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A Dong Restaurant II
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- Hours:
Mon-Sat. 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Lunch, Dinner
20 reviews for A Dong Restaurant II
This restaurant has a few chains in San Bernardino. This was not too bad. Fancy Vietnamese food would be how I describe it.
I remember for their eggrolls they had a nice little setup on how to set up your dipping sauce for it. Little details that I like.
I love the grape leaves appetizer.
I love that the place is clean (quite unusual for this type of establishment)
The pho isn't bad either.
But everytime I eat here, I'm SUPERrthirsty for the rest of the day. Too much MSG? I don't know.
It doesn't stop me from going back, but I won't go regularly.
Many people say that A Dong doesn't have 'real' Vietnamese food. But, I don't really care because they have delicious food! I'm not a fan of Pho so I won't even judge the pho at this place.
Don't know what to order? I can help with that!
Appetizers
1. Spring Rolls-fried spring rolls with choice of meat that you wrap in lettuce with assorted veggies and dipped in rice vinegar. An absolute hit!
2. Grape Leaves-ground beef wrapped with grape leaves that you wrap in rice paper with mint leaves, cilantro, and sprouts, dipped in rice vinegar. My favorite appetizer! The only problem is that it costs about $13 for a plate of 6.
Noodles
1. Chow Mein-egg noodles with mixed veggies, choice of meat, and gravy.
Entrees
1. Garlic Chicken-chopped chicken breasts with garlic and chili flavor
2. Beef cube steak-if you get this as an entree (not a lunch special) you will get this on a sizzling plate. The steak is chopped into little cubes and cooked in a special soy-sauce based sauce. It is delicious!
3. Crispy Basil Fish-battered fish topped with basil/chili sauce. It's one of the more pricier dishes but it's definitely worth it.
The only down side about A Dong is that servings are very small. Each dish is good enough for one person-not much sharing is encouraged with such small portions. Nonetheless, it's an absolute treat to be able to eat here and I love that the servers know me by name. Such a friendly staff!
Pretty good dishes except they don't cook whole fish anymore. It was great!
This is probably the best Vietnamese place that I've been to in the Inland Empire (and one that I would consider going back to!). The prices are definitely higher than your typical Vietnamese joint; but when there are only 3 or so in the area, they can monopolize (and do).
I've read posts that they are "Americanized", but I just find this place to be "cleaner". Their food is pretty authentic, and tastes great. Its a good place to come and get your Vietnamese food fix.
Where do I start? It's probably the cleanest Vietnamese place i've been to.... BUT.... the food is mediocre and the service is HORRIBLE.
The waitresses act as if you're doing them a favor being there. The manager/owner (lady they call boss) has an eternal stick up her ass. Let us call her the Lunch Special Nazi. If you want the lunch special make sure you get there a half hour before 2 pm or god forbid you have an encounter with the Lunch Special Nazi. "No lunch special for you!" Even if you're in the restaurant doors before 2pm she makes a big deal about it.
Then unless you look Asian don't expect chopsticks. Every time we go I have to go out of my way to ask for them. Maybe I'm not Asian but Yes I can use chopsticks... thank you very much. So after asking her nicely for 2 pairs of chopsticks... she only brought us one pair... then walked away and when I asked for another pair... she came back, rolled her eyes at me and said, "I know." Wow.... never again. The food is decent but if you want your food thrown at you, then I suggest trying Dick's Last Resort.
This is a nice little spot in a strip mall .
Despite the strip mall status, the place was decorated pretty hip with deep red walls and some asian artwork The atmosphere was casual with a aire of an attempt to be slightly upscale.
I went during lunch hours where the lunch specials were a list of about 12 items that came with soup, salad and rice for 8 bucks. The portions were a moderate size, and the flavor of my lemongrass chicken was light , slightly spicy and delicious.
I'd totally go back, actually I was thinking about going back sometime this week!!
Had lunch here today. Service was pleasant enough but the food was somewhat forgettable. I'm not a big fan of pho, the only thing they serve here which other Thai/Asian fusion places don't in the area. The Thai/Chinese dishes they serve aren't as good as those I've had at legit Thai and Chinese places. If only they served good Bahn Mi here, then I would have something to write home about.
o.k. pho (it doesn't taste great but it doesn't give me msg headaches)
o.k. chicken egg rolls
o.k. fried rice (a bit pricey)
good bun (get it with bbq pork)
I really don't get what everyone else sees about this place. Being from Orange County and Vietnamese I know Vietnamese food pretty well. I came here for lunch with some co-workers and I ordered the grilled pork with broken rice. The food was good but the portion was tiny! On top of that the price was way more than I was used to paying for this dish...almost $8. Ridiculous!
