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Pho Phu Quoc aka PPQ Restaurant
Category: Vietnamese [Edit]
Neighborhood: Outer Sunset1816 Irving St
(between 19th Ave & 20th Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94122
(415) 661-8869
- Hours:
Mon-Sat. 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Sun. 10:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
490 reviews for Pho Phu Quoc aka PPQ Restaurant
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love it.
spring rolls & BBQ shrimp bun. or vege pho.
no ambiance & bathrooms aren't the cleanest, but it's good food.
Midnight or late night snack @ 1040PM? ok...sure, they don't close til 11PM.
We had #1 large pho which came with rare steak, tripe, tendons...for $8 which felt sort of pricey for me. $7.95 ok but $8 seemed like DANGGG. Also ordered spring rolls, the sauce made it good, it wouldn't have been good on its own. I got a soy bean drink which I thought they made, but no it's canned & for $1.75. WHAT!!!!!!!! I could have bought this at Sunset Super for less than $1, owell. Expectations were too high.
They were cleaning up while our & 2 other groups were still there. We left when we they started to clean floors & it smelled bleach yuckkk. I'm not sure what time we left though...but we weren't the last to leave so it was all good.
Yes for me it is as good as it gets!! In Vietnamese food that is.
My husband has been the one going here for years, he had to have his fix at least once a week until we moved out of the city. We now try at least once a month.
I knew I liked the food here, but not until I ate at a different place in Daly City did I realize how much I loved PPQ!!
They both had the same dish I like, one with charbroiled pork, egg rolls and vermicelli noodles ( I admit I did not know how to spell it, I copied from another reviewer ,thanks! ).. it is a very tasty dish, the other place it was disgusting, I would not even feed my dog the dish of the other Restaurant! SO eating elsewhere made me realize how much I love this place!
( not that my dog eats human food, I swear his food costs more than what we spend in food)
Another dish I eat here is a chicken broth soup with veggies and tofu in it, I am not much for noodles.. I know.. I know I am in a noodle house basically and not eating noodles, BUT that dish is so tasty and when you ask for no noodles they give you more veggies and tofu. It is a wonderful dish on a cold day.
My husband would say I am a picky eater. I am not picky, I just do not like oil slobbered all over my food.
Also when they are willing to substitute for you is great by me.
As long as you do not mind waiting to sit down, sometimes it can be 10 minutes or more depending on the time of day you are there.
This place to me is a little treasure in San Francisco!
Came to get some late night pho since Loi's wasn't open at 10 but PPQ was. I got the generic special pho that is at every pho place with tendon, brisket, rare steak, tripe and meatballs (medium bowl $7). It was rather underwhelming.
The bad: The noodles broke into short pieces as I fished them out with my chopsticks. Broth was, as others have said, a little bland. Can't really taste the spices they used. Skimpy on the garnish--no slices of onion, just a tiny smatter of green onion and cilantro. Only 1 meatball. That's fine, but at least cut it in half so it looks like I have 2! I have to bite it in half to eat it anyway! And there was only 1 lone piece of tendon!
The good: They topped the bowl with one slice of rare steak, and it stayed rare till I swished it around in the broth to cook it.
Wish Loi's were open later. $4 vs $7 for a superior bowl of pho is a no brainer.
As a Vietnamese girl who grew up in Little Saigon in So. Cal. and just moved to SF, this place is as good as it gets for pho and bun. After having their pho multiple times, I decided to try the bun thit nuong chai gio last night and was very impressed. The charbroiled pork was flavorful and tender, and the eggrolls were traditionally made with spring roll wrapping, not the "egg roll" wrapping that is currently being used in other restaurants.
Overall, great food. Just be prepared to wait for a table as this place has been crowded every time I've come.
This will be my first and only ever "Who cares who made the food" post.
anyone who says:
"A Chinese Chef who prepares Vietnamese dishes does not make it authentic"
or
"A Korean Sushi chef will/can not make authentic Japanese food."
You are so crazy. Your country of origin has nothing to do with the authenticity of the culinary culture you choose to represent.
Thank you to anyone who chooses to even try Vietnamese food. and for those, brethren/sisteren(x) who decide to cook up our culture.
MORE POWER.
