Went back and had a very similar experience to our first - friendly staff, good food, reasonable prices. This time I had the lemongrass chicken, which was quite good although you better like onions. The pho, which my wife had, is excellent and probably the way to go. Their summer rolls, by the way, are HUGE. Oh yes - they also added bubble tea recently, and it's yum. read more

During the weekends, the kids seem to run the front end of this restaurant. Perhaps it's because the kids speak better American than the older folk working the kitchen or it's easier than finding a babysitter. Regardless, one of the teens was berating a kid "you so stupid, I wonder what college you going to. You know you're a retard. Your parents should have taken birth control." Then the girl stormed out leaving another girl trying to comfort the kid. I think the teen was around 13 and the kid was around 8-10. That was one incident out of several. In any case, the service is better during the evenings. The pho is okay. Generally, the broth is sour. I'm not a fan. read more

The staff is super friendly and family-like. Never been disappointed here. Always will come here over any other phõ in the Laurel area! read more

Pho 89 - B12. Delish - Vietnamese Near Me - Laurel, Maryland

I've ate at a lot of place places and this is by far the WORST soup ever. I can't even call it PHO. No flavor what so ever, I couldn't add enough sauce to make it even taste decent.. I guess it was a sign when the people working/running the place are not even Viet. Pls pls do not go here. They do not serve PHO =\ read more

Pho'sho! I held the dukedom here for a short while, that was a first. Until it was taken... I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my dukedom go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you. Well, that escalated quickly.. So, this is one of the many frequent lunch spots I will hit up while at the office. This place is in a weird spot off 198 in a little shopping center but it's pretty legit. If you're in the area and in the mood for Pho Noodle Soup, you best stop by. read more

Still the best consistent pho broth in the area with good service. Family run with the basics down pat. This was a Chinese restaurant before and little to no remodeling which is fine since they focus on the food. read more

I agree that the spring rolls could use a little something like carrots and mint but for $2.50 they're not bad. I had the ginger chicken which had a crazy amount of onion and a lovely amount of ginger. I mean it had that fresh kick that I love instead of tasting like the ginger was an afterthought. I didn't want to offend my friend or have to stick my head out of the window for the car ride home, so I left a bunch of the onion on the plate. I am a pho virgin but I tasted some of his and realized that I should have gotten some. I could see eating it in the summer but I would really like to have some of it with sriracha sauce in the winter or when I have a cold. Screw Campbell's that soup was "Mmmm mmm good". read more

One of the very few vietnamese restaurants in the area. Delicious pho, I honestly didn't understand the difference between all the different parts of beef that you can choose from for your noodles. Some of their items seemed a bit high priced-$10 for fried rice but since the Asian selections are so limited in the area, I won't complain too much. Be careful if you order take out from here, esp. pho...they have holes in the top of the container to let it breathe and that does not bode well for your car......... read more

Idk what all these other reviews are talking about but I love the pho here. I always get the Pho Ga(chicken) and it never disappoints me. You can only get the Pho Ga in a large which is fine by me. It's very tasty and I always have leftovers for the next day. Also, they give a nice amount of chicken. Customer service is good. read more

Pho 89 - Pho ga - Vietnamese Near Me - Laurel, Maryland

Love this place some of the best Pho' in the area, wait staff very nice, food comes out fast a d fresh. Think I'll take one to go for later . read more

The Pho is really good. The service is better on the weekend than weekday. Portions are perfect. Prices are reasonable. Family owned and operated ... Very courteous. Clean and comfortable atmosphere. I'll be coming here more regularly. read more

Pho 89 - Vegetable Noodle with Meatballs - Vietnamese Near Me - Laurel, Maryland

We were looking for a late lunch that wasn't too heavy and had real fresh elements. Pho 89 hit the spot. Great Pho noodle soups and dishes. Very reasonably priced with friendly service. I like spicy so I had sliced chili on the side. My friends Pho soup we plenty, flavorful with nice spice...so he says as his head is in bowl. read more

