| Overview
+ Fresh & healthy Vietnamese Banh Mi sandwiches & vermicelli bowls
+ Easy to order & customize on kiosk
+ Relaxing & clean ambiance with nice outdoor area
+ Fast & professional customer service
- $8 2-piece Bao Buns are tiny
- Pho noodle soups are small
- Something sticky on 1 of the tables
| Full Review
My girl & I went to ItsaWrap Vietnamese Eatery in Morrisville on a Wednesday lunch time, and our first dine-in experience here was pretty delightful. The kiosk made it easy for us to customize and select our orders.
This is more like a casual Vietnamese fast food than an authentic Vietnamese restaurant. It's more similar to Bee Banh Mi in Cary than Far East Pho with its more casual style and no-waiter service. ItsaWrap's inviting ambiance with its basket lights and minimalistic aesthetic reminded me of the serenity you can find in Vietnam's tropical nature. It also has a nice outdoor seating; and we saw other a small group of customers enjoying food there.
My girl ordered the Vermicelli Bowl with pork & I got the Banh Mi Sandwich with beef. We also got the $8 2-piece Bao Buns as our appetizers. As much as we wanted to include most of the available ingredients for the Vermicelli Bowl & Bang Mi -as shown on the kiosk or menu- there's a limit for how much you can add for no additional cost, and anything beyond that is extra, so this Vietnamese "fast food" spot is not cheap.
In fact, we wouldn't even consider buying pho noodle bowls here as they look small in the photos. Small but about the same price as thecbigger & better bowls you can get from an authentic Vietnamese restaurant.
Unsurprisingly, we got our orders fast, and our items were brought to our table instead of us having to pick them up from the counter (like most other casual spots of this caliber do), so we appreciated the professional customer service of ItsaWrap. Prior to receiving our food, we had to move to another table because we noticed that part of the surface of the table we initially went to was strangelt sticky.
The Banh Mi Sandwich was one of the best Banh Mi we've tried in the Triangle NC. Unlike the Banh Mi that we tried in Pho Far East, the bread of the sandwich here was not hard, and the fresh ingredients inside made every bite a delight. It's about $10 with the beef option; other types of meats cost less.
My girl also enjoyed her Vermecelli Bowl with the pork, and the fish sauce that came with it enhanced the flavor of the various ingredients inside the bowl. The pork pieces were tender, and the couple pieces of pork rolls included in the bowl tasted crispy-good.
The most disappointing item that we ordered was the 2-piece Bao Buns order, which we thought was not worth its $8 price. They were too small, and the ingredients inside weren't as good as the Bao Buns we've tried in other Asian restaurants. The buns here are definitely no match to Love Bao's larger & more Taiwanese-authentic buns; even the $3 buns in Hokkaido Ramen Bar in Morrisville were more satisfying than what we got here.
My girl was craving for coffee so she followed-up our food order with a $6 iced Vietnamese coffee, which was pre-made and ready to serve. She enjoyed this cold beverage; it wasn't too sweet like the one we tried in Bee Banh Mi.
Despite its pricey selections (for a casual eatery) and mediocre Bao Buns, we enjoyed our first visit in ItsaWrap; we loved the convenience of having healthy & fresh Vietnamese foods in a casual setting, relaxing ambiance, and good customer service. My girl said she'd like to return here for the Vermicelli Bowls, and I thought the Bahn Mi was worth devouring again.
| Overall Score: 4.1/5 read more