Went here to eat with my husband, and another couple we are friends with. My husband and I got there first and were seated at the table the the left immediately when you walk in the door. We told them there would be 4 of us and we were waiting. The waiter came back not even 2 minutes later to ask us what we wanted to eat. We said we were not sure yet, but asked if we could get some water for the table. The waiter gave us a look of disgust and walked away, and came back with 4 waters. While we were waiting for our friends a Vietnamese couple came and sat at the table ahead of ours. They were greeted plesantly, and were brought out drinks immediately. Our friends arrived about 5 minutes after this, and could BARELY pull out the chairs from their side of the table because the couple at the table in front of us had their chairs so far out they were blocking it. Instead of the waiter attempting to have the other table make room (which there would have been enough of if they had pushed their chairs a little closer to their table), the waiter instructed our friends to go sit at another table across the restaurant. When we said they were with us (AGAIN), he said, well there's no more room here, and walked away. All 4 of us ended up moving up toward the front of the restaurant, and were met with disgust the entire time. Once we got our food, they never came back to check on us, or see how things were going. My friend had to get up and ask for a box, and they basically threw it at her from the front counter. I will never return to this location. They are definitely rude, and are not accommodating what so ever! What other restaurant will not let a party SIT together, when all they have to do is ask another couple to move their chairs in slightly... which they would have had to do to eat anyway... Service was TERRIBLE, and food was meh. I wish I could give this place 0 stars. read more

Best Pho spot in town. I'm hooked I'm in there at least twice a week. The seafood soup is super bomb and you have to try the fried calamari. Been to a few spots around town and it's just not the same as Saigon and on top of that the staff is super cool. Just talking about makes me hungry gonna have to make a pit stop in tomorrow lol!! read more

Saigon Restaurant - Vietnamese Near Me - Modesto, California

I use to go here all the time for noodles and their rice plates. There pho is very flavorful and still is. I'm giving them two stars because of the pho and their location; however I won't be going back ever again... Talk about rude customer service! First horrible experience: Took my sister there for lunch a few months ago and the place was packed. We waited patiently for a table (no problem) but after being seated, we were asked to move to a smaller table so they can accommodate a group of ladies! Are you serious! We waited, why can't they? To top it off, the server brought us our meal but didn't bring plates and silver ware. He brought it over 20 mins later after the food got cold. I ordered an ice coffee and didn't get it until we were done eating. I stopped going there for 6 months or so... Stopped there last month and ordered a pho to go. Customer service was okay. It was the older man who took my order and not the young guy that's usually there (he was the server). Second horrible experience: Sunday morning went there to pick up pho and the young guy was completely rude as usual. Normally I pay with a card and not cash and apparently now you have to spend $15 to pay with a card. I didn't know that! He asked for cash rudely and pointed to a stupid sign taped on the register. Took my card this time but next time I have to pay with cash. Yeah, there won't be a next time. I should have just walked out. He an shove his attitude up his ass! read more

read the heath inspection for yourself! mold in the ice machine! roaches! no food safety or sanitation! http://sbtapp1.co.stanislaus.ca.us/der/healthinspections/0001219e.pdf read more

yelp user for years 1st bad review :( Horrible service. Always dealt with the poor customer service because this place is close to home and the kids like the food, however, this time was the last I will give them my business. We ordered BBQ pork and a few shreds of cold pork on a plate. He said when I asked what it was "oh we don't have BBQ pork, only grilled pork" Later we asked for 2 egg rolls to go, 10 minutes later we had 2 orders of 5 egg rolls each. I asked him what happened we ordered 2 egg rolls and the workers response was "we don't have 2 egg rolls, you asked for 2 orders!" I told him we asked for 2 and he began to argue. I was stuck paying for the 2 orders along with the other pork stuff we didn't eat because it also was not what we requested. Horrible Horrible service!! read more

I tried them out because I was in the area and I enjoy trying new things. I will never return. Terrible service. The noodles were over cooked. And the portions are ridiculously small. What really soured my experience was the service. Find another job if you don't like people. That's all customer service is!!! My suggestion; an attitude adjustment and a cook book in the kitchen. read more

Fast service, good food, cheap prices. Only downside is they require a minimum to use a card for payment, i dont remember if its 15 or 20 but it sucks sometimes when u have to go next door for cash read more