... Only 1 of 3 Vietnamese Restaurants in SF i will stand in line for.
for 12.99$ a plate you can devour the Five Spice Chicken.
Be adventurous and order something from the chef's special menu.
Charbroiled pork on a skewer? try it!
Don't forget your Vietnamese Coffee (ask for a togo cup) it will help you with your food coma.
Finally run back to your car, because your meter is running out.
Sometimes I wonder about writing a review of a restaurant that has 486 (now 487) reviews, but then, it is in my hood, so I feel the need.
PPQ is a totally utilitarian Vietnamese noodle joint. There is little to none ambiance, but it really is unnecessary. Why do you need ambiance, when you just want to go in there, get yourself a big bowl of meaty noodle soup, slurp them up and leave? And the soup is tasty. Just what you need on a cold night - or really any night. Gotta love PPQ.
Um yes. This place is good. Really good. Especially at 10:15pm after Cal Academy on a Thursday. There is a mixture of Asians and non-Asians, so I fit in perfectly.
The food was good, hot, reasonable, and tasty. I recommend #5 pho, and 5-spiced chicken.
Two words: Satay Pho.
If you don't know what that is, Satay Pho is the greatest meal you can find in a bowl. Sometimes I think that I can eat it all day, everyday and just bathe in a spicy, soupy wonderland. My apologies for the visual.
Sunday at 1 pm, and the place was lousy with bidness. A lot of Asian people, but I don't know if they were Vietnamese, since this place is in the middle of a heavily Chinese area. I'm one of those "all look same" (http://alllooksame.com/) kind of people.
I had the Pho, and it was very good. I got the large bowl, which was like a bathtub filled with soupy noodles. I was sharing it with someone who is not into spicy food, so I could not spice it up the way I like it. It was a beautiful day and we found parking very easy, which is hard to do in this neighborhood on a weekend (see the aforementioned "Chinese neighborhood" comment). The service was decent, though the wait staff seemed none too happy - I guess working on a Sunday does that to you. Three people, three different plates, and a diet coke, it was $31, plus tip out the door.
Bun Bo Hue (round vermicelli noodles with meat in spicy soup)! YUMMMMMMMYYYYYY!!! Bun Rieu here is really good too. Haven't found any other restaurants with these two varieties or none that makes it as good as PPQ. mmm!
This restaurant has been in the neighborhood for a long time, but the quality seems to have gone down as well. The Pho (the Vietnamese beef noodle soup) taste very thin nowadays, making one think 2/3 of the soup is just water. When I ate at the restaurant last week, the basil that accompanied the Pho looked so wilted that I couldn't bear to mix it in my soup (I didn't want to get a stomach ache).
I think I'm going to try the restaurant across the street next time.
I hesitate to review this place because it has been by favorite Pho shop for a decade but I think the word is out. They take no reservations in this outstanding local Vietnamese Restaurant so expect a 10-15 minute wait on weekend evenings. Every item on this menu 9I've tried almost all of them) is outstanding, the service is always fast and efficient, and the prices are the best bargain for the superiority of their authentic tasting Pho. They are best known for their Five Spice Chicken Pho, although he curry soups are good and the bun dishes are a favorite. Must try the shrimp rolls or cold vegi rolls.
I tried the Pho Restaurant across the street, the soup had a manky old meat taste. So go for the Pho shop with the red awning. The decor is simple but the place is always clean.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
I've been here before and wasn't too thrilled, but I went again only because Pho Huynh Hiep 2 (aka Kevin's Noodle House) across the street was closed. My friend and I were so hungry, and like two five year old boys, we were getting crabby, it was late, we needed food, we needed pho, and we needed it immediately.
The pho here is acceptable, but far from great. I'm a pho-nnoisseur and I know good pho when I eat it. Don't be fooled, this is not really a Vietnamese restaurant. It's what I like to call China-mese and I'll tell you two of the most obvious give away clues to identify such a place:
1. The employees don't speak Vietnamese - duh
2. The menu lists items first in Chinese, then in English, and then Vietnamese in parentheses
What you need to know: The broth is bland (they clearly don't love making it), garnishes were scant, the meat is pretty good, and the noodles were fine. The price per bowl is high...even for San Francisco.
I love this place! I come here almost once a week! The chicken nice noodle soup, Crab meat noodle soup and Fried Tofu Cabbage Salad are my top three favorite here!
