Truc Orient Express Vietnamese Restaurant
Harris St, West Stockbridge, MA, 01266
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Address :
Harris St
West Stockbridge, MA, 01266 - Phone (413) 232-4204
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Specialities
- Takes Reservations : Yes
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Dinner
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : Yes
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Casual
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : Beer & Wine Only
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : No
Waiter Service : Yes
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Jamie T.
When you walk in, it's like you're taking a trip to Vietnam. The ambience is delightful! The food is wonderful as well (some of the best Pad Thai and spring rolls I've ever had). There's also an attached gift store that has some really interesting pieces. The place gets very hot in the summer as there's no air conditioning, but it just makes it more authentic lol. Definitely a must.
(5)Lucy F.
The vegetarian food we ate here was astronomically expensive and wholly flavorless. It was really shocking. The portions were also small. Perhaps the meat dishes are better?
(1)G F.
Displeased. The owner was beyond rude and had a "melt down" in front of me. The place was empty. The positive reviews confuse me. I assume most are by the establishment. Not impressed by food either. -It's been a while since I was here and I still think back to the poor service. I am currently living in San Jose. Here we have a large number of vietnamese establishments and wish that the food I got at this place was as good or the service was better. Out here the vietnamese is great so it's not that I don't like the type of food. I now eat vietnamese once a week and this review reminded me of the first time I had had it, and it was almost the last.
(1)Rulian F.
The 5 of us had dinner here. We ordered 2 soups - the chicken noodle and crab with asparagus. Both were disappointing. The 5 dishes we ordered were the duck, "shaken" beef, 5 spice chicken, seafood curry and mixed vegetables. We found that the meat in every dish was flavorful. But the amount was very small especially considering the price of the dish. We were surprised that there was not even one "pho" on the menu. Quite disappointed with this Vietnamese restaurant. Will not go again.
(2)faine g.
Truc Oriental Cafe Vietnamese food is what makes my life worth living. It forms the bulk of my diet (seemingly) back home in Sacramento, and it's what I miss most when I'm up here in New England. So I when I heard there was a Vietnamese restaurant near me in West Stockbridge, I absolutely had to go - damn the drive! I shanghaied some friends into visiting with me and away we went. It took a bit of effort to find the place, but we were rewarded: the interior is lovely, built inside what seems to be an old farmhouse. The soothing, richly lit wooden room is a wonderful place to sit and relax, aided by the romantic scent of Vietnamese incense in the air. And after subsisting on dining hall food for a while, one really grows to appreciate a candle and a snappy white tablecloth. But what about the food? The menu features a wide assortment of traditional Vietnamese dishes. We began with the Shrimp Summer Rolls ($6.95.) These were big, plump, fresh and absolutely fabulous - one of the best renditions I've ever had. Scallion and a bit of jalapeno even gave them a spicy and seductive kick. Dip them in the silky smooth peanut sauce and you have entered spring roll Nirvana. We moved on to main courses, sharing the Char-broiled Pork over Rice Noodles ($17.95), the Shaking Beef ($18.95), and the Hanoi Style Fish. ($20.95) The pork was served on a bed of rice noodle cakes, with shaved carrot, peanut, and a bit of green sauce on top. The pork was thin, tender, and expertly cooked, juxtaposed well with the soft noodles. The beef was flavorful and tender, with the silky texture you expect from really high quality meat. This was served in a rich and juicy sauce on top of a bed of watercress, which soaked up all the liquid....yummy. This went fast. Finally, the fish was served in a big hot pot with lots of peanut, dill, onion, and lemongrass. This had a fresh, wonderful dill flavor, and flaked deliciously on the plate. Served over rice noodles, it's a great light dish. Service is excellent, and the friendly owner checked on us throughout our meal...he was very happy to find out we were from California. (And he complimented me on my spring roll eating form...hah!) Apparantly his son is a chef at San Francisco's Ana Mandera. Cool! Truc is a wonderful option for fresh, high-quality, and super authentic Vietnamese food in a very unlikely location: the Berkshires. Please visit them often and give them all the business they deserve. Also check out the cool Vietnamese gift shop attached to the restaurant, selling all manner of Asian curios.
(5)Amvian Y.
