Pho Sweet Lemon — Restaurant in Pasadena

Ordered from here on Uber because I was craving pho and milk tea, and not many places have both that are good. This place hit the spot on both cravings!

The oxtail pho was amazing! Perfectly seasoned, not too salty, and a good kick of fish sauce in the meatballs, which I'm pretty sure are house made because I've never had meatballs like these, and I've eaten phó all over Houston (even worked at a popular phó restaurant).

Husband got the bún thịt nướng and that was also incredible. Even the nước chấm that came with the vermicelli and egg rolls was very good and also seems house made!

The drinks were amazing as well - husband got the honeydew jasmine milk tea, and I got passion fruit green tea with fruit jelly and blueberry popping boba. Seriously, I've never seen blueberry popping boba before! They even have a kiwi popping boba!

The only thing that was lacking was the popcorn chicken - but seriously, it's a phó restaurant, not a Taiwanese street food stand. Their Vietnamese dishes are spectacular, so I highly suggest...

Sweet Lemon is by far one of the best Vietnamese spots in Pasadena. They have amazing food, the atmosphere is quiet, laid back & very family/kid friendly. I have always recommended this place to family & friends. However, there have been several times that I have ordered and specifically asked for the charbroiled bbq spring rolls & was given shrimp (which my daughter is allergic to) or the Vietnamese pork spring rolls. Luckily, the times I ate dine in, I was able to have them correct it. There are also times that I have ordered to go, had the same issue and only realized by the time I got home that I was given shrimp spring rolls. Big inconvenience to have to drive back. Not to mention the food allergy & let down my daughter has when she’s presented with something she cannot consume. Some employees have amazing customer service, while others don’t by making remarks about having to fill a “large” order. I keep coming back here due to the fact that no other Vietnamese cafe’s offer amazing food like...

Today we had a horrible experience with the owner Sandy Duong’s son, Phong Duong, at Sweet Lemon. When we arrived, we did not have a mask (which we respected) and asked if we could place our orders over the phone from OUTSIDE. We were told yes and when we asked if we could pay with cash his response was “no”. Very short and rude with all the responses. For someone that is a Houston Realtor at NextMove Real Estate Group and has multiple family businesses like Sweet Lemon and Charming Nail Bar, he does not have good customer service. When we asked to speak with a manager, we were given to multiple employees all claiming to be “Head Managers”. There is a level of professionalism that this business lacks. I am all about supporting small businesses but today I was forced to take my...