Saigon Vietnamese Kitchen

Noodle dishes of which the little pieces of meat are a plus. , pho and other soups are real tasty. Although some are Hot!!, service is exquisite. Viet coffee awesome. Consistency . Location is great, big pkg. lot.

A friend recommended Saigon Cafe's pho, and I had to wholeheartedly disagree with her. Got the pho tai and soft summer rolls. The latter tasted dirty, as if the lettuce or shrimp was unwashed - or both. The pho tai was boring with overcooked noodles. Food aside, I couldn't get comfortable because the booth seats are uncommonly short. I'm only 5'4, and the bench didn't even hit the back of my knees (see photo). We paid before using the restroom, and as I was waiting for my friend to finish, the server who had literally just accepted our payment welcomed me to the restaurant and invited me to take a seat... A solid three strikes on food, ambiance, and service.

I hate to write a bad review.. but we were very disappointed with this meal. We ordered and people who came after us got their food before we did. When the food came it did come with all the desired sauces but the food was underwhelming at best. The egg cake which came with my vermicelli and grilled pork was tiny and the pork was just alright. My in-laws are Vietnamese and this was such a disappointment since I know how delicious Vietnamese food can be!

Saigon Vietnamese kitchen is a family run Vietnamese restaurant I've been going to for 25 years. The food is consistently good, and a good value for the price. This is a small unassuming Café. In my view, you can't go wrong here. I have never had to wait an inordinate amount of time for my meal, and the wait staff is always friendly.

The food was not good. I ordered chicken fried rice and you couldn't even tell it was chicken. The egg rolls were way over done and the chicken noodle dish was too greasy and the chicken was that mystery meat again. Nothing was fresh.

Really Bad. This place was good like 8 years ago. It sucks now .Went in to have a nice dinner for my husband's Birthday . The food was horrid . My husband's fried rice was 100% burnt, tasted awful. They did take it off our bill. Never going back . They get a grade o f D- , never again. NO . Get a better cook, what the ??????

I've been wanting Vietnamese food so badly so I decided to give this place a try. After seeing that they offered one of my favorite dishes "catfish in a clay pot" I called and placed a take out order. I had expected the fish to be in a thick spicy caramel sauce from the coconut and sugar, but it was served in an extremely salty broth and the fish were very fishy tasting. I had to throw it out because of this. I also ordered some spring rolls and they had the tiniest pieces of pork in them with one small shrimp in each roll. I also noticed the lettuce was very mealy and off tasting. As for the pork vermicelli, the meat was old and sickeningly sweet with way too much noodles.

I liked, but didnt love, my lunch here the other day. The booths were almost all full when we arrived, but still got pretty quick service when we arrived. I ordered the grilled chicken vermicelli cold noodle salad bowl. I mixed the ingredients together, but the dish was not served with the usual fish oil so it was a but sticky to get everything to mix. The lettuce was a little past its prime. The chicken was in very small, hard bits. The bowl also comes topped with fried onions (like the ones that come in a can), which was unusual: the texture was offputting and the flavor overwhelming. My boyfriend likes his pho; I tried some and found it a bit oily but yummy. Overall decent lunch experience but will choose other Vietnamese options in Santa Fe before returning here.

We have takeout from there once a week. This week we decided to eat in for lunch. I tried the hot and sour soup. It came to the table cooking in its own clay pot over an individual burner. It was fantastic: okra, baby corn and many other vegetables that I was instructed to serve over a bed of rice. What a treat for a cold winter day!Not much ambience, but if the food is so good, who cares?

Believe this is now called Saigon Cafe. We really loved our meal. started with hot tea. I got rice vermicelli with unpeeled shrimp. Hubby got Vietnamese noodle soup with shrimp. Portions were very fair and food was so good!! We even ordered the egg fried rice and took most of it home for leftovers. Wait staff was friendly and attentive. The atmosphere was comfy and private with how they have the booths setup Highly recommend and would return in a heartbeat.