XO Asian Cuisine — Restaurant in San Juan

I really wanted to love this place. I was very excited to try their Phô since I saw from Google maps photos that they have bean sprouts. I was a little concerned when I saw the chicken was listed as "grilled". Anyone who understands phô knows that the meat should cook in the hot broth. Perhaps the chicken has to be cooked a little before putting it in the soup. But grilled? I like grilled chicken so I decided to give it a try. That was a horrible mistake. The flavors really didn't mix well. Which I could have dealt with that, but the "grilled" "chicken" didn't even have the taste or texture of chicken. It had the texture and taste of the undesirable parts of a chicken being blended up and stamped into a patty that was "grilled" in a factory and then heated in a microwave right before being placed on top of our soup. I've eaten many bowls of phô over the years but I've never eaten a bowl of chicken phô where I wasn't hoping for another piece of chicken in the next bite. Until now. I tried to eat it but I just couldn't eat the "chicken"

There is another phô place less than a kilometer away that has really good pho for several dollars less. And their chicken is good.

I give this place 2 stars. I feel the phô only deserved 1 star or less. But I give them 2 stars for these reasons:

They had bean sprouts. I have only tried this one dish. The wait staff was very nice and quick.

So I cannot I'm fairness completely bash this restaurant. But the "chicken" was so unforgivable that I will never go back here again. It was nearly $20 for the nastiest bowl of soup I've ever tried to eat in my entire life. And that's not an exaggeration. Maybe some of their Chinese food is good....

After a week of eating our way through Puerto Rico, we were craving some Asian food and found XO on Google. Tbh we didn’t have high expectations for the food, but wow we were pleasantly surprised by both the quality and taste. The food is pretty authentic, the menu range from Chinese to Japanese to Vietnamese. The beef pho was good, on par with some of the places in the Bay Area. The highlight was the Chinese food, we ordered the fried rice, salt and pepper scallop (never seen this in the states before), a vegetable dish, and two orders of the crab Rangoon. The crab Rangoon was probably the best I’ve ever had, I think they put caramelized onions in them. I’m still dreaming of them now. We also ordered from the Japanese menu, but it wasn’t memorable. The owner came over and talked to us for a bit, probably because they don’t get many Asian customers. Lol. We learned that the family has been in PR for over 10years, and they came from New York City (hence why the Chinese food tasted so good). They just opened 10 months ago, so still pretty new. Go check this place out if you’re in PR and...

Here to tell y’all….if you’re thinking about coming here, stop thinking and just do it. Our youngest (striped shirt) is the world’s pickiest eater and has sensory issues. She loves “clear soup” where we are from, but we told her to try the Miso…she gobbled it up minus the veggies. We ordered the fried dumplings and had to order a second round because of her! My husband does not eat chicken…EVER. Like never. He not only ate the chicken but told me to make it like that and he will eat it. It was that good!

We weren’t exactly sure how to order here, but I ordered chicken fried rice for the girls, teriyaki chicken for me, dumplings as a starter, and my husband ordered a California roll…well let me tell you. It is like family style ordering here. So pick what meat you want, and then order which rice you want and/or any sides or starters and y’all share and enjoy because...