I like the taste of the food here.
It was good!
I only came here once and my friends told me that it's good.
So i decided to give it a try.
The food is decent.
The glass was dirty.
and the wait is long.
So...you decide.
The pho here is really good, and it's my become my stopoff when the desire to pho hits! There's almost always a wait though, and they don't really have much space for it...which can be a downer when it's raining outside and all you want is a nice steaming bowl of soup. The staff is usually friendly and attentive and the food is pretty quick. If you're in the neighborhood, I would recommend trying it out!
I came here last with the wifey because I wanted some soup. The restaurant looks like any other vietnamese place. We didn't have to wait for a table. I ordered the Large chichen noodle soup and the wifey order the Five spice chicken over rice. My soup came out first and the first thing i saw was 6, yes 6 thinly sliced chicken meat. and plenty of noodles. There were so much noodles that it soaked up all the soup before I even got the chance to start digging in. I ate about half of it because the noodles were starting to become really soggy. As for the five spice chicken over rice; looks good but it was fatty and greasy. She didn't end up finishing it.
SO had the spicy beef noodle soup (aka bun bo hue). Broth was good, but they ran out of the rice stick noodle, so the guy suggested egg noodles. That's like preparing spaghetti with pad thai noodles. Hehe -- okay, not that bad, but definitely a bit off.
Don't order the crab noodle soup (aka bun rieu). It's bland and flat. No chunks of crab floating or fried tofu. Boo! Maybe we should have ordered pho, but I was craving a different vietnamese soup.
Service was good and prompt. We went back the other night to try the pho, sign said open until 11p, but lady inside was waving her finger "no no no" at us through the window. Time was 10:30p. Maybe they ran out of pho, so they closed early *sigh*
I can say that PHO is my favorite culture food in the world. I can go and eat pho every single day and not be sick of it... like my mom said "you might as well go marry a vietnamese guy" hahaha anyways
This place is pretty awesome even though it is a bit small. My favorite all time is the "five spice chicken pho". It comes witha simple bowl of noodles and a side order of 5 spice fried chicken! who can say no to fried chicken ^_^. anyways i think this place makes the best so far. if your a chicken lover.
i have tried to substitute there 5 spice chicken in another pho place in millbrae because i do live a distance from the city. And it didnt turn out the way i wanted it to be. =(
simple bowl of noodle with their five spice chicken i had to pay a extra ($1.50) just to have it my way! overall it was $7.50 , whereas i could of drive to the sunset district and get my chicken pho for cheaper then that!
oh wells..i guess i saved my gas money =P
anyhows
PROS: a good variety of rice plates, noodles, good broth, price is decent.
CONS: parking isnt too bad but watch out for the meter maid, they truly are maiding around...
This is my favorite pho restaurant in the whole city, their service and food is excellent. The only bad part about this place is the seating, there isnt a lot of seats available like their competition across the street. Their pho noodles, spring rolls, and their egg rolls are DELICIOUS. I always come here whenever I'm around the neighborhood. I'd rather come here than the other place across the street. Never going to that other place again. This pho place is the yummiest one. (:
OMG. I have been coming here for years, I mean years. I always order the same thing. Satay beef noodle soup. It use to automatically come with yellow noodles, but in recent visit, they have been asking me what kind of noodles I would like and I would say yellow.
Now yesterday, the waitress did not ask what kind of noodles I would like so I assume I was getting the yellow. When it came, it was the white pho kind which I detest. I nicely ask to switch it out, which she was nice enough to do. What followed was a screaming scolding session from the back, yelling at the poor girl in mandarin. It sounded like both cooking ladies in the back just ripped her a new one and it amplified throughout the empty restaurant. I felt so uncomfortable being there.
The poor girl came out, in tears, apologized for the wrong noodles and told me to inform the staff in the beginning of wanting yellow noodles. I asked if she was ok. She flooded with tears. The ladies in the back continue to bitch and scream.
I swallowed my food cringing the whole time. I left the girl a giant tip, apologized and left. I swear to never go back. It felt like some third world, uncivilized, inhumane place to be.
all i have to say is chicken curry pho. never had this combo before PPQ and never will i get it out of my mind. so damn good. so for that, 5 stars... oh, and they have viet beer and viet coffee.
and get the small bowl. it's huge. i haven't been able to finish it yet...and i can EAT.
