The Mekong

5100 Erling Ave, McFarland
(608) 572-2516

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Aric B

This place is huge, the bar area is nice and the service was pretty good. We came in a bit later and were the only people there for a while. Ordered the pad see ew and it was pretty good. We also ordered the jungle curry and it was really sweet.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Irie Jackson

When I went the restaurant was completely empty, stuck around anyway and the food was great along with the service.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Annie

Great food, kind staff, and excellent karaoke setup! I tried the fried wings, papaya salad, fried rice, egg rolls, and chili pepper sauce. I would go again especially for large group parties.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

gniyak gnav

Waited 30mn,No customer service

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Leon

The experience and vibe at this restaurant is great! It is family owned. Great food and reasonably priced. They currently have a great set up for Friday night karoake. First come first serve. You get a stage and not many people know about it yet.

Zel

We are from Rhode Island here on a trip and looking for hmong food. We came early and was the only customer. Server was nice and efficient. Here is what we ordered:

Eggroll: its good basic eggroll. Better than other plain hmong eggroll i have tried. Moderate flavor and crispy. 7/10

Kapoon: missing the cilantro and green onions. noodles were all broken into smaller pieces. Perhaps noodles were boiled too long. Flavor is okay, not bad but not good. Need more meat and please remove all non edible pieces like the ghalangal. Not pleasant to keep biting into pieces of non edible ghalangal. 3/10

Papaya salad: very good. Flavor is good. I personally like thick cut papaya and this is good. Only thing i would say is to put a notch less tamarind. Its alittle overpowering through the flavor. 8/10

Chicken feet larb: perfect. No changes. 10/10

Chicken wing: its good. Just basic chicken wings. Wish they have an option for larb style chicken wings. 7/10

Pork belly: skin is rubbery, not crunchy. not seasoned. Really relying on the pepper sauce for salt. Need to salt before frying. over cooked as well as meat is dry 2/10

Thai tea: pretty good. No complaints 8/10

Overall score 5/10... not bad but also not good. nothing that makes me go wow. Would return if really craving hmong food but not expecting much more

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

David Garpiel

Great food and super friendly staff. They have a big selection, and I haven't had a bad meal yet!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

H. Siong

I believe they are under new owners and have been pretty good. Love the raw laab and chicken wings. We orders papaya salad & padthai also. Everything was good and made fresh. Did feel a bit empty and bit dark in there (2pm), we weren’t sure if they were open but the owner came to warmly greet us. Will definitely return.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Xia Xyooj

We’ve always loved dining at Mekong for all the food & events such as Cornhole Night on Thursdays. Our favorites were the Chicken Pad Thai, Chicken Wings, Sticky Rice & Chicken Feet. We were there today for their re-opening after being closed due to new owners & operations. Service was a bit rough though we understand that today was the first day. We were seated in the banquet hall side. I think that was a barrier itself due to all the waiters mostly being on the resturant side. After waiting 20 minutes for someone to come take our orders, we waved down the owner and told him we were ready. He graciously took our order. It took another 15-20 minute for the food to come which was just fine but due to having been there for almost 40 minutes now, our kids were getting restless. With a new cook, like the resturant had mentioned in their posts, the Pad Thai does not taste the same. I loved their Pad Thai previously but I will have to give it another try when we dine in again. Overall, we will be back! I’m glad they are open again. With time & training, I think the restaurant will find its rhythm.

Cha Yaj

Worst restaurant I ever been to, pho was super hard still not cook, fried rice taste so bland, service so slow, I want to support my hmoob people but when it so bad make me waste my money, not going there again, I even have around 10 different people say there food was garbage, waste of time eating here

Blue NyQuil

I stop by 2-3 Times here over the past Year. Everytime I stop by, the place was closed.. even thought it saids it's open. I guess they can't keep a normal opening hours.
Looks like they are closing their restaurant and going full banquet. I guess I'll never get to try this place lol

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Ceev Ceev

We were here for a family gathering with no air conditioning for five whole hours. I was sweating so much, my glasses just gave up and slid off my nose like they were trying to escape! The food was not so bad.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

G Thao

Great food, great atmosphere. Always a great time there.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Pahoua Xiong

I like the spring rolls and the papaya salad, but the pho and qhob poob are too sweet for me and my family

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 4

Thomas

Not what I expected but pleasant.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

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