My Husband was craving Pho on this raining day in the Mo. He asked one of his friend where the best Pho was. He said Saigon, now my Yelpie Friend Dia comes here a lot and I've been wanting to try it. So we packed the car with our littles and head down the road. We walked in any my 4 year old noticed the Christmas lights and asked me why they were still up, I told her I guess they are still celebrating. LOL The man threw the menus on the table and walked away to get us drinks, I guess. I've read the yelp reviews so I expected this kind of service. My Hubby and I knew we wanted Pho so we figured out what kind we wanted and our 4 year old said she wanted rice and soup. Didn't know if she would like Pho so we went with broccoli chicken and rice. Also got some spring rolls. Our spring rolls came first and I dived in, they were super yummy. Then came our Pho, and our daughters food. OMG! The Pho was so good, I got the chicken noodle soup, size medium. It was big! I was a little bummed there wasn't much chicken but the broth was amazeballs! So delish! My daughter really liked her broccoli and chicken. It wasn't until the end of the meal that she realized she had asked for soup and didn't get it. LOL So she had some sips of mine before we left and liked it. So next time we come back we will get her, her own. I really don't care about the customer service here, it's a different culture than mine so maybe that's just how they do customer service. As long as your food is amazing and on point, I'll keep coming back.I think I would feel differently if it was a chain restaurant and knew they were trained before starting to work with the public. But this is not that kind of establishment, so I'm not gonna judge. The best part about this place is it's cheap. We paid under $30 for two Medium Pho's, broccoli, chicken, rice, and spring rolls. For a family of 4 ( one not eating solids yet), that's a steal, and a deal! read more

I was very skeptical at first in coming here. I wasn't happy with the Vietnamese Noodle choices in Modesto, There was always something wrong with the shop that I visited -- lousy proportions, rude waitresses, or a dirty environment. My first visit was with my girlfriend and mother in law. We are of Vietnamese decent, so our expectations of Pho are really, really high. In fact, its so high, that it would almost never merit me logging in for a Yelp review. I mean think about it, we're Vietnamese, if we really wanted to, WE can make our own dang Pho. Are we going to? of coarse not, we're American, and damn proud (mainly lazy). So we rely on restaurants like this one to cook us a batch to feel that nice warm familiar feeling we all crave from time to time. The decor of the restaurant is fine, they didn't visit the dollar store (which is two stores down) to get their decorations, nor do they get in the way of eating and scream in your face. There is a large LCD TV overlooking the entire restaurant, and the bathrooms are on par as well. Service here has never been an issue, (third visit). I've always seen a well dressed gentlemen along with a girl in her 20's working the floor. I do get greeted and thanked when i come and go, and the food hasn't taken more than 5-10 min to reach me. The broth of the Pho is above par (esp or Modesto), As well as all of the ingredients that make good Pho. I'm not a fan of meatballs, so I'd be too biased if I downgraded the noodles because of them, but the beef along with the stomach intestine tasted very good. Condiments for Pho include hoistin and saracha, but what threw me away off the chair into heaven was when i found that they include Garlic Chili Oil also. If you ever go to this shop or any other noodle shop you'll see a small container usually with a spoon in it filled with this ground chili drenched in red oil. That's what I'm talking about. It's used to obviously spice things up a bit works great in Pho or Bun Bo Hue, and they have it! Not to many places have it, only this place and Noodle palace on mcHenry ( i have a review for them if your interested) What really makes this shine though is the time it closes. I work an 11am-8pm shift, so you can imagine how hard it i to find time to sit down and eat. I left work around 8, and saw they didn't close till 9. It's really nice to be able to have a nice bowl after a long and stressful day at work. It is hard to find a Vietnamese restaurant of this caliber to be open later than usual. In short, There are not that many places that will earn my 5 star rating. I have yet to have a bad experience from this place. Did they just earn themselves a new regular? Well yes they did. Now only if they sold Sushi and was built into an Electronics store..... I can dream.. read more

On my second time there I got food poisoning and so did the person that I shared my Thai Tea with. I will never be going back, worst experience of my life!! Plus the service is horrible, you practically have to throw yourself in front of the servers to get anything. read more

I only come here every now and then if my friends or family want me to go. I like the food, but I dislike the attitude and service of the employees. Also, for the past few times I have been here, the portions have been extremely stingy. I always feel a but rushed when I am ordering. They never check up to see if the customers need more water, nor do they ever ask if they like the food. At the cash register, I noticed that my order needed to be at least $15 in order to pay with a card. I asked the cashier why that was so. He was like, "I dunno, look where it's taped, it says it right there". He then just made a fuss while he was accepting my friends' payments. read more

