This place is a hidden gem. My friends and I used to come to the restaurant that was here before it when we were teenagers so its like a trip down memory lane. Their banh bot chien "Extra Crispy" rice cake and egg dish is probably the best I have had here in Houston. It is traditionally a Chiu Chow dish and I can tell thats what they are and they have mastered it to perfection. All of the rice Com Tam plates are good and their "shaking beef" Com Chien Bo Luc Lac, could go up against anyone else's in town. Definitely one of my favorite places to eat lately and I have barely scratched the surface of the menu. I leave here satisfied everytime read more

Father-in-law almost religiously likes to visit Pho Minh Phat once a week, to have his Pho and beef fix since he can't really chew too much nowadays. As much as I love Ramen, or Chinese Noodle Soups, I find it hard to beat a good bowl of Pho, especially at this place that consistently uses quality meat, and broth that keeps improving. I ordered Pho Tai Be Nam Gau, which has Calf Eye of Round, Well-Done Flank, and Fatty Brisket tonight. When the bowl is set on the table, the aroma of herbs and beef welcomes me right away. The Calf Eye of Round is extra tender, and I like that thin layer of fat that forms on the side of the brisket. None of the broth was left when I finish my bowl. Pho Minh Phat is becoming my top favorite Pho in Houston, even compared to Pho Dien at Kim Son Plaza, both Pho Ve Dem, Pho A Hung by Night, and any Pho Binh. The husband and wife owners are some of the nicest people I meet, always so accommodating and hospitable, making sure customers enjoy their meal at their restaurant. It's really the ultimate Houston comfort food in my book. After finishing a great bowl of Pho, there is just this feeling of utter satisfaction and content that is indescribable. No wonder almost every time I return home to Houston after a trip, I always naturally drawn to an aromatic hot bowl of Pho that nourishes my body and warm my soul. read more

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Busy Sunday lunch Back room available for larger parties. Worked come back Mi Quang - good flavors - all my crunches were soggy Pho Tai Bo vien - very aromatic great anise smell - drank that broth - Bo vien was delish - Tai was pretty tender read more

I really like the pho here, its clean and fast and with lots of options. Large facility with many seats. Unfortunately, I had to subtract a few stars because I don't think the beef in the pho tai they served me was fresh. I gave the raw meat a sniff (as i always do with pho) and I immediately had a knot in my throat. It wasn't spoiled, but it wasn't fresh. I immediately stuck the meat into the hot broth and cooked it till it was fully brown. At that point, it tasted like anything else so I didn't' mind it too much. The broth was fantastic and the portion was generous. Overall a pretty solid place to get lunch, I just hope they can take better observation to the meat. read more

My family often went to Cheno Fast Food (formerly known as Hao Hao Mi Gia), and our subsequent visits after the change in ownership left a lot to be desired in terms of food and service. Food there was a bit inconsistent, but the nostalgia and hope that the original taste would return kept me coming back. My family decided to try this place out. We weren't sure if the two places were related since pho seemed to be the main thing, but we were pleasantly surprised to see a familiar face from the good old days (the tall waiter). He's super nice and soft-spoken btw. We ate the wonton soup with a special side order of bot chien tom, hu tieu do bien, and a rice plate. While the food still isn't like it was before (new owner of Cheno owns this place), this place is better than the original location across the street. I'm happy to have my Hao Hao back. read more

Bun Thit Nuong Cha Gio, Bun Ga Nuong Cha Gio, Banh Bot Chien, and Spring Rolls: ALL DELICIOUS! FYI: the grilled chicken is thigh meat. I do not usually like dark meat, but the lid was entirely tasty!!! Super nice people, and super nice customers. A great place for delicious, authentic food. read more

