This past Wednesday, we visited a restaurant we haven’t been to in years. A Dong Restaurant serves both Vietnamese and Chinese dishes.Hubby and I both had the Coconut Drink that was very refreshing. Love the fresh coconut meat! Dad had Soy Bean Milk. We started off with the Vietnamese Egg Rolls and Crab and Corn Soup. The soup tasted good but the crabmeat was not the star of the dish. Hubby had the Beef Rice Noodle, which is one of his favorite dishes. I tried some and it was tasty. Dad and I shared the Stir Fry Vermicelli Combo without the curry since we didn’t like spicy. There was some flavor but could’ve use some more.There are 2 locations. We visited the 5222 DeZavala Rd., Suite 318 location. The other location is on Agora Parkway in Selma.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vietnamese Egg Roll
Ruthie W.
This past Wednesday, we visited a restaurant we haven't been to in years. A Dong Restaurant serves both Vietnamese and Chinese dishes. Hubby and I both had the Coconut Drink that was very refreshing. Love the fresh coconut meat! Dad had Soy Bean Milk. We started off with the Vietnamese Egg Rolls and Crab and Corn Soup. The soup tasted good but the crabmeat was not the star of the dish. Hubby had the Beef Rice Noodle, which is one of his favorite dishes. I tried some and it was tasty. Dad and I shared the Stir Fry Vermicelli Combo without the curry since we didn't like spicy. There was some flavor but could've use some more. There are 2 locations. We visited the 5222 DeZavala Rd., Suite 318 location. The other location is on Agora Parkway in Selma.
Gonzalo R.
The food was basic taste nothing grand or above almost tasteless The service was very disappointing, to say the least. Waiters too busy with their personal phones lol.
Not here for a long time Here for a good time
The pho is my
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
dead shot
I love the food
queen domagalski
Was pretty good!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Fried
vinny j.
Been here twice, once 3 years ago had the pho dac biet, it was borderline salty, another teaspoon of salt and the broth will be too salty, returned again just to see how the pho was again, well pho was the same saltiness, the other A Dong at the forum off 35 north and 1604 is not salty, keep in mind I probably have visited every pho place in San Antonio. Don't know but maybe it's the folks that live around De Zavala like their pho a little heavy on the salt I guess. Not for me. Service was okay, felt rushed eventho it wasn't busy, the ambience is okay, kind of unorganized in the background, for a restaurant in the De Zavala area it could have been a little nicer.
Daniel Hilton
Good Vietnamese food. Nothing special, just general viet comfort.
Roger Lockwood
Came in for brunch. This was my second visit. I had Vietnamese style soup with shrimp. Only one other party in restaurant. Okra in soup was great, additionally pineapple. It was delicious and took home most of it, so large. Maybe get 3 more meals from it. Highly recommend. Could use some Vietnamese music! Not rock and roll.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Khmer T
Just nope yourself out of this one. There is one in Selma that is/was far better than this location. DeZavala A Dong seems like it survives on luck or banquets/catering. My party of 2 visited on a Saturday for late lunch leaving at 3:30pm. When we arrived there was only one other table of 2 in the restaurant, they left and one more table of 2 arrived before we left. 3 front of house staff and I saw 2 kitchen staff.To me the food is not terrible but it is bland. Inside is like a nice place that is going out of business. They have maybe 100 plastic totes, tables and chairs stacked in a hallway and one section of the restaurant which makes me think they do a lot of private events to survive. The main draw back was the place smelled like sewage, even being seated directly behind the greeting counter towards the front door, indicating a cleanliness or infrastructure problem.I won't say the staff is rude but typical experience where they don't offer you anything, you have to flag them down for more drinks, an extra napkin, dropped silverware, etc. They forget to put in orders or put it in then don't have it but forget to let you know so you need to track it down. Place was late lunch time and quiet so it wasn't like there were a lot of customers to help.
