Omelet & Viet Cuisine

I finally made it, the wait was worth it. The Phở was delicious. By far the best Phở in town. I had the Combo Phở and it was every bit as good as someone else described it. It had a generous portion of fatty brisket, tripe, tendon and meatball. A odd location and little ways away for me, but it was worth it. The ventilation is indeed horrible, but it didn’t detract from me enjoying the meal. The service was fast and efficient, however the first time I went across town they had closed prior to the posted opening hours.

Hands down the best Vietnamese phở, bun bo hue and grilled pork rice plate in town. A bit of a drive from downtown area but the foods make up for it. The restaurant is right next to the gas station and parkings are shared, but there are plenty spaces so it’s not a big deal. The foods are fresh and affordable. The portion is decent and you will be very satisfied with your foods. They also serve omelet here for the American taste, but I would highly recommend trying out the Vietnamese menu. The service can be slow if they are busy because there are only 2 – 3 people working here. The vent system is not the best and you will leave smelling like the foods they serve in the restaurant. If you don’t have any problem with that, I would highly recommend this place!

Ah bahn mi. A delicious favorite of mine, and notoriously hard to find in Omaha. Omelet & Viet Cuisine makes a pretty good bahn mi. The bread was fresh as were the veggies, and it had the right ratios of items. The meat was good too. And the price! Great value. The restaurant space itself could be better. There are things kind of stored around the dining area that don’t really belong, and the ventilation is poor so you definitely smell like a Vietnamese restaurant after.
Also I should note that I had to go back twice, because the first time I went they were closed ½ hour before their posted hours stated that they closed. Bummer.

Drove all the way from midtown today sign on door said hours Sunday 9 to 5 but place was closed. Very frustrating!

If I could I would give this place 4 and a half stars. I walked into this quaint little spot with my dad after getting gas next door. The place was quiet for lunch hour yet everyone seemed content with their meals. I ordered the steak phở and put in sizable amounts of hoisin sauce and cilantro to bolden the flavored up. I would be proud of anyone who would order this. It tastes nice and hot with a little spice while the noodles melt in your esophagus. I feel bad for the owners since they deserve better. I hope this place gets popular soon!

The place was dirty and not well kept up. Food was ok but if you’ve got peeling paint in the dining room, how clean is the kitchen? Food was ok but I’ll hesitate before going back.

Ummm… it is okay. I will say that it wasn’t good but it wasn’t atrocious either. Their broth was definitely mostly boulon cubes. Their bun bo hue didn’t have the flavor that made it special. It wasn’t ventilated so you could see smoke throughout the whole restaurant. I’m debating whether I would go back and try another dish.

I can’t believe this place isn’t more busy. This food is fantastic and the portions are HUGE. Try the chicken fried rice it’s amazing.

Excellent food service and delicious. Prices were beyond reasonable and you can tell this is family ran. Highly recommended as well was missing my favorite Phở from San Jose and Chicago but found a diamond in Omaha.

First time here during my relocation process from MN to NE. Yes, I found this place my accident. Though I’ve read and heard about it from other local Omaha residents.
The place is next to a gas station as stated by many. Looks like a burger or subs diners from the outside. Came by on a rainy day and it was humid inside. They kept the front door open for fresh air and a bit of cool breezes. It’s bare able…
The food here are fresh and quality is good… Price is a bit on the higher end… And that’s coming from a person who live in a larger city with more access to diverse selections of foods and restaurants.
Service is good… The owner was responsive when talked to. I’ll have to come back and try other selection of dishes. My venture to find good Phở and Viet dish has just started in the city of Omaha, NE.

My husband and I went here for lunch on a Sunday afternoon. My only regret was that it took us so long to try this place. It is pretty unassuming in that it is attached to a gas station. Don’t let the outside fool you, though, as this place offers some amazing Vietnamese food. You order at the counter and then they bring your food out to you when it is ready.
We skipped the omelet part (although they did sound pretty good), and I went with the Phở with chicken and my husband ordered the chicken fried rice. Even though we hadn’t ordered any beverages, the gentleman behind the counter brought us both waters, which was nice. He then brought out the garnish tray for the Phở. This garnish tray is like a meal in its own right. The dish was huge and it was loaded with options, including sprouts, cilantro, jalapeño, lime, chili sauce, and some leafy herb I didn’t recognize.
Shortly thereafter our food came out. The Phở is served in a huge bowl. It has a mild flavor on its own but I loved that it was totally customizable with all the garnishment options. I loaded up on a little of everything and the result was an incredibly flavorful dish. I also tried my husband’s chicken fried rice (which he dubbed some of the best he had ever had) and it was delicious and packed with flavor.
Each dish was around $ 8 which is very reasonable considering the portion sizes are huge. We will definitely be coming here again, and likely utilizing their take-​out offerings as well.

