Hands down, one of my favorite Vietnamese take outs in town! Service is a bit slow but it's definitely worth the wait. Fresh, healthy, & flavorful means an A+ in my book.
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Brian H.
Tai's is definitely one of the better chinese/viet food places around Temple's campus. They have really good rice dishes (com tam) that serve with the viet fish sauce such except that they use normal rice. I don't have a problem with that and it tastes pretty good too. The Pho is decent too and i think its the only place on campus that has such a thing. The actual chinese food here can be a little bland. Its definitely one of the places that Temple students should try if they're missing home cooked food by mom. The only thing is that they seem to raise their prices every semester/year so now its just average priced.
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Rita M.
Amidst the tired old pizza and sandwich joints that comprise Anderson food court, Tai's is something of a godsend. The bubble tea is powdered and not the best, the pho is not mindblowing, but Tai's breaks up the monotony of college food options. The dumplings are decent boiled or fried and the spring roll over vermicelli is a filling, yet inexpensive option. I don't like a ton of the pork dishes because they predominantly taste the same and are pretty overpriced for the quality of meat. I recommend the dumpling noodle soup; it is huge and wildly satisfying on a cold evening. Bring your cash, no cards accepted here. The service is fast and friendly and beats the pants off the other businesses on this block. A Temple staple.
(4)
Marc C.
I literally made a Yelp account because of this place. It is literally the BEST Asian food and some of the best food I have ever eaten. I am in my final few weeks at Temple University and I am deeply saddened at the fact that I just now discovered this place. It is by far the best food on the campus. Tai's Vietnamese has inspired me to never order general tso's chicken again. I am a changed man! My favorite meal is #84 aka the double pork with rice! PROS -best Asian food I have ever tasted -incredibly flavorful -fresh food -fast service -friendly service CONS -no credit card machine
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Susan L.
I feel like I'm being a traitor. But it must be done. Tai's has upped their prices over the years which is understandable as long as they kept the quality of their food. Well... Their bubble tea is now made from powder, their bourbon chicken is slightly burnt, and their fried rice tastes like its been sitting around all day. The only thing I still love are their summer rolls and thats ONLY because of their peanut sauce. If they bottled and sold that shit, they would make millions. But I digress. I miss the old Tai's...
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Anna P.
The service here is sometimes really slow, like this one time I ordered lunch and waited more than half an hour which isn't bad but compared to other places that's kind of long since everything on campus is served quickly. Also I ordered the dried pork one time and it was so hard and so dry that I just threw it away. Other than those two cons, I usually have a good experience ordering here and the food is usually really good. I also really like the half lemonade and half tea drink here. It's sweet and lemony. I recommend calling and ordering here instead of going here and ordering because you'll get your food faster and you can skip the wait and the chaotic line.
(4)
Robert G.
I love this place. Great taste and the portions are satisfying! I recommend the bourbon chicken (chicken with bourbon sauce on white rice) and grilled chicken on rice (you get a lot of chicken, salad, and fish sauce on the side).
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Sherrice B.
My first Vietnamese meal came from here..for a whole year I bypassed this place cause I had no idea what I would like from here. Now its one of my go to lunch places at work. I usually get the #5 Grilled Chicken Salad..it is delicious. Everything is so fresh an container is filled to the top..worth every penny. Never had any issues with my food from here!
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Daniel Y.
A good go-to place for lunch that is close to where I work on campus. The prices are fairly cheap and pretty good. When the weather is cold, it's also a good place to get pho to warm yourself up although, in my opinion, you could get a better deal and better broth if you went to an actual pho restaurant instead. But this is campus and trekking to a pho restaurant is often not an option. The menu is expansive, ranging from noodles to rice dishes and even mapo tofu. And there's always a line during lunch so hit the stand between classes to avoid the rush.
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India N.
Today I came back for the shrimp pho. It was PERFECT. It was a really big bowl, hot and the veggies and shrimp were good. As always, I burned my mouth trying to eat it fast because it was so good.
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Jordan S.
