Omg the dry egg noodles are some of the best I've ever had.
Yes its in a not so great area of town (Greens / Guns point) but well worth visiting this hole in the wall vietnamese restaurant.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christina Hoang
Hu tieu nam vang: Vietnamese dish name for Phnom Penh rice noodles. A marriage of Cambodian, south viet, and Chinese cooking in the form of a bowl of noodle soup. You can choose dry noodles or a hot noodle soup. Ingredients include rice noodle mixed in a soy sauce based sauce, peeled shrimp, chicken pieces, sliced and ground pork, and liver which can be excluded upon request. Toppings include garlic, jalapeño, lettuce, cilantro, green onions, bean sprouts (request blanched if you’d like) and whatever else you desire to add for your palette.
Hear me out, this place is nothing fancy. To me this place is a precious gem hidden in dirt over the course of time. 10-year old me begs you to walk through those old double glass doors, sit down, and give this place’s bowl of hu tieu nam vang a try, at least once in this lifetime of yours. It may hit better as a soup on a cold winter day. And if it bothers you, just ignore the old outdated decor around you, it shouldn’t affect how the noodles taste in your mouth.
It offers a great namesake (Hu Tieu), decent prices now with inflation, and humble service from what seems like a lean staff at 7pm on a cold Wednesday winter night. None of those fancy decorations and absorbent prices just like I like my Asian food. What more do you need?
This place has provided me with great meals and decades of fond memories with my family over Sunday brunches as a Vietnamese person. Family time is the best time and is even better with good food. I’ve been coming to this place since before I was a teen in 2005 and everything pretty much still looks and tastes the exact same. I can’t say if it’s still the same owners, but the large bowl of #8 (I believe is the dry hu tieu nam vang with rice noodles, and I requested no liver) had the same exact effect on me that it did in 2005 just like I remember. That’s what I always order, 20 years worth. I always add the vinegar’d garlic slices, fried garlic bits, red vinegar, soy sauce and chili oil to my bowl. The garlic bits I have not found offered at any other restaurant elsewhere with the same dish, so I savior every scoop of it into my bowl here.
My parents used to wake me up at 8am for brunch on Sundays before they opened their nail salon for the day. And this place was known by word of mouth between the north Houston viet community. So the fact that this place still exists unchanged baffles me and also heals my inner child every time i step foot through the door and look around.
If you end up liking this place as much as my now fiancé who I’ve introduced them to, please give them a good tip and spread the word/review so this place continues to live on. For my 10 year old’s memories sake. And bring a friend! Thanks!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
K B
A community staple.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Jacob Seale
#10 and Fried Breadsticks 🤤
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mint
Hu Tieu was pretty good, but the other dishes like Bo Kho and Mi Vit Tiem was not it. Bo Kho tasted like beef ragout. Mi Vit Tiem was pretty salty so I had to add in some sugar.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hu Tieu Nam Vang
James R
Got the #19 it was delicious. The place wasn't too full. Service was great and the atmosphere was alright. Not much more to say, but definitely would come back again to try more of their dishes and maybe get an appetizer. The price wasn't too bad neither, so there's that.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Cuong Lam
The food used to be super good. Not sure if there are new owners or not but not the same. Still good but not great.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Hu Tieu Nam Vang, 7 Grilled Pork Plate, Gói Cuôn, Egg Noodle Combination, Pho
Michael Dinh
I had the rice with bbq beef. It was dried and I dread to finish. Order coffee, it was watered down. Basically seem as the waiter used powder coffee but did not add enough coffee. Music was horrible. Who in the right mind would like to listen to Vietnamese folk music on working week day. Never knew there was a demographic of such.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Dina Cardenas
I like the attention and the place, very clean, of course, the food is very delicious.
Omg the dry egg noodles are some of the best I've ever had.