So being that I'm Vietnamese I ordered my food in Vietnamese...duh! That waitress with braids says, "I'm sorry, I'm not Vietnamese. I don't understand." Fair enough. I ordered in English, but then I looked around. None of the workers were Vietnamese either. Weird. Our food came out and I noticed the portion of the rice right away. It was like they packed a thimble with rice and put it on my plate. Can't they see that I'm a pretty big guy here? Meaning I need lot's of food to fill me up! Lame. They didn't give me any fish sauce with my meal which is customary for this dish. I saw a bottle on another table and I grabbed it. I asked the lady for hot sauce. The fresh chili paste and she offered me the Sriracha sauce that people put in pho. I said, "nuh uh, not that." She said, "oh you want the one with the seeds!" Seeds? wtf?! "Yeah, I want that one...thanks!" Turns out she was the only Vietnamese person in the whole joint.
I payed around 10 bucks for some tiny ass plate of food. This place made me miss the OC so much. The decor is nice and the place is clean, but you can tell from the menu and the staff that this place is not made for Vietnamese people. Also, you can tell by noticing that not one customer was Asian.
I tipped the waitress just because she looked great. I remember thinking when watching her walk away, "Wow yeah, with an ass like that she's definitely not Vietnamese!...lol" But would I come back to this place? Hell no!
The name of the restaurant roughly translates to "The East."
I go here for Vietnamese food whenever I am in the Inland Empire, which is rare nowadays. A D^ong has a fond place in my heart back from the days when the first resturant (which no longer exists I think), was in Colton.
Back in the 90's, all the API students went there when they had a craving for Vietnamese food and couldn't drive to the San Gabriel Valley and before the current proliferation of Vietnamese restaurants in the Inland Empire. After a 7 or 8 year absence, the owner (and father of the family) remembered me. "You're the same, all that's changed is your face. Welcome back." The daughter Eileen now runs this place in Loma Linda.
I thought of this place because Matthew recently made me carmalized cat fish (or cat fish in a clay pot). There are two Vietnamese rice dishes which are the litmus test for a Vietnamese restaurant, the cat fish in a clay pot and lemongrass chicken. Both are delicious at A D^ong.
The Vietnamese iced coffee is made the way I prefer my iced coffee. You're given an individual coffee filter over a coffee cup with a well of condensed milk at the bottom and a glass of ice. Pour the excess water from your ice glass into your water glass so you don't have watered down iced coffee.
My Yelp Friend Hen A. is right when he points out that the entree names are a little diferent from other places so do read the description of the dish. A D^ong also has several vegetarian options, maybe because of it's location in Loma Linda, where there's a large Seventh-Day Adventist community.
Hidden gem! After a gruling day at the VAMC the last thing we wanted to eat was something from the canteen or the LomaLinda Library paste that passes for vegatarian in these parts. We were very pleasantly surprised at the quiet reserved serene ambience that was like still water in hell. We appatised on chicken crispy spring rolls that were crispy light and meaty with a cool wrap of cilantro and garden fresh mint (They grow their own 5 varieties of mint.. very rare and wonderful in this age of trucked in everything!) After that we had the lemongrass calamari and shrimp flat noodle dish. Both were above average in flavor and presentation. The vegetables were absolute perfection and the sauces were heavenly. The portions weren't large but I wouldn't call them overpriced at all. We had room for dessert so had the sweet rice and mango and also the fried bannana and cocconut ice cream. Both were fabulous with seasame seed and mint garnish on the cream covered sweet rice and just right mango and the chocolate drizzled plate containing essentially a whole bannana wrapped in eggroll wrappers and fried and arranged around the most decacadent coconut ice cream ever. this was garnished with a cherry, mint and rolled cookies that stuck up like antenna! it was really something to see but they didnt last too long as we both sampled these delights into oblivion. The service was lesirely but because of the earlier frazzle had been replaced with calm contentment it didnt really register as a problematic situation. As we were finishing more and more people piled in and we lingered outside after finishing. enjoying the planted garden with the mints in question and a lovley pond and even large whisky barrel pots of reedlike bamboo with post gastronomic afterglow. it was truly lovely and will be repeated as often as we are in the neighborhood!
