VEGAN SIGHTING!!! I…read moredon't even know where to start my fellow vegans. This quirky, Vietnamese restaurant in the city of Auburn, CA, has by far the best vegan Banh Mi sandwich. The tofu was prepared so it did not take up the whole sandwich. The pickled radish and carrots had the perfect and balanced of sour and sweet. Of course, can't leave out the herbs of cilantro and fresh jalapinjoes. The french bread was crispy outside but still soft and hearty as you take a bite. My earth was it a 2 thumbs up!!! Then their vegan pho with veggies and tofu did not disappoint. Their veggie broth was perfectly blended and made wonderfully that I was not even thinking this was vegan. The staff was kind and informative. They were attentive and friendly. Then comes the merch. If you like a play on the word Pho, then come and check out their shirts for sale. All I have to say is "Life is Pho king good." With this said, another gem in Auburn, CA.

Excellent food! Fair pricing!…read moreGreat value for the money! ATM inside the biz Love the "Go Pho Yourself T-shirt! Super friendly owner & staff!

Walked in from the foggy weather and ordered Home-made noodle soup. The broth had nice depth to it…read moreand enough bok coy , chicken, beef, shrimp etc. noodles was silky soft. . When I see Singapore chow mein on menu Is a plus. I love the curry spice & stir-fry noodle taste! Cordial staff- waited on me as a solo diner instantly. One thing I did notice was they didn't offer tea which is usually customary at Chinese restaurants. It's just an observation ( not a critique). Love all the original work of art on the walls. I felt like I was in someone's tasteful livingroom. Looking forward to returning after another hike in Auburn.

FOOD - Walnut Shrimp: battered shrimp with candied walnuts…read moreover broccoli. The shrimp wasn't crunchy enough. Walnut shrimp is my go-to when I have Chinese food so I'm a little bit of a walnut shrimp snob. This was pretty mid. 3.5/5 - Mongolian Beef: beef with onions, red bell peppers, and bok choy. The flavor was pretty good. The beef was tender enough. 3.75/5 - Orange Chicken combo: orange chicken with chow mein, and egg roll. The chicken wasn't dry but not very tender either. The flavor was okay. The chow mein and vegetable egg roll were pretty standard. 3.5/5 - Fried Rice and 4 Dumpling set combo: the fried rice was, also, pretty standard. The pork dumplings were pretty good. The side of wonton soup was good. 3.75/5 SERVICE: Service was pretty fast and friendly. 4/5 FINAL THOUGHTS: Everything was okay. Nothing was bad, just nothing to write home about.

Happy Mother's Day!!…read more Today for Mother's Day, we decided to celebrate with my neighbor and have the best sushi in town here at Jinme. Jinme is consistent. Delicious every single time... so tonight, we celebrated with my daughter. We sat right away and how gorgeous was it tonight!? Balloons, streamers, and Mother's Day table cloths. After a little bit, our server came over and we ordered sunomono and vegetable tempura. Their vegetable tempura was a mixture of the vegetables, in one. Like a birds nest. It came with 4 pieces and a dipping sauce. It was different, but very good. The sunomono (cucumber salad) was cut in half into thin slices without the seeds, and the dressing on it was delicate and went so good with the cucumbers. Quite a bit of time had passed and we were given some complimentary spring rolls to snack on. The sauce it came with was a little spicy & sweet. We ordered a Simba roll, Auburn City roll, 49ers Roll, the Ultimate Roll, and salmon sashimi. All looked fantastic! The sashimi came with miso (as an appetizer). We will ended up sharing everything with each other. I really like that baked salmon roll (Simba). It has a sweet mayo on top. The Salmon Sashimi is my favorite bc the salmon on top is made with high quality salmon belly. The freshness makes me crave this often. The 49ers roll was delicious. It was different from your regular sushi rolls with rice in the outside. it had an entire cucumber casing on the outside of it. The Auburn Roll has thick pieces of red rings and salmon throughout... what a dream... Lastly, we ordered moochi ice cream and deep fried strawberry ice cream... both were out of this world!! This was the first time I have ordered dessert here and it was phenomenal! Strawberry just gets me! Our service was great! The decorations were a cute touch, too. Jinme went above and beyond to make us feel special on Mother's Day!

Went to get some food on our way to the river grabbed a menu and went to the counter to order and…read morewas ignored by everyone! No eye contact from the cooks which was fine. But to be ignored by 2 different young men who were both close enough to touch would not look at me nor smile or say hello we will be right with you, NOTHING!! So I left w/o any food! Completely bummed out since the food got such good reviews.

