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777 Noodle House
Categories: Restaurants Chinese Restaurants Thai Chinese, Thai [Edit]
4686 University Ave(between Menlo Ave & 47th St)
San Diego, CA 92105
Neighborhood: City Heights
(619) 283-3185
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 8 am - 9 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street, Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Caters:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
60 reviews for 777 Noodle House
Review Highlights
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"The pork bone soup on the side is absolutely DELICIOUS." In 2 reviews -
"Portions are generous, and the fried rice is always good." In 9 reviews -
"I had their crispy noodles with seafood." In 16 reviews
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60 reviews in English
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Review from Justin L.
San Diego, CA
5/24/2012
Came with my friend here and again another time and both times, I ordered the same thing, the chiu chow dried noodles. It's so good. I've had this at many places but this place does it the best because not only do that give you the broth on the side, but they put a BIG piece of beef bone with the broth. The beef bone still has fall-off-the-bone meat that is so yummy. The noodle itself is cooked egg-like noodles with meats and seafood, some greens and some sort of special salty sauce...sort of like teriyaki but not exactly. Definitely a yummy one!
The place is not in the best part of town and you might even miss it when driving by because it's very nondescript. It's very roomy inside and not the best looking. They sell lotto tickets and scratchers! haha!...sooo asian of them. But I ignore these things and just focus on the delicious noodles. -
Review from Xtina C.
San Diego, CA
5/21/2012
I came here looking for teo chew noodles. I was happy that the menu actually explicitly stated "teo chew" (actually perhaps it was spelled chew chiu, I forget). Rice noodles, egg noodles. Wonton noodles. Stir-fried noodle dishes. Very basic menu in a cafeteria-like setting.
My teo chew noodles looked like teo chew noodles. In fact, they tasted like them too. However, I did find the actually noodles to be a bit too overcooked and a bit too MUCH. The flavor of the broth seemed about right. I could see not-fresh you-tiao sitting on the countertop (which I'm sure they re-fry for you real quick before serving).
My friends all ordered varied dishes and all loved them.
Overall, the best tasting teo chew noodles I have found (if for the broth, not the noodle). However, I still feel like SD should be able to offer me something better! -
Review from Brian K.
San Diego, CA
2/27/2012
Eh...I eat at a lot of these places, and i don't think i'll be back to 777.
The ambiance was the coolest part. 2 giant TV screens with the Lakers game on (I hate basketball because of that damn squeek-squeek sound the shoes constantly make) and you can play the lotto there. I'm just trying to find a silver lining here, because the food...not so great.
First off, it comes up as Chinese (which is what we wanted) on the search, but its actually more Vietnamese. Spring Rolls...way to big, with weird giant chunks of dried pork? strings in them and rubbery shrimp, and lots of Pho type noodle soups. We got the one a few people recommended on Yelp, the Won-ton and Egg noodle soup.
It didn't beat any Pho joint I've been to around town, and i will post some reviews on some ones i like if you're into that cuisine. The broth wasn't very good, tasted a bit like dishwater? or sock.
The wontons though, i think scarred me for life, and my girlfriend even worse. I have no idea what meat was in them, but it was really funky and cat food like.
Tsingtao beer, a plus, and Sriracha, a plus, and the beers, appetizer and soup were under $30 for 2 of us, so i didn't feel like i had to eat it....and we didn't.
Super nice people that work there, may work for some, but never again for me. -
Review from Jim N.
San Diego, CA
Brother took me to this place one time and I enjoyed their stir-fried noodles at a low price. The second and third time I came here, it didn't cost me a lot since it's price wise and locally to eat. To anybody that likes a low budget good meal, check this place out.
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Review from Hilly D.
San Diego, CA
5/21/2012
this place is authentic when it comes to hu tieu nam vang!! ...and the hot soup that goes with it is awesome. i have eaten many places and i know the differences. just saying it like it is! fyi: i haven't tried the other types foods on the menu so i can't vouch for the others.
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Review from Mia L.
1/31/2012
1.1.2012 My first meal of 2012, ringing in the new year with some noodles! Woke up craving for something oily and fatty. We head to 777 the place to go to for noodles.
I ordered the beef noodle soup, I believe there are tendons and other fattening stuff inside, just what I wanted. We also order their beef and chicken on skeweres. We have never had it before so we tried it and it was super good.
