The best Vietnamese place in Maryland!! But specifically the Bun Ga Cari (Curry Chicken with Vermicelli Noodle Soup) and Com Do Ga Xoi Mo (Crispy Maryland Chicken). I haven't had anything like the crispy chicken!! It was sooo crispy and flavorful. It came with an amazing tomato rice and ginger sauce. The Viet chicken curry was the best one I've ever had. read more

Food: We got the Crispy Maryland Chicken with Tomato Rice. Very savory and full of flavor. It was tender and juicy, highly recommend. Price: $16 Atmosphere: N/A, got takeout. But restaurant had a lot of seating and tables. Service: friendly and professional read more

I wanted to like this place bc I needed a go-to Viet restaurant close to my place. Unfortunately the food they I ordered just didn't cut it. The Vietnamese banh xeo bottom was soggy due to so much oil and you could say it was bc I did takeout and it wasn't fresh when I ate it, but nope. I ate it within few mins of walking to an outdoor table. I've had banh xeo from another restaurant in the area and have done takeout so many times. I've eaten those when I got home & the bottom was never so soggy. Also why is the peanut sauce so tangy and sweet? It's just very off. Overall the inside restaurant was nice and clean and the staff was friendly. But don't think I can come back. read more

Mi La Cay - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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Best soup and egg rolls I've had since I've moved her about 3 years ago! I called in a pickup order and the staff was very friendly and knowledgeable of the menu. Since it was my first time I did have a number of questions haha. At pickup I noticed that the restaurant was packed which was a great sign and very clean. There is no doubt that I'll be ordering from her again.... and again :) read more

Mi La Cay is one of my favorite restaurants in the DC area. The food is great, the service is fast, and the prices are reasonable. My favorites are the banh mi, papaya salad, summer rolls, and the pho la cay. They have a really good Thai iced tea that's not too sweet, too. read more

The rotisserie chicken with the tomato rice (Ga Roti & Com ca) is what I come for, it's a unique regional dish that you won't find at many other Vietnamese restaurants. The chicken skin is crispy and the tomato rice is savory and slightly garlicky. Drizzle a little of the tangy sweet fish sauce on top and you have a perfect dish. read more

Mi La Cay - Fried chicken quarter with tomato rice - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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Weekday lunch, the seats are available, the service is fast, and the food is as always fantastic. Gluten free and vegetarian menus available. Highly recommend the tofu banh mi -- but spicy means so be forewarned. read more

Mi La Cay - Tofu banh mì , hot sauce on the side - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Outstanding food and service, at reasonable price. Several choices on the menu. Food ready for pickup in 15 to 20 minutes. Highly recommended. read more

Great fresh food. Sauces to try at the table. Service is usually very good. (They have one young man who is not good, big time attitude but would still give 5 stars overall) Good prices and great owner! read more

Mi La Cay - Yummy food - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Not a very good pho restaurant. It may have been better in the past, but it's pretty bad now. The pho soup is not very good, tasted more watery and none of the beefy flavor that you would expect from a bowl of pho. Which signals they're pretty cheap about putting good ingredients into their soup. Their summer rolls are also really bad, it's like one of those deep fried egg rolls at a bad Chinese fast food place. Lastly, their banh mi is terrible as well. Every viet place that sells banh mi and the special #1 uses pate and other sliced meats...guess what they use...the ones used to put on a cheap lunch... sliced balogne meat. They literally took that slice of meat and cut it in half. Avoid this place. It's bad. read more

Very pleased with the Banh mi sandwich bought here. I could tell by the weight when I picked it up that it was going to be a hearty sandwich and it was. Toasted bread, grilled chicken and all the pickled vegetables and sauces. This was a complete Banh Mi sandwich and I had no complaints about it. Reasonably priced and quick service. I could eat one of these every day. read more

Mi La Cay - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

My family's go to Vietnamese restaurant after church. Everything in the menu is delicious. We've been going here for over a decade- along with the rest of our church. My usual order is either bun bo hue, pho, or the rice/noodles with grilled pork and egg rolls. read more

Been coming here since they first opened. Service is fast and waiters are friendly. Had the spicy papaya salad and spring rolls for appetizers, and pho and grilled pork rice dish for entrees. Food is always delicious. Restaurant is nice and clean. read more

