pho viet - five points

when you sit down just say #10 with meatballs! its good!! :)

mmm. get the vegetarian spring rolls with tofu, beef pho with rare steak/brisket, and an iced coffee and you will leave a very happy person ;)

food was good but the place needs a lot of cosmetic updates. cleanliness is sub-par. the men restroom looks like a third world place. i will not come here again.

one of my favorite places to come alone or bring a friend. the servers are very friendly and accommodating. food is great and typically doesn't take very long. i always start with #3 - crispy rolls, and then order #13 - brisket and flank steak with rice noodles. it is _a lot_ of food, but i have never been disappointed with the taste or quality. love, love, love.

i had high hopes as the ratings were pretty decent. however, i think those who rated this place may never have eaten at an authentic vietnamese restaurant or have a mother-in-law who makes killer pho.

the pho was very bland and not piping hot. when i asked for fish sauce i was given the sugared version. one redeeming feature is the staff - very friendly. the place is falling apart - ripped seats, chipped tables, peeling paint, dirty/potentially leaky ceiling.

***caution: the women's bathroom sink was done backwards and my daughter nearly burned her hand because of it. hot on the right and cold on the left. if i had gone to the bathroom first, i probably would have probably gone to another place to eat.

my husband and i get take out from here often. he gets the rare steak pho and i get the veggie pho. i am a vegetarian so it's a great option for me. my only complaint is that the veggie pho isn't as flavorful as some other places i have gone, but i can fix that with some sriracha. they are huge portions so perfect for leftovers!

also love the veggie spring rolls with peanut sauce.

very good! a lot of food. nice server. very cool wall mural and vietnamese music to add to the dining experience.


-----19 oct, 2013-----

very good! a lot of food. nice server. very cool wall mural and vietnamese mural to add to the dining experience.

i've had pho at several authentic vietnamese and cambodian reataurants, in the us and abroad, and pho viet is probably my second favorite. i base this judgement primarily on one dish: pho tai nam gan. granted, service is not the best but that's not why i come here. their pho base is spot on and they're generous with meat portions. the noodles are never overcooked. sprouts are fresh and crisp and they serve thai basil instead of cilantro when it's available. their summer rolls are also a great authentic starter - love that dipping sauce!

how can you go wrong with noodle soup? the perfect food for soothing hangovers, the common cold, and your tired soul. pho viet does a good job of serving this hearty meal.

comfort food. this is a great place to eat. i love the food. it is so nice and cozy and the wait staff are wonderful. some times the cook comes out and that is amazing. he is so serious but every thing looks and tastes so good. i am happy just thinking about it.

finally some pho. not really authentic.. yet all we have in cola!!!
service was kinda slow, slack.... but i ate everything i ordered!!!!

yuck. this place has gone way downhill. and the restaurant hasn't even been open very long! the food is really bland. the one dish that i actually liked and that reasonably tasted vietnamese was actually taken off the menu. service was horrible. long waits and terrible staff.

weird wait staff...horrible service. an incredibly bad restaurant. the food is mediocre and the service is awful. their wait staff is incredibly rude and incredibly weird. it took a long time to get any service. and then when i went up to pay, the waiter went off on some bizarre scary tirade. not going back!!!!!

so what's all the fuss about?. i was disappointed that they did not over more choices for veggies... my dish was just okay.. the spring roll fell apart..didn't love it & didn't hate it.. the up side is the portions are generous may go back for the veggie soup dish and a cold and rainy day to give them another try...

so disappointed by this nasty place. i can't help but wonder if the five points location just changed ownership/management. i'd heard such great things about the decker location and was so please to hear there might be a great vietnamese place in town! however, this location/restaurant was sticky/dirty, the waitstaff was just bizarre, and the food was borderline edible. the television competed noise-wise with loud radio playing a mix of commercials and pop country-western. that might have been kitchy and okay if the food was good, but it wasn't even close. the broth of the veggie pho is made from knox bouillon cubes (waitress showed me the box), though the menu brags about the broth as the most important pho ingredient. (also: out of jelly tea. seems like that's not even an option, so don't go if that's what you're going for without calling first.) the fresh spring rolls were just okay, barely--not gross but lacking the herbs and veggies you'd find in the good version of the dish and served with what tasted like bottled heavy-on-the-cornstarch sauce. the only good thing about the food is this: the pho is served with a plate of fresh garnished: sriracha leaves, lime wedge, sprouts, fabulously hot peppers. (the sprouts were a little old looking but okay.) that's mostly what i ate. one more upside: the food is pretty cheap ($7.95 for the veggie pho), but that's also a lot of money to pay for food that's too bad to eat much of. so i am ... baffled.