Golden River

A place to ago when you wanna just get what you order and be left alone. No upselling, just a quick eye to eye contact if you need anything from the staff. Food is simple, delicious, with nothing fancy.

We’ve been looking for a good bowl of pho for a long time and were quite disappointed. Their menu is a mix of Cantonese and Vietnamese, we wouldn’t have gone if it wasn’t recommended by my auntie. Their pho is easily the best on the island!!! You can smell the spices the second it’s brought out of the kitchen. Good portion of meat and each bite is very tasty. Service is good. Found out the owner is Vietnamese born Cantonese, hence the menu.

It has been a while since I have found a very good Vietnamese restaurant that still offers authentic dishes, true taste, no skipping on ingredients, and generous portions at a reasonable price. Of course I had to go to Chinatown and the most sketchiest part to find it, but it was well worth it. Located at the end of Chinatown at the corner or River and N. King it isn't exactly the most pleasant of locations. The building as well as the surroundings are rather dubious and ominous in appearance. However, despite as bad as everything looks, it is safe and once you get inside, you are in a cute little well kept restaurant being taken care of very friendly staff. I ordered the Spicy Beef Noodle Soup also know as Bún Bò Huế. What an amazing soup. It was spicy, but not like rocket launching blow your head off. Of course I added a good heaping spoonful of there incredible homemade chili sauce because I do like it rocket launching. The broth flavor was rich with lot of great meat tidbits of various sorts. It was also a lot larger than I expected and if had know the size would be so generous, would have probably gone for the medium size. The spring rolls that I also got were very fresh and you could tell made with care. I like the fact that you could order a small plate of 2 and it still came with all the fixings that come with Vietnamese spring rolls to make lettuce wraps. Be brave and head down to check this place out. It really is worth it.

Seriously the best Vietnamese food I’ve ever had in my life to date. I’m a foodie. I love good food and you wouldn’t be disappointed in this place at all. We had the bahn mi roll up, the Vietnamese crepe, summer rolls and the bahn mi sandwich. Everything is served with a pile of fresh mint and Thai basil which gives the food the classic Thai freshness that just makes it so amazing. Totally worth the journey to this place. The owners were very friendly and the service was great.

I had an awesome bowl of oxtail Pho, and our party was pleased with all of our choices. The restroom is in a sketchy courtyard accessed thru the (a bit too) authentic kitchen... Eat first, or the restroom journey may scare you away :-)