The pho with raw steak was good. The grilled pork on a rice plate was real good. The Thai Milk tea was just ok and kind of small for the price.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Heather Ponce-Vanegas
Are you kidding me? I just received my order and I paid over $60 for the two kinds of egg rolls and fried wontons and the wontons are empty. Yes empty, no filling whatsoever! Absolutely the worst case of false advertising ever made! Be aware that they say that the wontons have filling, but they don’t!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
barbi castillo
The prices on the menu online are nowhere near the price is that you have to pay at the register.Small portions for way too much money cold food
Teuila G.
They're the best here! As long ad their doors remain open to us, I will be a loyal customer for life. The girls here know me and my family. I love their expansion with extra tables. It's a fairly quiet spot even when it's packed. They have to-go orders flying out of their kitchen. I've been known to order take out especially when it's cooler out and I work too late to cook. My picky eaters even love the soup here, so it's a one stop shop on my way home from work. Thank you girls for always accomodating my little monster. We'll see you soon!
Zina Wise
Rude condescending people ? have eaten here regularly and has gone way down hill recently as far as service food portion and quality and consistency and with a finer dining price I am sadly out
Rick M.
...and yet another stop in my continuing hunt for my new favorite Pho joint in the area! This review is for their Pho ONLY! In case this is the first review of mine that you've read or if you haven't read my latest Pho reviews, let me explain. A few years back, I visited EVERY Pho joint in the area looking to find my favorite and what lived up to my expectations, as well as satisfying my taste profile, having eaten this food all across North America. It's one of my favorite foods... I finally found my favorite back then, but the owner sold it last year and the new owners have changed the recipe...I don't like it as much, so the hunt resumes. Located in a strip mall in Sparks, this place is bigger than it looks on the outside. Lots of tables with both bench and chair seating. The 2 times I've sat down to eat there recently, I saw a LOT of people coming in to pick up take out orders...looks like they do brisk business in that department. BUT...before I tell you about the food, I have to get one thing off my chest about the ambience...because there is no ambience. That's why they get only 3 stars. I've said it before in other reviews...every restaurant needs a "musical identity"...i.e. background music. It can be ANYTHING, as long as there's something playing in the background at a reasonable volume...not too loud, not too soft. Let me elaborate...I'm a professional musician and radio guy...my life revolves around music...but, even for people that aren't like me, music in a restaurant sets a mood and fills a room with warmth. They have small speakers up on the walls with nothing audible coming out of them. The place is devoid of ANY warmth at all. A little bit of low volume music would give this place some charm. It just feels uncomfortable...people don't even want to talk because the room is SO quiet. All you hear is clatter coming from the kitchen. OK...enough about that...let's get to the food. My "go-to" is Combination Pho. I love the melding of all the textures and flavors of the different proteins. Both times I visited, I ordered the #1 Dac Biet ($14.50) [Combination (rare steak, flank, tripe, tendon, beef ball) rice noodle soup] They give you options to upsize it: (Extra Noodle+$2, Extra Meat+$3, XL+$4) I ordered the standard size. Nice sized bowl of tasty broth (on the lighter side), nice amount of correctly cooked noodles and veggies, reasonable amount of the standard meats...but they suffer from the same problem that almost every other place I've been to around here usually does...not enough meatballs, tripe or tendon. Proportions are out of balance with the other meats, noodles and broth. 2 pieces of meatball...about the equivalent of just over a half a meatball...seasoned well with good flavor. Basic amount of tripe and tendon...cooked well with nice textures...enough so you can say that it's in there, but not up to the standards of the many places I've eaten at over the years...again, the proportions are out of balance. I'm going to upsize with the extra meat option next time to see if those minimal amounts become reasonable in the larger portion (yes, I will go back, especially since it's not far from where I live). Decent amount of the standard accoutrements that usually come with Pho (basil, bean sprouts, lime wedge, jalapenos). Usually you get fresh cilantro with the other accoutrements, but not here. There's a small amount just barely visible added to the bowl. I'll also ask for more cilantro and jalapenos on my next visit. I always add Hoisin, Chile Sauce, Sri Racha and Chile Oil...AFTER I taste the broth as they serve it. Their Chile Oil is mostly just oil, with hardly any marinated Chile flake in it. The ladies that serve the food and run the counter are nice enough, but once the food hits the table, they're nowhere to be found and you get no more attention. Another minor point...the 2nd time I went in, they rang my card up for someone else's order when I went to the counter to ca
Wendy R.
