Mekong Restaurant — Restaurant in Calgary

I judge Vietnamese restaurants by their Pho Sate, which I rate as mediocre at the Mekong. Definitely nothing to write home about. They don't use peanuts in their sate, which I found extremely odd. For appetizers, we ordered the chicken wings. They were bland and lacked flavour. Yeah yeah, wings aren't typical appetizers at Vietnamese restaurants, but we didn't order the spring rolls on account of their picture on the menu as they looked lacking and small. My mom and cousin ordered the #27 beef stew soup with vermicelli as their entree. I had a taste and wished I had ordered that instead. The broth was very good with large chunks of meat. Even my cousin's little girl was drinking the broth.

The service was good and the prices were very reasonable. Four soups and an order of chicken wings came out to $42. It was my first visit to the Mekong, but I am willing to give it another chance. I suspect the 4.9 out of 5.0 ratings are from regular patrons who know what to order off the menu. Interestingly, they had goat on the menu. Again, not something I'd expect to see in a Vietnamese restaurant. For such a highly rated restaurant, it was odd that it wasn't very busy at 6pm...

Went for lunch with my fiancee and ordered #38. I ate the top part meat and stuff and it was fine but as soon as I went to eat the rice vermicelli they were so overcooked I could not use chopsticks to pick them up. I tried to show the guy working their and he is still got mad when I asked to have the noodles and only the noodles replaced. He tossed the dish and someone brought me a bowl of plain noodles. I only wanted the noodles in the bowl scraped out and replaced with something that was not mush. When I went to pay I was then told that I should not come back. I will not come back because of rude service and they can't cook noodles. I would not normally say anything but because of the...

First off, the food is absolutely amazing, not knock your socks off but feels very at home and despite the soft and simple flavour I find myself with an empty plate at the end. The service is also amazing, they are so nice and quick to help, they also would love to talk when I came alone. They also are extremely quick even during lunch rush usually taking half the time of a big restaurant. The atmosphere feels as if I’m in a Vietnamese household and has this very at home feel that puts you at ease. I recommend to stop by and enjoy their food if you are in the area and it’s honestly worth the trip as I’m a far drive away and still try to go when I crave...