Pho 89 - E3- Bun Bo Nuong beef - Vietnamese Near Me - Laurel, Maryland

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We had a bad experience here. Our first indication that on a 7 PM on a Friday night, there was NO ONE in the restaurant, nor did anyone seem to be picking up orders. The large table we sat at had no napkins, chopsticks or cutlery. The waitress argued with us about the menu - several of my party ordered Thai Iced Tea, and got hot tea instead. Food came out very slowly, so that people who got their food first were finished by the time the last guest was served. Some dishes were very salty (salt and pepper tofu) and some unevenly cooked (beef with noodle had both burnt and raw pieces of beef). One of my friends overhead the other table send their food back twice. read more

Now maybe this is because I was first introduced to pho at this restaurant, or maybe it's because the family running the restaurant loved our group, but I love this little place. For a while, we were eating there almost weekly, though I have recently moved and unfortunately will not be able to stop in as frequently. I am anything but an expert when it comes to Vietnamese food, but I never had anything that I disliked. I tried 7 or 8 of the different pho types, but B4 will always be my favorite. The rice dishes.....the F category is all very tasty. The rice vermicelli, in the E section is also good, though the one time I had it, I was starving; it just wasn't enough. I followed it with a small bowl of pho, much to the delight of the staff. It is a small place, that really doesn't catch your eye because of its location, but it's definitely worth tracking down. read more

Great Pho Ga and if you bring someone who doesn't care for Pho, order the Chicken Fried Rice...absolutely amazing flavor! read more

Pho 89 - The building is behind the Dunkin Donuts. - Vietnamese Near Me - Laurel, Maryland

Bottom Line - the Pho here is good. Maybe even better than good. I am by no means a pho connoisseur but I know what I like and I like this pho. It's all about the broth and Pho 89 nailed it. It's just delicious. A little bite, a little kick, not too flowery, not too bland. Just tasty. The beef was really good and so were the noodles but the broth was the star. Everything else was background noise albeit tasty background noise. On a different note, the seating was a little awkward as no one was at the front to greet me when I walked in so I had to wait until someone poked their head out of the kitchen. And communication was more of a smile, nod, and point. But I got over that as soon as I tasted pho. I thoroughly enjoyed my lunch and I'd definitely return. Good price and darn good pho! read more

Super friendly family run tasty pho! This would be a regular stop for me if I lived in the area. read more

I've come here for years and the food has always been great. The owner will come out and greet you and ask how your day has been. I loved the summer rolls, vermicelli salad with pork, and the pho with brisket. Not expensive either. read more

What Pho '89 may lack in presentation, it makes up for in sheer authenticity and superb quality. This place has real character. It's a humble place, run by a husband and wife, with some of the younger family members pitching in part time in the evenings and on weekends, waiting tables. They're serious about their food's quality, and it shows. As a regular, I have yet to come by the restaurant and not see at least one of the owners working in the kitchen. If you get pho noodle soup at this restaurant, and on the off chance you don't like it, you can rest assured, because you won't like pho anywhere else. This place is hands down the best I've had, and every place I've been to since just makes me want to come back to Pho '89. I highly recommend their spring OR summer rolls, and #B12 is my go-to. On the occasions that I've tried other dishes, I have never been disappointed. In short, the people at Pho '89 know what the pho they're doing. Genuine people making genuinely good food. read more

Food is good. But service need MAJOR work. Pros: GOOD Pho. Great broth. The server was nice - younger male in his late teens or early 20's. Honeydew bubble tea was fresh and not too sweet. Good meat vs. noodle ratio in Pho. Prices are standard. Cons: They ran out of the mixed bean and jelly drink. They ran out of the soy bean drink. The small pho portion was ridiculously small. It was a kids size. They close early (8:30 PM). At a little before 8:30pm, the owner sat at one of the nearby tables and eyed us down with the dirtiest look. We were still eating and had to practically shove the food down our throats. It was very uncomfortable. They should consider extending their hours until 9pm at least. Or stop letting people come in after 8pm. He seemed so angry that we were there and was rushing us out. But after rushing to eat our food, he took forever in bringing out our check. It was ridiculous. The meal wasn't worth the discomfort we had to deal with. read more

