San's Sandwiches — Restaurant in Gladstone

As the Pagoda Plaza on North Oak keeps expanding, I like to pop by to see what's new. This time I grabbed a bahn mi combination and some bun bo hue from San's Sandwiches.

I came in about 1:30 and placed my take out order. There was only one table with a couple and another customer getting take out. One of the reasons for the low stars is the language barrier. I'm sure I wasn't pronouncing things correctly but there was a huge barrier in just placing my order. The English skills of the two ladies was really nonexistent. After pointing and some repeating we got there but it was a bit of a hassle.

It took about 20+ minutes to get my order which seemed like a long time for not being busy. While one lady made my sandwich I believe she microwaved my baguette to warm it up but it just made it dry, stale and unpleasant to eat. The fillings were plentiful and tasty but overall not good because of the bread.

The bun bo hue was packed well and I like the texture of the noodles they used. The broth built up the heat as you ate it but I didn't think it was that flavorful other than the spice and the fresh herbs I added. There was also a kind of funkiness from fish sauce or something that I didn't really like. I'm no expert at bun bo hue, I've probably only had it once before so I don't know if that's what it's supposed to taste like but I don't think I'd get it again.

With incredibly better noodle soup a few doors down I think you can skip this place unless you're really craving a bahn mi. You can get 2 for $8 if you...

They sold me rotten dessert!!!! My husband and I drove an hour to get take out at Sans for lunch and had a horrible experience. We had this place before and it was pretty good, which is why we decided to go again.

When I was waiting for my pickup order, I asked them about their desserts in the front fridge. After I chose one, one of the ladies got the attention of another lady that works there, and pointed at something in the cup. They started speaking Vietnamese to one another. It seemed like something was a little off, but they didn’t mention it to me, and they still decided to sell it.

When I got home I put it in the fridge and later on my husband and I decided to share it. He took the first bite and immediately threw up everywhere. After smelling the contents in the cup I realized it was spoiled/rotten. I called Sans and the lady I spoke with didn’t seem to care and basically said I should drive there for a “replacement”. I will no longer trust their food and won’t be coming back again. I’ve included some photos to show the dessert. You can tell it was probably sitting there awhile. Hopefully this doesn’t happen to...

Tonight, I paid a visit to San's Sandwich's, in Gladstone. It wasn't my first time eating Vietnamese food, but it was my first-time eating Pho.

I started with Hoi Cuon (Spring Rolls) and Peanut Sauce. The rolls came four to an order. I have had peanut sauce in the past but never one like this. There was a thick peanut sauce in the bottom of the bowl with some peanut chunks on top of that with little bit of a red paste that had a nice hint of spice to it. I mixed all three together and put a nice smear of that mixture on each bite of roll. I was in peanut heaven.

For the Pho I ordered Pho Dac Biet, a beef and rice noodle soup. In a huge bowl they brought me a tender chunks and slices of beef, enough rice noodles to feed three large men, and covered that with a rich beef broth that had a hint of mint to it. I loved every drop of it!

Well Done San's Sandwich's!

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