Kim Anh’s Noodle House

I have been eating at Kim Anh’s for over 5 years now (very Close to the office). No longer though. The staff seem unhappy and annoyed. The food has gotten increasingly worse for many months now. The safest thing to get without being fully disappointed is the Phở.
I eat Vietnamese on a weekly basis at different establishments across Orleans, Jefferson, and St Tammany. Kim Anh has been scratched off my list until new owners come in.
Save yourself the frustration. Avoid.

This was our last meal in New Orleans right before we went to the airport, and it was a disappointing way to end our trip. Kim Anh’s was featured on Top Chef, so we stopped by here in hopes of finding better Vietnamese food than what we have in Chicago. Clearly they’ve remodeled since the show aired, and I wonder if now they’re just phoning it in a little…
Our favorite part of the meal was the warm peanut-​hoisin we got with our spring rolls. It wasn’t overly sweet and the temperature was a really contrast to the cold roll.
Otherwise, the food just didn’t seem very fresh? Our salad appetizer had really dry pieces of pork, and the vegetables tasted like it had been dressed and sat in a cambro for a while, which actually gave it a pickled cabbage effect I liked, but y’know… it just was very obviously not fresh.
Same with our grilled quail. The best parts were the wing tips that were crispy buttery and sweet, but the meat had a slightly off taste of fridge odor or something, I dunno. We liked that more than the phở though.
Our phở came with the tiniest pinch of sad shriveled bean sprouts and one little wilted twig of basil. We didn’t even use the sprouts because they looked so wilted. And as a whole, it just didn’t hit the spot. It was served a little cooled and tasted overwhelmingly sweet and charred. We barely touched it.
I feel sad… I hope they turn this restaurant around. The service was super friendly and the updated décor is actually really nice! The food just needs to be fresh!

I am really not one to like Vietnamese. See I hate cilantro. HATE it! But Kim Anh’s rises above that with some of the freshest and tastiest dishes in the city. Now i will tell you about some of them. Gather round children; So the char-​grilled pork and shrimp spring rolls are the best way to start. They are light and tasty and come with the best peanut sauce around. Seriously, I usually have to hide the sauce on the table so that when the wait staff comes to clear the empty plate, they don’t take it out of my sight. The stand out for this place is the soups and the Phở. The pork broth Phở (I know it is not called Phở if it is not Beef broth, but I can’t think of what the pork one is called, so get in line and sue me) is especially note worthy as it has very fresh and authentic spices, fresh pork/​chicken/​and egg noodle. The Won ton soup is one of the most unique ones of its kind I have tasted. It is very spicy with small protein filled wontons accompanying chicken and pork slices. Extremely good! And best of all you can order these soups WITHOUT cilantro– THANK YOU!
Anything with their char-​grilled pork is a winner. Their fried rice is surprising robust and yet simple and if you want to get the best food for your money in the entire metro area, I recommend the Poboy/​soup combo. It is 8 dollars and includes a very large sandwich made with Vietnamese bread (there is a difference– in a good way), mounds of the chargrilled pork, and pickled veggies on top. It is excellent! i usually get that with a side of wonton soup. Oh, and this is when I pull out that peanut sauce I saved from earlier. That’s right I pour in on my sandwich for an extra flavor boost… because why not? Try it! You will thank me later.
The Good:
Amazing Soups
Terrific and fresh food for a very inexpensive price
Nice wait staff
The Bad:
Ok ok so this may be my fault, but it is really hard to pick out something based on their menu. It is hard to read for a Vietnamese food eating newb like myself. I never know what I ordered and I am sometimes afraid to try something new. Although it has worked out so far. I always see someone’s dish when I am leaving and I am thinking «What is that! That looks great!» But I have no idea what it is for next time :(
The Ugly:
Beware fellow cilantro haters! This place has it, and a lot of it! make sure you tell them you don’t like it! (for you cilantro lovers (sinners) you can move this fact to the «good» section

This is hands down my favorite Vietnamese restaurant!!! I get this for my family at least every 2 weeks, it is so good!!! The broth for the phở ga is unlike anywhere I have ever eaten. I cannot speak to the authenticity of the food, but I can speak to its deliciousness. The staff and management is so kind and welcoming!

The food is Excellent! I have been to this home styled restaurant several times. The phở is terrific! The spring rolls (all of them) yummy. I have tried most everything on the menu. The Thai tea is a must! Great prices too! It is a very busy restaurant! Just have to wait on the goodness but worth the wait!

Food was great, going back for more today.

Delicious Phở! I had the combo Phở and added $ 2 worth of shrimp. Total $ 11.95 with tax. Sooo good. 4 stars because service was ok.