For starters, it's hard to provide bad service when there are only 2 tables in the place during the peak of dinner time, with 3 visible employees. This place has been declining for a while now. The dining room is partially used for storage, which is not a good sign for a restaurant. The wine bottles on display for sale have labels that are coming off, and they have been like that for over a year. I ordered the cashew chicken, or number 89 on their menu. The brown sauce was light in flavor and the chicken had an unpleasant taste to me. Overall, it was mostly tasteless when everything was combined. The music was too loud for dinner conversation. My dinner companion described the Adon fried rice as average. However, the service was prompt and attentive. The staff checked in on us regularly. Despite the decline in the ambiance and food quality, the restaurant still had a decent customer service. The menu options were diverse with a good range of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. It's disappointing to see a once thriving restaurant lose its charm. The lack of attention to detail is evident in the deteriorating condition of the dining area and the neglect of the wine bottles. The cashew chicken dish, which I had high hopes for, turned out to be a letdown with its bland taste. The loud music further dampened the dining experience, making it difficult to have a conversation. Thankfully, the service was one aspect that still stood out. The staff was attentive and regularly checked on us. Despite the decline, the restaurant still offers a decent variety of dishes, catering to both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. It's almost as if the restaurant owner has given up on maintaining the standards and forgot that the place is still open for business.
Jake M.
Very good food but this restaurant consistently has the WORST customer service, takes at least 10 minutes to get seated on top of waiting 15+ minutes to get an order placed. Business needs to hire more people or have a manager actually manage instead of making their workers serve 10+ tables with no help.
I.F L.G
Don’t ever come here!!!! Stay away!!!We had our lunch here. The food was mediocre. We have Canh Chua Catfish and it was smelling bad. We also ordered fried fish with fish sauce and the fish smelled like it was fronzen in 6 months. We had enough when the Vit Xa Xiu came out, it was like old and stale we couldn’t eat it then I decided to tell the server. He said he would give us a discount on that ???? Later on, the bills came out and they gave us $5 discount on $150 bill and they even automatically added 18% tip + service fee. This is the worst restaurant by far I have ever been. Never comeback and will share it on social medias if they don’t contact me and apologize.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
T T
Can’t recommend. Informed an employee that our chicken was tough and tasted freezer burned or old and she said we were incorrect and offered no accommodation. Never going back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jennifer N.
Please note: I am Viet and from Houston. I had to add that because I will say for San Antonio - they place is good enough if you are craving Viet food! Did not have the pho that most non-Viets would probably believe Viet food is about but ordered squid, noodles, chinese broccoli and fish. If you ever want to venture outside of pho, be sure to bring at least four people so you can eat family style! I will say you can definitely taste the MSG and salt in their dishes. Food came out fast. Service is on par with typical Asian restaurants - don't expect high quality service. As someone else mentioned, I think they like to make their own hours so I would call to make sure the restaurant is open. We went at 1030am on a Friday which is stated on their doors but I don't think they opened until after 11am.
This past Wednesday, we visited a restaurant we haven’t been to in years. A Dong Restaurant serves both Vietnamese and Chinese dishes.Hubby and I both had the Coconut Drink that was very refreshing. Love the fresh coconut meat! Dad had Soy Bean Milk. We started off with the Vietnamese Egg Rolls and Crab and Corn Soup. The soup tasted good but the crabmeat was not the star of the dish. Hubby had the Beef Rice Noodle, which is one of his favorite dishes. I tried some and it was tasty. Dad and I shared the Stir Fry Vermicelli Combo without the curry since we didn’t like spicy. There was some flavor but could’ve use some more.There are 2 locations. We visited the 5222 DeZavala Rd., Suite 318 location. The other location is on Agora Parkway in Selma.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vietnamese Egg Roll
This past Wednesday, we visited a restaurant we haven't been to in years. A Dong Restaurant serves both Vietnamese and Chinese dishes. Hubby and I both had the Coconut Drink that was very refreshing. Love the fresh coconut meat! Dad had Soy Bean Milk. We started off with the Vietnamese Egg Rolls and Crab and Corn Soup. The soup tasted good but the crabmeat was not the star of the dish. Hubby had the Beef Rice Noodle, which is one of his favorite dishes. I tried some and it was tasty. Dad and I shared the Stir Fry Vermicelli Combo without the curry since we didn't like spicy. There was some flavor but could've use some more. There are 2 locations. We visited the 5222 DeZavala Rd., Suite 318 location. The other location is on Agora Parkway in Selma.
The food was basic taste nothing grand or above almost tasteless The service was very disappointing, to say the least. Waiters too busy with their personal phones lol.
The pho is my
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
I love the food
Was pretty good!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Fried
Been here twice, once 3 years ago had the pho dac biet, it was borderline salty, another teaspoon of salt and the broth will be too salty, returned again just to see how the pho was again, well pho was the same saltiness, the other A Dong at the forum off 35 north and 1604 is not salty, keep in mind I probably have visited every pho place in San Antonio. Don't know but maybe it's the folks that live around De Zavala like their pho a little heavy on the salt I guess. Not for me. Service was okay, felt rushed eventho it wasn't busy, the ambience is okay, kind of unorganized in the background, for a restaurant in the De Zavala area it could have been a little nicer.