First time here, service was good. I was greeted when I waked in and hence where the 3 stars go. My fave Vietnamese restaurant is Pho Restaurant by Reno Target. Their version of this vermicelli salad is $14 and also has cucumbers and their lettuce is fresh. I was disappointed that SK Noodles ice berg lettuce was turning brown already. This is the cheapest lettuce available and they cannot bother to at least serve it fresh. The meat was mostly charred, too burned for my palate. Save your money and try a different restaurant. I tried and will not be back.
Makenzie C.
Grabbed some noodles today for a quick work lunch. I got the vermicelli with pork and egg roll. The egg roll was very good. I enjoyed the filling and it was crispy. The vermicelli was cooked well. I enjoyed the sauce to put over the top. The carrots were too vinegary and the pork was very fatty. I kept spitting out pieces - but the flavor was very good. Perfect amount of salt. It looked like a regular restaurant inside. The person who took my order was kind and the food came out exactly how we asked - which is great for a large group. Overall nothing crazy impressive but nothing bad either.
Trevor S.
I used door dash and ordered the steak pho with the spicy broth and it was excellent! I had ordered from there before with the regular broth and it was good, but the spicy was incredible. Best in sparks that I've found so far!
William F.
Came here with my wife to try something new and boy did this hit the spot. She got honey garlic chicken and I got sweet and sour chicken and they were both very flavorful. I really did enjoy our outing. The servers were also very nice and polite. I recommend you all give this place a try.
We've been going here for years. Never had a bad experience. I love the egg drop soup, pot stickers. What we usually get is shrimp fried rice. We would ask for extra shrimp but now they no longer offer it. That's why no five stars.
Tim Mace
Card skimmers. Had $500 taken from my account an hour after paying. Be
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Linda L.
Place is terrible. Ordered a pho and a pork chop rice plate. First off the pho, I ordered extra noodles, they gave me soooo much noodles that the broth tasted like flour from the noodles. Didn't even tasted the pho broth. So if you think about it, ordering extra noodles can be on the side or give me a larger bowl cause the noodles was just too much so it needs more broth. So I asked for a bowl of just broth. She charged me $3 for it and didn't even tell me. The rice plate was terrible. Pork chop wasn't that flavorful and it's place over a bed of chopped lettuce and rice is on a separate plate which doesn't make sense cause when you're cutting the pork chop the plate was so small, all the lettuce falls over and out of the plate. One of the worse pho place I've been to. Never checked on how we were doing either and the chic was not even pleasant taking our order. We also had to go up and pay for the bill since they never checked on us to see if we needed anything or for us to ask for the bill. Same for the broth, I had to go up to the register and ask for it.
Brandon Niles
Been coming here semi-regularly for over 3 years. This place used to be some of the best food in town but it is absolutely terrible now. I heard they are under new ownership. If that's the case these new owners will run this place right into the ground. Last time our honey walnut shrp had no sauce and this time it was horrendously swimming in it. There is way to much breading, the list just goes on. For me the last straw was how we got our stuffed wonton tonight and ill include a picture to show you but the face that they thought this was ok to serve to somebody is pathetic. If you decide to try this place I truly hope you have a different experience but it has really gone down hill.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Neha P.
Love this place!! I always get the rare steak pho and I love all the sides that it comes with. My husband and and I always get the spring rolls to and the brown peanut sauce it comes with is delicious. I love how this place always gives me hoisin and siracha on the side when I get takeout or order on DoorDash without me asking!!
