Kim's Café & Sandwiches — Restaurant in Albany

A great addition to eateries on Solano Ave - casual Vietnamese food that's long overdue! Cozy space, friendly & efficient service, and super fresh ingredients. Spring rolls are loaded with crispy greens and perfect rice noodles (not chewy or mushy!), and your choice of shrimp, meats, or tofu. I love that every dish has a vegetarian option, be it rice plates, noodle bowls or sandwiches. If you're looking for authentic Vietnamese noodle soups and other dishes, this is not your place. If you want fresh rolls and loaded sandwiches on Acme baguettes, or switch up your palate with tumeric noodles and delicate lemongrass seasonings, and enjoy your lunch in a nice relaxed environment, you need to try Kim's cafe. That you can get way full yet have money to spare on your lunch budget is a nice bonus! It's good, fresh, fast, and cheap -...

Five stars across the board - if you don't know about Kim's now you know. Food is always SO FRESH like the veggies all look like they were picked that morning. Very tasty, most people probably go for the banh mi's but don't sleep on the salads esp. pork which are VERY well portioned all around and a lot of protein. My personal favorite though is the combo noodle soup which is like a more delicately flavored and smaller portioned pho. It's like pho that you can eat in a reasonable time and you're not like dripping in head sweat at the end. I frequently seem to want Kim's on Monday, when they are closed, which is my only complaint. Friendly quick service and good...

Friendly staff, Low key dining room in back with an outside patio, sort of deli like tables in front. Great food! Had the BBQ pork sandwich, great flavor with good balance, the chicken noodle bowl, also great combination of flavors that combined well, and the pork noodle bowl, again great choice! The shrimp spring rolls are huge, mostly full of lettuce, a bit different than the ones in used to (with mint and carrots, more Thai style), the amount of Lettuce, noodles and rice wrapper was a little much in that there was not much inherent flavor, but paired with the yummy peanut sauce they were very tasty!...