Viet Kitchen - Santa Maria

Overall: I went on a Friday night at 5 pm, right when it opened. Service was speedy, probably one of the best broths I have had, too pricy for the quality, and the portions were small. : If you are used to having good pho at a mom and pop pho place, this is not the place : . Next time, I wanna try Al Pho in Santa Maria. Of course, there aren 't many options.Food: I ordered the pho special in store and it was good. However, for me, the noodles were already stuck together and it was difficult to celebrate. I WILL say, one of the best broths I have ever had. It was mild but FULLL of flavor. However, I ordered extra veggies and the portions were still small. A little sad about that. I also took a chicken vermicelli home. Again, it only filled me up for one meal and the salad was just shredded lettuce. I am used to a mixed veggies in Viet food that makes it so healthy. +1 starsStaff/Service: I got seated almost immediately. They got me water and my order quickly and my food was out within 5 minutes. They also got me my check pretty quick...almost too quick.... . They were nice and friendly overall, different from the other comments I saw on Yelp. +1 starsLocation/Ambience: Located in a small strip mall, plenty of parking. The inside was very clean with pretty lanterns and a part of the restaurant has big speakers...like it was for a big party. +1 starsPrice for Food: For the portion I received and the quality of the food, I don 't think the price matched. I am used to eating pho in San Diego and Irvine sooo..it is difficult to compare. Lack of variety of veggies, and besides the broth (which again was one of the BEST everything else was subpar and felt like it was more like a Viet food...adopted to American style/likings.

I have come here on multiple occasions and the food and the service has always been great with the exception of this last time I was there. We walked in around 5:00 on a Sunday and the restaurant was empty. We placed our order and my son ordered a kids pho. After we got seated and our orders were taken, the restaurant started feeling up very quickly. Long story short all of our party got our food except for my son. Needless to say, the entire restaurant got their food before my son did and we were the first ones there. They were bringing out pho to other tables so I don't understand what the problem was. I was livid and so was our entire party. They basically ruined our dinner because we were waiting for my son's food so that we could all eat together. They made us wait an hour and by that point everybody was in a bad mood and our food was cold. When the bill came, I was shocked to see that they charged us for it. If they would have not charged us for it we would have left them a tip. But you're not going to feed the entire restaurant, make us wait an hour for a soup and then not take that off the bill. It was over $120 and we didn't tip one cent and I don't feel bad about that. You guys need to get more workers. One person for an entire restaurant is not a good business model. I honestly don't even know if we're going to go back there just because my son was almost in tears.

Love this place. Its a regular lunch spot for several people in my office. The Pho is consitently good and the prices are very reasonable.Food: 4/5

This is my favorite place for Vietnamese food in central coast. Love their Viet kitchen vermicelli bowl, bbq springs, garlic noodles with filet mignon, and of course the special pho. The restaurant is clean. Friendly service ??

Always order pho from this place. The pho is so delicious. This time I tried the garlic noodle with Salmon and I love it. It is one of the best garlic noodle I’ve ever had. Would recommend this place!