I ordered the mixed satay to go and ended up throwing the whole order in the trash along with my $8. The shrimp was still semi transparent, the brown meat was a mystery and the chicken looked yellowish. I figured the money was better thrown away than getting food poisoning :( read more

South Pacific Bistro - The shrimp was still semi transparent, the brown meat is a mystery and the chicken looked yellowish (and not with satay sauce). - Szechuan Near Me - Chehalis, Washington

You have not had pho until you've had this pho. Broth, true beef broth that will cure all the problems in your life. If you ask for the steak raw they will give it to you without hesitation, so you can enjoy rare beef bits in your other worldly soup. I like everything else here, but 90% of the time I go for pho. The owners so nice and always remember me when I come to visit even though I've lived far away for years. A very good little oasis when you would like your Chinese, Thai or Vietnamese cuisine to be less greasy and more flavorful. read more

Very good meal and great value, especially for the lunch specials. I recommend the curry!

Do not expect Americanese here. They have food with real flavor. It is just a small little place that has good food at a good price. And they have a good selection of $6 dollar lunches, including tax. read more

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Can't wait to return each time I leave. I've dined in Tai style joint from here to Alaska to Phoenix. I find the Bistro at the top of my list! read more

Vietnamese, Chinese, and Thai? Wow--too good to be true?? Unfortunately, that's exactly the case.. We both had chicken dishes (Pad Thai & Lemongrass Chicken with Lo Mein). Both were made with frozen 'chicken tenders'. The entire meal felt like something I could have cooked on my own. Nothing special, nothing authentic, IMHO. The place is tiny and has no AC. Not a huge deal in Seattle or even Everett, but Chehalis? Come on, it's 90 here regularly and really how much is a small wall unit? $300? I wouldn't come back. We never ate the massive amount of leftovers.... read more

This place is really nice. Host and hostess is friendly. Plenty of parking. The Pho is the best veggies are fresh and the soup is really good. Each time we're in town we will be coming back. read more

The people were nice. Atmosphere was not too clean Food was very very bland. The sauces were pretty generic. read more

Staying out of town for work, wanted to try somewhere other than my usual. So I stopped in and ordered to go. There was a bunch of people waiting for take out. Actually the majority of people in the restaurant were there to pick up. It took nearly an hour to get my order that evening. I ordered some veggie and seafood dish was was nice and light, exactly what I was craving. But I ordered hot and sour soup also. And that was the weirdest recipe of hot and sour that I have ever tasted. It was not spicy, not sour. It tasted of hoisin sauce. I couldn't even eat it. So unfortunately I don't think I will be coming back. read more

Set out walking to somewhere else, saw this, decided to stop. I keep wanting to expand my horizons and try new things, but I ended up ordering what I usually order at Asian restaurants, Kung Pao Shrimpe & Scallops. I like spicy. The spicy scale is 1-5, I ordered 4 scale and glad I did! I probably could have handled 5, but 4 was just fine for me and definitely cleared out my sinus issues! Steamed rice (could have ordered fried....) was very good! My only criticism is the hot and sour soup. I like my hot and sour soup HOT! and SOUR! It was a bit on the sweet side. I have never had hot and sour soup be sweet like this. The sweetness overwhelmed the "hot and sour" part. I asked for chop sticks and WOWSIES, I was handed REAL chop sticks, not the wooden ones. The spiciness hit the spot for me! Price wise, there are a lot of dishes under $10 and some over $10 so I'm marking "moderate" on price. No room to park an RV here. But it is within a brisk walk from the local hotels on Interstate Street. read more

Food was alright. Ordered the Shanghai Noodle dish with Chicken, Beef, and Shrimp. To saucy. Might try something else next time. If there is a next time. read more

South Pacific Bistro - Shanghai Noodles with Chicken, Beef, and shrimp. - Szechuan Near Me - Chehalis, Washington

This is our favorite budget friendly and delicious food. Everything tastes real. The owner remembers us and what foods I am allergic to. Such a great deal for the quality of food! read more

Bland uninspired food and unfriendly I arrived at the restaurant shortly after it opened at 11:00 am and waited for the lady to finish a phone call before she shortly told me I could sit anywhere. The service was very slow and the person who took my order and served my meal barely spoke to me and never smiled once. As more people came in, they appeared to be regulars and I noted they were treated in a welcoming manner. Also, while I was the first one to order, my order came 40 minutes later, while others who came in after me got their orders earlier. I ordered the Kung Pao Chicken, it was the most bland, tasteless Kung Pao Chicken I have ever been served. I will definitely not return to this restaurant and do not recommend it. read more

We came in for our first time, excited for pho. We waited over 45 min before having to remind the waitress of our drinks we ordered, she gave us attitude and said it was coming. We also watched another customer come in just after we were seated and made an order to go. They received their order then left and we had yet to get our soup. At this point we walked out. If i could give no stars I would! Dont waste your time or money here. read more

