I used to go to Pho Tanh until my buddy told me of this place. At the time, I had already been unhappy with the poor unfriendly attitude of Pho Tanh. I mean seriously, is it that hard to say hello to people, to smile, to greet them as you seat them? These are your customers! Well, Da Vang is definitely friendlier, all with exception of one of the ladies. She's a grouch if I'm to be honest. And I'm almost positive it was her that every single time I ordered and asked for whatever on the side (as in spiracha), she never got it right! Happened like 6 times in a row. Finally, I just bought a bottle from the store as to not deal with the incompetence. I know...why wouldn't I check myself after the 3rd time, right?

positive

The only good thing about this place is their cheap, super-strong margaritas and it's close enough for us to ride our bikes to. Otherwise it's the same menu as all the 'Berto's restaurants and Mixteca. I'm sure they all use the same food distributor too. I don't get why it's consistently busy.

negative

Always heard great things about this place so I was really looking forward to eating here. I took my parents and unfortunately we were very disappointed. The waitress/owner seated us and then sat down and had a 10 minute conversation with someone at another table, when she finished she came over and took our order. The food was bland and under-seasoned. My gyro tasted like one of those pre-made frozen ones you put on the spit and serve at the county fair. The funniest thing was my mom is a vegetarian and under their "Vegetarian Specialties" category on the menu they have one item listed as containing chicken broth...well maybe they think of vegetarian as not having big chunks of meat...who knows. She was not a fan of the hummus she had or the Greek salad. How can you mess up a Greek salad? Serve it with a limp iceberg and a bland dressing, that's how. The only reason I gave them 2 stars was my dad said the Souvlaki dish he had was OK. I had a taste of it and thought it was a bit bland and greasy, but he seemed to enjoy it. I would skip this place and go elsewhere as there are much better Greek restaurants in the Phoenix area.

negative

The food was all very good, but the service was a little shoddy and akward. First, the hostess that took our reservation didn't enter it properly into their system so when we showed up they tried to seat us in the lounge. I had to speak to two different hostesses and then their manager before we were given a table in the restaurant. Then for an appetizer we ordered the seafood platter. There are two options here, the small and the large, and we ordered the small. The waiter asked if we wanted any wine and we said we'd stick with beer. The food came out and 10 minutes after we started to eat, the waiter came back out and said "I've got some bad news, I accidentally ordered the large seafood platter, which is considerable more expensive, but I'd like to comp you a bottle of wine". So he was asking us to pay for the larger dish, which we didn't order and for our trouble would give us a bottle of wine, which he already knew we didn't want. He didn't put up too much of a fight when I told him we weren't interested, but at a top-tier restaurant something like that should never ever happen.
negative