Yuuummmmm!!! If you are a vegetarian like myself, there are options for us as well! Most dishes contain A LOT of rice, but I love rice, so it's ok with me. I ordered a stir fry rice dish and it was delicious. I was not disappointed with this place at all. My fiancé on the other hand who is not really a rice fan was not as impressed as I was. Not to say he hated it, it just wasn't a moment of " this is the best thing I've ever tasted in my whole life, omg I want to eat here everyday" for him like it was for me. The atmosphere is very adorable and quant. There is floor seating as well as tables. Same with chop stick optional, or just a plain old fork. You get to decide how authentic your experience is. Pretty cool. read more

Ate here for the first time today with the family. 3 out of 4 of us enjoyed our dish. The one not liked was the Pho, but as we haven't experienced pho anywhere else, I won't say its no good. It was a fruity-ish broth, quite the opposite of the broth you get when you order a ramen noodle soup dish. The waiter was knowledgeable about the dishes and was able to steer me clear of any dishes that could potentially irritate my shellfish allergy. The price was VERY affordable for us, the atmosphere was beautiful, and my food was the best asian cuisine I have had here in Waco. It will be the only place for asian cuisine in Waco for this family :D read more

Love this place! The pho is to die for :) So healthy and yummy for my whole family. Would suggest for a night night out for the family or on a date. Such a great atmosphere and convenient location. read more

We're a little spoiled in Southern California having lots of good Vietnamese and Asian food to choose from. However, clay pot was good. The pho and shrimp spring rolls were tasty, just a little less aromatic than the pho we get back home, but definitely left us pleasantly surprised. The restaurant was hopping on a Saturday night, but our wait was only around 20 min. read more

This is Americanize Vietnamese Restaurant. Just saying. But they have delicious and unique dishes. I came there for lunch. The spicy beef broccoli is not spicy but delicious. They use satay sauce mix. They clay pot beef and rice is good too, but it's too sweet for me. I add Sriracha to enhance the taste. The service is great. Their unsweetened peach tea is good. Why I give 4 stars? The Vietnamese spring roll that comes with lunch is terrible, and the sauce is just a run down peanut butter with water. Too watery. That's not how the taste should look and taste like. I would go back there, just avoid spring roll. read more

They have a great lunch special that includes a unsweetened tea. My favorite are the dumplings and Pho. Great place for lunch or take out. AlSo the restaurant itself is great! read more

The restaurant was gorgeous I could stop staring in at all the decorations. I loved that they offered vegetarian options, you don't get that in many Asian restaurants. The only complaint I might have would be trying to find parking in this area of town, but besides that really lovely home. read more

This is the first time I've ever given a business owner a bad review. But Terrible owner. Terrible food. I specifically asked the waiter if the soup I wanted was spicy and he said no, so I ordered it. It was so spicy I couldn't even eat a 2nd bite. So I ordered the grilled pork and egg rolls vermicelli, thinking they couldn't possibly mess that up. Well, they did. The vermicelli came out with egg rolls only, no grilled pork, and no fish sauce. Everyone knows you don't eat Vietnamese vermicelli without fish sauce. And the vermicelli was completely soggy. And it took them 30 minutes to bring it out. By then, everyone has finished eating at my table. To add to the terrible experience, they made me pay for both dishes. The owner said it was my fault I didn't read the menu that the dish was spicy so I had to pay for it. He didn't even apologize. So I paid $30 for two dishes that I didn't eat. Let's just say I will never ever come back here and will not recommend it to anyone. I didn't have the option to give it ZERO STAR or I would have. read more

The food is pretty okay here. The service is always hit or miss. Half the time they are on top of everything and moving quickly, the other have you wait 10 minutes for water. I usually get the pho or the pineapple fried rice. I doubt this quality would allow them to last long in a city like Dallas where they have more competition but it's right on par in Waco. read more

Dumplings are great. Fried noodles whee e perfect and curry soup is out of sight!! Service was fantastic highly recommended

The food was great! I had my first bubble tea here and it was different. The inside is very cozy and comfortable, especially on a cool day, and the customer service was great. I look forward to going back. read more

My wife and I dined a few days ago at this restaurant. I ordered the Pineapple Fired Rice with Chicken, which was extremely bland, was a little too salty, and only had 3 tiny pieces of pineapple. So it was pretty bland. My wife ordered a dish that was supposed to be creamy (but wasn't) but was so salty she couldn't finish it. My wife didn't want to wait for them to remake the dish. So as we were leaving, the waitress said the kitchen had remade it so we took it with us. However, when we got home, they had added several different meats in the mixture. But my wife had ordered the original dish with no meats. The only that was excellent were the spring rolls. read more

