Persuasian Restaurant — Restaurant in Charlotte

I frequent to restaurants often and used to live in a city filled of wonderful ethnic cuisines (Houston, TX).

We love going to Lang Van; however, since we moved out of NODA to Dilworth area, there wasn’t a lot of options.

Google had Persuasion at a 4.3 stars so we gave it a shot. We were fairly DISAPPOINTED. The customer service and the restaurant ambiance (clean restaurant and clean bathroom, great date night lighting) was on point; however, the food was HORRIBLE. IT was VERY BLAND. $30 for 2 appetizers and 2 entrees wouldn’t be a bad deal if we could stomached the food. The steam dumplings was the ONLY GOOD thing we ate there; however, if you buy a frozen dumpling bag from Trader Joes, it would taste similar. The Kung Pao Edamame taste bland- the sauce wasn’t soaked in the edamame long enough. I’m Vietnamese and know what PHO tastes like. The broth and the ingredients provided in addition to the noodle bowl was a joke. It was like water down beef broth. Since the weather has been a bit chilly, a bowl of Pho would hit the spot. This Pho bowl made me want to run the other direction. I was utterly DISAPPOINTED. My boyfriend order the Chicken Pad Thai, the sauce taste water down. I’m not sure if this is a gimmick for this restaurant to save costs to serve water down sauces in their dishes. The waiter noticed we barely ate our food and did not provide any alternative (comp our meal or ask if we wanted to order something else instead). I DEIFINTELY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND...

CLASSICS with a surprising and funky menu. We were celebrating a few things modestly and read in another review to ask for the lemon something or another (if I'm able to, I'll follow up with the punchline plate :/ ) The seating was comfortable and the atmosphere a mello, vibrant vibe with a staff that acted as if they created their own Cheers-esque Asian-sports bar dripping with a funked down tempo feng shui.I'm not an expert cuisine taster or food connoisseur, but I'd recommend this is you are a Pho fan/Hot & Sour sap or want a small, chill, dimmly-lit place to read and eat, celebrate an anneversary, study, or drink and watch a game on the TV.

Our waitress, Dani, was a doll. She was friendly and personable unto sharing a bit about her background to relate to us, then sent us on our way to a bar literally around the corner and under the establishment we just left.

Open later than 9 Casual or "metro-dressy" Small with generous seating options Approachable staff that aim to...

We have known Chi since he worked with his brother-in-law, Phong at Zen. We were excited to find out that he opened his own restaurant. We used to live in Charlotte, but are now in Vermont, so we had to wait until we came back down to try it out. I tried it out last summer when I was down and my wife, Lorraine, got to go for the first time last night. I am amazed at how good it is. Zen is also great, but Chi and his dad out do Zen for Asian. The appetizers look fantastic and taste even better. The main dishes are meals that you will think about over and over days after you have eaten them. They will call you back over and over again. The price point is excellent. Persuasian has moved right up amount my list of top restaurants for when we are in Charlotte. Like Zen, where we have always had good meals and good times over the years (we are in Charlotte pretty regularly), we now have Persuasian also, but with even better food. If you have not tried the restaurant,...