Hong Cuc Grand Eatery

Reviews

• Joe H.

  star star star star star 16 July 2026

  Vietnamese iced coffee was good.
  Eggrolls were good.
  They sell empanadas which are amazing. The beef ones are from stewed beef not like the dry ones people are used to.
  The steamed buns (banh bao) are exactly how I like them. The bread is sweet and pork is nicely spiced unlike the ones Chinese restaurants sell that have super plain bread.
  The sandwiches were great. Crispy airy bread, good mayo, good pickle to the carrots and radish, and one nice touch was the added sliced roast pork (xa xiu) to the cold cut sandwich giving it a more diverse texture.
  
  The place was vibrant and clean. Other people complained about the price but had nothing to say about the food. Do you trust a food review that has no mention of food? Good banh mi is hard to find anywhere. Dorchester is not the Vietnamese food capital or gold standard people make it seem to be.  Find a place you like and stick with it. I'll be coming back here very soon.

• Lynda D.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 16 July 2026

  Is it me or the price is getting more & more expensive. Banh Mi is like $6.50 now. More expensive than the one sold in Dorchester. Also I really don't like how they don't price anything. FYI as for smoothies, the price is different for each type of fruit smoothies you get.... which I understand since different fruit have different cost per season but the problem is that they should  display the price for customer? I feel like they can just make up any price they want that day. Better off getting a drink from Bambu or something.
  
  Sugar cane drink is $6! That blew my mind in a bad way. It cost more than a mango smoothie. If I knew I would've got myself the mango smoothie. Dorchester only charge $4.50.
  
  Parking is very limited like 3-4 spots.
  
  Also they hire this non Vietnamese person to make the sandwich...all I can say is he needs to move faster. Knowing this that's why I called ahead to make my order but of course they screw it up somehow.
  
  Make sure you check receipt when you're making a large purchase because somehow they'll mess it up. This wasn't the first time the mess up my order when I called in.
  
  Forgot to mention, they ask you if you want a bag, I mindlessly said yes then come to find out they charge 50 cents! I'm not upset that they charge money for a bag since lowell is trying to go green but I'm upset that they didn't let me know it would cost 50 cent.
  
  Wheew now aside from the price and cost of this place, for those of you who don't really care of the cost and want to just know what's good here then I would recommend getting the combo sandwich which is the cold cut. Which I can say is way better than Ba Le sandwich in Dorchester but their beef sandwich is not as good as Ba Le.
  
  The smoothies that I liked so far is the mango and red bean smoothies. It taste like real fruits and not powder form.
  
  I hope they can display the prices for the smoothies because it tiresome just asking how much each one cost

• Thanh N.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 9 July 2026

  Do yourself a favor and drive down to ba le in Dorchester rather than here. Nothing is priced. Smoothie, sandwiches here are way more pricier and has less meat than ba le. Most price charges me .10 for a bag, here they charged .50 cents. I don't mind, but please ask me before you give me a bag I didn't need.
  Also, if I'm gonna pay $9.00 for my durian boba, can I have a little bit more. Most places charges me 5-6 with a lot more boba

• Rosie Q.

  star star star star_border star_border 3 July 2026

  What used to be a local gem is now just one of the many quick Vietnamese sandwich shops in Lowell. With other spots having a lesser minimum charge or none at all, it's easy enough to just go there instead, grab a sandwich or a drink and not worry about having to meet the requirement to use a card when we live in a world where cash is becoming obsolete. $10 minimum is just a bit high for a place like this. And parking here can be a pain now that it's getting more popular especially when they only have 5 spots available.
  
  Milk Tea- It was a little bit pasty. Makes me kind of question if it's powder.
  Sugar Cane Drink- I can't just get one when they do the fresh pressing here. It's an absolutely amazing refreshment.
  Fried Pork Roll Sandwich- One of the more unique sandwich. They were pretty generous with the sliced pork roll and together with the cilantro, pickled carrots, daikon, cucumbers, mayo and soy sauce, it was satisfying.
  Chicken Sandwich- A huge question mark. I didn't know if it was actually chicken or maybe mince chicken, no clue but it was okay. I feel like anything in a baguette with all the typical Vietnamese sandwich ingredients is edible.
  
  Overall Sevice: For the love of God, please answer the phone. I had to call 5 times to get through to order sandwiches in advance for pickup. I have a small window during my lunch break when I'm working from home to drive out them, pick up and eat. They make it hard to not want to come back when they are not reliable.

• Pauline P.

  star star star star_border star_border 27 June 2026

  AH I really wanted to like this place because I LOVE banh mi - it is my absolute favorite food. I recently moved up to New Hampshire from Texas and we have really great banh mi in Texas and I was told that Lowell is basically where I'll find all my good Asian eats and it's only ~30 minutes away.
  
  I love that they have all these Asian snacks and Vietnamese prepared foods in the fridge. Like other reviewers have stated, they fail to price their items so you don't really know how much you're spending until they ring you up. I tried one of their banh baos AKA pork buns and thought it was just okay. The filling was decent and the actual bun was pretty thick.
  
  I got the #1 combo - banh mi thit. The pate here is really unique. Is unique a good thing? You be the judge. I personally wasn't a fan but others seem to like it. I like traditional pate. Out of all the meats, I was okay with the ham, pork roll, and head cheese but I wasn't a fan of their char-siu pork. Their char-siu pork is a bit on the dry side and the flavoring wasn't great. The bread was on the hard side...it's definitely supposed to have a crunchy, flaky exterior but it was TOO crunchy/flaky. The overall sandwich was pretty hard to eat. They also don't give you jalapenos, I only learned after that you have to request for them.
  
  Consolation was they have sugarcane juice! Freshly squeezed and super refreshing. I'll probably come back to try them again...because I love banh mi. But their banh mi isn't impressive.