Pho Life

Wanted to stop by since we used to live in the area and missed the service and the food but we were highly disappointed. We arrived with one couple ahead of us in line and waited for 20 minutes to be seated. Clearly there wasnt enough staff since tables were still dirty and could have potentially sat us all waiting. Then a group of 9 come in and tables were being set up for them ahead of us. I complained and said we were here before them and the waitress said they called in 20 minutes ago to reserve a table. I didn’t even know calling ahead was even an option! If that was the case I would have called while we were in the car instead of waiting in person for the exact 20 minutes! And while the tables were being set up for the big group, one gentleman was still waiting for his food and the couple before us still hadn’t seen a waitress! With all this going on, my fiancée and I left without even sitting down. Such a disappointment.

I have been visiting Phở restaurants the past several months in many states. This was my first visit to Phở Life and I will definitely be going back! Phở Life is within my top 2 for phở. The place is extremely clean (2yrs this June 16^th), the food is fresh, you can order large bowl or extra large bowl for only $ 2 additional. The staff is so friendly and nice. If your not familiar with Phở they will happily explain and offer suggestions. As I said, I have been to many Phở restaurants and I was simply amazed, everyone was smiling and it was just a Pleasent environment to eat. They even have positive quotes on the wall. It’s no surprise they are filling the tables with customers!
I highly recommend eating here and I hope to see Zagat Awards on their walls soon. I’ve eaten Phở in restaurants with such honors and they definitely were not better or even equal to Phở Life!
Many thanks to the staff for creating such a Pleasent Atmosphere for everyone and excellent Phở!

Great place for a quick fix if you want some phở soup. There Atlantic city Restuarant in my opinion had better tasting food.

The food was exquisite. It was my first time having Vietnamese food as I’m not an adventurous person and I was very pleasantly surprised. However, the service was atrocious. We spent a total of 2 hours waiting and 30 minutes eating. I would have demanded a discount, but I couldn’t stand to wait another ten years. The food is great, but in no way worth the ridiculous wait and the horrible service. I highly suggest going somewhere else.

My family prefers to eat here often. It’s light & more on the heathy side as opposed to other local places. Summer rolls are rolled nice & tight and are so flavorful! I prefer the char pork & hubby enjoys the shrimp. I must say I’ve tried several lemongrass chicken dishes and this is The best lemongrass chicken so far! The phở is always a great choice with its flavorful broth. We’ll keep bringing friends and telling others about this warm friendly favorite spot of ours!

Best phở restaurant in the AC region. The aroma alone should get you with its authenticity. Portions are great here and and the staff/​environment is friendly. I think I’ve pretty much tried everything on the menu and it’s fantastic. If you’re looking for something new to try, the Bun Bo Hue (spicy noodle soup) or the Com Thit Nuong Truong Op La (rice and pork w/​egg) which are my go-to’s.

Great place to eat. Great services Great foods and great place to hang out to eat.
Place is decent size tend to get busy at time but that just tells you how great this place is. Owner is amazing as she alway welcoming. I recommend coming here when you got that phở itch.

Hands down the best Viet restaurant in town!
Every time I’m around south jersey, I always stop by Phở Life. Literally the best phở you can find near AC. Even if phở isn’t your cup of tea, you can always try a rice dish~ I always get a Thai ice tea while I eat, and then 1 to-​go!
I love restaurants with a friendly atmosphere! This place always makes you feel right at home.

A great place to dine when your having a craving for phở! You must also get the avacado shake cause it’s amazing! The spring rolls were nice and crispy. The atmosphere is nice to chat with friends and the staff is friendly.

Phở Life! Love the name of this place and it happens to be my favorite place in the area to get phở!
I love coming here w/​my iPad, get on the wifi and enjoy some yummy food!
I ate their delicious grilled shrimp summer rolls (which is tha bomb dot com) chicken phở, w/​Thai bubble tea. The soup is so fresh and tasty! I don’t normally add anything in mines because the broth is that good! Mmmmm!!! Love it! The Thai tea is good as well.
I believe everything came up to be $ 20.
Depending on the time of day you go in… it might be a few people or a lot of people. When I came in yesterday on a Friday afternoon it was super packed!
The younger servers that work there are usually very great at multitasking with the tables and they help one another out. Which I could appreciate. #teamwork
The vibe at Phở Life is cool! I come in, dine alone and I am always comfortable.
Came in today, (don’t judge me lol) to pick up the shrimp rolls to go and I believe the owner remembers me from yesterday. She apologized for the wait that I endured and I told her it was totally understandable! No biggie!

Went here with my husband when visiting family. Such a clean establishment and staff were super friendly. A lot of Unilocalers wrote about their raw beef phở so that settles it. The portion size was great, the soup was very clean yet flavorful tasting and the meat quality was good too. After a cold day, it truly hit the spot.
Parking was easy to get and it was great before watching a movie at the regal theater.
I wish I lived near here because it is one of the best phở if not best phở I ever had (sorry mom but it’s true!)
I really recommend checking this place out and trying the beef phở. Oh and make sure to get the Vietnamese iced coffee for dessert! It will top off that sleepiness you get from hunger relief.

This place saved my life. After a typical night out on the town filled with many shenanigans, we were hurting pretty bad this morning. We saw a sign on the expressway for this place and decided to give it a try before the hangrys kicked in. The staff was very helpful as this was our first phở experience. My boyfriend got the flank phở, and I got the rare steak phở. We both got large, which is the smallest portion but still a solid amount of food. With the first sip, we felt life come back into our bodies. The broth is light but full of flavor and absolutely glorious, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Our throbbing headaches and upset stomachs are feeling 150% better. I wish we lived closer so I could come here every day. I love you, Phở Life.

