Pho Mekong House of Noodles

When I lived in Utica I would come here weekly. I tried to order everything on the menu and got about 80% of the menu before moving. Honestly biggest thing I miss from Utica. I enjoyed everything I ordered. Some of my favorites are N12, N20, V40, S43, S52, RD54, VEG63, SP2 and SP5

I was very excited to try this restaurant by all the rave reviews and I was pretty disappointed… as with all the other bad reviews, I got the miserable waitress who was ridiculously rude. She looked angry I walked in (there were two other people in there) brought my check to rush me out before I had even gotten half way through my meal. The Pho was ok. Not horrible but definitely not the best I’ve had. The waitress gave me the jumbo size and charged me for it without even asking(I asked for regular size) . I also ordered the “fresh lemonade” and it was obviously Minute Maid from a soda machine. I ordered Pad Thai to go, and I guess that’s my bad ordering a Thai meal at a Vietnamese place because that was not pad Thai. It was a large portion of overcooked noodles, 4 pieces of chicken, thrown with some peanuts on top. There was only a little bit of very mediocre sauce, so it is essentially just dry noodles

Great place and really good food. My wife and I met with our son and his wife for dinner. None of us are familiar with the area and chose this place based on the reviews. My son and his wife eat a lot of Vietnamese food and they know what's good and what's not. My wife and I are culinary dulards and have no clue. We went with their recommendations. They loved it and so did we. If you had told me I would enjoy a broth based soup, I would have disagreed. Was I ever wrong. The soup was delicious and loaded with flavor. It seemed reasonably clean. Service was pleasant, and the prices were great for what we got. Will return.

Great stop for authentic Vietnamese dishes. The atmosphere leaves something to be desired but the food makes up for it. Everything we got had an amazingly rich broth. More than worth a visit if you're passing by.

Very good Asian style cuisine. They have Vietnamese and Chinese items. Lots of soups and rice noodle dishes. I prefer lo mein noodles as they are less high glycemic or blood sugar raising. The vegetables are always fresh ,never overcooked. Very helpful with questions or suggestions for food items!