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4.6 (353 reviews)
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Cha banh mi add scrambled egg an egg noodle with seafood
Wennie H.

This is my new favorite rice dish. The roasted chicken had pieces that were super crispy while still super moist, the rice was flavorful and bas strong wok/grilled flavors. I was hesitant to try something outside of my usuals but this was a nice surprise. Also not super busy for a Saturday night at 7pm!

Jennifer H.

First time at Billiard Hoang. They have a small dining area and we were seated right away with a group of 5. I did like that they had their own parking lot. We each ordered our own entrees. I had the Bo luc lac (added 2 eggs) and the others ordered the bun rieu and com tham bi (added 2 eggs). The entrees were good and everyone enjoyed their meals. However, I felt like the meat for the Bo luc lac was minimal and the meat size wasn't thick like other places I've been to for the price I was paying for. Would love to try other entrees next time!

Lemon grass bun bowl
Tribecca B.

This is such a slept on restaurant! The fish sauce, wings alone, give this place a five stars for me. They are perfectly cooked and the favor. profile is amazing. Not too salty or sweet. Every time I'm in the area, I try to find an excuse to come grab wings from here! Lol their bun bowl was also really good. It's an average bar/billiard. The inside is not much to brag about, but it's a local owned business that has a very strong customer base. The owners are very nice and are always running around managing a bunch of tables and the kitchen at once. I've never hung out inside, I grabbed my food and go. But it seems like a good time if you wanna hang and watch a game or play some pool. Recommend for a place to hang out, or to eat some really amazing Vietnamese food!

Vianca Maree Q.

This place was an accidental find during our trip in Seattle. It was late and we were both cold so we were looking for a place to get something warm. We were trying to find somewhere near our airbnb since most of the other spots are closed or we'll have to drive out pretty far. We gave this spot a chance. It was overall 8-9 out of 10 from my bf and I. I ordered Pho and it was so good, with the weather at that time definitely filled me up and warmed me. My bf also ordered the fried tofu as pictured, it was the only one we took, because as per my bf the fried tofu literally changed his life. He was boasting about it on his groupchat with his friends. And we were also debating whether to come back on our last day to Billiard Hoang just for the fried tofu. It was that good.

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Vinh M.

Three years ago, I first ate their bun mang vit (duck noodle soup) with a friend and have come back several times ever since to have all their other stuff, with each of them having very consistent and great quality. This recent visit is with my sis on a Saturday night around 6pm as part of my birthday celebrations. We came in to a relatively noisy inside with a ton of people eating inside and people playing billiards on the left-hand side of the restaurant. It gets really noisy in here, to say the least. Lighting is also on the mid-dim side as expected in a bar-like setting yet it's also bright at the same time depending on where in the restaurant you sit at. I'd say most if not all their food here is solid. I got their com tam (grilled pork chop, pork skin and egg cake over broken rice) while my sis got their com suon heo (just grilled pork chops) though she got two sunny side-up eggs on hers. We also got some cha gio (egg rolls) to split. Egg rolls came in hot and piping fresh, and portions for both of our rice dishes was generous. Grilled pork was seasoned just right, and both kinds of eggs were a nice balance to the salty meats, being just right and not oddly flavored. As a big plus, everything came at nearly the same time so that we could quickly enjoy our meal and get some photo ops of the food. I've gotten plenty other dishes and drinks here like their bun rieu (good for those who like pork blood in theirs), che 3 mau (don't recommend, though it's not on their menu anymore), and their com suon bo (grilled beef short ribs broken rice, one of the best). I still have yet to have their banh mi despite several foodies and influencers saying how much better it is compared to nearly every other offering in the Seattle area, so that's probably my next thing to order when I do come back. I'm adding this place to a list of restaurants to take both local friends and visitors to Seattle alike!

Vermicelli with lemongrass beef
Brian T.

