Favori Restaurant

A great disappointment! I have been eating here for a while, not regular but every time I have guests I will invite them to here for French and Vietnamese food. It was good other time when I ate there with 1-2 friends. This time I reserved table for my family guests, we were 6 in total. We were so excited to try food here the dinner went wrong. 1. Escargot: 2 orders were served not hot but only lukewarm, texture was very very soggy. Not juicy soft as it was. 2. Baked fish ( Large size): we were excited to wait for this fish as it is the restaurant signature but it was terrible. It looked crispy but the skin was chewy and super hard, feel like chewing aluminum foil in your mouth. My guests also commented that the fish looked nice and crispy but when eating it is not, it cut their tongue to chew it so they decided to eat the meat underneath the skin only, we tried to finish it as it is $86 something, not wanted to waste it but finally we could not finish, have to pack it to home to see what can do with it 3. Queen fried rice: rice was hard and dried 4. Bun cha Ha Noi: pork patty was dried not as juicy as it was when I ordered several time before. The Rare beef salad , French onion soup was ok. For the bill, cashier added 18% tip straight. I did not like that way. I never like to be forced for how much I am giving tip in any place I go, you can indicate straight on your menu that party more than how many people will be subjected to how much service charge to ensure your service for the big group is paid fairly. However for tip, it comes from how satisfied client to your food and services, let client decide it. I know I could tell them taking out that 18% and we leave tip in Cash as we planned but I agreed to support for the server, not for food quality. I lost my face when recommended the restaurant to my guests here, I told them it was one of the best in OC, I wanted to let them try how good Vietnamese food but we all left with unpleasant feeling. Definitely I will not come back or recommend the restaurant anymore.

Vietnamese French restaurant that has been open since 1988 and with good reason too. It's one of the few Vietnamese restaurants with comfortable outdoor dining still established. The crispy baked catfish is massive even for the small size and easily fed our table of four. It was tender and flavorful and not too bony. The filet mignon is served on a sizzling hot plate and was also quite a tender cut. Also the egg rolls delicious. The fish sauce is not too watered down. My least favorite dish was the curry frog legs. I think it's maybe because I don't really like the idea of frog legs that much but our table ordered it and I tried it. If you can't get over the idea of frog legs, don't order lol

A great disappointment! I have been eating here for a while, not regular but every time I have guests I will invite them to here for French and Vietnamese food. It was good other time when I ate there with 1-2 friends. This time I reserved table for my family guests, we were 6 in total. We were so excited to try food here the dinner went wrong. 1. Escargot: 2 orders were served not hot but only lukewarm, texture was very very soggy. Not juicy soft as it was. 2. Baked fish ( Large size): we were excited to wait for this fish as it is the restaurant signature but it was terrible. It looked crispy but the skin was chewy and super hard, feel like chewing aluminum foil in your mouth. My guests also commented that the fish looked nice and crispy but when eating it is not, it cut their tongue to chew it so they decided to eat the meat underneath the skin only, we tried to finish it as it is $86 something, not wanted to waste it but finally we could not finish, have to pack it to home to see what can do with it 3. Queen fried rice: rice was hard and dried 4. Bun cha Ha Noi: pork patty was dried not as juicy as it was when I ordered several time before. The Rare beef salad , French onion soup was ok. For the bill, cashier added 18% tip straight. I did not like that way. I never like to be forced for how much I am giving tip in any place I go, you can indicate straight on your menu that party more than how many people will be subjected to how much service charge to ensure your service for the big group is paid fairly. However for tip, it comes from how satisfied client to your food and services, let client decide it. I know I could tell them taking out that 18% and we leave tip in Cash as we planned but I agreed to support for the server, not for food quality. I lost my face when recommended the restaurant to my guests here, I told them it was one of the best in OC, I wanted to let them try how good Vietnamese food but we all left with unpleasant feeling. Definitely I will not come back or recommend the restaurant anymore.