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Great Vietnamese restaurant with a reasonable price and quick service. For appetizers, we ordered spring rolls and summer rolls. While I wished the portion was a bit bigger for the price, the taste was solid. Especially the spring rolls were very fresh, not oily, and filled with meat and veggies. The summer roll was nicely rolled with sliced pork, vermicelli noddle, lettuce, and a tiny shrimp slice. The peanut sauce was very flavorful and went well with the roll. My grilled chicken Banh Mi looked better than the photo on the menu and exceeded my expectation, in particular, it was under $10. Tasty, flavorful grilled chicken and a decent amount of vegetables were loaded on the baguette. Crispy Maryland Chicken was way more vivid red/pink than on the menu's photo, so we thought it'd be super spicy, but it wasn't. The chicken was nicely marinated, crispy outside, and juicy inside. We only had a spoon and chopsticks, so it was a little bit difficult to break it down tho. Tomato rice was aromatic and a nice complement to the chicken. This place is pretty spacious and not too noisy. Easy and ample parking is also a plus. read more

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I've always been biased, mi over pho almost any day of the week. Overall I don't like Vietnamese food in DMV, but I love Mi La Cay. The most solid egg noodle soup in a lighter pork broth, that goes down so damn clean. Plus the in house fried donut/breadstick takes me back to childhood or my time working in the Bay Area. You can either get nuoc/the whole bowl of soup, or kho/dry style with a small bowl of soup on the side. Think of it like a less fried chow mein, I preferred that as a kid but will flip flop between both in a given week. There are certainly other Vietnamese staples that are kickass, such as the crispy noodles/mi xao don. Surprisingly I don't like the pho here - something about the broth tastes off to me, but again you went to a mi place to eat pho, that's on you. Driving to the parking lot can be a little jank - depending on what direction you come from you might have to take a weird U-turn at the light before you can come into the lot. But 100% it's worth it. You don't even have to like Viet food - if it's a cold ass rainy day and you need some hot soup, Mi La Cay is my go to. In sickness and in health - that phrase probably goes with something else, but definitely with their noodle soups! read more

Friendly service, water refilled 3 times so staff very attentive..ambiance good, clean spacious restaurant...overall everything was seasoned with a heavy hand with the sugar...pad Thai too sweet with no tamarind flavor, rice noodles had weird powdery texture like it wasn't rinsed after cooking or not enough water in pot when cooking noodles...we had to ask for more lemons to tone down the level of sweetness on other dishes ordered...would not come back read more

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Supoerb food, excellent service, infoirmal feel, and generous portions. Recommend before/aftrer a vist to Brookside Gardens (at Xmas or when its warm). 5 min drive . read more

The food is very fresh and made with good quality ingredients. The flavor is bold and robust of the meats and sauces. The service was swift and the food was made to order which is appreciated. The ambiance is average and feels like a traditional Asian restaurant from the 90's. Will come back for great food and service. read more

Mi La Cay - Thit Heo Núóng (Grilled Pork) - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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Nothing really special. My friend has been suggesting this place for a while as she lives close and constantly gets food here. She was stating how the food lately has been very inconsistent and they also got her to go order wrong as well I got a spicy noodle soup and I asked for extra spicy and it wasn't spicy at all. The meat has such great flavor to it but everything else was pretty good. They forgot our appetizers and we had to ask 3 times for a box. For it being slows that night and a ton of employees standing around it seemed as though no one really cared. read more

Mi La Cay - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Really good food. Quail is delicious. However, I don't understand the allure of the Maryland Fried Chicken. It is completely unseasoned and the accompanying sauce wasn't enough to add flavor. Maybe marinate or brine the chicken to give it some flavor. I will be back, but will skip the Maryland chicken. read more

Meh, not sure how this place got such good reviews. I thought it was subpar. The bun bo hue was salty and covered up the taste too much.

