Green Papaya — Restaurant in San Francisco

Took a chance on this place on a Thursday night. It was mostly empty when I went in, which made me happy after just leaving the busy and loud atmosphere of the Everdene rooftop bar with my friend.

I wanted some comfort food so I went with the pan fried garlic noodles with lemongrass chicken. Texture was good and the chicken wasn't overcooked and dry but somehow the dish was just okay. I would have liked for the lemongrass flavor to be a little brighter and more infused into the dish.

Service was the same. The staff was pleasant but not particularly attentive. They didn't offer to fill my water glass until after I had pushed my plate away and was ready to leave.

Pricing was on the high side and in addition they had a note on the menu that there was an extra surcharge during conventions. Wow! It came out to $20+ with tax for what I would consider to be a basic Vietnamese dish.

It was convenient to stop here for dinner on my way back to the parking garage to pick up my car but I doubt I'll...

This place is very very expensive for what they serve. We had seafood pho and chicken teriyaki rice plate. 1st of all the chicken teriyaki should never be $17 when you are really serving half a chicken breast. 2nd you should know how not to overcook chicken so much that it becomes so chewy. The teriyaki sauce was a bit bitter and I wasn't really happy with my meal. Pho was also expensive but at least it has giant shrimps in it. The broth tasted okay but not all the shrimps were cleaned properly. There was black stuff in the tail that disgusted me to be honest.

The service was okay. The manager for some reason looked like a bouncer at a bar and made me a bit uncomfortable but the waitress was really nice and got us our menu and water quicky. Food didn't arrive all together but I don't mind that.

I would not go here again because what they serve for the price they ask isn't worth for me. Two blocks away there is another place which is...

Came here a year ago on a business trip and loved the pho, so I was really excited to come back and even brought my friend. Well, things turned 180. For some reason, we got two servers serving our table, and they keep messing up our orders and would act begrudgingly when asked to correct it. Both of them seemed so busy that they would literally drop the utensils and water cups at our table and walk away without checking in on us, but the restaurant was not even half full. The worst is that my friend ordered a drink which was never brought to us but was put on our bill, so we asked the server to correct it. Instead of any apology, she snapped at us saying that it was our fault for not letting her know. We felt unwelcomed and unappreciated, the food was very mediocre this time, and I am deeply...