I walk by this place whenever I go grocery shopping, and the smell is always so enticing while the place is always packed to the max with people speaking loudly in Vietnamese. Unfortunately, because I only go grocery shopping alone, it has taken me a long time before I actually stepped foot into the place.
Their menu is actually quite small and I imagine that that's what it would be like eating street pho - there's a variety of pho bases you can choose from, but you dont get to choose what type of protein goes into your bowl - they have your typical Pho Dac Biet (special pho) with raw beef slices, cooked flank (not fatty to my dismay), and beef balls (no tripe or tendon), they have a variety of Saigonese pho, and lo and behold, Pho Rieu - the crab noodle soup with a tomato base.
I ordered a Pho dac biet and the soup was really salty but delicious. For 8.90 EUR, it's a rather giant bowl. I also had a smoothie but because I don't read vietnamese and the french translation said l'anone - I wasn't sure what I was going to get (as long as it wasn't durian). I have looked it up since and I think it should be apple custard but internet translate it to paw paw. Anyway, it was pretty good.
I can't say it was one of the best bowl of pho i've ever had, but i am interested in coming back and trying their other varieties of saigonese pho.
Note 1: A lot of the servers here don't speak a word of French or English.
Note 2: They take ticket restaurant/cheque dejeuner read more