This place used to be good. Zero stars if I had it my way. Disgusting. Don't get food from here. I've seen a lot of pictures with hair I the food too. read more

Chopstix - A bandaid .I was a faithful patron. This is unacceptable. - Vietnamese Near Me - Monterey, California

I just can't anymore. No more Chopstix for me. Though it appears this chain has given up and will go out of business by the end of the year. They used to be a unique, happy, local, woman owned business with great food. I am now convinced that there are no cooks in these restaurants and that food is precooked for assembly by untrained staff. The food is never fresh cooked. It's hour and hours old and cold and mealy. A restaurant that is cooking food would smell good when you walk in. Further, what you receive is nothing like the menu description: herbs like mint and basil and cilantro are missing; order grilled shrimp, get boiled shrimp; order spicy; get bland; order extras or large size, pay for it but don't get it. Often the rice is not fresh. Really?! I'm also bummed that they always include the utensils and sauces even when you tell them not to. Wasteful and another display of their lack of attention to detail. So many bad reviews and not one reply from the business. There's better Vietnamese food in this town and I'll be eating in those places from now on. read more

Delicious food in a comfortable setting. Ingredients were very fresh! Loved the pho and the spring rolls!

A rip off. 1 thin porkcchop from a pig on a diet, a piece of cucumber, half lettuce leaf and cheap rice for $10.50. read more

Chopstix - Vietnamese Near Me - Monterey, California

There's soooo many restaurants in Monterey but this has been the one my husband and I go back to over and over again. We've even taken almost all our visiting family here! The food is great and it's fast - great for when you are just hungry and need to confidently know you are going to enjoy whatever item you get from the menu. We have our usual favorites but we often get other items as well and have never been disappointed. It's no high-end restaurant so don't expect to feel like a million bucks with the service. They do their job and that's it. Not really a problem though, I go for delicious food and I leave with a happy tummy! One thing I will say that I don't like is the bathroom is pretty gross. But again, I'm there for the food and they never let me down in that aspect. I love that their vegetarian selection is huge! Big win as I'm vegetarian but my husband is not. We both find plenty of choices for both of us. The prices are so reasonable too, especially for this area. Good eats withoutbreaking the bank? CHOPSTIX!!! They also have an extensive boba menu, wheee! I can eat here again and again and never get tired. In fact, we are going to have dinner here tonight. :D read more

I spent my weekend in Monterey. Ordered the fresh rolls, chicken salad, and stir fry egg noodles with beef. The fresh rolls were fine. The chicken salad needs a little help. It's salty. If you use grilled flavored chicken in the salad, lighten up on the fish sauce with a bit more lime juice. If you use steamed or boiled chicken, the fish sauce is fine. The stir fry egg noodles with beef was bland. The cut of beef was so chewy, so either its the wrong cut of beef, cut too thick, or overcooked but inedible. The service though was great. Everyone was so welcoming, polite, and attentive. I'll give this place another try when I'm in town. read more

Excellent fast service; friendly, clean, convenient and the food are so good. Thank you all for your excellent service! read more

This place is ridiculous. I ordered a large Pho With shrimp and that's what I got one shrimp. The menu says (2) shrimp. The shrimp was sliced in half. Really? I would not recommend this place nor will I come here again. Not to mention the service was horrible. And the hot sauce containers are disgusting with flys all over the place. Yucky! Also they charge a fee for using your credit card, which is against the law, I might add. Check out the pictures read more

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EXCELLENT! At Chopstix Monterrey, one will find fresh, flavorful and authentic Vietnamese cuisine, at very reasonable prices, in an attractive but not pretentious dining room. The staff is friendly, attentive and genuine. One feels that they put their heart into their entrees. One will not be disappointed. read more

Great local chain of Vietnamese foods. Casual restaurant vibe that is good for groups or quick to go.