Minimal decor, inexpensive prices, big portions and great food. Highly recommend by a Vietnamese friend for the sandwiches, and I read some Yelp reviews to learn about other traditional Vietnamese dishes before I went. We ordered 5*Roasted Quail--roasted quail was so crispy that we could eat the bones. It was served with lettuce, pickled carrots, cabbage, salt & pepper sauce and lime juice. The sauce was great, but the roasted quail was delicious with or without the sauce. 4*Bun Bo Hue: a popular Vietnamese rice noodle dish with sliced beef, pork knuckles, pork blood and spam meat. It came with a plate of bean sprouts, mints, and jalapeño. The soup base had a mix of spicy, salty and lemongrass beef flavors. 4*Curry chicken with vermicelli noodles served in spicy curry soup with chunks of chicken and sweet potatoes. Mildly spicy with a sweet taste. 5*Bahn MI Pork: they made really good sandwich, especially the pork sandwich not the chicken one though. Much better than American sandwiches. 3*Crispy Maryland Chicken: it is a very popular dish, but pretty dry. I asked several time how they made the rice red. I was told it was a secret. I wouldn't dare to eat food with so much coloring. 3*Beef Grape Leaves: solid filling and pretty good with the sauce. 2*Grilled Shrimp: I wouldn't order it again. It tasted funny. Nothing special. 2*Crispy/Soft Egg Noodles with Seafood: I wouldn't order it, it's nothing special. 3*Pho #1: typical pho. read more

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My absolute favorite place for pho in the dmv area. Great prices for the proportions, and they are consistent in freshness and service.

Been a regular for years. Good pancakes, phos. Summer rolls and of all things a spicy excellent pad Thai. Service is ok and ambience ok. Manager has an attitude, unfriendly. Inflexible. read more

The vegetarian summer rolls are good as is the Pho p5. We did not like the quail appetizer - it was precooked and tasted stale. On a recent Sunday evening, The restaurant was lively and diners seemed to enjoy their food. read more

Very solid Vietnamese food in Wheaton. Service is quick, prices are fair. We got the summer rolls, which had pork and shrimp and were pretty big. The peanut sauce had what seemed like toasted coconut shavings(?), but I wasn't a huge fan of the coconut. The pork vermicelli portion was huge. There was a lot of grilled pork, like enough to eat with every bite. I liked the vermicelli a lot. My husband got the beef pho, which he said was good, but the broth was a little sweeter than he likes (even after adding a lot of sriracha). He also likes when the beef comes rare and cooks in the broth, but I think it was already cooked when he got it. Overall, a good meal and we want to come back to try the banh mi and other dishes. read more

Mi La Cay - Grilled pork vermicelli - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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Ordered the stuffed grapes leaves, summer rolls, and lemongrass noodle soup. Portions were huge. The beef in the stuffed grapes was flavorful. The summer rolls were fresh and crisp. The soup was one of the best versions of this soup that's I've had. It came with lots of veggies, and was enough for 2 meals. The broth was rich and spicy. I will definitely get take out from here again. read more

The Pad Thai here is just INCREDIBLE. I had it a couple days ago and I'm still thinking about it. The portions are large and you'll definitely have some leftovers, which reheat well. My dad and grandfather come here and ask for "the usual" and the staff knows what that means, I love it lol. If you're in Wheaton I definitely recommend this place. read more

I always come to mi la cay because I love the flavor, I live nearby and it's overall a nice ambiance. However I've noticed that recently the protein portions on the pho have gotten really small. I ordered a pho Thai today with a side of spring roll for 24.89$ tip included and I got three little pieces of meat in the pho. I was very disappointed because usually this place is generous but today they skimped my plate, I felt like it was a bowl of water. No meat... For 25$ I could go anywhere and get a full plate of protein. Very disappointing. Did not expect this from them read more

Mi La Cay - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

We love this place for take out. If you like spicy food, try the curry chicken soup with sweet potato. Delicious. My kids like their smoothies and pho, and my husband always reminds me to get bao (stuffed buns with pork, egg, and a bit of sausage), to heat up the next day. read more

Great service, prices are up but still reasonable. They have so much to choose from it's hard to decide what to have !!! Everything I have had is good! My lunch hotspot! read more

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Craved some bun bo hue on a cold snowy day. Was pretty hungry so I got some egg rolls as well but they call it spring rolls. The egg rolls were delicious, they came with pickled cabbage and carrots. They were meaty and crispy. The bun bo hue was alright. Decent flavors but no depth. Towards the end it got a little salty. They gave a good amount of meats and veggies. The last few places I've had bun bo hue, they haven't given me the right fresh veggies. Everything is fairly priced for what they give. Service was good and music was good as well. read more

Mi La Cay - Bun bo hue - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Have enjoyed the food and the service all 5 times! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! We have grown attached to pho cuisine My wife and I highly recommend this restaurant read more