One of my friend ordered the pork bone soup. That thing is full of flavor. The pork bone is huge!
Great place for comfort food. Definitely! -
Review from Aaron H.
San Diego, CA
12/17/2011
Finally!!!! Been wanting to go here for awhile and finally made it. This place is great. They have an amazing menu. Everything looks really good and I want to try it all. Iced coffee is top notch. I got the beef stew soup and it was so beyond flavorful. So much rich different flavors. Very fatty cuts of beef. Wish they trimmed a little more fat off, but seemed to accentuate the broth.
Really wished they did half orders on the Vietnamese egg rolls. The staff was nice but seemed quite overwhelmed with the place being maybe a third full or less. They have a small stage in front with a scratch off lottery ticket machine and some disco light system mounted on the wall. So I assume they do some private parties or just get real loose late night. I'd say the inside is about average for noodle houses I've been to. Best prices in SD. Highly recommend checking this place out. -
Review from Tracy N.
Spring Valley, CA
1/8/2012
Eh. I don't like the food at this place. If I had to say one positive thing about it, I would say that the pricing there is super affordable.
When I was there, I tried the chicken wings, the spicy noodles, and one of their chicken entrees. And I most certainly didn't like any of it.
I guess if you're looking for a cheap place, come here. But it really wasn't even worth THAT for me.. Just look elsewhere. -
Review from Kim C.
San Diego, CA
11/13/2011 3 photos
Inexpensive, large-portioned Cambodian/Chinese food.. but sadly lacking in flavor still.
Chou Zhou Dry Noodles - mmm!! The pork bone soup on the side is absolutely DELICIOUS. So full packed of flavor. The bone didn't really have much meat on it though :(. Also the noodles were really overcooked and soggy.
Beef Chow Fun - Everyone was cooked properly to add a good al dente bite and contrasting textures, but the dish was bland and plain.
Spicy Thai Fried Rice - after reading all the great reviews, I was really hoping for a great dish, but sadly I thought it was just bland and lacked flavor. The texture of the rice was also way too hard too. There was a good amount of seafood (shrimp+scallop) though.
Fried Chicken - 8 piece leg and thigh for 5 dollars. Huge, juicy pieces of hot chicken. The flavor was good (a lot of black pepper in the batter though). But after one piece, I got tired of it.
I ended up only finishing the Chou Zhou Dry Noodles, and taking only a few bites out of everything else (took the rest home for the family). But at least the service was really great! The waitress was extremely attentive and polite. They messed up on our spicy fried rice dish but quickly apologized and replaced it, so no biggie! -
Review from Kimthy D.
San Diego, CA
Tried it out for the first time and got take out. I ordered the number two which is a dry cambodian noodle but when I got home it was the soup noodle so I was disappointed. Made it work and ate it, tasted really good. So the following week I dined in and ordered the same thing (#2 dry noodles), it tasted really good and is really cheap. I will definitely be back. I've been looking for these noodles that I usually get in Norcal. So happy to know SD has a place that serves this too!
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Review from Miss N.
San Diego, CA
4/23/2012 1 Check-in Here
this place must double as a dinner rehearsal place as well. it has a stage, uplighting, and a karaoke machine for your special events! they got a big ass lotto machine (as advertised outside) which is so weird for a restaurant! you can tell it's thai/chinese/vietnamese by the cuisine and decorations. we were promptly seated and given menus. the food came pretty quick. we got spring rolls, there were two rolls in that one order but boy they were HUGE! it has pork, those thick noodles, shrimp, mint, and lettuce. it was great! we also ordered a seafood soup (has fish, fish balls, can add bean sprouts, and lemon, shrimp) plenty of fish balls, two pieces of shrimp. also had rice noodles and broth which bf enjoyed. i had the beef crispy noodle dish. loved that the noodles stayed crispy even as i ate and that you could tell it was freshly cooked because the asian broccoli it was coooked with burned my tongue! the beef i find to be very tough so i didn't enjoy that. you could also order the dish seafood, but i felt like they would skimp out on the shrimp. its spacious, the place was pretty chill. it was good to try once, but it's out of the way. not bad if you're in the area and want something cheap and fast. parking is out back, there is also street parking out front.