This place has been very good to us the 3 times we've been there. I like my food VERY spicy. They never make it hot to begin with but I kept telling them MORE, MORE, MORE! Finally, they brought me a Thai chili sauce, fresh Thai chili, and fresh Jalapeno. Their food is outstanding, the best thing there in my opinion is their grilled pork spring rolls. They have a VERY ROBUST flavor! Their soup is very good too! read more

The WORST service I have ever experienced! It was our first time attempting to try this restaurant and we will never go back. We were told to "sit there" given water and our menus and then asked what we wanted-we hadn't opened the menu yet. In about another minute the server came and asked again, "you ready?" We asked if we could have a little more time, especially being our first time, and then he came back in less than a minute again and asked, "what do you want?" With how rude his customer service was we decided it was not worth even asking for more time since he was rushing us. We told him since he wasn't letting us look at the menu and was rushing us we were leaving. He said, "ok" turned around and could care less. Once again.....the WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE! Don't bother unless you like this being treated like this!!!! read more

Not my first choice for pho but they're open later than our regular place and rank second in our list of pho places. The pho is great but the service brings the entire experience down. The younger server (usually in a white shirt and vest) is helpful although not always as attentive as we'd like. The other men occasionally serve but spend the majority of their time making us feel unwelcome from the moment we walk in. They always seem annoyed when you say you're not getting an order to go, wander by your table never refilling drinks or even checking if you need anything and stare at you as if trying to make you hurry up. We've actually taken the rest of our meal home because they made us so uncomfortable. Not sure if the pho is good enough to deal with that again. read more

Food is decent, but service is terrible and not the friendliest. Also, have had a couple cases now where I think they purposely ran up the charges. I recommend you pay attention to what you get, the size/price of each item and see if it comes up correctly. read more

The pho and egg rolls were good. But the servers were rude and have my boyfriend the wrong plate. Then tried lying to us saying it wasn't wrong. I personally won't be coming back here. read more

Had to order take out since we got there close to 9pm. Poor crew service, we were rush when our order was being taken yet we received our order last even though we order first, they served first the last one to arrive and to order because they were also Vietnamese., Not fair... read more

Best pho in town..food taste is good service is also great. Where I go to enjoy pho when the cravings hit

I just came from this place and I just literally got off the toilet. I had the seafood noodle that gave me a bad stomach ache. I ordered hot tea and didn't get it til my food came. I also ordered food to go for my wife who couldn't join us. I told our waiter that I wanted it by the time we were done with our meal. He forgot all about it so we ended up waiting for it also. Two waiters there. One was clueless and the other was careless. Needless to say, I will stay away from this place until I see more positive reviews on a consistent basis. read more

Great food, great service! pho here is always a hit for me, and their fried calamari, just delicious! Don't forget to try the lemonade! Simply refreshing and sweet. read more

Found Di from Saigon Bay in Tracy! Yippy! Service is always top notch and the food is consistently good as usual. They also have some new items on the menu! read more

So delicious and fresh, this spot seems a bit tastier than the other Pho restaurants in town. We don't order very far off the big items (spring rolls & vegetable pho) but it's in those items that we can really measure this spot compared to others. I'm actually threatening to go off my diet completely and have the beef Pho, Ha! Love it and you should give it a try. read more

2 stars instead of 1 only because they have an authentic menu. Below par quality. Way below par meat portions in dishes. The broth is average. The least amount of meat in a large pho I have ever experienced. I have eaten in hundreds of pho places in my travels. There is a regular crowd. If you are not part of this crowd, you are treated that way. They definitely don't need your patronage is the attitude, even after a friendly greeting from me. Great place if you're vegetarian and speak the owner's language. Otherwise, I would recommend you try somewhere else. read more

Excellent food at a very reasonable price. If you are looking for Vietnamese cuisine this is your place.

