Viet's Restaurant — Restaurant in Denver

This is for Marie Walker…..review on 1/22/23 Chinese Lunar Nee Year. I was actually at the table next to you & could hear how unhappy you were the whole time & knew you were going to right a “bad” review…yep I was right. First of all, the place was packed with customers & festivities so all the waitstaff were moving nonstop trying to do their jobs. Yes, the food was coming out slower than usual but I also heard 3 of them apologized to you profusely. I also heard how unhappy you were that the “Asian Center” was celebrating their new year…. Why did you enter when you saw that most of everything was blocked off and fireworks hanging, and lions & dragons were forming a line….didn’t that give you a clue that your dining experience might not be what’d you expect? No one else around you seemed to mind that it was a little loud, a little noisy and the service was a bit slow. I watched other tables around us with their dishes coming out slow and their waters not being refilled promptly, but no one seemed to mind as much. Everyone was enjoying the show…It was just “your” table that was on fire! I saw that all your dishes , and waters did eventually come out with the waiter continuously apologizing. But it wasn’t enough and you were still mad. I saw that poor waiter running to grab you whatever he forgot because he was doing like 10 other things. Surely, your service wouldn’t have been this “horrible” hadn’t it been a special event. So maybe have some compassion for “people” when you know that they tried to do their best and not have the whole world...

Got dayam! Hotter than a clam!

Imagine this, it's 1973. Your mom, your dad, his brother, his mother, his sister, and his nephew are evading the Viet Cong in South Vietnam. They're chased into the lush jungle and find an old shack with a bunker hidden under the shanty floor slats. Somehow it's fully stocked with vegatable canned foods and water for years. Scared for their lives, they stay put.

A couple months into hiding, you were born. For 13 long years you and your family believe the war to be ongoing and ration off the canned food bit by bit, it's all you know. You've never seen the sun nor have ever felt crust of a warm baguette in your hand.

Suddenly the bunker doors open from the outside and local villagers tell you that the war was over 11 years ago. They take you to their village and feed you customary pairing of Canh Chua (sour soup) and Ca Kho To (braised catfish).

It's glorious. You then see the light as if heaven was in your mouth. 13 years of your life was stolen from you because you have never tasted such a magnificent pairing of food.

But hey, there was also an Atari in the bunker and you became an expert at Pong and later win a world tournament of Pong Atari to win a million...

When first arriving I was seated by a server/host. I didn't have a wait time, which is nice. Not many people are dining at this place. I ordered 37, it's like a grilled chicken bowl. Topped with peanut sauce. I loved the chicken on top and the noodles. I didn't really like the cucumber salad that was underneath. I feel like a lot of other people would enjoy the dish more it wasn't bad, I just don't think it was for my taste buds. Like I can see someone else really enjoying this dish. I also got the cheese wontons, they don't have crab wontons. The cheese 🧀 wontons are absolutely delicious, would definitely order again. The servers are nice, and friendly. They, I think it's like a bottomless tea thing they refill on. I absolutely love whatever tea ☕ they are serving, and I ain't talking gossip. I got peach lemonade, I liked it. I wish they would lighten up on the syrup. It was too heavy for my liking. When I think of peach lemonade, it's something light on a summer day. I ended up putting my tea into my peach lemonade at the end to water it down some. I would like for them to work on lighting the lemonades they serve. Overall, I would definitely dine here again to try...