Quang Restaurant
Vietnamese restaurant · Whittier
2719 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Highlights
Generous pho portions, banh mi, egg rolls, and bubble tea
Generous pho portions, banh mi, egg rolls, and bubble tea
"If you are looking for a hot bowl of Phở, look no further. Quang is a local favorite featuring a huge menu of Vietnamese dishes, desserts and drinks. The food is fresh, the meals are cheap, and the ambiance is super casual. It's rare to see an empty table here, and it's often bustling with servers carrying gallon-like bowls of steaming soup from kitchen-to-table with surprising agility. Don't forget to try some of the many desserts on the counter near the register or a boba tea for the road!" - Light Grey Art Lab
"A cornerstone of Eat Street known for a fragrant, balanced pho tai — recommended as an essential stop for a steaming bowl of pho or a banh mi for lunch." - Stacy Brooks
"A decades-old Eat Street icon for Vietnamese Tết traditions: the writeup explains bánh tét as "glutinous rice cakes stuffed with mung bean and pork filling, shaped into a cylinder, wrapped in a banana leaf, and then boiled," and bánh chung as prepared similarly but "shaped into squares," noting that "both are often placed on ancestral altars before Tết revelers dig in." The restaurant typically begins taking phone orders about two weeks before the Lunar New Year begins." - Serena Maria Daniels
"One of the cornerstone restaurants of Nicollet Avenue’s Eat Street corridor, Quang was founded by matriarch chef Lung Tran 30 years ago. The original Quang was a four-table bakery across the street from the present location, where Tran and her five kids sold Vietnamese pastries and food. The restaurant grew in popularity as news of Tran’s fragrant, hearty dishes traveled by word of mouth. Three decades later, the current restaurant is run by her children, and it’s now a go-to for enormous bowls of pho — aromatic and balanced, the beef sliced into delicate sheets — classic stir fry and noodle dishes like pad thai, and banh mi with red roast pork and pate. Quang’s space is casual and bustling on any weekend evening." - Eater Staff
"This Eat Street staple will be serving its encyclopedic menu of Vietnamese specialties, including pho, egg rolls, grilled meat platters, and noodle salads, with vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options available. Hours are 11:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m." - Stacy Brooks
