Kim Ba

Very yummy authentic food a little on the pricey side but good food, nice atmosphere, staff very helpful with selections and for newbies needing directions on how to eat some of their food great little spot

Unwelcoming & unfriendly staff with only one server resulting in very slow service. Food quantity good, but sadly the quality was not up to my expectations.

The food and everything is pretty decent, nothing too spectacular. Definitely not bad though, only issue was the hair in my food.

My family started eating at Kim Ba shortly after it opened in the 1980’s. The food is made to order fresh. Each time we go, there, it is an explosion of flavors to enjoy. Recently, in the new location on Mississippi, we held a birthday celebration for 30. Ba and her staff prepared the foods we had preordered and served us buffet style. It was fabulous. Lunch or dinner is the right time to eat there. Now, mKim Ba is open on Sunday, also.

Food was great. We got 2 orders of the 56 — Bean Curd Tofu in a succulent coconut cream sauce and an order of the shrimp with broccoli. Nearly identical taste to what they served at their previous location.
The shrimp were a tad bit overdone, but the flavor was great. The tofu has consistently been delicious.
The owner stopped by our table multiple times to ask how everything was and after our dinner she provided feedback cards. No complaints here besides the dining room being too bright.
A tip to the owners:
I think by adding a dimmer switch to the main dining lights and dimming the light output to a steady flow would really change the overall experience. This might make it too dark for the center dining tables, but some new pendant lights should fix that.
But come in and check this place out!

Love the new location! I always have the combo ¹⁴⁄₁₅. The perfect blend of yumminess!

The best egg roll noodle bowl in the world. I mean it is really delicious, makes your eyes roll back in your head when you take that first bite, but be careful not to burn your mouth, that hurts, patience is required.
Enjoy enjoy — you will crave them.

This is a new favorite for me. I love authentic Vietnamese, and it is hard to come by in Denver. After trying Kim Ba I can stop my search. This place was wonderful, and the owner is very sweet. We tried the pork spring rolls (amazing), the hot and spicy beef soup and a special rice plate. We loved everything we got and will definitely be back here again!

Definitely the best Vietnamese cuisine in the Denver area. There is no comparison to their wonderful spring rolls and peanut sauce. Their chicken salad is the best, as is their pepper pork. Try it. You will love it – as do we.

We ate here for the first time and had the combination Bun and it was quite tasty. I wish there had been more meat and pickled vegetables but I appreciated the extra sauce and the flavor was very good. The service was wonderful and the owner came to check on our experience. We would definitely come back.

This has been my favorite restaurant since I was a young child. I’ve never had a bad food experience here. I love the egg rolls, noodle bowls, fried rice, and beef wrapped shrimp. YUM! Please don’t ever leave me :)

The smell in the vestibule is definitely strong of Chinese herbal medicine but I assure you the main restaurant area is airy and herbal medicine smell free! Egg rolls were great & authentic! The egg rolls were crispy & made with pork & vermicelli noodles. The bun I got had a nuoc mam (fish sauce) that was a little blander than normal fish sauce so I had to put a ton in my bowl to get enough flavor. I did like that it was citrusy though. The noodles were hot which is unusually for bun. The egg rolls were also piping hot. I thought it was weird that cilantro & mint were only added upon request since these two vegetables come standard in bun dishes. The peanuts are also added upon request (understandably so because peanut allergies are more common). They cater events here but don’t offer servers for catered events. There was only 1 other occupied table when I came around 3 PM so I can’t tell if they normally get crowded or not. The interior isn’t very special or appealing but it’s open and clean. They play Vietnamese music and have traditional Vietnamese lacquer art on the walls. They accept credit cards (even Amex!). I also tried the Vietnamese coffee (chicory coffee– typically café du monde– with condensed milk served over ice) & thought it was okay (I’ve had probably a hundred Vietnamese coffees by now so I can assure you better ones exist). The menu is extensive but there is only 1 phở option (phở Tai).

I would not recommend this place to anyone. After taking a sip out of my water glass I noticed a smudge. After looking closer I noticed all around the rim were remains of someone’s lipstick. I should have walked out then. My boyfriend ordered the hot and spicy beef soup. The beef was 90% fat and the broth was a little too spicy for me. He liked the taste of it though but not the fatty mean. I ordered #9 which was ok. The shrimp was good and the broth was ok but that’s it. The meat looked weird, not sure what one meat was in there, and I had no crab meat. When the lady brought my card back she said she ran a different price than what I owed so I had to give her cash to cover the rest. My boyfriend was going to pay cash for the tip so I had put a $ 0.00 on the tip amount and she saw that and asked my «where’s my tip?» And I said that we were giving her cash. And she was like put it here then. And I just thought that was soooo rude!!! Never going back!

