T L Noodle — Restaurant in Stockton

I came here for my mom’s death anniversary. We used to love coming here, she absolutely loved the noodles here.

We even used to come here to learn how to make good noodle dishes! We learn from their pho and other noodle dishes.

I remember the food being so so SO good!!

I came here again today after 2-3 years. I couldn’t stay so I had take out. It felt super rushed…

There was no jalapeños, only specks of cilantro, no lime or lemon, and no Thai basil..

I THOUGHT there wasn’t any bean sprouts, but when I picked up my noodles there was like… a pinch of browned soggy shriveled up bean sprouts underneath…

Reminds me of the way-too-old bean sprouts at the bottom of the bag (if you’ve ever bought bean sprouts, I make pho at home a lot lol).

I’m not sure if they are deliberately trying to curse me..? 😅

I didn’t even get any chopsticks or napkins in my bag lol.

I didn’t eat yesterday… (I do a fasting for my mourning of death, then have a light meal in remembrance of the deceased, usually in solitude)

So when I got the food, I kind of just had to eat it anyway lol. I was super hungry and I was fine even if it was just noodles and broth.

No pictures cuz I ate it all 😂 Hence the 2 stars, cuz the broth, cabbage, noodles and tofu were still ok to eat.

But the takeout meal felt like a complete disrespect to every pho bowl I’ve had at this place before.

If the pho was cursed… I reject that energy and I would like to send the curse back tenfold…

But there’s no way they did that on purpose...

This is a cash only restaurant. The best dishes are number 8, 9 & the flour cakes. You can also order number 8 DRY instead of with broth, so the soup will be on the side. The hot chili oil is excellent! Shoutout to the chef! Customer service is ok. The only thing I do not like is how the owner treats her employees. There is an older gentleman that sweeps & mops the floor & cleans the tables. The owner (lady with the short hair) is always yelling at him & disrespectfully tells him that he's doing everything incorrectly. I saw her harshly grab the mop from him one time. She always does this in front of customers, especially when the restaurant is packed. I can see the sadness in his eyes. Please, if you need to talk to your employee(s), do it behind closed doors (in office), not in front...

Ordered a bowl of pho. Waiter gave me a different bowl with vermicelli noodle. I told him that was not what I ordered. He lied and insisted it is what I ordered because he didn't want to take it back. I show him a picture of it on the menu and said the noodles are different. He still insisted that is what I ordered. He looks tick off at this point because the volume and tone of his voice got louder and angrier. A few seconds later a lady sitting at a table across from me complained that he also got her order wrong. Turns out he gave my order to her, and her order to me. If you messed up, don't tell the customer that their wrong and make stuff up because you don't want to take it back. Seems cheap and very poor service!...