January 25, 2026…read more Update now of any my comments, try one thousand three hundred seventy seven! On the area Ask The Community, a person asks the prices. It for Sums Mongolian is now lunch $17.00. That is rounded off, people think saying $16.99 they saving money. If somewhere like state Oregon, no sales tax yes. For California and other states, no. Okay $17.00, with tax $18.23! May seem expensive however, is an All You Can Eat Place. If the person really can indeed do All You Can Eat, for him it be worth. For person such as I, I cannot do that as much anymore, but I do highly suggest to him if indeed he is able to do those All You Want To Eat restaurants. I will continue to wish this restaurant the best of luck, I will continue to wish the employees best of luck, I will continue to wish the volunteers best of luck!

All You Can Eat-ish... Bar-B-Que…read more.. I was excited to find out there was a Mongolian BBQ in Auburn. For weeks, my coworker and I have been trying to get our schedules lined up so we can go try it out together. Finally, tonight was that night. We parked in a large parking lot around the corner and noticed it was not busy. One of the employees was sitting outside (outdoor seating is available) on his phone, but he was so welcoming and opened the door for us. He took us to a booth and gave us the run down. Sit. Order your drinks, and go get food. Go back for more, because it's ayce... Tony was really nice and had a great smile! He told us how it works - The server would be over to get out drink order. Then, she brought us some crispy wonton chips with some sweet & sour, a cup of soup each, and a small bowl of rice to share... although there are signs that say "do not share," lol. I'm not sure why you can't share if everyone is paying the same price and eating almost the same exact thing... especially, if it's ayce for everyone... It was exciting to see what they had to offer. After finishing the soup, we walked around the wall to fill your bowl with meats (choice of pork, chicken, beef, or lamb), noodles, vegetables, and at the very end, the flavorful liquid. These liquids make your dish. You can put on a simple teriyaki, but that will make it sweet. There is a house sauce, sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger, wine, vinegar, and kung pao sauce. If you aren't sure what you like, there is a "Sum's Sauce Recommendation" recipe up for your convenience. **Be sure to tip the grill cooks!! The best way I have noticed to do this is to grab 2 bowls. One of for your food and the other, you will want to fill to the at least half way with your liquids. The saucier the better with me! I spoke to the cashier in the front... who told me it's $21 to dine in, and $17 to take it to go since the person taking theirs to go wouldn't be ayce.... (never mentioning the extra charge.) When we sat down, it felt like something in it was missing... maybe a little salt? Usually, I nail my own sauce recipes. Good amount of soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger... garlic, chili oil... a little kung pao... Since we weren't too happy with the flavor of our first bowl, and finished just over half... and this was an ayce... we decided to go back and tweak our creation. This one had better flavor (I added A LOT of soy sauce, ginger, and sesame oil), but I seriously could still not taste the sesame oil and this trip, and I used a lot (is there such thing as sesame water?). Then, I wondered if they were using low sodium soy sauce (i asked, and it was regular). I'm wondering if all these sauces are watered down since the soy sauce and ginger sauce were lacking major flavor. The sesame oil couldn't even be detected... so either it is old or a not so good brand. I figured I would just take the rest home and fix up the flavor... and since I overheard a server offer to box someone's meal up...I thought that was neat that we were able to take out food home...turns out... we had to pay to take home the rest of our bowls(extra$9), or pay extra to not take it home... a "waste" charge(extra$8). When we first walked in and we asked how this Mongolian BBQ worked, they left out the part about paying for waste/ or taking home the rest of your food for a charge. If we had not gone back for a 2nd bowl, we would not have had to pay the extra charge because we would've just not finished it and left. I felt a little ripped off. Of course, after we were ready to pay, they pointed to the sign on the wall that we did not see... in fairness, we did ask how they operated and we were told to go get more... but we were not told about the extra charge. I felt cheated. Over all, it was not bad, it just was not good. It was edible, but definitely not worth the extra charge.. i didn't even want to bring it home, but with the extra charge, I figured I would fix it up at home to make it taste better. This brought our bill to close to $60... $30 split each. Not worth it. I feel like a great honest business that is confident in what they serve would have been up front about the charges before springing them on you in the end. They even brought us the bill without the extra charge when they noticed we were close to finishing, but then took the check back to add on the extra charge. The signs should have been pointed out. Service was great. Food was not anything to be excited about. Day after, I warmed up my food with a few drops of a sesame oil that I have.. it added 10 times more flavor than the 2 ladles of soy sauce and 3 ladles of sesame oil that I added at this restaurant.

Everything was delicious! Not sure what they put in their Teriyaki sauce but OMG, the best! Service…read morewas great, very sweet and attentive. Restaurant was clean and the service was fast! Thank you!

Surprisingly tasty food. My daughter and I called ahead since we were charging our Tesla and didn't…read morewant to wait long. When we arrived, we were pleasantly surprised that our table was ready for us, food piping hot, and drinks set out. I got the spicy Thai chicken. My daughter got the beef noodle dish. We both loved our dishes. I'd say the beef noodles was slightly tastier than my chicken but both were great. The CA roll was fine but missing cucumber. Overall the portions were large, prices reasonable, and the service was great. The leftovers a couple of days later were still fantastic!

