Hoa Bien Restaurant

1105 University Ave W, St Paul
(651) 647-1011

Recent Reviews

Annessia Swann

I love this place! The family that runs it is very friendly. The love comes through in their cooking. The wonton soup is fabulous. It has the best broth, delicious wontons and fresh veggies. The grilled beef, eggroll and Noodle salad is also a favorite of mine.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Wonton Soup, Grilled Beef and Egg Roll Noodle Salad

Aaron Neumann

Seafood pho is awesome!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Akshay Maharaj

Amazing food, great atmosphere, affordable prices and friendly staff. 10/10

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dylan Johnson

The pho here is really good and there egg rolls are so nice and big and filling can’t wait to go back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

lori her

When requested simple instructions as certain sauce put in a container on the side. Almost every time they failed to do so. Disappointed.

Food: 5

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Noodles, Rolls

Dave K

Fantastic food at a great price. If you like vietnamese this is the place for you. Hardly ever busy too. Good parking too.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Katie Maltos

Pho and egg rolls are delicious and fresh, definitely will try other dishes next time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jennifer Mwah

If you are a rice plate girly like me I think you would like this place. I ordered the pork grilled rice plate and my husband had their beef pho. I really enjoyed their rice plate. I am not a big fan of the sprouts and small lettuce mix they added to this but I think if they took that out and added more tomatoes and cucumbers, it would be a much better option. I normally don't like the small pork bits most placed add but this place actually does a good mix with salami. If they replaced the egg with a fried egg, I think the plate would be more complete.I have had a lot of rice plates over the years and this place does a nice job overall. The price of the plate isn't bad and if you want a bowl of broth it's only $3 to add the broth.Overall, I would come back again. We also came right when they opened so it was just us.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ian M.

I know I'm coming late to this St Paul gem, but better late than never. We had a really good takeout experience on a day my wife was craving pho. She got the sliced beef pho and I got the combination bun salad. Both were excellent and the bun came packed with 3 different proteins and an egg roll. The kids loved the egg roll appetizer but did not think highly of the wonton soup (I think the sesame oil turned them off). Also the chicken and rice dish was fire. Will def be back!

Gamliel Bleiweiss

Helping out the community god bless them everyone come

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cher Lee

Slow service. They had one waiter running around the place and forgetting to bring you a menu or drink. The meat in my pho had a greenish blue hue to it also and no chilli oil.?

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

Art Anderson

Always .... Always fresh tasty food. The pho is out of this world!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Egg Rolls, Sliced Beef Noodle Soup Pho Tai

Vee V.

I've been on a Vietnamese kick lately, which shouldn't be a surprise, I'm Vietnamese. In the past several months though, it's all I crave. I hope this phase in my life never ends and lasts until I'm into my ripe old age. When I'm too lazy to make my own dishes at home, there's a handful of Viet places I tend to go to for specific dishes. When I'm just a little lazy but still can make an effort, I'll venture out to Brooklyn Park and MLPS. But super lazy days when everything is a chore, I hit up places closer to me that I know I'll enjoy, like Hoa Bien. I usually get their vermicelli bowls, banh cuon, and canh chua, which you must order the ca kho to accompany. I've also tried their bun bo hue, unfortunately, that was a let down, no flavor. So, I just stick to what I know is good there. Service is always fast and efficient, that's all I need.

CE Y

I ordered congee and literally got rice with pho broth mixed with bean sprouts and herbs. So disappointed.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Lee B

Love the place. Definitely one of my favorite places to

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Egg Rolls, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Sliced Beef Noodle Soup Pho Tai

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