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We'll be back. First customers of the day and they totally delivered. [Com Tam Pork plate] actually had "broken rice" to my surprise. Some places would just use reg long grain,but how the rice is cooked (comes out more clumped) is stickier. Whether traditional or not, you don't really see many people eat this rice dish with chopsticks cause its easier with a spoon as opposed to unbroken rice. The texture is just spectacular and has always been my favorite rice dish. -Veggies 5/5 fresh. -Sweet fish sauce 5/5 -Steamed egg 4/5 but its still a high-fivin' piece! -Shredded pork....I'm sure its good....never really a big thing for me so left it alone. -Complimentary soup (just like mom's good) Let's talk about the marinated pork. WOW 5/5. -Charred to perfection -Not sure if they used lemon grass with the marinade, but it sure tastes like it. Usually has a faint hint of lemon/ginger and rocks most dishes. [Banh bot chien shared dish] I think I had this before a while back. Its basically fried rice flour cakes in an egg (crispy pancake style) and came with a vinegar-like soy sauce (Not like dumpling sauce). We really enjoyed this fun pancake. To me, its kinda......kinnnnddaa like a vietnamese hash brown egg pancake...but not. 4/5. [Bonus item**] Complimentary Vietnamese Jelllooo on the houseee! Rau Cau is the bomb. Looks like jello but a thicker gelatin beast of its own. This one is my all time top, weak in the knees flavor for this dessert. Pandan and coconut. Staff and service was fast and great. Family place with the comforts from home feels. read more

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I'm sad that the old Tan Tien is gone. I used to come here for lunch back in high school and we came back every once in awhile for family dinners. But I am glad that they replaced it with something that is pretty solid. This place's best dish is their banh bot chien. I feel they deep fried the bot first before adding the egg and frying it again. Their bo luc lac was solid, and the wontons were pretty flavorful. I will be back to go through their menu as there are many classic viet dishes that I could potentially enjoy. It actually had very good service for a vietnamese restaurant too. read more

I realize as I was waiting for an order here that I gave a negative review of this place as my first impression, but i came here with family (instead of to go) and received good service and food. Therefore, I decided to get to go again and an update review is necessary as you don't want to just speak on the bad and not the good. I love flat noodles and the one here is pretty decent. I used to go to Chino's as a kid, but I question their sanitary and cleanliness. This place is across the street and closest to me. My order today looked awesome! A lot of sauce, veggies, and protein. The noodles also looked great. Overall, better quality control than when my boyfriend ordered two orders and barely got much. Glad my family still goes here, so that I could change my mind since the people are nice too. read more

Hao Hao - Yummy! - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Fantastic place for Bahn Bot Chien. Our order came out hot and crispy and not too oily. It was served with pickled melons that gave it the perfect crunch. Egg rolls were large and full of pork filling and were crispy. I love that mint was served with them. Malaysian chicken and shrimp noodles had that great wok seared flavor and and had a touch of spice. The only miss was the Szechuan rice as it was pretty bland, though fresh. Service was polite and the manager came by to make sure we were good. We have visited this restaurant through its various owners and so far this is my favorite. read more

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Drove from Austin to Houston because I thought that this is the same Minh Ky Mi Gia in Orange County, CA....it's not. The staff was nice and the restaurant is very clean. In addition to noodles they also have rice dishes. We start off with "bot chien" which is fried dough with egg and it was delicious! For entree, we ordered broken rice with pork chop, fried egg noodle with seafood and the dry house special noodle. Broken rice with pork-chop come with egg omelette, fresh veggies an a side of soup, good but nothing too exciting. Fried egg noodle portion was very generous, again nothing stands out and it seem to taste like every other restaurant. House special dry noodle come with fried shrimp and assorted sliced meat with a bowl of soup on the side. Believe it or not the noodle it self is too dry.... I know, i know....it's dry noodle but dry noodle usually have a meat sauce so that you can toss the noodle. One highlight of my dish is the soup on the side(come with pork bone and shrimp), it was so good. On and all, not a bad place to eat. read more

Hao Hao - Bt Chiên, fried dough with egg - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Amazing banh bot chien. This place is inexpensive and so good! The restaurant is clean. The food is fresh and you can tell they take pride in what they serve. I will be back! My sister got the beef stew and we shared and I loved it. read more

Hao Hao - Banh Bot Chien - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

The food is always good but the old man at the register was super rude when i was visiting. Love the food hating the register dude.

