Saigon Noodles — Restaurant in Salinas

Salinas only had one Vietnamese restaurant and it wasn’t all that good, and then God listened to my prayers! And Saigon Noodles opened! At first I thought it was never going to open! They had the coming soon sign for ever!

Then one day I passed by and it was open! Great beautiful people working there, met the owners who happened to be wonderful. This restaurant is just like the ones in San Jose! Really great tasting food!

I am a pho enthusiast! I love it from the first time I ever tried it more than 30 years ago, you get a huge plate full of noodles with mystery meats (I had no idea what they were at the time, now I know) and it all tastes great! They have a seafood pho! It’s fantastic one of my favorites!

This is a must! You have to try the avocado smoothie! By itself is really good but they also add this thing called buba (!?!?) is like little bubbles of culinary heaven, they have the dark ones and the white ones, they are all great!

It is family owned, be nice to them, be patient, they do tend to get busy and you will be treated like royalty! From the cook in the back the person collecting the dishes to the wait staff, they are all fantastic and friendly and determined to make sure that you have an...

Saigon Noodles in Salinas has been opened for 5 years. Their restaurant is VERY VERY CLEAN and the decor is simple but nice. The staff was friendly, and was willing to make some adjustments to what we wanted for our order. The drinks are AMAZING....and they have lots of varieties you can choose from. With Boba or without. The Thai Ice Tea is so delicious and our waitress was nice enough to tweak my Peach Ice Tea so it wasn't so sweet! The Mango and Papaya salad was perfect...not too sweet and they give you so much!! One of their popular items is their Garlic Noodle dish. We'll have to try it next time we go. Food was delicious and fresh tasting and portions are large! Presentation was very nice...

There are a few favorites in Salinas. This used to be our go to restaurant. However, lately, I’ve noticed the Bahn mi sandwich was served with no flavor veggies when itheyre supposed to be marinated in the vinegar concoction. I asked, the staff said they ran out of it! Another time, giving it another chance, the food flavors were so much different. I asked why the flavor and amount of the food are now different, we were notified , there was a change of management already. Solution to this if the restaurant wants their regular customers to be back is to bring back the authentic Vietnamese flavors, ampunt of food and charm! This post is to request for that change for the...