Can never figure out what to eat at Temple. Sometimes I need something hardy and filling but don't feel like greasy pizza or burgers and don't want to spend a fortune at the food trucks for meager portioned alternatives. Tai's is fantastic. Their curry sauce is all you need. Curry tofu or curry chicken are both excellent choices. Adequately filling without that tired feeling that other Asian cuisine options can leave one with. The curry broth is so savory and umami that even if oyu go with the lighter tofu option, you still feel like you ate a perfect amount of beef/chicken. Yum!
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Rokeya J.
The bourbon chicken was excellent. I'm from out of town but my friend who lives there says its the best in town. Another friend ordered the pho with shrimp and loved it as well. Quick eats and great spot for people watching in a park like setting.
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Jonny R.
I might have too many three-star reviews. Sometimes I wish I needed to choose between two and four, but alas, there is a three-star review. Ideally, I'd like a four-star system to you couldn't choose the middle. With that said, I think Tai's Vietnamese Food all things consider (minor competition on the "Anderson row" of stands and just a few decent Asian cuisine places on campus) is a good place to eat. It has a huge menu that needs some searching and discerning to get through, but it's worth it. Lemongrass tofu and eggplant tofu are ones I recall enjoying to an extreme degree.
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Amanda C.
Tai's Vietnamese was my gateway to Pho and Vietnamese food in general. Tai's has been on Temple's campus for at least 7 years because it was around when I was a freshman in 2005. We would come here for the decent Pho and the huge spring rolls that come with tons of fixings. I would definitely recommend this as a cheap, fresh, and filling lunch on Temple campus.
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Zareen S.
Temple U has its own Thai place? I had no idea. Hooked on to Pho only very recently, I was stoked to find a Thai place on the food wall thanks to Yelp [duh]. I have been to the wall several time but missed out on this joint. As outlandish as it seems to eat Pho out of a container in the middle of campus, i did it! My food cravings knows no boundaries. The spicy pho that had coconut milk and beef in it was pretty damn good for coming out of a plastic bowl in north Philly. Plenty of Thai Basil and sprouts came on the side. What was better were the Summer Rolls for about 3 bucks that I tried on my second visit. Very light and cooling in the heat. The staff is nice and amicable and the price seems absolutely reasonable compared to everything else thats available on campus.
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Jade V.
Good old reliable Vietnamese food. According to Yelp, it's the only Vietnamese place around the Templetown area. Food comes out pretty quickly. Just make your order, then stand around and wait for it to be called out when it's ready. I especially love their goi cuon (summer rolls)... but I always love the summer rolls. Very generous serving sizes, for reasonable prices. I ordered a chicken salad, expecting something light, and ended up eating the rest of it for dinner that night! Pretty vast menu, I feel like I'll eventually get through it all. Everything tastes pretty fresh! They've also got bubble tea.
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Sarah K.
The owner's voice is so shrill, and that's pretty much the only thing I hate about Tai's. Everything I've had from here has been above average. Their pho, although definitely not comparable to sit-down-restaurant pho, is decent and is a quick fix for cravings. Summer rolls, lemongrass pork, chicken and rice soup, mapo tofu, etc. etc. Tai's offers a variety of foods that satisfy! Plus, the new renovations and updates are visually appealing.
(4)
Christian L.
I LOVE TAI'S .... CHICKEN BUN OR LEMONGRASS CHICKEN BUN! TRY IT! at 6 dollars and a phone call and no wait away makes it the best thing on temple campus since ... well I don't know... just try it.
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Chris O.
A solid place to get a bite to eat. The food is a little better than your average Asian restaurant, the service is reasonably nice, and they give you a lot of food for the price.
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James K.
This, being my first Vietnamese experience, is what I compare all others to. Though I can't speak for their pho (as I've never had it), I can definitely say that their rice and rice vermicelli dishes are the best in the city for the price. My go to dish is the double chicken vermicelli bun with spring rolls (which isn't on the menu, I just ask for it). I've also had the sweet and sour soup, which is utterly amazing (it has pineapple) and the Vietnamese style sweet and sour chicken (with rice, fresh green peppers and an amazing S&S sauce). If you call ahead, the service is as quick as you need it to be, and if you like sweet tea, theirs is the sweetest. The menu is extremely diverse and I haven't had a regretful dish yet.