The only place for pho in twin-cities AFAIK. I didn't try it, but did find that you can't get tripe or tendon here. Too bad. Also no Banh Mi, so that's a bummer too. I had rice noodles fried with meat and cabbage. It was real good. Nice lady working the front. I'll be back- read more

One of my favorite places. The food is so good. Me and my family members have gone here so many times in the past 10 years the owners always ask about our lives and maybe they are extra nice to us and make us special orders that are no longer on the menu. There fried rice isn't my favorite, but they have excellent noodles, appetizers (especially pot stickers and rice paper rolls/fresh rolls) and soup. Some of the best egg flower soup I've ever had! quiet and very casual atmosphere, good hours, and I think they are serving bubble teas now. I have eaten here more than any other restaurant in my life. If you like chinese food but don't want something gross and with msg try this place! Hundreds of times better than the other chinese places around ( peking house, panda inn, great wall) I have never gotten sick here unlike Panda inn :( read more

This place is really good! I tried the 9 flavor beef and my boyfriend had one of their skips, both were super flavorful and fresh! Also the price is super affordable! I will probably be going here any time I am in town - highly recommend. read more

We walked in at 12:15 pm. There were several tables open, but all were dirty and had not yet been bussed. The hostess left us standing there awkwardly for 10 minutes, rather than letting us know she saw us and it would be a few moments. Eventually she got around to clearing off a table and waved us over. 20 minutes later she finally came to take our order. They clearly need to hire some more help. The food didn't come until 1:05 p.m. By this time my food was only lukewarm. It was obvious it had been sitting awhile. The sweet and sour on my daughter's order tasted like it came from a grocery store bottle. My general tso's was awful. Extremely salty and very little other flavors. The rest of the food was very bland. The price was great at only $6.50 for their lunch specials. This is why they got 2 Stars. All things considering, even at that low price, I don't think I'll be back. read more

Mediocre at best but cheap and was open on a paid holiday. Food had close to no flavor and it wasn't the cleanest.

It's a little small inside amd usually very busy but they have really good food. It's more authentic than other places with this type of food in the area. read more

Got the spicy beef, lots of veggies and beef is great!

I don't know where the good reviews came from, must be related or something. There is only one other restaurant in the world that I have been to that is worse than this. I had heartburn for the next 6 hours after eating the Mongolian Beef. And the owner is a nitwit. I don't like loud sales meetings in the dining room and bickering over prices of vendor supplies while I, the customer, am trying to have a pleasant dining experience. Save your money and go to Panda Express, same food but better, better price, and more professional. read more

Pretty disappointed tonight . Was craving the shrimp veggie rice wraps so I dragged my family here at 6 pm and ended up leaving without dinner . We waited a hour before I finally asked where our food was, and so they brought out my rice wraps ten minutes after that and they were mostly noodles ... maybe a small piece of lettuce in them . We then overheard the waitress tell someone we aren't excepting card and their card machine has been down . That was our last straw since we had $10 in cash on us and this was something we should have been told right away when our order was taken. My husband then went to the waitress and said we don't have cash and she asked us to run to a bank ... this was after a hour of waiting on food .. he replied no thanks and he used the ten dollars he had on him and paid for my wraps and left . We will never go back . This was very disappointing , even a man behind us said this has happened a few times before . They clearly need to hire help instead of letting their high school daughter run the front of the place . The card/cash thing was the cherry on top she should have said this upfront . I don't recommend this place at least not until they hire some help . The soy sauce on table was also completely empty not even a drop left ... and when she brought out a extra fork it had food on it ... I think we got lucky that we left when we did read more

Husband and I tried this for lunch. We have passed it for the last 5 years or so and every time said, "hey we should try this place" and this was our first visit. We were welcomed with some very promising jasmine tea. Strong and floral. There was also a Sriracha bottle on the table. Got me revved. I ordered the dry sauteed long beans with chicken and husband tried the 9 flavor beef. I think it's 9... maybe 7. Buncha flavor meats. He ordered his with spring roll, I went for the chicken wings. Okay. Soup came. We both ordered the hot and sour. Very weird. Not bad. Just weird. VERY fragrant. Tasted as if they used hoisin instead of soy. It was oddly sweet. Not unpleasant. But not hot and sour. I was so sad when I reached for the Sriracha. It was in fact Ma Ploy chili garlic sauce. Tasty, but too sweet to add heat with the sauce. Insert frownie face. Main dishes arrived. Dear lordie, where did these wings come from?!?!? They were HUGE! They were battered with the same batter that you get on deep fried shrimp at Chinese places. My plate had two giant wings and they went well with the Ma Ploy in the Sriracha bottle. They were rocket hot, meaty and really nice. Now, these were NOT long beans. They were regular green beans, and they lacked the bit of char that you see in most dry sauteed items, but they were good. The chicken used was all white meat and no gristly bits. Husband's many flavor meats was also a bit odd. Good. But odd. Tasted more like coconut shrimp, sweet like a crumb donut, than beef. Came on a bed of cabbage and sprouts, which I liked. I hate that most Asian places cater to whitey and it's all meat and no veg. I also hate that you get a giant mound larger than your head of food. Remember, every time you complain about portion size, god punches a kitten in the face. If you walk out satisfied and not hungry, it's fine. It's a $4.50 lunch special. It doesn't need to feed you and your family for a week. I do plan on going back. I want to try the pho and see if they really do have duck. Until then... three stars. read more