I'm glad to say that I've checked Billiard Hoang off my bucket list - it's been on my bucket list for multiple years since we moved to Seattle. I met several Vietnamese fishermen on the piers of Seattle, and many of them recommended Billiard Hoang as a solid establishment to get some delicious food. If the old Vietnamese souls on the piers are recommending this place, that's gotta be a good sign. And it definitely paid off. My wife and I visited on a Saturday morning, and it was pretty empty (granted, it was still pretty early in the morning). Half of the building served as a restaurant. The other half, as the name implies, was a billiard hall, which added a unique vibe to the ambiance. I was stumped with the menu - everything looked so good! My wife got the pho and I got the vermicelli noodles. Both dishes were excellent and hit the spot - a great meal to warm our bodies and souls up on a windy day. The portion sizes were generous, and I felt satisfied. The vermicelli dish could use a bit more fish sauce, but it was nice that they had fish sauce already at the table if you wanted to add more. Overall, a very solid joint for your Vietnamese fix. I can easily say this place surpasses a lot of other Vietnamese restaurants in north Seattle, both in quality and quantity. Definitely a solid place for quality food if you're ever in south Seattle!

Vermicelli Noodle with Grilled Pork and Egg Roll
Tanner L.

From the outside, this restaurant looks like an old school ran down pool hall. What you wouldn't expect is that this is actually one of the best Vietnamese restaurants in Seattle. The second you walk in, you will feel transported to a completely new place. One half is dedicated to pool and billiards while the other is an welcoming sit down restaurant with paintings and flowers. With the combination of dimmed lights with the neon strip above the bar, Billiard Hoang provides a laid back and inviting atmosphere; a perfect place to play a round of pool and enjoy cold drinks. The most surprising thing beyond ambiance was the food. I never would've expected a place like this to be serving what I see as the best Vietnamese food in Seattle. Recently, vermicelli noodle bowls have been my favorite dishes to order at Vietnamese restaurants, and Billiard Hoang does not disappoint. I ordered one with grilled pork with the addition of an egg roll. Freshly fried, the egg roll comes out piping hot, with an array of fresh vegetables atop a bed of soft and delicious vermicelli noodles. After adding the side of nuoc cham sauce, you get a perfectly balanced bowl that has it all. The dish that impressed me the most was the 5-spice roasted chicken. This is a rice plate that features a red fried rice. The chicken was extremely moist and juicy while having perfectly crunchy skin, complimented by a slightly crunchy and aromatic fried rice on the side. Together, these made for a yummy chicken rice plate that I would absolutely come back for. Although simple, this dish makes for a quick and easy bite that would be perfect to go after a long day of work. With a vast menu, there are still a lot of things I would like to taste. We didn't get any of the noodle soups, but based on my recent experience, I would love to come back and try! And for Seattle prices, it is rare to see that everything on the menu comes in under 20 dollars. But portions are still sizable and plenty to fill you up. If you are ever looking for delicious Vietnamese comfort food for a good price, Billiard Hoang is an amazing option.

Menus, my Pho
Dennis C.

I was across the street for an auto repair. I asked the guys at the shop was the food next door any good. They asked if I like Vietnamese food. I said yes and they said then its the best there is. They weren't wrong. The Pho was amazing. I had meatball Pho and Thai iced tea. It was tasty, filling and had all the accessories (lime, sprouts, mint, peppers). Great service and meal. It didn't hurt Brazil vs Morocco was on the big screen!

Andrew P.

Based off of the looks of this place on the outside, you'd never expect the inside to look the way it does. It's definitely a place where older Vietnamese men come to play pool and have drinks, but on the other side of the building there is a lot of tables and seating for dining in as well. We ordered spring rolls and separately two different pho's and everything was pretty good. I'd rate the Spring Rolls a 4/5 and the pho a 4.5/5. My local pho place in Chicago puts out a better pho bowl than this one so I always use that one as a comparison, but overall we did enjoy our experience here and the staff was super friendly. They also kept refilling our water too which was greatly appreciated.

Marie R.

My husband and I have been ordering banh mi from here for years but for some reason we've never ordered a rice dish or a noodle salad before. Last week, we decided to get the beef with rice dish and the noodle salad with pork and they were both yummy! Our friends also loved their rice dishes! Oh and don't forget about the avocado smoothie! Just the perfect consistency and sweetness! There's a bunch of pool tables there as well if you wanna shoot pool and hang out with friends.

Pho Special
Lisa D.

