Saigon Pho

They were busy when we came in. It was around 2pm on Saturday, thinking most of lunch crowds will be gone but I was wrong. More than once I said, what does it take to get service here…
I was very hungry when I arrived for not having any food since breakfast. So here is my excuse for being impatient for slow service.
I ordered Thai Iced Tea, figured that will help me wait for a few minutes until my Phở was ready. It really did help and enjoyed sweet iced tea.
I ordered #10 for my soup. Very good phở, I ate very quickly and it was gone before any of my friends finished their lunch.
Since I was so hungry, I ordered two entrée. Pork chop with shrimp took forever to come. I asked them to bring the pork dish after the phở but they underestimated how quickly I finished my soup. The dish was not what I thought it would taste but I ate them anyway.
Overall, this place may not be the cleanest not the best service but they do serve good phở. Most of the food is less than $ 7. I didn’t think twice about ordering two entrée for myself.
Whatever it was in their food, I had a plenty of energy after eating late lunch here. I hiked a mountain before lunch, I sprinted up another mountain after lunch… So what was in their food gave me so much energy?

Yum! Never a let down. Fantastic phở and the egg rolls with fish sauce are a must try. I also love the thai iced tea. Nice staff and very reasonable prices.

Gone downhill… phở full of fat chunks and a tiny bit of beef… C’mon Saigon Phở, up your game!

We like #27 the best but the coconut curry chicken noodle soup is full of flavor and warm. The house fried chicken is the crispiest ever. The wait staff are more than dynamic and the prices reasonable. We have been in when the place is full and were are the only Caucasian patrons there, That says a lot.

Average phở at best. Broth was pretty flavorless. Very one note and watered down. Not packed with beef either — maybe three strips at the most. In fact, the majority of the bowl was broth with minimal quantities of noodles or veggies. Go to Phở Chandler instead.

Went in a group of 11. Great round table for all of us to sit. Food was enjoyable and decent quality. Prices are very cheap for what you get. Would recommend.

Service was fast and the ladies that work there are friendly. Food is tasty and cheap I would come back here again

Great phở! I got Phở Tai, beef came out nice and thin and rare. The broth was excellent. I just hope they stay in business so I can keep coming. The broth was better than their near by competition in my opinion! There are a lot of good Phở places in Chandler, but this one was the best I’ve had in a long time!

Tried this place on a busy weekend night. Was seated pretty fast. Basic establishment, no updates and such. Our table ordered a few different menu items.
Teriyaki chicken, fried rice, white rice, beef phở, chicken phở, and a mixed veggie stir fry plate.
Enjoyed everything we ordered! We had 3 toddlers with us and since the atmosphere was loud, we weren’t an annoyance.

I know all phở restaurants smell to the extent of the very flavorful Vietnamese dishes but this place smelled exceptionally bad to the point where it affected my appetite and mood.
They were very busy, which is a good sign but it was because there were two restaurants tied to only one kitchen, which of course resulted in inattentiveness, delay of our requests, and just bad service overall.
The food was decent but not amazing enough to compensate for the disastrous service. Won’t be returning.

Can’t go wrong with this place!
favorites: Phở, fried egg rolls, beef salad, their sweet and sour is unlike any other, if you are yearning for chicken, try #50 and oh don’t forget Vietnamese coffee

Ill keep this short and sweet.
Pros :
1. Awesome hospitality
2. Fast service (when i say fast, u place order & in 5 mins ur food’s ready)
3, Food is is home-​made style and quality is good.
4. The restaurant is spacious.
Cons:
1. Very busy on weekends but they use only one side of the restaurant.
2. One restroom stall.

It’s been 3 years since I’ve been going here I’ve been to every phở place possible, this place kills it with Portion, freshness, service, and my favorite… PRICE!

Yes, we schlep down here almost monthly for a Vietnamese fix
Yes, we order by numbers — 29, 31 etc…
Yes we do get wild once in a while and order the salt and pepper squid (delicious).
Yes, its open all day so if you are channeling your inner nana, you can stop by for dinner at 3pm.
No, It’s not 5 star
No, you will not get clothe napkins
No, alcohol is not served
But…
The service is exceptionally fast and this place is inexpensive.
The Vietnamese coffee will keep you buzzing for the better part of your day.
So if you are after a quick, inexpensive, Vietnamese meal. I would recommend Saigon Phở

Saigon is by far my favorite phở stop. I come here every time I’m back home in Phoenix or when I am craving some hot soupy noodles.
I almost always order the same thing when I come here: the spring rolls, a phở tai (#12), and a combination 3 bean drink. The spring rolls are perfectly crispy and go very well wrapped in the big lettuce leaves they come with and dipped in the fish sauce on the side. The meat in the phở comes in very thin slices that finish cooking in your soup at the table — yum! (I love adding sriracha and hoisin sauce to my bowl as well for added spice and flavor) The bean drink is cold and refreshing, and a sweet addition to the meal.
I would recommend Saigon to any phở lover or anyone looking for warm soup on a sick day. The phở is authentic and delicious, as well as the other dishes that I’ve tried here!