Ai bao is a rare spot in Auburn with both great asian snacks and teas…read more Auburn is typically low on good Asian spots so this is a real find. First off when you enter the interior is rather modern and very clean you are greeted by the smell of incense (which I like) . The service is cordial and quick, our server was very nice and took our order quickly service. For the food we got some fried BBQ pork baos I think these were homemade the filling was really good not too sweet not too fatty and not too salty - very balanced I liked that the top was brushed with oil and had some scallions on top! My only feedback is that these should be filled more and they bottoms should be fried till golden. For their drinks we got the berry freeze and the mango fruit tea, this might sound like a complaint but It really isn't - they took their time to make these drinks and they made it damn good. Especially the mango fruit tea, strong tea flavor but not too bitter and tasted not overpowered by the fruit flavor either

My fiancee and I were exploring auburn for the first time and decided to stop for boba. I would def…read morewant to come back to try more of their food items . We could tell their pork buns were genuinely made from scratch, which made the wait completely understandable. The drinks as well were amazing. Both my fiancee and I thought the mango was one of best fruit teas we had- it was so refreshing and real fruits were blended in the tea. The deco of the shop was cute too

Truly the best Thai food in Northern California: my better-half and I enjoy our lunch/ dinner dates…read morehere immensely! Fresh ingredients, amazing flavor and friendly waitstaff - who could ask for more?

Stopped by this spot after a hike. The staff was really friendly. I like that they have photos of…read morethe food on the menus. The portions are really big and the prices are good! We ordered the Fresh Avocado Rolls ($12.95) and the Grilled Beef Salad ($15.95). The avocado roll was super refreshing and the peanut sauce that came with it was warm and flavorful. The beef salad was flavorful as well but a bit too tangy for my liking. The beef part was also cold but I assumed it was going to be warm/hot.

This place is in the middle of nowhere basically. I came here while on a road trip and my mom…read moredecided to dine here. I didn't have much expectations. We were one of the two groups there. The staff was friendly and chill. The food was okay. The Szechuan beef was tender, but the beef in the chow fun was not. The beef tasted very similar too. The noodles tasted like they were cooked on a burnt pan. I only liked the Szechuan beef which I was expecting to be spicy but it was not. Personally, I wouldn't come back.

Staff was pleasant and competent. We were the only people in the place (Monday 8:00 PM). Nice…read morebooths, comfortable. Food was mediocre. Chow mien, cashew chicken, sweet and sour pork... The sauces mixed together so flavors mixed... Hot and sour soup was good, egg rolls were good.

November 27, 2025…read more OWNER HAPPY WOK 340 ELM AUBURN CALIFORNIA 95603 Dear Sir or Miss My previous of this has twenty nine total votes. Update any comments now one thousand three hundred seventy! I thinking Monday November 24, 2025 after Salvation Army assignment at nearby Save Mart! Assignment 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, your restaurant very walkable of Save Mart! Ordered lunch special of Spicey Curry Chicken. It had between ten pieces to twenty pieces the chicken, fried rice, orange peppers, green peppers, one egg roll, won ton skins! Soup choice, just as hometown Oakland, want to be authentic. I order hot and sour soup! Any can have egg flower soup, I decide on hot and sour soup! My only question there were two prices listed. One price say $15.02 with tax, the other price say $15.54 with tax. I gave two ten dollar bills with Letter Of Compliment, the cashier gave me five dollars back in change. I left two dollars for tip! Why two different prices? Other than that confusion, I will in future return! With apologies to former Governator, "I Will Be Back!" Yes, Arnold, yes Your Honor of former Governator, "I Will Be Back" a future visit to peaceful child friendly Auburn!

Great service good food atmosphere is Chinese decor. If you're in the mood for sizzling rice soup…read moreit's very good.

Excellent lunch value and more important the food was delicious…read more About a 15 minute wait at 12:30 today. Numerous lunch specials and you can order off the dinner/special menu Crab fried rice on the next visit) Today Mrs D had the Pra Ram Ring Srong ,broc, cabbage, carrots with chicken topped with peanut sauce. Fresh,hot, healthy with steamed rice & a small side salad. I had the Pad Kra Pow with the upcharge fried egg. Spice level 2 (& it was hot for me having a high tolerance) Garlic chili sauce,diced chicken, onion,bell peppers, basil leaves over steamed rice. Delicious, reminded me of some authentic lunches from my Oakland work days. Thai iced tea was strong and sweet. Service was quick, bathroom's clean, but the parking is miserable. Sleep Shop parking kitty corner to the restaurant was sleepy,so we barrowed a space.

My favorite go to hometown Thai food. The linch specials are sooooo wonderful. Just enough food-…read moreadd a Thai iced Tea with coconut and Im ready for the rest of the day. Love the pumpkin curry (not too spicy). ;) Delicious, affordable, and all around favorite go to.