Little Saigon — Restaurant in Salt Lake City

Thursday Aug 9, 2018 4pm- I found a gem of a restaurant! Little Saigon has Delicious Steak and Brisket Pho. I have eaten delicious Pho in Seattle but had never found a place in Salt Lake until today. Located just off of 21st South and 7th east at (2021 E Windsor St, Salt Lake City, UT 84105) - Little Saigon was easy to find and had lots of parking. The restaurant was very clean as well as the restroom. Wheelchair accessible too. There is seating inside and outside! Everyone was so friendly and kind and I felt comfortable dining there alone. I went for Pho noodle soup but it looked like they had many wonderful things on their menu. I ordered one soup to go and one to eat in. As I dined there were many customers that came in to pick up orders to go as well as those ordering to go- so don’t let the uncrowded feel bother you. They were doing a steady stream of business at 4pm! The broth tasted great and there were bean sprouts, Thai basil, Lime wedges, and peppers to add. It was served quickly! I added plenty of Sriracha chili sauce and hoisin sauce - I like it spicy! It was served with chopsticks AND the all important large soup Spoon-or Duck Spoon! It had been so long since I had eaten Pho that I almost forgot how to use chopsticks- but that big Ladle spoon made it all easy. The bowl was Huge with a generous serving of steak and brisket. Lots of broth and noodles too. How lucky I was to find Little Saigon. I will definitely go here again. If it was located in Tooele I would go there weekly. The man who waited on me was Extra Nice. His name was “B”. I so enjoyed chatting with him. The man cooking in the back was super friendly too. It was so nice to feel comfortable and enjoy delicious homemade Pho! They are open until 9pm (9:30pm in the summer) which was what helped me in deciding where to go as many Pho places close at 3:30 to 4pm. I also want to mention how awesome my Pho soup to go was packaged. The broth was in a tall seperate clear container. The noodles and beef were in a seperate container along with the Limes, Bean Sprouts, Thai Basil and the peppers. There was even a container with the sauces inside. A napkin, large plastic soup spoon, a fork, and Chopsticks were also included. So nice all was seperate as now the noodles won’t soak up all the broth and I can reheat and eat tomorrow. Really presented well. I will add photos. I really hit the Jackpot today finding this great restaurant. Give it a try and spread the word! Can’t wait...

I'm making my way down my to go list of pho joints in the SLC area. I was at the Sugar House Medical center today and Little Saigon was less than a mile away. So of course with it being so conveniently close, my daughter and I had to go check it out.

This joint is kinda hidden. It's in a smaller venue which can be cool. Hole in the wall type joints can produce some of the best food. Walking in, the music is going. It almost set a Hawaiian type of vibe for me, not Vietnamese. There's a few guests enjoying their meals. I did check online for their menu. They have a little of everything which was nice. I got my usual today which was the ribeye and brisket pho. My daughter got her usual bun bo hue.

My bowl was dropped off first and that baby was steaming! You can tell it was freshly made! They didn't just grab broth from a big pot. They heat that broth up to boiling point and poured it into my bowl. My daughter's bowl came out shortly and it was steaming too. I can tell there was going to be a good amount of spice to her broth. It was rich in red.

My broth was savory. You can smell and taste the aromatics used to make it. It rich in color. The broth was savory and it was nice eating from such a hot bowl. The ribeye was so tender. I like that the brisket was smaller, thinner pieces. The only negative thing to say about my pho was that my noodles were a little overly cooked. They were on the softer side when I started eating so it only got softer while I was working on my bowl.

Customer service here is pretty basic. It's the same as McDonald's. They drop off your food and don't come back. So if you're looking for more service, this joint isn't it. Their soda machine is down so it's only water, whats in the mini fridge, Vietnamese coffee or their mango drink. They pushed out a good bowl of pho today. I'm happy I got to mark this joint off...

Came here for a quick lunch and the wait to get your food is non existent - friendly employees and it’s a cute hole in the wall place but homey and you feel comfortable right when you walk in.

This review is really for the items I ordered today. I tried (for the first time in my life) Bun Bo Hue - which is a very traditional, authentic Vietnamese soup, a bit spicy (which did not bother me) and also tried their Viet sandwich - grilled pork.

The Bun Bo Hue - well, if you don’t like traditional/authentic viet soup, you can def skip it. I wanted to try it as I was curious - because this place has LEGIT pho here, their pho is fantastic. Back to the Bun Bo Hue which included beef shank, viet ham, and thick noodles, was just OK. I found that it didn’t have enough noodles, some pieces of the beef shank were tough, and the viet ham was meh. I’m sure to others, this entree is great here! But I guess I am not a BBH fan.

The grilled pork sandwich - the bread and veggies were fine, but the actual grilled pork was bland, no flavor, and really pale looking. I would’ve preferred a more grilled looking color, along with some sauce that viet sandwiches normally have.

Next time, I will just still to the pho! Would def go back...