Reviews for Big Bites Vietnamese Eatery in Mountain View, CA
Note: this is the brick and mortar store for "Plant-Based Vegan Vietnamese" restaurant, as well as "Big Bites Vietnamese... Eatery". They have two separate menus on GrubHub and PBVV is shown as in the Safeway on Google Maps but is not really there. Asyou can see by the aforementioned note we were all confused when we got here as to whether or not this was the right place. Mywife ordered food from GrubHub here earlier in the week and she enjoyed the food, so we decided to go back so that I could tryfor myself. We each ordered a bowl of Veggie Pho, apparently you can order Faux Chicken Pho off the Plant Based VeganVietnamese menu, but it is not on the in-store menu. We also ordered veggie egg rolls and shrimp toast as an appetizer. The foodcame out quickly and was served with a small paper plate of basil, bean sprouts, limes, and three slices of jalapeño. Egg rollreview: crisp outside, mushy inside, standard sweet and sour sauce. Came fresh from the fryer, the crispy outside was the onlyplus to this dish and didn't carry it very far. Flavor was ok, a bit lacking, too many cellophane noodles making the insides toosoft. Generously 2 out of 5 stars. Shrimp Toast: also delivered fresh from the fryer, very crispy outside, but just tasted likefrying oil. Dipped in the green ranch(?) tasted better, but did nothing to cut through the greasiness. 1 out of 5 stars. VeggiePho: broth was actually ok. I prefer regular beef broth, but for a veggie broth it was ok. Plenty of noodles, but too many bigchunks of horse carrot! I found myself just eating bite after bite of hunks of carrot that it dominated and took over the flavorof the entire dish and really ruined the bowl of noodles. 2 out of 5 very generously given. All in all the food was not verygood and the prices were equivalent to any other Pho house in San Jose, around $15 for a bowl of lack luster noodles, plus morefor tasteless fried food. Based on the variety of other Vegan cuisine in the area I would recomm Read more
What a wonderful place to eat Vietnamese food. They are very health conscious, clean, and friendly! Their prices are VERY... reasonable! I chose the grass fed filet mignon pho. Gluten free and organic! Not only was it delicious, but also veryfilling! This is a must go to if you love Vietnamese food! Read more
Ordered some catering from this place to the office and while the portions were large, food wasn?t very flavorful. Ordered the... papaya salad with shrimp and the sauce was very mild. Was looking for additional spice or umami fish sauce. Prices for cateringare also pretty high and the food quality didn?t quite match up. Read more
This place is reminiscent of a Cafe with its walk up order kiosk and delivery of food. Located in the Bailey shopping plaza,... one might get dinner and then shop. The dish I ordered, the bun bo hue, came out on a cafeteria style platter and bowl. Theportion, relative to the bowl, was small and much of the bowl I filled with sprouts and cabbage. The temperature of my food waslukewarm and it was not spicy like it should be. This place is expensive, $16.95, for my bowl. Read more
true to its name, these are definitely big portions. it's about $15 for a bowl of noodles and beef, and while the flavor is spot... on it needs to have more sauce and the meat is too dry. still better than average Read more
Ordered Vegetarian Pho ToGo. The packing was simply superb. Each segment of the noodle soup is well packed. The broth is also... vegetarian. Great portions of rice noodle, vegetables and the flavor makers like basil leaves, lime, etc. It also came with hotand sweet sauces. Overall, a yummy Pho. Read more
Honestly, I like it. Is it comparable to San Jose pho? No, not really. But it hits a certain level of comfort that is... adequate. The pork egg rolls are good, just plain and simple with a bit of sweet and sour sauce. Haven't been disappointed asof yet The seafood pho is my go-to. Comes with a small meaty crab claw, several shrimps, and a slab of cuttlefish. It's gotvariety and most importantly, it's good. Service here has been pretty good when it comes to take out. Never missed anythingessential and everything was carefully packaged. Read more
I had Lunch here yesterday the place was amazing my Boyfriend is vegan and they had 100% vegan options for him. What was also... amazing in a separate part of the kitchen and they have some meat options that they cook separately so that was nice for me aswell. Food was amazing staff/owner incredible you couldn?t ask for a better place to eat and have some quiet time. Read more