My crazy sister in law decided to door dash some lunch over to my place yesterday hence me writing this review. I otherwise wouldn't find myself here because 1. I've been here before years ago and I didn't enjoy it and 2. Reading some of the reviews for this place makes me uncomfortable. My sister in law went overboard in ordering and here's what I think about the dishes she chose. Some of the ingredients seemed fresh ie veggies/noodles. The authentic taste for every dish was missing. Everything was quite bland. For example, the nuoc Cham/nuoc mam tasted super watered down and defeated the purpose for flavoring the vermicelli, summer rolls, spring rolls etc. I've never been a fan of Vietnamese papaya and this salad literally just tasted like the banh mi pickled vegetables but with papaya and peanuts. The popcorn chicken had an old taste and was already soggy by the time it arrived. The bun bo hui along with everything else lacked depth. I didn't even touch the vermicelli because to be honest, it was all the same ingredients as the summer rolls. The summer rolls were okay but as I've already mentioned. There was no real flavor. read more

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Disgusting! After receiving my order of pho, I was ready to enjoy. Luckily my girlfriend stopped me as she noticed something floating on top of the broth. IT WAS A BUG!! I called the server over and told him the problem. He didn't seem to be phased fazed at all (this isn't their first rodeo). After that I didn't even receive any compensation, I had to pay for that bowl. It quite disgusting since they make the broth in bulk and that little cockroach was stewing and contaminated the whole broth. Totally my last straw with this place. In addition to their cockroach infested food, I always encountered rude servers, they employ a bunch you young entitled kids to run this joint. read more

Chopstix - Vietnamese Near Me - Monterey, California

This is a hidden gem in the food seen in Monterey bay. The food is fresh and inexpensive. Great place to enjoy fresh spring rolls during hoy summer and a bowl of steaming pho in the winter. Surely it will not disappoint you. They also offer a decent selection of beers . My wife and I sometimes just go Smith appetizers and drink for a light lunch. You can also enjoy outdoor seating when the weather is nice. They now have three locations: Monterey, Carmel by the sea and Seaside. read more

I wish I took some pictures :( Food was delicious and the portions were huge considering it's 1. In California 2. Specifically in Monterey The restaurant was just the cutest! I love the greenery plants outside, such a great place to catch lunch on a nice sunny day! If I ever come back to Monterey I will be coming back here for lunch! Delicious and great service! read more

First time here and it's totally disappointed. So we didn't have cleft the food will be as good as the Bay Area so for food wise I think it's decent just for a noodle soup with quit amount of msg. Our table is filthy and sticky. What gets us disappointed is the service. We were here quit early, only 2 tables inside with 3 servers. The girls rather chat at the corner than paying attention to customer who tries to flag them down multiple times. Well, chatting is not all about the disappointment but the attitude with the long grey blond hair girl. She sounds like I don't gaf about your table. The Spanish boy was actually really nice that's why I'm giving 3 stars because of his service. Overall if you want not authentic, full with MSG and super small portion food come here read more

I'm visiting Monterey for a few days and I was hungry for Asian food. I gave this place a try. I ordered the glass noodles with vegetables and tofu. It was a little busy and it seemed like it was taking more time than I expected. The hostess came by and asked me what I ordered and I told her. My dish finally made it and I was pleased. It was a delicious choice. It wasn't overly sauced or salty and I like it that way. I would recommend this restaurant. I'll be returning for more. read more

A happy day this week when I got my favorite Green Papaya salad and BBQ Chicken Sandwich at Chopstix Monterey. Both items were terrific, with all the advertised ingredients on them. Lots of flavor, and the salad had plenty of pickled veggies which added so much to the dish. The food was so much better it gives me such pleasure! The restaurant was packed which was a good sign. Thank you to management for having someone in the kitchen preparing the food at such a high standard. Loved it! read more

For the price point the food is fresh. I had spring rolls and dry vermicelli. My main came too fast! Arrived before the spring rolls. Next time I'll order my starter before my main. Wouldn't mention accept I over heard the same thing at the table next to me. read more

Chopstix - Spring rolls and pork/shrimp vermicelli. - Vietnamese Near Me - Monterey, California

place is ok, service is great. they prepared the foods quite fast. for me, the taste is mediocre ~ the broth is hot but not that favorable. the porkchop is also ok but i expect great. the price is average with the quantity is enough. this is the second time i tried this place and order the passion fruit juice which also ok ~ suggest to give a bit lime juice. overall, if you are a vietnamese food lover, you should give a try... read more

Chopstix - 22. Vietnamese BBQ Pork Chop... - Vietnamese Near Me - Monterey, California

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Made an order for delivery through Grubhub. I don't know how to post a review on Grubhub so I'm posting here. I ordered a large coco-taro snow with boba ($5.25), Vietnamese egg rolls ($6.50) and large stir fried egg noodles with shrimp ($11.50). Tax ($2.75) and delivery charge ($8.00) and service fee ($0.25) for a total balance of $34.25. It was pretty mediocre esp for the price. The flavors were subtle. Wasn't bad at all but personally wouldn't go again. read more