True hidden GEM!!! I’ve lived in Harahan for almost 5 years now (New Orleans native) and didn’t even know this place existed until about 1.5 years ago because a co-​worker who lived in same area told me about it.
Although this place doesn’t look like much on the outside, the food speaks for itself. It is truly the most delicious Vietnamese food I have ever had. The Phở is VERY VERY good. Wonton soup was Great and one of my favs was the pork banh mi!!! During the winter, I always ordered the Every time I go always order the Beef Phở, and sometimes shrimp fried rice for dinner later, The regular size phở is more than enough, I even have left over (when I order pick-​up that is) and re-​heat few hours later and it still tastes great!
I was even able to turn my Cajun eating/​down from da bayou boyfriend who has never had Vietnamese, into a Phở lover– but he will only have it at Kim Anhs! We tried another place on Magazine called Noodle and Pie and we were both so disappointed. It just didn’t even come close to Kim Anh.
Kim Anh’s is just spectacular and affordable!!! Couldn’t ask for more.

I saw this restaurant on top chef and since I was in New Orleans I decide to give it a try Houston has better fitness food but this was good. It I enjoyed everything I had it was just I’m from Houston and Houston is the mecca of Asia foods.
Next time I am in New Orleans I will return this it was good it was on my level of standards. The Phở broth was really good.

Dinner is served. Combination Phở with shrimp, beef, chicken. Fresh basil and herbs. My weekly fix is complete.

The grilled pork & grilled chicken po boy is delicious. The won ton soup is good just a little spicy. The phở is very good great for a cold day. Ms. Teresa took our order & she was very nice & recommended a few items.

I had lunch there Monday, the day before surgery. The beef broth,‘combination
Phở noodle bowl was very good

First Vietnamese Cuisine for me! Best Vietnamese Hands Down!
Would be five stars except for one thing… Jasmine tea.
They don’t serve it.
Darn!
Highly recommend this place!

For a while I would do to this restaurant to pick up phở to eat at home, but after a while I really started to understand how great this place is.
The phở is very good, but there are a few better bowls of phở I have had before. The fried and fresh spring rolls are delicious. However, the real gold mine is in the wonton soup and pork bahn mi poboy. I always get a cup of wonton which has a little bit of spice to it, but you can just tell the ingredients are so fresh and the broth is very tasty as well. The pork bahn mi is unbelievable. It’s a pretty big sandwich to begin with but they use great bread and the pork is so full of flavor.
This is definitely my favorite Vietnamese place in the city. Stop by when you get a chance.

I love Kim Ahn’s! It’s probably my favorite spot for phở. I love love love the wonton soup. Its very different from any other wonton soup I have had and it is packed with flavor. My tongue does a little happy dance with each mouthful. I often go there and make a meal out of that and an order of the spring rolls. The phở goes without saying, its very good and the broth is so flavorful.
The best part about Kim Ahn’s is I can get a good meal that is healthy and not expensive. I usually eat inside, but I think a big part of their business is take out because the door is constantly opening with people flying in to pick up their order.

Kim Anh’s definitely showed me the folly of not checking out Unilocal before eating at a new place. I prefer knowing what I’m getting myself into…
Friends wanted someplace cheap in Harahan and they’ve heard good things about this place. By the time I arrived, my friends had already ordered a spring roll and egg roll app. Took one bite of each and said they can finish them. Egg roll was much better than the spring roll which was mostly noodles (plus 1 shrimp– sliced in half, 1 piece of Viet ham and 1 leaf of lettuce). The peanut sauce wasn’t the worst version that I’ve tasted (reserved for Rolls and Bowls on Metairie Rd.) but it was pretty close. Since for me, the sauce makes the dish, I had to pass.
And now that I know that it’s NOT authentic Viet food, I chose the char-​grilled pork chop over rice for my meal. Portion was a nice size (two small chops) with great flavoring. Rice wasn’t smashed rice as served in an authentic restaurant but rather jasmine rice. I love jasmine rice so can’t complain. And their ngoc nam (fish sauce) wasn’t bad. I happily pour some of that on top of my rice and started eating.
Friends got: combination phở (she had one bite and didn’t touch it the entire night,) two vermicelli dishes-​one with chicken, one with pork chop and egg roll. The two of us that got the pork was very happy while the other two just picked at their food.
Service was honestly the best part of the meal though (not counting the company, of course.) Forgot the waitress’s name but she was very attentive and gave us a to go menu when we were getting ready to leave. Said they’re expanding soon and getting a bar. Because of her, this place got 3 stars.
But for food alone, 2… and for the price, stay on the Huey for another 15 mins. for some kick-​ass Vietnamese food for double the portions at a fraction of the price. With sauce so good, you’re actually drinking it and dunking everything within sight into that yummy peanut goodness.

Drove up to this darkly lit strip mall restaurant with 45 minutes to get to a movie. We were in and out just in time! The phở was so good and so perfect for the «fall» weather we have going on. Although it’s not an option on the menu, I was able to order a tofu phở. It came with more tofu than I’ve received from any other restaurant in the area. They provided us with all the good fixings: jalapenos, bean sprouts, SRIRACHA, and basil.
I was a little sick so I couldn’t taste the specific components of the broth as well but a friend commented on the flavor of the phở being special. He said there’s a sort of garlic (?) taste to it that you can’t find elsewhere. I’ll have to go back and confirm this…
We ordered vegetarian spring rolls which were great and the peanut sauce was delicious but they didn’t have tofu in the rolls like most places.