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Vietnamese Restaurant Reviews
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The Slanted Door
1 Ferry Building
at The Embarcadero
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$$$$$
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3.5
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Walking into the Slanted Door is like walking into a trendy hip restaurant in NYC with buzzing energy. Before I even get into the unique and delightful smells coming from the kitch.. >
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Bong Su
311 3rd St.
at Folsom St.
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$$$$$
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My friend Margaret from Hawaii was in town this week for some business meetings, so we got together for dinner on Tuesday. I decided to pick a place within walking distance of her .. >
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Tu Lan
8 6th St.
b/w Market & Mission St.
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$$$$$
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A friend of ours' company moved to the city and he now works sort of near us. Giao met him for lunch at a central location which happens to be one of the best lunch spots around. .. >
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Le Colonial
20 Cosmo Pl
b/w Post & Sutter
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$$$$$
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2.5
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After Cafe Claude, we decided to get a real meal at Le Colonial, a French-Vietnamese place with a great open-air veranda. Since it was such a beautiful day it was great to enjoy a.. >
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Out the Door
1 Ferry Building
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$$$$$
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ou can’t help but fall in love with San Francisco on a day like today. While my East Coast friends are shoveling snow, I’m wondering whether the back of my neck is getting pink fro.. >
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Saigon Sandwiches
560 Larkin St.
b/w Turk & Eddy St.
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$$$$$
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I have a tendency of always having something to nibble or sip on in the midst of studying for finals. I like to think it helps to keep me focused. Anyway, I'm grateful to be within.. >
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Wrap Delight
426 Larkin St.
b/w Turk St. & Golden Gate Ave.
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$$$$$
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Another day of refrigerator roulette. I had a hermetically sealed package of shrimp fried rice ($2.99) with bits of carrot, egg, green onion and a vinegar based dipping sauce. It w.. >
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Ana Mandara
891 Beach St.
at Polk St.
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$$$$$
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When you first walk into Ana Mandara, you are greeted by the feeling that you are not in a restaurant at all, but rather in a courtyard tucked away off the streets in Colonial Viet.. >
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Turtle Tower Restaurant
631 Larkin St.
b/w Ellis & Willow St.
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$$$$$
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Just a couple blocks north of San Francisco’s Civic Center area lies a strip of Vietnamese storefronts on Larkin Street. Though the neighborhood is not huge, the concentration of r.. >
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Tao Cafe
1000 Guerrero St.
at 22nd St.
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$$$$$
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Tao Cafe is a charming Vietnamese restaurant at the corner of 22nd and Guerrero, in a part of the Mission District that begins to take on a Noe Valley feel. The cuisine here is rea.. >
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Baguette Express
668 Larkin St.
at Ellis St.
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I thought that it was time that I checked out this Vietnamese "sandwich" shop on Larkin. I went in expecting the official greeting of the Banh Mi shop owners: "sandwiches?" Nothing.. >
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Evergreen Garden
3100 18th St.
at Harrison St.
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I’m sick. It seems I’ve contracted the creeping ick that’s been making the rounds at work. Everybody’s got it— we’re like a bunch of kindergarteners sharing crayons or something. F.. >
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Le Soleil
133 Clement St.
b/w 2nd & 3rd Ave.
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$$$$$
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My meal tonight has got to be one of the worst meals I've ever had. I have been a loyal customer of Le Soleil for many years, having tried most items on their menu, my favorite inc.. >
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Pho Phu Quoc (PPQ)
1816 Irving St.
at 19th Ave.
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$$$$$
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On those rare days when the mercury rises above 70? F (21? C) in San Francisco, N's and my default Short List choice is PPQ, which is abbreviated from Pho' Phú Quôc (1816 Irving St.. >
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Sai's
505 Washington St.
at Sansome St.
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$$$$$
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We had lunch at Sai's today, which is the closest, decent Vietnamese place near our office... >
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Thanh Long
4101 Judah St.
at 46th Ave.
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$$$$$
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5
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Well, I haven't been here in a long time but I realize I didn't miss much... >
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Turtle Tower Restaurant
5716 Geary Blvd
at 21st Ave.
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The first time my friend Helen told me about Turtle Tower, a place for Northern Vietnamese food right in the Tenderloin where I live, I immediately thought of the Teenage Mutant Ni.. >
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Vietnam II Restaurant
701 Larkin St.
at Ellis St.
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I knew we were in bad shape when our delayed flight took off at the time that our connecting flight did in Denver. This meant taking the late flight back to the Bay Area. Chubby an.. >
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Anh Hong
808 Geary St.
at Hyde St.
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For appetizers, we had Cha Gio Anh Hong (Imperial rolls) for $8.95, the special shrimp and beef salad (comprised of green papaya, cilantro, shrimp, and special vinegar-marinated be.. >
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Aux Delices
2327 Polk St.
at Green St.