Chopstix - Vietnamese egg rolls, stir fried egg noodles with chicken beef and shrimp, coco-taro snow with boba - Vietnamese Near Me - Monterey, California

My wife and I went to this place a few days ago. My pho had some small thin pieces of meat and wasn't very good at all. But then I noticed some strange blue specs floating in the soup and tried to figure out what they were. Definitely mold! To top it all off, I found a thick and short hair. It looked like it was from a beard. I will definitely not go back to this place. It was a nightmare. read more

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The food was decent but the service was by far the worst I have experienced in 2011. SUPER DISAPPOINTING to the point where despite enjoying the food.. it gets a one star from me... which does not happen often. The appetizer chicken popcorn was decent as was the sweet chili sauce The noodle bowls have a good meat portions..if anything they lack a tad more noodles The boba bar, slushy options etc are nice since there are not a lot of pearl drink shops ANYWHERE in the 831... they are scarce and few The chow mein like noodle options (small size) are big enough for two Considering the area, the prices are cheap for the amount of food you get.. this place could be a gem and I know a lot of my yelper friends who have gone here like the food.. BUT... The service First off, it is super inefficient. There are people hanging out doing nothing.. When they could be checking on customers, helping with drinks etc.. 1. Do we sit down or order at the counter? we were not greeted and walking in it was apparent that the wait staff is super disorganized 2. upon sitting someone took our drink order.. then "the real server" came by again and took our order 3. Never in my life have I waited 20 minutes (half way into the meal) for a pinche boba (how are there 7 people behind the counter and only 1 boba person. 4. The wait staff didn't know what they were out of... after waiting 20 minutes for his lemonade... we find out there is no lemonade.. so no other options were provided.. just a "sorry to bad so sad" 5. Where was the water? 25 minutes into our meal, we get water.. really? 6. We were never voluntarily checked on.. we always had to flag down a wait staff/ our "server" 7. We finally went up to the register and grabbed the check... This is the first time all year where we didn't leave a tip... There is no excuse for crappy service considering the ratio of servers to customers they had... Ill give this place a few months and then come back... then again.. if they have been open since July and their service still isn't hashed out.. that is a little scary. read more

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Came in 30 mins before closing time and they were still so pleasant and welcoming. I loved that they had lots of vegetarian options. We ordered the green papaya salad, grilled 5-spiced chicken vermicelli, and bun bo hue chay (veggie pho). Food came out fast and were all so delicious!!! We customized their green papaya salad to be spicy and they made it so fiery... BOMB!! Would recommend. On the other hand, the menu indicated the the grilled 5-spiced chicken would be spicy, it wasn't. I still enjoyed it though. Portions were generous, split between 2 and we still had plenty of leftovers. Overall experience was great. 10/10 would eat again. read more

Chopstix - Green Papaya - Vietnamese Near Me - Monterey, California

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Good food when they get it right. I live very close to chopstix in Monterey and they often forget to include basil for my take out pho which is quite depressing. Also have received the completely wrong order many times. On the other hand chopstix Carmel has never messed up my take out orders, too bad I moved from Carmel a year ago..... read more

Chopstix - No basil! - Vietnamese Near Me - Monterey, California

Food was okay but not exceptional. Terrible customer service, while we ordered an appetizer we received the appetizer as our last meal. The food did not come out in order and we were handed our bill--it seemed like an effort to kick us out (after 30 minutes). Save your money and time and go somewhere else! read more

We went here on Easter Sunday for lunch and even though it was busy, they were able to seat us quickly. We also had the option to sit inside or outside and chose the latter. The server was very attentive and being extra hungry, we ordered the spring rolls, pork chop platter, and large dried noodles with shrimp. The rolls were on the smaller side but yummy and fresh. I should have ordered a large pork chop because the sauce was delicious. The large noodles were not only tasty but also easy to share and the portion was very large. We also ordered two bubble teas and veggie glass noodles. The hot honeydew drink was sweet and delicious; the cold taro was another refreshing pleasant surprise. The noodles reheated well when we got home and also tasted amazing. Pretty decently priced considering the area, can't wait to try more things in the future. read more

Awesome food and fast service. Our go to Bahn Mi BBQ pork sandwiches! Also great pho soups and noodle dishes. A must go to place in Monterey. chopsticks has another place in Carmel on Rancho Blvd. read more

They missed my order not once but 3 times - burnt fried chicken dumpling (yes it's supposed to be fried but should it be burned, too! See picture...) Then they gave me lemon chicken when I ordered for lemon grass beef. Worst. They forgot my taro boba. There were only 2 other people in the restaurant. I can't imagine how things will be if the place is packed. read more

