Saigon Noodle House — Restaurant in Goleta

1st time here. Decided to give this place a try for lunch. It's big and pretty spacious. Has plenty of settings and tables. There was a good amount of people in there this afternoon. That's a pretty good sign.

Before going to the food I just want to put this out there. The white dude with the little chain around his neck, if you're reading this, please just quit. I see the way you questioned us, your tone of voice, the way you hand customers their drinks and the way you approach customers is not a good look. When folks thank you for providing service, be nice and respond back. Don't just walk off with that little pout on your face. When I came up to pay the bill, you ask us in the most rudest way possible. That is until I responded back disrespectfully to you. You simmered down your attitude a bit. Let this be a lesson. One day you might disrespect the wrong person and that individual may...

Worst service in the world! Management does not realize that by skimping on paying for adequate staff he/she is losing business. I waited 35 minutes for one noodle dish (take out.) While waiting for my food, I witnessed a man and his wife complain to waitress that they waited 40 minutes to get their food. Two other couples left after sitting at a table and waiting for service (non arrived.) When I went to the counter to tell waitress I was waiting for an order that I paid for 30 minutes ago, she went into the kitchen--first she couldn't find my order and then everyone in the restaurant heard her yelling at the cook to fix my order. Not enough staff--the two waitresses on duty (no busyboy or cashier) were doing the best they could with a full house. I will...

The food was extremely salty! I got Pho Tai ($9.50) and the broth came out very dark and a lot of msg as it made me thirsty. We also got rice with bbq pork and egg loaf ($10.50). It’s regular steam rice not broken rice. The meat was not grilled, it was pan fried and really tough. It was salty and so was the egg loaf and fish sauce.

I had to squeeze a lot of lemon into my broth. I have to admit that this place was busy.

I was also disgusted that they reuse take out paper menus. The bathroom was also dirty and no more hand soup. I hope the employees have another sink that they use because the soap bottle was completely out and someone prior had poured water in to dilute it. Didn’t work, it’s...