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Review from Jennifer T.
San Francisco, CA
7/5/2011
After hearing about this place from a friend and reading all the great reviews on Yelp I finally managed to drive down here from La Jolla to try this place. I had one thing on my mind the whole drive down: Chiu Chow dried noodles. It's kinda like pho with the broth separated from the noodles and the ingredients, so they add some kind of addictive sauce to the noodles.
However, when I opened the menu, the first thing that caught my eye was a picture of a dish that I've never seen any restaurant other than my dad's kitchen at home serve: MEE KA LA. YES!! mee ka la is a cambodian dish that is again, dry noodles with some kind of sour and addictive sauce. They serve it with cooked eggs, beansprouts, papaya salad, green onions, and a little bowl of fish sauce. You're supposed to pour some fish sauce into the food and mix everything together. It was SOOOOO GOOOD! just like my dad's home cooking.
My friend was nice enough to order the chiu chou dry noodles so I can have the best of both worlds. Damn, that was GREAT also.
We also ordered the thai pepper steak salad. That was way too salty but it was also good.
The service was great but the place itself was infested with flies. As they say, the dirtier the better tasting! If it wasn't so far I'd probably come atleast once a week. yummmmmmmmm! -
Review from Leonard L.
San Diego, CA
6/25/2011
777 Noodle House
SD: University City
Thursday June 24, 2011
Two Stars
The Yelp Description: Chinese and Thai.
This place was definitely more Vietnamese in my opinion.
This restaurant is located in a place you don't want to go.
There is absolutely no reason to go east of 15 on University Ave.
There is Parking in the back this strip mall but it was filled with a bunch of seemingly vandalizing prone teenagers.
All the prices end in "7" which is adorable but more awkward.
The Springs Roll contained this dried pork which was not good at all.
The won ton Noodle Soup:
-Good Broth
-Good BBQ Pork
-Good Noodles
-Won Ton was subpar and there was something hard inside
The Vegetable Stir Fry Noodles: Fell short on Veggies and Flavor.
Cheap and Fairly Good Tasting.
I shan't return. -
Review from Melissa C.
San Diego, CA
8/15/2011 1 Check-in Here
Really happy that I made it out to 777 Noodle House after hearing about it for months.
There was free street parking right in front and I believe there is a parking lot in the back. I don't know for sure. I just saw a sign that says "Parking in rear."
The place is pretty big. It looks like they try to host big, party events. There is also a karaoke stage and party lights and such. Hhmmm... Interesting.
We ordered Egg Wonton Noodle Soup and Seafood Spicy Thai Fried Rice. Phenomenal!! The Vietnamese Iced Coffee had me bouncing around aaallll damn day.
Oh and if you're feeling lucky, go ahead and bug your Super Lotto and Mega Millions here, too. -
Review from Allen C.
6/18/2011
Looking for an alternative to Luong Hai Ky or Minh Ky? This is the place you need to hit up. It's located in a rather sketchy looking neighborhood (you know, the kind with iron bars over the windows), but the interior is surprisingly nice.
There's customer parking in the back...and also a back entrance (though it does feel a bit awkward to enter from this point). Brownie points for providing parking! Nothing kills an appetite like an endless parking search.
777 hits the right notes when it comes to price, portions, and taste. All the menu items are very inexpensive, and the noodles are tasty and filling. It's not top-notch fare, but if you're hungry and low on cash, it's a perfect fit.
Extra notes:
1. All prices end in .77, to match the name of the store.
2. The servers we had can speak both Mandarin and Cantonese.
3. The owners were pretty friendly and were patient with us even though we were the last ones eating past closing time.
777 is a bit of a journey for those who live in the northern areas of SD, but if you happen to be wandering near Normal Heights scrounging for foodstuffs, it's worth a look. -
Review from Cheryl C.
San Diego, CA
5/6/2011
Found this place on Yelp a few months ago and now I am a loyal regular. They have their own parking lot in the back which is a huge plus since the boulevard is so busy.
I've never had a dish here I didn't like. Each time I try a new one, it ends up being my favorite. But if I had to choose, I'd have to say their Bone Soup is probably my REAL favorite. A huge bone full of marrow with tender meat falling off....mmm, so good! The broth is flavored just perfectly - I like mine a bit salty, so I add fish sauce to it. Did I mention that a bowl of Bone Soup is only $1....add a scoop of rice and you got yourself a really cheap and tasty meal. BUT...it IS only 1 bone, so order something else.
