This is my favorite restaurant in Albuquerque. The food, service, and ambiance are all very good. The pho is amazing, but unlike other pho places, I've had several other dishes which were quite special as well. The steamed vermicelli dishes with grilled meats were bursting with flavor. They came with a side of fish sauce and carrots that you poured over and mixed in with the vermicelli, meats, veggies and herbs. The service is warm and makes you feel like you are eating at home. The decorations and calm music playing in the background help summon the cultural roots of the owners. read more

Coming from the San Francisco Bay Area, my wife and I were pho-anemic for the last two months. So we were incredibly glad we found this place on a cold fall night. Don't know what else to say except that the pho here is amazing, it's authentic, and it's comparable if not better to good pho in big cities on the coast. read more

Some of the best egg rolls, fried rice and pho I have ever had. Hands down. Great restaurant!

Please turn on the ac ! We literally had to walk out because it was so hot , we were going to spend 50$ plus I know electric bills are expensive but you need to think about your costumers and not be cheap. I love the pho and the costumer service I wanted to come back but I'm not going to be sweating.! Let me know when you have a/c read more

I am a huge fan and picky Pho eater. As an Asian-American, I love seeing food places stay authentic while appealing to a broader audience. They have more authentic options for fanatics and milder options (more Americanized) for people who aren't used to the food. The customer services great! She is super nice and tries hard to reply with her best English. The only problem is the area, but I live in the area. It's not the best but this place is a nice break from it all. The broth alone is worth going...I also looove spring rolls and theirs are always fresh. read more

Love the Pho and the Bun. Carry out Pho is basically cold so you need to heat the broth and assemble at home. There is a google doc with the whole menu, I will try and include the link here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQgNBARMnfInM3mfukveV6X77qypu7LWY-24XESmEf2v588cnYdgsHtybVTNT0QdZRAUFUuU6ig7zV-/pub read more

Skimpy on food. Large bowl would be considered small at any other Vietnamese restaurant. Half of a meatball cut in fine slices to give illusion of more quantity. Not worth the price. read more

I love pho. If it's on a menu I'll order it just because I want to know who makes it best. This is by far the finest I've found in Albuquerque. Deeeelicious broth. Fragrant, beefy, complex. The noodles are never soggy. All the greens are fresh and crispy. The meats and seafood are thin-sliced and bountiful. No gristly bits or rubbery stuff. Truly authentic, with fast service. These people take pride in their pho." read more

This place is a great family owned business. I had a very polite young man answer my questions about the menu. Wonderful service and really great flavor of food!! Highly recommend visiting this location. read more

Easily a contender for the best pho in Albuquerque. When you walk in you're greeted by one of the family members telling you to take a seat where ever you like while the TV plays Vietnamese reality TV. The menu is large and you might need some guidance. I personally like the "48 like a 38" as was suggested by the owner. It's 38 is spicy broth while replacing it with the meats from a 48 - rare brisket and well done flank. The spring rolls are really good and the peanut sauce that comes with has a great consistency, just thick enough to coat the roll. You pho comes with the normal side plate of sprouts, limes, and jalapeños but a nice touch that's different than other places is that it also includes thai basil (instead of cilantro) which has a subtle sweet black licorice taste and pairs great with the spice of the pho. read more

Pho #1 - Vietnamese Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

Adore this place! Authentic pho with the richest most flavorful broth. I can thank this place for my great skin with my weekly dose of collagen and offal. The owner serves the tables and is so sweet and polite. I like to pretend she is my long lost Vietnamese grandmother. The place feels like I am at someones home getting some great homemade food. read more

My daughter and I really enjoyed this food. I ordered a brisket and flank steak pho and my daughter ordered crispy whole catfish with ginger sauce. The food was delicious and the catfish was crispy and tender. The customer service was excellent with our orders taken right away and the owner pulling out an extra chair for my purse after she saw me put it on the ground. Definitely recommend! read more

