DK Vietnamese is the new name for Dong Khanh, a Vietnamese restaurant that was in Boise for more than 30 years, and the renaming coincided when the current owner, who has been at the helm since 2019, closed the Boise eatery to relocate to a newly built space in Meridian. Opened on July 24, 2026 and there were workers finishing up exterior details during my first visit on July 30 but the pleasant inside space is all in perfect order for serving customers.
SPACE & SEATING: Bright with windows on two sides and unique lighting above, the color scheme includes red booths and red laminate table tops and accents. Most of the seating is at booths but there are a few tables that would seat two along the side windows and more tables for groups of people behind the decorative wall at the back of the space near the semi-open kitchen. There are two televisions, one on the wall near the kitchen, and one on a wall near the front seating space near the big windows there. Both were tuned to different shows with sound off (thank goodness). Sound level inside was fine to have a conversation without shouting (hooray).
SERVICE: You are invited to sit wherever you like and a friendly server was quick to offer menus and answer questions. Another server ran the food to tables and both of them checked in during the meal. Friendly and efficient; this is Grade A for an eatery with this format.
MENU & $: There are different menus for lunch and dinner and we used the laminated lunch menu offered. My "go to" dish for a new Vietnamese place is always Bun Thit Nuong but seeing a Bun with what I heard was their house specialty Spicy Chicken, I chose that while my hubby ordered the other. (Roughly $14 each.) We enjoyed both, although the Thit Nuong didn't eclipse my favorite place's (Pho Nguyen) version and if I was going to order one again, it would be the Spicy Chicken version which was very good. Entree prices were about $13 - $17 and appetizers about $9 - $14. We look forward to a return visit to try other dishes.
HOURS: Open at 11:00 and we arrived about 11:15 to find maybe half a dozen others already seated and with their orders placed. When we left an hour or so later, almost all of the booth seating and some of the tables were taken and people were coming through the door. For being open only a week, seems it has been discovered. They close at 3:00 and reopen for dinner at 4:30. Closed on Sundays.
PARKING: Private lot shared with the nail salon that occupies the other half of the building.
ACCESSIBILITY: Two ADA parking spots, one van accessible, at mid point in the lot between the two businesses. That is also the location of the only curb ramp. FYI, the curb is about 8" tall if you're going to park closer to DK's door and then try to step over it. Once inside, plenty of path of travel open floor space to seating. I didn't try to use a wheelchair at one of the tables but the bases looked as if they would work for a chair to roll up to. read more