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    Pho 20

    3.6 (263 reviews)
    ModerateVietnamese
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    PHO 20 ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Rey P.

    rder the vermicelli with beef and egg roll. My wife found a bug in her food. Looks like a roach. My wife was grossed out. The restaurant remove the entry from the bill, but left an impression with us. Please check your food when you eat here.

    I gave 1 because we don't have 0 star option. first of all, I want to warn everyone here, THE MENU PRICE IS THE NOT FINAL PRICE, if you pay not cash you'll pay 5% or more for ALL. And I argued this point for a while and the waiter is very rude to us. He showed very busy and called his manger and asked us to ignore the increased prices. By the way when we walked into this restaurant there's no any customer inside but we wait for more than 20 mins to get our iced water. The pho noodle is very small serving size, the beef and meat ball is very hard and the soup is very salty. Attached the bills for reference, never want to go again!

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    Stephen P.

    I really like the Pho Ga and the spring rolls. I haven't tried much else because the attitude of the wait staff and even the owner is horrific. I mean, if business is so good you don't need any customers then I am happy for you. However, I would suggest folks find another place to get pho. We all work way too hard for the little money we are paid to be treated as if we are a nuisance. Today the chicken in the PHO was so tough it was like shoe leather Never ever ever again!

    Beef pho, terrible taste!
    Blessing B.

    Came here and ordered egg-rolls and pho yesterday, whata disappointment! Skinny egg-rolls had little meat and salty. Pho was the same too salty, we sat and tried to finish our food then came small insects crawling into our dipping sauce. My husband was about to scream, I said let's finish up, leave and never return. This is the worst place in taste since I grew up eating Vietnamese food. Save your money and tummy for something better, go somewhere please. In addition, the server was like a robot...too robotic in their serving. Everything was awful including the sewer smell. I wanted to throw up thinking about this. Horrendous experience. We didn't finish our pho, we paid and left, it was over 60$ to buy bad food and bad place vibes!

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    Emily N.

    Been here a couple times. Offers authentic Vietnamese cuisine. Pho is good (and probably the best you can find on the island but not better than what you could get in Houston). Catfish in clay pot (F1) is amazing. Would highly highly recommend, especially if you haven't tried it before. It's so tender and juicy, with a hot savory sauce and a huge plate of white rice. I've grown up with this dish and Pho 20 does a great job of making it. Salt and Pepper Squid on the other hand was not good. 2/5. The batter tasted like "old oil" and the squid didn't taste fresh (probably frozen if I had to guess). I also grew up with this dish so was excited to try it but was definitely let down. The fried rice is not your typical brown-with-veggies rice! Beware! It's just a yellow buttered rice and not worth the $1 upcharge in my opinion. The menu was not clear about this "fried rice" being yellow butter rice so I was highly disappointed. TLDR: good food, try the catfish clay pot, avoid the salt/pepper fried squid, fried rice isn't normal

    Fabulous veggie pho
    Tricia G.

    Great vegetable pho! And the broth is veggie, which can sometimes be hard to find. Generous portions. Very quiet place with a cozy atmosphere and relaxing ambiance.

    It wasn't spicy, it tasted stale and vinegar. I know what General Tso chicken tastes like.
    Valerie M.

    After being a loyal customer for years even before they moved to their current location, I will not be back. To have the female manger come to our table and tell my mother not to order this plate again because she always sends it back was absolutely absurd. She kept arguing instead of accepting the fact the dish was not up to par. This was the first time she ever ordered the TSO Chicken. The sauce tasted like vinegar and tasted nothing like General TSO chicken. The chicken was soggy as if it had been sitting out and was just tossed into the sauce. The service was terrible as we were the only two diners in the restaurant until another gentleman came in I'm more than sure overheard the manager. This is not the first time the female manager has been rude. It is all over other reviews about her poor attitude.

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    Found a roach looking bug in my vermicelli bowl. They took the charge off but I couldn't finish eating my appetizer after that.

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    Overall the food is ok. Best thing about this place is the versatility with pho/vietnamese dishes as well as some general Asian stir fries.

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    Really good but the jalapeño chicken should come with more than 2 small slices of jalapeño, other than that flavor is still great

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    Needs more flavor. The fried rice is not what you expect (yellow rice) would not recommend

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    Service was good but food not very good, experience was rushed, restaurant was in a good location but did not appear clean

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    Ask the Community - Pho 20

    Coffee is so good. What kind of coffee do they serve?

    Cafe du mond brand.

    Do they have all white meat chicken, or is it all mixed?

    It's a mix with a lot of dark meat, depending on the entree.

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    Enter the front door and step up to the counter to place your order.

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    Happy Buddha - Jalapeño chicken, white rice ,sweet & sour pork, & egg roll ( not in picture) combination

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    1.2 mi
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    Was visiting Galveston since I haven't been in a couple years and my group was craving some boba…read more I remembered that they had this place from when I went to school on the island so decided to go try it out again! The store does have a lot of parking so you wouldn't have to worry and plenty of tables. The reason I'm giving 3 stars is that we waited 40+ minutes for our boba. To be fair, they said that the boba would take 10 minutes, but we didn't know that it would take way longer. They did apologize for taking a long time, so that was nice! Next time I come, I'll try some food, but yeah, was definitely a longer wait than we are use to for drinks.

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    Suki Poke By The Sea
    Suki Poke By The Sea - Suki Poké by the Sea, located on Market Street next to Arlan's Market.

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    Gypsy Joynt - Cute ambience

    Cute ambience

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    Lunch menu

    Basil House - Lunch menu

    Lunch menu

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