The Vietnamese Kitchen — Restaurant in Hempfield Township

Not safe for celiacs or food allergies. I called ahead to ask if they could assure I didnt eat gluten. The person explained everything was gluten free was only rice noodles. Nothing on their menu is gluten free. They use fish and soy sauce w gluten. I explained this because they had packets of gluten free soy...however the hoisen sauce she brought to my table contained gluten. I recognized this. But the pad Thai absolutely had it in it. I was puking within an hour. I am itchy and have been sick since I left. The bill was 70 and I left a 20...despite the 30 minute wait for drinks 40 for appetizer and over hour for "fast food" they are closed today or I'd ask what had gluten in it..they said the fried rice was gluten free..I asked if they cooked with soy..she said yes....soy sauce and fish sauce usually have soy...they have to intentionally use gluten free soy. I'll be sick and deal with the severe gluten depression for weeks to months because of this...now I'm forcing water n activated charcoal. How are employees not trained on this? I left a 20$ tip. I was sick 5 minutes into eating...so sick I couldn't even get up to leave immediately. We need legislation...like in other states that require food allergy training. There should be required gluten free fries and cook tops...20% of all Americans have some kind of gluten intolerance. Many of us have severe reactions...this place clearly is not about safety or health. The inside also looks like someone went n got some black paint...just ripped up the pizza hit carpet and put a little plaster over parts of the brick. They had paper light fixtures that don't belong in a place where it needs to be cleaned....unless they plan on replacing them. So freaking angry about this situation. Food wasn't even good. Very bland. This...

As a disclaimer, i grew up on vietnamese food and i guess you could say that the bar is set pretty high. But if you've never had it before, take this with a grain of salt and experience it for yourself before making any judgments.

I was more than excited to try this place because the area in general is lacking when it comes to cultural diversity, not to mention I've been jonesing for a taste of home; and I really hate to say that I was incredibly disappointed by this place.

The atmosphere was nice and cozy and the staff was accommodating. The prices were a little steeper than I expected. Even with recent inflation, the prices still felt a little bloated. My wife ordered a bubble milk tea and had to send it back because the Boba pearls were overcooked to the point that they were almost disintegrating.

I was pretty disappointed with the food due to a lack of flavor. Vietnamese food is meant to be a sort of comfort food, and this felt rushed to say the least. The pho broth, pork chops and fish sauce weren't prepared long enough and all lacked flavor. The beef balls in pho and the spring rolls however were delicious and the beef balls seemed like they may have been home made which is even better.

Overall, the presentations were nice, but the food was incredibly underwhelming and overpriced for what it was. If you're native to the food, I'm sad to say you're going to be disappointed; but if this is your first experience, it's an acceptible introduction to the cuisine - but there are better...

I’d like to start this review by saying that I LOVE pho. I have my whole life, and any time I am traveling and see a Vietnamese restaurant, I need to go and try their pho.

My husband and I come here all the time, and it is one of our favorite restaurants in Greensburg. I wrote a review shortly after they opened, but I wanted to give an update after two years-

Two years ago, I wrote that the pho was delicious, as well as the crab wontons. We loved the food and were excited to come back. We have returned dozens of times since then.

This restaurant only gets better. Every time we come, I am blown away by how perfect everything is. I always order the rare beef pho with added tripe, and it is hands down the best bowl of pho I have had with the only possible exception being a hole in the wall Vietnamese place in Brooklyn, NY that I went to like 20 years ago. The broth is always so flavorful and has the perfect balance of all the spices and the flavor from the beef bones. The rare beef is always so tender that it just melts in your mouth. The only complaint I ever had since they opened was that they originally did not have tripe, but since they’ve added it to the menu, there is no place that even comes close to comparing when it comes to pho.

I am SO incredibly thankful to know that this restaurant exists in the place that we have made our home, and we really hope that it stays around forever, because there really is nowhere that makes a bowl of pho like the Vietnamese Kitchen.

PHO...