One of my favorite pho spots in town. Delicious food, wonderful staff, and homely ambiance. The food is always consistent and portions are generous. read more

My favorite Pho place EVER in Albuquerque! My family and I LOVE to stop by here whenever we're in town. Their Avocado shake is worth a try too! I choose either the Pho or the Grilled Pork with Jasmine rice. Would totally recommend!! read more

Phok every other pho place. I've tried maybe 5-6 other places in ABQ, and I keep coming here. I love it. What else can I say? Extremely family friendly. I got to watch my friend breast feed her baby and navigate chopsticks at the same time. I laughed. The family that runs it has lots of kids that do homework here and like to watch cartoon network sometimes (for those of you who get tired of all Vietnamese all the time programming)... I don't even have a family, I usually hate kids in restaurants being loud so much, but here, it works. From what I can tell firefighters, cops, and other people from base love it too, since I see them all the time at lunch. Everyone loves pho. It's make it yourself soup I mean whats not to love? What to get... what to get....... The pho ga (chicken) is delicious, for appetizers I've just become boring and predictable and always get spring rolls, they're so good. The iced Vietnamese coffee is a good alternative for all the Thai iced tea lovers. Pho bo (beef) soups? I recommend #47. Bun is especially delicious. I hear the Chinese side of the menu is ok, but I'm more than happy staying in Vietnam! If I had to find a fault, it would be the noodles, they're under-cooked (sometimes), just enough to notice, but it doesn't bug me too much. Let them cook for a min more in your hot soup. Then grab Sriracha and enjoy! read more

This is some of the best Vietnamese I've had. They have a 7 course beef menu which I have never had, but heard rave reviews about. Their grilled pork and shrimp bowls are excellent. They also bring fresh jalapenos, sprouts, cucumbers, cilantro, mint, and thinly sliced apples to your table along with fresh noodles. I would have given this place 5 stars if not for the ambiance, the lack of it. But I suppose the whole in the wall type places serve the best food. read more

My husband and I have a vacation home in Cochiti Lake, NM. Yesterday I decided to Yelp Albuquerque restaurants and was excited to see a Pho restaurant! Who knew? We live in Portland, Oregon which is known for their Pho and I have to admit, this is better. I ordered the Pho Ga my husband tried the jasmine rice with lemongrass chicken. Both were amazing. We kept eating off each other's plates because the flavors were so intense. In fact, those two dishes really compliment each other. The thing that impressed me the most? We went there on a Monday at around 3:30. Clearly the slowest time. The owner greeted us. The kids were in there and were so sweet and pitched in to help. We felt like part of the family rather than an intrusion. Wonderful experience. We will be back! read more

I hail from San Francisco but occasionally I drop into ABQ for a few days and desperately try to find really good food. Green Chile doesn't count ABQ, sorry; it's a condiment not a food although you all try to push it as food or sometimes as meal So I yelped (is that a verb now) and lo and behold you wonderful diners gave me a path to tummy enlightenment. All i can say is.De-Lic-ous. I had #38 Lemongrass Pho and my friends all Vermicelli and Pork oh my goodness, fall to me knees and thank the lord for good food. And the owners are lovely; humble and of course kind. read more

Good food at decent prices. I grew up near San Jose, CA and lived in Los Angeles, CA where amazing/authentic Vietnamese restaurants are plentiful. After living in ABQ for a few months, the two Vietnamese places I've been to are Pho Saigon and Pho #1. Between the two, I choose Pho #1. The broth is spot-on, the noodles are good (although I do agree with some of the other reviews in that they could be cooked a tad bit longer). I usually get the tai pho (rare steak) and it always comes with a good amount of meat. A large bowl of tai pho will run a little under $7! The lady that works there has always been super nice every time we've eaten there. All-in-all: Great food. Great prices. Great customer service. Will be coming back for more! read more

Let me begin by saying I've eaten a lot of pho in my life and by far this place has some of the best broth so rich and tasteful.