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Lena W.
I ordered pork fried rice here, even though it seemed a little expensive. It didn't take too long, but when I got to taste it was only okay. It it pretty burnt and with barely an pork in it. I might come here again to try something else, but not fried rice.
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Conrad P.
My choice place around Temple to get Asian food. Dumpling noodle soup in the colder months and sesame or bourbon chicken otherwise. I have tried a bunch of other things on the menu but those are my "go-to orders". The only major fault I find is that they do not accept credit/debit cards which is always frustrating when I have a craving for something from their menu but no cash in hand.
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Hannah K.
Yum! Tai's is a great place to stop by for Viet food on Temple campus. The staff is super friendly, and their food is always yummy. I love their vermicelli with grilled pork and fried spring rolls. Their drinks are great also. Reasonably priced great tasting Vietnamese food.
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Vicki M.
LOVE IT. The Queen of Tai's is my girl. I have eaten there time after time after time after time...okay, so it was my standard lunch for about 2.5 semesters straight. She remembers who you are if you're a Tai's regular, which is pretty impressive on a campus of 40K+ students, and I've never had a problem with them screwing up my orders. It is a great place for cheap eats, and the food is actually really, really, really good. I have eaten at the Chinese food place two stores down on the strip and had SAC sushi more than once, but they both pale in comparison to the goodness that is Tai's. Also, for the reasonable price, you get huge portions. (Man, those jugs o' soup leave me stuffed...and we're talking about SOUP!) OH! And they are more than happy to take phone orders, which is always awesome when you're walking from class and realize it's going to be nuts on the strip. Seriously good food.
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David W.
Thank you, Tai's. You helped me discover a new love for vietnamese. This place is great.. Everything you want from a street vendor: quick, cheap, and delicious. My favorite is the double pork with rice. And I agree with Sue K, there is something totally awesome and authentic about the lady at the window who takes your orders.
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Catherine A.
I have to give Tai's a bump up here, simply for being the only decent Vietnamese food in the area. There are trucks nearby offering Vietnamese...but none of it is edible. Tai's is still not at all blowing my mind, but it is consistent and not un-tasty. OK Vietnamese food is better than no Vietnamese food, any day.
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C K.
I love this place! I love the Pho, and beef ho-fun. The summer roll is pretty good. The ice tea is good. Just about everything there is pretty much good. Of course there are better Vietnamese places, but this is a food stand, so if you are in a hurry and at Temple.. this is the place.
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Kelly S.
Tai's is a food stand located in the strip of permanent food stands on Temple's Main Campus on 12th Street, next to the Tech Center and across from the Library. I get food from here all the time. Now, I've had way better Vietnamese food in my life, but, for a food stand at Temple, their food is pretty good. I usually order the Lemongrass Chicken Bun (which is rice vermacelli noodles with the chicken and nuc mam - probably not spelled right, but that high-protein fish-based sauce that the Vietnamese use for everything). It's really good. I also like their summer rolls (rice paper, shrimp, rice vermacelli, etc. inside - not cooked except for the shrimp) and peanut sauce for dipping. Their homemade iced tea isn't bad, their Vietnamese coffee is really good, but their Thai iced tea leaves something to be desired. It's too sweet and has a coconut flavor to it that I don't like. Also, expect to wait 5-10 minutes for your food (that's pretty fair), and the lady who takes the orders and then calls out the orders as they are ready is a bit hard to understand/hear, especially when it's crowded. So make sure you pay attention to her when you're waiting for your food. All in all, this place is pretty good. It's a regular spot for Temple students, faculty, and staff to get something to eat on campus.
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Sierra S.
First time trying Viet food and it was great! I got lemongrass chicken and spring roll bun. Only con is that it did take awhile and food is a bit expensive for the amount you get compared to a Chinese lunch combo.
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Mommy Of Two I.