I wish it were possible to give zero stars.
I remember the old Kim Ba being a good option for Vietnamese food. Sadly, this is no longer true. Should have known right off the bat as the place even looks like a dump when you walk in – not a good sign for a new building!
We ordered the Spicy Pork, Beef with Vegetables, Spicy Ginger Fried Catfish and Chicken Fried Rice.
The beef and the pork were both way too salty and looked like something you dumped out of a can.
The catfish was not at all what we expected — at every other vietnamese restaurant they serve real sections of catfish, braised in ginger sauce. This was like something you could have gotten at Long John Silvers. The catfish was deep fried, dry, flat filets… and did I mention that it was DRY?!
The Chicken Fried Rice was bland and the chicken overcooked.
To top that all off, nothing even LOOKED good. Usually when you’re starving everything looks delicious, but none of us were all to excited to even start eating regardless of how famished we were.
As much as I hate wasting food, it just wasn’t worth the calories or stomach ache. We left half of our $ 50 meal on the plates. Not even worth giving away!
My extreme disappointment even made me ask the waitress whether this was the same Kim Ba that used to be on Havana, just to be sure… yes, it is. And no, we won’t be back.

Since we had to do our grocery shopping my mom and stopped by for a quick lunch. We always have to eat before grocery shopping because shopping while hungry always ends up in buying more than we actually need.
We were seated right away and our waitress was nice and prompt. We both had phở and it was just such a let down. The broth had no flavor and for the price they skimped on the meat as well. Needless to say I will never come back here because the soup was just that bad.

This is the new location and it is great! Tons more tables and the food is just as good as it has been for the last 21 years I have been enjoying Kim Ba’s.
This by far is my favorite food Ever! The eggrolls are the very best I ever had the fish sauce is perfect… never have I had such good Vietnamese sauce! The marinated soft shell crab deep fried for a appetizer is a must have! It is so good that my mouth is watering as I’m typing this. The noodle bowls are a winner. I love the grilled lemongrass pork… It is so good :) Sometimes my son and I just stop in and get an order of eggrolls each and that is a full meal with all the stuff to wrap them up! The iced coffee is nothing short of heaven :) Please don’t be fooled by all the new phở places popping up everywhere. This place is a must try. I know you will love it as much as I do!!!

Went to this restaurant after shopped at POM market. My husband and I tried the Vietnamese combination noodle bowl…(we usually go to federal BLVD) …We were very disappointed, the lettuce and cucumber cut was too thick and the rice noodle was just cooked so it was hot. The eggroll and okay, but the beef and chicken meat were too tough and marinated too sweet. When we asked for sriracha sauce, we had to wait forever. My husband finally got up and went to the front of the kitchen side… and grabbed the bottle from the waitress station. The waitress never came by to fill the water cups. Poor SVC and Poor taste food. I don’t think I am coming back to this place unless I see some improvement.

I’ve been a fan of the fabled Vietnamese eatery Kim Ba for over 25 years — ever since it was at its original location in the Havana Street District, in fact. So needless to say, I was shocked, nay, chagrined to discover that I’d somehow never gotten around to writing a review for them. Well, what better time than now to rectify that little blunder — especially since they’ve recently moved to a much larger, very tastefully-​decorated space in the Pacific Ocean complex at Mississippi & Peoria?
One of my favorite things about eating Vietnamese food is that (by and large) the names of the dishes list the primary ingredients used to make them. (I apologize for not putting any of the accents on the words by the way — the site loves some of them and hates others, and I want to be consistent). So once you know, for example, that the word «Heo» means pork, «Thit» is a generic term referring to meat, and «Xa Ot» signifies lemongrass, then it’s fairly easy to guess what you’ll end up with when you order the very tasty Thit Heo Xao Xa Ot (the middle word, «Xao», indicates that the components are stir-​fried by the way). Here’s another one — «Bo» is beef, «La Nho» are grape leaves (some preparations use the more traditional «La Lot» [betel leaf] which is a bit harder to find over here) and «Nuong» indicates a grilled item. I just sat down and asked for Bo Nuong La Nho — can you guess what I’m ordering? Why yes, it was indeed grilled beef-​stuffed grape leaves — you’re getting good at this! One more? Why not. «Ga» refers to chicken, «Vit» denotes duck, and «Goi» is the closest Vietnamese term to our word «salad». So, what is «Goi Ga Hoac Vit»? You got it — it’s either chicken or duck («Hoac» means «or» in fact) tossed with cabbage, chopped peanuts, and an unforgettable fish sauce-​based dressing. Magnificent!
But y’know, I don’t want you to think for a moment that Kim Ba caters only to flesh-​eaters. Perish the thought! Their vegetable selections are equally dandy (as one would expect from a cuisine with a strong vegetarian tradition). One of my all-​time favorites there is the flavorful amalgamation of succulent eggplant, fermented bean sauce, and just a hint of coconut milk (Ca Tim Xao Tuong Hot). Tofu lovers will go gaga over the spicy tomato-​drenched beancurd extravaganza which goes by the moniker Dau Hu Sot Ca. The fried rice with mixed veggies (Com Chien Chay) is certainly no slouch either; nor is the stirfry called Rau Thap Cam, bursting with carrots, baby corn, snow peas… oh wow, you just have so many choices to pick from. The personable owner is always happy to assist you with any dietary question you may have too, so don’t be shy — ask her what she recommends!
And that brings me to the French-​inspired desserts (caramel custard, toasted coconut pudding), the slurp-​worthy beverages (coffee with condensed milk, tangy-​tart lemonade, coconut juice), or even… ooh, this review is getting long. Why don’t I wrap it up here? I’m pretty sure you’re extremely famished anyway after hearing all this, so head down to Kim Ba and have a nice nosh.

I used to frequent this place when it was off of Iliff and Parker, but it has now moved to the new Asian shopping center off Mississippi. While the atmosphere is not the best, let me tell you that the food makes up for it. Always get the spring rolls and Phở. It’s just so amazing. The flavors are exceptional! Tonight there was one server for the whole place and I’m not going to lie, we were nervous. She. Kicked. Ass. Nothing was missed, cold or wrong with our dinner. Really, really good Vietnamese meal.

Right after our grocery shopping next door away, Hubs wanted to have Dinner, hence to this establishment we went. I went to Kim Ba many moons ago way before my Unilocaling days and NOW they relocate and open the one here. This recent visit was on November 22^nd 2014. Time was about 20:00hrs ish.
When we entered we are the 3^rd group having Dinner here. There are 2 other groups of patrons dining away. one being a big group and another just a couple. We are greeted by one of the staffs, and we choose to seat at one of the booths on the Left Wing of the establishment.
YES they have plenty to eat or choose from their Extensive Menu. From what I could recall we ordered these :
* Green Lip Mussels ($ 11.95)
* Beef Fried Rice ($ 8.75)
* Shrimp Fried Rice ($ 9.50)
* Bo Xao Xa Ot aka Sautéed Beef with Lemongrass and hot chili pepper ($ 13.00)
* Hot Coffee with Condensed Milk ($ 3.75)
We waited for abit for our food to be ready. What I like, was the Shrimp Fried Rice. Who can screw up a Fried Rice? THANK GOD for those Shrimp Fried Rice! Just salt and pepper kind of Fried Rice with «scrambled eggs».
What I don’t fancy was my order of Green Lip Mussels. There are TOO MUCH of lemongrass in the Green Lip Mussels, and broken Mussels shells. *SIGH* In terms of flavor was just ok. This dish is listed in their KIM BA Special, but its NOT Special at all. *SIGH* and *SAD FACE INDEED* The Green Lip Mussels is sautéed with Lemongrass in a SPICY Coconut Curry Sauce. But where is the SPICYNESS — Hence its so misleading and so disappointing about this Dish, that I ordered. Furthermore, the Lemongrass they used in this dish are those «old» ones. aka not much of freshness at all.
The Beef Fried Rice was OK too. but once again what’s the deal with tonnes of Lemongrass from the Bo Xao Xa Ot, aka Sautéed Beef with Lemongrass and Hot Chili Pepper. The Sautéed Beef is NOT SPICY at all. Just ok, NOT mind-​blowing. Hence the overall is 3 stars review for this establishment. To return definitely NOT IN A HURRY. Maybe we did order the wrong items from their menu.
Nevertheless, we wish them well in their business undertakings in this part of Neighborhood and their new location. The service from our server is prompt. We left KIM BA at about 20:45hrs ish.
KIM BA Vietnamese Cuisine
12 303 E. Mississippi Ave, Suite #145
Aurora, CO 80 012
Tel: (303)-745−1637
@227/2014