Norman H.
Yelp
This was our first time here. I really and truly wanted to give five stars, because the servers, bartenders, bussers, are all superb. The bartender in particular was super generous with prosecco, with suggestions, and just being an all around nice guy.
Maybe we weren't too hungry, but we felt like we overordered. Soft shell crab and papaya salad (a few points off here, because the fried tofu and the crab tasted like they had been cooked together. Also, not enough sauce/dressing for the dishes), and then green noodles and fried red snapper. The latter two dishes were HUGE and I think we left half of each, at least. Same problem as with the appetizers: not enough sauce to go with the dishes. They were well cooked (there wasn't a bit of greasy taste on the fish),though, which counts for a lot.
Minor issues that may be just me: I hate the uniforms. They look like some kind of butcher's overalls, and I didn't see how they fit into the Viet/French theme. I also didn't "get" why the menus are printed on distressed paper: it makes it very hard to read the items. Biggest peeve though: they do a GOOD thing by marking menus to let you know what they have and don't have - but they only do it on some of the menus, not all, and they don't keep up. There was one dish marked off on my menu as not available, but according to the menu my husband got, they had it. Also, there were two items that they didn't have, but we didn't know that until we tried to order one of them.
Design is a matter of choice, of course, but clearer menus would be a really good idea.