Ordered through uberEats. I ordered the vermicelli bowl with shrimp and an order of summer roll with shrimp (the same type of order I get from any Vietnamese restaurants). I did request for extra noodles and extra fish sauce but that wasn't delivered...but thank God it wasn't included because this whole meal including the summer rolls just tasted sour, smells stale and just overall off and not fresh like as if it's been left out for days and the portions are small but again glad that it wasn't a big serving, I wouldn't be able to finish them just because of how bad they were and I hate wasting food. I just hope I won't get food poisoning after this. I'll never order anything from them. This is the first and the last time. read more

Based on their lemongrass soup and hot pot rice bowls, I've come here 3 times in the past month. Partially because it's easier to get to than our beloved Mi La Cay, but also because the food we've had is yummy. The lemongrass was evident in the soup, and although slightly lacking on depth, the soup tasted clean with a nice kick to it. I enjoyed the rice bowl, enough to have ordered it every time, haha. The seafood comes with a lot, like shrimp and fish balls, and I'm a sucker for the sauce that comes with it. Some caveats - it seems like the chef has changed, so there were some items on the menu that we couldn't order anymore. Also, if you're a fan of classic bubble tea, don't get it here. It's more like a flavored ice smoothie. The food has appealed to me enough to want to come back and try the pho - so stay posted. read more

Great spot to go with your friends. Very quiet and neat. Their boba tea is excellent. I would definitely recommend. I can see myself coming back. read more

Viet Pho & Grill - Passion fruit boba tea Green apple boba tea - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Have eaten here several times. Today I called in a pho order and was told 15 minutes and I could pick it up. I gave it 20 and came around to get my food. They had me sit another 30 minutes on top of that in the shop with no explanation. There were only 4 customers. 3 finished and left while I was waiting. Finally it is 10 til the hour after I called in and I am at the front counter about to demand a refund when the guy comes put to finally hand me my food. When I called him out on the tripling of the initial wait time, he first denied having told me a time, then said he couldn't know how long it takes. I asked him why he didn't check with the kitchen first if he did not know how long it would take. He got belligerent and wanted me to wait for his "manager". I said no and that I was leaving. He followed me out and shouted that I shouldn't come back to "his shop" (I thought you needed a manager, now guy is suddenly the owner???) Don't worry guy, I won't be back. Neither will my office mates who work right next door to you. Sucks to suck. read more

Being from Philly and spoiled by authentic Vietnamese food restaurants, this place was a disappointment. There really aren't many Vietnamese restaurants in the DC/Maryland area I would say has decent pho, but Viet Pho & Grill is another place on the list for bad Vietnamese food (and eh service). All I ordered was pho and it was below average quality. The soup tasted... off.. AND the noodles were soggy lol. Please don't let this be the place that defines viet food for you. I promise this is a poorly representation of how delicious it really can be. read more

Viet Pho & Grill - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Yikes, I went back again today for lunch, and unfortunately it wasn't up to its usual standards...service was still ok, but there was something wrong with my coffee (usually it's good) and things just seemed a little off...I would still recommend giving this place a try, though! The pho noodle soup with brisket (C1) is still delicious! read more

This has been one of my favorite pho places, since I do live around. It has always been convenient for me when I need a nice bowl of soup. The place has changed a lot from when they renovated and changed staff. Staff had always been nice. You don't have to wait to long for the pho to come out after ordering them. One of my favorite right now is the beef brisket and eye round steak pho, usually I would order chicken but I decided to try something new. I have order food that is not pho soup. The grilled beef and the spring rolls are good. One thing is my mom order the combination fried rice and she didn't like that they use the same meat they put in the pho. Mostly because they are actually cut up and grilling them makes them small. The restaurant is never usually full too, but I like it like that. Sometime it's just me and my boyfriend and maybe two more parties. Another thing would be the bubble tea, it had always been my go to after a bowl of pho. The only problem I had so far was they ran out of flavors and had only tea and coffee flavors. I'm more of fruity type, like strawberry, passion fruit, coconut, green apple, and mango. The other problem is that sometimes they would say the bubble tea machine is broken or not working. Lastly they do have options, you can get your regulars bubbles or you can get jelly instead of bubbles. Definitely one of my Favorite places to go, I do recommend. They do have take out as well if you just want to pick up. read more

