2.5/5 open seating, plenty of available booths. Ordered calamari (came with tartar sauce) and grilled pork spring rolls with peanut sauce as appetizers. For pho we ordered the combination bowl including tendon and tripe. The tendon was the same size as the flank steak. We also ordered a bowl of wonton soup and added egg noodle. Egg noodle tasted good and flavor was decent. Service was good and slushees were very delicious(recommend the watermelon slush). Not a traditional pho restaurant but has a good twist and easy if you're not looking to break the bank. read more

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AVOID! Not worth your money. I've worked in restaurants and rarely ever leave bad reviews. But this place is the WORST! No sauces!! I spent $45 on delivery and requested chopsticks and extra hot sauce. What kind of pho restaurant does not provide hoisin sauce nor sriracha packet or any form of hot sauce as a condiment? Furthermore, the packaging is terrible. The pork egg rolls were soggy and had NO FLAVOR. Its not well rolled. The dac biet pho is also very bland and has no star anise. The bbq pork banh mi was the only edible thing. I honestly had a few bites and threw everything away. This was truly a disappointing experience and made me lose my appetite. The packaging is not friendly for travelers and does not come in a bowl so do not order delivery/to go if you are staying in a hotel. read more

It's always the same story with them. Why have sh** on your menu if you are just going to call and tell me you can't make sandwiches or soups. always the same sh**. Since 2021 yall been saying the same stuff. I'm done doing business with them. read more

Pretty good just two days ago when we ordered BBQ chicken I think they gave us the last of the chicken on the pan lol there was hardly any. I ordered mint slushy and I kid you not it tasted like Phillips Milk of Magnesia lol tadaam I could not even give these portions of chicken to a teenager lol Literally as you can see these are the portions of chicken we received from Chopstix in seaside lol I mean yes I want to eat healthy and lose a little bit of weight but damn I still need to eat properly in order to do that first read more

Chopstix - Vietnamese Near Me - Seaside, California

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I came here on the recommendation of a friend. It is a huge restaurant with a beautiful interior. Looks like it used to be primarily a Chinese food place. But I came for the Pho. I ordered spring rolls and rare beef pho along with hot tea. The spring rolls had pork and shrimp. They were fresh and cooked and delicious. I loved the peanut sauce served with them. The pho was a huge bowl served with all the usual condiments. I love to dress up each nite with a little of each sauce to try them all. I've become a fan of chili oil. They had it all here at your table. The tea was hot a fresh. I would have given this place 5 stars because of the food and excellent service. But the tables were a bit dirty. My table had something on it. And honestly, the food was just like a lot of other noodle / pho places around. Anyways...it was still good and I would recommend it. read more

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Needed a nice soup on a overcast day in Monterrey, saw this place was open and got an amazing meal and the staff was great. Had Pho with only beef, the soup was great, the beef was thin and had plenty of it in my large bowl. Also tried both spring rolls and grilled pork rolls. They were just right, the spring rolls had plenty of shrimp and the grilled pork rolls were flaky and crispy, the peanut sauce dip was a very nice touch to the rolls. read more

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The rice was cold in the middle and a little crunchy. The meat was overcooked hard. The server had an attitude after I told her my food was cold. My dining experience was just awful. The host blamed me for taking my time eating. Couldn't choke down anymore. To avoid any further argument with the woman host, I paid the bill and left the cold hard food and attitude. Thumbs down for the host and food. :( read more

Affordable, delicious, fresh food. Our favorites are the lemon grass chicken, the veggie spring rolls, the egg rolls, the basil eggplant, and the mango salad. Hoc is always wonderfully welcoming and the food never disappoints. Love this restaurant! read more

Chopstix - Delicious and fresh every time! Our favorite take out! - Vietnamese Near Me - Seaside, California

Tried this place for take out over the weekend. They were operating safely and the staff was really friendly. We ordered 2 vermicelli plates, egg rolls and spring rolls. The food was fresh and delicious. read more

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Super cheap quick Asian eats Environment: 3/5 Very casual and low key atmosphere. Great for a quick casual dinner when you want to save money but eat a lot. Food: 3.5/5 Combination pho Broth is pretty authentic and they are fairly generous with the meat. Basil eggplant with rice My dad pretty liked it but he thinks it was too heavy on its sauce. Stir fried combination noodles Price: 5/5 The portion was HUGE and super cheap. They have regular sizes and large sizes. We all got only the regular size and the portion was just about right for my boyfriend and my dad and both my mom and I couldn't finish. The regular sized dishes are all about $8. read more

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Best hospitality to customers that walk in is what I experienced and observed. Loved my sandwich and the pho I got for my recovering from surgery wife that I took home to her made her very happy! read more

Fresh, tasty food. Great chicken wings. Healthy menu, efficient service, nice atmosphere, easy parking. Good value.

