Vinason Pho Kitchen - Sodo

Easily the best pho in the city. Suppose they get crowded at game time, as they are just a few steps away from the stadium; however, when we stopped by it was quite empty and airy. Ordering is self service at a kiosk, which is fine by me - I appreciate any effort to keep business hands- and contact-free. That doesn't mean, though, that you won't benefit from the bright smiles of the staff, which we did. They could not be more eager to help. The place is large, and I was actually introduced to it due to a fundraiser held here. I tried the pho then (the veggie pho with veggie broth) and had to take the spouse back for another go, which we finally did over the weekend. Wow! The pho is still amazing. To add, I love Vietnamese food yet rarely actually get the pho. Coming to Vinason, though, the pho is a MUST. The broth is divine. The epitome of homey and cozy. And the portions are much bigger than they look. We also ordered the chicken wings, which the spouse loved. In other words, 100% stamp of approval. Will return! Thank you!

We came here again before driving to North. We wanted to bite Vietnamese sandwich quickly. You must first order at the kiosk near the entrance. No service at the counter or tables. Order what you want to eat while looking at the screen. Bottled water costs $2, but there is also free water on the left side of the store when you pick up your food counter. Everything is self-service, so you order and pick up your food. I like atmosphere of inside and outside patio area. Anyway we like All Natural Lemongrass Pork Banh Mi. So yummy. Try it!

I'm so happy my husband works so close to this Vinason Pho Kitchen location, because he can pick me up an order of delicious Pho when he decides go into his office.The service is really good, and atmosphere is perfectly aligned with the SoDo district. I greatly appreciate the ease of to go order and how often the app communicates the preparation phase of your order. The pho is SPECTACULAR, any time I can sip the broth alone (even when full,) means the flavor is on point. On the this order I forgot to request additional vegetables, but again the broth is so flavorful I just sipped the broth once I ate the vegetables. I definitely will return and highly recommend Vinason Pho Kitchen-SoDo!

Conceptually Unique ambiance. It had a first-take good vibe--especially considering across the street is a strip club. The self-ordering kiosk is a Jetson experience minus Astro that eliminates their opportunity to wow you with service. But the vide was cool. I was feeling it, right down to their punny slogan: Pay It PHOward. But then the bottom dropped out with the lack of service, due to the grocery store self-checkout concept that doubled down with the stand-off employees that stayed behind the service counter. Also, for being a cafeteria style establishment, it took a bit long to get the food. The food was average. I've had much better pho. But it was fine. It is nit a bang for your buck though. Where it got awkward was my beverage order. My $6 Thai coffee was half-filled. It was worse than how Starbucks cheats you (open your lid next time you order $7 for water and beans from Starbucks). I asked them to fill my 1/2 filled up. Rather than accommodating, the employee tried to sell a story that went like this: "the reason we don't fill the cup is that our coffee is really strong so the ice will melt and mellow it out." That is a stupid rationale. The ice isn't going to melt in an iced coffee fast enough, even on a hot day in Sodo. That is the point of the ice. I ended it up having to water it down by adding water. Basically, what a rip-off. It was probably the worst Thai ice coffee I've had. Don't order it. The condiments were lacking. Bottles were empty. No one replaces or refills these sauces In squeeze bottles. Also, it's not clear if you're expected to clear your place or not. Tables were left with garage. Minor issue: I tried to clear my plate. But their three separate garbage, recycle, and compost g bins states: "No Bowls." I had no idea where to through away my garage since it claims none of them take the used paper bowls.

This is a really interesting restaurant. It is obviously born out of the pandemic: everything is pretty much serve yourself, and you need to love technology to eat here. The menu is only available via QR code or kiosk -- but it's not just a menu, it's a full-fledged app you need to use to order both to-go and in-restaurant dining. There are no servers, you get a notification on the app (or tv on the wall) when your order is up, and you can go fill your own beer from one of the 30+ taps on the wall. Just load funds on your beer card and go pour it yourself. I guess it's kinda cool that in you could place your order on the way to the restaurant and it would be ready when you arrive, but in a sit down restaurant I don't want to just come in, plop myself down, and start scarfing my food. Slow down your life already. Is it efficient? Probably. But it feels impersonal and you'd better not have any menu questions because you don't have a server. The people behind the counter are busy preparing food and other tasks.I will say I'm not a fan of these type of restaurants. I guess I'm a bit old school and would prefer not to be screwing around with some website on my phone at the table. It works fine, but what happens when it doesn't? Chaos? This restaurant takes counter-service to a new level as you have zero contact with any of the employees unless you need to pick up an alcohol debit card. Well, no tips for you guys. With tipflation and zero employee interaction, I didn't feel bad about not leaving one. There is of course a bullshit $2 "operating charge" on the bill though. Since there is no service I'm not sure what the fuck that means. Operating your business, I guess? Are we just paying the machines now? And what the hell is with a $0.25 bag charge? I didn't order take out. See my picture of the receipt.The space itself is pretty cool. It's a really nice large open layout with a huge screen for watching games. I imagine it's packed on game days, and looks like it'd be a great place to hang out. The menu has lots of game-day style appetizers that look pretty fun, like tots, wings, all that kind of stuff that you might not expect to find in a traditional Vietnamese restaurant, but is a great idea for the location.The food was really good -- I was impressed. The banh mi was great! Especially with some of the habanero ginger Sriracha on it. Spicy and delicious! Pho was good, as were the fried egg rolls. Unfortunately I'd call them a rip off because you only get two for $10! I thought there would be more. Won't do that again. The other menu items are also a bit pricey but not entirely unexpected in an upscale location like this.I am not a huge fan of the beer station. It looks cool, it's a cool idea, but I don't like paying $8 for a glass of foam. In a real bar they would pour some of this out as it's usually the warm liquid sitting in the beer line since the last person poured from the tap. It foams up, and if you over-pour, you just paid a dollar to dump beer down the drain. That said, the selection is great and it's hard to complain about beer, but there you go.Overall we'll probably be back. Solid food and great location!