You cannot go wrong with this Vietnamese spot. Don't let the exterior fool you, this restaurant has some of the best Vietnamese food in the area. The restaurant is self-seating. It is worth noting that there is a 3% credit card fee, so don't forget to get some cash handy. Food: Pho: we got the Pho Special. The broth was delicious and done just right. It is super comforting for a cold day. Banh mi: we got the grilled pork banh mi. The bread is airy, crisp but not hard to bite into. The filling is balanced with the right amount of meats, spread and pickled vegetable. Bonus tip: get both the Pho and banh mi, and dip the banh mi in the broth. It is so good! Fish sauce chicken wings: so crispy and so flavourful, it blew our mind. The staff noted us that there is about 20-minute wait on the wings, so it arrived a little later than other menu items. But it is so worth the wait! Avocado smoothie: super dense and sweet, perfect for a sweat treat post-dinner. Service: no issue with the service. Food arrived fast and staff were nice during our interaction.

Interior Seating + Pool Tables
Michael X.

There unfortunately aren't too many good pho restaurants in the Seattle area - I have been on the lookout for more pho options, and I am glad I found Billiard Hoang! We went on a Friday around 6PM and were seated immediately. Billiard Hoang is located alongside a busy street, so you will need to note where to turn when you are visiting for the first time. We were able to find adequate parking right at the front of the restaurant, but I can see it getting crowded during peak hours. The restaurant as others have mentioned is dim/dark lighting with three pool tables taking up the left side of the restaurant when you first walk in. There are plenty of seats (probably 20-35 people can be seated based on what seats I can see). Service is decent, we placed our orders with the waiter and got them within 10 minutes. I got the Pho Dac Biet ($16), which was the combination pho with steak, meatballs, tripe, and tendon. If you are looking to try all of the different cuts of pho options here, this would be the go to. I think based on the pho that I have tried so far in the Seattle area, Billiard Hoang is definitely more flavorful. One thing I like is that they have a base level of seasoning that would appeal to most people's tastes, and fish sauce nearby to flavor the pho to your liking. The broth is flavorful and has good depth to it, you can taste the aromatics and is pleasing to drink. There is a decent amount of meat and noodles in the bowl, and I can see it paired with a small appetizer to fill most people up. I think that Billiard Hoang is one of the better pho places that I have tried in Seattle so far. In comparison to other pho restaurants, you get much better quality, although the quantity is still approximately the same. If I am ever in the mood for some quick and delicious pho and some pool, I would definitely revisit Billiard Hoang (4.5 stars)

Bun Bo Hue (rating: 5/5)
Lydia L.

My friend had recommended Billiard Hoang to me many times but we never had a chance to check it out. Finally we came to the area for a birthday party and stumbled upon the restaurant. It was extremely unassuming from the outside, even a bit sketch LOL. The inside was divided into pool table area and dining area. We got a Bun Bo Hue and a vermicelli bowl, both were very delicious. Their Bun Bo Hue was probably my favorite in the Seattle area. Price was higher than we expected for the area - cheaper than Seattle city but not that much cheaper, but still good for the quality and portion you get. Service was okay, but that's not something we care about much anyways, especially for a casual restaurant like Billiard Hoang.

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Can underage people play pool or is that 21+?

Unfortunately, it's 21 and over only.

Do they have a full bar, or just serve wine and beer?

Just beer!

Is this place good for kids?

My son is 5 and he loves it. Nobody smoke indoors and the food area is separated from the pool hall. People who play pool here are nice folks as well

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4.1 mi•Capitol Hill

We walked in for happy hour and walked out with a happy belly…read more The vibe is pretty casual with moody lighting and retro photos on the wall. We sat near the patio for fresh air and better acoustics so it wasn't hard to hear each other talk. Food wise, we did half dozen oysters with house hot sauce (yum!), hollow bread, shrimp toast, chicken bite and mini donuts, duck egg custards, and fish and chips. Dessert was coffee and pomelo entremet (fancy). I will definitely do shrimp toast again and try some other dishes next time. Drinks are pretty but not super memorable. I enjoyed the service that's warm attentive but not over bearing. Overall lovely date night spots and solid happy hour food menu.

