHO DAC BEIT soup and the salt and pepper shrimp.2nd visit - We tried the DIM SUM which was okay. Shrimp was a bit dry.The place could use some sprucing up and remodeling since the furnishings look old. Service was great!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Soup
Arriana A.
The pho dac beit is the way to go. The broth smelled inviting the noodles didn't fall apart (the stringy onions were my favorite part) yummy. The music is relaxing, it's a very small venue and it gets busy . Please be patient, I believe it's a mom and pop shop just the two of them . You can smell and hear the food frying and you can see it sizzle as it walks by. I can't wait to come back and try another dish
Dan Ellis
Place is good, i go here for lunch sometimes. Nice staff, good pho, good prices.
Brad F.
I've been here a few times. Every time it's been a pretty good meal. I always get one of their boba drinks which are great as they are made with fresh fruit. Today I just got pork buns which were pretty good along with a cantaloupe boba. The service is always good. The dining area has both booths and tables. I see a lot of to go orders so I know others like this place.
Pho Noodle goes by Donut Bistro for some reason. They serve both Vietnamese and Chinese food as well as donuts! The Vietnamese food here is not as good as the Chinese food. I tried one of the Viet vermicelli broiled meat dishes and was not impress.What is good here are the lunch specials. Priced just $9.15 instead of like other Chinese places specials going for $10.50 to over $12.00 and they taste better too.They offer a lot of different specials like the usual dishes of general chicken, to veggies and choice of meat to kung pow beef and even ma po tofu, that you don't see as a lunch special anywhere.Check out the lunch specials and save some money and get some better food on top of that.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dirty place and would not trust the food coming out of the kitchen.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
We got PHO, it was watered down.The Broccli beef entree had little taste.Pot stickers were good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Pretty good donuts at this Chinese restaurant! The Viet food is not as good as the Chinese food. The Chinese food is very good. Order some of the less American Chinese stuff, like the Singapore Noodles, or the spicy pork and eggplant. The lunch specials though are a killer deal at $9.15 for a big plate of food and a bowl of soup. The quality here is just better than most Chinese joints around here.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The Pho, Vietnamese, Chinese food are good and the donuts aren't so bad either :-p Had dinner two nights in a row and had a different dish each time. Family of four happy.Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian Chinese food. Not sure about veganParking: Lots out frontKid-friendliness: High chairs and kid friendlyWheelchair accessibility: Roll in.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Doughnuts, Wor Wonton Soup, Egg Drop Soup, Mongolian Beef, Pho Tai Nam Sach
Atmosphere needs a through cleaning and dusting especially the dining area maybe better lighing too. Loved the lady there and how her kids help out just wished the owner would care for the restaurant more and possibly give them more than $10 an hour.Food is great service is good and great to eat with large families.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sizzling Rice Soup, Pork Buns, Pot Stickers
The environment is very clean and homey. Our server was kind and attentive. The food was delicious and the portions were hearty. It also serves donuts which is a warm and delicious dessert to eat after your meal, which is a twist i especially like. I would recommend.
All good!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
This Donut Bistro goes by two business names it looks like. Pho Noodles AND Donut Bistro. I know Asians make some of the best donuts, so I guess makes sense, might as well serve Asian food for the rest of the day, and make use of the restaurant space they're paying rent for anyways! Only in Reno, Donuts and Chow Mein and Pho in one place! The other Donut Bistro location in Sparks, serves only donuts, no Chinese food.The inside looks like a typical donut shop with tasty morsels on display. Prices are reasonable just $1.25 for a regular donut. My friend purchased a half doz for $7.00. I'm not THAT much of a donut fan, I'm here to see how the Chinese food is at a donut shop!The menu includes all the standard Chinese American dishes and lunch specials, but also has a few dishes you don't see very often. I ordered the large Wonton soup with egg noodles added for $12.95. It was plenty to share, no skimping on the wonton dumplings here! The egg noodles were cooked al dente how I like. My friend ordered a dish I never saw before at a Chinese restaurant, Lemongrass Beef ($13.45). This dish I'd def get again, unique flavor like no Chinese dish I ever had, tender beef and a wonderful sauce eaten with rice. Both dishes 5 STARS!My friend loves to get egg foo young and it was on the menu. When we asked about it, the server told us it takes 45 minutes to make! Wow, I'd never heard of that before! It must be good for taking that long! OK, next time we come, we'll order 30 min ahead, so it'll be ready soon after we get there.Our next visit, Egg Foo Young here we come! Pork Egg Foo Young ($15.45). We also ordered Spicy Sichuan Eggplant with Pork, that didn't sound like one of the run of the mill dishes.The Egg Foo Young comes out .... Holy OMFG! wow, that's not like any egg foo young I ever saw! It looked like 2 large meatballs covered in a rich brown sauce. I cut into one with my fork and whoa! Not meat inside at all, but a moist mix of eggs cooked with veggies and pork. Normally I'm not a fan of egg foo young, they're usually just flat little patties with some generic gravy on it. This was totally a different animal! (Carson City sayin I heard). The gravy went well with the eggs and it was cooked so evenly across the diameter of the ball. Get this, just to say you did, but order ahead!The eggplant dish was fantastic, better than I expected for sure. Everything cooked perfect, no tough skins like one other review complained about, just tender and full on yummers experience. Get this one too! Both 5 stars!
Pretty bummed about this one. I don't usually eat lunch during the work week but as I have been fighting some sinus stuff, I thought I'd treat myself to some piping hot Pho. This place is about 2 mins from my workplace so I thought I was in luck. I was immediately sat in a corner and brought Jasmine tea, the place was clean and lit with natural light. I order #9 which has chicken, rice noodles, in a chicken broth.I have never ordered a chicken broth based pho before so maybe it's the norm but I was really sad to not be given basil for my pho, like I'd usually get.The chicken had to be boiled because it was rubbery and white as a snowflake. Sadly, this Pho left a lot to be desired and I had to add copious amounts of soy sauce and sriracha just to have some minimal flavor. While it was piping hot and all the sriracha I added helped clear my sinuses, I was disappointed. The waitress was very nice and attentive but the food just wasn't good. There are so many great Pho options in Reno, I don't think I would come back here, despite it being so close to work.
Restaurantji Recommends
Food was decent tasting with good portions and prices were reasonable. We ordered house fried rice, PHO DAC BEIT soup and the salt and pepper shrimp.2nd visit - We tried the DIM SUM which was okay. Shrimp was a bit dry.The place could use some sprucing up and remodeling since the furnishings look old. Service was great!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Soup
The pho dac beit is the way to go. The broth smelled inviting the noodles didn't fall apart (the stringy onions were my favorite part) yummy. The music is relaxing, it's a very small venue and it gets busy . Please be patient, I believe it's a mom and pop shop just the two of them . You can smell and hear the food frying and you can see it sizzle as it walks by. I can't wait to come back and try another dish
Place is good, i go here for lunch sometimes. Nice staff, good pho, good prices.
I've been here a few times. Every time it's been a pretty good meal. I always get one of their boba drinks which are great as they are made with fresh fruit. Today I just got pork buns which were pretty good along with a cantaloupe boba. The service is always good. The dining area has both booths and tables. I see a lot of to go orders so I know others like this place.
Best Chinese in town. Love the staff.