Their food is good - but I don't think we can order from here again. Repeatedly bad service & wait times. Yesterday we ordered & paid for pho. Received a call that they didn't have anyone to make it. Fine - we ordered something else instead. The portions we received were less than impressive even though we paid extra for "large". Wish I had listened to the other reviews. read more

I frequent Chopstix a lot and their Vietnamese pho and dry noodles are always amazing. Their milk teas are one of the best in the Monterey area, however very inconsistent in the amount of ice they use. Sometimes very heavy on the ice and sometimes you wonder if there's any ice at all. Their appetizers are nothing special. Fried tofu not crispy at all, soggy and not too flavorful. Their onion rings are fried too long and I don't know anyone who likes burnt onion rings. The pot stickers feel like they came straight out of a bag and were microwaved. Very soggy. I was disappointed. I recommend sticking with the Vietnamese food and leaving the American and Chinese food for specialty restaurants. read more

Chopstix - Burnt onion rings - Vietnamese Near Me - Seaside, California

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I placed a online order for ASAP and arrived at business 5-7 minutes later . Online email said it would be 5-25 minutes till ready. I only ordered three drinks boba so I went in to check. The First Lady I spoke with said there was no order with my name . I had the email readily available as she kept saying I did not have a order and another lady from the back overheard and came out saying yes I had a order . Waited about five more minutes and it was done . Drinks were good but very unorganized . Time order would be done was a bit much considering it's only drinks and if I hadn't have come in to ask about it I would have waited longer . read more

Always pretty good food and nice service ! Clean place I like the seaside set up with the bar and tvs and all the dragons ! Looks real clean and up to date ! read more

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Food was terrible. 30 minutes for underwhelming "Vietnamese food". Rice was hard with no flavor plate was packed with lettuce. This was the curry and beef and broccoli read more

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Disgusting bathroom. Stool and bar was sticky. Imagine how dirty kitchen would be if this is their standard. Ordered +$2 Large rice plate but no difference than regular in portion. There is another choptix in Monterey - much cleaner and nicer. I dont recommend. read more

Chopstix - Disgusting bathroom. Smell awful. - Vietnamese Near Me - Seaside, California

Never Again!!! I have been a longtime customer and today of all days this would happen. First they messed up on my order and I called them and the manager took my number down and said she would give me 10% off next time, fine. Then I ate into my mandarin wings and it was raw inside so I called again and for some reason it wouldn't go through with my number so i called with my sons phone and it when right through. Spoke with the manager again, she offered a refund but all I wanted is for her to talk to the cooks cause someone could get really sick with raw chicken. I'm literally sick to my stomach right now and hope I don't have salmonella or have to go to the hospital. I definitely will not be going back there. read more

Chopstix - Vietnamese Near Me - Seaside, California

Interesting that Chopstix and Plates Com Tam are owned by the same family but I like Plates so much more. I wonder if it's in my mind. I do know that the menu at Chopstix doesn't have the variety that I often like... maybe that's it. Either way, I've only been to Chopstix twice and probably won't go again. I'll see you at Plates Com Tam! Chopstix just ranks as decent but not great, imo. Won't see ya there! read more

Used to really like this place and would go anytime I was in seaside. My mom and I went to eat there today and she ordered the Asian chicken salad and her chicken was literally raw and she didn't notice until halfway into eating it. She told another server because our server wasn't around, he was apologetic and very nice. I'm sure he told our server what happened. Our server comes by after and asks if everything's OK but in a very rude tone to my mom. After that, she didn't even check in on us again, the other guy server brought us the check and was now serving us basically. Don't know what her problem was, but she needs a major attitude check. It wasn't our fault the chicken was raw. read more

Yummy boba and there always so nice ! And there food always taste very fresh . I'm a local and i love this business ever since i moved here 2 years ago! read more

Plastic noodles. Put the noodles in hot broth and leave it while you eat your spring rolls. Leave it a while longer, real rice noodles will start breaking. These noodles will stay stiff and plastic. Don't go here! read more

Chopstix - Plastic pho - Vietnamese Near Me - Seaside, California

Good meal, good prices, basic service I ordered the Pho with only meat soup. Basically prepared with half care, nothing crazy but a solid choice for lunch. read more

"Not good". I'm very sad to say this because I used to be a fan of this place. I get take out here and used to eat here but I had a very bad experience on Dec 31, 2020. There was a person in front of me inline to order food in the peak of Covid-19 here in California and they were chatting a lot. About what to order, what's popular, what's good, what the server recommends the most...fine, but mask was pulled fully below their nose barely at the top of the lip...not fine. I'm watching this conversation for about a minute waiting for the server to say "put your mask up please" and it didn't happen. I find it negligent and disappointing seen as this could be life or death for all the people in the room (there were 6-8 of us that I could see) and there after. I'd like to ask the employees to take the food service industry and safety very seriously in this critical and devastating time. read more

Enjoy coming here to have their green papaya salad and Boba. I've ordered the fire and noodle bowls in the past and those were definitely good as well. Side note, since Covid they have increase their pricing between two and three dollars. For dessert I would definitely suggest having the fried bananas what are wrapped in egg roll wraps served with a side of ice cream. read more