I love Pho but that not find this restaurant to have that right recipe. Something is missing maybe the broth needs some more flavor or heat (spice). The service was stiff not very friendly man taking order, looked like we were bothering him but maybe he was having a bad day. I will have to revisit to see if I got a one off and missed something. Not impressed at this time. Suggestions: They could learn a lot from Pho Deluxe and Roll Play on service and flavor both located in Tysons Corner. The prices are higher at Roll Play but the spicy Oaxtail Pho is golden!! The service is attentive and welcoming. They staff is extremely accommodating. read more

I ordered through uber eats. The mango boba tea was a gross tasting slushee without boba. My "Grilled shrimp with rice and salad" entree ($13.95) was five greasy shrimp in a small container with nothing else. My husband's Singapore noodles with seafood looked yucky. I don't think I'll try again. read more

If you are thinking of ordering takeout, DON'T. I ordered at 12:25, for takeout, it said 20 to 40 minutes. I showed at 12:58, they said it would tale 30 more minutes. An HOUR for takeout if insane. Don't order takeout. read more

Used to come here regularly before the change in ownership. Last two times we went they were slow and completely messed up our orders. Since it had been awhile, I ordered food on Uber Eats. Again completely wrong dishes, missed items. Trying to resolve on the phone was useless, terrible customer service. read more

First of all, I want to start by saying that I am normally extremely low maintenance with service and restaurants. I understand when people are busy or stressed out, it's forgivable and not worth complaining about. There is a clear difference, however, between lack of service vs downright hostility and aggression. The first time I came here was about six months ago with a friend. We walked in and everything was disorganized and chaotic. The older man working was rude, short, and had absolutely no business talking to guests the way he did. We stood around for 5 minutes waiting to be sat (he knew we were there, he just never acknowledged our presence.) We left to go to another Vietnamese place. Not that big of a deal. If it was just this incident, I wouldn't be posting a review. I came here yesterday to give it another try. We were sat this time. The same man was working and he had the same temperament. A lady came to took our appetizer order - she was nice so this isn't a slight against her. The same man came around to take our main order. He was extremely rude and hostile. We tried to order, and repeated our order several times. For some reason, he couldn't process what we ordered, and tried to push us to order something else on the menu. We were very clear about what we wanted, it wasn't an issue of language barrier. He had barely left the table when he started complaining to another staff member about how difficult we were being and how complicated our orders were. We ordered from their menu, by number to make it clear for them. If it's on your menu, your are expected to have the food. How is that being difficult? They probably were out of a bunch of things (again, understandable) but all they had to do was apologize and I could pick something else out. We hadn't gotten our appetizer yet, so we left. This was the first and only time I've ever been so turned off by a restaurant that I left. I gave him a $5 bill and apologized and told him we were leaving. The look on his face indicated that he had no idea why we were upset. I'm assuming he is the owner or manager of the restaurant. He is going to single handedly drive this place out of business unless he gets his act together. read more

My fiancé and I been looking for a good Pho Noodle place near our house, and here we are! This hidden gem has really good authentic Vietnamese food. The Thai tea taste a lot like butter scotch and it's different compare to what people are use to. The Bun Bo Hue the broth is amazingly good and not too heavy. I highly recommend people of College Park to give this place a try, it's definitely worth it for the price and the taste! read more

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Sigh.. They got one of my orders wrong. Maybe it was my fault, he told me to double-check the receipt and I just skimmed through it besides actually reading it. I was supposed to get the pork with vermicelli but instead it was the spring rolls.. Despite the mistake, the pho honestly made up for it. I've been to several Viet joints and NEVER have I had pho broth that was this good. It was very oily with noticeable bubbles on it - to me this is the definition of a really delicious soup base. The oil and fat is what gives the soup its flavor, without this you have a tasteless broth. At least most other Viet places I went to, the base was so watered down and was like it was made of powdered beef flavoring. Their pho is really what I consider homecooked, meaning they take their time to slow-cook their base and ingredients. Their vermicelli was alright, but imo their pho is unmatchable. read more