Service is ALWAYS friendly, food comes out quickly, and it's never packed in there.
I'm probably going tonight! -
Review from Eric H.
4/3/2011 26 Check-ins Here
I used to WALK by this place a few years ago on my way to work everyday.
Never went inside, what a waste.
Wanted to try something new and this place popped up on yelp, cheap, Chinese/Thai and in a "transitional" neighborhood. My kind of place.
Some street parking in the front, but also has a small parking lot for customers in the back.
Fairly large dining area, dimly lit but relatively clean for this sort of place.
Friendly front of house, great menus with big pictures and detailed descriptions.
I like how all their menu items have sevens in the prices.
Tried the red shrimp curry, papaya salad and egg noodle soup with seafood.
The curry was great, spicy, crunchy veggies and ample shrimp.
Papaya salad is one of my favorite things ever, I've only found TWO places in San Diego that make it right, Laos Plaza and this place.
The egg noodles were great, I will come back here just for that.
They also sell lotto tickets, so come try for great food and a chance to win the lotto. -
Review from Phee Y.
Sacramento, CA
5/4/2011
Minh Ky was closed, it was a Wednesday so we were looking for something that would fill in for our usual Minh Ky dining experience. When we arrive there were only a few other people here and did not see any asians, a few arrived later.
The place has a very nice wide screen tv.
We had the following:
1) Seafood Noodle Soup - lacked flavor
2) Buc Lo Luc - Cubed Beef - lacked flavor, beef not served over tomato and lettuce
3) Spring Rolls - Fresh salad version - small pieces of bone and gristle
4) Tom Yum Soup w/seafood - unusual flavor not appetizing
5) Seafood fried rice - again not sure what was going on here, flavor profile was off
6) Pineapple chicken - uhhh, it did taste like pineapple but would not order again
*******7) Leek cakes - star of the show, very good*******
Table setup
*The spicy oil at the table looked like a chili puree/paste of sorts that was not appealing to the eye. So we did not try it.
*Lee Kum Yee hoisin sauce, which is in my opinion a good quality product.
*Standard sriracha sauce, didnt appear watered down
*Chopsticks are the long plastic Chinese type (prefer paper wrapped chopsticks)
*Typical plastic chinese soup spoons
*Small plastic sauce dishes, very important in my opinion when eating vietnamese/chinese/lau/thai food, for the condiments.
* Napkins
* Sliced pickled peppers
* Ground pepper
The place is big, airy and clean. The gentleman who took care of us had a good command of the English language as was very nice.
But the food was really lacking in flavor and the flavors were really off. I think this place could be really good if they get someone in the kitchen that is a good cook and understands the components and flavors of the various asian cuisines there are attempting to offer.
If this is not possible then determine what they can do that is outstanding and stick to that and forget the rest. -
Review from Stella A.
4/2/2011
I visited this place based upon the Yelp reviews, and they were spot on. The food is so CHEAP and TASTY!!!! Although the menu did not have many of the traditional dishes you are used to eating the staff accommodated to our orders.
For example, my mom wanted a dish with steamed tofu, brown sauce, broccoli, bok choy and basil and they happily made it. This was very impressive, especially since few restaurants would gladly make you something so a la carte.
The food was also delicious. We tried the noodles in broth which I found to be as good as, if not better than most pho houses. And the best part was that nothing was greasy. There is nothing I dislike more than going to a place that has "Chinese food" which gives you a giant pile of nasty grease. This was anything but that.
It really is a great place to go eat and I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for cheap yummy authentic Asian cuisine. -
Review from Joshua P.
San Jose, CA
1/17/2011 2 Check-ins Here
One word to describe this restaurant... CHEAP! Cheap? Not cheap in the bad way but as in cheap = Holy crap I can't believe the prices here! The food is delicious, ranging from asian style soup noodles to vietnamese broken rice dishes. The restaurant itself is very roomy and there is more than enough seating to accommodate for large parties.
Definitely a hole in the wall place in SD. There are 2 large flat panel tv's always on ESPN or sports (thank god) and the interior of the restaurant is very clean for all you germaphobes.