This is an upscale Vietnamese restaurant serving typical Vietnamese food at steep prices. The decor and ambiance are decent, and the food is typical. The service is horrible. If you come for lunch, t's pretty much guaranteedt hat one person will not have gotten his/her food by the time everyone else has finished dining. Also, we once found a hair in the filet pho, and told the waitstaff. The waiter told us he'd get us another bowl. The bowl he gave us the second time had either the same hair in it, or another hair. That was totally disgusting. I guess if you don't feel like making the trek either to Riverside or to the ghetto which is San Bernardino for Vietnamnese food, this place will satisfy cravings. But personally, I'd rather go to the ghetto for my food fix than spend too much money for crappy service. This place gets 2 Inland Empire stars.
There are so many good dishes here. A quintessential favorite is the beef cubed steak. My favorite is the beef grape leaves. Essentially making your own summer rolls. It can be shared with a group as an appetizer. It's fun and delicious. My favorite chicken dish is the kung pao chicken. Seems so much better than the classic chinese kung pao chicken. There are many good vegetarian options too. Lemongrass with tofu, braised/soft tofu in brown sauce. Eggplant is just ok in my opinion.
I really like the pho here, but some of my more die hard friends claim it strays from true vietnamese pho in many ways.
Prices have been rising over the past few years but are still reasonable.
They can also hold large parties.
Their service can be a little slow during peak times.
vietnamese cuisine....standard rice plates rangin' from five spice chicken to cubed steak....noodle choices...rice vermicelli...pho combo...spicy seafood noodle soup....chicken noodle soup..'n' more......"crispy spring rolls" (fried egg rolls)......"summer rolls" (spring rolls)....
menu item naming not standard..far from the norm..."americanized" naming....catering to non-vietnamese...presumed....restaurant is clean...service gentle and reserved.....not the average fast paced 'n' loud vietnamese joint.....one order of crispy spring rolls comes with individual small plates and individual bowls for fishsauce dippin'....double dip as you please...."americanized"....
food average.....portions petty....pricing few cents higher....rice plates or most items priced around $7 before tax 'n' tip...great for vietnamese dining...without the standard vietnamese atmosphere....
I enjoyed A Dong. There aren't many Vietnamese places in the eastern Inland Empire (read: this is all I know of in Loma Linda/Redlands/Yucaipa/Banning/Calimesa/Cabazon). I'm not Vietnamese so I don't know that this wouldn't be a nice option for a student at LLU craving some (however bastardized) Vietnamese, food. However, I went as a food adventurer which is all I have to distinguish me. Anyway, one time went with the family for a birthday and as noted by other reviewers, it's a pretty low-key atmosphere, quite formalized and austere. Everyone enjoyed their food. They make the most of a limited floor space and A Dong is quite popular in Loma Linda. Can't really comment to the quality of the food as compared to other Vietnamese restaurants, but my taste buds were quite satisfied.
The food was pretty good. The prices are a little more than the other place they used to have in Colton. I would give them a 4, but they messed up on my last couple of to go orders. The last time I ordered a noodle soup and they didn't give me noodles, just the soup.
Food itself was quite delicious but it's hard for me to pay more than $5 for a bowl of pho coming from norcal. The chicken pho was delicious with clear broth, white meat chicken, and noodles. It came with basil, sprouts, lime ($7). The bf ordered the lunch special lemongrass chicken which came with rice, salad, and a bean soup ($7.25). Everything was delicious but the rice plate portion was small and I'm not sure he would've been full if I hadn't given him the rest of my pho. I'd come back here though since there doesnt seem to be a lot of Vietnamese options around here.
This Vietnamese place is great! The prices are reasonable, the atmosphere is nice and somewhat upscale, and the food was very tasty.
I definitely recommend getting one of the soups to share as an appetizer, well-priced for lots of good food.
i went to this restaurant down the street from my parents. we have gone to the first one a long time ago when i was really young but back then they used MSG and i would get major headaches so i never went back. anyways, for starters we ordered the cripsy spring rolls (it comes in chicken or vegetarian) we order chicken...it comes with a light sweet sauce and you can add chili if you want it a little more spicy. the spring rolls came with tons of vegetables like green leaf lettuce, cilatro, mint leaves and you wrap the veggies around the spring rolls and you drip it in the yummy lightly sweet spicy sauce. we also ordered their signature entree which is the call the Table Grill...you grill the meat yourself we ordered the beef, this includes lettuce, cucubmer slices, bean sprouts, pickled carrots, daikon, cilatro, mint leaves and rice paper for wrapping everything up together and then you dip it in the same sauce as the spring rolls. our last order was the chicken clay pot rice...it was cooked in a clay pot and the rice was mixed with soy sauce, mushrooms, lily flower roots...that was tastey. so i will definitely go back to this number 2 restaurant since they don't use MSG anymore...no more headaches for me :) just great vietnamese food.