This is a great little mom and pop Vietnamese restaurant. Between a friend and I we ordered a BBQ Pork Bun, a Lemongrass Tofu Bun, and vegetarian spring rolls which were all yummy. The lettuce and veggies in the BBQ Pork Bun were verry fresh and crisp, not wilted like I've experienced at other places in town. I will be going back here soon to try some other things on the menu. read more

I don't know if I would classify their Pho is either authentic or good? Growing up eating Pho, I think their Pho is just simply not good. It's just not right, my maw tried it and she said she would not come back again. Also it is annoying trying to have a conversation whilst the owner's children and roaming around and screaming and kicking and crying. I like kids, i like how innocent they are, i embrace that. However, this is a place of business, not a place to have your kiddos running around as if i was the hunger game in real life... read more

This is a default dinner place for several of my friends. We all love it. The menu, like all the Vietnamese restaurants I've been to, is expansive and I've only scratched the surface. However the four or five dishes I usually get are very good. I enjoy their bbq pork and pho ga. The owner is the waitress/hostess. She might be the most gracious and sweet business proprietor in the whole city, we all find her charming. It's not a fancy place, just a pho house. The owners family children are often there watching Vietnamese TV, it's all very homey. Sunday's they are often packed, but most evenings only a few tables are full. read more

Pho #1 has the best lemongrass chicken you will ever have any where!! I have researched extensively in multiple countries.....Seriously....Now, don't go here and get something else, not because it isn't good, but because nothing can compare with the Lemongrass Chicken! Also, the Pho here is not "#1" as the name would have you believe. It actually isn't even in the top 10 in Albuquerque. It is bland. Get the lemongrass chicken!! I usually get the plate with Vermicelli, but it is also awesome in the bowl! Seriously, don't get distracted by the extensive menu....get the lemongrass chicken!!!! Oh and by the way, don't get lemongrass beef or pork. Again, these are also good but the chicken is the prize. read more

Not THE #1 pho I've ever had. But I have nothing bad to say about it. Just glad we found it in a small city in the middle of the desert. [I] ditto everyone that the owners are very friendly and their 4 boys are always around helping out, playing games, or watching tv. I would go again b/c its #1 in Albuquerque! :) read more

Really great and clean pho! Just very solid pho. And their spring roll is also highly recommended

This is some delicious Pho with amazing service! Very down to earth and casual. You will not leave hungry! They have the best egg rolls.

While in the Albuquerque area as a stop for the night of our road trip on Labor day 2017, we were looking for Vietnamese food. We 1st went to the one down the road. Yelp said it was open but when we got there ...they have a sign they are closed that day. So next in the search is Pho #1. They did not dissapoint. Like one Yelper said, taste is lehit like the one on California. I ordered a vermicelli with bbg pork & egg roll included. Tasted legit. read more

Pho #1 - Vermicelli - Vietnamese Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

I feel weird giving such a good restaurant 3 stars, but competition is pretty fierce around here and there's some damn good pho 'round these parts. I think Pho #1 is indeed A-OK. This place might have been a little too authentic for me. I just felt like I couldn't communicate very effectively in english because I couldn't really tell if they understood what I wanted and then I smiled and paid and waited and took my order home to find out that no, they didn't get a word I was saying. This is partially my fault, I was trying to get the combo pho but with pork instead of tripe and was off-menu. I had a combo pho. Which was full of all kinds of beefy goodness. Including a few surprises. The broth was great, needed little condiment. Came with the standard veggies on top. I had a tofu stir fry. I didn't like the flavor so much. A little elevated on the garlic and fish sauce. I thought the veggies had a bit of a stale tannic taste. Not bad, not the best. I did enjoy the food, I usually don't seek out tripe, but "when in Viet Nam...". Unfortunately by the time it came out my friends had to go back to work so I wound up with three meals all to myself and I was charged for four meals. That's what happens when you don't communicate well. That's alright, I'm not upset at all because the owners were really nice. In fact I was absolutely amused by the fact that the brother and sister who ran the place were cracking each other up like crazy. read more

