I was a little leery of trying CO after reading the reviews the last few months, but after my first visit, I'm cautiously optimistic that they've found their groove. A girlfriend and I got there around 6:20 on a Friday night; there was only a 15-20 minute wait! They took our number to text us when the table was ready, which was nice since you could shop around the shopping center if you needed to kill more time without fear of not hearing your name or a buzzer being out of reach. By 6:30, the waiting area was completely packed. Our waiter, Elliott, was pretty much on point (except for having to remind him a few times that this nerd couldn't use chopsticks and needed a fork). We split a bottle of wine - all the bottles were priced between $30 and $38 - and started with the beef and kimchi dumplings ($5 for 4). They were fantastic. For dinner, my friend got the thai green curry ($14), which she said was really good but left a funky taste even after she got home and brushed her teeth, and I got the pork belly bahn mi ($9.50). I had read the other reviews that said there is A LOT of bread on the bahn mi, and you guys weren't lying. Once I got past the initial bite, I was okay, but I would've preferred more meat and less bread. We split the bill evenly, and when it came, we both thought it was too low for what we'd gotten and had to double check it. For such a sassy, hip restaurant, we fully expected our bill to be more than $63 total. The only reason I knocked off a star was ambiance/seating. We got lucky with a table on the other side of the waiting area wall, but there were about nine 2-top tables in front of it by the window that looked tight, with a couple of those tables being right in the waiting area. The seating is tight, but the music is so loud and the crowd so lively that you can't hear the conversations of the people next to you. Be prepared to yell a little though! read more

Great food and atmosphere - the service was lacking but it was to be expected with restaurant week.

This place is delicious!!! The food is very fresh and so flavorful. I sat at the bar and the bartender was so welcoming. The atmosphere is cozy and hip! Definitely give this one a try. Great happy hour specials too. read more

Everything was absolutely fantastic. Appetizers are extremely sharable so you can try many! Entrees are unique and delicious. Enough to share those as well. And the drinks - the sake in a carafe was extremely different and wonderful. Couldn't have been better. read more

Beautiful restaurant, great service and delicious food. I had the rare beef pho soup and it was delicious!

First time at this restaurant and I am really impressed. Sat at the bar, Tori was our bartender/server. Excellent service. Drinks were delicious and food was GREAT. I will definitely be returning!! read more

CO - Vietnamese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

Their papaya salad is amazing! I love that they put red roasted pork in that dish. My friends were also very happy with their Pad Thai dish as well! read more

I had an amazing server her name was Emily! She recommended the drunken noodles and they were the best! Service was great and food came out pretty fast! She made my boyfriends birthday dinner amazing by recommending the strawberry spring rolls which turned out to be his favorite part. Will be coming back again soon! Had a great time! read more

I am completely obsessed with this place. FINALLY, a place that captures the essence of cool. Being from NY, super hard to find food, atmosphere and awesome music with an urban vibe in Charlotte, but this place nails it! Oh and the food is amazing AND you can eat healthy out. Besides having my favorite wine by the glass, love the Miso Ramen, yum! Great place to bring visitors from out of town. Enjoy! read more

Probably the worst pho I have ever eaten. The vegetables on the side were dried out and tasted off. The broth itself was not flavorful and very dark. The meat tasted like soap. Definitely go anywhere else if you are in the mood for pho. read more

Overpriced but the food is good. The appetizers are extremely small too. The busting boba tea is pretty good as well as the sushi. read more

CO - Sushi - Vietnamese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

I enjoyed the two times I have been here. Food is very good and it has a really cool modern interior. Service was ok, nothing to write home about but very adequate. Will definitely continue coming here for good asian food. read more

I'm sure if we gave it another chance, we might enjoy the food... HOWEVER, we were dissatisfied by their service and left without ordering. We were seated, a guy came to take drink order, but since we didn't know what we were ordering, we asked to have water. We waited, and waited, and waited... for 15 min. No one came to take our order. In fact, the place was pretty full and we only saw ONE server. Nope. read more

I would say overall my experience was incredibly underwhelming. The noise was at first so loud it felt like we were in a club and I was worried I'd be able to even carry on a conversation with my friends but thankfully the music got less loud after a while. When I first sat down there was a short black hair on my menu. Ew. Talk about unappetizing. The service was great though and our waitress was very friendly and not overbearing. We did not have to wait log at all for our food. I got the five spice bahn mi and it was good and the price was decent but it did not come with a side which I found unusual. It's not something I'm dying to order again or craving by any means. The ambiance was cool and I certainly felt very trendy. Will not plan to return though. I'm sure there are more satisfying places out there. read more

Delicious, simple pho - great for an introductory Vietnamese meal.