FIVE STARS! The staff is here is great. They work very well together as a team; i.e. they communicate well together and they always seem to want to make their workflow smooth. This place doesn’t disappoint! The dishes are prepared fresh and cooked to perfection. It’s a pretty descent sized restaurant for its location. I’ve tried the other phó restaurants in the area, but this is the place of which I always return. I usually get either the house special or the chicken noodle soup. Ask for fresh jalapeños to add a nice spicy kick to your meal. XOXOX,

Dropped by to try this place out for lunch. We see their signs on the parkway all the time and finally had a chance to come check it out. Nice sized restaurant with bright natural light coming in from the Windows. Enjoyed watching Lidia Bastianich on TV while we waited for our meal. :) Friendly staff and service. 10% off with Unilocal check in!
For lunch we ordered:
Grilled beef spring rolls — nicely seasoned. I enjoyed dipping my spring rolls into nuoc mam cham vs the hoisin sauce.
Mi kho thap cam (dried egg noodle combo) — nothing too exciting since this was my second choice (wanted the Ga Roti instead, read below). The whole sprigs of cilantro were a little annoying to eat (please chop them up next time).
Beef phở w/​meat ball, tripe, & flank — broth was flavorful, no specific spice overpowering the broth. Meats were tender.
Overall, I was a little disappointed that they ran out of rotisserie chicken dish. How is this even possible since they just opened up for business a few hours ago? Poor prepping in my opinion, that’s how. I was looking forward to eating Ga Roti and it totally threw off my mood. We would probably try this place out again since they have quite a large menu. Hopeful the next time we come by they’ll have Ga Roti available.

Ehh so-​so
This was my first Phở experience and I must say I was not blown away. I came here with my sister and best friend. The service was friendly but it was bit pricey for what you receive.
My sister and I decided to share a bowl of Phở with chicken and veggies as well an the half of chicken breast meal with white rice. The half of chicken breast was overcooked and very small and the Phở had a strange aftertaste. My best friends meal however was very tasty she ordered the lemon chicken with white rice
Overall, I may give this place another shot but i’d never order that half chicken again. It’s definitely not their specialty.

Wow! What a great place! My mom and I went here not to long ago and we were impressed. The food is refreshing, authentic and delicious. I ordered the Spicy Lemongrass chicken over vermicelli noodles and my mom got the spring rolls over vermencelli! I also tried bubble tea for the first time! They have a variety of flavors to choose from. I chose the green tea bubble tea. Overall, a cute little place to hang out with friends and family. The décor is beautiful and the food is to die for!!! Definitely returning! I

I love this place. Been coming here since they opened and I’ve yet to be disappointed. The food is awesome. The service is great. Everyone is friendly and knowledgable. I almost always get an iced Thai coffee boba. It’s amazing. I normally come for the chicken breast phở or the lemongrass chicken. The only gripe is that they don’t offer any chicken appetizers. So I don’t try their appetizers. They also should have more of a juice variety. For kids. My kids don’t drink soda and that’s all they over besides the hot tea and smoothies/​bubble teas. The portions plenty. The food is flavorful and filling. Price is very reasonable. I’m faithful to Phở Sydney and Little Saigon in AC but offshore my heart (and belly) belongs to Phở Life! Even though they’re always packed. It’s well worth it.

When it comes to viet restaurants in jersey, I guess I shouldn’t expect much. I ordered goi cuon the appetizer, the roll itself was good but the sauce is merely hoi sin sauce with sprinkled peanuts; not authentic. Without the right sauce, the roll does not taste good. Me and my friend both ordered phở and her phở special came out without much meat. But the owner noticed and brought it out later, bowl of meat to dump into the phở instead of giving her new bowl? I don’t know how I feel about that. I order phở with rare steak on the side. The steaks are sliced thin and sized smaller than the norm. I actually like the steak better that way. So for the broth, it’s not bad but really nothing to brag about because I’ve had better living in philly.
The restaurant is pretty big but the tables are set up too close together. There’s 4 seaters along the wall but also 2 seater right next to the 4 seaters with about a foot of gap in between tables, can’t fit a person through if someone wants to get out. There’s big enough space in the restaurant for better set up. Just a thought.
My friend also ordered the bubble tea but it was crazy sweet. It was almost like they dumped a pound of sugar in there, eh.

Looking for good Viet food in south jersey try PhoLife.
The servers are happy and smile. They make you feel welcome which is hard to find in Viet cafes. They have the standard battery of Viet cuisine from Goi Con, phở, pork chop, vermacelli, etc.
Place is clean, decorated with bright colors, cozy. The bathroom is very clean aswell.
I been here 3x and always happy. They always have a steady flow of customers.

I came here with coworkers for lunch during their second week of opening and it was a bad first impression from our first experience.
Their ice coffee was diluted/​watered down. The pork was decent, but they didn’t come with broken, which is a big disappointment for me since its an important part of the rice dish. It drove me crazy how there was only one piece of lettuce for 4 cha gio rolls, so I had to ask for more. I did like the cha gio because it isn’t as oily as others.
The biggest thing that drove us crazy was their slow and miscommunicated service, even with the younger servers. They kept forgetting give us all the essential items, like plates and utensils for the appetizers and extra fish sauce bowls rather than 4 people sharing one. There was the biggest miscommunication when we asked for the forgotten mints, basil, limes for the phở order, which is sad because that is the most important part of the soup.
They have a more modern environment and feel, but I would advise to lower the music if they have a hard time hearing. I’l give them the benefit of the doubt since they just opened. But just a bad first impression and I will not be going again.