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Two miles south of downtown, this casino is located in Reno's new shop


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Golden Flower Vietnamese in Reno is a four star Vietnamese restaurant. This is a great place.
4.0 of 5 stars.
Roaming in Reno, Nevada on a Friday late afternoon around 4ish, my mother who doesn't like eating anything except Vietnamese or Mexican food, insisted and then demanded that we find a Vietnamese...
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I toss this place up against PHO777 as the best intown. Golden Flower is a buck or two more for most anything on the menu. Pho soup is literally just as good at both. Sorry I can't give a more...
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Pho at Golden Flower sooths the mind and body as you slowly sip the hot, flavorful broth. On those many clear, crisp, cool Reno days and evenings, this pho hits the spot. The vegetable spring...
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have eaten here many times, and it is always busy. My partner was not overly impressed with the service, nor was I for that matter, but generally speaking, I enjoy eating here. Their Vietnamese...
yelp.com - user review - 09/18/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It was just crazy labor day weekend... Had to go there since my baby loves pho or anything noodles.... got there and it was PACKED.The food is decent since being from the Bay Area, we are spoiled!!!...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Rallied a friend to go out to dinner with me tonight. We both had things going on until at least 8 pm and we both wanted Vietnamese. In all honestly normally we go to Asian Noodles and looking online...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Being from the Bay Area, we get spoiled with the high quality of Pho from a lot of Vietnamese joints. Comparing the Pho served here is like comparing a Mercedes Benz to a Pinto. Maybe a little too...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Beats eating at the casinos. Reasonable Vietnamese food for Reno area, where I imagine most Asians are visitors to the area (rather than residents). Can't go wrong with a bowl of pho, since it's a...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Okay for Reno...this place is one of my places to go for Pho!The quantity is gracious and the soup is tasty!I'm glad it's here!
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Cold noodle bowls for the win! Good service too.
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I know the owners and I even help out on Holidays but here is my unbiased review and clarification for some people.It's a family business so when it comes to hiring and firing the staff outside. No...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place rocks. I like the no frills dining room, the waitstaff and owners. I have never seen the male owner without a smile on his face and a silly joke. They get to the point and really can...
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If I was going to go without food for couple of hours in a casino, I needed one meal that would fill me up without putting me to sleep.I think Vietnamese pho fits the bill. I had their seafood pho....
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Nothing like a bowl of Pho and a Vietnamese Iced Coffee to cure a hangover! Free drinks at the poker tables and cool people that you just met = a lot of freaking drinks the night before! I Came here...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
So I've only been here one time and I'm biased for having Vietnamese Pho in the Bay Area all my life, but this experience was enough for me to not want to come back. I came here on a Saturday night...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love Golden Flower. Ive noticed that several of the bad reviews on here are around the chicken pho. Ive never had it so I cant comment on it but the #9 is always really good for me. I don't...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good Food Fast. I enjoy eating Pho here the tendon is prepared well and the tripe is cooked just right! It is a casual environment so moving chairs to seat the Wheelchair was not an issue. I will...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I'm surprised to actually see this place getting 5 star ratings. The food is OK, just average, if that. It's just that the food comes out very fast. I have sat down, ordered pho and spring rolls, ate,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Golden Flower has been getting so many mediocre to negative reviews lately that I was beginning to wonder if I had been overly generous with my initial review. We stopped in for a quick dinner...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ahhh so good... The Imperial rolls are fantastic and the BBQ beef with a little steamed rice is what I want to eat every day.People say the service sucks, but if you go there all the time like I do,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
We chose Golden Flower based on yelp reviews and sadly we were let down :(The restaurant itself is big and clean. We arrived a little after 4pm. There was only 1 table occupied at the time of our...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If you know authentic Vietnamese food, this is not the best place to eat at especially if you're use to the flavors the Bay Area restaurants offer. I must admit the service is pretty bad. I had to...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I only get to visit Reno once or twice a year at the very most. I tend to stick to what I know because I've had such horrible luck finding decent restaurants in a town that's smothered with casino...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like this place. It's a real hole in the wall, but the pho and cold noodle dishes are quite tasty. I don't really care for their other stuff like the noodles in gravy, it's just weird and tasteless....
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Five hours of driving and barely having anything the night before will drive anyone crave for a bowl of nice delicious hot bowl of pho. A hot bowl of vietnamese noodles will hit the spot when it's...
yelp.com - user review - 01/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I lucked out finding this place on a road trip through Reno on the way to tahoe. Nothing fancy interms of decor, but this mom and pop shop have the food right. If this place were in LA there would be...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
After a 5 hour drive to freezing Reno from the Bay Area, all we wanted was a nice warm bowl of pho for our stomach. Golden Flower was the place that came up on our navy so we decided to give it a try....
