Mekong Grill

Delicious food and quiet environment for a relaxing dinner!
4 8 years ago (16-05-2018)

Always great. Wonderful staff and good food.
5 9 years ago (23-02-2018)

Delicious pho. 10 out of 10. Would recommend.
5 9 years ago (15-02-2018)

Good pho and Vietnamese pork chop. Favorite always.
5 9 years ago (11-03-2018)

I grew up eating Vietnamese food in SoCal from my friends’ mom’s kitchens and I’ve been to Viet Nam to visit family (who brought me to their favorite places), so here are my thoughts on Mekong Grill. If that isn't enough street cred, I'm Southeast Asian and eat Thai/Indo/Filipino/Viet/Cambodian/Singaporean/etc food like it's nobody's business. Pho (3.5 stars): Firstly, the portion is huge which is nice. My boyfriend and I split this and we couldn't even finish it. There were tons of noodles and some meat, which was placed on top of the noodle and not completely submerged in the pho broth as traditionally done. Seems like they cook meat separately from the broth here instead of let the broth cook the meat. It came with sprouts, basil, and lime -- but no jalapeno. The broth was really really(!) salty and made me reach for water multiple times throughout the meal. I also found the broth to be lacking in herbal flavors -- perhaps masked by the salt? Anyway, even though it was generous, the flavors were pretty lackluster. Shaking beef (1 star): I've tried this dish, shaking beef/bo luc lac, at many different restaurants and I am really sad to say that this is one of the worst that I've tried. First, for $16, I would've expected enough to feed at least 2 people. I thought this entree would be mostly the beef and maybe a side of rice -- instead I was served Vietnamese picked carrot+radish, fried rice, sweet potato fries, and a small side of the beef. Moving on to the actual beef, it was diluted with a lot of nontraditional veggies (white mushrooms, raw garlic cloves?!, lots of onion, etc.), when I know that this is usually marinated beef over watercress greens. Finally, the beef was kind of tough and not that peppery. The fried rice was very salty (again), and I don't even know what to think of the sweet potato fries, but I ate them because I was hungry. Average of 1 star and 3.5 star = 2.25 stars. I rounded down to 2 stars because of parking is indeed difficult. It's metered and even hard to find a meter. There is also a paid lot a block or two away. Anyway, if I'm in the area, I'd come back for the pho ($10) but I still can't believe that shaking beef ($16!!).
2 9 years ago (08-01-2018)