LOVE this place. My most recent trip to this place and I got the Coconut Curry Chicken Pho. Really hit the spot and I love coconut based soups. The chicken was tender and not chewy or dry! I also am a fan of the Five-Spice Chicken Vermicelli. The crispy skin is heavenly. Extra fish sauce please!
Solid Vietnamese noodle shop. BF tried the PPQ noodle soup-- the beef tendon was definitely the highlight. Tender and flavorful. Nicely flavored broth as well. I had the grilled pork and imperial roll vermicelli-- the pork was delicious and the imperial rolls were also quite good. Not as dense/flavorful as those at Tu Lan but also not as greasy, so the point might go to PPQ here.
I'm RARELY in this area but if you are and you're craving some noodles at a reasonable price with a no-frills atmosphere, PPQ is your spot!
Being that PPQ (pho not crab) is so popular, I was surprised the pho was so unspectacular. I could tell the broth was a beef broth, but the taste was so mild and I couldn't taste any distinctive pho spices like star anise or cloves. There wasn't much meat and what was there was chewy.
The com dia (rice dish) was good and I was impressed to see so many other dishes like bun bo hue (Hue spicy beef noodle soup) and bun rieu (tomato crab noodle soup), but not sure they're going to be any good if the pho's no good.
Must try the FIVE SPICE CHICKEN with vermicelli (actually its good with anything)
Imperial rolls are really good here too.
Everytime I go there, that's pretty much all I eat, with the occasional 'try something new' times but I don't remember what I ate.
Good Pho for the price. The place is a major hole in the wall and not the cleanest place, but it's always busy.
Offers the usual Vietnamese - pho, bun, rice plates. Pho is reasonably priced at around 6 for small. Everything is good but nothing spectacular or stands out here, just the usual pho, rice plates, spring rolls, like all the other places.
Service is lousy here..... So, sometimes it's hard to leave a tip for being mistreated.
Passable Pho Quiz (=P.P.Q.)
1. Does the place have pho on the menu?
2. Is interior decoration lacking?
3. Is there a stash of spoons, chopsticks, and napkins at the table for you to get on an as-needed basis?
4. Do you order by number because you can't pronounce the item (and the wait staff has to look at the menu to recall the number when you order by the item's name)?
5. Is the restaurant run by Chinese people?**Validity in trial stages of research.**
If you answered "yes" to all of the above questions, you may be in a passable pho place. What does that mean? It means that for those who don't know any better (such as myself), the food is decent but you have no idea whether it's authentic VIetnamese food. The fact that PPQ is run by Chinese people and has a largely non-Vietnamese customer base may indicate the food has a Chinese twist. But again I wouldn't know since I also like Slanted Door, which probably also isn't the most authentic Vietnamese you can get in the city.
All the items I've tried - pho, vermicelli, rice plates - are decent or passable that I'd come back to eat because it's cheap and decent. I wouldn't tout to others that it's the best Vietnamese food I've had though. Oh and you come here to eat and just that. The service is tailored for that function only. You probably won't get refills on your water unless you ask. They service staff isn't rude or anything but you'll only see them initiate contact with you when you're seated to give menus, when you order, when your food comes, and to give you change. Total bill is usually about $10 tops for one entree including tip and tax. Parking is somewhat of a hassle since it's right by a busy intersection. Bring quarters for the meters (and if you're lacking cash since this is a cash only place).
Pho Tai! This is a great place to have lunch or dinner. I come here once a week with my family for lunch. Friends for dinner. It's great! The portions are good size. Services are great, always looking around, just to see if you needs are met for a meal.
This place needs to expand! It's always packed during lunch and dinner.
I was actually quite unimpressed when I got in the place. I heard so many great things yet when I came in all I saw was mediocre. The service was okay, but the food is what really disappointed me. My plate was eh, my friend's pho was boring... the food was just not that great for me.
Maybe I went on an off day, but I was hoping for more.
This is a solid pho place. Too bad they have big competition right next door, Ben and I thought to try this place since Kevin's was almost closing. Rather than be rushed out, we ventured across the street to get our pho grub on.
