Vietnamese Pho

It was my first time eating there. I ordered a Pho rice noodle. The soup base tastes unflavorful and plain. Compared to other genuine Vietnamese restaurant this soup base lacks a certain herbs and the broth is too diluted to be called a broth. It's a beef slice is too thin, choppy and is texture it feels like as if it has hardened due to a lack of freshness. I don't think I will go there again if I were to visit Oshawa again.

September 25, 2024 on Google

We order from here a few times. Before today, we had nothing but positive experiences. I was eating the hue style noodles and I felt something in my mouth. I thought it could have been a spice so I spat it out. To my surprise it looked like those fake press on nails? It felt like that too. My mom makes bun bo hue a lot and there is no ingredients in a traditional bun bo hue that would look… like that. I don’t know what it was in my soup but I lost my appetite after seeing it. I won’t be ordering from here again.

August 24, 2024 on Google

The customer service here was good. We were greeted and seated quickly. We asked for hot sauce, chilli oil, extra lime and they gave it all quickly. No fuss at all. The atmosphere was ok and clean. However the food was not good. We ordered two pho bowls and a rice with short ribs for the kids. The soup lacked flavor, thus we needed hot sauce, I added soya sauce and chill oil. The noodles were broken making it hard to eat, and there was barely any meat. I ordered the shrimp and rare beef pho and there was three shrimps. And I ordered the medium size. My husband ordered the x-large and his bowl barely had any beef as well. Our regular pho place of choice is Pho Sam but it was closed today so we thought we’d give this place a try. I’m providing this feedback so you guys can improve.

August 22, 2024 on Google

Ordered soup and did not get a spoon. Meanwhile I requested cutlery for 2. Beef pad Thai had 99% noodle and very thin sliced beef. Thin like hotel bacon. Almost see through. Seemed to taste like siracha sauce was mixed in. Very disappointing. Will never order from here again.

March 10, 2024 on Google

I’ll share my experience because it was weird enough to write a review. When you enter, there’s a musty smell which is why we should have left but I thought it would look rude and sat . You get a file which holds the printed menu items. My husband and I decided to check the google reviews because there is quite a few options. The reviews weren’t too positive and as we experienced after, were definitely right about the portion of meat. I ordered the vermicelli - flavour wise it was decent and I was hungry. Then I saw those shrimp with the poop - was a turn off. I shared with the waitress and she’s reluctant to make the changes and was like “people have it like that, if people want it without , they have to request it”. My husband was like “people want it with shrimp poop?” She awkwardly laughed and was like I’ll get you new ones. She went across the room and loudly shared again pointing at me “I’ll get you new ones” with other diners around. The 2 stars for the food is to acknowledge getting 3 new shrimps 😂The food was subpar, place felt unclean, and then that weird customer service on top. Save your money. This place is not worth it. Mind you, I love my street side food and can temper my expectations accordingly to the place but this was a dine in and nothing matched up. Food, ambiance and service was not it.

August 19, 2023 on Google

The only thing that’s nice about this restaurant is the ambiance. The lady manager had a horrible attitude! She got upset with my friend and her employee for putting her pho into the wrong takeout box. First of all, it wasn’t the waitress’ fault. We should’ve asked for the right container. Not only was she disrespectful towards us, but towards her own employee. Anyways, the pho is mediocre and broth is not rich in flavor at all. I’m not sure where all the reviews saying the broth is good are coming from. Maybe I got a bad batch. Each bowl only has a few pieces of meat compared to other pho restaurants. Overall I would not come here again.

July 6, 2023 on Google

We’ve gone back a few times now, and have enjoyed the food every time. Spring rolls, pho, bun, curry, and we also have ordered from the Greek menu with spanikopita and wings. No edits on my photos - it’s as colourful and delicious as you see here. Staff are friendly and it’s a quiet restaurant. Atmosphere is Greek which is a bit of a laugh when you are there, so could do with some refreshing but it doesn’t impact the pleasant experience you’ll have when you go.

July 14, 2022 on Google

Dined in, although I don't think this will be possible in the coming weeks with lockdown. Hope this resto survives because the food is tasty and the service is great - really friendly. I get the feeling they appreciate the business. Not going to say this is the best Vietnamese food I've had but I will definitely come back. Food is made to order and I left completely stuffed.

December 21, 2020 on Google