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's a good, authentic place for a bowl of pho on a cold winter night in Reno. I mean, it's not like there are many options around the casinos, so if you want a nice, quick meal, this is definitely...
yelp.com - user review - 12/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite Vietnamese place in town.9 out of 10 times I go there I'll get a #51. I highly recommend it to anyone trying Vietnamese food for the first time.I also recommend trying the Vietnamese Iced...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
GARBAGE. the place was crowded as hell because its like the only pho place here. the other one next to harrahs closed down. the lady that sat us was hot and nice so extra star. the soup was watered...
yelp.com - user review - 12/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Having taste tested between Reno and Sacramento, I proclaim that Golden Flower makes the best Bahn Mi on either side of the Sierras. Fresh baked French bread with slow roasted barbeque pork slathered...
yelp.com - user review - 11/28/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Their food is solid. But the service is so dismal, I sometimes never even think about coming here. The spring rolls are perfect. All of the entrees I have ever had are good, but like I said, the...
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Ditched the buffets to go to this Vietnamese place.Tried the beef vietnamese sandwich and spring rolls:Banh Mi review:Bread - average, not extremely freshMeat - Nice, no gristle, not greasySauce - No...
yelp.com - user review - 10/29/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The passing dishes did look good, I guess I'll have to order them next time. What I did order was pho tai, which was kind of bland and the meat slices were of low quality. I must say, the egg rolls...
yelp.com - user review - 10/17/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Tried this place twice during my visit since it was right next to my hotel.My first experience was a "small" bowl of phA�, with tripe and rare beef. The serving size was pretty impressive and larger...
yelp.com - user review - 10/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
while the snow kept on falling, we were enjoying our lunch of grilled pork slices, steamed white rice, plus the appetizers of fresh spring roll.....excellent & delicious!! i also enjoyed their...
yelp.com - user review - 10/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This was my favorite Vietnamese place in town! Unfortunately for it, I think Asian Noodles over in the Costco plaza is much better . . . I'd take back a half star if I could, but they get the benefit...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I must say The Golden flower is one of those places that I completely crave sometimes! I am lucky to have one day off a week but when I do my husband and I go here. No it is not for their high class...
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pho! I miss my little place back at home, but this place has definitely come close, the pho is delicious! We kept eating here damn near for every meal. The imperial rolls and spring rolls are...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
everytime i go to reno i eat here. good place. sometimes its empty, sometimes its full. we alwasy get the secodn window seat. the food here is good. i get the pho. i also like the location of the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We came here in a big group that we had to spread out to 3 different tables. We got mixed opinions from the group. My table, we had sour soup, fish in claypot, chicken stir fried with lemon grass,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This used to be my favorite Vietnamese restaurant in town, but has recently been replaced by Saigon 88 (in Sparks). But don't get me wrong, this place is still great! If I am near the University, I...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Golden flower has been our Vietnamese restaurant of choice for 15 years. Great comfort food, fresh , economical and delicious.Kid and family friendly.Pho rocks!
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Since this was one of the VERY few Asian eateries in Reno, (the other is a chinese restaurant in a HUT located 2 blocks down. Spaghetti are used as CHOW Mein and cooked by mexicans in the back...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is our favorite Vietnamese restaurant in town. They are fast, cheap, and convenient. Just behind Circus Circus' Sky Tower.Favorites:~Wonton Egg Noodle Soup (Husband loves it.)~War Wonton~Spring...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Based on the reviews, I thought this place was going to be pretty good and on par with some of the other Pho joints I have been to around the world. But it was very average. Have to admit, it DID...
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Somehow this place doesn't sacrifice quantity for quality.Most Vietnamese places have their specialty - Pho, Bun, Banh Mi, whatever - which is usually mentioned in the name of the restaurant (Pho Bac,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
On a visit over the Halloween 2007 holiday, my mom and I were walking from the Sands Regency to Circus Circus when I spotted the sign... Golden Flower. After a fruitless attempt to visit Bodie ghost...
yelp.com - user review - 11/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Matt and Linh were at this corner Vietnamese Restaurant for lunch. This place is located across the street from the Silver Legacy, but not on the busy strip of South Virginia Ave. It is a Great...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2007
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The servers were extremely rude...we complained about the servers negating to serve our table while serving others around us, but had the nerve to get mad at us...go get your "pho" fixing somewhere other than...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/02/2007
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This restaurant serves really tasty food. But the biggest problem is the atomosphere. It's very noisy and not that clean. But if you don't care how clean this place is but food, you should check this...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/24/2006
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