Best food I have ever ate. It's kind of like Chinese food except Better and with more meat read more

The pho isn't authentic. But the lunch special prices are good. Some dishes like Stan's special clay pot and lemongrass chicken are on the spicy side. Bubble tea smoothies: You can see the powders for the different bubble teas behind the counter. The bubbles aren't that good; since, they've lost their chewy-ness. The teas are on the sweet side. The chrysanthemum tea (it's warm and comes in a tea pot and I think they add condensed milk. Usually Asian restaurants don't add milk and sugar to chrysanthemum tea) is pretty good though. And I really like the atmosphere and sitting on the ground. But I don't think I'll be back for the food. read more

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Pros: great food, great prices, sitting on the floor was fun Cons: Service was pretty bad read more

Seriously my favorite restaurant in Waco! The food is varied and delicious, and there's something amazing about their iced tea that I just can't put my finger on. I love their Pho and the ginger chicken! I'm docking them one star for slow service - I usually won't go here unless I don't mind waiting a long time for my food. read more

We tried placing an order online and it showed unavailable. We tried placing an order by phone and no one answered after 6 calls. We then decided to come in and eat instead and found three employees sitting down on their phones. I completely would have understood if the place was busy but that was not the case. My husband ordered a bubble tea with tapioca and he had to remind an employee that he ordered one after we got our food because the employee that took the order was sitting at a reserved table on her phone. After he reserved his drink it was incorrect, when he asked the employee she said "oh that's all we have". Throughout our whole meal the same employees remained seated and socializing with a few cooks. Never checked on us, despite being the only people in the restaurant, I guess that's why they ask for the tip while you pay and not after the service. Definitely an unpleasant visit!! read more

We're visiting from California. We have been eating in Vietnamese Restaurants for years. Clay Pot Restaurant is one of the best that we've eaten in. The menu is fantastic. Perhaps the best Spring Rolls and Pho that I've eaten. Stan's Clay Pot with Shrimp was prepared with delicious shrimp, tasty rice and perfectly prepared vegetables. The staff is very nice yet professional. read more

Soooo good. I had the cashew chicken and my husband got the "special bowl". Super fresh, crunchy veggies, not overly sauced. Rice was fluffy and fresh. We went on a Friday night at prime time and got seated right away. We finished off the dinner with their homemade strawberry cupcake and it was perfect ! We both had a great meal for under $40. Highly recommend. read more

I love this place. The pho soup is amazing and so is the curry. I haven't really eaten here alot and when I do I get the beef pho soups with vegetables. read more

Delicious, authentic Vietnamese food. Tasted exactly like the pho I had in Vietnam. The potstickers are also a must! The service was attentive and knowledgeable, and the prices are great! My husband and I enjoyed our dishes over a pot of hot jasmine tea. We can't wait to return! read more

The food and service was absolutely wonderful! I had the chicken clay pot and it was so delicious!

This went from a must-have to a never again. Ever since ownership changed, service has nosedived down. I have been going here since they opened, and the most recent visit has cemented my opinion. First off, was heading in with a party. They asked for a table while we were trying to find a parking spot (parking can be limited at times). We find our spot, and owner comes in and has my friend leave the table, saying he 'couldn't hold a table, since it was lunch' and gives it to the two people we held the door open for (there was no other wait, and we were a party of four). We get 'seated' on the floor tables. Normally, not a problem, but my friend is sitting there IN A KNEE BRACE and they decide this is a good idea. He's now politely grimacing while we order, and I feel horrible for him. After we order, that's when the show really starts - they completely forget my app, then they forget mine and my wife's entree (really great when I'm the one paying for the entire table.) I let them know about the app after it becomes obvious that everyone's got something but me, thinking it might be taking a bit longer for the entree, and I love their egg rolls, so I mention it to the waiter. One hour later, the three egg rolls show up. I power through them, since I have to go to work, throw the card at my wife, and run back to work late and hungry. I haven't been back. I've heard they've started skimping on the veg in the pho, and that's sad - it used to be a floral bouquet, and although not authentic, extremely flavorful. My, how times have changed. read more

Delicious food & great service!! The back outdoor patio makes you feel like you're somewhere besides Waco, Texas!

