The "wonderful pho" and other "honest" Vietnamese fare dished out at this Chinatown twosome is "so good", it's almost a "reason to love jury duty"; sure, service is "get-'em-in-and-out" and the settings "totally charmless", but no one minds – it's "so cheap, you could treat 10 friends."
You don't come to this little spot near City Hall for the atmosphere: 1970s cafeteria crossed with Saigon airline café. You don't come for the service: fast at best, unfriendly at worst. Rather, you come for the food—soft-shell crabs, lightly battered and tarted up with onions and basil; overflowing bowls of pho packed with rice noodles, scallions, and beef; and barbecued pork chops that are...
Nha Trang Restaurant Review:
Named for a village in Vietnam, Nha Trang is one of Chinatown’s best Vietnamese restaurants. It makes up for its lack of décor with fresh light food. Choose a pho (soup) such as the rice noodle with beef and vegetables and crisp summer rolls packed with fresh veggies as a first course. For entrées, we recommend the soft shell crab fried with salt and pepper or the beef with preserved sour...
Ambulance chasers pour in from the nearby courts for grilled seafood in tangy barbecue sauce or hearty beef casserole. Grab a hot-and-sour soup or some superior pho and eavesdrop on writs and motions a-borning that totally confirms that whole dropping out of law school decision. Reflective glass and mirror interior gets busy, but service is great—if you can't decide, Sophie, let them do it for...