From the moment you walk in you can see that the place is decorated with Chinese decoration and I have no problem with that but it's a Vietnamese food place so I wasn't expecting that. We ordered our Pho and the broth was just that beef broth, no salt, no spices only pure strong concentrated beef broth flavor, even the tripe had an odd taste. I usually eat my pho without anything but the greens and bean sprouts but this time I had to loaded up with hoisting sauce and Sriracha, couldn't even add salt because it was stuck like a brick. I can only call it what it is, an imitation of pho, I've eaten at many pho restaurants and although they vary in flavors from place to place they are still delicious, this wasn't. We tried to eat it but then my husband found a hair in his soup and I had not even eaten half and I just couldn't keep eating after that (picture attached). When my husband told the lady behind the counter, she asked "why didn't you tell me when you got the soup" he answered "how was I supposed to know it had hair? I just found it and told you" she ended up charging for 1 soup which is $8.50 for a small, we paid and then left hungry, so we just went to Sardis. The next day we drove all the way to Rockville to Pho 75 paid $6.75 for each pho bowl left happy and satisfied for our craving. I don't recommend this imitation of Pho, they had other foods but I'm not trying my luck so beware. read more

Pho 89 - Hair inside soup, chinese calendar in the background, from a "Vietnamese food place"?? - Vietnamese Near Me - Laurel, Maryland

This phó is the best I have ever tasted. This is amazing! The metal cups are good because they keep your drinks cold! Please keep up the good work. Our waiter automatically helped us. He recommended us the best foods and drinks. Please keep up the good work. read more

I love this place. The spring rolls, the Chicken Pho, The Beef Pho, the egg rolls. This place is gooood.

The bubble tea machine was broken! I was asking for it without being blended but I don't think they understood. Maybe that's impossible? Other places have the blended and non blended teas. The tap water looked brown, so I got the vietnamese cold coffee with condensed milk which was AMAZING and ended up giving me palpitations, lol. The broth was OK, not as good as Pho on contee road, and the meat appears frozen. The chicken and rice dish was very good, i would come back just for that and the coffee. The owner was also very nice and remembers me and my son everytime we come in! read more

Always great food. I order the same thing all the time and the prices are always different, not sure how lol.

Excellent!!!! The fried tofu is sooooooo good. The sauce is amazing. I can never be dissatisfied with vegetable pho. Mmmmmm!!!! So flavorful!!!! read more

So I was in the area and wanted some Pho. I saw this place, so I decided to give place a try. I ordered shrimp pho.... they ONLY had beef broth no chicken broth. I get the pho....paid 12.99!! The shrimp were small and clearly straight from the freezer, the hoisin and sriracha sauce was put in the same container, the condiments (bean sprouts, jalapeños, and limes were OLD and withered. The broth tasted VERY BEEFY...and OLD... I would've given them 1/2 star but that wasn't an option. I'm so mad I wasted my $13 read more

Awesome pho spot with some unique flavor. Service is usually pretty quick and you will get a good sized serving with each visit. I've come here so much the waitress knows my order when she sees me so that's pretty cool as well. read more

Very customer oriented. Pho broth takes 8 hours to make and well worth it. read more

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The lady here didn't understand my request and asked I leave. I asked for a side of beef sautéed with a bowl of pho. She said no. I've had this extraordinary feat accomplished any other place. But the rudeness is wild. read more

I am only giving this place two stars because that lady was very nice over the phone and in person. The Pho was the worst pho I've ever had, and I eat a lot of pho from different places. The chicken had a weird look, texture and taste, the broth was not good at all and the veggies weren't the freshest. I am not going back and wouldn't recommend. read more

This has become my backup pho for when I'm too tired to head to Pho 88 and am in the vicinity of Laurel. The broth is good.. but they are quite skimpy with the noodles and beef.. for the price $6.75 for a small or $7.75 for large you can get better portions and pho at Pho 88 in Beltsville. Also, they don't filter their tap water... I know it's free water.. but getting a Britta or something to filter the tap water would really help me enjoy the Pho more.. no one wants to taste metallicy/bitter flouride/chemically taste to their pho after taking a sip of the water here. I'm not sure if this is their thing though because I did end up buying a drink mid-meal just so I could have something to wash down my pho with.... read more