Hands down, one of my favorite Vietnamese take outs in town! Service is a bit slow but it's definitely worth the wait. Fresh, healthy, & flavorful means an A+ in my book.
(5)Brian H.
Tai's is definitely one of the better chinese/viet food places around Temple's campus. They have really good rice dishes (com tam) that serve with the viet fish sauce such except that they use normal rice. I don't have a problem with that and it tastes pretty good too. The Pho is decent too and i think its the only place on campus that has such a thing. The actual chinese food here can be a little bland. Its definitely one of the places that Temple students should try if they're missing home cooked food by mom. The only thing is that they seem to raise their prices every semester/year so now its just average priced.
(4)Rita M.
Amidst the tired old pizza and sandwich joints that comprise Anderson food court, Tai's is something of a godsend. The bubble tea is powdered and not the best, the pho is not mindblowing, but Tai's breaks up the monotony of college food options. The dumplings are decent boiled or fried and the spring roll over vermicelli is a filling, yet inexpensive option. I don't like a ton of the pork dishes because they predominantly taste the same and are pretty overpriced for the quality of meat. I recommend the dumpling noodle soup; it is huge and wildly satisfying on a cold evening. Bring your cash, no cards accepted here. The service is fast and friendly and beats the pants off the other businesses on this block. A Temple staple.
(4)Marc C.
I literally made a Yelp account because of this place. It is literally the BEST Asian food and some of the best food I have ever eaten. I am in my final few weeks at Temple University and I am deeply saddened at the fact that I just now discovered this place. It is by far the best food on the campus. Tai's Vietnamese has inspired me to never order general tso's chicken again. I am a changed man! My favorite meal is #84 aka the double pork with rice! PROS -best Asian food I have ever tasted -incredibly flavorful -fresh food -fast service -friendly service CONS -no credit card machine
(5)Susan L.
I feel like I'm being a traitor. But it must be done. Tai's has upped their prices over the years which is understandable as long as they kept the quality of their food. Well... Their bubble tea is now made from powder, their bourbon chicken is slightly burnt, and their fried rice tastes like its been sitting around all day. The only thing I still love are their summer rolls and thats ONLY because of their peanut sauce. If they bottled and sold that shit, they would make millions. But I digress. I miss the old Tai's...
(3)Anna P.
The service here is sometimes really slow, like this one time I ordered lunch and waited more than half an hour which isn't bad but compared to other places that's kind of long since everything on campus is served quickly. Also I ordered the dried pork one time and it was so hard and so dry that I just threw it away. Other than those two cons, I usually have a good experience ordering here and the food is usually really good. I also really like the half lemonade and half tea drink here. It's sweet and lemony. I recommend calling and ordering here instead of going here and ordering because you'll get your food faster and you can skip the wait and the chaotic line.
(4)Robert G.
I love this place. Great taste and the portions are satisfying! I recommend the bourbon chicken (chicken with bourbon sauce on white rice) and grilled chicken on rice (you get a lot of chicken, salad, and fish sauce on the side).
(5)Sherrice B.
My first Vietnamese meal came from here..for a whole year I bypassed this place cause I had no idea what I would like from here. Now its one of my go to lunch places at work. I usually get the #5 Grilled Chicken Salad..it is delicious. Everything is so fresh an container is filled to the top..worth every penny. Never had any issues with my food from here!
(5)Daniel Y.
A good go-to place for lunch that is close to where I work on campus. The prices are fairly cheap and pretty good. When the weather is cold, it's also a good place to get pho to warm yourself up although, in my opinion, you could get a better deal and better broth if you went to an actual pho restaurant instead. But this is campus and trekking to a pho restaurant is often not an option. The menu is expansive, ranging from noodles to rice dishes and even mapo tofu. And there's always a line during lunch so hit the stand between classes to avoid the rush.
(3)India N.
Today I came back for the shrimp pho. It was PERFECT. It was a really big bowl, hot and the veggies and shrimp were good. As always, I burned my mouth trying to eat it fast because it was so good.
(5)Jordan S.
