Hanoi Chicken Noodle — Restaurant in San Leandro

My husband and I ordered from here once on Doordash and it tasted good at home so we wanted to try it again in person. When you walk in, there is a cashier station where you order what you want, then they will tell you what table number to sit at based on your party size.

I got #1 Hanoi’s special with rice noodles and my husband got #4 Chiu Chow with clear noodles. We also got eggrolls, the Chinese fried doughnut and freshly squeezed orange juice. The eggrolls were meh and had quite a bit of taro so I wasn’t a fan. The fried doughnut tasted fresh and was very crispy. The freshly squeezed orange juice was great and definitely fresh.

Onto the main reason why we came, the noodles! The broth was super flavorful just like when we got it from Doordash. The shredded chicken was very nice, tender and cooked just right. Typically when I think of shredded chicken in pho ga, it’s mainly over cooked chicken breast but this was not the case so I’m thankful. It was a great mix of dark and white meats as well. They also had fish balls, fish cake and char sui in there as well and they were all great. My husband enjoyed the #4 as well but said that he prefers #1 for additional toppings. Oh also they have this chili oil with garlic sauce and it’s legit crack.

Highly recommend this place for their noodle soup. Very flavorful, broth is nice and clean and meat is cooked perfectly!

Pro tip, don’t get rice noodles for delivery. It does not...

Finding a parking space in this strip mall can be challenging especially on the weekend and during lunch time.

The restaurant itself is busy. You're given a hockey puck that'll vibrate when your table is ready. The menu is fairly limited as it's focused is on noodles and chicken rice. Three's ample appetizers but their entree portions are on the large size. Your order at the counter and given a number on a stick that you put on your table. The water and tea are self serve and the wait staff will bring you your food when it's ready.

The soup is on the hearty side with very little hint of MSG. The rice plate was unique. Unlike some places that use chicken stock to make their rice, this place's rice had curry flavor. The salt and pepper chicken was well done but their fish cake is something you can skip if you order the their number one.

One good place here is their drinks are fresh and not with syrup. They have sugar cane and fresh squeeze juices.

This place is very clean and on table chopsticks are clean. Ample sauces are available and their not shy about giving you additional ginger oil for...

Frozen seafood really sucks but the chicken wasn't the worst. I personally think I overpaid for what I ate especially the milk tea. It just tastes like water and milk. BUT THE SERVICE. The lady came to my table to give me my milk tea and gave us an extra coffee. We told her we never ordered the coffee but we did have the milk tea. She proceeded to take both drinks away to check on the orders but as she was walking away she said "didn't order this? Then why are you sitting here" after checking on the ticket she came back and said "you DID order the milk tea" and dropped off the coffee at the next table. I felt that was unacceptable behavior and quite rude. Her attitude ruined our appetite. Throughout the meal we saw the same lady walking around to clean tables and saw her spray chemicals onto the table where people were eating. Imagine trying to eat and you get sprayed with chemicals literally 5inches away from your food. Overall the food wasn't the worst I've had but the service was definitely not something I'd...