GREAT FOR: Great tasting pork gyoza appetizer and great cocktails. I would save this place for that. AVOID: crab & pork spring roll !! You have been warned! We had to send crab & pork spring roll back because it smelled and tasted terrible. SUSHI ROLLS: we tried a couple and I would go elsewhere. But I have heard that the pad thai here is awesome, so I would like to go back to try that! read more

It's okay. Service was kinda wack. Took 40 mins to get dumplings and an additional 10, about an hour, to get our food. Fried rice was ordered without certain ingredients but it came with ALL. We were hungry so we accepted what was presented at the time since it was the only thing sitting at our table. The server avoided us bc of the ticket time but that should never be the case. The Korean bbq sandwiches (bread) was fried. It made it extremely greasy and soggy. Honestly I would never return. Due to the fact that the restaurant tried to replicate what Charlotte already had, which did not succeed, but the service was so terrible that we could not even place another order since the food took so long we were afraid of being late for our other obligations. Plan on being there for at least 3 hours to be full. read more

I had their Thai Coconut curry with shrimp and it was amazing. The perfect amount of spiciness. I loved the assortment of veggies and seafood. I really will keep coming back to this place to satisfy my Thai cravings. The interior is pretty modern and hip. the customer service is excellent! I love that this place has good parking and is close to other places that I need to usually visit- post office, super market, rite aid, etc. read more

The sushi is so good here! Highly recommend CO. Quality food and service! The bar area is super cool. read more

CO - Vietnamese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

Read the yelp reviews before going so had a game plan on the food. For my husband and I we got the curry shrimp appetizers, drunken noodles and spicy tuna sushi. Every item was delicious. My favorite was probably the shrimp curry appetizers. Also not usually cocktail people but decided to be adventurous and go for the basil Collins and blackberry bourbon fizz. Both were very good and we were surprised how much we enjoyed them. Was surprised how casually everyone was dressed, but it was 6:30 PM on a Sunday night. We decided to go then hoping for a short wait and we were right-seated right away. We will definitely be back and very happy with everything we ordered! read more

Will come back to CO soon. The crab Rangoon's were amazing. The service provided by Mitzi was awesome.

The food at CO was delicious! We had the fresh summer rolls and they we so fresh and yummy. I had the green papaya salad and it was so fresh and the dressing was just perfect and my friend had the green curry.... that was to die for! The only thing I can say that I didn't like, was the service. The waitress was just awful..... she was slow or forgetful, but it took me 30 minutes to get a glass of wine...really! However, I will definitely go back for the food, maybe takeout! Enjoy! read more

Came to Co for the first time tonight for dinner. We arrived at the perfect time. We didn't have to wait long to be seated. Our server Sasha recommended the curry laksa which was marvelous. We thoroughly enjoyed the service, food and atmosphere. We will be making a return visit to Co. read more

I wish there was a 3.5. Co wasn't bad, but wasn't great. Went in for a weekday date night for the happy hour special. The tuna taco was really good, but everything else was only okay. The salmon carpaccio wasn't very good at all - all I could taste was lemon, nothing else. We decided if we went back, it would only be for the happy hour food during the week. read more

This was my first time eating Vietnamese food so I was a little shaky about CO. Surprisingly, I loved it. I loved the environment and the food was great. My waiter Mitzi was very helpful and welcoming. The spider rolls are amazing! I'll definitely eat here on a regular basis. read more

See all

Excellent food. Very helpful staff. Bartender and drink selection were all 5s. Craft beer selection should be much better. Staff was nice knowledgeable. However, not prompt with follow ups. Great for date night. Beautiful atmosphere. read more

This is an amazing restaurant. The inside is very beautiful and has a very modern feel. The pork dumplings and mango summer rolls were incredible. The pressed sushi was the best sushi I have ever had. The pho wasn't the typical authentic Vietnamese pho but it had a unique and great flavor. Will definitely be returning soon. read more

UPDATE: I have since spoken to the general manager who was very apologetic and refunded the order as they did not have an opportunity to correct. He was very concerned about the quality of service and gracious in understanding my frustrations. I appreciate his reaching out and it is clear wants to improve the overall experience. I do love the food and the ambiance, and have had great service from the bartenders previously, so I do plan to give them another opportunity to improve upon the overall service and accuracy. Revised rating reflects food, atmosphere, location ... I've left service out of the equation with the hope that with this GM dedicated to his customers, the service will improve going forward. I've been to CO several times, and the service is consistently bad. I've tolerated it to date because the food - although expensive for what it is - is good, and the location is convenient. But I've had all I can take. This last visit, the host - who is particularly unpleasant - placed my to go order, took my payment, and only then told me it would be at least a 20 minute wait. This should have been informed prior to placing the order as I would have gone elsewhere. But, I waited. Sat at the bar and listed to the people on both sides of me order. Then watched their food delivered, yet I was still waiting. Only after following up did I get my order - 40 minutes later. When I returned home, my order was wrong. I called to have them remake the dish (to save me another 40 minute wait) but they do not answer the phone during dinner hours. read more

