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    Boulder Pho

    4.0 (267 reviews)
    ModerateVietnamese, Noodles, Soup
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

    Order Boulder Pho Takeout or Delivery

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Quiet
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Rare Steak and Tripe Pho (Small)
    Michelle N.

    Came from SoCal and it was at the point in the trip where it's Viet food or it's over. We found this pho place and it looked pretty trustworthy compared to other places I found. I got the Small Rare Steak and Tripe Pho. The portions were perfect and enough to get me full. The meat was tender and the trip wasn't crazily chewy. I wish there was more trip in it though! The broth was a bit light in flavor and a bit oily, but not something that ruins the taste of the meal. I'd definitely vouch for this place if anyone was craving pho and didn't know which one was tasty.

    Rare Steak and Brisket Pho (Tai Nam)
    Ellie N.

    Vermicelli bowl is 10/10. Everything is right in the bowl from vermicelli to pork, beef and spring rolls (especially their spring rolls, you should other extra for your bowl). Their fish sauce is perfectly made. Pho is good but it didn't blow me away. The meat is good, but the broth and noodles are standard. It's enough to satisfy your craving though. This high quality is rare even in big Vietnamese hub such as Orange County, CA or Houston, TX. Boulder doesn't have that many Asian restaurants to begin with, I didn't expect the food to be this good here.

    Rare Steak and Brisket Pho (Tai Nam) with added shrimp
    Caspian S.

    Every year we come to Boulder and we always eat here at least once. Everything on the menu is excellent. Food is fresh and freshly made to order. Once you eat this Pho it's hard to eat pho anywhere else! Pork dumplings and the Vietnamese wings were excellent.

    BBQ Pork Pho

    We were looking for good pho and we found great pho! Had the shrimp spring rolls and BBQ Pork Pho... as many other reviewers have said their bowls are large. Definitely coming back here!

    Rare Steak and Brisket Pho (Tai Nam) and Combination Pho (Dac Biet)
    Naquiyah C.

    Their Vietnamese spring rolls with the peanut sauce is a def to order when you go there. It's exactly the way it's made and what I like it the lightness of this appetizer. The light spring roll with the flavor bomb peanut sauce just goes so well together. They should sell that peanut sauce lol ;) I got the combination pho which is Steak, brisket, tendon, tripe and meatball. You have to order a medium or large bowl if you choose this and my husband got the Steak and Brisket. I'll be honest the tendon felt pretty uncooked and hard and stiff so I took it out. I think the best option is the rare (p.s the meat is so thin that it cooks in the hot water) Steak and Brisket. Overall good experience

    Danielle F.

    Forgot to take a photo of my large pho but it's super large and will definitely fill you up! The prices are decent and fair but their vegetable pho was not that great and I've had better pho in the past. Also their service here is super slow and the waiter was not good at checkin on u and we only saw them one and never again. Their boba is good and fair price for he size, would come back for the boba but not the pho.

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    Food was just ok. Not a clean place for my liking. Service was fine. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it.

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    3 months ago

    Great food and flavor. Portion were great and recommended for any person looking for PHO

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    Banging pho and spring rolls. Large pho gets the job done every time. Highly recommend. Always a pleasure to be back.

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    Food is so amazing. And their boba. Best food ever. Great variety. Service is great too

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    Low quality food and very inadequate service. Would not recommend it to anyone. I can't give it better review.

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    Very good pho and very fast service. Cant think of anything wrong. Clean environment as well

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    Ask the Community - Boulder Pho

    Do your soups have msg in them?

    No they do not use MSG and their PHO is the best in the area!

    Do you have gluten free pho?

    Hi there. All of our Pho are gluten free. Please ask our waiters to have this option for other foods as well.… Read more

    Is it possible to make your boba softer?

    Many boba places do it. When you have a cold drink it does get rubbery & harder

    What vegetarian items on your menu are also vegan?

    Hi Stan, We also have vegetarian spring rolls, stir-fried noodles bowl and rice plate. Thanks.

