Taste of Asia — Restaurant in San Antonio

I was disappointed with the food. I was expecting quality and freshness with the great reviews. After a long day of hard work in home renovations, it was late so we decided on something near home and decided on this place. I placed the order online and off I went to pick up. Service was ok. No greetings, just gave her my name and stood there for about 2 minutes and food came out “fresh and ready”. Upon removing our food from the plastic bag, I was baffled why the moo goo gai pan was in a Chinese take out box instead of the black plastic bowl container with lid. I removed it from the bag and liquid had already seeped to the bottom leaking throughout. I cleaned the mess and continued to remove and clean the other two…special fried rice box and the styrofoam container that the Vietnamese spring rolls came in. My moo goo ago pan was the blandest dish I’ve ever tasted from any Asian restaurant. The crunch of the snow peas and water chestnuts was probably the only enjoyment I got. The thinly sliced chicken was a dry with zero I literally mean zero flavor, and the oyster sauce was like water. The fried rice had bits of tough and chewy meats and very greasy rice. The only good out of that was the two pieces of shrimp. The Vietnamese rolls tasted like that had been precooked and left under a heat lamp. All three rolls were tough and chewy and were hard to bite through. The lettuce had brown spots too. Lastly was the wonton soup that was also disappointing to me, I have not seen broth so dark. It was a little saltier than I liked, but my husband was okay with it. We wanted to throw our food away so badly, and grab a burger but we were hungry and it wasn’t that cheap. I will not go back again. Fool me once...

I order here pretty often. After about the 3rd call, the woman who answers memorized my order. She knows my voice, my partner's voice, and the food we like. We get vegetarian noodle soup, tofu, and veggies. ( I can't tell you if other stuff is good or not, this was so good the first time it's all we've ever ordered haha)

When I call in, it's always ready in 10 minutes, always hot, and they package to go orders separately so that it's fresh when you eat it (noodles in a box, broth in a tub, veggies in a box etc). We have a small child, this actually makes it better because she can eat the stuff she likes without the things she won't touch, and I don't have to order her a kid's meal.

It is CRAZY affordable. We order 1 portion for 2 adults and a baby, and add extra tofu and veggies. They are very generous with portions.

Most importantly to me, when I called in and doubled my order for a night we had friends, she asked if I had friends over and thanked me for showing them her food. Now, when I call, she says "Just one order today?" and reminds me about appetizers I've ordered before to make sure I'm getting everything I wanted. "I didn't think I wanted rangoons, but now that you mention it, I do!"

I consider service to be a hugely important part of a restaurant. It's hard to get good service with carryout, but they've done an...

(Please note: I do not normally write such negative reviews) Plan A was to do go to Lemongrass Thai (one of the best Thai in town) but they were closed (on vacation in Thailand) so we chose to try Taste of Asia down the road (4.5 Google reviews) for Vietnamese food (which I eat a lot of here in SA as well). I ordered off the Vietnamese menu not the Chinese as I think that is a concession to US white bread taste.

Still, hands down, this was the very worst Vietnamese and Asia food I've ever tasted. It was incredibly bland, the sauces were horrible and old, and my dinner partner said the eggroll skin had the consistency of "toe nails." I did not feel well after eating this food. The iceberg lettuce in the summer rolls and vermicelli was wilted and horrible. I have no ideas what is going in that kitchen there but I don't think it is "authentic" in the least bit. Yes, there are some very medicore Asian restaurants in this town but this was just flat out horrible. I was so appalled at the quality of the food (note: the waiter was a very attentive and a kind person) that I felt that I had to write a review with a caveat emptor for anybody who might see the 4.5 and think this is a good place. AVOID AT ALL COST. The restaurant should be renamed, "The...