Where do begin? I enjoyed the food from the former management well enough. The new owner must not give a damn about quality whatsoever. Pros: None Cons: 1. Ordered a carpaccio salad and since it's a heat wave, I needed to stay cool. Received deeply burnt anemic strips of beef on what I can only imagine is recycled pieces of rice. 2. Pork entree was more burnt pieces of minuscule fried onion than it was pork. Formerly this original vermicelli dish of pork was tasty and had big chunks of grilled pork. 3. Worst spring rolls ever. I'm not adverse to eating some cheap spring rolls as it's hard to get them wrong. Outside was greasy #GUTTEROIL laden, inside was a pureed mush. 4. Butter wings used to be double fried crisy goodness. Now they were barely cooked greasy and flavorless mush. Horrifyingly bad. Avoid like the plague. read more

Vegetarian dishes looks good and tastes good! Lemongrass grill pork noodle also delicious, overall I bet their foods extremely great! The taste of it ! Can't go wrong. No other Vietnamese restaurant has the right taste like HERE! read more

Viet Pho & Grill - Delicious dishes! - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Really awful experience. We were the only two customers in the entire restaurant. The staff outnumbered us by at least 4 to 1. We made a very simple order, straight from the menu. My dish came and my wife's didn't. We just figured it would be out shortly. Well, it never came out. The waiter never came back to the table and suddenly, all of them were gone. When I finally got their attention, they initially blamed me for not ordering her anything, until I showed it to him on his own order pad. No apologies, no concern to make it right. He just walked away. Finally, another guy came over and I told him to just get is the bill so we could leave. That too another 10 minutes. These guys don't deserve to be in business if this is the work ethic they have. The food I did get was mediocre at best, but I had to look at it for 5 minutes before I got any silverware or chop sticks to eat it with. Again, the guys vanish when you need them. Terrible experience. read more

The absolute worst service in the nearby area. They cannot manage to keep it together. Multiple times we've placed orders on the phone with someone who professes to be "new help" and unfamiliar with the menu. Don't put them on the phone if they don't know the menu! And as often as not with their "new help" the orders don't actually get put back to the kitchen. So we put in our order, wait the indicated amount of time, then go to the restaurant to pick up the food only to find out they never started and nobody who answered the phone told them to start. I wish I could say this was an isolated incident, but this most recent time -- the absolute last time we're giving them a shot -- was like the third or fourth time the exact same thing has happened. The food is okay, but it's not good enough to make weathering their absolutely hideous service and lack of regard for their customers worth it. Honestly, I hope they close down, if only to give a chance for some other restaurant to take their place. The bar is really low for doing better than Viet Pho & Grill. read more

We LOVE this place. It's a go-to family joint in my parents' neighborhood. The service is prompt, the food is fresh and delicious. Don't go to this place expecting a fancy date night type ambiance. It's a classic Vietnamese family joint. This means the tables and chairs are pretty old and the lighting is very bright, but the food is delicious and the atmosphere is very casual. I'd be happy going here in any attire, from casual workout clothes to a nice outfit. The food is delicious. We love the Pho, of course, but the appetizers are also really great, as are the large variety of sauteed entrees. We've been here a dozen times and I'm sure we'll be back a dozen more. read more

Viet Pho & Grill - Papaya salad with shrimp - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

I ate there a few days ago. After carefully looking around this place I realize that it is filthy. And they are using low quality ingredients. read more

Well, it's not bad, but it also isn't good. It satisfied our craving for Vietnamese in the most basic way while on the road, nothing more. The grilled pork chop we ordered was tough and thick, grilled beef bowl was served with thick sauce that had sweet burnt bits in it. Perhaps they forgot to mix the sauce well? About 30 mins away in Falls Church there is a high concentration of amazing Vietnamese restaurants, shopping centers, and I half set my expectation higher since we're close to the area. For that I increased the rating to 3 stars. read more