Anywho, I recommend the Beef Stew Noodle Soup for those who like a lil curry taste and the Fried Shrimp Rolls for a mini appetizer. Honestly, just try everything here, you won't be disappointed. -
Review from Matt P.
7/5/2011
I discovered this place recently after finding myself in the ghetto one evening. Its in city heights and looks scary. But other than that, this place was alright!
I had their crispy noodles with seafood. It was alright but nothing I would want to go back for. I was watched like a hawk along with the other 1 table occupied in the large dining area. I wanted to get out of there quick and Im sure they were on the same page as me. The menu wasnt really large. -
Review from Lisa T.
San Jose, CA
10/17/2011 1 Check-in Here
Wow, first noodle house I've been to that is not Vietnamese dominated!
The restaurant owners are Chinese and Cambodian, so if you're looking for pho, there won't be any. Please don't get Chou Zhou Noodle Soup/Ka tieu (in Khmer) mixed up with Pho. Surprisingly, the menu has Vietnamese translation and made it clear for everyone who still calls Ka Tieu, Pho. Thank goodness! Every dish here is so cheap compared to San Jose. I thought I was back in the 90's.
I ordered the Seafood Noodle. Traditionally, its best to eat it with pork bones and sliced pork, but I hate the texture of pork meat. The broth is rich with the flavor of pork bones, but slightly too salty for me. I guess I'm used to eating it from Vietnamese restaurants, which is a bit more savory sweet. The serving amount for a small bowl was good for its price of around $5. There are also the beef slices with beef ball variation of the noodle soup and the huge, wide noodles. I wished there was more side veggie options. I only got bean sprouts and lemon when I'm used to eating it with tooth saw leaves. Other folks ordered French Beef (Shaken beef) over rice, beef chow fun, beef kabobs, and seafood over crispy noodles plus more I didn't keep track of. Although, everything tasted decent, the kabob was dry. Papaya tomato salad was a fail because it was watery, mushy and not spicy at all.
They need to add more Asian drinks. You can only get water, coffee, Thai tea, tea, soy bean, and soda. They served beer bright and early in the A.M. for my alcoholic frat boyfriend...smh.
Its great that they have plenty of parking; some parallel in front and plenty in the back. Feel free to enter from the back. Service was quick and accurate. We had a group of 20 and no order mistakes! -
Review from Kelly O.
1/26/2011
This place rules because outside of burrito joints & fast food, I don't know where to get a cheaper full-on meal.
I got the basil chicken and it was pretty good. Not amazing. I asked for 5 spiciness and when I first started eating I was like, WTF, this isn't spicy at all! But yeah, it crept up on my later. fo sho.
My eating partner got a seafood fried rice and really liked it. We also got the fried bananas which consists of 3 pieces for $1. I was giddy because how many things can you get from a restaurant for ONE DOLLAR? Also, they were delicious and a perfect end to the meal. Not too sweet.
DId I mention it's cheap? Our meals were around $6-7 and came with a heaping portion of rice. I had leftovers.
The servers were super nice. This isn't in the best part of town but whatevs, that's where all the best food is anyways!!! I will be back! -
Review from Koon T.
San Diego, CA
6/29/2011 1 Check-in Here
Decide to try this place out after hearing about it from my friend and plus I did not want to spend that much money. The positive thing is must of entree is relatively cheap and affordable. Service was pretty good and they brought our food out pretty quick also.
My friend and I, we ordered Wonton egg noodle, Beef crispy egg noodle, and spicy thai noodle combination. The Wonton egg noodle is okay but the portion is smaller than Minh Ky and it is not as good as Minh Ky. Beef crispy egg noodle could be better. It has too much white pepper and they did not give us enough sauce to cover most of the noodle. At last the spicy thai noodle combination, I think this was the best dish out of the 3 that we ordered. I would recommend it if you do come here.
Overall, it isn't all bad. Perhaps the food wasn't as good because we did go there 15 mins before they were closing. I would give them one more chance next time. -
Review from billy k.
San Diego, CA
12/8/2010
I rarely go out of my way to rate a business on account of it's service....but 5 stars aren't enough! I was actually handed a pair of scissors to cut my exceptionally long noodles. Everything was done aside from the waitress feeding me by hand personally.