Can never figure out what to eat at Temple. Sometimes I need something hardy and filling but don't feel like greasy pizza or burgers and don't want to spend a fortune at the food trucks for meager portioned alternatives. Tai's is fantastic. Their curry sauce is all you need. Curry tofu or curry chicken are both excellent choices. Adequately filling without that tired feeling that other Asian cuisine options can leave one with. The curry broth is so savory and umami that even if oyu go with the lighter tofu option, you still feel like you ate a perfect amount of beef/chicken. Yum!
(5)Rokeya J.
The bourbon chicken was excellent. I'm from out of town but my friend who lives there says its the best in town. Another friend ordered the pho with shrimp and loved it as well. Quick eats and great spot for people watching in a park like setting.
(5)Jonny R.
I might have too many three-star reviews. Sometimes I wish I needed to choose between two and four, but alas, there is a three-star review. Ideally, I'd like a four-star system to you couldn't choose the middle. With that said, I think Tai's Vietnamese Food all things consider (minor competition on the "Anderson row" of stands and just a few decent Asian cuisine places on campus) is a good place to eat. It has a huge menu that needs some searching and discerning to get through, but it's worth it. Lemongrass tofu and eggplant tofu are ones I recall enjoying to an extreme degree.
(3)Amanda C.
Tai's Vietnamese was my gateway to Pho and Vietnamese food in general. Tai's has been on Temple's campus for at least 7 years because it was around when I was a freshman in 2005. We would come here for the decent Pho and the huge spring rolls that come with tons of fixings. I would definitely recommend this as a cheap, fresh, and filling lunch on Temple campus.
(4)Zareen S.
Temple U has its own Thai place? I had no idea. Hooked on to Pho only very recently, I was stoked to find a Thai place on the food wall thanks to Yelp [duh]. I have been to the wall several time but missed out on this joint. As outlandish as it seems to eat Pho out of a container in the middle of campus, i did it! My food cravings knows no boundaries. The spicy pho that had coconut milk and beef in it was pretty damn good for coming out of a plastic bowl in north Philly. Plenty of Thai Basil and sprouts came on the side. What was better were the Summer Rolls for about 3 bucks that I tried on my second visit. Very light and cooling in the heat. The staff is nice and amicable and the price seems absolutely reasonable compared to everything else thats available on campus.
(4)Jade V.
Good old reliable Vietnamese food. According to Yelp, it's the only Vietnamese place around the Templetown area. Food comes out pretty quickly. Just make your order, then stand around and wait for it to be called out when it's ready. I especially love their goi cuon (summer rolls)... but I always love the summer rolls. Very generous serving sizes, for reasonable prices. I ordered a chicken salad, expecting something light, and ended up eating the rest of it for dinner that night! Pretty vast menu, I feel like I'll eventually get through it all. Everything tastes pretty fresh! They've also got bubble tea.
(4)Sarah K.
The owner's voice is so shrill, and that's pretty much the only thing I hate about Tai's. Everything I've had from here has been above average. Their pho, although definitely not comparable to sit-down-restaurant pho, is decent and is a quick fix for cravings. Summer rolls, lemongrass pork, chicken and rice soup, mapo tofu, etc. etc. Tai's offers a variety of foods that satisfy! Plus, the new renovations and updates are visually appealing.
(4)Christian L.
I LOVE TAI'S .... CHICKEN BUN OR LEMONGRASS CHICKEN BUN! TRY IT! at 6 dollars and a phone call and no wait away makes it the best thing on temple campus since ... well I don't know... just try it.
(5)Chris O.
A solid place to get a bite to eat. The food is a little better than your average Asian restaurant, the service is reasonably nice, and they give you a lot of food for the price.
(4)James K.
This, being my first Vietnamese experience, is what I compare all others to. Though I can't speak for their pho (as I've never had it), I can definitely say that their rice and rice vermicelli dishes are the best in the city for the price. My go to dish is the double chicken vermicelli bun with spring rolls (which isn't on the menu, I just ask for it). I've also had the sweet and sour soup, which is utterly amazing (it has pineapple) and the Vietnamese style sweet and sour chicken (with rice, fresh green peppers and an amazing S&S sauce). If you call ahead, the service is as quick as you need it to be, and if you like sweet tea, theirs is the sweetest. The menu is extremely diverse and I haven't had a regretful dish yet.
