Pho Mai Han Restaurant — Restaurant in Oʻahu

I decided to try this place with my family I’m typically a picky eater and I wanted to open my horizons to new things I go in the place of course the first thing I notice is the looks the lady that worked behind the counter was like rushing me to pick out what I wanted to order and she wasn’t giving me time to look through the menu. She kept saying go ahead and order. then she told us that we could go sit at the table and wait for our food another thing I noticed it was another couple that came in after us (this couple fit the appropriate customer base I assume since they were not African American )and she came out from behind the counter greeted them and asked them are you eating here or is it to go that was never an option that was given to us we were never given the option to eat there another thing that happened to us while we were at this establishment was I had ordered lemonade with my meal I bought two meals a shrimp meal with rice and I did the fried chicken with rice and I ordered lemonade so I go back down after realizing I didn’t get my lemonade and I go in and she tells me they don’t have lemonade so why would you charge me for lemonade that she did not have if you did not want to serve me because I was African-American you could just say that want I would of went somewhere. Why this is so shocking to me because they claimed that Hawaii is this big melting pot of cultures but the looks and how we retreated for being African-American I don’t know whether flow is Vietnamese or Chinese I’m not sure but we were not given the same respect that you would give a customer that is purchasing something from your establishment. I will never buy from this establishment again ever because the way I felt I felt like I was a piece of dirt on the ground And instead of being seen as a paying customer I was seen for the color of my skin. Typically something like this wouldn’t of bothered me but I had my two African-American children with me so now I had to explain why this lady was rude to me and why I was treated the way I was treated for invalid reason because simply because of the...

First time here. Dined in; and, enjoyed it. Arrived before 5PM, so had the place to myself for a little while. I liked the very clean and practical family style interior design. I was also impressed that each table had a bottle of hand sanitizer. Awesome 👍 In addition, the waitresses were kind and professional. Surprisingly, One of them sang Vietnamese karaoke while I ate my 1st course (dessert 😉) It was really nice. Love karaoke 🎤😜 Westside mid-afternoon sun 🥵 BURNS ...so I was intrigued when I searched for Halo-halo nearby and this Vietnamese restaurant appeared. What does a Vietnamese Halo-halo taste like??? My answer: Ngon (delicious) ‼️😋 Simply, refreshing and delightful 😎😊 If you love chewing ice, then this is a dessert for you 🍧[But I wouldn't recommend it for people with bad teeth 😁]. I enjoyed the not-too-sweet-but-just-right textural crunch of the coarse crushed ice mixed with Ube ice cream and topped with a rainbow of fruits and jellies. (Note: they have a variety of ice cream options to select from). COOL experience 🍧❄️🤫 After cooling off, it was time to turn the heat up again ☯️ with an early supper of an XL serving of some hot, tasty Phở 🍜 plus a hardy Bánh mì and a tall glass of Traditional Ice Coffee. So satisfyingly delicious 🤤😋☺️ As I left, I heard a sweet farewell "Come Back Again" and in my thoughts I replied "Yes, I will." 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾...

Honestly, I really wanted to like this little hole in the wall restaurant. We came with zero expectations and just wanted to see what was good. For appetizers we got the summer rolls which were tiny deep fried mini egg rolls. These turned out to be really delicious and we enjoyed them with the veggies and rice noodles they came with. We also ordered the combination meat pho and the chicken pho. My husband and I thought the broth was ok. It could use more flavor but it wasn't bad. On that note, it also wasn't good. Both the round steak in the combination pho and the chicken pieces in the chicken pho were very dry. They provided a lot of rice noodles but for the price we expected better quality meat. I also ordered a combination banh mi (Vietnamese sandwich) and was really disappointed with the quality and taste of the sandwich. Sadly, we will not be back even though the service was very attentive and sweet--the ambience was similar to other Vietnamese Restaurants we've...