Phở K & K — Restaurant in Berkeley

Hands down, the worst Vietnamese restaurant I have ever eaten at. Here are the reasons why:

1. The Vietnamese fish sauce is arguably the most important part of Vietnamese cuisine. Here, it's more like fish sauce and sugar, diluted with water. There are no chili, lime or garlic taste in it whatsoever.
2. Food lacks flavor - I had the rice with lemongrass pork chop. The pork chop lacked any flavour whatsoever. It definitely has not been marinated and the taste of chili and lemongrass was lacking. We also had the Pho - the soup was too sweet and it wasn't made from bone broth (more like flavour packs). They also provide too little herbs (i.e. Thai basil). Lastly, the pho noodle is also not the correct type of noodle.
3. The accompanying salad consisted of Spinach, parseley and dill - three ingredients which made absolutely no sense in a Vietnamese dish. On its own, the salad would have been average, but altogether it was just confusing.
4. I hereby dedicate an entire point to the papaya salad - the papaya was cut too thick so it stopped being crunchy and started to become slightly chewy - an adjective you never want to use on a salad. Again, the herbs was lacking, and the fish sauce was bad.

However, it is not a total disaster - whilst the pork chop lacked flavour, it tasted fresh and not dry. The same with the beef in the Pho - the meat had a good texture to it. The service was good - we were given a big glass of water soon after we sat down and the food arrived within 10 minutes.

Nonetheless, it was the worst Vietnamese meal I have ever had. Despite a lack of Vietnamese restaurants in Berkeley, I would not be returning. After returning home, I regret finishing the food. My very-Asian body feels violated by the food, and I am currently eating two whole Romaine Hearts in an effort to expel the food from my body in my next...

Ordered the papaya salad, NEM NƯỚNG CUON and number 14 pho…I came cold and pretty hungry so I’d think I’d be happy with almost anything but the place was almost shockingly bad. Our nem noung cong was literally spam in a spring roll and they tried to tell us that it was minced ground pork compressed. We requested the shrimp spring roll instead and it was topped with 2 shrimp halves and stuffed with only lettuce and rice inside. Our papaya salad which i understand is normally more light than the thai version was just shredded papaya with no seasoning. The only sauce was fish sauce and when I asked abt the chili fish sauce described on the menu for the item the lady somewhat argued with me and brought me out another dish with plain fish sauce and sambal separately. The pho was mediocre at best and very little meat given for a 15 dollar bowl of pho. No limes either with the pho:// normally don’t leave negative reviews and I understand restaurants needing to watch sizes with tight margins but it feels like we were scammed out of our money at this place. Definitely would not...

I ordered Mi - Hu Tieu Dac Biet from uber eats. The description on every available platform is, "choice of egg noodle or rice noodle and a combination of fish balls, shrimp balls, shrimp, sliced of slow-cooked pork, and green leafy vegetables of the day."

Attached is an image of what I received. No pork, no greens, barely any fish balls. When I called, I was informed that the menu had been updated (for no one but them) to disclude pork. The "vegetables of the day" were the basil included with all pho orders.

No apology, acknowledgement, nothing. I didn't want free food, but an apology might have been nice. Even acknowledging that the menu was grossly misleading.

To make these overpriced rice noodles even better I was sick immediately after eating. My partner's dish...