This location used to house a Lebanese restaurant that had mediocre food but a great belly dancer on the weekend.  (Really).  Today it’s a fine Vietnamese restaurant.  It’s very clean, comfortable seating with tables well spaced. 

I admittedly have a ‘thing’ about crowded tables.  I like privacy when I eat indoors.  LOVE a crowded outdoor cafe patio – they’re FOR socializing and eating.

My companion and I enjoyed dishes from the lunch specials which included green tea, brittle-crisp spring rolls, a cup of moderately spiced chicken and veg soup,  fried rice and your selection..  Mine was shrimp with onion and peppers.  Six medium sized shrimp.  Shells were on which is good because the shrimps stay juicy.  The green and sweet red peppers were plentiful and fresh and lots of white onion.  My friend enjoyed pork and vegetables prepared in a wok.I also ordered rare beef pho as recommended by another Menuism reviewer.  It was outstanding and just the right comfort food for a cold winter day – delicately fragrant with lemongrass, accompanied by a dish of  standard condiments: holy basil, mint, bird’s eye pepper, crisp bean sprouts, and fresh lime slices.  It could replace your mother’s chicken soup as a cure for what ever ails you!  I’ll return just for a bowl of rare beef pho.  Service is prompt, friendly and helpful. 

The restaurant is allergy-conscious and catered cheerfully to my gluten-free diet.  The printed menu mentions a willingness to accommodate special diets.  I had emailed ahead anyway and was impressed by return emails outlining which dishes were gluten-free.  The whole menu had been researched from item 1 through 146.  It’s a BIG menu.  I was most grateful for the time and effort taken.  Aside from special diet considerations, I would heartily recommend Little Saigon as an outstanding Vietnamese restaurant.  I suspect I’ll become a regular….

This is my favorite Vietnamese & Thai Restaurant. The beef soup – pho is really good.