Holy Basil Phở And Cocktail bar — Restaurant in Oakland

I hate to do this, I almost never leave negative reviews, but my wife ordered a Vegan Pork Belly & Mushroom soup and it had a piece of chicken in it (I like meat and ate it to confirm). It also had really bitter mushroom stalks in it that should have been either part of the soup stock or thrown out, but weren't good to eat. I got the Numbing Tan Tan Peanut chicken and it had more shiitake than chicken, and tasted more like hot pot - no peanut flavor at all and very thin broth, and noodles were overcooked and broken. Our friend had Vegan Beef Pho and it was okay, no surprise meat but still not great. Would've either not reviewed or given 2 stars if there hadn't been meat in a vegan dish, but I had to be honest because it's really important to some folks. Service was good, quick, and honest (they recommended against the Tan Tan, saying it was too spicy, it wasn't but it also wasn't good) so no fault there. Sorry, wish I could be...

very pleasantly surprised!!! We are experiencing a heatwave and i always crave Vietnamese food when it's hot outside. my son is vegan so I googled vegan Vietnamese and Holy Basil Pho came up. They have an incredible array of vegan soups. I ordered him the vegan "chicken" pho and he liked it very much. I also ordered the summer rolls with pork and shrimp, the beef carpaccio, an order of the bao buns with pork belly, an order of fried spring rolls and an order of grilled lao sausage over garlic noodles. First, i must comment on how they packed the food. . it was nicely done and the soup was perfectly packed with all the elements separate so my son could really customize his bowl of soup. Everything was really delicious. . . particularly the carpaccio and the garlic noodles. . . the garlic noodles are quite a generous portion. Highly...

So most of the time when I choose Asian food I look inside to see if any Asians are eating there.

Today I bypassed this method as I was quite hungry.

Unfortunately my method still holds true.

After I ordered I looked around and realized I was the only Asian person eating here.

I took a bit of the oxtail and bam! No flavor.

During this time was the first time I wished I was white as an adult, so that I wouldn’t mind the flavorless soup.

I would eat this again if it were free and I had no other food to eat.

But otherwise I would not eat here again.

I love you all as human beings but I do think it is possible to do...