Came here to try the banh bot chien and it was fantastic. I've never had anything like it. It's a fried egg cake with fried squares of rice fried together into a crispy pancake. It's a pretty filling appetizer for only $6. For my main course, I got the grilled pork with rice. The pork was tender and very flavorful. The portion was so big that I ended up taking half home. As for the restaurant itself. It's pretty far out from the rest of Chinatown on the outskirts of Alief past Dairy Ashford. I had to knock a star off for the service. Our waitress didn't do a good job of checking up on us and she took a while to come take our order. read more

Hao Hao - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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I tried the rice cake thing and it was really really good, it's def different and something you could share as an appetizer at the table. I paired it with their wonton soup which was amazing. It came with 5 full wontons. The place was relatively clean and parking was fine. The staff was very friendly and attentive. read more

The food was great but the waiters and staff were VERY VERY RUDE. We ordered the Banh Bot Chien, Canh Chua, Ca Kho To, Com Chien Dac Biet, and Ga Chien Nuoc Mam. When we walked in the server seemed mad that we walked in and gave us an attitude and didn't even hand us menus. I had to go up to the counter and grab three menus. They did not seem very busy with probably 5-6 tables being occupied. When I raised my hand and asked for some bigger plates and dipping bowls he replied back in Vietnamese "WHAT DO YOU NEED?" Or Cái gì?! Which is pretty rude and the attitude that he already had when we walked in. Overall the food was great I give it a 8/10 but, the service was terrible and waiter rude. read more

This place looked nice. Came in for lunch. Got Bo luc lac, it was way too salty, had to send it back. They brought me another round which was better, nice and soft, flavor was okay, I ve had better. Wife got shrimp with vegetables which was doused in brown sauce which she didn't like either. I thought it was OK if you drained the sauce off. I had high hopes for this place. read more

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The restaurant was a must place to go on my trip to Houston since they have good reviews for Duck Noodle (Mi Vit Tiem) and I've been searching for good place to eat that noddle for years. It's over my expectation by size! We ordered small bowls and I packed half of it home while my husband tried to force himself to finish his. The taste was good and the pickle was definitely amazing. Soup is salty, especially when I eat the half leftover on the next day. The duck was not really marinated, a bit dried but I like that the smell of the duck was totally removed. It's a good try! We also ordered Stir-fried noodle (combination). It's flavorful, not too oily and all the ingredients mixed well. My husband also likes the dish because he can smell the smoke from the pan when eating the noodle....hm...he likes it! There're also many other dishes we wanna try but we're already full (I forgot to mention we also packed half of the stir-fried noodle home), so if you're not going to eat a lot, you should watch out when ordering foods unless you're willing to eat leftovers on the next days. Staffs are friendly and we'll definitely come back to try out other food. read more

The stir fried vermicelli and fried tofu is our go to. Authentic, quality, price, service 5 stars across the board!

Was looking for a new pho place to try in a area with hundreds of pho places. This place had great reviews so it was worth the try. We ordered a pho and a dry noodle dish and they both were great! The broth on the pho wasn't overly heavy and it hit the spot. They give just the right amount of fillings with it, most places get stingy with their meats but this place fill the bowl up. The dry noodle bowl was a mix of two different noodles and seafood. The seasoning was also just right and the portion was big. They are definitely one of my new top spot to go to for Vietnamese food now. read more

Hao Hao - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Looks like they changed owner and recipes. Taste completely different from original Hao Hao used to locate across the street. I ordered combination flat noodles 0/5, chin chow noodle soup 4/5 and the banh bot chien 1/5. Will not come back for nasty food. Service okay though. read more

The staff were very helpful and kind. I couldn't decide what to get and they were so nice and patient with me. The food was SO TASTY and SO FRESH. They even have so vegan options! Definitely will be coming back. read more

Hao Hao - Great Chinese/Vietnamese food! SO FRESH SOOOO TASTY - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Food was good (flavor-wise). I am a little sensitive with artificial MSG, and I tasted it in food here, gave me a bad headache when I got home. Other than that, I don't have any complain. I like the noodle a lot actually, remind me of Chinese-Vietnamese food stand in Vietnam. read more

Friendly staff! And yummy food. Got some fried rice with steak tips. Should definitely try it out! read more

Hao Hao - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Amazingly delicious Vietnamese fare. Pho broth was amazing, bo luc lac was tender and huge chunks of meat. Delicious and affordable!! read more