Eh, it was fine. Pretty much your XYZ-​Vietnamese restaurant. The meat in their phở was sparse– there was an extremely skewed meat-​tendon ratio. The tendon was quite good, but there just wasn’t enough meat to balance it out. I had a brown lemonade which was fine, but didn’t make up for the fact that they don’t have salty-​plum-​soda on their menu.
Their menu has a bit of diversity to it, but I just wasn’t hugely impressed. Their chicken teriyaki was alright, their goi cuon was alright, and their phở was just sort of… there. Plus, the waitress seemed genuinely surprised that a white guy would order phở… and that always annoys me.

Location: There is plenty of parking in front of the restaurant. Saigon has been around for quite some time and decoration could be a bit old. However, the tables and booths are still clean for the most part. .
Service: service is speedy if you want to just eat (get in and out). They do deliver the bills on your table as soon as you are done. Workers are polite.
Food: I usually ordered the rare round eye beef Phở. I’ve noticed the portion has become a bit smaller. Overall, it is still good. Their fresh coconut is always good.
Rating: I will recommend you to come here for a quick authentic Vietnamese meal.

This has been bookmarked for a while because I am on a hot search for the BEST PHO in PHOenix. I was finally on the Chandler side of life over the weekend, so I excitedly stopped into Saigon Phở to get a take out order of Veggie Phở.
The place was PACKED when I arrived, which I took as a great sign. I literally had to carefully pick my way through the packed tables to get to the back of the restaurant to place an order.
I was never greeted or acknowledged, but stood there awkwardly for a few minutes until I finally stopped someone and asked if I could place an order to go. I ordered vegetable phở and waited.
I waited by the scary lobster tank in the back that I am positive Chef Ramsay would find appalling. I know it made me queasy quite a few times.
I was not given any utensils with my to go order, so again I had to wait another awkward few minutes to finally flag someone down to get chopsticks (seriously, who can eat phở without chopsticks, am I right?)
When I arrived home with my long awaited taste of phở… I was disappointed. It was 80% broth, 10% noodles, 5% vegetables (literally 4 pieces of broccoli and two slices of carrot) and 5% sprouts, onions, basil. I was still hungry after I finished all five bites of my meal and had to scrounge around my house to find something else to eat.
Will not be back, but glad I can say I tried another place… the search for the best PHO in the valley is still on!

I’ve eaten here at Saigon a few good times but never by choice. Mr. W.‘s family loves it here but I really don’t care for the place.
The servers [and owner too I believe] are all Chinese who love to stand around and gossip about their patrons. Don’t be fooled by their friendly smiles. They talk a lot of smack. I ran into my mom’s hair stylist friend whom I’ve known since birth once and who is also my grandmother’s god-​daughter when a nosy waitress walks up to me as soon as she left and asks me if her ring was real with the snobbiest attitude. Okay, excuse you. Go away you rude old woman.
The food is mediocre at best but it’s super cheap eats. You get a lot of noodles for your phở and plenty of herbs and condiments but the broth is bland. The spring rolls are served a bit warmer than I feel safe but their egg rolls are delicious. I’ll probably be stuck coming here again and again because of Mr. W.‘s family but I’ll always eat it with a pained smile.

The best Vietnamese food on the east side! My fave dishes in no particular order are:
Appetizers:
–Pork egg rolls not like Chinese egg rolls but 10 times better! Comes in 2 with the romaine lettuce and mint leaves to wrap it all up ready to dip in that pungent yet flavorful saltiness fish sauce –nig mum sauce.
–Vietnamese shrimp & veggie rolls made of shrimp, vermicelli noodles, mint leaves, cilantro and sprouts. This is dipped in the peanut hoisin sauce. Yummy!
Rice dish:
— charbroiled beef and shrimp with egg cake over rice dish. The beef is marinated really well and tenderized to anyone’s liking. Comes with their pickled shreds and slices of cabbage, cucumber and carrots. Again, the nig mum sauce to pour all over the dish.
–charbroiled curry chicken and lemongrass over rice. Strong flavors make this dish tasty!
–house special fried rice was an all around great staple for those that are afraid to try anything new. Mix in a bit of Siracha sauce for a little kick.
Phở (soup)
–Saigon beef rice noodle soup aka phở. An assortment of beef and its counterparts. Such a nice comfort soup especially on a rainy day!
4 stars because the décor has been the same for at least a decade. But the food is definitely a 5 star in my book.