Springly — Restaurant in Fresno

Good rule of thumb, "modern" in a restaurant sense means bland, overpriced, and void of a lot of what made it traditionally tasty. Springly accomplishes what most "modern" takes on traditional cusine does: let you down at a price that makes you bitter.

You won't find many Vietnamese people over 50 in the place. And that's because they inherently know that you can't make great food better by charging more for subtracting quality. Instead you'll be surrounded by man buns, frayed jeans and jorts, shirts with bands they've never actually listened to, neck beards, and dirty birkenstock and flip flop cradled feet. It clearly caters to young people who can narcissitically instagram how culturally hip they are because they've had "ban me"

Springly chooses, instead, to substitute quality of food for "atmosphere." This is also subjective. New paint and chrome rarely leads to tasty Vietnamese food. Stains on the walls, slippery floors from spilled greasy goodness, and sticky tables are the hallmark of delicious Vietnamese food. There is a serious waste of space in the dining area. The line to order doesn't flow and creates a traffic jam near the register and bathroom.

Preface the food review: their bread is really really good. Fresh and soft.

The food was OK. The pho banhmi was pretty good. There just wasn't a lot of it for almost 20 bucks. Their pho broth wasn't too bad, though. This would be the only thing I could recommend and not feel guilty.

The chicken banhmi was flat out plain. Don't waste your money.

The traditional banhmi looks traditional, but that's where it stops. There was almost no pate. And it was really plain as well.

Lastly the charbroiled spring rolls are ok. They're mostly lettuce. The curry sauce is good. But not good enough to warrant ordering spring rolls.

We all agreed we will probably not be back. At least purposefully. Maybe if we're hungry and at Kirklands.

They're catering to young cell phone addicts who think microwave trader Joe's meals are gourmet. They charge too much for mediocre food and pseudo...

I am going to be harsh. It is pretentious. It wants to be bougie but it's not. I see people ordering spring rolls that is like stuff with banh mi options. That different for sure. They do have banh mi option which I love. I really wanted to try the pho brisket, it sounded very good and I was willing to overlook the price of $18 for that sandwich versus the other sandwiches which costed $10. But once the gentleman pulled the bread loaf out of the plastic bag, I saw a 6 inch French bread, I quickly said that I'll take the lemongrass chicken instead. I am so glad that I did because that sandwich was so disappointing. As a fan of banh mi's the bread was really gummy. It was toasted but it lacked the crunch. The chicken however was super tasty. They needed to add more spread to help that bread out. I also had the chicken nuggets and fries. This was good and the price matched the food. The nuggets reminded me of Wendy's which is better than McDonald's but the fries were cooked to just right, crispy. There was no wow factor for me. The service was slow and I believe they even forgot my sandwich at one point. From what I saw the drinks are tiny and the cups that they serve the drinks in will make people think that it's cute. I don't buy cute, I buy quality and quantity. I will not be back...

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📍 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆: 𝚂𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢

🍽️ 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅: 𝙼𝚊𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝙴𝚒𝚜𝚙ä𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝙻𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎 & 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚊- 𝚂𝚙ä𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛

💸 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆: $𝟏𝟓 𝚃𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚕

⭐ 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: 5/5 ★

🔎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏: • 🍴 𝑻𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆: 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚘, 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚔, 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖, 𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝. 𝙳𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚎. 𝙼𝚢 𝚐𝚘-𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢-𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎! 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚜. 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝, 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝! | Rate 5/5 ★ 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚊, 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚔, 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖, 𝚜𝚎𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚝, 𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝 | Rate 5/5 ★

• 🎨 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝙱𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜. 𝙰𝚕𝚜𝚘, 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚜, 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 | Rate 5/5 ★ • 🍽️ 𝑷𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒊𝒛𝒆: Rate 5/5 ★ • 👥 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆: 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚏𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝚆𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝟻 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜. Rate 5/5 ★ • 🌿 𝑨𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚟𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 | Rate 5/5 ★ 💖 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒔: 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 (𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚢). 𝙸𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜. ⚡ 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔: 𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐! ✨ 𝑾𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝑰 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅? 𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝...