Terrible customer service, awful food, nice patio, never to return.
The patio area is nice, albeit in a parking lot, but nice atmosphere. Â The bar itself is very cool with pool tables and a shuffle board in the back.
The waiter was awful, made us feel like we were wasting his time and dragging him away from something more important. Â Took us three orders to get our drinks on the table. Â We ordered water at least 6 times, eventually another waitress took pity on us and brought us a tray full.
We ordered an appetizer sampler, terrible. Â All frozen and deep fried. Â Never saw a napkin or cutlery. Â Asked for it, was ignored.
Waiter got upset when we left him little/no tip (since it took us a while to get the bill we were anxious to leave by the time it arrived, we wanted to get to someplace to eat!). Â He threw one of our waters into the parking lot (we were a few feet away) and shouted! Â
If they can fix the food and the service it might be a nice place. Â I wont be wasting my time returning to find out. Â I would guess this place will be renamed and under new management within 12 months.
The food here was pretty good. Â I had the wings and the Pho. Â In my opinion, the prices were average.
They had pretty good happy hour prices for beer, and they had a decent selection on draft. Â The waitresses and bartenders were very friendly, and the service was pretty quick.
It is more of a bar vibe than a Vietnamese restaurant, which I think is pretty cool. Â They have a large outdoor patio seating area as well.
Nice bar, with modern asian decor. Our server, Shannon, was very friendly, considering she had to tend bar and serve, We had two orders of  sweet chili chicken wings, the dumplings and vietnamese crepes. The food was happy hour good and the Kiltlifter and Lucky Buddha beer was fresh and cold, Nice place to spend an evening.. We would go back.
Went back again. Mgmt. did not want to honor Groupon value. Our server took it upon himself to do it. This time we both had burgers, which were done perfectly to order
as were the sweet potato fries. The draft beer was cold & fresh. Crowd seemed nice and mgmt. handled a loud female drunk with style. My w wife & I will go back. I think the burgers are better than the Vietnamese items and I would order them.
In an effort to start on a positive note, I will say that this place has a nice atmosphere. It's a very open space and I could see myself enjoying a beer on the patio during happy hour...if only the happy hour prices were desirable enough to prompt a return visit.
This is not a place you want to visit with intent to enjoy Vietnamese food as it is overpriced and for lack of better words...gross. The roll we ordered for an appetizer was okay, but the serving size was shameful considering the price, and the peanut sauce I requested on the side was very watery. Pho was the man dish, and it wasn't any better. In fact, it was worse. And with fake meat and funky flavor, it was left unfinished.
It makes me sad to think that someone may have their first Vietnamese dining experience here and potentially never eat it again as a result. I hope the owners consider sprucing up their recipes, or if nothing else dropping the 2nd half of their name, so that patrons visiting with the intent to dine on Vietnamese Cuisine won't be left disappointed.
Not the best food. We had both American and Vietnam food. The pho is sub par at best (the meat was gross) and the burgers were over cooked. Looks like a great place to have a drink and party but not good to eat. We had a groupon so that was the only reason we went. Listen to the reviews and do not eat the food!!!
Review Source:I came here for happy hour with some people from Intel and just had water so I cannot vouch for the food or alcoholic drinks. Â However, in the 2 hours that I sat there sipping on my water, I observed some things. I was confused about what kind of vibe this place was going for. The genre of music would change from one song to the next. One song would be country, then pop and then hip hop. Â The menu included Vietnamese and American food. Â There are flat screen TVs everywhere broadcasting sports games. Â The waitresses were dressed in normal attire and hard to identify. Â I wasn't too impressed on the atmosphere alone but who knows, maybe the food is outstanding! Â I'll never know.
Review Source:After reading a few reviews on yelp I lowered my expectations I decided to go to sage. Knowing that it was a bar not a restaurant I went in with an open mind. We started off by ordering an appetizer Vietnamese crepe. Unfortunately our appetizer did not arrive until a good 10 minutes after our entrée. Normally this would've been a bad thing but in this case it was fine as the crepe was so inedible neither of us could eat it. We both ordered the vermicelli bowl but it lacked some key ingredients such as peanuts Mint and cilantro. Which made it more like rice noodles and chicken with salad underneath it. The chicken was good juicy and flavorful and that's the best I can say about this visit.
Note to non-smokers if you don't want to smell like an ashtray don't come here there is ample smoking outside and since there are no doors permeates the entire building.