Mi La Cay is a great spot for families and larger groups and the service is fast and attentive. I got the chicken curry and was expecting a Japanese/viet fusion of sorts of traditional curry and lemongrass, fish sauce, and chili. But it wasn't really that. Its more a diluted curry with a hint of fish sauce and lots of salt and sugar? But lacks umami depth. It's very sweet, perhaps from the sweet potato and also had way too much bean sprouts and wilted greens in the soup for my taste. It also had a mealy/gritty texture. I liked how they used dark meat for the curry but otherwise don't think I will order this again. Was worth trying tho! This spot is def worth the visit but with the basics here as in pho, bun noodles, and coffee (so so good). read more

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Rating may go up as I try more things. I was trying to behave so I ordered spring rolls and the appetizer chicken salad. The appetizer chicken salad is big enough for a meal. It's quite tasty and actually has a bit of heat buildup from the chili peppers. I won't say it's my favorite Vietnamese dish of all time but if I want to be healthy it definitely adds to the choices. I don't know why more Vietnamese places don't offer a "less rice/noodle/bread" option. It's the main reason I don't eat more Vietnamese than I do. (I like rice / noodles / bread, but for health reasons need to eat them more sparingly than they typically are served with Vietnamese food. ie. 1/4 of the volume not 3/4 of the volume.) I also had the vietnamese iced coffee, which is a big splurge for me. I love it, but it wires me and condensed milk is so high calorie. Honestly, theirs was on the better side of ok. The balance was a bit off from how I prefer it, but it wasn't bad coffee at least. I'm not sure I enjoyed it quite enough to spend the calories again on it though. I had a bite of my husband's grilled pork (he got bun) and it was delish. I would eat a plate of just that and veggies if it were an option to do that. We will definitely be back! read more

Coming from California, I won't say I'm a food critic or food snob, but when you have access to the largest Vietnamese population in the US, both southern and northern Cali, you know how food should taste like. Traveling to VN twice a year also helps my taste bud. With that being said, MLC isnt a bad place. The food is okay to my personal preference. i ordered Nam Vang noodle-dry. The broth is hot and tasty on the side. However, the sauce used in Nam Vang is sweet and doesnt really taste like a typical NV sauce compare to the Nam Vang i always go to in San Jose. Nam Vang is a cambodian noodle dish that was brought over to VN. The place in SJ is ran by cambodian who lived in VN and migrated to the US. So the taste is truly authentic. Again, I'm not trying to say MLC is a bad place, i havent tried their other dishes so I cant draw a conclusion that the restaurant is bad. Everyone taste bud is different, so what is not good for me maybe is good to someone else. read more

I come here frequently. I love their banh mi - and regularly order them regularly - the grilled pork and the cold cuts are my favorites!!! The pho is good, and the banh xeo is okay (I'm picky I know). I don't think i've had the others, but I always tend to get these three things. I would need some recs to try something else. I think it's that I love pho and banh mi so much that it's hard to not want to eat those!! One day I'm sure I'll venture out and try the others! read more

Update as of October 2021.. I initially thought this restaurant was under new management, but it was actually with new staff, however management is still the same!! Still accepts both cash and credit card. Due to COVID, its been tough on businesses especially those local mom and pop businesses such as this. I must say that their food has been great. From their pho soups to the appetizers, to their drinks.. You can never go wrong with their food. I recommend their P1 of their which consist of most of the meats except the meatballs. If you are super hungry, definitely ask for extra noodles. Their Pad Thai is also good. It normally comes spicy, but if you have people who can't eat spicy food, you can ask for no spice on any dish. We also ordered their egg noodles with seafood. Decent portion and comes with a variety of protein and veggies. They also add bean sprouts to add a crunch factor to the dish. Overall, I highly recommend my fellow Yelpers give this place a try. As of October 2021, they do offer in-door dining. read more

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Took my grandma out for a late dinner and was so glad we came here. I go here every now and then, but I totally forgot how delicious and affordable their food is. They offer noodles, rice dishes, bánh mì and apps that are fairly price. Entrees are from $10-15 which is great for the portion sizes. Everything I've gotten there has been good and portions are generous. You can also get che, or bạnh mis to-go. Additionally, they have a smaller parking lot in the front which seems to always been enough for their patrons. read more

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Great food, impeccable service, consistently and constantly! Only con is that they close on the earlier side