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Lang Van

Lang Van

3019 Shamrock Dr, 28215, Charlotte, US, United States

Thai • Fish • Vegan • Vietnamese


"Despite the fact that when I walked in to get my order, it appeared to be all chaos, with a line out the door and staff running food out to the tables and the ladies behind the counter going HAM on the to-go orders, I have such immediate deep love for Lang Van that I have to give it 5 stars. This is a small, family-owned business that you have to love or you may be a monster. Know what you 're in for on the weekend and plan accordingly. It 's a small restaurant with parking that doesn 't allow for running in and picking up your order easily. My friend waited in the car for me and at first I was like WTF am I walking into here? But it was OK because the people waiting for a table were in such a good mood and let me pass and the captain of the ship might be the nicest lady in all of Charlotte (a city full of friendly people, mind you). She 's a pro back there, handling orders with aplomb. I 'm sorry, baby, one minute, she assured me as she zipped by and I believed her. It was five minutes and I didn 't care. I read all the love letters to the business as I waited, dodging well-meaning servers teetering past with large bowls of pho in hand. OK, so I had to mention all of this because I am known to be rather impatient at times. The food is excellent but this place is more than just great Vietnamese food, which, even when average is always really damn good, let 's face it. My order: lemongrass tofu. Delicious with fresh mint and greens and sprouts and vermicelli noodles. The perfect vegan Vietnamese food (they are so accommodating when you specify no fish sauce etc)."

Pho Ha

Pho Ha

1619 East Imperial Highway, Brea, CA 92821, 92886, United States

Lunch • American • Breakfast • Vietnamese


"We have Pho Ha, 1619 E Imperial Hwy, Brea, CA 92821, since 2006, if we don't want to drive to West Minister. Recently there are new service staff and it was not the same, the services are worse. Especially on Tuesday 11-8-2022 we went there for a meal. The server we do not know his name, he is the short man who was very rude, aggressive and unprofessional. We had to wait some time before we sat and then waited for a long time to place our order. The short man took our order and my food came almost completely wrong. Not only did he not apologize, he wasn't accommodating. While waiting for the missing meat of my Pho, he suddenly came to my table, shrouded my bowl away from me and told me hard that I heard your food was wrong, what is wrong with it, tell me I'm gonna get a new one for you that was redundant when he already knew what was wrong with my food. I felt he came back to complain. He replied sarcastically to everything I asked or asked and ignored my requests. I then requested another server and it is also ignored. Our meal was extremely unpleasant, we would have left our food without food, but we did not and during the whole meal none of the servers came by to check if we needed anything at all. But when I went to the counter to pay, the short man came by quickly and now he suddenly came nice to me and asked if everything was okay. I stayed calm and paid without a tip, the short man followed me back to our table to check if we left the cash tip that we did not, the short man complained to my partner, but he did not understand the short man. The short man had the courage to chase after me to teach me that I have to tap. I didn't tell him a tip, then he continued to dictate that I should only command. I answered that I will never come back. We thought that after we were terriblely abused, we felt that a tip was not earned. There are so many pho-restaurants, we would rather go further than return to this place. The 1 star had to leave a review, otherwise it would not be a star. We saw many similar reviews about the terrible service at this point."