    Do you offer a vegetarian pho broth? Thank you!

    Hi there we have a vegetarian broth for a pho and others kind of vegetarian foods. Thanks

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    Dragonfly Noodle

    Dragonfly Noodle

    3.8
    (229 reviews)
    1.4 mi
    $$

    This is the best ramen in Colorado. All of the components are just right. Located near plenty of…read morestreet parking (paid), parking is easy. The staff is always friendly and there is always ample seating. Try some apps! The bathroom situation is a little sketchy, you have to go through the back to a hallway with shared restrooms. But they are clean! A nice lunch is served rapidly and delivered to your table with a smile.

    This friendly locally owned eatery is on 10th but just off the corner of the west end of Pearl…read more It's right next door to Pearl poke owned by the same family. Their original kitchen, Zoe Ma Ma is now a half block further west on Pearl. They cover much in the way of Asian specialties for West Pearl. At Dragonfly, they make their own noodles and they are very good. I had some last night in my pho and am looking forward to getting the Yuki Udon next time. My husband wanted a selection of Bao so chose the roasted duck, the pork belly and the Dragonfly. He really liked them all. I love duck Bao so I had one too. Because it was chilly out I got the smoked brisket Pho too and had to bring some home since it was a lot to eat on top of the Bao. I lived the fresh basil leaves and the crunchy crisp bean sprouts. I opted out of the spicy peppers an onion as I find them harsh everywhere. I totally forgot to add a few other options as I live bok choy too. You can get a full menu of options online to order at your table by phone but we prefer and they offer a full sized menu at the counter. Note, that a nominal tip is included which is thoughtful and fair to customers and workers alike. They share duties but noted the owner who makes the noodles in the adjacent space was leaving as we were eating. You can see some of the equipment through the glass partition. They were out of oolong tea and I was hoping for some on a chilly day so I hope it is there next time as a long winter ahead of us. My husband had the iced Thai tea with his Bao. That tea is too sweet for me with condensed milk in it. We will definitely be back later. If I have pho again or my husband has it with rare steak as he plans , I hope the broth will be hotter to cook it some. If we could rate with half stars I'd go 4.5 though it was not quite perfect enough for a 5. But we will be back and pretty soon.

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    Seating and counter, we were pretty early
    Seating and counter, we were pretty early
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    Miso todu ramen spice it up! Amaze, amaze, amaze!
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    Flower Pepper Restaurant

    Flower Pepper Restaurant

    4.0
    (354 reviews)
    1.7 mi
    $

    In a college food court, this place is definitely a good late night college meal spot. The food is…read morepretty good, the amount of peppercorns might be a bit much though. Tried the dry spicy dan dan noodles and the mapo tofu. They were alright, just missing some flavor. It's still a convenient and reasonably priced place to grab a quick meal though!

    The restaurant has been in north Boulder for many years. Their space had been on street front in…read moreground level of the old hospital and medical offices parking garage. The difficulties with are in my previous reviews. Now much of the facility has been torn down and the ongoing construction of the space to be city staff offices and the bigger space to be affordable housing had become impractical to use or eat at the restaurant. The noise was deafening. In January they moved to a food court on the Hill. This is a lower level of a building with other tenants. There are about 6 food kitchens and each time I have been here this summer and fall, this is the busiest at lunch. Since the seating is communal there is always space and it is clean. The staff here have been really nice. If I'm preparing a meal at home or supplementing leftovers, I have stopped by to get a fave vegetable, baby bok choy, steamed and seasoned and at an affordable side dish price. Today my husband and I walked down for lunch and ordered the Tuesday special street crepes some of the owners have continued from the long gone first owners from Beijing. As with other succeeding owners, they too have continued to use lettuce rather than the bok choy in the crepe. It also has some ham, scallions and crispy wonton bits and a nice spread of hoisin. It is topped with a sprinkle of black sesame seeds that I love. Another difference from the original is that the ingredients of the crepe itself are not well mixed together so many large patches of separate egg white and yolk makes it harder to hold together and not as pretty. But it tastes just fine but original years ago was addicting. I will continue to come here try more of the food from the current owner. I love beef noodles and have 2 other places I can get a good version but this is the most walkable for me. They do very nice prep for takeout which is good too. At lunch it is busy with CU affiliated students, staff and faculty alike. Every item I have had at Flower Pepper is hand made and prepared for the customer.