Yes its in a not so great area of town (Greens / Guns point) but well worth visiting this hole in the wall vietnamese restaurant.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hu tieu nam vang: Vietnamese dish name for Phnom Penh rice noodles. A marriage of Cambodian, south viet, and Chinese cooking in the form of a bowl of noodle soup. You can choose dry noodles or a hot noodle soup. Ingredients include rice noodle mixed in a soy sauce based sauce, peeled shrimp, chicken pieces, sliced and ground pork, and liver which can be excluded upon request. Toppings include garlic, jalapeño, lettuce, cilantro, green onions, bean sprouts (request blanched if you’d like) and whatever else you desire to add for your palette.
Hear me out, this place is nothing fancy. To me this place is a precious gem hidden in dirt over the course of time. 10-year old me begs you to walk through those old double glass doors, sit down, and give this place’s bowl of hu tieu nam vang a try, at least once in this lifetime of yours. It may hit better as a soup on a cold winter day. And if it bothers you, just ignore the old outdated decor around you, it shouldn’t affect how the noodles taste in your mouth.
It offers a great namesake (Hu Tieu), decent prices now with inflation, and humble service from what seems like a lean staff at 7pm on a cold Wednesday winter night. None of those fancy decorations and absorbent prices just like I like my Asian food. What more do you need?
This place has provided me with great meals and decades of fond memories with my family over Sunday brunches as a Vietnamese person. Family time is the best time and is even better with good food. I’ve been coming to this place since before I was a teen in 2005 and everything pretty much still looks and tastes the exact same. I can’t say if it’s still the same owners, but the large bowl of #8 (I believe is the dry hu tieu nam vang with rice noodles, and I requested no liver) had the same exact effect on me that it did in 2005 just like I remember. That’s what I always order, 20 years worth. I always add the vinegar’d garlic slices, fried garlic bits, red vinegar, soy sauce and chili oil to my bowl. The garlic bits I have not found offered at any other restaurant elsewhere with the same dish, so I savior every scoop of it into my bowl here.
My parents used to wake me up at 8am for brunch on Sundays before they opened their nail salon for the day. And this place was known by word of mouth between the north Houston viet community. So the fact that this place still exists unchanged baffles me and also heals my inner child every time i step foot through the door and look around.
If you end up liking this place as much as my now fiancé who I’ve introduced them to, please give them a good tip and spread the word/review so this place continues to live on. For my 10 year old’s memories sake. And bring a friend! Thanks!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
A community staple.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
#10 and Fried Breadsticks 🤤
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hu Tieu was pretty good, but the other dishes like Bo Kho and Mi Vit Tiem was not it. Bo Kho tasted like beef ragout. Mi Vit Tiem was pretty salty so I had to add in some sugar.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hu Tieu Nam Vang
Got the #19 it was delicious. The place wasn't too full. Service was great and the atmosphere was alright. Not much more to say, but definitely would come back again to try more of their dishes and maybe get an appetizer. The price wasn't too bad neither, so there's that.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
The food used to be super good. Not sure if there are new owners or not but not the same. Still good but not great.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Hu Tieu Nam Vang, 7 Grilled Pork Plate, Gói Cuôn, Egg Noodle Combination, Pho
I had the rice with bbq beef. It was dried and I dread to finish. Order coffee, it was watered down. Basically seem as the waiter used powder coffee but did not add enough coffee. Music was horrible. Who in the right mind would like to listen to Vietnamese folk music on working week day. Never knew there was a demographic of such.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I like the attention and the place, very clean, of course, the food is very delicious.
I would eat here again
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Food is same as previous visit.
Excellent service.
Thank you.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Hu Tieu Nam Vang
Really good, the people are really nice. It's not too busy. I'll definitely come back. The flavor is the pho is so rich.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vietnamese Egg Rolls, Noodle Soup, 20 Tái Chin Sliced Beef Underdone Well Done Flank Fat Brisket Flank Triple
The restaurant is so delicious, no different from Vietnam, eating reminds me of my homeland
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Oh my god it's delicious
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent 👌
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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