Pho Cali

Good phở, great coconut milkshakes– actually the best coconut milkshake ive ever had.

Best takeout Ever!
Friday night, I’m in no mood to cook we decided to give this place a shot. The staff is super nice and helpful. The restaurant is kinda small. You could probably fit a good 70 people.
Interesting enough they have seafood on the menu… crawfish, shrimp, crab, lobster. You can basically get a bag of steamed crab, shrimp, and sausage with corn. Something like a Joes Crab Shack. Not your traditional Vietnamese restaurant, which puts this place at the top of my list. They also have phở and a few other Vietnamese dishes.
I decided to get the Bun (My Favorite) with shrimp
And Pork… They skimped on the shrimp big time! It was mostly pork with two pieces of shrimp… Wtf. Either way I loved the food. I also ordered fried spring rolls, and prawns.
Overall I plan to come back here, this place is awesome

Best phở I’ve ever had in my entire life! The food is great! The service is great! It’s a nicely kept secret but it needs its notoriety…

That. Seafood. Tho… Mmm! I was hesitant to believe the seafood hype I had been hearing and reading about this small, unassuming Vietnamese spot. But the hype is real, their «House Special, medium spice» sauce is THE BEST, It’s better than flaming crawfish, it’s better than kickin’ crab in San Jose, CA and it’s better than my husband has tried to make at home. Also the fried calamari was delicious! The sweet potato fries were a hit, especially for dipping in extra sauce.
They have great specials every day, some where you get an entire extra pound of shrimp/​clams for free when you order the special combo of the day. So call ahead to find out the daily discount available.
The only lame part of the experience is that portions are small, for everything. So we ended up needing to order double to feel satisfied and the price they charge for extra corn/​sausage. It’s around 75 cents per piece! Delicious but it’s gonna cost ya to be full!

Charming little place. I love the phở and the seafood selection is awesome. Summer rolls with warm peanut sauce is a must. Great date restaurant.

I work 5 mins up the road and go here for lunch all the time or usually pick it up to go. Never disappointing! I usually get the beef noodle soups or the bowls. Haven’t tried their seafood yet but from what I hear its pretty good!

After hearing that this place changed their menu and added seafood in the bag similar to Flaming Crawfish that closed down, I thought I’d give it another try.
Ordered a pound of clams and shrimp in their house special seasoning with medium. Sigh… They redeemed themselves. It was delish! Super garlic flavor, which I like but I definitely burped that garlic up all night. LOL. So not a first date meal.
I’d be back for this.

Slow. Slow. Slooooow service.
The food was alright, but nothing comes with veggies! I had to add them to my order and even then there were not many. Plus, you really don’t get much bang for your buck here — or at least not on the workweek lunchtime.

Saturday ⁹⁄₂₆ was the first time trying out this restaurant. It’s pretty good.
I ordered a small Phở Dac Biet and my bf got the large. The bowl sizes werent a big difference but the prices were. The broth was good and sweet. We were full and pleased with the food.
We have been searching for a good spot for phở and Charlotte does not have any… But this place may be a contender. We just hope the second visit will be the same and their consistency of good food is there. The other phở restaurants don’t have any consistency. Most Phở restaurants in Charlotte are rip offs.
We like this place and the workers seem nice here. It was pretty slow for them in the morning but when its a good restaurant then i’d support them any way I can.
Con: the avocado smoothie and thai tea isnt great. Too much ice in my smoothie and the thai tea is too milky and sweet.
So the food is good but the drinks are ok.
See you soon Phở Cali!

The phở is pretty good. I get extra limes. I’ve had more flavorful phở before but this place is better than some others I’ve had. The ambience is great and they have daily specials! If you’re in the Steele Creek area you should stop by!
Crispy shrimp is GOOOOOODDDDD!

Phở Cali is an amazing vietnamese cuisine in this little area. The food tastes amazing, the staff is very friendlly and fast. This place makes me happy! I hope others give it a try! Cheers!

The snow crab in Cajun spicy with corn was incredible! Then I left room for phở. The waiter suggested the one with beef, tripe, and shrimp. I might try the vermicelli on the next trip. Super good!

Wow… Slap yo Momma good eats!!!
Probably the best steamed seafood (in a bag!!) I’ve ever had. Really good price for the large amount of fresh seafood steamed and flavored to your liking.
Came for the phở… Left with a belly full of spicy crawfish/​mudbugs.

Came here with some friends that visited from out of town. My first time trying any Vietnamese food. I had ordered Phở with meatballs and some beef. As I was skeptical to try it, it actually wasn’t that bad. The meatballs were not what I thought they were going to be so next time I would order Phở without it.

This review is for their crawfish/​seafoods! Had them today for the first time (they just started serving seafood yesterday) and it was REALLY good! We got all the flavors to try but I liked the tangy cajun flavor the BEST. The waitress was very sweet and helpful with us today. Overall, service has always been good here. All their workers (especially the girls there) are always so pleasant and nice, I really loved that about them. Just thrilled to have decent crawfish nearby! Although the crawfish weren’t big, it was a thumbs up in my eyes. So yummy regardless! Wished they had flavored milk tea and fruit infused tea though.
As for their Phở, I’m not too thrilled about it because it’s not that good nor flavorful but it does satisfy cravings when I don’t feel like driving across town. Their shaken beef with tomatoes rice is really good though. I heard from friends the sticky rice with steamed chicken were good as well. I personally think their prices are a little overpriced (especially the seafoods) but I guess we’ll have to deal with it because they just don’t care, lol.

Nice quick service PHO PHO PHO and the lemongrass shrimp is bomb… Quit small place cool environment great service, and of course the bang for your buck on a busy strip with pricey restaurants, be back soon burppppp

Nice staff but… This is not authentic phở, gave this place plenty of chances but every single time out of the 6 times I’ve been here the phở has tasted like water. Witch makes me wonder about the cooks ethics, don’t know what’s up with this place getting good reviews besides them maybe getting their friends and family to post. But they honestly should be ashamed for calling that phở. If you’ve been to Cali you know they would never serve anything like this.

Obviously I was ordering the wrong thing. Had the Phở with beef and tripe and it was great. Tripe was chewy velcro but meh, what can you expect from innards. Broth was a little under seasoned but plenty of condiments to fix that. I’m going back to work to nap.

Best bang for your buck, 2^nd time coming to this restaurant and I can’t expect any better. The food is served fresh, hot and delicious. Atmosphere is calm, music is soothing; especially on rainy days. The phở is what I came for this time but fell in love with the spring rolls. The peanut sauce was just right! Will be returning here soon…

My boyfriend and I absolutely love this place. We often will go here at least once a week. You can really tell that everything is made to order (even the summer rolls, which many Vietnamese restaurants make ahead of time.)
The service is fast. The place is clean and well kept.
The phở broth is the best quality broth in the Charlotte region, hands down. It is not at all oily and it is extremely flavorful. It probably comes from the fact that they definitely use quality ingredients and make it fresh each day.
The summer rolls are so fresh that the rice paper is still sticky (not dry like at some places that make it ahead.)
Despite their dedication to freshness, they have no increase in their prices over any other Phở place I’ve been to.
We will be back again and again and again.