This place use to be sooo good! It seems that they're under new ownership, so this place is no longer as good. It ok for a pho shop but it's not as great as it use to be... read more

Very disgusting and dirty , found a spider in my soup .. Wouldn't recommend it to anyone .. Stay away read more

Saigon Restaurant - Found a spider in my soup.. Thanks for nothing ... Hope they shut down - Vietnamese Near Me - Modesto, California

I wonder how this restaurant can stay in business. I have had Pho in over thirty different restaurants all across the United States. These folks have by far the WORST Pho I have ever tasted. Traditional VIetnamese Pho is all about "Nuance". It is a subtle blend of flavors and and spices. A Pho Restaurant's whole reputation is directly related to the quality of its basic soup stock. The soup stick here is dreadful. It tastes like it is made from bargain quality chicken bullion cubes which have had far too much water added. The basic soup was flavorless and lacking in any spices. My "Combination" Pho was a disgusting mess of really bad "parts". The chef seems to favor large blocks of slightly boiled beef liver. There also appeared to be some sort or partial animal foot (pig? sheep?) and other odd bits which I could not identify. They added nothing in terms of flavor. But, an hour later, I was still trying to get the teaste of undercooked liver out of my mouth. I know what authentic Pho should taste like - the "chef" here has no clue what it should taste like. The service here, if you can call it that, is indifferent. There were half a dozen staff and an equal number of diners when I ate there.... and the service was slow slow slow. read more

I come here often for the soup. The broth is very tasty with the beef or chicken soup. Rice plates have a great flavor as well. The smoothies they make are amazing. My kids love to order them for dessert every time. read more

I first came here about 3 months ago, although I have only eaten here twice, i really like the place. I believe the people who work here used to work at pho bac noodle palace, they also practically have the same entire menu as noodle palace. So what makes this place better? Well, it's a lot cleaner, the people who work here are a lot nicer, hospitable and attentive. The food is really good, the good old #1 pho dac biet (every pho joint) is good although i don't taste much of a difference from noodle palace's. One of my favorite condiments at any pho or noodle restaurant is the chili garlic oil (which they also have at noodle palace) so that's a definite win in my book. I think this place is doing fine and i hope they keep it up. This place is located in an area of town where I don't think much of the residents of this demographic may know too much about vietnamese cuisine so it's a good start (despite the fact that they have a lot of chinese inspired dishes on the menu). My buddy lives close to this place, so when I am in town visiting him, I think this may be my new go to quick stop pho shop. Good Bye noodle palace. read more

The food is great at this place but the dude with the vest that DOES speak English is an ass. He does answer your questions then he makes a smart ass reply to his co workers in Vietnamese . I am not stupid...I know he talks shit about people that come in to the restaurant...but this is America and you need to speak English! Don't be an a- hole! read more

By far the best and cleanest Viet restaurant in Modesto! Great, Friendly service as well! Our go to place for Pho!

The guy in the cashier is very rude & very poor customer service! Doesn't know how to communicate & he even shouted on us to leave if we can't wait!!! People in the kitchen including the cashier are very " impolite & stupids" read more

I don't ever write reviews on anything but this was so bad I just had to tell it how it is. Worst fucken restaurant ever.. I ordered beef fried rice one time and half way through the meal I bit into something hard. It turns out to be a piece of metal wire probably from some cleaning shit.. I thought today maybe it's a one time thing cus they got good reviews and 4 stars on yelp, So I order a black bean chicken with rice. Almost half way with it and There's something that just won't get broken up. I spit it out and there's a inch of some sort of cooking sheet or some shit!! Wtf is this shit! To top it off the fucken chicken didn't even have any flavor of any sort. Definitely never gonna eat here again. read more

I've been coming here for the past 4 years and the pho has never disappointed me. I've been to so many different places for pho but this place has the best one!!! The owners are so sweet and the other food is delicious as well, but I highly recommend trying out the pho soup, I get the number 8 read more

Solid pho bo vien. Nothing like mom's or grandma's, of course, but still respectable! Their lemongrass chicken was very good also; the family was very nice and drew me a map to the Asian market because I'm new to Modesto. read more

Super good special noodle soup and the salt and pepper calamari. This is what Hoa Viet used to taste like. Fantastic!

It's been 3 years for our family going there weekly mostly since we moved to Modesto. The chef knows how to cook. Not only for the pho but also other dishes are so great. Quick and kind service. read more

Hands down my favorite Vietnamese restaurant!!! I go eat their chicken pho at least once a week! My boyfriend & I love it so much! Waiters are very kind! & the prices are great! Also there Thai tea & egg rolls are the best! Highly recommend! read more

first time here. I had the #1 soup and my wife the #62 lemongrass chicken. everything was awesome and the portions huge. super friendly staff as well and the food comes out quick. going back for sure!!! read more

I love their Pho! Very fresh and steaming hot. It's always my go to if I don't feel well.