Update: I went for lunch yesterday with a friend here. It was absolutely awful. I ordered the crispy spring rolls, lemongrass stir fry with shrimp. The food came out before the appetizer, which doesn't actually bother me at all -- it happens. I inquired about the spring rolls. I was told they were coming out. Sure enough, they came out right after. They were soooo dark, burnt, greasy and gross. The plate was literally covered in grease. The plate had a dark grease puddle on it too. My guess is they haven't changed their oil in a loooong time. I wish I took a picture of it. I asked the hostess to come look at it. It was sent back and a new one was going to be made. The new one had literally the same problem. On to the entree. A stir fry typically has a decent variety of veggies. This stir fry had 6 shrimp (some undercooked), raw red and green bell peppers and covered in what seemed like a jarred sauce. It was hard to eat but I wanted to have a good lunch with my friend. I asked for the owner since I was told he was working today. Oh, on a side note, you can only get certain things if the owner is working that day. He came out and I showed him the spring rolls. He made some excuses but I just asked for it off of my check. The service was terrible. I felt bad for the timid host who seemed to also act as our waitress. Which is fine since there was no one in there. The person who was bussing our table was literally leaning on the back of my booth. The booth I was sitting in, just standing over me and clearing his throat and coughing. We were done eating so I didn't say anything. I used to actually like this place. I won't be going back. read more

Viet Pho & Grill - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

I recommend this restaurant if you and/or your small group has a craving for Pho because there isn't a lot of space to sit. I ordered the shrimp egg rolls with peanut sauce which tasted fresh. The Pho Delight with Eye of Round was also delicious. The Pho came in one size bowl which had plenty of noodles but the Eye of Round meat was scarce. I arrived after 12pm on a Thursday so I had no trouble getting a table. The place filled up quickly so by 1pm a group of 3 people had to wait for a table. read more

Viet Pho & Grill - Shrimp egg rolls with peanut sauce - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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Horrible. Worst food of any kind I've had in about ten years. Very nice people but slow service, not clean, tiny bugs flying around. Our stir fry dish had a bunch of the trash parts of onions and scallions. Vietnamese coffee was not drinkable. Even the rice tasted like it had been made days ago. read more

The pho was amazing; I really enjoyed it. The fried was good but it needed more seafood. read more

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Where do I start. This place smells like urine masked with febreeze. The pho is served almost luke warm. The peanut sauce I was served with my summer rolls looked like rat paste. As most reviewers have said when this place changed hands, in my opinion went downhill. They need a few tips or so on cleanliness and management. Customer service is horrendous. 2 pho and an order of summer rolls with 2 drinks was $40. read more

They just don't care plain and simple it was 8:15 when I placed my order they said it would be ready in ten minutes so we get there at 8:30 (they close at 9) and he won't say anything to us just yelling on the phone after 7 minutes of him going back and forth and him not telling us anything, He finally says he gave our order away to someone else and they won't fix it even though the kitchen was still open! It was 8:40 by the time he got done yelling and running around. THEY messed it up but wanted to do nothing to do with it! I hope two large chicken soups you could have made in 3 minutes was worth your most loyal weekly customers. My recommendation? Go to Pho cafe they took out order at 8:50 and had it ready by 8:55. This place's customer service is TRASH. It's a shame because the food was good. But this isn't even the first time they've pulled this stunt. No more read more

This place has to have the worst service. We came in to order carry out and when I inquired about the status of our order 40 minutes later, we were told that they "were out" of one of the entrees we ordered. What?! Why didn't they tell us that initially after we ordered and already PAID for the order? After another 30 minutes, I complained again because we had seen at least 3 dine-in groups come and go while we were waiting. The comment from the server was that there was "only one chef" and I told her that it made no difference. Patrons dining in shouldn't receive faster service... we all paid the same. After all that, the food was just meh. Perhaps the experience soured the taste for me, but you can get the same quality food at a better price with much better service elsewhere. Will definitely not be returning... or recommending. read more

I got delivery from here and it was great. Their prices are not the same as what is listed on GrubHub so I hope they get that fixed soon. But the egg rolls are really good and the pho noodle soup isn't bad. Just wish the broth had more of that smoky herb flavor. read more

I made a quick unplanned stop here while traveling to Washington DC, that was pleasantly surprised. I left my menu choices up to the waiter, and everything you put up for me those awesome! Highly recommend this place, extremely friendly service and very good food. read more

