Romul’s

Romul’s isn’t closed, it transitioned to a Vietnamese restaurant.
Four years later I visited Romul’s for a second time. It’s changed a lot as far as menu goes, it’s now a full Vietnamese restaurant & I can say it’s quite good. I ordered the #6 «Bun» a sort of vermicelli with beef, pork and shrimp & spring rolls. The other person ordered one of the Phở soups. There’s a whole range of flavors that you won’t get anywhere but a Vietnamese restaurant.
Definitely a great addition to The Dalles and I’ll visit again.

I guess I was a little confused.
I thought this was an Italian restaurant?
BUT…Where’s the Italian food?
NONE…NADA… There was NO Italian on the menu at all.
ONLY Chinese & Vietnamese.
And… I thought I was going in for some manicotti. HA
Ethnic food Brain switch.
The Atmosphere was very Italian. Beautiful and Romantic.
Everything looked clean.
The mood music was an interesting choice. Kinda like happy church music.
I guess I would have preferred some ethnic music in the background, but no biggie.
The owner and his family were Super nice.
Excellent service.
Instead of Italian, I had no choice… but to order the rice noodles, tofu and vegetables with a peanut sauce on the side.
It was pretty good. It could of been a bit spicier. The peanut sauce was just «ok.»
It’s really no-body’s fault. I’m just really picky with my peanut sauce. I like my sauce thick and I want it to taste like peanuts with a bit of spice. It’s hard to find a good peanut sauce unless I make it myself.
Anyway, my friend also ordered the orange chicken with rice. She said it was pretty good. She also had this berry mango tea that was very tasty.
The owner gave me a free soy drink with my meal. Very nice.
Thank you.
I will make sure if people are looking for a Vietnamese/​Chinese restaurant… NOT ITALIAN in The Dalles, they should check this place out.

My family hit Romul’s (now owned by Henry and his family) for an early dinner. It was a Wednesday about 5 p.m. and there were only two other tables with patrons. The service was very good. It was a rainy day and it seemed a little too dark in there for a meal this early. I would probably suggest more light until 7 or 8 p.m., when more couples or «romantic» dining is in order.
The Happy Hour menu goes from 2 – 6 p.m., so we ordered off of that, only the Vietnamese food. I had beef fried rice, my wife had pad Thai and my son had the Phở chicken. They were all nice portions for the price and we were all happy with the flavor. You do not get giant portions like at a Chinese restaurant, where you take half of it home, but for $ 6 (I think regular menu prices were $ 8.95?) I was very content.
My wife commented that her pad Thai was good, but had a bit too many onions in it. She said that Montira’s pad Thai was better. My fried rice was just right — not too salty and not too greasy. My son was happy with his Phở, but there were basil leaves in it (as well as fresh basil and bean sprouts on the side) and he didn’t care for that, but worked his way around them.
They also have Happy Hour drinks, but we did not get any. My wife and I split a Vietnamese coffee (hot) and it was a little sweeter than I remember Vietnamese coffee from restaurants in Portland, but it has been many years since I have had one. It was good, but I think for $ 4.50, I will stick with a grande from a coffee place instead.
I am not really big on Italian food (except pizza) so I had never gone to Romul’s before they added the Vietnamese menu. I also talked with Henry when he cut my hair recently and he told me his brother-​in-​law would be coming to The Dalles from Vietnam, where he ran a restaurant. Henry said they should be expanding the menu when that happens.
We were very happy with our meal and thought the prices were good for happy hour and still reasonable for the «normal» prices.