Pho BamBu

I really want to like this place, I do because I go here a lot after school to get a cheap phở fix but not anymore. This time, there was not one, but THREE strikes that made me change my mind.
First my brother ordered the crispy noodles with chicken. And the chicken was so UNDERcooked, it was red. Which is highly unsanitary. He could’ve gotten food poisoning because he took a bite (see photos).
Secondly, there was a curly little hair on my beef tendon inside my phở. I have no idea how I even saw it but I did. I kind of have a knack for finding hair in my food
(See photo).
And thirdly, they got my Togo order wrong. My brother ordered the condensed milk with egg yolk and they gave us French coffee. We were in a rush so we didn’t notice until we got in a car.
So sadly this ruined my relationship with this place. Because one thing I liked was how they are generous with their portions. Because most phở places aren’t.

Love the egg rolls here! The food portions are humongous. You get a lot of food for just the regular size phở, I can’t imagine how big the large would be. It’s also a very clean and spacious facility. The workers are very nice too.

If you are planning to eat here for dinner or lunch, plan to come in a little before the actual time. or else you will be standing and waiting. Not the biggest space to wait, so BE FAST!
I love all the type of phở’s I’ve tried from here; they’re delicious and soo flavorful. They also serve quite a bit for a regular size with a much lower price compared to other restaurants. One other thing that I ALWAYS HAVE TO GET when I’m here are their egg rolls. Those are to die for… literally. I am extremely picky about egg rolls, and these are just perfect. They’re so flavorful… and they don’t include shrimp so for those are who are allergic to seafood… you are safe! And sorry for those who love shrimps in their egg rolls, they are still as great without shrimp: D TRUST ME AND TRY THEM! YOU WILL NOT REGRET!

I eat here quite often. The service is fast to bring the food but they are not as good at the follow up (drink refills, special requests, bringing you the bill, and etc.).
The Phở is delicious! We also love the house egg rolls yum! The music and ambiance is great!

Another one of my super favorite to go spots. After work or school when neither of us want to cook you have to have a lot of places willing to step up. What further, complicates this issue is that sometimes you want phở. Still, packing a good phở for transport is more art than science.
But, they nailed it. Not only was the phở amazing but they packaged it minimally it stayed hot and didn’t spill even though I tipped the bag twice. I don;t drive well.
The restaurant was set up well and had TV’s to help with the menu and ordering. They have all the newest Apple pay stuff and comfortable seating.

I usually order the #8 Phở when I come here. Generous portions of meat.
When I’m short on time I call ahead, and my order is hot and ready when I arrive. They also place the broth container in an individual plastic bag for to-​go orders which is a lifesaver when you drive like me, and it tips over in your car.

First time here, must say everything was great! They had good customer service, great food quality.
I was surprise to see how cheap the plates are for the amount of food they give it is definitely a plus!
I had the all meat soup, its a must.
I can appreciate a nice spotless restaurant as well, the owners definitely hold some high standards so us as customers can appreciate.

This is my most favorite place to go for some Phở. I usually get the chicken or the veggie phở. They also have amazing baguette sandwiches and delicious Thai Tea. Absolutely wonderful and healthy.

Service sucks– it’s no surprise when you see that it’s run and owned by Vietnamese people (the service industry to Vietnamese people mean nothing… go to westminister and you’ll come across establishments with the same customer service as this place). So it’s nothing new to me that you have to flag them down and whatnot.
I’d like to say that the amount of phở you get for the price you pay is probably the best in the area within a 15 mile radius. For a regular size bowl for $ 7.50, you get about halfway and you ponder, «did I even make a dent in this bowl??» Because it honestly doesn’t look like it. The vermicelli is also pretty good if you’re looking to try something else. Egg rolls and spring rolls also pretty bomb.
If you’re up to try something gutsy, drink their durian smoothie or jackfruit smoothie, pretty delicious as well.

Again… I am here eating Phở. Haven’t been here for a while now. The last time I had Phở was about a few months ago. Whenever I am craving for phở, I will always think of this place.
Food is great… Prices are lower than other places and the service is always friendly and fast. The restaurant area is also very clean and they do a good job to keep it this way.

Normally we love this place, but right now my fiancé bit into an egg roll and found a string inside. Yes, you read that correctly. This completely ruined our $ 25.00 dinner and I’m not sure if I’ll ever go back.

So. I was feeling under the weather and thought some phở would make me feel better. Read all the positive reviews about this place and figured I’d give it a try.
Walked in and was promptly seated. Browsed the menu and knew I wanted a number 8 & some hot tea. When my food arrived I was disappointed. The broth looked as if it had zero flavor. One sip and it was confirmed. FAAAAAAARRRRRRRR from flavor town.
Now. Don’t get me wrong. The account of noodles and meat was awesome. But. The flavor just wasn’t their. I had phở earlier in the day. So I know my taste buds weren’t out of their element.
Oh. And the tea… I asked for HOT tea and was greeted with luke warm tea.