Amazing food and I love the vegan friendly menu! Patio out back is absolutely beautiful! I strongly recommend this restaurant to anyone who is looking for an authentic Vietnamese experience. read more

Last Thursday my husband and I had lunch there. First, we ordered the shrimp and pork Spring Rolls. They were really good. I ordered the Pho with beef brisket. It was good, however, I would have enjoyed it more if it would have the fixings' on the side. My husband ordered the Vermicelli Bowl with pork. The noodles were so over cooked, they were MUSH. Horrible! I tasted it and told my husband I would send it back. He just picked the pork out of it. When the waiter asked how our meal was, we told him how bad the vermicelli bowl was. His response was, "oh". read more

I hate to leave a bad review, I have been wanting to try the Clay Pot for awhile. I will say, the staff was very friendly, but you have to stand at the front and look at a large board of a menu and then order basically like you would take out. I came here to celebrate my partner and I's anniversary, I would have liked to sit down and look a menu, I found after ordering and paying I wanted tea but did not want to have to make another transaction. we ordered our food and sat down to wait. when our food came, our Pho was alright, but very bland. mostly just spicy but needed more salt or flavor? not like typical Pho I have had. also we got Sesame chicken special, which was literally no more then two frozen breaded chicken tenders cut up and tossed very quickly with the sauce. the sauce didn't even stick to it and it was very obvious it was a frozen chicken tender. I was really hoping this would be a spot we would want to revisit, but along with the stomach ache later that afternoon, I do not think we will be visiting this place again. read more

It is no joke when I say that the best items in The Clay Pot are its wonderful varieties in sodas and alcohol. And sometimes tea. The pho broth is a disgrace to the Vietnamese dish. Watered down and lacking in flavor, I seriously thought that they served me a small bowl of hot water when I ordered the pho broth appetizer. The spring rolls taste like the hands that made them, which is not a compliment. There was an amalgam of something shredded along with the vermicelli inside, which both perplexed and veered me away from them altogether after the first bite. After having the clay pot for a few times, the sauce began to irritate me along with the dish: there was such a small portion of protein and veggies to compare to the rice, and the sauce was overwhelming everything. I stopped going to the Clay Pot for a year afterwards and came back recently, because I clearly did not learn my lesson. I waited for well over 45 minutes for my to-go food. No biggie, since the whole place was packed; my friend and I went to grab some coffee and came back to retrieve our food items. I came home, eager to dig into a classic Chinese dish, sesame chicken and white rice, but damn. The chicken is the microwaveable/frozen breaded chicken that you find in a grocery store, and there was absolutely no crunch to it. Granted, it's "Asian fusion", but to use microwaveable chicken? On top of that, the dreadful clay pot sauce that I grew sick of in previous encounters came back to haunt me like a terrible zit: the entree was drenched in sauce that was waaaaaaay too overwhelming to really enjoy the dish, and now my stomach is regretting my choice even more than I did. Never again, stomach, never again. The Clay Pot may look like a wonderful fantasy world when you first step in, but for a person who has tasted authentic Vietnamese food, it's just a gaudy, dimly-lit farce that is able to reel in those who have never experienced the true pleasures of pho with its faint paper lanterns, tasteless Asian decor, and overpriced, half-assed food. read more

I am kind of a Pho-natic and try just about every Vietnamese restaurant I run across. I was in Waco for a meeting and yelped this Clay Pot. The reviews were not what I hoped for but I decided to try it anyway. I should have listened to the reviews. There are several things lacking in the Clay Pot but the main thing is the food quality. I have eaten Pho at more places then I can remember and I have never been served Pho this way. Pho is supposed to be served with a side of fresh basil, cilantro, diced onions, jalapeños and lime. My bowl of soup came with none of this. Instead there was some slices of onion and chopped chives on the surface of the soup. Even the noodles were not Pho noodles. They were tiny flat noodles. My soup was way over salted to the point that I could barely eat it. My wife had pork fried rice and it was so salty, she could not eat it. The bottom line here is that this place does not know what Pho is and their primary spice is salt. I did not see a single Vietnamese person or even an oriental looking person working at this restaurant. The service was extremely slow. It took over 10 minutes before they came to take our drink order. The workers seemed to have no interest in providing good service but were sure happy to actually ask for a tip. The parking lot is tiny and cramped. If you drive a big truck you may not be able to get in and out of here. read more

This place has such good food and friendly staff. They have many options for vegans and vegetarians as well as a wide variety of meat filled dishes. I come here every time I pass through Waco. read more

The names of places in this town consistently thrown me for a loop. I went here intending to do some pottery for my dime piece wife Linda B's "sunday funday", emphasis on the air quotes around funday, and was pleasantly surprised to find out it was not a pottery shop. Linda was not as thrilled as I was but none the less she was hungry and so was I. She ordered the curry because she loves steph and I got lemon grass chicken cause I'm spicy like that. Both dishes were delicious and recommended checking out the patio in the back for a more authentic feel. Be warned when we went back there there was an intense game of hide and seek taking place which was a little to real for my taste but to each there own. I owe this place one it got me out of a thrilling pottery class so you will catch me here again. #hideforyourlife read more