Very disappointed with my order via Uber. I ordered a large 40oz and got a 32oz container 3/4 full along with a small amount of noodles and meat. It was supposed to have different cirs of beef amd was only one. I ordered right before closing so I guess I got what was left for the day. The food was cold and the broth no flavor. The summer rolls were very small and the peanut sauce was nasty tasting. read more

i met a friend for lunch on a weekday and we were happy to be seated immediately even though it was about 12:15, prime lunch hour. i ordered the lemongrass stir-fry with chicken ($9.95) and requested brown instead of white rice, but was told that they did not have any brown rice. oh well. i also requested no spice on my dish, not "mildly spicy" not "little spicy" but "NO SPICE" which means absolutely nothing in the dish that will burn in my mouth. service was pretty quick as our orders were taken, and food brought out in a matter of minutes. i noticed that my dish had some red flakes on it, and wondered if it'd be spicy, but thought i'd try it anyway...maybe it was some other flavouring or seasoning that wasn't spicy. the first few bites were ok, but after a few minutes, my mouth started to burn, and i realized that maybe these flakes were spicy red pepper flakes? i asked my friend to try some and give me her opinion, and she agreed, this dish was pretty spicy, at least a medium-hot spicy, in her opinion. i flagged down my waiter and asked him if he made my dish spicy after i specifically requested "not spicy" and he claimed to have written down "not spicy" but apparently the cook put the red pepper flakes on the chicken. furthermore, he pointed out that i'd already eaten most of the dish (implying that he wouldn't bring me a replacement), which i agreed with, and let him know that i wasn't looking for a newly cooked dish, and intended to pay for the meal, but i just wanted to know what happened to my supposedly non-spicy chicken dish. fortunately, my water was refilled at least once (maybe twice, i can't remember), so i gulped down a lot of water to diffuse the spiciness in my mouth (i really am a spice wimp, can't take even a little spiciness in my dish!) even though my dish was spicy, the actual chicken was good, and i felt i received a nice lunch-sized portion for $10. read more

Viet Pho & Grill - SPICY lemongrass chicken with white rice - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Yum yum quick neighborhood pho spot. Uncrowned, quick and tasty. Oh yeah and the price was right! read more

Viet Pho & Grill - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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For a little nondescript joint in a strip mall, I wasn't sure what I would find inside. Well it was a surprisingly cared for establishment, really a cute little getaway. Servers were nice and prompt. I ordered the D1 grilled porkchop chop plate which came with 2 pretty big chops, rice, and salad. I saw there was some glaze on the chops and freaked a little as usually I think glazes are too sweet. I thought internally "Ive made a horrible mistake." Actually it was delicious!! I highly recommend these, the char was perfect and flavor balanced. Their Thai iced tea was solid and pretty big too. read more