This restaurant is full of contradictions. On one hand, it…read morecontains some of the best individual dishes I've had in the city. On the other hand, some remarkably bizarre choices and inexplicably bad dishes leave you thoroughly confused. I'm a positive person (kind of), so let's start with the good. Their bahn tieu, or hollow bread, ranks up there as maybe the best bread-as-an-appetizer in the city. From the moment you cut it in half and feel the hiss of the steam escaping from the middle, you know it's going to be good. The outside is crispy, and the inside is so unbelievably fluffy it's wild. The honey coating on the bottom just adds that slightly sweet flavor that makes it even better, and the honey butter works perfectly to spread and let melt on the hot bread inside. For just $4, it's comes at an unbelievable price. We liked ours so much we ordered it again at the end. Following that same theme, the next thing we had, the toasted bahn mi, was also incredible. This is definitely not your typical bahn mi - as it comes in two mini triangle shaped pieces with a fried exterior. This outside has the perfect crunch and slight oiliness in its texture, and the inside of chicken liver parfait and pork floss just works so well. The nuoc cham also has essentially every flavor - sweet, salty, umami, spicy - it's the perfect dipping sauce. Ok, now let's talk about the truly incomprehensible. The rockfish fish and chips contains some of the worst fried fish I've ever had. The breading is beyond repair - it's practically soggy to the touch. When taking a bite out of the fish in your fish and chips feels like eating a bamboo shoot, you've completely lost the plot. I shudder to think about how this would appear when put next to some of the other fried fish I've had in Seattle. There's no seasoning, and to make matters worse, something just tastes very off about the inside. I don't even mean that's its overcooked, which it is, but there's just something weird going on that I can't quite put my finger on. Also, the tartar sauce might be the worst I've ever had. It's essentially just a pickled salad. There's no fat - no mayo or anything to provide something good to dip the fish into. It's just watery, liquidy, and functions atrociously at its job of being a dipping sauce. At least the fries were decent enough. If that wasn't everything - there's two more things that went wrong. The first one of these is just laughable. When we sat at our table and tried to order from the lounge menu, which is an all-day menu (not just happy hour), we were told that we couldn't be served the lounge menu at our current table, and had to be moved to the lounge area. And then - completely serious - we were proceeded to be moved like three seats over, now told we were in the lounge area, and allowed to order the lounge menu. It was so ridiculous both of us couldn't stop laughing for like five minutes. Even now I find it incredulous. The fact that there was some great firewall standing between the lounge and main dining area that prevented them from bringing a lounge plate one iota outside the allocated area is exceptionally funny. The second one is a bit more annoying. When we got our table, we were asked if we wanted still or sparkling water. I found this a bit odd - it reminded me of Europe - but I didn't think too much of it and asked for still, assuming that like essentially every restaurant in the US - the water would be complimentary. It was my absolute shock that we were charged 12 (twelve) American dollars for water. What!? In the land of the free? And the home of the brave? Really? Twelve dollars? Water? You know the kind where Seattle has some of the best tap water in the country, and you can literally just fill that up. Granted, it was probably partially our fault for not blocking the question entirely and asking for tap water from the start, but I assumed they asked between these two options to just determine the type of water we wanted. Overall, this has a couple of the highest highs, but the lows here are in the depths of hell. 5/10

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Soufend Cafe & Eatery - chicken vermicelli

Soufend Cafe & Eatery

4.0(106 reviews)
0.8 mi•Beacon Hill
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Cute small cafe that serves fantastic Vietnamese food and specializes in matcha drinks…read more The banh mi chao aka beef skillet was delicious. They don't serve that dish at a lot of places in Seattle so I was glad they had it at Soufend Cafe & Eatery. It came with diced beef, two eggs, Chinese sausages, cha lua, pate, laughing cow cheese, some veggies, and a toasted French baguette. Overall I liked the sauce but I do think it was slightly salty. My friend got the vegetarian bánh xèo and it was HUGE! Each one was almost long as her forearm lol. It also came with plenty of vegetables. They put a lot of coconut creme and tofu inside the bánh xèo. Matcha with banana cookie foam was ok. The matcha flavor is there but it's not as strong as other matchas I've tried. Overall, we had a good experience and will be back! Hopefully get to try their popular bánh uot tower. Customer service was friendly; interior was clean and modern. They have self-serve water in the corner for you. They have their own private lot so plenty of parking. They're located on MLK st across the OG Joy Palace plaza.

Food is AMAZING! The food is made to order and tastes so good. The service is pretty quick and they…read moreget a bit busy at times. For the amount of people here, it's not too loud. Limited parking availability outside so that may be an issue if there's a lot of people around that strip.

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Soufend Cafe & Eatery - Matcha with banana cookie foam

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Billiard Hoang - vietnamese - Updated October 2026

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