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    Izakaya Amu

    Izakaya Amu

    4.5
    (272 reviews)
    1.2 mi
    $$$

    I really enjoyed my visit here for dinner. We sat outside since the weather was so nice and we had…read morea great time. Although the food is a bit pricey, I think it was worth it. Not pictured, we also ordered the duck soba noodles and the scallops. Everything tasted delicious. I do wish that I had saved some of the soba for when the hamachi came out but I did order those later. I would have preferred the hamachi to come with a bit of rice on the side but my boyfriend didn't mind the salad. It's a great date spot and if we were to sit inside there's options for Japanese style floor seating. When you go inside they ask you to take off your shoes and provide slippers for the restroom. It feels very relaxing and home-y.

    We decided to use yelps "surprise me" feature tonight while in boulder and landed on Izakaya Amu…read more. and what a recommendation it was!! Izakaya's are Japanese bars that have quick bites and snacks to choose from. I was excited to see we were heading in. Once arrived on Sunday night we were greeted and welcomed. Asked if we would like to take our shoes off and walk in as in Japanese culture this is very common. It really felt like I was in a Japanese izakaya in Japan We ordered - Tofu Steak - Baked Salmon w/ ikura & rice - Duck Skewers - Salmon Carpaccio Everything was delicious and cooked well. I could have ate 2 bowls of the salmon. Everything is nicely sized but a good size to not get too full to order more. This location is combined with another sushi restaurant and it's cool to see the sushi being made in front of you. Will be back!!

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    Izakaya Amu
    Izakaya Amu
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    Mason’s Dumpling Shop - Boulder

    Mason’s Dumpling Shop - Boulder

    4.2
    (105 reviews)
    0.5 mi

    Decided to stop in for a late lunch on a Sunday. Never been here before so I didn't know what I was…read moreexpecting. Let's start with the cons. 1st off, it would be an order at the counter but they try their hardest to have you get a table and order off your phone, with QR codes everywhere. I had it ready to order off my phone and then it wanted only Google pay, which I don't have hook up to any card. So we had to redo the order on my husband phone. There was not cashier or anyone to ask questions to, not even a greeting when we walked in. When checking out, it automatically asked for 20% tip, I have no waiter or anyone to talk to, why the tip request? Order a couple of things which came out at different times. I did see the sign saying expect 20-25 mins per meal, with it being quite dead in the place I figured our two dumpling orders would at least come out together. I was already done with my meal when my husband's came out. The bathroom! Come on! Not the fact you have to walk through a storage room to get to it, the fact it was so poorly stocked. No toilet paper, paper towels couldn't be in the wall container, but stacked high where a small adult like myself could barely reach it, let alone a kid. Two wall soap dispensers neither were filled, the store bought soap on the sink was almost out. Now why would you say it got three stars? The pan fried dumplings were huge and you got 10 pieces per order. The soup dumplings were good but got super sticky when I tried to wait to eat before the others came out. Pancakes app were great especially with vinegar. Would have appreciated maybe a green onion ginger sauce to be a topper options for the dumplings. The huge pan fried dumplings saved this place, would I go back... Undecided.

    Pretty basic place no ambiance. Seems more of a delivery spot…read more Service is horrible. No one even said hi when we walked in. You order off a QR code that still asks for a tip They bring out your dumplings no hello or any manners. You need to grab your own water, napkins and silverware. Dumplings are good.

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    Boulder Pho - vietnamese - Updated June 2026

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