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If you never had good Vietnamese food then you wouldn't know any better. Pho broth had no flavor. Got one bowl of medium pho bowl with springroll noodles only enough for 2 bites. Other bowl with regular noodles was good amount. papaya salad is made with vinegar sauce real plain no taste. I recommend eating Fast food close by. read more

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Great food, quick service. They have gluten free options too. I highly recommend the beef with vegetables and glass noodles. My wife loves their beef pho, and banh mi sandwiches. read more

Never go here ! These people have very mediocre food and the WORST ATTITUDES EVER. DO NOT ORDER, unless you want them to mess up your whole evening ! read more

Chopstix - Worst peanut sauce ever- I do not understand this color and texture. - Vietnamese Near Me - Seaside, California

Great service however I ordered two lemongrass beef bah mi sandwiches and they were missing the picked carrots and dikon. I had just mentioned to the cashier about another place I stopped going to since the quality of food went down. Seems like the same is happening here. read more

Chopstix - Bah Mih sandwich missing pickled carrots and dikon. - Vietnamese Near Me - Seaside, California

The pho soup has no beef taste, the Thai basil n jalapeno pepper was old n wilted. Fried rice has funny taste. Then we see the waiter sweep the floor n the chairs with the same broom . read more

Disappointed! I go to chopstix weekly I ordered my usual a large lemongrass chicken with extra sauce and white rice...I got something extremely spicy and it tasted nothing like lemongrass chicken... I called back and the lady that answered was rude stating I ordered spicy lemongrass chicken... Where on that receipt does it say anything about spicy???? She gave no solution except to say that's what I ordered... Horrible customer service read more

Chopstix - Vietnamese Near Me - Seaside, California

Took away the beautiful bar. Replaced with table and chairs. Lacks elegance and ambiance. TV viewing is now challenging. The plates are too small to accommodate the meal you ordered. Leaves an awkward invitation to your meal spilling over board on table. It would have been grand to receive more napkins to help out with cleaning. Now more work for everyone. The restaurant's name is CHOPSTIX-sadly once you get acknowledged - the waitress gives you 2 small napkins & 2 spotty forks in one grouping- (Where's my CHOPSTICKS?)-leaves a poor example of the desired CHOPSTICK VIETNAMESE experience I was so looking forward to. The food is good & they try very hard to accommodate your needs. I will be coming back & hope there is consideration to aspire to a higher level. read more

Placed an order on the phone, then showed up and they never put my order in and claimed they didn't have any more of the items I wanted after they just said they had them. Would've appreciated a heads up before I drove 30 min to get there. read more

Very poor customer service. Canceled my food order without telling me. When I called to ask why, they refused to give me any reason. I've tried coming back a few times but they have been consistently bad. I won't be returning. read more

The food here is good but not good enough to put up with the mistreatment the staff unleashes on patrons. In other words, don't bother them because they're too busy to put up with your sh!t. By sh!t I mean placing a food order. This review is not based on an experience I've had during the Covid-19 pandemic or the state wide shelter-in-place order. Their service sucked long before this crisis. However, sheltering in place and social distancing has given me ample time to reflect upon my experiences and give serious and thoughtful consideration to the establishments I would like to continue to support. Chopstix in Seaside is not one of them. They could learn a thing or two from the Monterey location. Carmel, the jury is still out. read more

First visit. Two boba teas, good pricing and flavor. They have this dialed in. Second visit. Pho and salad. One I thing I noticed, the prices are really good $5.99 for the medium bowl of Pho, a little more then a $1.50 for the next size up. I ordered the Pho with the beef, chicken, beef ball and tendon, no rare brisket. Good flavor, not as good as Pho Ah Sen in Oakland but never the less, good flavor. Also ordered the chicken salad which I split with the wife. Lots of chicken with cabbage, lettuce and light sesame seed dressing. The place was almost full for a Saturday evening. The staff was attentive, re-filled the water, came by and asked if we needed anything else. I think it was a good find. The ba minh sandwiches looked really good from what I saw. read more

Chopstix - Vietnamese Near Me - Seaside, California

Just alright. Fusion asian food is always a journey and questionable experience, and this place takes the cake in having Vietnamese pho, Japanese sushi, Chinese fried rice all under 1 roof. Granted, the food isn't bad, however it's definitely not authentic asian food. MSG feel was strong in this one. The lemongrass chicken rice entree was enjoyable, however most of the other plates our party ordered was just average. Probably won't be back. read more

It was super dead just now, not busy at all. We ordered banh mi. Nothing happened and the servers avoided us for twenty minutes. Then someone looked over, saw we were still waiting and yelled for the kitchen to make sandwiches, which seemed to be met with confusion. I think they just hadn't started them at all. We said we needed to go and the lady said that sandwiches take 15-20 minutes to make. We have loved chopstix in the past. But terrible service and no food so. read more

Pho was terrible... no seasoning whatsoever. Didn't even have fish sauce on the table. Definitely my last time here.