Lúa - Vietnamese Restaurant & Bar

Excellent Vietnamese food with a twist. What's even better is the awesome service. Raymond is super awesome.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fried chicken was amazing.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Super delicious food especially the appetizers. The entree's were good too but not as amazing as the appetizers. Great for ordering online and take out. Will definitely order again!

Sub par Vietnamese food at yuppy prices. Almost $20 for a bowl of broth, some noodles, and maybe half a boiled chicken thigh, no veg or herbs. Fool me once, shame on me. Definitely won’t be back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

The ordering system was confusing and food came out at different times. Couldn’t enjoy a proper meal with the group of friends and when the food did finally come out, disappointing to say the very least. No reason drinks, salad and steak dishes come out 20 mins apart before soup dishes.
Best part of the meal were the egg rolls.
Understandable the cook is new. A heads up would be nice.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 3

Food was good. Everything else was disappointing. Understaffed. Hate the ordering system. Kitchen runs per order, which makes food fresh but slow. Overall cleanliness is pretty bad. Can’t say I will ever go back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 2

Lua has an extensive menu of Vietnamese entrees offering a great mixture of carbs, meat, and veggies, from banh mi to several noodle dishes. They offer several different types of proteins as well, and my favorite is their lemongrass pork. The food is seasoned well but not extravagantly so, with tons of fresh and natural flavor. The vibes of the place are pretty simple and clean. Service is minimal, having patrons order digitally even if they are eating inside. It can be slightly on the slower side, but not ridiculously so. It's overall a convenient place with a lot of tasty options and I'd like to come back.

Parking: Busy area near downtown Portland, so parking can be difficult and irritating.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

We had the rice wavy rolls with betel leaf beef and a dried noodle wonton bowl. The foods were delicious, authentic flavor. We used the QR code to ordered from Square; I also saw the chef came out to take order from an older couple manually. We also had the Jasmine Milk Tea which were rich in tea flavor, good milk and sweetness ratio. One suggestion I would make is yo have the accompany fish sauce less concentrate and add some sweetness to it.
Overall, an excellent meal.

Parking: Around 5 pm, so parking spots were available.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Wonton Noodle Soup

My group tried their banh hoi (woven rice noodles) for our first time and got the versions with lemongrass tofu and pork wrapped in betel leaf.

While it was a little messy to eat, it was fun to get our hands dirty wrapping all the condiments together and dipping it in the sauce.

The lemongrass tofu dish was vegetarian and their vegan fish sauce had full flavor.

And the betel-wrapped pork dish was also really good.

The food was so delicious and affordable that I'm still thinking about it a day after eating them. I would come back to eat these dishes again, and don't care whether I eat the vegetarian or meat one.

Vegetarian options: Lemongrass tofu with woven noodles, banh mi

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Not great. Service is non existent. Food super salty. Drink was the best part. Will not come back and will not recommend. Nothing about this place is good.

Awesome! Great bartender, delicious cocktails, and a nice cozy atmosphere, we played a board game and had some drinks, it was a good time 😊

Could not love the food and drinks more. Thank you!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Rice Bowl with Lemongrass Pork Slice Add on Sunny Side-Up Egg, Roast Pork with Vermicelli BH7 Banh Hoi Heo Quay 1, Wonton Noodle Soup

Best lunch spot on Vancouver/Williams!

The Banh Mis are killer and affordable! We had both the grilled pork and char siu.

Came here for dinner with incredible Chr Siu buns, fish sauce wings and a bok choy veg dish.

We chose wings to be spicy but they would have been great regular as well.

Music is pumping, but not overbearing. Service is simple at a counter and can order from your table. Makes it efficient with the wait staff.

We didn't have the cocktail, but they looked good and had clever names, which is always a plus in my book.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: BBQ Pork Bao, Fish Sauce Wings Canh GA Chien

The bún was amazing. Egg rolls were cooked perfectly. The steamed bun sandwiches rocked my world. This should be a must-try for any Vietnamese food lovers out there. Highly recommended!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spring Roll, BBQ Pork Bao

The prawns & noodles- flavor delights!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5