[ Review is for catering order ]Our team has previously enjoyed Vinason Pho Kitchen, and we've ordered from their Westlake location through EZCaterer. This time, the only location available for the catering order was their Sodo location. We placed the order in advance and the restaurant re-confirmed the order, fantastic, everything seemed to be going to plan.Day of the delivery, received a notification that the delivery was now being handled by a 3rd party vendor (specifically, DoorDash). Found this odd as this was not noted on Vinason's page on EZCaterer, but okay, we'd go with it. The problem with the DoorDash tracker was the map layout is different than the typical tracker using DoorDash directly (can't zoom in/out), so it was hard to accurately track the order's location.The biggest issue was the DoorDash driver delivered to the wrong address, which caused our team to have to go to several buildings (thankfully we had access as they were within our company), and the order was over 30mins late as a result. Because Vinason used DoorDash, we were not able to directly speak to Vinason about the order and had to work with DoorDash's driver.Why the review here when the biggest pain points were with DoorDash/their driver? Because Vinason chose to leverage DoorDash for their catering orders and didn't properly convey a 3rd party vendor would be used. While the food was delicious, it wasn't worth the time spent trying to find the order. Unfortunately this experience has negatively impacted our future catering needs.

So happy there's a pho place right across T-Mobile park. The space is huge with the big screen TV on the wall. Love that they have the self dispense beer & wine station. Food is also so good!! Great place to grab drink, quick bite and watch the game!

This place is FIRE! So amazing. Don't even second guess yourself, just go. Get food there if you are heading to or from a game, or anything else for that matter. It's amazing. First of all, I am a HUGE tofu fan. And it's sometimes hard to find places that do Tofu justice. People tend to forget to season it and it can be very bland, but NOT this place. This place is AMAZING. I ordered their Tofu Vermicelli Noodle bowl, and it was incredible. Firstly, love that you can customize your order easily and ask for no Cilantro. Secondly, the tofu in this bowl was soooooo good! It had so much flavor, and it was literally perfection. The pho tater tots are so good too. The meat was so tender, and the spiciness from the siracha mayo was perfection. Also, I'm somewhat picky about Tater Tots, and these were so good. Everything about this dish worked so well. Run, don't stop, to this place and get some amazing food! You will NOT be disappointed.

Looking for some great food, a clean place to eat and use the restroom or pass some time before the game? Look no further than Vinason Pho Kitchen! We have walked by this place several times over the past year on our way to a Mariners or Sounders game, but this weekend, we were determined to try it out when it opened prior to the afternoon Mariners game. It is a self service ordering and beer/cider/wine pouring system with lots of choices on tap! We tried the pork bahn mi--such a fresh set of flavors and crisp veggies...and the pork...so good!! Sweet and savory! My favorite thing had to be the sauce that is available to add to anything on the side next to the pick up area...we tried the habanero ginger sauce, and it was a-maze-ing. I like spicy, and this was the sauce I added to all of my items to kick it up a notch! Don't miss out!We also had the bahn mi tots and the small pho. We would definitely have these again!! I DO wish the had multiple options for the bahn mi bites and not just shrimp, but that's okay...next time!Next time, we will have to try the shrimp bahn mi bites and the wings...we have to save something to try for our next visit!

We're in town for a quick visit and saw that they had canh ga nuoc mam (fish sauce wings). Decided to give them a try and so glad we did. We ordered the salt and pepper wings, pho tots, and fish sauce wings. All items tasted great! Our kids loved the food as well. The order was packaged well and the staff were friendly. The space is clean, modern and spacious. We will definitely be back again.