Chopstix - Burned. - Vietnamese Near Me - Monterey, California

Unfortunately the place is still dirty. Also this time hair in food. Please address these problems staff. Food is still good and service is still good. But it is uncomfortable being in a dirty setting and finding hair in your food. read more

Chopstix - Hair in food - Vietnamese Near Me - Monterey, California

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Good service, prices, quantity. The ingredients were fresh and well prepared, but vermicelli was overdone and soggy. read more

Service was pretty fast. Food was so amazing. Temperature of food was spot on. Food presentation was very nice. Vegetables were so vibrant and crunchy. I had a bowl with chow mein noodles stir fry with chicken. It is such a tasty dish. I have been there 3 times in a few months and will go again. I have had the Chinese chicken salad and it is also amazing. There were quite a few customers eating when I was there and all of the different dishes coming out of the kitchen were so delicious looking. The restaurant seating is mostly booth and has very pleasing music. Every one should try this place at least once and you will keep going back for more! read more

Went back here for second time. The fried rice has no flavor, the meatball soup was plain. Fortunately the shaken beef was good, tender and tasty. We orderred couple boba drink, mocha blast, avocado slush, mango lemonade, were all good. read more

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Ordered take out from here during my vacation in Monterey and was really pleased with the food. I ordered bbq chicken and gyoza and my husband ordered pho. Slightly different taste than the Vietnamese food out in Southern CA where I live but still really good! Now I understand why it was so busy for a Tuesday evening. What's really lacking is parking and they close pretty early. The lot was full and cars were parked all along the street as well. Luckily we found a spot along the curb and got our order in before closing time. read more

Ugh . . . Vegans beware! They served my "vegan" wonton noodle soup with the regular pork wontons! Luckily I spit it out in time but I had sipped the broth already. They had guaranteed me that it was the vegetable broth and not the pork broth, but considering the new soup they brought out tasted different, I seriously doubt that to be true. Why would you have a whole page of vegan food if you're not even going to be careful about it? That should have been my first tip that this place was not authentic. It absolutely is not. What Vietnamese restaurant serves broccoli in their soup? The Pho Tai broth was thin, according to my husband. It came out with red onions in it! The kids enjoyed the spring rolls though. Everything was edible, but not very good. I also ordered a banh me sandwich to go. Which they brought out not ready for to go. I asked the kid if it had a liver pâté in it. And he asked me what was that? Definitely not authentic! The bread didn't leave one crumb on my shirt, if you know what I mean. read more

One couple inside, one couple outside. About 2 take out came in and out, one couple came, sat outside and was given the menu immediately. After 15 minutes being ignored, I left. I guess this is not a good place for single, white females. read more

Wanted pho in the Monterey area and there aren't many options so we went here. Had the pho dac biet and it was not good at all. The broth tasted like it came from a pho packet as opposed to being made the traditional way. The meat tasted like it had been in the freezer too long. They charge extra for fresh noodles otherwise you'll get the dried freeze noodles. Never coming back. read more

The service was horrible and the food was horrible.Ive been going to this restaurant for years and it has steadily gone down hill. I had a party of five go in st dinner and it too 45 minutes for our food to come.Very disappointed. Do yourself a favor go to noodle bar,great food awesome service read more

First visited here but disappointed-- Food was okay. I understand that long weekend but the service was not great and slow. Took for a while to get the seats/order/clean and get the bill. They were mainly focused on the takeout orders. read more

Wanted to check this place out since the family wanted soup to warm our bodies in this cold Monterey weather. Glad we came here cause what we ordered was yummy so we ordered it to go to take back to our hotel ( due to Covid ) Husband and I ordered the wonton soup and man did they pack the to go bowl with some amazing fresh vegetables and other ingredients, underneath it all was rice noodles, the broth and wonton came in a separate container. Daughter ordered the chicken udon and we also ordered a side of fried tofu. We were very pleased with our dinner and will def consider coming back to warm our bellies upon our next visit back. Next time I will have to try their boba drinks , there was so many flavors to choose from. read more

Overall, would come again! Good food for an excellent price. Everything on the menu is, from a quick look, is under $9! Ordered the lemongrass chicken and the house combination fried rice and was not let down! Also, the mandarin chicken wings are a must have! Would come again for their wings and their boba menu is huge with many toppings! read more

Chopstix - Vietnamese Near Me - Monterey, California