Pho Nation

Today I had lunch with my kiddos at Phonation. Upon arrival, there were few customers there, so we were greeted and seated promptly. The hostess/waitress was polite and courteous.
We ordered the pork fried dumplings as an appetizer, which came to the table approximately 10 minutes after we ordered them. The dumplings were crisp and had the right balance of pork and vegetables encased within the dumpling. Six dumplings come in at a price of $5.50. I highly recommend ordering this.
For entrees, we ordered the Bahn Mi grilled chicken sandwich ($5.95), Chicken fried rice, and the Spicy Beef soup ($6.50) *see photo.
The Ban Mi was excellent and filling.
The Spicy Beef soup was a bit oily for my taste, which is evidenced by the photo within this review (the oil is along the rim of the bowl and atop the broth). Unfortunately, the abundance of oil within the soup took away from the flavor of the soup. This is why the overall rating given for this restaurant is 4/5 as opposed to 5/5.
In general, this restaurant is worth the visit for many reasons to include the food, service and price. For everything listed above inculding two lemonades *which were made fresh, the total was 38.37 (not including tip)! This is not bad for 3 entrees, an appetizer, and 2 drinks. I will be back again. Thank you Phonation

March 12, 2016: Was King Noodle, now Pho Nation. I don't notice any differences. Accommodating staff. Great food, same reasonable prices. I asked that the tv channel be changed to accommodate my new passion for Futbol and the manager was very gracious. Changed up my order with vegetable spring rolls and vegetarian pho (veg broth). Spring rolls had magnificent delicate flavor and the crunch that only comes from the freshest ingredients. The pho broth was so flavorful that I had to try twice to make sure it is really veg (it was). Delicious tofu and plenty of it. Only imperfection was ever-so-slightly over-cooked noodles that made chopsticks difficult. What do I expect at 2 PM on a slow Saturday lunch? I will be back. Definitely a fave.

I should put King Noodle on my faves list. I don't come here often enough, and every time I eat here, I recall how good it is. Excellent service, great food at the peak of freshness, and there is almost always soccer on the wide screen TVs. The menu is varied: sushi, Chinese, Vietnamese and a few Thai dishes. If that weren't enough, there are plenty of vegetarian options, they do a great job with tofu and the prices are very, very reasonable. What's not to love?

My husband and I dropped in for dinner last weekend. All was great. Ordered lunch today for myself and a few coworkers and they will never trust me to bring in lunch again.

Dry starchy rice. Chewy tough General Tso chicken. Burnt egg rolls. Nothing was redeemable.

I want to love this place. It's close to home and work. But I can't get around the crap-shoot consistency of the food.

With a 50-50 chance of getting an edible meal, I will drive the extra 2 miles to a spot that has never let me down.

I wish I had better luck here but after 2+years of thinking they'll find a way to bring a quality plate to my table -even most of the time! - I am done.

Food sucks! How do you mess up fried rice?! The egg rolls and thePho are the only decent food items.

I love Bun and have come here before and didn't have the best experience; but, today I thought I'd try again. I went in around 3PM and ordered Bun for take-out. It took only a few minutes, which is fine since the place was completely empty (normal considering it was 3PM). I got home, only 5 minutes later and opened the food and it was all cold. So..... guess they just threw old food in there which had been sitting for a bit. :-( Made me sad. Especially considering how awful a cold, stale egg roll tastes.
And, the chicken is grainy and gross. I would give 1 star, but the girl upfront was sweet.

There are plenty of noodle houses in the ATX area, what I have noticed about this little out of the way joint is that the food is really good. We will be going back every chance we get.

I have been here a few times, and have tried the Pho and the Bun along with a couple of the chicken dishes. It is nice to enjoy a meal without a huge crowd even on a Friday night.

Our waiter was very nice and attentive to our drinks and our needs. Our food was out quickly and seeing that we were there at 8:30pm on a Friday everyone seemed to be enjoying their evening working there.

If you like Vietnamese/Asian cuisine then come by and try Pho Nation - it is a hidden gem.

We enjoyed this visit, our last visit was under a different name but the same people have it.....The service and the food seem to have improved. My wife had the Tso's chicken lunch special with wonton soup, the Tso's was very tasty but a little chewier than we're used to, the cup of wonton soup was full of flavor with good wontons, most places we eat this i'm adding salt, pepper, soy sauce and sirracha sauce, didn't need anything with this bad boy! I enjoyed the shaken beef plate, it had great sweet flavor, with a small bowl of a vinegary peppery sauce that really popped when I dipped my shaken beef in it, the sweet sauce cooked onto the beef really worked well with the dipping sauce, the beef had slices of cucumber and tomato and slivers of white onion...4 stars all the way...only topped by Pho Viet's shaken beef. The service was good and the food was too.

WOW! What a delightful surprise this new restaurant was! It's very rare that after I dine at a place, that I immediately post a review.

I've driven by this place, which is tucked in the corner of a strip mall, several times before I noticed it was finally open. We decided to order the crab rangoons as the appetizer. They came out stuffed with crab and cream cheese mixture and were piping hot. They served it with your typical sweet and sour sauce (nothing special)- Great start!

I ordered the usual Pho with brisket and round steak. #PO2, my co-worker ordered the frid pork sandwich. When the food arrived, I was surprised to see how large the bowl of Pho was! Fresh condiments, basil, bean sporuts, and jalapenos. Extra jalapenos of course! Co-worker's fried pork sandwich was amazing in his words. Just the right portion of meats and vegetables, fresh bread, and cilatro added for a special touch.

The service was excellent, and I will definitely be frequeting this place quite it bit, since it's so close!

Who wants to PHO?

Sorry, We gave it a chance since changing names. I had chicken vermecelli and the chicken was more like beef jerky. Other complaints from wife but she can post her own.
Staff was friendly.
Bummer! Was hoping it was a positive visit.
Sorry, can't recommend it and won't be coming back.

The food here is great. Every time my family and I come the place is dead, good thing in my eyes as I don't have to wait at all ! The place is clean and as I said before the food is great and cheap ! P19 (beef spicy tender pho) is the best or some classic orange chicken w rice. So if you are looking to eat some pho I recommend pho nation !