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Great place and a busy on Sundays Ordered the wonton soup (pork and shrimp) also came with mint, lettuce, lemon, and jalapeños like the regular pho. I got a order of fried egg rolls 4pc. The lady told me that it would take a minute for my order so she brought me a iced tea while I waited. read more

Craving for banh bot chien trung so I came here and it was fantastic. It's a fried egg cake with flour into a crispy pancake. This is just as good as Tung Kee in SJ. For my main course, I got Hu tieu mi kho. It was flavorful and the portion is huge. The service was excellent and attentive. both dishes here satisfied my craving. read more

Hao Hao - Banh bot chien! WoW! - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Decent food for a good price, waitress was super friendly. First viet restaurant that actually packs your left overs for you. read more

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Everyone need to watch out charge on bill, I got overcharge $1 for 2 times, I got com chien price $12.95 but they said included tax $15.10 if pay by credit card, just let everyone know read more

Delicious! Went here last night and the owners and server were on top of their game!!! The bo luc lac is tender!!! I went here because I saw a picture of xa xiu on google. I initially ordered the bo luc lac, but the owner did a custom order for a com xa xiu plate. Eventually ended up ordering the bo luc lac because the reviews on yelp. The banh bot chien was crispy and yummy. The dumplings in the Mi Hoanh Thanh had a lot of flavor. My friends ordered com tam dishes and were not disappointed. Will definitely be back... as a matter of fact... going now... :) read more

Wow, first bite of the Malaysian noodles and i had to come here to let yelp knows it's really good. Flavorful and it's huge!!! My dad always get the wonton noodle soup here and I like it also. read more

Banh bot chien (egg cake) was really good! We ate the whole thing. Hieu tieu kho (dried noodles) not so much. I had a little bit and didn't eat the rest. The mi xao don thap cam (crispy egg noodles special) was very good except for the pork or beef. It seemed dry and old but the sauce and other meats and veggies were very good. My family liked it a lot. Staff and manager/owner was very friendly. We will come back to try the other dishes and get the crispy egg noodles again. It was large enough for two servings. This was our first visit here. read more

This is the new location that's in the same shopping center as King Solomon. Their food is fantastic. I think this is the same owner as the people who used to have hao hao across the street. We got hu tieu ap chao seafood (pan fried flat noodles) and what's special here is that there's eggs, little octopus, and crab legs in it! Affordable and yummy. I've been back three times since my first visit. read more

Thy good review vào an thu order mì xào dòn .. ăn ht na mói biet con Dán to đùng đng đn neu mi nguoi ko muon nhu mình read more

Hao Hao - Order mi xao dòn ăn duoc mt na thy dán to Dùng .. mi nguoi cn thn - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Stopped on the way home for a quick bite. Very friendly staff and yummy food. Spring rolls and sauce were good, Kids Pho was tasty and rice noodles with chicken and egg roll were delicious. Quick and cheap good food. read more

The pho here is delicious. When drinking the broth, I was able to taste a legit beef broth flavor. I got a food coma from this place. Their small bowl of pho was enough to fill me up. Unlike most pho places, they put in a lot of noodles for us. I also tried the banh bot chien. The banh could've been crunchier but other than that, the food is great. The restaurant is not hot and humid like most pho restaurants which is an A+ on that. The manager that runs the place was a happy and cheerful guy. Made the atmosphere nice. Menu price is also cheap! read more

Food was pretty good. We ordered mi hoanh thanh xa xiu nuoc and hu tiu mi kho. Both of them were tasty and good. The place is clean but as usual, service was a typical chinese, Vietnam restaurant. They brought out your food and that was it, never checked back to see how you do or if you need anything else, even refilling your drink... read more

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I frequent this place for lunch, very consistent foods. But not much social distance rules here. Price are decent , staff are fast and good service . read more

I believe this restaurant changed owners sadly.. The service is still good as the old staff; friendly and quick. There are a few items that I have ordered and just didn't taste the same as before? Maybe it's just me being biased but it just didn't taste as good as before. There were some dishes that didn't change much- which is why I will still be coming back :) Tried their speciality item, the dry chicken noodle and it was good. Not the best I have had on Bellaire but not bad. read more

The staff are super friendly and nice. I love getting food to go from here. My favorites are the egg rolls and the hu tieu mo so nho. read more

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