The food is really good , the portions are pretty big and the price is good . I really enjoy their food and the place is casual and nice.
Dudley G.
Hands down the best Pho you will find without having to fly to Vietnam. The owner Chris is welcoming and has crafted a masterpiece with his restaurant. Go and support this vision!
Greg Smith
This is our family's favorite pho place. We go at least once a month. Thier Salt and Pepper squid is savory.sweet and spicy. My daughter is vegetarian and loves the vegetarian Pad Thai.
Greg H.
This restaurant have good location and food but service is rude the waitress doesn't have any patience be ready to order or she can give you actitud. I, know place's better that this I,am not coming back.
Jen Led
ODIOUS OWNERAlcoholic owner is abusive to his staff and customer. Stay far away from this place!We had one good experience followed multiple horrible ones. The pho *can be good, but it’s not worth experiencing the mental instability of the owner.
Anders construction LLC
One of the worst places I've been!The service was horrible for the 2 time's I've been there. I wouldn't recommend anyone to go to this pho lavang place.
Randi M.
Spicy curry noodle soup was very salty... I drank water all evening...I haven't been there for awhile, owner kind of mean, but they must have a different recipe, than I remember... the shrimp salad rolls were fresh and good... the prices went way up... the menu says $12.50 and $6 , but was charged $24...
Madeline Shelton
There is not an option to choose zero stars, but if there was I would. My family and I went to have lunch at Pho Lavang on Saturday, May 6th. We ended up leaving because we were extremely uncomfortable with how the server/cook was talking to us. I would not recommend this restaurant.
Michael A.
Last time I visited Lavang's was when they where in the old Rosewood location, that's been over 12 years ago, with relocating back to the area for work, I drove by their existing location and had to stop in, as being Thai, that was my first time I had PAD Thai, and I loved it, and still today, its my bench mark. I made a change up and had the PHO, and it was super great, your going to see a lot of post about the owner being brash and rude, what ever, Chris has always been great to me, he's direct, he backs his restaurant and he is Chris, I love the food and that is what will make me continue to go.
John Cross
The waitress was a little annoyed when I explained to her our order because my friend wanted to exchange the meatball to tripe, I just explained exchange not add, she raised her voice a little and seemed annoyed.I was surprised they serve their food in stainless bowl, I looked like a dog eating in a bowl.The soup was floating with oil, not good. Happy bowl in Ashland is lot better imho, a bit healthier. I'm not going to eat again in this Pho restaurant. Find somewhere else better.
I rarely ever write reviews (and when I do, I like to write positive ones), but I feel like people should know what happened to me, my sister, and my brain-injured mom last Saturday, April 1st, 2023. My sister and I were visiting our mom and we were all craving pho, so we picked this restaurant because it was in close proximity to our mom's place. Once we parked, and got our mom in her wheelchair, we entered the restaurant to find it empty except for a young lady making a to-go order with a gentleman at the main counter. With this being our first time here, we weren't sure whether to wait to be seated or order at the counter. To play it safe, I decided to walk up to the counter with my mom. Before we made it up to the counter, the man pointed toward the seating area and said, "Go sit over there". To clarify which table he meant, I asked, "Is the corner table by the window okay?" and he responded with "I don't care!" I was unsure of whether he was joking (it was April 1st) because he turned his back as he said it. After settling in at our table, I see him coming over with water, so I say, "Hello, how are you?" (as I normally do to any servers) to which he responds with, "Appetizers?" Taken aback, I took a moment to process the interaction and just ordered a couple of appetizers. After ordering, he rudely turns away without saying a word. At this point, I looked at my sister and asked, "Do you want to get out of here?" because the service had been completely unprofessional and unacceptable. We weren't even there for 15 minutes, and this guy has been everything but decent. Thankfully she agreed, so we took our mom and started heading out the doors. As we were exiting, we heard him shout from behind the counter: "You guys are STUPID!". Shocked, I instinctively smiled and waved, and said, "Thank you! Have a nice day!" Not even 5 seconds later, he yelled, "F*** you! You stupid b****!" My sister said that she saw him making threatening gestures to us - the one where you cross your neck with your finger. She had 9-1-1 on dial because we weren't sure whether he'd come out and do something. If I wasn't rolling my mom in her wheelchair, I would've gone in and asked why he treated us so poorly, but we decided to leave for the safety of our mom. As we were walking away, we saw a family of 3 walking in and we wanted to warn them about our experience, but as we were about to speak, a lady came out and asked, "Hey, what happened?" We gave her a brief summary and she responded with, "I'm supposed to be up at the front and he's supposed to be in the back cooking, so... please come back in!" We kept going back and forth, but she kept repeating the same thing - not acknowledging the poor service and our sad experience. After speaking with this lady, we walked towards our car and saw the family of 3 walking out, so we asked what had happened. They said that "he was so pissed that he had to close the restaurant". As we sat in the car and reflected on what just happened, we were glad we decided to leave - especially after finding out he was the cook. We did not want to give them our money AND we did not want that man cooking our food. Upon further reflection, we realize that man needs some help and should probably not be in the food service industry. I hope for the best for him and I hope he finds the help he needs. I also hope that people read about our experience, so they don't waste their time and get treated the way we did.