Good Vietnamese food. Nothing special, just general viet comfort.
Came in for brunch. This was my second visit. I had Vietnamese style soup with shrimp. Only one other party in restaurant. Okra in soup was great, additionally pineapple. It was delicious and took home most of it, so large. Maybe get 3 more meals from it. Highly recommend. Could use some Vietnamese music! Not rock and roll.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Just nope yourself out of this one. There is one in Selma that is/was far better than this location. DeZavala A Dong seems like it survives on luck or banquets/catering. My party of 2 visited on a Saturday for late lunch leaving at 3:30pm. When we arrived there was only one other table of 2 in the restaurant, they left and one more table of 2 arrived before we left. 3 front of house staff and I saw 2 kitchen staff.To me the food is not terrible but it is bland. Inside is like a nice place that is going out of business. They have maybe 100 plastic totes, tables and chairs stacked in a hallway and one section of the restaurant which makes me think they do a lot of private events to survive. The main draw back was the place smelled like sewage, even being seated directly behind the greeting counter towards the front door, indicating a cleanliness or infrastructure problem.I won't say the staff is rude but typical experience where they don't offer you anything, you have to flag them down for more drinks, an extra napkin, dropped silverware, etc. They forget to put in orders or put it in then don't have it but forget to let you know so you need to track it down. Place was late lunch time and quiet so it wasn't like there were a lot of customers to help.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 2
Restaurantji Recommends
For starters, it's hard to provide bad service when there are only 2 tables in the place during the peak of dinner time, with 3 visible employees. This place has been declining for a while now. The dining room is partially used for storage, which is not a good sign for a restaurant. The wine bottles on display for sale have labels that are coming off, and they have been like that for over a year. I ordered the cashew chicken, or number 89 on their menu. The brown sauce was light in flavor and the chicken had an unpleasant taste to me. Overall, it was mostly tasteless when everything was combined. The music was too loud for dinner conversation. My dinner companion described the Adon fried rice as average. However, the service was prompt and attentive. The staff checked in on us regularly. Despite the decline in the ambiance and food quality, the restaurant still had a decent customer service. The menu options were diverse with a good range of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. It's disappointing to see a once thriving restaurant lose its charm. The lack of attention to detail is evident in the deteriorating condition of the dining area and the neglect of the wine bottles. The cashew chicken dish, which I had high hopes for, turned out to be a letdown with its bland taste. The loud music further dampened the dining experience, making it difficult to have a conversation. Thankfully, the service was one aspect that still stood out. The staff was attentive and regularly checked on us. Despite the decline, the restaurant still offers a decent variety of dishes, catering to both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. It's almost as if the restaurant owner has given up on maintaining the standards and forgot that the place is still open for business.
Very good food but this restaurant consistently has the WORST customer service, takes at least 10 minutes to get seated on top of waiting 15+ minutes to get an order placed. Business needs to hire more people or have a manager actually manage instead of making their workers serve 10+ tables with no help.
Don’t ever come here!!!! Stay away!!!We had our lunch here. The food was mediocre. We have Canh Chua Catfish and it was smelling bad. We also ordered fried fish with fish sauce and the fish smelled like it was fronzen in 6 months. We had enough when the Vit Xa Xiu came out, it was like old and stale we couldn’t eat it then I decided to tell the server. He said he would give us a discount on that ???? Later on, the bills came out and they gave us $5 discount on $150 bill and they even automatically added 18% tip + service fee. This is the worst restaurant by far I have ever been. Never comeback and will share it on social medias if they don’t contact me and apologize.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Can’t recommend. Informed an employee that our chicken was tough and tasted freezer burned or old and she said we were incorrect and offered no accommodation. Never going back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Please note: I am Viet and from Houston. I had to add that because I will say for San Antonio - they place is good enough if you are craving Viet food! Did not have the pho that most non-Viets would probably believe Viet food is about but ordered squid, noodles, chinese broccoli and fish. If you ever want to venture outside of pho, be sure to bring at least four people so you can eat family style! I will say you can definitely taste the MSG and salt in their dishes. Food came out fast. Service is on par with typical Asian restaurants - don't expect high quality service. As someone else mentioned, I think they like to make their own hours so I would call to make sure the restaurant is open. We went at 1030am on a Friday which is stated on their doors but I don't think they opened until after 11am.