The soup has a funny licorcy taste. I cant put my finger down on it but it taste kind of sweet. I didnt like it that much as a broth but the pho overall was very delish.
We also ordered a curry-coconut chicen dish. HELLA GOOD. It was white meat and they gave us plenty of chicken. Yummm
Don't do it! Please! Go across the street, please!
I was always iffy about this place. I had decent experiences and then less pleasant experiences. They have a few things going for them like the fact that they are especially cheap and that they have lots of space.
Their service is always pretty much horrible, which, okay, what pho place has good service right? Most of the time my complaints would be limited to: "Can I get some damn water?" or "Can we get the check already?". But one of my first real turn offs was when they wheeled the trash can right by us as we were eating. Can you please take the dumpster out when customers are not around??
Unfortunately my bf came here religiously. So there would be occasions where I would reluctantly return. The final straw for me came one night through the dinner of a couple next to us. Randomly, the woman next to us started pointing at her dish and showing us. We took a look and it was a LIVE SLUG! I'm talking about at least 2 inches long, disgusting, slimy, alive. I wanted to throw up right there. They took the plate back and I'm pretty sure the couple got a free meal. Now when I've explained this story to others, I've been told that this could happen anywhere because most restaurants neglect to wash their greens before serving them. Especially lettuce that would be placed as decor to the dish. My response: if it could happen to anyone, why did it happen here. gross, gross, gross.
Eat at your own risk, I suppose. I, on the other hand, will not.
What do you call the first real meal after a serious battle with food poisoning? CELEBRATION. That's what I had today. This morning. I was their first customer in fact. But soon after, there followed a terrific, diverse patronage.
After I came in, this young, fresh-faced young man came in wearing a CCSF sweatshirt. He sat down an ordered a large something-or-other. An old, world weary though still spry with his tongue, man came in also and ordered a small bowl of something or other. And two women with two violent little girls came in too. Since the women were asian, I couldn't tell to whom the future husband beaters belonged.
I ordered the pho tai and the imperial rolls. They did not have a pho tai gan. Did you hear me? If I wanted to add tendon, it would have cost me an extra $2. The Pho tai was already $6.50 for a small, $0.50 more than the Pho tai beef ball. I asked for the tai on the side.
After an equally tragic accident with some imperial rolls, I applaud the timing that the imperial rolls came out. Just a few minutes before the soup, but not so long that I lose my patience and burn the roof of my mouth again. The soup was the right distraction to allow the imperial rolls to cool down from their volcanic heat.
Pho Tai: the beef they served was all in strips. Long, inch wide strips. They were marbled too, so it was not too lean. And there was a decent pile, but it was strips. Not sheets. Not good. As others have said, the broth is not notable.
Imperial rolls: They skimped on the lettuce. 2 leaves for 3 rolls? The rolls themselves were delicious! The photo on this page does not do it justice. They were big, turgid, juicy, delicious and flavored well. I think this has the best imperial rolls I've tried. The wrapper was also extra crunchy and not smooth.
The waitress was very very nice. But you can't get full on nice-ness, can you?
Since eating at Pho Kim Long in San Jose a couple months ago, I haven't been able to come back here.
I used to like this place. But the grass truly is greener South of the city.
It's a sad day.
Okay, so I'm going to cheat and actually copy and paste a review I wrote for this place a while ago. I used to write in a food blog, but then I realized that Yelp was probably a more appropriate forum for these kinds of food essays, so I'm slowly going through the process of transferring my blog posts to Yelp.
Anyway, here we goes. A blast from my writing past, but still relevant to the food community, I suppose:
One of my favorite joints for a simple bowl of pho or Vietnamese food in San Francisco is PPQ Restaurant on 19th Avenue and Irving in the Outer Sunset. You can always locate it as you're walking down Irving St. because it's got a cardboard cut-out of a large cow standing in front! Suh-weet! They straight up tell it like it is. I like that. Honesty.
So, this joint serves up your standard Vietnamese fare, including bowls of pho, vermicelli and rice plates, egg rolls and spring rolls, and other noodle plates. The prices are very reasonable, ranging from $5-$8 for a generous entree, and the atmosphere is casual.
It's pretty fun to go here with large groups, because it's one of those kinds of joints. Noisy and unpretentious. I dig.