The pho with raw steak was good. The grilled pork on a rice plate was real good. The Thai Milk tea was just ok and kind of small for the price.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Are you kidding me? I just received my order and I paid over $60 for the two kinds of egg rolls and fried wontons and the wontons are empty. Yes empty, no filling whatsoever! Absolutely the worst case of false advertising ever made! Be aware that they say that the wontons have filling, but they don’t!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The prices on the menu online are nowhere near the price is that you have to pay at the register.Small portions for way too much money cold food
They're the best here! As long ad their doors remain open to us, I will be a loyal customer for life. The girls here know me and my family. I love their expansion with extra tables. It's a fairly quiet spot even when it's packed. They have to-go orders flying out of their kitchen. I've been known to order take out especially when it's cooler out and I work too late to cook. My picky eaters even love the soup here, so it's a one stop shop on my way home from work. Thank you girls for always accomodating my little monster. We'll see you soon!
Rude condescending people ? have eaten here regularly and has gone way down hill recently as far as service food portion and quality and consistency and with a finer dining price I am sadly out
...and yet another stop in my continuing hunt for my new favorite Pho joint in the area! This review is for their Pho ONLY! In case this is the first review of mine that you've read or if you haven't read my latest Pho reviews, let me explain. A few years back, I visited EVERY Pho joint in the area looking to find my favorite and what lived up to my expectations, as well as satisfying my taste profile, having eaten this food all across North America. It's one of my favorite foods... I finally found my favorite back then, but the owner sold it last year and the new owners have changed the recipe...I don't like it as much, so the hunt resumes. Located in a strip mall in Sparks, this place is bigger than it looks on the outside. Lots of tables with both bench and chair seating. The 2 times I've sat down to eat there recently, I saw a LOT of people coming in to pick up take out orders...looks like they do brisk business in that department. BUT...before I tell you about the food, I have to get one thing off my chest about the ambience...because there is no ambience. That's why they get only 3 stars. I've said it before in other reviews...every restaurant needs a "musical identity"...i.e. background music. It can be ANYTHING, as long as there's something playing in the background at a reasonable volume...not too loud, not too soft. Let me elaborate...I'm a professional musician and radio guy...my life revolves around music...but, even for people that aren't like me, music in a restaurant sets a mood and fills a room with warmth. They have small speakers up on the walls with nothing audible coming out of them. The place is devoid of ANY warmth at all. A little bit of low volume music would give this place some charm. It just feels uncomfortable...people don't even want to talk because the room is SO quiet. All you hear is clatter coming from the kitchen. OK...enough about that...let's get to the food. My "go-to" is Combination Pho. I love the melding of all the textures and flavors of the different proteins. Both times I visited, I ordered the #1 Dac Biet ($14.50) [Combination (rare steak, flank, tripe, tendon, beef ball) rice noodle soup] They give you options to upsize it: (Extra Noodle+$2, Extra Meat+$3, XL+$4) I ordered the standard size. Nice sized bowl of tasty broth (on the lighter side), nice amount of correctly cooked noodles and veggies, reasonable amount of the standard meats...but they suffer from the same problem that almost every other place I've been to around here usually does...not enough meatballs, tripe or tendon. Proportions are out of balance with the other meats, noodles and broth. 2 pieces of meatball...about the equivalent of just over a half a meatball...seasoned well with good flavor. Basic amount of tripe and tendon...cooked well with nice textures...enough so you can say that it's in there, but not up to the standards of the many places I've eaten at over the years...again, the proportions are out of balance. I'm going to upsize with the extra meat option next time to see if those minimal amounts become reasonable in the larger portion (yes, I will go back, especially since it's not far from where I live). Decent amount of the standard accoutrements that usually come with Pho (basil, bean sprouts, lime wedge, jalapenos). Usually you get fresh cilantro with the other accoutrements, but not here. There's a small amount just barely visible added to the bowl. I'll also ask for more cilantro and jalapenos on my next visit. I always add Hoisin, Chile Sauce, Sri Racha and Chile Oil...AFTER I taste the broth as they serve it. Their Chile Oil is mostly just oil, with hardly any marinated Chile flake in it. The ladies that serve the food and run the counter are nice enough, but once the food hits the table, they're nowhere to be found and you get no more attention. Another minor point...the 2nd time I went in, they rang my card up for someone else's order when I went to the counter to ca
First time here, service was good. I was greeted when I waked in and hence where the 3 stars go. My fave Vietnamese restaurant is Pho Restaurant by Reno Target. Their version of this vermicelli salad is $14 and also has cucumbers and their lettuce is fresh. I was disappointed that SK Noodles ice berg lettuce was turning brown already. This is the cheapest lettuce available and they cannot bother to at least serve it fresh. The meat was mostly charred, too burned for my palate. Save your money and try a different restaurant. I tried and will not be back.