Alex C.
This Pho restaurant is amazing! The potstickers and egg rolls were delicious, and the steak pho was exceptional. The service was friendly and attentive, and the ambiance was lovely. Highly recommended!
Sean Wilde
One of the worst restaurant experiences of my life. Food is mediocre, but the chef/ owner was extremely rude to my family. He aggressively shouted at our table that “if you don’t like it get the frick out of my restaurant, I am in a bad mood today.” We were initially also charged 6 dollars for a cup of instant coffee. After complaining they made a Vietnamese coffee. All of this inexcusable.
Kooroush
Think twice, before eating in this place.No wonder why they are closing doors, and trying to sell their restaurant on Craig's List.I am after a restaurant to buy and find this place on Craig's List. As they are only 3 miles, and very close to my house, responded to an ad and went to see the owner (s) to talk to them. There was a lady who showed me the kitchen. As a chef and restaurant owner, I am very particular, about how clean, or; how dirty the kitchen is. And after being in commercial kitchens for over 35 years, I absolutely can see everything. This kitchen was filthy, with tons of Health violations, and if I was the health inspector; I would shut their doors, in a matter of minutes. For example; they had some half-frozen chicken pieces, in the kitchen colander, and the juice from that was all over the table, and the floor.The floor was dirty, and you would notice, it was not moped for a long time, with a lot of garbage on it.I love Pho and was going to have my lunch over there and decided not to.Think twice, before eating in this place.
Kooroush S.
No wonder why they are closing doors, and trying to sell their restaurant on Craig's List.I am after a restaurant to buy and find this place on Craig's List. As they are only 3 miles, and very close to my house, responded to an ad and went to see the owner (s) to talk to them. There was a lady who showed me the kitchen. As a chef and restaurant owner, I am very particular, about how clean, or; how dirty the kitchen is. And after being in commercial kitchens for over 35 years, I absolutely can see everything. This kitchen was filthy, with tons of Health violations, and if I was the health inspector; I would shut their doors, in a matter of minutes. For example; they had some half-frozen chicken pieces, in the kitchen colander, and the juice from that was all over the table, and the floor.The floor was dirty, and you would notice, it was not moped for a long time, with a lot of garbage on it.I love Pho and was going to have my lunch over there and decided not to. Think twice, before eating in this place.
The food is really good , the portions are pretty big and the price is good . I really enjoy their food and the place is casual and nice.
Hands down the best Pho you will find without having to fly to Vietnam. The owner Chris is welcoming and has crafted a masterpiece with his restaurant. Go and support this vision!
This is our family's favorite pho place. We go at least once a month. Thier Salt and Pepper squid is savory.sweet and spicy. My daughter is vegetarian and loves the vegetarian Pad Thai.
This restaurant have good location and food but service is rude the waitress doesn't have any patience be ready to order or she can give you actitud. I, know place's better that this I,am not coming back.
ODIOUS OWNERAlcoholic owner is abusive to his staff and customer. Stay far away from this place!We had one good experience followed multiple horrible ones. The pho *can be good, but it’s not worth experiencing the mental instability of the owner.
One of the worst places I've been!The service was horrible for the 2 time's I've been there. I wouldn't recommend anyone to go to this pho lavang place.
Spicy curry noodle soup was very salty... I drank water all evening...I haven't been there for awhile, owner kind of mean, but they must have a different recipe, than I remember... the shrimp salad rolls were fresh and good... the prices went way up... the menu says $12.50 and $6 , but was charged $24...
There is not an option to choose zero stars, but if there was I would. My family and I went to have lunch at Pho Lavang on Saturday, May 6th. We ended up leaving because we were extremely uncomfortable with how the server/cook was talking to us. I would not recommend this restaurant.
Last time I visited Lavang's was when they where in the old Rosewood location, that's been over 12 years ago, with relocating back to the area for work, I drove by their existing location and had to stop in, as being Thai, that was my first time I had PAD Thai, and I loved it, and still today, its my bench mark. I made a change up and had the PHO, and it was super great, your going to see a lot of post about the owner being brash and rude, what ever, Chris has always been great to me, he's direct, he backs his restaurant and he is Chris, I love the food and that is what will make me continue to go.
The waitress was a little annoyed when I explained to her our order because my friend wanted to exchange the meatball to tripe, I just explained exchange not add, she raised her voice a little and seemed annoyed.I was surprised they serve their food in stainless bowl, I looked like a dog eating in a bowl.The soup was floating with oil, not good. Happy bowl in Ashland is lot better imho, a bit healthier. I'm not going to eat again in this Pho restaurant. Find somewhere else better.