Sadly I can't even say the wait staff was very good :-( At least the waitress we had, she never checked on us once, and I had to get up and get my own condiments. She could've told us that the crêpe was going to be so long to come out
Walking up to Sage Bar, we were unsure if we had come to the correct restaurant. Â It's definitely more "bar" than "Vietnamese." Â
We double-checked the address on the Groupon (Rural & Chandler) and then dove into three entrees and an appetizer. Â My brother in law saw the white servers and the non-Vietnamese atmosphere and adeptly ordered a burger. Â I shared a pho bo and stir fry beef dish with rice. Â Pho Bo was okay. Â The broth was very sweet in the Southern Viet style. Â Beef slices were neither plentiful or scarce. Â I don't usually eat that many noodles, but I found the serving to be skimpy. Â They used the pho cut of beef (eye of round) in the stir fry which was very strange. Â It was served with a sweet soy sauce concoction and we asked for nuoc cham (fish dipping sauce) and we were given a viscous and strangely sweet sauce. Â I've never seen a Vietnamese person serve such a thing. Â Plus they added an extra charge on the bill for the sauce, wtf.
The tofu appetizer was overpriced and not worth it. Â I'm gonna have to buy a $1.30 box of tofu from Lee Lee to erase that dish from my memory.
I'm not sure what atmosphere the owners are going for. Â This place gives me a weird feeling in my tummy. Â Flat screens everywhere for sports fans. Â Seems like if you're a single guy who enjoys Americanized/fusion food and often dines alone then this is the place for you. Â If you''re looking for a gastronomic experience you will be underwhelmed.
I won't be coming back to Sage for any Viet food. Â If I ever return, I'll stick to the American foods on the menu. Â Hopefully they won't charge me extra if I want some ketchup.
We live right around the corner from the place and watched it go through several transformations. When we saw that it became a Vietnamese place we decided we wanted to try it out. I also got a Groupon for it so we went there for dinner on Saturday night.
Well, there was no one there on Saturday night, that should've been a clue. The place looks like it's completely confused and doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up. The indoors looks like a sports bar with the exception of the booths and low chairs that look like they were purchased at a Scottsdale club's out-of-business sale. The outside has this patio furniture out of a bad porno movie which looks completely out of place as well. So the bar/restaurant/wannabe club doesn't make a good impression right off the bat.
The waitress was very sweet, no complaints there.
We ordered spring rolls for appetizers, a couple of beers and entrees. Got our spring rolls that were mediocre and not well wrapped so they were falling apart. Now there were 4 rolls on the plate, we ate the first two and as I was reaching out to take another one I saw this BIG THICK BLACK HAIR under the rice paper!!!! At that point the first spring roll I ate decided that it really wanted to come back out again. That was disgusting! I took the whole plate back and showed the waitress and another woman there who might be the manager there, not sure. They were pretty embarrassed and the older woman came outside to our table, apologized and said they would take it off the bill. (what else should you expect, right?)
We did stay for the entrees although I looked through everything in my bowl a hundred times to make sure there were no other surprises. The entrees were meh. My husband's was spicy but with no flavor, mine was not spicy with no flavor. That pretty much sums it up.
Will not go back.
I was here for lunch on a week day. Â The service was great and I love the concrete bar. Â Â I have to say that the whole concept of a sports bar / vietamese / modern restaurant seems strange but it works. Â My noodle bowl was OK, but living in the Torrance area I can get much better and less expensive Vietnamese food on nearly every corner.
Review Source:I've eaten a lot of spicy dishes and for the most part can handle just about any level of heat but the food was so spicy here that it wasn't even eatable. Â I guess some may like this but it definitely detracted from my experience. Â I might give it another shot and will try to update.
Review Source:Drinks were good and the service prompt and friendly. Concept has potential with the idea of Asian food in a sports bar rather unique. But the Vietnamese part of the menu disappoints with a sampling of various appetizers providing frozen food aisle quality. There's definitely something fun in a place like this. If the menu aspired to compete at a level closer to food found at various Vietnamese restaurants in Chandler, there would be more temptation to eat here. But from a dining perspective, fusion/confusion may be the takeaway.
Review Source:I give 1 star to the super nice waiter. Other than that, let me tell you why it doesn't get any stars from me. I know you may be thinking I'm biased because I'm Vietnamese and can get home-cooked pho. However, I do eat at other Vietnamese restaurants too and this was the first time I've ever come across the worst tasting pho of my life.
What I ate: beef spring roll (goi cuon) and the meatball pho (pho bo vien).
1. The food is pricey compared to most restaurants. $7-$9 for a bowl of pho. You can find much, much better pho for $5-$6 a bowl.
2. The spring roll: the beef was dry and was more like steak meat cut up and put into it. Usually, you find spring rolls with shrimp and/or pork.
3. The pho: when it came out, I tasted just a bit of the broth because that's the most important part of pho. It was sweet! I've never in my life had pho that was pre-sweetened. It baffled me that they would even bother bringing out the hoisin sauce. That's what the hoisin sauce is for: to provide some sweetness to the soup's broth. It was like drinking sugar water. I had to ask for some fish sauce to try and balance the sweetness. They brought me a little sauce bowl for it and I dumped the whole thing into the soup - it didn't help. If anyone's tried fish sauce, they understand how salty it is. I could only eat the meatballs. I couldn't stomach the rest.
