My homie and I agreed this place is easily 3 1/2 stars... for somewhat different reasons. So here go mine:
1. If I didn't read other reviews about this place being tucked in a corner behind the toys and co store, I would have been pissed trying to find this place as it's frigid cold, my back hurts from being preggers and I was hungry as hell. What's up with the signage? Like, there's wooden boards, signage, pigeons with notes everywhere advertising every place in the shopping center except for Namastay. It's like they want to be incognito.
2. So I was immediately feeling the lady who served us. I felt truly welcome. She almost greeted me with a hug and had the biggest personality. You would've thought it was 8 am and she had 8 cups of coffee. She's the reason this place was bumped up to 4 stars. She was extremely attentive, giving detailed descriptions of every dish we asked about. She wasn't pushy and I could tell she was trying to stay out of our way when clearing the table while we were engaged in lady banter. She was dope.
3. So finally the food. The Bahn mi was cool. I mean it ain't Bahn Mi brothers or Crispy Bahn Mi, but this place can easily hold its own. If there was one critique, it's that I like my Bahn Mi overflowing with pickled veggies. The meat was seasoned well and tender but I really need the extra veggies to really tie the sandwich together to hit a home run. So if you get it ask for extra veggies.
I didn't try the Mac and cheese. My stomach wasn't feeling Cheese at the moment.
The truffle fries were good ONLY with the creamy ranchy like dip that came with the avocado fries. The aioli that comes with the fries doesn't seem like aioli, it seems like mayo.... thick weird tasting mayo. So the avocado fries dip saved the dish. I think I asked for like 3 of those little dipping cups.
I tried one of my homies avocado egg rolls. Now those were good with the avocado dipping sauce as well. I guess if you smear that dipping sauce on most anything it's going to make the dish good.
For the prices I'm just not sure I'll go back. I gotta think about it, but overall it was a good experience.