1/2 a crispy duck (delicious and fatty!) with a healthy bowl of noodles for 4 bucks and some change will keep me coming back! My first visit here made an excellent impression, and all of the other dishes I saw come from the kitchen looked.
The flavor was a solid 4.5
Service is off the charts 10
A warning to picky eaters: This may not appeal to the P.F. Chang's crowd. -
Review from Tracie U.
1/12/2010
I do adore a little hole in the wall establishment...so far 777 meets my minimum requirements: family owned, community supported and a simple yet interesting menu...with pictures for a simple and yet interesting gal such as myself! Oh and soon they will have karaoke...hell yeah!
We had a ground pork/green bean dish and nicely charred beef on skewers. The beef skewers were tasty but nothing too spectacular. The pork in the green bean dish was there for a bit of flavor not as THE main event so don't expect a pile o' meat. I love green beans and the pork added nice flavor to the dish. 'Twas quite perfect for me.
The dishes ranged from $5 - 8...not too shabby for lunch and totally worth every penny. I'll definitely be back...I'd like to try the basil chicken and a few other items. -
Review from Courtney S.
San Diego, CA
12/21/2009
Again, this is more of a Cambodian restaurant than Thai, but since no one has whined about Phad Thai or chicken satay bullshit, I don't have to regulate yet....
Ohhh man these people are suuuuper sweet! Great homemade Cambodian food, and they hook it up! The other day I got the dry noodles with shrimp only and steamed Chinese broccoli on the side. The dry noodles were garlicky delicious and the soupbase that comes with it was so flavorful and noooot greasy.. I have a huge problem with grease, I'm a fried food hater and a lot of restaurants in general have a to heavy hand when pouring it on...
Yes its in the hood, and yes it looks like just another hole-in-the-wall 99cent Chinese fast food joint, but don't pass this up!
I now have new lucky numbers, 777!! -
Review from Sarath K.
San Diego, CA
2/22/2011
PARKING is not an issue even though the restaurant may be in City Heights and right off University Avenue.
The Restaurant itself is spacious, clean and can accommodate large groups and very family friendly.
I've been here a few times with my family and we've never spent more than $30. Prices are good, food is up to par depending on what you order. We usually order the Spicy Seafood Noodles and Seafood Fried Rice which has Thai Flavors that all of us enjoy even my 2 children. I've ordered the Seafood Noodle Soup a few times and I really like it as well. So far it's the best big noodle seafood soup for me since others have disappoint me so much I dare not return or bring up the name of those restaurants. The papaya salad is the best so far, and the Hubby loves the Num Tuk which I don't care for since I'm not a beef person.
Service is awesome. Such genuinely friendly happy people there. -
Review from marie r.
San Diego, CA
3/7/2010
For the price, this place is absolutely amazing! Found this place on martin luther king jr day. My wife, my mom and I were heading to a different place for noodle soup that day, but they were closed, so went across the street to 777, lucky noodle house! Of course it grabbed my attention, I knew it had to be good! I mean come on! My lucky numbers!! haha.. we sat down, checked out the menu, saw that they have authentic thai noodle soup, the way my mom makes it, and we were sold! $4.77 per bowl? holy crap thats amazing! we go there every sunday after bowling now. They know us so well ;) I give this place 5 diamonds!
And who cares, everyone makes mistakes, but they are ALWAYS so quick to fix what they mess up, and extremely appologetic!
So, I highly recommend this beautiful, not so hole in the wall place! -
Review from Fiona T.
San Diego, CA
5/25/2010
I came here after they shut the door and they came to let us in serve us. I had the papaya salad, it was on point delicious but a really small portion.. The fried chicken was really crispy but no special flavor... The pan fried beef noodles were good but a little greasy..
I'd come here again :) -
Review from Super T.
El Cajon, CA
4/10/2011
Cheap and Excellent viet food!.. the chinese and especially the thai food however are terrible!
The rice vermicelli with BBQ pork and viet style eggrolls was PERFECT, delicious, and CHEAP! (10/10)
The Seafood curry was thick with a creamy consistency with a rather bland flavor. (2/10)
The pad thai is especially bland and had bits of bone in the chicken. (3/10)
AND the WORST part of this restaurant is they NEVER De-Vein their shrimp on ANY of their shrimp dishes!!!! they leave the string of poop in them.. That is disgusting! (-3/10) -
Review from Kenneth A.