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...is the chicken and caramel sauce in a clay pot at Aux Delices. Who knew you could eat freaking caramel sauce for dinner?! It's the ga kho, with chunks of sauteed chicken bathed .. >
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Bodega Bistro
607 Larkin St.
at Eddy St.
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It was chilly enough to go for a bowl of Pho for lunch. Bodega Bistro's version with chicken, rice noodles and scallions was just the thing. Tear up fresh basil leaves and plunk th.. >
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Golden Flower
667 Jackson St.
at Wenworth St.
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We decided to opt out of the mediocre office catering today on account of it being Giao's birthday. We needed a quick lunch and our favorite Vietnamese place is a bit too far. We t.. >
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Hai Ky Mi Gia
707 Ellis St.
at Larkin St.
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$$$$$
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If you're not Chinese or Vietnamese you will be a conspicuous consumer at this Noodle house. If you're not into soup, you should go somewhere else. It's all about slurping in this .. >
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Hung Ky
337 Jones St.
b/w Ellis & Eddy St.
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Hung Ky is one of those hidden find gems that survives entirely through word-of-mouth. It's a small and bright Vietnamese place in the Tenderloin and has a very limited menu--but w.. >
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Mangosteen
601 Larkin St.
at Eddy St.
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They added more tables to their little dining room at Mangosteen so now the servers perform a Cirque de Soleil act to feed the hungry crowd. Luckily, they are all slim enough to fi.. >
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Pagolac
655 Larkin St.
b/w Ellis & Willow St.
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About seven years ago, for about a year, a good friend of mine, her husband, and I embarked on a monthly "totally foreign food" outing, seeking out cuisines and dishes we'd never t.. >
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Pho Hoa Clement
239 Clement St.
b/w 3rd & 4th Ave.
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We usually spend one night a week under the blaring TV (always tuned to Wheel of Fortune) at Pho Clement. We always get fresh rolls or imperial rolls and pho tai. I love all Vietna.. >
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Pho Hoa Hung
425 Ellis St.
b/w Jones & Leavenworth St.
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Today’s chilly weather had Pho written all over it. I decided to try somewhere new and walked by some of my favorite Vietnamese soup places to check out Pho Hoa... >
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Pho Kim Long
807 Ellis St.
at Polk St.
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When it’s cold and rainy in the Tenderloin, there’s really only one thing to eat. Pho. Pho Kim Long Restaurant has only been open for a week, but this little Vietnamese eatery has .. >
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Them Ky
717 Ellis St.
at Larkin St.
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$$$$$
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The overcast City meant one thing today - Pho. It was time to try Them Ky. Dac Biet was served with a plate of bean sprouts, basil, sliced jalapeno peppers and limes. I have a thin.. >
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Yummy Yummy
1015 Irving St.
at 11th Ave.
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Well, I can't believe I didn't blog this restaurant. I was first introduced to this Vietnamese restaurant since 1999. And I never get tired of eating their delicious and very yummy.. >
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Zao Noodle Bar
2406 California St.
at Fillmore St.
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Yet another mediocre catered lunch at work. This time it was Zao's Noodle House. Needless to day, with our low carb diet, it was hard to find something at a noodle house... >
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Latte Express
48 5th St.
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Coffee/doughnut shop opens mega-early (4:00 A.M. local time) to serve a hash browns-inclusive breakfast burrito, all paper-wrapped and presented on a classy Styrofoam platter. They.. >
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Ngoc Mai
547 Hyde St.
b/w Geary & Mabel Aly
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Ngoc Mai is a Vietnamese restaurant, with an unassuming storefront just off Geary in the Tenderloin. On the outside, not much about it really draws you in, but a glance at the menu.. >
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Pho Hoa - Embarcadero Center
3 Embarcadero Center
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The cost rating of borderline $$ probably caught the attention of those who frequent pho joints. Unfortunately, this is not a typo. Embarcadero Center’s Pho Hoa does indeed charge .. >
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Umami
2909 Webster St
b/w Filbert St & Union St
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We decided to give Umami, a very new (as in a few weeks at most) place on Webster and Union, a shot. It was surprisingly good. Because they are new they are still suffering from a .. >
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Golden King
757 Clay St.
b/w Grant Ave. & Kearny St.
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Golden Star
11 Walter U Lum Pl
b/w Washington & Clay St.
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Kim Thanh
607 Geary St.
b/w Leavenworth & Jones St.
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La Vie
5830 Geary Blvd
b/w 22nd & 23rd Ave.
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Mai's
316 Clement St.
b/w 4th & 5th Ave.
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Minh Tri
534 Irving St.
b/w 6th & 7th Ave.
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My Canh
626 Broadway
at Grant Ave.
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New Saigon
915 Kearny St.
b/w Jackson St. & Pacific Ave.
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