Spice Saigon
Spice Saigon
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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My husband and I were walking around the area looking for a cozy spot for lunch. We saw Spice Saigon and said hmm, maybe they'll have some good Viet food. Decided to go in and try it because we saw the $8.95 lunch special and truly, it's not a bad deal in this neighborhood with the amount of food you get.
We walked in and was surprised by how cute and modern it was inside! Felt super clean and plenty of seating. The place is pretty popular for lunch but clears out quickly. We ordered the pho beef soup and grilled chicken platter. The soup was just okay. Big portion, comes with usual ingredients that you can add into your soup like mint and bean sprouts, accompanying sauces and typical noodle and beef slices. The broth threw me off. It's not like the usual Viet style broth. It's not bad for a quick lunch but if you're looking for authentic Viet style broth, go somewhere else and probably not in midtown.
The grilled chicken was really good and well flavored. It came with the option of brown or white rice which was nice. A lot of food! Both dishes came with a salad or soup. The salad was delicious. I like how finely sliced the lettuce was and the fish sauce style dressing on top. All in all, good lunch spot for a quick, sit down meal.
A few days ago I ordered takeout from Spice Saigon, based on a friend's recommendation. According to him I had to try the diced beef. My expectations were definitely made.
The diced beef dish had the perfect balance of tangy and savory. Along with the diced beef, I had ordered the beef satay for myself. The Satay beef was a bit more disappointing, but only because I'm biased against raw onions. The bottom of the takeout pan was mostly raw onions and some bean sprouts. Other than the onions (which I picked out), the satay flavor was amazing. I loved the fact that the sauce wasn't perfectly smooth. A chunky satay sauce with real peanuts over rice is one of the great pleasures in life. I am really glad that this place is here in close proximity to the hospital. I will be ordering from them again.
On the negative side, it did seem a bit pricy. The diced beef dish is $16.95 and the satay beef was $13.95. All in all though, it's definitely better than hospital food.
The curry soup is good, the lemon grass chicken was not. That's the best I can do. It is a cheap, quick and for me personally nearby but it is just mediocre as far as food, service, decor.
Nothing special here. Came here out of convenience, the place was half way between my apartment and my friend's place, and it looked cute from the outside. While the staff was friendly and accommodating, the food was bland. My friend and I split a summer roll. The flavor that came through more than anything was the wax food paper that holds the roll together. I was so hungry that I finished mine, but my friend put hers down.
For the main meal, I got curry chicken. It was pretty flavorless, and seemed to have more tofu than the chicken that I asked for. It didn't taste bad–it just wasn't good. And with the ton of East Asian options in the area, there would be no reason to come back here. Giving two stars because of the friendly staff and the filling portions.
Good lunch specials.
YUM!
Come in and have some authentic food!
Great pricing and the service was faster than most places.
No place to really wait when you are wanting to be seated but really just a fine place to have a healthy lunch and dish!
Me and my two friends really wanted to sit and have the view of the street but we were tucked in the back -and it was Fine!
This place is just OK. Prices are good, but it does not taste like authentic Vietnamese food. It takes like Chinese food with Vietnamese ingredients. The ambience was nice and the service was pretty good.
1. Summer roll: Not bad. 4 large pieces of shrimp in two rolls.
2. Fish soup: Overall, I enjoyed the tender fish in this dish, but the presentation could be better. In addition, it just didn't taste Vietnamese!
3. Shrimp fried rice: You have a choice of white or fried. We thought we wanted a little more flavor so opted for this. It's good fried rice!
4. Spicy chicken: This tasted like heavy greasy Chinese food. Not a huge fan.
5. Saigon noodles: I guess there was the flavor of curry, but again, not authentic tasting. Portions are decent.
6. Fish dish (forgot the actual name): The pieces of fish are good, but you have to dig through all those toppings to find them!
I think overall it's a decent restaurant. I guess the issue is that it's not run by Vietnamese people, so the taste is not Vietnamese. I also had issue with the fact that they had no idea how to pronounce the menu items. I came with a Vietnamese friend, and they could not understand her when she asked for the dishes. Not a huge deal, but I thought that was kind of weird…
This place has a great lunch special every day of the week. For $8, you can get a good portion of food plus soup/salad. The soup is sweet and sour, and is good but gets old after the 10th time having it. My favorite meal is the singapore noodles–it comes with chicken and shrimp.
This is a newer restaurant (4-5 months), and owners are still figuring out the kinks. Aka once they gave out my pickup food to another person on accident. They also don't know how to handle rush time, and they're scrambling then. However, this is a nice, family-owned restaurant, and it's one of the few places I tip at for pickup because it's a good spot and I hope it sticks around.
Came here with my bro during our lunch break from work. We got here at around 1 and there were still a couple of seats available. It's not a big restaurant but I wouldn't consider it a hole in the wall either. Service was very nice and attentive for the most part with the exception of the guy in the front. My bro asked to split the check but the guy replied by saying that we can just pay separately on one check in a very rude way, which I found unnecessary…As for the food, not even close to being authentic. We got the Lemongrass chicken lunch special and it honestly tasted like Chinese take out food with a few Viet flavors added to it. It comes with either a hot and sour soup or a salad. I got the soup and I really liked the sourness of it. $12 (tax and tip included) for a pretty filling meal so I would say it's ok, especially for the UES. Won't be back because the taste of the food didn't impress me.