This place is not good, based on my one visit. It may have been an off day, so check the other reviews and adjust accordingly. The place was clean, and the people were acceptably friendly, if not overly so. Service was so-so. I was thirsty and it took a LONG time to get my first refill of water. After that, they were quicker. They were slow when I went - around 1:45 on a Sunday afternoon. I was alone, and i ordered a summer roll and bun thit nuong - BBQ pork on vermicelli. The food took about 20 minutes, which is way too long for this simple and small an order, imo. Also, they brought me the summer roll, an appetizer from the appetizer menu, at the same time as the entree. Now to the actual food: the summer roll was limp, contained hardly any vegetables, and one tiny shrimp. It might better have been called a vermicelli roll. Bun thit nuong is my go-to Vietnamese dish, and it was just not good. The pork is supposed to be barbecued, and the sport was clearly nothing like that. It was sautéed, and the flavor was all wrong. Did not have Vietnamese spices that I am used to having for this dish. I am from Houston, so it's possible that there are different regional expectations about how this should taste. But, again, there were few vegetables, and the sauce was flavorless. So it was a bowl of noodles and sautéed pork. Not recommended. I gave it 2 stars because it was clean, and because I'm allowing for regional differences. I won't be back. read more

Food was good had lots of flavor. I got the Pho with beef flank and steamed spring rolls. The only problem is the staff seems like they have an attitude for some odd reason. Service was subpar and that's why no tip was given. Will not be returning...unless they get a better wait staff! read more

I went there for lunch and ordered the B-15 which is the seafood soup. It was ok, the only REAL reason that I went there is because I had to get an oil change across the street. I was a little worried when I notice that my feet were sticking to the floor....but the customer service was pretty good. Everyone was fairly friendly. Too bad I caught them at lunch time and the staff was smacking and slurping down their own meals. If I'm in the area, I'll be back but I'm not making any special trips. read more

Love it , honestly my to go place after a hangover . The Taro bubble tea is the BEST.

This place warrants a 1 star because of the mediocre service and the quality of the food. We got there a little after 100pm and there were only 3 other parties there. The person that was taking our orders was a 10 year old kid or younger. Although we give her credit for taking our orders, we would've liked someone older taken our orders. We ordered 1 order of spring rolls and 2 combination pho bowls. They didn't have coconut juice like their menu said they did. The party that came after us got their spring rolls before we did, which was funny because after they received theirs we NEVER got our order. The combination pho bowls were up not to par at all. The broth was ok, the noodles were crumbling like they were old, and the meat wasn't as much as other places we've been. When we went to pay, we were gonna get charged for the spring rolls but we told the owner that we didn't get any and she seemed surprised. I'm guessing it was her kid who was taking the orders because she started to scold her in front of us. The kid went to the trash to get the order slip and embarassed her mom and told her she did write down the order and that her mom didn't bother making it. Needless to say, we are never coming back here again. People who rated this place a 3 star have no idea how pho is supposed to really taste like. Take a drive down to Gaithersburg to Pho & Grill and that place comes close to it. read more

Came here for lunch and really enjoyed myself. Enjoyed it a little too much that I became a little messy pig! It was dead when we went in which made me a little nervous, but the place became PACKED by the time we left. The server was incredibly nice and was patient with my millions of newbie questions. I ended up getting a small bowl of Pho Tai, Nam. When the server brought it out, I was surprised at how large the small actually was. The food was delicious! I can't wait to try some of the other items. Before leaving I decided to try their bubble tea, since I love the stuff. Again, delicious! I had the Honey Dew and I could still taste it way after I had finished it. I WANT TO DRINK THEM ALL! I grabbed a takeout menu as well since I'm still on the lookout for a super fantastic take-out joint. Will update once I've tried it. read more

Came with my wife while attending a local event. She ordered shrimp vermacilli and I ordered the tofu with iced coffee. It was AMAZING. The coffee was perfect: simple, strong, and sweet. The tofu had good flavor and texture. My wife's food was so good she wouldn't share. If you're in the area and looking for good wholesome food, this place deserves a visit. read more

My Pho go to spot been coming here for years since being introduced to Pho. Love the No.12 and the fried spring rolls. Broth is on point and a small bowl does the job for me. Check this Pho spot out I think they have the best Pho in the Laurel/Beltsville area. read more