Reviews for Mekong District - Nyack in Nyack, NY
Slow service. Finally paid for the food that did come, but never got my entree. Maybe understaffed relative to an unusually... large crowd. The food that came was good. Update : Ah it is clear from owner that my entree was forgotten / missed in theorder. I was happy it was not on the bill - but thought it was removed. Overall an unlucky day - busier than usual and we werehungrier than usual. We may try again. Read more
Good Vietnamese food. Lot of interesting dishes. Must try!
This is a restaurant you'll want to visit if you're in the area. The restaurant is clean, staff are quick, and the food is... delicious. Flavors are very good and portions are more than sufficient. Recommend! Read more
My husband and I drove from NYC to eat at Mekong District at Nyack and the food surpassed all of our expectations! We are big... fans of Vietnamese food and this place now ranks at the top of our go to places even if it?s a bit of drive. Pho with oxtail wasdelicious, especially the broth ... the kind of broth you want to slurp from the bowl or bring back home just to slurp later!The curry mussels were amazing .... the curry itself almost outshined the mussels, beef cubes were tender and since it was thefirst dish I tried I pretty much inhaled the food (hence no photos), chicken and waffles were perfection.... honestly there wasnot a single dish that?s not worth raving about but in order to keep this review short, I will just say if you happen to be inNyack visit this little gem of a place!! Read more
Excellent little place for dinner. We had the chicken pho and three beef pho and the lemon grass steak with fried rice.... Everything was delicious. The pho was fresh and you could taste the flavor of the lemon grass on the meat but not overbearing.The restaurant is great for friends, couples and groups alike. The staff was very friendly. The restaurant is in a busy town soI would include time to find parking if you're meeting up with friends. Read more
vietmanese food with a bit of american twist overall great quality food wish their menu had some pictures (there is no pic at... all so i had very little idea of what i was ordering) for ex. their lemon grass chicken was not exactly what i expected Read more
I grew up eating Vietnamese food in SoCal from my friends? mom?s kitchens and I?ve been to Viet Nam to visit family (who brought... me to their favorite places), so here are my thoughts on Mekong Grill. If that isn't enough street cred, I'm Southeast Asian andeat Thai/Indo/Filipino/Viet/Cambodian/Singaporean/etc food like it's nobody's business. Pho (3.5 stars): Firstly, the portionis huge which is nice. My boyfriend and I split this and we couldn't even finish it. There were tons of noodles and some meat,which was placed on top of the noodle and not completely submerged in the pho broth as traditionally done. Seems like they cookmeat separately from the broth here instead of let the broth cook the meat. It came with sprouts, basil, and lime -- but nojalapeno. The broth was really really(!) salty and made me reach for water multiple times throughout the meal. I also found thebroth to be lacking in herbal flavors -- perhaps masked by the salt? Anyway, even though it was generous, the flavors werepretty lackluster. Shaking beef (1 star): I've tried this dish, shaking beef/bo luc lac, at many different restaurants and I amreally sad to say that this is one of the worst that I've tried. First, for $16, I would've expected enough to feed at least 2people. I thought this entree would be mostly the beef and maybe a side of rice -- instead I was served Vietnamese pickedcarrot+radish, fried rice, sweet potato fries, and a small side of the beef. Moving on to the actual beef, it was diluted with alot of nontraditional veggies (white mushrooms, raw garlic cloves?!, lots of onion, etc.), when I know that this is usuallymarinated beef over watercress greens. Finally, the beef was kind of tough and not that peppery. The fried rice was very salty(again), and I don't even know what to think of the sweet potato fries, but I ate them because I was hungry. Average of 1 starand 3.5 star = 2.25 stars. I rounded down to 2 stars because of parking is indeed difficult. It's Read more
Overall, this was a solid restaurant, conveniently located in downtown Nyack adjacent to the village municipal parking lot. The... menu is pretty authentic but also includes many Asian fusion dishes. In general, the dishes felt like a hit or miss. We ordered3 appetizers, all of which were okay but not really impressive: - Green Papaya Salad: The vegetables were pretty fresh, but theshrimp was overcooked and didn?t taste very fresh. - Duck Bao Bun: The buns were soft and the duck was well-cooked, but it waspretty bland overall and definitely could have had packed in more flavor. - Mekong Roll with BBQ grounded shrimp: These wrapstasted fresh and were well-wrapped, but the ratio of vermicelli noodles to meat / veggies was off. There was not enough meat andveggies, which made it taste kind of flavorless overall. For the entree, I ordered the Triple Treat Fajita, which I woulddefinitely recommend as an authentic dish to try! The meats were cooked very well? extremely juicy, tender, and flavorful? andthey came in good portions too! However, the vegetable portions were much skimpier, and I wish they provided more of that. Theexperience of making your own rolls was fun and enjoyable. Other dishes we got were: - Garlic Noodles: A fusion dish that wasjust okay, nothing special. - Honey-grilled chicken Banh Mi: tasted great and fresh! The bread was soft, pillowy, and fresh;the chicken was tender; and the vegetables were crunchy?a great mix of textures. - Grilled pork belly with rice: Didn?t trythis one, but from what I heard the meat didn?t taste that great and it also went really skimpy on the veggies. For dessert, wetried the Pandan Layer Cake and Sticky Rice Banana. Both had a strong mung bean flavor, similar sticky textures, and the coconutcream on both added a creamy, sweet touch. Both were sweet enough without overdoing it. I personally enjoyed the pandan cakemore, though you can?t really taste any pandan flavor. Overall, the service was quick and fr Read more