The Central Vietnam egg rolls were good. I thought that the pho was a bit thin. The lemongrass beef was just ok - it had american onions in it. read more

Albuquerque, ABQ, Abba cadabra! Whatevers! Q: How do you find somewhere to eat in a foreign city??? A: Go to Yelp! Pho #1 had a number of well deserved reviews. I really think it is because of the mama-san there. She is a lovely hostess. The young sons all pitched in, Friday night and Saturday night. Dad is the cook, and mama-san is so grateful to everyone who comes in. She makes sure that the water glasses are filled. There is never an argument with the customers. She knows how to handle any situation with class. The decor is so-so, the portions are pretty big, and the flavors are not the best I've ever had, but this place is still up near the top. Enough to make me drive 4 miles from my hotel, while on vacation. Thank you to Pho #1 for being there when it was a cold 40 degrees and rainy 8:30 pm. Yelp 365 Challenge: 49/365 read more

More like Pho #2 The place was a little stinky, sort of a sweet stench mildly drifting with the flies through the air. The waitress picked a few crumbs off the table with her fingernail and we were sat. After ordering number #82 and #117 we awaited our Soda Chan and Vietnamese Coffee. The Soda Chan came and it was WAY TOO SWEET, my partner had to use his water to cut the sweetness. My Vietnamese coffee wasn't brought in the make your own from scratch with a little press and side of condensed milk tradition that we all love-it was pre-made and again WAY TOO SWEET. We were brought a plate of fried spring rolls by a 10 year old boy, I assume he was part of the family business. He just plunked them down, and walked away. I thought perhaps they were complementary and sunk my chopstick into the sauce. My partner said "I don't think those are for us, stop touching them." We flagged down the boy and told them we didn't order them, and he took the rolls and brought them to another table. Oops. When our food arrived it was not very fresh tasting. The pork was greasy, and the veggies had obviously come out of a freezer bag. The flavors just weren't that good. I have to say that the food at Cafe De Lat down the road on Central tastes ten times fresher than the ingredients here at Pho #1. Granted we didn't try the Pho because it was 90 degrees outside, so maybe that's this establishments saving grace. I felt sort of duped by other's reviews of this spot, and felt compelled to write this..as there is a red sticker on the door of Pho #1 that states "People on YELP love us!" I just didn't think it was all that great. I do want to say that our waitress was very sweet and I did appreciate her kindness. read more

This is probably one of my favorite places to eat in the SE everything I order is flavorful and the service is quick and the staff is a great family owned place. read more