I'm shocked at how upset I am by how poor the food tasted. I'm offended that people will come into this restaurant thinking that this is representative of Vietnamese food. I'd rather go to Unphogettable, Da Vang, or Phu Thanh any day. Â
Please save your money, taste buds, and stomach - don't go here!
Great place for folks who enjoy Vietnamese cuisine and also their friends that just partake of American food.
The staff is fun and the remodel was tastfully executed. Â
So if you are out for some drinks and Pho you are in for a treat. Â The sliders, dumplings and eggrolls are great for the not-so-adventurous eaters in your party.
At night this is an upscale bar with nice decor. Â I love having it as a walkable option for me. Â Its the nicest place for happy hour food and drinks in the area.
Come and check it out!
Awesome new place! Great food, great drinks. Try the everyday happy hour specials for $5 from 4-7pm. This is my new neighborhood bar.
It's not all authentic Vietnamese Cuisine, but certainly inspired by. Â Beers on tap and in bottles, and a pretty good hard lemonade based cocktail that hits the spot in the hot summer.
Used to be All Stars sports bar but they've remodeled and built a patio, which is pretty awesome. Â Looks like the whole storefront rolls up like a garage door for the cooler months, which could prove interesting, kind of like Ra in Ahwatukee, integrating the patio tables with the rest of the restaurant.
If u want pho there are better one out there for that price.
If u want pho there are better one out there for that price. I had the special, the beef and the beef ball taste a little funny. Maybe the happy hours are great like some of the other reviewers said but if you want pho I have to say go elsewhere.
Checked out Sage and was really impressed. Â Former owner of All-starz is back and has completely changed this bar. Â The decor is awesome; love the concrete countertops. Â Garage doors open to the north and allow in a perfect breeze. Â
Jukebox - the option of selecting your own music is always great. Â I heard they might bring in kareoke soon.
Drinks - very reasonably priced. Â Martini selections were impressive. Â I tried the cherry lime martini and was blown away! Â
Food - we tried the chicken wings with sauce on the side. Â I can't remember the name of the sauce because it was unique but I'd rank it top 3 in best wings I've ever tried. Â
Service - EXCELLENT! Â The co-owner (really cute woman) stopped by to introduce herself to us and even bought us a round. Â Bar staff was attentive, has personality, and make great martinis.
Patio - perfect setting for just chillin and chattin. Â
Overall, it was a great place for having been open only 4 days. It's only going to get better.
If you're looking for some Vietnamese cuisine near Chandler Blvd & Rural Rd, take your first immediately available u-turn and head to Pho Dalat. Â My review is based on Sage being a restaurant
Sage had so much potential. Â Its located near Cafe Krishna on the southeast corner of Rural and Chandler. Â A perfect location to get the Intel crowd for lunch. Â Sage is housed in what used to be a few failed bars, but it has been completely remodeled. Â There are garage doors ala Postino style that open out to the front. Â The patio has been expanded with more contemporary furniture, but my compliments stop there.
Walking in, there's a dart machine, golden tee, and jukebox to the right. Â In the middle of the restaurant is a pool table. Â There's large rectangular hightops and a few low tops. Â A weird mix? Â Wait until you look over and see a couch meant for a patio that is cream colored with brown stripes. Â The large built in seating on the side is in red. Â The floor is a dark exposed concrete. Â The walls are this odd green/blue tinge that reminded me of avatar skin. Â We also were listening to some country music, which turned to hip hop, which turned to some top 40.
To start off, we ordered tea. Â Why is this important? Â They ran out of tea.
We ordered the pork spring rolls. Â They were nice size, but the peanut sauce came in a plastic cup. Â The pork was super dry, and I had to lace a lot of sauce on it. Â The spring rolls were lacking something crisp. Â It could've used more mint.
We got the Sage House Special and Rare Steak Pho. Â The broth was a murky brown that was too sweet with a very salty undertone. Â I think the chef added too much salt so tried to balance with sugar. Â Then added too much sugar and added more salt. Â Rinse and repeat. Â The meat was very well done and chewy. Â The rice noodles were undercooked.
The worse part was after we were done. Â I stared at the middle of the table, and I didn't say anything for a few minutes, Â I was trying to decide if I had to throw up or not.
The only redeeming quality of the place was the staff. Â They were attentive and friendly.
Sage has the location... and it might be a great bar ... but when it comes to food, I could put something better together with a package of instant pho and some beef. Â Drop the Vietnamese Cuisine off the name and add on Asian Fusion, and we'll all forgive the food.
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