Excellent, fresh vegetables, cheap!

I saw the write up on this restaurant on omaha world herald .com. So we tried it this morning. Wow! The place smells like a fryer, all the pop was out of order, no ice tea. The food wasn’t good. The spinach in my omlet was from a frozen box. Everything is a la carte including the toast.
Won’t be back anytime soon.

Well Hallelujah my Phở quest finally reaches a decent joint! This is stop #4 on the phở trail of Omaha, and it’s the first place I have felt more than MEH about. Granted it’s a billion miles from my house but I’ll take it.
Yes, yes it’s adjacent to a service station convenience shop and while you eat you may stare at random strangers filling at the pump, but finally, I got a bowl of Phở (and Bun Bo Hue, another tasty yet failed dish in Omaha) that meets my lips and tummy with satisfaction. The ventilation in here is horrible so expect to smell like food when you leave-​thats fine with me, I can trade a shower for a steaming hot delicious bowl of phở any day. The establishment is run by what seems like a family, it has American breakfast food (Omlettes) and a fairly good sized Vietnamese menu also (see photos to see the menu, I snapped a few). My combo bowl was packing all the right stuff– proper amount of noodles-​cooked correctly (sad that some establishments in Omaha didn’t even pass that test), Clear broth (a little oily but not too bad), the right amount of meat (tendon, fatty brisket, tripe, meatballs [with tendon this is the more expensive type]) and all the right garnishes for the phở that I would expect from any place that sells this dish. Thumbs up from me.
Décor is a little strange, it seems like they kept whatever was left from what was there before, but I honestly dont really care. Eating phở in swanky style would weird me out anyway. Easy parking and fast service.
If you want to eat some authentic Phở or Bun Bo Hue in Omaha, this place will not fail you!!! The prices are fair too.

Very casual Vietnamese cuisine. We really liked it. It was right next to gas station so initially we were not sure how good this place might b but we were wrong. Food was good and prices are very decent.
One thing I would like add is there is no good ventilation system inside the resturant so your coat will smell like oil for few days !!!

So you find a Vietnamese restaurant sharing a building with a gas station in West Omaha and the expectations level starts pretty low. You walk in and nothing about the place screams or even whispers Asian food. The workers… they remove all doubt. They don’t really speak English too well. If you have questions about the menu… good luck.
My son and I ordered. I wasn’t expecting much. Maybe the quality of food from a Chinese buffet or so. But is was close to where we live and we had worked up an appetite by running seven miles on some pretty tough trails.
The booth we say in was similar to a Pizza Hut Booth from the 1980s. Red and hard. The view out the window was of a car wash drive through and a faux brick retaining wall. I kept thinking this was a bad idea.
And I was wrong. I couldn’t believe it. The Phở at this place has no peer. I have lived all over the country and travelled much of the rest of it. Even spent some time in Asia. It was delightful. Fresh. Rich, but not filling. Seasoned and cooked to perfection. A better Phở may exist, I just have come across it and don’t expect to.
The summer rolls and hoisin sauce were equally as perfect. Seriously. I looked like art. I didn’t even want to eat it until I started eating it. It was an eclectic blend of vegetables and shrimp. You can taste the freshness in each bite.
My son got the vermicelli. Pure grace. I couldn’t imagine it any better. They chopped up an egg roll and placed it on top of the noodles, vegetables, and shrimp. Their version of a sweet and sour sauce is so good it should be illegal.
I am eaten at many Asian restaurants in Omaha. Well-​known ones. Hard-​to-​find ones. Chinese. Thai. Japanese. Korean. This place is the one all others will be compared to from now on. And you can drive thirty feet and fill-​up with gas on the way home.