We frequent this restaurant and the food is good, service decent. However when ordering takeout they NEVER get our order right and continue to charge us for their mistakes. Will look somewhere else for takeout from now on. read more

I absolutely love the food here but after tonight's experience with a simple to-go order (of 1 meal) taking 40 mins over the 20 mins told on the phone I will not be coming back for a while. Incredibly frustrating and unorganized. read more

Visited during restaurant week. This is my 4th visit and each time has been a little better. Love the bar and the fact you can stop in and get a table without reservations. Favorite part of the meal was the papaya salad I think they have perfected the dish. The only downside is the desert menu , this could bring them that last star read more

I just ate here for the first time last night and loved it! Great atmosphere and friendly service. The menu (including the drink menu) had a really good variety. There is also a separate vegan menu which I appreciated, and all of the options sounded great. The blackberry infused sake and crispy edamame spring rolls were both incredible, I would definitely come back even just for those two things. read more

Loved the atmosphere, no televisions to distract you. Our servers was amazing Denise was her name. She checked her pretty privilege and took great care of us. Amazing Vietnamese ramen!!! read more

I never leave reviews but the service I received here was extraordinary. My waitress (Erin I believe) was super "swell" and my drink was never empty. She even helped me understand the menu. Could not ask for a better experience! read more

This is a great sushi spot and Danielle is an awesome server! Definitely go and ask for her!

I came here tonight after hearing about the incredible service and impeccable food. However, I am leaving CO feeling very conflicted. Myself and my two friends came in tonight about an hour and a half before closing. In my opinion, that is completely acceptable (I am a server at a restaurant and personally don't feel this was rude). Our server made us feel very rushed the entire time. I could understand if our server was trying her best to accommodate, but she actually avoided our table and we had to walk around and find her at one point. My boyfriend ordered a lychee boba and she told us they couldn't make them. No biggie. The three of us ordered several dishes to share so we could try a little bit of everything. The dish I was most excited about was the Edamame Gyoza, so we ordered it. Twenty minutes later the server comes back and says the kitchen can't make it. She asks us if we would like to order another appetizer, so we order the Crunchy Spring Rolls. Twenty minutes later, another server comes back and says those can't be made either. I'm not one to complain about service because I know how it is working in a restaurant, but this experience left me a bit perturbed. Half off the stuff we ordered couldn't be made. If we had come in twenty minutes before close, I could understand. We were there 90 minutes beforehand. It seemed as if the kitchen didn't want to make anything so they could close up even though they still had a while to go. The food we did get to eat was great, although I'm leaving hungry. Not sure if I would come again and play Russian Roulette with the kitchen and see what could and couldn't be made. read more

This place is awesome. My niece is vegan and my brother is gluten intolerant and they had menus to suit all of our pickiness. The Vietnamese ramen was delicious. My niece loves the spicy udon. The Vietnamese chicken salad was so fresh with the perfect citrusy lime vinaigrette. We'll definitely be back. read more

Beef Pho was just OK. Was given a tiny, shriveled piece of basil, a small amount of bean sprouts. Quality of beef was good though. The broth did not compare to the more rich, complex flavor you would find at several other less trendy (and more reasonable) places in Charlotte. The atmosphere is hip, but is more of a bar that happens to serve a variety of Asian dishes. read more

Went here today for lunch and really enjoyed everything. The decor is simple but beautiful. Our server was very sweet and attentive. And the food was great! We ordered the pork belly buns which were delicious, I wish you got more than two bc they were sooo good! We also ordered the Vietnamese Ramen and the Miso Ramen, both great! I really can't think of anything bad to say about this place. We'll definitely go back a few times. read more

Crowded lunchtime Saturday, service was very good but a little slow. Friendly waitress who was helpful with the menu offerings. Pan Asian menu items mostly from SE Asia. Food was ok, and customizations were available. Had chicken banh mi sandwich (Vietnam fried chicken tender sandwich). It was good, the cabbage slaw side could have been tastier. Overall this new restaurant is just starting reach its stride. The Charleston restaurant is definitely mush better. read more