(5)Lena W.
I ordered pork fried rice here, even though it seemed a little expensive. It didn't take too long, but when I got to taste it was only okay. It it pretty burnt and with barely an pork in it. I might come here again to try something else, but not fried rice.
(3)Conrad P.
My choice place around Temple to get Asian food. Dumpling noodle soup in the colder months and sesame or bourbon chicken otherwise. I have tried a bunch of other things on the menu but those are my "go-to orders". The only major fault I find is that they do not accept credit/debit cards which is always frustrating when I have a craving for something from their menu but no cash in hand.
(4)Hannah K.
Yum! Tai's is a great place to stop by for Viet food on Temple campus. The staff is super friendly, and their food is always yummy. I love their vermicelli with grilled pork and fried spring rolls. Their drinks are great also. Reasonably priced great tasting Vietnamese food.
(4)Vicki M.
LOVE IT. The Queen of Tai's is my girl. I have eaten there time after time after time after time...okay, so it was my standard lunch for about 2.5 semesters straight. She remembers who you are if you're a Tai's regular, which is pretty impressive on a campus of 40K+ students, and I've never had a problem with them screwing up my orders. It is a great place for cheap eats, and the food is actually really, really, really good. I have eaten at the Chinese food place two stores down on the strip and had SAC sushi more than once, but they both pale in comparison to the goodness that is Tai's. Also, for the reasonable price, you get huge portions. (Man, those jugs o' soup leave me stuffed...and we're talking about SOUP!) OH! And they are more than happy to take phone orders, which is always awesome when you're walking from class and realize it's going to be nuts on the strip. Seriously good food.
(4)David W.
Thank you, Tai's. You helped me discover a new love for vietnamese. This place is great.. Everything you want from a street vendor: quick, cheap, and delicious. My favorite is the double pork with rice. And I agree with Sue K, there is something totally awesome and authentic about the lady at the window who takes your orders.
(4)Catherine A.
I have to give Tai's a bump up here, simply for being the only decent Vietnamese food in the area. There are trucks nearby offering Vietnamese...but none of it is edible. Tai's is still not at all blowing my mind, but it is consistent and not un-tasty. OK Vietnamese food is better than no Vietnamese food, any day.
(3)C K.
I love this place! I love the Pho, and beef ho-fun. The summer roll is pretty good. The ice tea is good. Just about everything there is pretty much good. Of course there are better Vietnamese places, but this is a food stand, so if you are in a hurry and at Temple.. this is the place.
(5)Kelly S.
Tai's is a food stand located in the strip of permanent food stands on Temple's Main Campus on 12th Street, next to the Tech Center and across from the Library. I get food from here all the time. Now, I've had way better Vietnamese food in my life, but, for a food stand at Temple, their food is pretty good. I usually order the Lemongrass Chicken Bun (which is rice vermacelli noodles with the chicken and nuc mam - probably not spelled right, but that high-protein fish-based sauce that the Vietnamese use for everything). It's really good. I also like their summer rolls (rice paper, shrimp, rice vermacelli, etc. inside - not cooked except for the shrimp) and peanut sauce for dipping. Their homemade iced tea isn't bad, their Vietnamese coffee is really good, but their Thai iced tea leaves something to be desired. It's too sweet and has a coconut flavor to it that I don't like. Also, expect to wait 5-10 minutes for your food (that's pretty fair), and the lady who takes the orders and then calls out the orders as they are ready is a bit hard to understand/hear, especially when it's crowded. So make sure you pay attention to her when you're waiting for your food. All in all, this place is pretty good. It's a regular spot for Temple students, faculty, and staff to get something to eat on campus.
(3)Sierra S.
First time trying Viet food and it was great! I got lemongrass chicken and spring roll bun. Only con is that it did take awhile and food is a bit expensive for the amount you get compared to a Chinese lunch combo.
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