Viet Pho & Grill - Cute spot - Vietnamese Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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Truly some of the worst food, I've ever had! Seen this, Vietnamese place for few years, figure, I'd finally give it a try. I've lived in, LA, NYC, San Fran, Houston, DC, had Vietnamese food all over, USA and several continents. Came very close to opening Vietnamese restaurant with friend in, Nashville, I am, Irish, American and I could make better, Vietnamese food than these guys. There was nothing foul, disgusting, or offensive, it just was not cooked or prepared in anyway, I've experienced, Vietnamese food. Ordered, Lemongrass chicken, spring rolls, pad Thai, pho dish for, nephew. The pad Thai was more like, pink noodles, with no flavor, usually you'll find, lime on the side, they had lemon, and threw on raw nuts. No fried egg, sprouts, or other ingredients you'd find in, Pad Thai. It was like someone cooked rice noodles, then add pink color. There was a think, soy sauce like container, never seen that at any, Vietnamese rest., in, 30 years eating as an adult. Chunks of chicken breast, that taste boiled, NO FLAVOR! The lemongrass chicken, HAD NO LEMONGRASS FLAVOR. Never had, lemongrass chicken without any lemongrass taste. I think they were trying to just make some chunks of chicken, noodles and rice and get me out, fast. The rice was like something you'd boil in a bag at home, nothing, I've ever had at a, Vietnamese restaurant, Chinese, or any asian food that uses, jasmine or basmati style rice. Spring rolls usually have, cold noodles, shrimp, pork, with lettuce. There was a, paperclip size strip of lettuce, if that, no pork and only, two shrimps. It was so bad, I ate half of one, threw it out with they other one. Usually, you could eat the, spring rolls raw and they have flavor from the pork, shrimp and lettuce. You couldn't with these, spring rolls. Peanut sauce was like, store bought peanut butter, mixed with something to decrease thickness, but still maintaining, strong peanut butter taste, not peanut sauce. You could have purchased peanut sauce from, H-Mart with WAY better results. None of the chicken was sautéed at all! My ten, year old niece could have done a WAY better job. Chicken had boiled taste, ZERO flavor. I will make, lemongrass chicken at home and would not have a problem winning a, cooking competition against these guys, again, Irish-American boy. I had to add a ton of, fish sauce, hoisin sauce and, Sriracha to get through it. It was akin to ordering a, Big Mac and you're handed, two beef patties, some thousand island dressing, Post-it note, size lettuce, and three pieces of bread, then getting charged, $40 bucks! No one was in the restaurant, I asked if they were closed, they said no and could do take out only. I could not find items on the menu, so quickly asked if they made the above, they said yes and that was it. They also quoted, $15 less than the actual charge. Seriously, you could watch a few, YouTube videos and do a better job making the food, I ordered. I ate less than half and threw it out. Should have stuck with going home and making a salad! I've been checking, Yelp for years, first time ever wrote a review. Way better Vietnamese for less in the general area for your money! read more

The cha gio were fresh and good. The noodles and grilled pork was ok, but not great. The taste was good but the pork was unpleasantly tough. Also, I'd have liked a more generous hand with condiments. read more

Reminder to self: do not come here again. I'm currently sitting at the booth and really upset about my situation. We haven't been for a while because there was like an eye lash in my summer roll the last time. This time... A flipping gnat in my bf soup. The sign says they open at ten. We came at ten thirty and the employees look like they don't want to be here... Nothing is set up... They don't even look like they wanted to be there... And this is thirty mins after opening. Strike one. Second.... Food just was not good. Summer rolls were extremely chewy.. Not in a good way. Bf and I got pho. The brother literally tasted like hot nothing. There was no flavor in it. Sucked. No herbs to help out either. I got a medium and there wasn't much noodles... Or meat. Just suuuucked. And lastly, there was a gnat in my bf soup. Never again. I'm not one to ever skip out in a bill but I wanted to just walk out. Not like they were being attentive anyway. Awful start to the weekend. Do not come here unless you want bugs in your food. read more

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Love this place, got beef and chicken pho So fresh and yummy People are very sweet Will definitely come back read more

One of the biggest deciding factors on how I judge a Vietnamese restaurant and their pho is the flavor of the broth. The other is if I become really thirsty or if my chest feels right afterwards due to high level of MSG. Happy to say the broth is quite delicious (and came out HOT)and I was not overly thirsty afterwards. The condiments that came with the pho (beansprouts, basil, jalapenos) were clean and the bottles on the table (sriracha, etc.)were also clean. The summer rolls were nothing special. They were smaller than other restaurants. The coconut juice was delicious and plentiful. My only knock on this was the service. I had to ask for silverware and on another occasion ask for a soup spoon for the pho. I'll forgive them this time cause the restaurant was semi busy... Bottom line: Met expectations. read more

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I visited the restaurant on March 6, 2018 and it appears it has gone under new management. I had the crispy fried noodle dish (mi xia gion) which was as good as I remembered. I frequented this restaurant a lot before under the previous management and I would get this dish, the shaky beef (bo luc lac), and others - although I wouldn't get the Pho here. Although the food was good, the service and management was horrible. I went in to eat by myself expecting to spend twenty minutes on a busy day of errands but I ended up waiting nearly half an hour just for my food. The owner/manager (presumably) didn't seem worried as she was walking in and out of the kitchen and announced she was going on errands. I'm not sure what was going on inside the kitchen but I don't expect to be coming back, unless a strong craving for mi xia gion hits me again. read more