This is my first review for yelp. Since this restaurant is so bad and I would like to give a review It is the worst service I have ever met. I have been to multiple restaurants and never met any bad service like this. We have a group of eight people. We went to the restaurant pretty late and we just wanted to eat light before sleep. We ordered 8 soups and one pancake. The owner told us" if you only ordered those, go back and we won't server you". What the hack!. Since we were so tired and didn't want to look for other places, I tried to change my order. No soups and pancake. Give me 5 entries. The owner said "go back if you order only 5 entries for 8 people". So we tried to leave and the owner said "Wait, you need to pay for tea". Only one of us drink tea but the owner wanted charge $11+tax for the group. What the....
(1)Katie O.
Truc is fantastic! We are so lucky to have them in West Stockbridge. I only wish they were open all year round! I always get take out, but the inside looks comfy and fun. They are always very welcoming when I walk in the door and I LOVE to look around in the attached shop. I'm a huge fan of the 5 spice Chicken. But really? Everything on the menu is fantastic!
(5)Alain N.
Not on par with most traditional Vietnamese cuisine. Flavors were bland and pho tasted like Chinese chicken soup! Service was disconcerting. Restaurant is ambient and attractive but I didn't love the food execution. I don't need to return here when there are so many better options.
(2)Charlie D.
I had really high hopes for Truc Orient Express based on the many raving reviews I had read. However, I left rather disappointed. The atmosphere was very homey and charming and the food was ok, but based on what i had read, I had expected a lot more. The ingredients were definitely fresh but some of the dishes were quite bland. Whether this was intentional or not I'm not really sure. It could be a reflection of what most of their customers are looking for. The prices were quite high for what the food was, and were really more in line with a fine dining restaurant. I've had tastier and more authentic Vietnamese food for lower prices in Boston. The biggest disappointment however was the service. There were very long waits throughout the meal, but especially at the end when we needed our bill. And once we gave our credit cards, it took a long time for them to get back to us to sign. It's too bad really. The family who runs Truc seems very nice and it definitely serves a niche in an area with a lack of sit-down Asian restaurants. I just wish it had been better.
(2)Cherepaha B.
We enjoyed Truc on a recent vacation - the food was excellent and fresh. One caveat -- if you're looking for Phö, the wonderfully flavorful Vietnamese soup, you won't find it here. The owner told us that he can't make any money selling Phö in West Stockbridge, as the tourists only come during the summer months. I perfectly understand this - a bowl of Phö costs at most $10 and easily could fill a meal -- and those prices, paying rent in West Stockbridge could be quite unreasonable. So that's my only caution. If you're looking for Phö -- Phögetaboutit! :)
(4)Toby C.
Deliciousness! We've been going to Truc Orient Express for 34 years, and the restaurant, owners, and food are still going strong as ever. I use Orient Express as a standard with which to measure any other Vietnamese restaurant I visit, and no other can hold a candle to this one. The food is consistently fresh tasting, light, flavors are subtle, and portions are aplenty. We especially love the "Happy Pancake" and "Spice Squid Salad" with tamarind sauce. I think the food and wine prices are very reasonable, and less than many of the pricier restaurants that populate the Berkshires. We like the variety on the menu, the unusual mix of flavors and spices, the service, decor, and the originality of the cooking. Food presentation is lovely, and the quality of ingredients, yumminess. Go to Orient Express when in the Berkshires, and I think you will become a fan.
(5)William P.
This review is based on infrequent visits over the past 10 years or so. The last one was in June 2006. The review is so late because I just learned of this Web site, and thought it was important to issue a warning. The Truc is a totally family-owned restaurant. It serves what is, in my opinion, excellent Vietnamese food. It has been in existence for at least 20 years, first in downtown Schenectady, NY, and then in West Stockbridge. One caveat must be made. The staff, by their own admission, know absolutely nothing about wine. Patrons are totally on their own in choosing wines, and the descriptions on the menu are sometimes inaccurate to the point of being totally wrong, 180 degrees. Thus, we ordered a white wine listed as "dry" and found it intolerably sweet. We tried to return the bottle, but were told that no one on the staff claimed any wine expertise and, having ordered it anyway, we were stuck with it. It was undrinkable with the meal. We ended up taking it home and using it for cooking.
(4)Carolina D.