San Diego, CA
5/4/2010
Love this place, food is very very fresh and the staff are super! It is an amazing value in my opinion and the food is nice!!!
Go check them out you will not be disappointed.
** NOTE Don't bother parking on the street, park in the back lots of room to park and no traffic!** -
Review from Saya R.
San Diego, CA
5/8/2010
The price is right. Service is great.
I ordered Seafood Fired Rice (Thai Style), it was tasty with the spices --basil leaves. Leek Cakes were good and crispy.
Papaya Salad isn't good, they just didn't use the right ingredients.
I will definitely go back to taste the noodle dishes. -
Review from Marcy D.
San Diego, CA
8/11/2011
I only order 1 thing here, but the duck noodle soup makes me come back time after time. Its super cheap and has so much flavor. Service is fast and the place looks clean =)
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Review from Kaysi R.
The first time I went here I was impressed. But not this time the pasta plates are delish but the dinner plates aren't all that :( the beef was raw and everything tastes the same they use nothing but dark meat not chicken breasts. I wouldn't mind paying extra but gimme the breast haha LOL.
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3/16/2011
OMG this place is freaken awesome!!! And so cheap I was OM yelp and was in the mood for Chinese and… Read more »
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Review from Ix B.
La Jolla, CA
7/12/2011
Not bad at all for the price. I've been to plenty of other places that charge at least 5-6 dollars more for each piece on the menu. Portions are generous, and the fried rice is always good. Rather Thai/Vietnamese but with Chinese dishes mixed in. Great for a quick lunch. Neighborhood is rather scary at night, so come prepared.
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Review from Alix Q.
San Diego, CA
2/4/2011
Who knew City Heights was the place for Chinese/Vietnamese food? It's like the undiscovered Convoy of San Diego.
Came here when my first choice restaurant was closed on Chinese New Year and I was not disappointed. Got the shrimp chow fun and vietnamese style pork chop/chicken plate. It's good grub for cheap. And the owners and staff are super friendly. -
Review from Mindy Y.
San Diego, CA
9/6/2011 1 Check-in Here
This restaurant offers a variety of dishes from Chinese, Vietnamese to Thai cuisine, so their menu is pretty extensive. Everything we ordered was good overall, but just for the pork bone soup alone, this place gets 4 stars, and it is what will keep me coming back here. They give you a huge piece of bone in pork meat in a bowl of delicious broth for only $1! sweet sweet deal people. As for the other stuff I tried, it was either a hit or miss. The beef crispy noodle was okay. I've tasted better. I think the best place for egg noodle dishes is at Minh Ky, which is less than a 5 minute drive away. We also ordered a Thai beef salad which was flavorful but too much on the sweet side for my liking. I probably won't be ordering that next time I'm here. The salt and pepper shrimp with shell, however, tasted just right. And the beef on a stick rice dish was pretty yummy as well. This was only a small fraction of their fatty menu, so I'll have to try some other stuff the next time i come in for some pork bone soup. Hopefully the next time I come back though, they won't have the same fly problem we encountered on our first visit. Otherwise, I might have to just start taking my pork bone soup to go!
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Review from Maggie R.
Julian, CA
5/27/2011
The beef skewers are the bomb! The chicken skewers are also good. the price is right and the food is yummy! Best to park in the parking lot located in the back of the building then on the street.
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Review from Melanie C.
San Diego, CA
6/11/2010 1 photo
I went here for lunch two days ago because Minh Ky was closed and I was craving Chinese food. I'm glad I found it! There was nothing vegetarian on the menu but I asked the waiter to see if they could make me some vegetable soup. He was happy to oblige, and it was probably the best veggie soup I've had. The ingredients were SO fresh, and the egg noodles in the soup were delicious. They piled on the cilantro (which I love), and there were carrots, broccoli, mini corn, cabbage, and mushrooms piled so high in the bowl that it overflowed when I mixed in my sriracha and hoisin. My date got shrimp fried rice and he was happy with his meal, too. Our two meals plus my vietnamese iced coffee (delicious) came out around $15. Very reasonable! Service was friendly and efficient. I'll definitely be back.
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