When you arrive at Omelet & Viet Cuisine, I can say you really don’t seem to want to expect much. I mean, it’s connected to a gas station! So, in my head I’m thinking, gas station food. Well, it’s really not gas station food at all! Now, if this place were NOT connected to a gas station, it would be like any other restaurant. Their vietnamese food is really good, regardless of what one of the reviews have said. Even if they did make it in three minutes, which I don’t think they did, the phở I had was actually pretty good. The egg rolls also, were very tasty! We also ordered some spring rolls, but since I am allergic to shellfish, I did not try them. They did look very fresh though.
The atmosphere does not look like any other vietnamese restaurant in town. In fact, it kinda reminds me of a retro diner or something to that extent. The people who take your order, cook your food, and bring the food to you are very nice and fast! I would eat here again and would recommend it to others. Next time, I may have to go for their omelets :)

I’ve read lot of good reviews on this place so I came to well a place renting out of a gas station… But looks arnt everything! The food here is amazing don’t let the fact that this MARVELOUS food is hidden in a spot usually reserved for sandwich shops. Take my word for it this is much better then ANY sandwich shop. The first time me and my dad went here we both got the vermicellis (I got shrimp he got pork BBQ) with summer rolls it was amazing I’m usually not the biggest thing with tons of greens in it I mean I’ll eat them just not really a fan but even for people like me this is a MUST TRY I don’t know what they do but to them or if it’s just the natural flavors perfectly blended but here is a vermicellis meat of your choice egg roles chopped up (amazing egg roles I would need a whole new review to talk about) with noddles perfectly mixed vegetables on the bottom. Add their amazing sauces hot sweet and sour with the vermicellis (homemade different sauces made to compliment the meal your haveing do not poor all the sauce on your mean at once dip) along with our summer roles that were really sweet served with a bland sauce that were perfect with each other.
THE RETURN
Well with our great experience before we came back to this to this amazing gas station restaurant and got pretty much the same thing but I had the phở I figured this what the place is known for it has great reviews about the phở and phở from what I can see phở looks really good my dad was in love with the stuff me not so much. But everyone likes different things and I can’t wait to go back and get yet another great meal. Also the menu dose have prices.

When you walk into this restaurant, on the left is the cooking and to the right seating (no more than 30). Due to the previous tenants, the cooking area is in the same room as the dining.
For the 3 of us, we ordered spring rolls, BBQ Pork chop, Vermicelli Bowl with shrimp and egg rolls, two banh mi sandwiches, two Viet Ice Coffees and a diet coke. A couple others mentioned pricing not being listed but when I tell you what we paid for this, it should be a moot point. All of this with tax was $ 32.64.
The banh mi sandwiches were what drew me out to this venue and they didn’t disappoint. Its made fresh and the peppers pack a nice punch, not for the faint hearted.
Unfortunately today, they didn’t have the beef stew so my dad settled for the pork chop. My wife had the vermicelli with shrimp (not on the menu but glad make it) and came with two egg rolls, icing on the cake since others only offer one.
Though the drive is a bit out if the way, its worth the trek when it comes to value and quality. Phở was popular today with the other parties and I will give it a try next time. There are many options such as banh xeo that will continue to keep us coming back. It is a gem that I wish was more centrally located but Millard is lucky to have it.

Recently, I ate lunch at a restaurant connected to a gas station.
No, it was not anything with the words ‘country’ or ‘diner’ in it. This was Omelet & Viet Cuisine! (Those words alone should spark your interest…)
Apparently gas station restaurants are the next big thing in cuisine, but I’m as shocked as anyone that anything this tasty could come from a place with those ‘car wash’ flags out front (though these say ‘phở’).
Go figure that Omaha is on the cutting edge of new food frontiers!
I’m so intrigued by the breakfast situation that there’s no way around it, I’ll have to make the drive to have an omelet also.
What we did have on this trip, spring rolls, vermicelli and bahn mi were great and fresh (the jalapenos were a surprising kick in the face also). Strange that there were no prices on the menu, but it wasn’t out of order with what I’d expect. Something in the range of $ 20 for 2 people (lunch).
Definitely a unique concept for this area of town, as far as I’m aware, so if you’re looking for some fresh and tasty food in West-​O I’d recommend a trip to this gas station any day!