Top Southeast Asian Restaurant in Rocklin
Pho Hot
6696 Lonetree Blvd, Rocklin, CA 95765, United States
I ordered the vermicelli with chicken and shrimp. It was not good at all. I have had this dish at other restaurants and never tasted like here. It had a funny unpleasant taste some spice or something. The chicken looked gray and 2 little shrimp that didnt taste fresh at all. I love to give good reviews but after spending $15 and then throwing it out I thought it best to make it known and save others the money. There are plenty of good Vietnamese restaurants around I would skip this one for sure. Also they had wrong prices on the internet. It stated $11.25 and it was over $15. No thank you.
Bangkok City Thai Cuisine
5050 Rocklin Rd Ste A12, Rocklin, CA 95677, United States
Ive given this place a few tries, and I give up. First try was Pad Thai, which should be the best thing at a Thai place. Bland dry boiled chicken, unseasoned small (probably also boiled) shrimp. Soggy old unseasoned veggies. Anything on the menu that says pan fried is a lie, noodles are all soggy. The curry base they use for everything is definitely just some store bought dry mix stirred with coconut milk. Ive never had more bland and flavorless Thai anywhere before. On my final attempt at giving this place a shot, I ordered Three Flavor Noodles, extra spicy. Their idea of making something spicy is just dumping red pepper flakes on it until its inedible. I love really hot and spicy foods, and expected it to be a hotter curry sauce or seasoning mix, but no, just about a cup of red pepper flakes mixed into the soggy (definitely not pan fried) noodles. After all my companions had finished eating (the server never stopped to check on us, this place is small its not exactly asking much) I pointed out that my wife and I had both had 1 bite of my pile of pepper flakes and found it inedible. He took it back and said he would take it off the bill, as I had just spent my lunch hour with a burning mouth while staring at the front counter, hoping maybe the server would notice. Much later, he came back and offered to replace the dish, which I agreed to get the bland pineapple curry my wife got (complete with the boiled plain unbrined unseasoned chicken). After about another 20 minutes, he comes back with my togo container(with a broken leaking lid). He goes around the table getting payment, and instead of comping my wasted lunch hour (and losing a potential customer forever + me telling everyone I work with across the street about it) he charges me $16 for it. The to-go cup is barely 2 cups worth, with the tiniest little soggy white rice box Ive ever seen. I assume theyve only stayed in business because of people with low standards who dont want to travel farther for lunch.Picture 1 shows the obscene amount of red pepper flakes dumped on the dish (and also mixed in).Picture 2 shows the teeny tiny to go containers of what their idea of a single portion is. The Tapatio bottle for reference is one of those small 10oz bottles, phone camera makes it look bigger than it is. Maybe 1 cup of rice and about 1.5 cups of the curry which is mostly boiled bell peppers and whole cherry tomatoes (what are cherry tomatoes doing in curry to begin with? Taking up space...)
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Ph Vegan Asian Cuisine
6661 Stanford Ranch Rd E, Rocklin, CA 95677, United States
We had the Filipino pancit, orange chicken, lemon grass tofu, and fried rice. The orange chicken veggie meat was rubbery & stale & sauce wasn't orange in color or in taste. The bell peppers and onion it was made with was barely cooked. Tastes like veggies and veggie meat was warmed in microwave & then doused with sauce. Lemon grass tofu was drowned with what tasted like the same sauce as “orange chicken” There was no lemongrass taste in the dish. Same deal with the veggies as in the orange chicken. Pancit was mostly onions with a sprinkle of thin noodles. It was not Filipino pancit in taste or texture. The fried rice was barely covered with/soy sauce. It was mostly white rather than the dark brown color you're used to seeing with fried rice.One good thing I have to say about this place is that the service was very friendly which is not common in Asian restaurants (in my experience)Good customer service not so good food.