I don't know what everyone thinks is so special about this place. We went there for dinner in the middle of driving from Seattle to Portland. When we walked in, the place was reasonably busy, but it emptied out by the time we placed our order. Even though it wasn't very busy, we still had to wait far too long for them to cook our food. The food itself wasn't very good either. My girlfriend got the Nine Spice Chicken, which was cold and she said tasted like frozen breaded chicken covered in a bad coconut sauce. I ordered the Mongolian Beef with fried rice. The Mongolian Beef was ok, though not as spicy as I expected based on the star next to it on the menu. The fried rice, on the other hand, was tasteless and the only way I could suffer through was by prong soy sauce all over it. I will not be going back. read more

Mapo tofu is super good here! I asked for a spice level of 3. I was not a fan of their pad se ew. Did taste bland to me... maybe it was because I asked for it without the fish sauce? But I've had pad se ew without the fish sauce that tasted really flavorful. But kudos to a delicious tofu dish! Portions are very generous and the price is seriously just right. read more

Such a great hole in the wall. 9 flavor chicken is my favorite. Locally owned and operated is a plus.

I've started eating here at least twice a week now their pad Thai is amazing. And their pot stickers are just as good. It's really the only thing I've tried at this restaurant so far (just moved here) but I have nothing but good things to say about them! Small little building with minimal seating but the service is very quick and their food is very fresh! Highly recommended trying something here read more

This place is the best. I've eaten at numerous Thai restaurants all over the country, and this one beats them all. Best Phad Thai I've ever had. read more

Pretty great food. The owners are incredibly kind and funny. They really make this place great. Not my go to place by any means but I do like it a lot. read more

I've been coming here for as long as they been open , they are a husband and wife place.they will tweak the menu a lil to your taste..always great food , good ppls. read more

This is a great little place. Good food and friendly service. Good prices too. I come in for their $5.50 lunch specials more often than anything. The owners remember their regulars and are always friendly. Just know that if there a tad busy service is a little slower because it's just the two of them. So remember that and try to curb your frustrations, if any, because they try their hardest to stay efficient and serve everyone. Love this place! read more

South Pacific Bistro - The Southeast Special Lo Mein with added spice. Yuuuuummm! - Szechuan Near Me - Chehalis, Washington

This is one of our favorite places to go for lunch. It doesn't try to be anything except a genuine and unpretentious neighborhood restaurant with really great food. There dinner is good too, but their lunch specials is particularly worthwhile. Choice of soup, entrée, choice of fried rice, tea...all for about $5. And the portions are generous. This is one of the real gems of Chehalis not to be missed. read more

They make the best kung pao Shrimp, imo. They use fresh vegetables like zucchini, green beans, onions, depending on what is in season. My wife enjoys a variety of their dishes from sweet and sour chicken to snow peas and shrimp. I also appreciate how the owners support the local community. This is a good hometown restaurant. read more

Owners are kind you can tell they are good people right away but i cant say the same abt the food. Avoid the pho noodle soup. Thai curry was ok for the price. read more

Great food and service. They offer a wide variety of dishes both mild or spicy. I had the sweet n sour chicken with rice, an egg roll and the hot and sour soup. The soup was delicious with bits of scrambled eggs and tofu. The chicken was covered with a perfectly balanced sweet n sour sauce. The egg roll could have used a little more filling but it was tasty enough to make up for that. Another person at our table ordered the number 7 lunch plate. It looked wonderful and according to him it was very good. It was made with lo mein noodles, pieces of seasoned pork, and slices of cabbage and carrots. He asked that they make it spicy which they graciously did even though it's not offered as a spicy dish. The service was very good and the server was so friendly. I plan to return here the next time I'm in the area. read more

South Pacific Bistro so far rates a 5 in my book. Haven't tried eveything, but shrimp and snow peas was excellent as well as rice paper rolls. I try to go once a week. read more

Very good food, good service, and easy to get to. They have a large menu, with pho, sweet and sour chicken, satay, and some seafood. Strongly suggest a visit. read more

A welcome surprise on a visit from Virginia! Very fresh, tasty sauces, well-prepared. Thanks for a great dinner far from home!

Super good and great lunch value. Not your standard Chinese takeout. Fresh and different