Mai's Vietnamese Restaurant

Pho is super authentic and fragrant. Really nice owners as well. I will come back often!Food: 5/5

No frills, good prices, and the best beef brisket pho I’ve ever had. The lemongrass bbq short rib over cold rice noodles was so so so so good.Food: 5/5

Inside smelled like a very old storage /garage 120yrs old. Nasty stains on curtains. I should’ve really left… 7spice chicken did NOT taste like one.. but tasted like a cross between Chinese chicken with little bit of Vietnamese 7spices and ton of sugar…. Ugh

Came here for a nice quiet lunch despite the loudness of the farmers market outside. Street parking around this time is always difficult. We had the Vietnamese iced coffee which was strong. Lemongrass pork chop was moist and also had good char. Special pho was good. Broth still felt clean.

I stopped by Mai 's because I was craving some imperial rolls over some vermicelli noodles. From this single experience and from ordering this single dish, I have a few thoughts. Mai 's is a quaint and unassuming restaurant it has a very old school feel inside which is common amongst restaurants along Clement. The service was good and the food was prepared in a timely manner. I had the imperial roll and bbq chicken over rice noodle plate, which came with a single fried imperial roll, pickled carrot/veg and bean sprouts all over a generous serving of chicken and noodles. The imperial roll was okay. I thought it tasted good, but the meat inside felt dense and very homogeneous. The chicken tasted great, especially with the sauce that the plate comes with. I think if the imperial roll was just a bit better quality, I would have loved it. However, I was a bit underwhelmed. It seems like other people have had better experiences with other dishes here, so I am looking forward to being back at Mai 's to try out something different.