Grabbed some noodles today for a quick work lunch. I got the vermicelli with pork and egg roll. The egg roll was very good. I enjoyed the filling and it was crispy. The vermicelli was cooked well. I enjoyed the sauce to put over the top. The carrots were too vinegary and the pork was very fatty. I kept spitting out pieces - but the flavor was very good. Perfect amount of salt. It looked like a regular restaurant inside. The person who took my order was kind and the food came out exactly how we asked - which is great for a large group. Overall nothing crazy impressive but nothing bad either.
I used door dash and ordered the steak pho with the spicy broth and it was excellent! I had ordered from there before with the regular broth and it was good, but the spicy was incredible. Best in sparks that I've found so far!
Came here with my wife to try something new and boy did this hit the spot. She got honey garlic chicken and I got sweet and sour chicken and they were both very flavorful. I really did enjoy our outing. The servers were also very nice and polite. I recommend you all give this place a try.
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We've been going here for years. Never had a bad experience. I love the egg drop soup, pot stickers. What we usually get is shrimp fried rice. We would ask for extra shrimp but now they no longer offer it. That's why no five stars.
Card skimmers. Had $500 taken from my account an hour after paying. Be
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Place is terrible. Ordered a pho and a pork chop rice plate. First off the pho, I ordered extra noodles, they gave me soooo much noodles that the broth tasted like flour from the noodles. Didn't even tasted the pho broth. So if you think about it, ordering extra noodles can be on the side or give me a larger bowl cause the noodles was just too much so it needs more broth. So I asked for a bowl of just broth. She charged me $3 for it and didn't even tell me. The rice plate was terrible. Pork chop wasn't that flavorful and it's place over a bed of chopped lettuce and rice is on a separate plate which doesn't make sense cause when you're cutting the pork chop the plate was so small, all the lettuce falls over and out of the plate. One of the worse pho place I've been to. Never checked on how we were doing either and the chic was not even pleasant taking our order. We also had to go up and pay for the bill since they never checked on us to see if we needed anything or for us to ask for the bill. Same for the broth, I had to go up to the register and ask for it.
Been coming here semi-regularly for over 3 years. This place used to be some of the best food in town but it is absolutely terrible now. I heard they are under new ownership. If that's the case these new owners will run this place right into the ground. Last time our honey walnut shrp had no sauce and this time it was horrendously swimming in it. There is way to much breading, the list just goes on. For me the last straw was how we got our stuffed wonton tonight and ill include a picture to show you but the face that they thought this was ok to serve to somebody is pathetic. If you decide to try this place I truly hope you have a different experience but it has really gone down hill.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Love this place!! I always get the rare steak pho and I love all the sides that it comes with. My husband and and I always get the spring rolls to and the brown peanut sauce it comes with is delicious. I love how this place always gives me hoisin and siracha on the side when I get takeout or order on DoorDash without me asking!!