This food has healing power. If you've never had Vietnamese food, start with the #37 (Pho Dac Biet) or the #38 (Pho Sate Dac Biet). The former is mild, the latter's a little bit spicy, with ground peanuts thrown in for good measure. Both are otherwise, basically, an identical noodle soup in beef broth, with more kinds of beef than you can shake a stick at. If you're leery of tendon or tripe, just ask Lili (the lady who runs the front of the house) for "no tendon, no tripe". She won't be offended, and you won't be disappointed. Everything else on the menu I've tried is excellent -- but believe me -- you'll keep coming back for the Pho, if only for the broth. Chiang (sp?), the chef, simmers 60 pounds of bones and 40 pounds of meat for 24 hours to make each day's broth, which is the base for the Pho. Most other Vietnamese restaurants try to get by on fast-boiling the broth for as few as four hours. Eat around a bit and you can *definitely* tell the difference. Pho #1's broth is second to none. The sheer depth of flavour in the broth alone makes it worth coming back for. And even though their broth-less dishes are quite fine, you *will* be craving for the Pho after a few days, if not sooner. Speaking of broth-less offerings, the Vermicelli bowls are all superb. And -- I never *dreamed* that fried rice could be so delicious and fulfilling in and of itself. But it can be a meal, just by itself, here. And if you want something with broth, but don't want beef, you might just try one of the restaurant's seafood offerings. Fair warning: the sole cost-cutting measure at this restaurant appears to be the use of imitation crabmeat in these. If that disturbs your sensibilities, by all means order your seafood soup without it -- it won't suffer. The base in which the seafood soups are served is a garlic-rich chicken broth which could likely cure serious viral infections. The Seven Courses of Beef is a dining experience best enjoyed with someone else. For the first course, you're brought out a delicately scented bowl of almost-boiling water with pineapple and onions in it. In this, you cook the paper-thin slices of raw beef which you'll go on to incorporate into your own spring rolls. Subsequent courses involve a grill that you coat with fresh butter prior to cooking those courses of beef. But -- for the money -- the Pho *can't* be beat. For dessert, I strongly recommend the avocado shake. Yes, avocado. Everyone I take to this restaurant for the first time is afraid of the idea, but I haven't yet failed to convert anyone to the glory of the avocado shake. It's utterly divine. The other shakes I've tried are good, as well, but again -- I *always* go back to the avocado. Fair warning -- this is a *family* restaurant. What that means, in this case, is that if you visit in the late afternoon or evening, the kids of the family who run the place will be there. The older ones help out with keeping water glasses filled and such, but if you're totally averse to one kid in the "terrible twos", you might be well advised to either visit during lunch hours on a weekday, or else learn to entertain the youngster just a bit. Finally -- Lili never hesitates or balks at splitting a bill between diners, whether that means splitting it down the middle or separating individual items. The service here can be a *little* on the slow side when it's busy, just 'cause it's mostly her, up front. But she absolutely *loves* your business, and it shows in every fibre of her being. read more

My favorite place for spring rolls, (so far)as they use mint and gives it a little extra flavor. Definitely give this place a try. Prices are more reasonable than other Vietnamese restaurants I've dined in, and the food is exactly the same if not better.!! Like all of the other reviews, you can tell how grateful the owner is for you to be there and is very attentive to everyone that comes in to the small restaurant. Definitely going back! read more

I have bee to several Vietnamese restaurants in Albuquerque and this one is the best. The owners are always very nice and welcoming. I have had the pho many times and the broth, sprouts and basil leaves are always fresh, pure goodness to warm your tummy on cold day. I love the lemon grass beef and lemon grass chicken! We also have had the bun which is very fresh and delicious. The spring rolls are inexpensive and fresh. We eat here at least once a week; this place is definitely hidden gem in a little strip mall! read more

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The Pho, Bun Bo Hue, & avocado shake were delicious! I am pretty picky being from OC originally then living in Las Vegas where food competition is tight. I was completely satisfied with the food here! Thank you for making my Vietnamese tastebuds happy Alberquerque, NM Pho #1! read more

best place in town, the staff is very attentive and nice. the pho has great flavor and is very authentic. Only place in town we will go to. read more

Pho #1 - so good - Vietnamese Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

Pho here is authentic solid 4 stars. I didn't think going into a Vietnamese establishment in ABQ, New Mexico would be anything better than mediocre but I have mistaken. Food was great and soup base was up to par to my pho standards. Cha Gio needs work. look more like Chinese egg rolls in size and texture. Filling needs revisions as well as the prized viet fish sauce that usually accommodates the Cha Gio. Can't say anything about the rest of the menu like rice vermicelli and BBQ pork chops as I didn't order it but overall cleanliness of the restaurant and presentation was a solid 4 star as well. I'll be sure to come back if I'm in the area again. read more

Oh how I enjoy this food very very good very nice atmosphere very family-orientated very friendly people I would recommend coming here very very good food and plenty of food you can eat there and two more days . I have told so many of my family and friends to come here wish I could eat there every day read more