Recommended dishes:
+ Five-spice Chicken with imperial rolls. I've never had this, but apparently, this is one of the signature dishes at PPQ.
+ When I discover a certain food that I like at a particular restaurant, I tend to become a creature of habit and order that dish over and over again. Charbroiled pork with egg rolls and chopped peanuts on top of vermicelli with a bowl of fish sauce! This is one of my favorite dishes at Vietnamese restaurants, and I often get it because I know it will be stellar wherever I go. The charbroiled pork is cooked to perfection, with just the right amount of charred taste and tenderness. The egg rolls are always perfectly crispy. I've never had a bad egg roll in this dish. It's a safe and tasty choice! MMM! And at PPQ, it's #15! I recommend!
+ All their phos! Are excellent! I mean, they're all pretty standard, but still all excellently made!
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Another good thing about PPQ is that it's located on Irving Street, which many consider to be the "New Chinatown." Not nearly as crowded or historical as San Francisco's Chinatown, Irving Street is where the local Chinese-American community go to get their hair cut, to eat out and grab a cup of tapioca (naw, we don't call that stuff "boba"! that's only for the SoCal crowd), to buy their groceries. There's a good mix of cute accessory and stationary shops, grocery stores (Sunset Super on 25th and Irving), Asian and fast-food restaurants, hair and nail salons, many bakeries, and even a Bay Area/Frisco merchandise and clothing store. The local high school kids at Lincoln and Lowell High Schools also come here to hang out and eat after school too, so expect to see lots of loud crowds of happy kids.
After you fill yourself up with a hearty lunch at PPQ, you should definitely stroll down Irving and grab yourself some tapioca and walk the calories off.
Walk it off!
-Vivian C., circa 2007
my roommate raves about the Pho here so i had to try it... but since i had high expectations it was just alright. I thought the soup was pretty bland and it was all in all okay... the meat was sliced very thin (that's based on preference..)
we had their shrimp spring rolls which was normal, not out of the ordinary. I actually like the Pho across the street and they have fried chicken wings that are pretty good. But at PPQ, i saw people next to me ordering their 5-spice chicken and that looked really tasty. might give that a shot next time. my friend had oxtail with rice and it was decent. I think Hard Knocks Cafe on clement has much better oxtail.
Phu Quoc is a triangular island about 50km by 25km off the southern west coast of Vietnam, very close to Cambodia.
It was popular with the Chinese long ago for its rich seafood supply, especially sea cucumbers, thought by the Chinese to help the libido in old men. The French controled it when they colonized the rest of Indochine until they were defeated in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu in Laos by Ho Chi MInh.
The Americans controled it during their Vietnam War, and the Cambodians took it after that., but then the Vietnamese took it back when they defeated the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot the murderer.
Now it is a tourist destination with beautiful white sand beaches and hotels, with mostly fisherman and the production if fish sauce. They plan to have an international ariport soon, and build it up as a grand tourist destination to the likes of Phuket, Thailand.
Perhaps the Chinese influence of the Island carries over to this restaurant, or maybe because it is in San Franciso, but I didn't think it was very Vietnamese. Everyone working there when I ate spoke Cantonese and acted Cantonese, from the waiters, the cooks, and the cashier.
The Pho Tai Bo Vien (beef noodles soup with rare beef and beef balls) also tasted more Chinese than Vietnamese. The broth flavor was bland, with out the hints of key Vietnamese ingredients you find in authentic Viet Pho places.
On the plus side, the Large bowl is very Large, with a lot of noodles., but average or perhaps below average in quantity of the Tai and Bo Vien beef.
Another hint of its Chinese influence: all the decorations are Chinese with Chinese writing. Also some of the dish offerings don't seem authentic Viet, more of a mix with Chinese.
So if you want Chinese-Vietnamese, go here. I think you will probbaly get better Viet food across the street, at Kevin's Noodle House. Nonething but Asians eating over there.
This PPQ gives the other location on Clement a bad association.
I have to question the authenticity of a Vietnamese restaurant when most of the diners are non-Asian -- yah that's right, I said it -- what is this, a fushion joint? I've eaten at plenty of Vietnamese restaurants and this place is for people with "altered palates" aka people who don't know any better.
5 stars for the curry chicken pho. I love it. So deliciously addictive.
p.s. When I want regular pho I go across the street.


