Sunday In Saigon - Alexandria

I had lunch at this restaurant today and ordered the pork belly bahn mi, crispy shrimp rolls, and cold shrimp salad. Everything was amazing! The service was quick and friendly. We will definitely be returning!

This restaurant features Americanized Vietnamese cuisine and has lovely decorations. However, I found the food to be disappointing. While it may appeal to my husband, it did not suit my taste. I ordered the Caramelized Pork Bun, Hu Tieu, and Hue Spicy Beef Noodle Soup, but found them all lacking in flavor. The Caramelized Pork Bun was overly salty and sour, despite the tender meat. The Hu Tieu did not resemble authentic Vietnamese Hu Tieu, instead consisting of noodles with seafood and a heavy dark sauce. My husband enjoyed the Bun Bo Hue, but it did not meet my expectations.

Had lunch here today: pork, crispy garnel rolls, cold garnel salad. everything was delicious! service was fast and friendly. we're going back!

The chicken broth may be the best I ever had in the DC area. we're good too. they usually use compostable and recyclable removal containers and utensils that is a big plus!

A few years ago this place was recommended to us by our Vietnamese friend and we remembered that it is very good. we haven't been here since. last weekend we decided to pay a visit as we were looking for Vietnamese diners. the place and the eating were changed a lot. start with the restaurant, there has now a coffee shop in the front section and they must go to the coffee shop to get into the place. that was quite confusing for us and it took us one to find out. By the way, there is a time note on the restaurant window, but we did not pay attention to how we thought everything was the same. once in the restaurant the waiters were nice and really accepted us and our baby. to order the food, they must scan the barcode on the table and place their order on the website. the payment and the tipp were also required at the end of the process to complete our orders. that was what I think it's really cool because this would limit personal contact with the waiters. Eat: they were completely over the last time we came here. they were well presented, but lack of taste and barely meat. very disappointed! they were also a bit expensive compared to other Vietnamese sites. Moreover, they forgot a command and took them back and forth between the computer and the kitchen to know what was missing. overall this place is not particularly good on eating. I think the dinge have changed due to covid and the business has adapted to the situation. However, they were able to obtain the quality taste of the food. if eating well, this could compensate others and I would give this place for a more than three star rating.