| Category: | Restaurant, |
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| Address: | 201 S Clinton St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA |
| Zip code: | 52240 |
| Website: | http://thesaigonscorner.com/ |
| Opening hours (Edit) | |
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| Monday: | 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Tuesday: | 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Wednesday: | 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Thursday: | 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Friday: | 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Saturday: | 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Sunday: | 12:00 – 8:00 PM |
I love this place! My first time there and I'm hooked! The service was great, the food even better. The restaurant is spacious. I love the way the decorated too! Going back next week ????
Delicious, delicious, delicious. The chicken wings are amazing and we loved the pho. Friendly service and huge portions.
Vietnamese dishes served with a gorgeous presentation. Bonus: you can ask for the chef to prepare a dish "the way they'd eat it."
I have missed authentic Vietnamese food ever since I moved here, but am incredibly happy to report that everything on the menu here feels like it's been pulled right out of Little Saigon in Orange County. As others have mentioned, the service could be a little more attentive, but everyone working there is gracious and welcoming, and we received our entrees very quickly - little things, like offering to-go containers or refilling water, are nothing that can't be improved over time.
The egg rolls here are the best in the city by a mile. Period. My wife, very health-conscious, ordered the stir-fried noodles with chicken not knowing they were crispy, but they arrived light and airy; the vegetables are well seasoned and cooked perfectly; and the sauce is incredibly delicious without being too thick or heavy.
The dish that really sealed my love for this place, though, is the dry vermicelli bowl. It is huge, just like they make it in Westminster. It comes with generous helpings of delicious pork, pork belly, shrimp, a ton of fresh and pickled vegetables, and tasted almost exactly like the food I grew up eating. I agree with other reviewers that there is a definite increased use of sweet chili sauce compared to fish sauce (the most heavily used sauce in Vietnamese cooking), but the entrees here are still delicious.
It's hard to put into words exactly what a restaurant like Saigon's Corner means to me. Yes, the food is great, but for me, it means way more than that. Eating here, for at least a couple hours, made me feel like I was back in California, like I had never left. Cooking is such a huge part of our culture, and out here in the Midwest, it's almost synonymous. It's the reason I hope this business gets all the traffic and support it deserves. Saigon's Corner feels like home. That's the highest praise I can give.
Really delicious food, went for lunch with friends. Gluten free friendly! I had the spring rolls with shrimp and the lemongrass chicken with white rice. Both items were fresh and delicious! The service was good but the food came out quite staggered and we were the only diners of the 1.5 hours we were there. I really want to see this place succeed! The market opened behind it and seems like a great place to pick up the makings for a Vietnamese feast at home.