Hadn't been in years, and found the food to be most mediocre. I ordered the barbecued pork, which consisted of a couple of very dry, unflavorful pork cutlets on a bed of dry, unflavorful rice noodles. No veggies. If I had been on my own, I would have sent it back, as I found it inedible. Instead my companion graciously offered to switch with me so I had the "Shakin'" beef, which at least came on a bed of watercress but was drowning in sauce that tasted as if it came out of a bottle. No enthusiasm on the part of the servers. Couldn't wait to get out.
(1)Jo K.
The service was so bad that I left. A first for me
(1)Matt W.
We have been coming to Truc's for many years and always enjoyed it. Tonight, we brought old friends of ours and had a party of nine for dinner. As usual, the family that owns and runs the restaurant were gracious and welcoming - and the food was excellent. We had multiple vegetarian entrees as well as a shrimp and a duck entree. All were well prepared, tasty and well presented. The entire group had a great time and all commented on how pleasant everyone was. A true West Stockbridge treasure and one that we value greatly.
(5)David R.
Einstein defined stupidity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome each time. No, I'm not taking about Hamas, although they clearly qualify. I'm saying that if you ignore bad Yelp reviews and go to the restaurant anyway, expecting a different outcome, you get what you deserve. Welcome to the Truc Orient Distress Vietnamese Restaurant, where two diners sitting at adjacent tables on the same night can come away with entirely different experiences. My fault. I saw the many single star reviews, but chose to ignore them in favor of the couple of five star ratings. I know there's a fancy psychological term for this. Oh, yeah: stupidity. Take tonight, for example. Our very own NY power couple agreed to skip the Hamptons and come to the Berkshires to visit the folks. Where to dine is the obvious first question. We were inclined to favor the Red Lion Inn, but had dined with friends the previous weekend at Zinc. They raved about their meal at Truc the evening before. So we gave the kids a choice: the RLI or Truc. They chose Truc. We trucked to Truc, which is located at the ass end of West Stockbridge. The restaurant shares a building with a shop selling Vietnamese tchotchkes. We were seated promptly in the side room at a nice four top and were given menus. For those who don't know Vietnamese food, this is not the place for the best introduction. We ordered soup, starters, and mains and found everything to be completely bland: under spiced and mostly tasteless. The hot and sour soup was hot in temperature only and we had to ask for additional chili paste to bring it up to speed. My chicken was without any taste whatsoever and was beyond salvation. The filet with string beans was ordered medium rare but served mostly raw and had to be sent back for re-firing. The grilled duck breast was just OK, but the tofu dish was reported as being not too bad. The only pho on the menu was a chicken version. Fie fi faux pho! It was like going to a McDonalds in Singapore and finding that they only offered tofu McNuougats. Unlike others who posted here, we had no complaints about the service; it was friendly and prompt. But, this was our one and only visit. Oh, one last thing: I thought that the prices were waaay high for the quantity and quality. Be prepared.
(2)Anne J.
The key to enjoying Truc is not to compare it to other Vietnamese restaurants. Instead, consider it fresh pan-Asian cooking. Lots of vegetables, healthily cooked in lean broths and not too greasy. Service might depend on how well the owners know you.
(4)Alex H.
Incredible! Best Vietnamese restaurant I've ever been to and the best staff! They are great and the shop is great too!
(5)Adam S.
What does anyone know about their closing for winter?
(4)Ed W.
My wife and I and three of our friends visited Truc tonight on a return visit (we had first gone there last summer. Another reviewer previously commented on the menu no having Pho... but that's no longer true. There was one Pho dish on the menu! The portions are generous and the food is tasty and fresh. Guy com (summer rolls) were large, stuffed with shrimp, vermicelli, mint, cilantro and scalions (out both ends - uniusual) and very tasty. We ordered (as a group) sirloin steak, shaking beef, grilled pork, and a dish called "happy pancakes", essentially a crepe stuffed with mushrooms, bamboo shoots, pork and shrimp. The entrees were large, visually pleasing, aromatic and tasty; my only quibble would be with the "happy pancakes"; the crepe was friend, but then placed into a broth which tended to make them mushy (but still extremely flavorful; sweet and mildly spicy). The service can be slow at Truc, irrespective of whether it is crowded. Even so, this is a restaurant well worth a detour from Stockbridge. There are a dearth of Vietnamese restaurants in Western Massachusetts, and even fewer good ones. Truc is well worth the trip.
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