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I rarely ever write reviews (and when I do, I like to write positive ones), but I feel like people should know what happened to me, my sister, and my brain-injured mom last Saturday, April 1st, 2023. My sister and I were visiting our mom and we were all craving pho, so we picked this restaurant because it was in close proximity to our mom's place. Once we parked, and got our mom in her wheelchair, we entered the restaurant to find it empty except for a young lady making a to-go order with a gentleman at the main counter. With this being our first time here, we weren't sure whether to wait to be seated or order at the counter. To play it safe, I decided to walk up to the counter with my mom. Before we made it up to the counter, the man pointed toward the seating area and said, "Go sit over there". To clarify which table he meant, I asked, "Is the corner table by the window okay?" and he responded with "I don't care!" I was unsure of whether he was joking (it was April 1st) because he turned his back as he said it. After settling in at our table, I see him coming over with water, so I say, "Hello, how are you?" (as I normally do to any servers) to which he responds with, "Appetizers?" Taken aback, I took a moment to process the interaction and just ordered a couple of appetizers. After ordering, he rudely turns away without saying a word. At this point, I looked at my sister and asked, "Do you want to get out of here?" because the service had been completely unprofessional and unacceptable. We weren't even there for 15 minutes, and this guy has been everything but decent. Thankfully she agreed, so we took our mom and started heading out the doors. As we were exiting, we heard him shout from behind the counter: "You guys are STUPID!". Shocked, I instinctively smiled and waved, and said, "Thank you! Have a nice day!" Not even 5 seconds later, he yelled, "F*** you! You stupid b****!" My sister said that she saw him making threatening gestures to us - the one where you cross your neck with your finger. She had 9-1-1 on dial because we weren't sure whether he'd come out and do something. If I wasn't rolling my mom in her wheelchair, I would've gone in and asked why he treated us so poorly, but we decided to leave for the safety of our mom. As we were walking away, we saw a family of 3 walking in and we wanted to warn them about our experience, but as we were about to speak, a lady came out and asked, "Hey, what happened?" We gave her a brief summary and she responded with, "I'm supposed to be up at the front and he's supposed to be in the back cooking, so... please come back in!" We kept going back and forth, but she kept repeating the same thing - not acknowledging the poor service and our sad experience. After speaking with this lady, we walked towards our car and saw the family of 3 walking out, so we asked what had happened. They said that "he was so pissed that he had to close the restaurant". As we sat in the car and reflected on what just happened, we were glad we decided to leave - especially after finding out he was the cook. We did not want to give them our money AND we did not want that man cooking our food. Upon further reflection, we realize that man needs some help and should probably not be in the food service industry. I hope for the best for him and I hope he finds the help he needs. I also hope that people read about our experience, so they don't waste their time and get treated the way we did.
This Pho restaurant is amazing! The potstickers and egg rolls were delicious, and the steak pho was exceptional. The service was friendly and attentive, and the ambiance was lovely. Highly recommended!
One of the worst restaurant experiences of my life. Food is mediocre, but the chef/ owner was extremely rude to my family. He aggressively shouted at our table that “if you don’t like it get the frick out of my restaurant, I am in a bad mood today.” We were initially also charged 6 dollars for a cup of instant coffee. After complaining they made a Vietnamese coffee. All of this inexcusable.
Think twice, before eating in this place.No wonder why they are closing doors, and trying to sell their restaurant on Craig's List.I am after a restaurant to buy and find this place on Craig's List. As they are only 3 miles, and very close to my house, responded to an ad and went to see the owner (s) to talk to them. There was a lady who showed me the kitchen. As a chef and restaurant owner, I am very particular, about how clean, or; how dirty the kitchen is. And after being in commercial kitchens for over 35 years, I absolutely can see everything. This kitchen was filthy, with tons of Health violations, and if I was the health inspector; I would shut their doors, in a matter of minutes. For example; they had some half-frozen chicken pieces, in the kitchen colander, and the juice from that was all over the table, and the floor.The floor was dirty, and you would notice, it was not moped for a long time, with a lot of garbage on it.I love Pho and was going to have my lunch over there and decided not to.Think twice, before eating in this place.
No wonder why they are closing doors, and trying to sell their restaurant on Craig's List.I am after a restaurant to buy and find this place on Craig's List. As they are only 3 miles, and very close to my house, responded to an ad and went to see the owner (s) to talk to them. There was a lady who showed me the kitchen. As a chef and restaurant owner, I am very particular, about how clean, or; how dirty the kitchen is. And after being in commercial kitchens for over 35 years, I absolutely can see everything. This kitchen was filthy, with tons of Health violations, and if I was the health inspector; I would shut their doors, in a matter of minutes. For example; they had some half-frozen chicken pieces, in the kitchen colander, and the juice from that was all over the table, and the floor.The floor was dirty, and you would notice, it was not moped for a long time, with a lot of garbage on it.I love Pho and was going to have my lunch over there and decided not to. Think twice, before eating in this place.