The Roots - Johnson City

Do not know what to say other than YUMMY! The Xe Lua XL is a huge bowl of tasty goodness. The broth was excellent and required no condiments. Tasty slices of meat and tripe! My mouth really wanted me to eat it all but my stomach said, 'Stop! '

1st time stopping for Vietnamese food. Our waiter was very helpful. We all had Pho (traditional beef noodle soup). It was outstanding....from the bone broth the noodles, and all the add on ingredients.....it was exceptional. Glad we ordered the smaller bowl....it's delishishly filling. Great family restaurant I highly recommend.

Wow!! The employees are so helpful. I had a picture of a dish that I thought I got from the Google pics for this restaurant, but as it turned out, I must have gotten confused and was looking at another restaurant's pics. I ordered the Spring rolls, and it is an order that came with 6 rolls. Can't go wrong with extra rolls. ???? I ordered a main course with chicken. Everything is delicious except for grilled chicken, which was ok. I didn't like it. It wasn't tender andthe flavor was off. They did give me a generous amount of chicken. I love that they gave me lettuce that I ate with the Spring rolls. I got so much food that I have leftovers for dinner. Oh, I have my dogs in the car, and I asked if theywould bring the food to my car when its ready, and they do. Thank you!! Note: due to covid and this administration with the food storage, the prices have gone up. It's still worth it, and please support small businesses. I know I will missthem if they were to be gone. They need us. ???????????????? my girls were too tired... we arrived last night... long ride... got back to the hotel and was about to eat some Spring Rolls... and found a baby slug in the bag of veggies. Ihope I didn't eat his family. I'm pretty sure I didn't since I did look. I released him outside and hope he will find some friends. ????

Arrived with our party of four about one hour before they closed on a Friday night when it was snowing. They were open and welcomed us to choose a booth or table. About 10 other people were already there ordering or eating, and I saw two people take carryout during our visit. We didn't know how to pronounce most of the meal names, but we asked our waiter to pronounce them for us which he did. He was very straightforward in his recommendations for which dishes to order and he was right on! We finished our entire dinner. I recommend #13 and #15, and next time we go we're going to get #12 (it has one more item on the plate that #13 doesn't have). See photos. The liquid they bring with these two dishes hasa slightly unpleasant scent, but definitely try it on the food it tastes amazing! Just don't smell it before your food arrives. If you like pho soup, our friends had that and enjoyed it. None of the food we ordered was spicy, unless youput the spices on it which are provided on the table. See picture of the spices available. The coffee sua nong hoac da (we ordered hot) was excellent. See the video of it. They bring you two cups one is empty, one is half filled withsweetened condensed milk. The slow drip device is transferred onto the empty cup (it will continue dripping for a long time) and you can stir in the sweetened condensed milk that is at the bottom of the first cup. They will pour additionalhot water into the slow drip device, which still resulted in a good tasting coffee. I highly recommend trying it. I'm told many people find it way too strong, but wow, it was so good. Order one cup to share if you're unsure. One thing Iwould like to see on the menu is durian fruit. I think they have access to it, but it is not available. Had it been on the menu I would have ordered some for myself and our friends to try. If you like any of these items: noodles, grilledmeat, rice, eggs, lettuce, crispy egg rolls, peanuts, carrots, or cucumbers just look a

10/10 Found this place when me and my girlfriend were searching the area for boba, i can say for sure this place has the best boba in the area, you can mix flavors too! after a few trips we wanted to try the food because the atmosphere was amazing, the Pho is perfect and serving sizes are big! the staff has always been friendly and helpful if you need help picking, this is our favorite place to eat now we go just about every week, a definite must try local place!