Baluu’s Restaurant

Kind’a crazy combination of foods! I ordered the Baluu omelet (shrimp, bean sprouts, clear noodles, and green onion). It was VERY tasty! Hubby ordered the Vietnamese Chicken Salad and it was also delicious!

One of my favorite places. The food is always fresh and delicious. The Phở is good, the vermicelli bowls are good. I am working my way though the menu hoping to try everything. You won’t be disappointed if you try this place.

Baluu’s? We call this place «Mystery Diner» bc you never know what kind of food your going to get.
It says on the menu that it is a American/​Chinese/​Vietnamese diner. And indeed it is.
There is a typical American diner section of the menu that has every kind of America style breakfast food you can imagine from bacon & eggs to pancakes to lunch items like club sandwiches to meatloaf, fried catfish, Hamburgers & Patty melts.
There is also a section of Vietnamese items like spring rolls, Phở & vermicelli bowls.
Then, there is a section that has Chinese egg rolls, sesame beef, orange chicken, fried rice, curry chicken & crab rangoon, which are both excellent.
It’s a typical family owned diner style atmosphere. The family that runs the place are really nice people & we have always received excellent service with a smile. The father cooks, everything is made fresh to order, the mother & daughter wait tables & are very sweet ladies. They always remember us & seem happy to see us.
There is no alcohol, no bar, & it’s not a 5 star place by no means, but most of the food is pretty good. Except the fried rice, which has no flavor & the chicken in the vermicelli bowl taste strange.
However, when we are in a large group for breakfast or lunch meetings we always find ourselves at this place bc there is such a diversity of items to choose from. A crowd pleaser, something for everyone. Plus it’s very inexpensive & EVERYONE loves that.
I love the green tea & the fact that you can get a small or large pot of it. The curry chicken & crab Rangoon is the BOMB. I also love the spring rolls, burgers & fries. I LOVE the fact that they have healthy breakfast like egg white omelets with spinach & cherry tomatoes with sliced avocado toast, a side of fruit & turkey bacon. I also love they have daily specials, something new all the time on the menu.
They also serve the gluttonous «chicken doughnut» here. It’s called orange chicken on the menu but it’s really a fried beignet doughnut with chicken inside in a orange & chicken flavored maple syrup sauce. Children, hungover & pregnant people seem to LOVE this dish.
It’s not fancy, but I like Baluu’s Mystery Diner. It’s the only place I know where you can take a pregnant lady to get a beignet chicken doughnut, spring rolls & fried catfish & satisfy a whole group of other people that want pancakes, Cheeseburgers & Phở!
And Phở me, that’s Phenomenally convenient ;)

First time in, and we will definitely be back! I brought my family of four, and we all got something different. After sharing a little bit from each plate. I’m convinced everything is great!

Nope. Never again.
I love phở places and this place had such a good rating and I was so excited.
I asked for chicken phở, no onions.
I’m allergic to onions.
They gave me onions. When I said I asked for them without, they told me to pick them out. Then my waitress got in her car and left.
So…
Yeah.
I’m sitting here writing this review.
Paying ten bucks for something I didn’t even eat. Cool.

I had a hard time picking out what to order since their menu was entirely in English. I’m Vietnamese so I usually prefer the menu to be half in Viet since I’m used to the Viet names. The English descriptions just doesn’t cut it. We came during lunch on a Wednesday and the entire place was deserted. We were the only customers in there. I thought that was strange since they have pretty good Unilocal reviews.
I ordered the broken rice plate with grilled chicken. They ran out of broken rice so I just got regular rice. The food was good, but now WOW. I liked the seasoning on the chicken. My friend got phở and thought it was delicious. Their prices were ridiculously cheap. Portions were big and we only paid around $ 8 per person. They had sodas but they came in cans and it’s $ 1 each, no refills.

Aloha from the 808 state. I love their PHO and fresh lemonade! The owners are so cool and friendly. I always make a it point to stop here when I am in Oklahoma. I also love their spring and summer rolls. The garlic butter fried shrimp hits the spot for me too.

I’ll second the five stars. American breakfast /​chinese food… odd combo, but I ate chinese and it was off the charts.

I always stop in for a meal here when I visit Oklahoma City. The owners are so friendly, the food is very fresh, and their prices are reasonable. I love their Vietnamese egg rolls. They are authentic because they are made with rice paper instead of egg roll skin and I like the fact that they make them with chicken instead of pork. I also love their phở, pork in a clay pot, and lemongrass chicken with vermicelli noodles. Be sure to try their fresh lemonade!