Healthy dish options abound (less vegan pho, because that would be oxymoronic) if you are so inclined - simply ask. Or just get the traditional fare. Either way this ranks up with the best Vietnamese you'll find anywhere, let alone HOT. read more

This was my favorite restaurant in college. The food was always delicious, the atmosphere was delightful, and the owner and his wife were always present and smiling. My personal favorite items are the spring rolls and the chicken dumpling soup but the chicken dishes are all quite tasty. Try out their baklava, it really is excellent, and take a look at their shirts and message board outside, I found it all to be quite fun! I love visiting Waco and returning to Clay Pot. read more

The food was pretty good but the boba drinks we ordered were the worst I have ever tasted. The waitress was unattentive and didn't check back with us. I definitely will not come back here again just want to forewarn all those out there that are thinking of coming here. We ordered an appetizer that took 25 minutes to come out and we weren't updated about it until we asked. I ordered the Boba tea I didn't drink it, I took a sip and it was completely melted and did not have any flavor. So when I informed the waitress that I did not like it and wasn't going to take it I was still charged for this horrible drink they did not take the charge off off. She didn't bother to tell me about it until I asked after I had paid. She could have cared less, such bad business practice and very unprofessional. I will not be returning back. read more

A very weird experience. The vegetarian dumplings are very meat-like. Not good if you are a vegetarian. We sent them back and the manager brought them back and forced them on our table. The noodle non soup bowls are a noodle salad... again odd. Also the waitress didn't show us a receipt before checking us out. Just said the total and swiped on her iPad via the square... off again. I will say I gave 2 stars because the spring rolls were very good. read more

I learned a valuable lesson the other day. On the way back from my weekly Wednesday trip to Mexia, I decided to stop here, because, I love Vietnamese food. My lesson was this: One should probably not consume Vietnamese coffee at 6:30 in the evening if they have a day job. I did wind up back in Georgetown alert. 5 hours later I was still alert, and burning through pages of my most recent read. The food-good and fresh. I ordered some tofu spring rolls and they were wonderful, and small. Usually springs rolls are fairly large, but these were about as big as my index finger. I found that pleasing for some reason, perhaps because I have never seen rolls this size,. Next was the old reliable, Pho. I love pho, and this did not disappoint. The broth was a little darker than usual, and very flavorful. The noodles were cooked to perfection and the meat was more tender than I am used to. In other words, it was a winner. Now I have something to look forward to every Wednesday after work. read more

The place looked like it was always packed and never dead so It had always peaked my interest. So one cold day, me and my girlfriend decided to go and give if a shot. Also been bugging her to try it with me. Well she got their hot pot thing, I think it is called Stan'd bowl. It was beef, broccoli, with cheese in a hot pot and I got the beef Pho large. Her food tasted like beef broccoli that you would get from a Chinese buffet then put a slice of cheese on top of. The price was $8.99 for this little tiny bowl of food as well. At the end of if my girlfriend took the first bite and she immediately regretted going there with me. Then my pho... they use the wrong type of noodles first of. (Yes, there's a right type of noodle for Pho!) I had always had pho as well, so I know how it should be, I got the large bowl but their large is usually a small compared to most places! And more expensive. I was hoping that it would be worth the money but it was a total rip off!! I get it they're the only pho place around that part of the city, but it's such a shame.. very upset with the visit. The female server was also very rude. If i could write a negative, i would. read more

Here's another great lunch or dinner spot right on I-35 for you travelers. It's low cost, spicy if you ask for it, and it's delicious homemade Vietnamese food. The owner/chef holds occasional cooking classes. Their "Curry Clay Pot" is fabulous. They also have a Jalapeno Clay Pot: HOT and GOOD. read more

The food is very bad. They used frozen vegetable mix and the chicken breast is frozen as well. The texture is soft and rubbery. There's nothing authentic about the food. The only investment they made are the clay pots. I ate with 4 other Asian girls from various country and none of us like what we order. The fresh spring rolls need cilantro or mint, which was lacking. By far the worst Vietnamese restaurant I have ever been. read more

Nothing wrong with 3 stars. Obviously not authentic, but I actually don't view that as a negative, I've had great inauthentic asian food before. They were very accommodating to my friends being vegan. The dumplings were good. The mango curry just didn't have enough flavor and the chicken was a bit overcooked. But hey, if you are vegan and in Waco, there may not be that many options available, and the service was top notch. Not at all bad. read more