Showed up with a group of friends and left within 35 minutes. Our server completely ignored us. The server took another customer’s order, this customer arrived after us, and even served him his food. We asked to place our order and we were told to wait. Our server came out and instead of coming to take our order he decided to clean a table right next to our’s. All of our «excuse me’s» were ignored.
No phở is worth the garbage customer service.

Just don’t come!
Worst service. The skinny boy what glasses was so lazy to clean up the booth he and ordered me to seat on a table! His attitude was nasty and I want to pxxxxh him.
I will never be back!

Good phở. Clean restaurant. Fast and friendly service. Vegetable phở has more vegetables than tofu, which I like. Broth is excellent. They are not skimpy on the noodles either.

I had the chowfun today and it was nasty. I would not recommend it to anyone, even if it was given to me free I still wouldn’t want to eat it LOL but there other food like the phở, charbroiled beef with rice or springrolls with charbroiled beef is DELICIOUS!!!

Delicious!
My husband and I get the large vegetarian phở bowls for $ 11. It’s always consistently good and they give us an abundance of basil leaves. Great customer service.
Inside it’s clean, stylish, and they play EDM that’s not too loud, but serves as fun background noise.

Since I’ve lived in the 626 area my entire life, it’s hard to find good phở places outside of the area. After trying this place, it is my new phở spot out here in the IE. The place is very clean and decorated nicely. Staff are very friendly and attentive. My boyfriend and I ordered their chicken rice dish, #8 phở which included tendon, tripe, rare flank? And some other stuff, and egg rolls. Everything came out so fast, as if they knew what we wanted and had it ready when we were seated. Lol. The phở was really good. The tendons they put in the phở were big pieces, not chopped up like other places. Thumbs up for that! The rice dish was okay. I wasn’t much of a fan of it. Same goes for the egg rolls. The fish sauce was different. I’m not sure what they added to it to make it taste weird, but it wasnt great, unfortunately.
I really enjoyed their phở. Definitely will be back for their phở!

I confess, I am a chronic drooler. I think there is no way I can avoid making my mouth water as I describe my first meal here. Vietnamese food always does that to me.
I love the fresh, raw vegetables most of all. They seem to incorporate bean sprouts, crunchy romaine, mint leaves, basil leaves, finely shredded carrot and mild shredded radish into most everything. Who am I to argue with that?. Then there are the grilled meats and/​or shrimp that have a caramelized glaze, the vermicelli noodles, the lime and fish sauce, and the grand finale, the chopped toasted peanuts. Ohhhhh.
I seem to never get past the #43. That kind of combo always calls my name, regardless of the restaurant. Here, they start with juicy slices of Asian bbq’d pork and add all the goodies I mentioned. But then! They dare to add sides, small, bite sized morsels they call «shrimp paste wrapped a thin bean curd», a rather nasty description for something that is the most delicate, richly seasoned, ground shrimp and mushroom dumpling. And… a most delectable treat, a crispy eggroll with a meaty mushroomy filling. I don’t know which is better… they both make a grown woman cry (dabs eyes… mops chin). IMHO, #43 is so good.
Now Mr. B, on the other hand, always orders the Phở with thinly sliced beef. He’s just as inflexible as I am. And he throws in all those veggie goodies into his broth, and maybe some jalapeño and spicy oil so he can burn the insides of his mouth. Arrrrgh. Not for me. But fine… I let him. I have slipped into wordless oblivion as I painstakingly shovel that #43 into my mouth. He says it was good here. I wouldn’t know.
Afterthought… I know I am a chile wuss. But… hah, hah… I do consume copious amounts of that sweetened fish sauce and lime juice. Do you?
My other weakness are the Che desserts (reminds me of Filipino halo halo), an icy concoction of shaved ice, sweet red bean and mung bean, young coconut, tapioca, coconut milk, and green pandan jelly. They have one here that is pretty good. I miss the bigger chunks of coconut, but for a mere $ 3 for a large soda glass size filled to the top, and some extra insulin tonight, I had to indulge. I am so bad, but at least I shared.
So the answer is… yes, absolutely. The question… you already know.

Phở here is okay. Portions are decent but service is slow. They hardly come to check in the table. They come around to fill up water maybe once and are not very friendly when you’re first placing your order.
We ate and talked until we finished our meal and they didn’t come by to ask if we were finished or if we wanted the check. By the time we were ready to leave, we tried to flag down or make eye contact with one of the 3 people working. It took us a good 10 minutes.
All in all, an okay place. Also — MSG.