Bee BanhMi — Restaurant in Cary

I don’t know how Bee Banh Mi even manages to stay open with the kind of food they serve. I ordered the fried rice thinking it would at least be safe, but what I got was a greasy, oily disaster that barely passed as edible. Every bite was like chewing through clumps of hardened rice that had clearly been sitting around for hours, if not days. Instead of being fluffy or fresh, the grains were hard, rubbery, and stuck together like glue—so dense and chewy that I genuinely worried about breaking a tooth.

The grease level was nauseating. The rice was swimming in oil, leaving a disgusting film on my tongue and lips, the kind of heaviness that coats your stomach and makes you regret every bite. By the time I was halfway through, the bottom of the container had pooled into a slick puddle of orange-tinted oil, as if the chef dumped an entire gallon of cheap cooking oil straight into the wok and called it a day.

The flavor? Nonexistent—unless you count “burnt grease” as a flavor profile. No balance, no seasoning, nothing remotely close to the savory, smoky taste fried rice should have. It felt lazy, careless, and completely disrespectful to customers. It wasn’t even comfort food bad—it was stomach-turning bad.

It honestly blows my mind how anyone in that kitchen thought this was acceptable to serve. Bee Banh Mi isn’t just disappointing—it’s a scam of a restaurant churning out bottom-of-the-barrel food drenched in oil and disguising it as something authentic. Save yourself the money, the indigestion, and the regret. This place is...

A great place for a cheap lunch or dinner that comes with a LOT of delicious food. For the $10 lunch special (only $10, CRAZY) you get a sandwich, fries or chips, and a drink. I usually get the grilled pork Banh Mi lunch special. The bread is nice and crispy, the meat is tender and flavorful, and the pickled veggies snap and bring the whole thing together. The fries are also delicious with this creamy, spicy sauce that's super addictive. It also comes with a tea or smoothie of your choice and my absolute favorite is the strawberry tea. So sweet and cold and refreshing! I've also had their pork bao and they were also out of this world delicious. The buns were addictively soft and the meat just made me say MMM with every bite. I honestly am still blown away by the prices of this food because the taste is such high quality.

All of the staff are delightful, especially the owner, Nancy, who I adore talking to every time I see her. She treats everyone like her best friend, including the staff and I love to see it. Love to see happy staff and love to eat great food and this place definitely has GREAT food. Highly recommend.

EDIT 10/2024: This food still slaps hard. The pho is flavorful and is great if you have a cold (or even if you don't). The new menu items are also amazing. The egg rolls are crispy and the meat inside is well seasoned and juicy. The coffee, though? Some of the best coffee I've ever had. Got it with the sandwich meal and it hit the spot. Creamy, slightly sweet with a hint of bitterness, absolutely...

Let me start by saying, I LOVE Vietnamese food and if I had to choose one cuisine to eat for the rest of my life it would be Vietnamese, OKAY! But absolutely NOT this Vietnamese food. I mean, just EW! I'm VERY surprised this place has 4+ stars. Maybe I ordered the wrong thing, but the ban mi meat was dry. Like... jerky dry. I couldn't tell you what kind of meat it was if it were a blind tasting. Then it was covered in sauce in attempts to rehydrate it - flavor of the sauce was okay, but the bun was overall pathetic. My partner ordered me some kind of shrimp rice dish with lettuce and shredded carrot? that was to say. Disgusting! Dry/overcooked rice, dry/gamy shrimp with some kind of coating that didn't not help it's texture one bit. The lettuce was partially wilted from the steam of the rice and the "sauce" that came with it was funky and not in a good way. Then there were the rice paper rolls that sent me all the way over... never have I ever had rolls so unappealing in my life. It was almost as if they pre made them and they just sat... ALL DAY. There was no bright flavors or satisfying crunch that these rolls are so famous for. Just soggy and disappointing. I prayed the sauce would help as much as it looked like my infants poop diaper. In fact it made me want to throw up. That "peanut sauce" or whatever that was is almost Nutella-esq, again, not I'm a good way. Grotesquely sweet and synthetic. The store bought sushi that I originally asked for would have been...