Alo Saigon - Westfield

Omg the broth of the pho was so delish. Definitely would love to try other food from here and try pork this time not beef. The beef was k but the broth was really delish couldn't stop drinking it. So i had to come again so i ask for the pork pho with the beef broth omg it is so good. Also tried the spring roll yum but not all of them. They finally had the shrimp roll yum and rice this rice right here is really good. First time ever eating at the restaurant and omg it smelled so bad the restaurant. But the food tasted good like it always has.

Went there twice, the lady need to lower her voice when talking to the customers. Not particularly impressed I actually love Vietnamese soups).

Stopped here for lunch based on a friend’s review that the Pad Thai was the best she ever had. I must say the food was SO flavorful!!! I had the #12 chicken salad and every bite was bursting with flavor. The building/ restaurant/ decor is outdated but who cares when the food is this GOOD. You’re there to eat right?! Vegetarian options: An entire page of the menu devoted to vegetarian foods.

I waited at the table for 19 minutes then finally walked up waited another 5 told her I wanted to eat in the grave attitude when she said you said take out. I tried to still be helpful and take my plate up to her and I was still gonna leave a tip to she in a rude tone said leave it. Never gonna go back to they learn customer service

On May 19, 2024 I went to Alo Saigon on Elm Street in Westfield with a bunch of my friends. All of them were Chinese and they loved this place but it was a first time for my family and myself, though we drive by it frequently and my oldest asked if it was the restaurant with the kid in the front window playing computers games. I didn 't know what he was referring to but as we drove up and found free parking he confirmed that YES it was the place with the Asian kid in the front window! We went into the restaurant on a Sunday evening around dinner time to a very empty place. There was a couple behind us who I assumed wanted a quiet evening but alas, my part was not going to allow that. We were 5 in our family plus two families with 4 in each so 8 plus 5 is 13! Thirteen people and it was a simple fit. Everybody already had their menus when we walked in. There were a few recommendations thrown around and since I enjoy Vietnamese food I didn 't care what I was going to get as long as it is hot and delish. The woman serving us was all business and with a heavy accent go everyone 's orders. She was receptive to our youngest having an allergy and then decided to inform me that yes, the eggroll also has eggs. Mind blown! At least that makes sense, I had a McDonald 's drive through person tell me they weren 't sure if the white milk in the happy meal contained eggs. We lived dangerously that night. Our oldest got the beef curry and our youngest (with a peanut and egg allergy got the chicken noodle soup (Vietnamese style not American style or cheesy American English books type Chicken Noodle Soup! My daughter enjoyed her Pho which for the uninitiated is a hot soup with floating noodles, veggies and slices of meat. It 's delicious after you let it cool down a bit. Our waitress and for the looks of it was the boss, was all business and kept not wanting to spend any time with us at all. I ordered #18 which was the rare beef noodle soup. A friend of ours had already ordered but when he asked if they could change their order the waitress/owner informed him, minutes after they ordered, that their order was already in progress. Yeah, right I thought to myself. But then moments or minutes after we ordered some received their food. I was aghast. We just ordered, I 'm sure we have a while to wait. Boom. Next thing I knew my food came which mysteriously looked like my wife 's though we ordered something different. Finally, I made a comment to our waitress/boss that they are so amazing fast and she smiled! I did it! But after smiling just said nothing and went back into the kitchen. Oh well. There was silence as we all slurped up the food which was all very good after our long day in Albany and on the road. Kids a young as three were pre-occupied with the good food and also enjoyed it, though they are used to Chinese food as they are all ethnically Chinese and used to weird looking Asian food and chopsticks. Our family of 5 ordered a meal each and it came out to $67 even and we resisted the boba teas that everyone wanted since some of the kids didn 't even finish their Pho or noodles. We came home with two small take out containers for the soup that we didn 't finish. Over all the location is great, the parking was great, the cleanliness and the bathroom door sticking was not great, the friendliness of the staff wasn 't that great either except at the end when I asked about the boy at the window playing computer games and the waitress claimed it was the boss 's son. The staff was all very sullen until when the cook came out of the kitchen with another order I told him with thumbs up, DELICIOUS! and a big wide grin came over his otherwise colorless face. At least I made a couple people happy today. Dietary restrictions: egg allergy and peanut allergy. They were very accomodating. Kid-friendliness: We had 7 kids in our party. Very friendly.