La Pagode - Arles

Food excellent, very well cooked and presented. One of the best Vietnamese restaurants I have tried in France. Food freshly prepared and cooked. read more Food excellent, very well cooked and presented. One of the best Vietnamese restaurants I have tried in France. Food freshly prepared and cooked.

Not much went right during our visit. The only positive thing was the spring rolls we had as an appetizer. We ordered white wine and the first response from the... read more Not much went right during our visit. The only positive thing was the spring rolls we had as an appetizer. We ordered white wine and the first response from the server (and possibly owner) was they didn't have any. Then when he tried to get us to order the red wine, which was more expensive, and we said no, he all of a sudden had a bottle of white wine that was twice as expensive as the menu quoted. My husband ordered beef noodles which ended up being no more than a package of mr. Noodles and I ordered the Ginger chicken with mushrooms and when it was brought out it was chicken with vegetables but unfortunately no mushrooms. When the server brought the bill, my husband had his Visa card in hand (which was pictured on the window out front) and he just yelled 'NO'. A group of 4 arrived just before we left and we witnessed the sever try to just flip the dirty placements over from the previous customers. They made him change the table cloth and wash the placemats! I wish that would have happened when we went in and we would have turned around and left! Don't waste your money here!