So my girlfriend and I are visiting from Washington and we were craving pho so bad. We ordered the ox tail and beef combo on doordash. And kid you not this pho was one of the best bowl of broth I've ever had. I could almost say it's as good as my mother's homemade pho! Don't worry about their ratings! This is the best pho place in Hawaii!! read more

This place sucks. If the picture shows the steak raw then I'm expecting it to be on a separate plate and I'll cook it myself. Overcooked steak sucks. How about asking the customer first, especially when the food doesn't match the picture read more

What began as a pleasant experience turned into a comedy of errors. First, they forgot the accompanying fresh herbs with the Pho. Then they lost the check. Then they double charged my credit card - they had the total also as the tip. They were gracious through it all and I would have let it go... But when we got home with a separate take-out order - the accompanying herbs were brown and wilted with some parts even black. Sorry, I really tried to give them the benefit of the doubt. read more

Pho 97 - Wilted and Brown - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

First time visiting under the new ownership/management. I was worried that the pho I usually ordered would not be as good as before. It's better.....clean, light broth, lots of crispy vegetables and just the right amount of fatty brisket and raw beef. The place is CLEAN. The new bathroom wonderful.....I took a look and while I sadly miss the cardboard floor of old, the new bathroom (why am I fixated on the bathroom.) We will return. Looks like a lot of new menu items and a really friendly staff. read more

Wonderful food and wonderful service! I would definitely recommend and return. This time, I ordered the Spicy Noodle Soup. It was so good...

Quick question... does anyone know if they cleaned up the roach problem? Slapping some new tile down doesn't take care of roach infestations... im so paranoid to even eat what i ordered mannnnnn. U can serve the best pho in the world but tht doesnt matter if you have a bug problem. The fact that they still were continuing service when the roaches were as bad as tht video shows is a huge red flag!!!! It says a lot! **in addition** the take out wasnt terrible, got the spring rolls and chicken pho. Chicken was overcooked X10. The vegetables that came with the rolls were shotty. GO TO PHO QUE HOUNG! Its way better. The broth is better as well. This is broth is kind of watered down and sad compared to theirs! read more

best bun risk in Hawaii, better than mama pho and many others! Broth was so flavorful yet not too salty

I absolutely love this small restaurant! My husband loves the combination Pho, I love the #44(pictured). The broth is one of the best on the island. We love finding hidden gems and every time we come to town, we make a point to come here and will definitely be back! read more

Pho 97 - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

We were looking for a place to eat in Chinatown when we ran into this place. Although the reviews weren't great, the kids were getting HANGRY and we looked inside and saw a bunch of old asians enjoying their lunch. The food was good and we left satisfied with our pho experience. The place is small, the bathroom is in the kitchen, and finding parking in Chinatown was a pain. Overall, we were glad we found this little hole in the wall that was mostly tourist-free. read more

I went to this restaurant order spicy beef noodle take out .. found a roaches in soup . Wtf soo disgusting . Never come back again. People watch out B4 U eat .. ughhhhh read more

Pho 97 - Been here order take out spicy beef noodle . Found a roaches in my bowl. Soo disgusting make me throw up Soo mad . - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Good location Good foods Affordable price Only ten to fifteen minutes away from the downtown ! You should try it if you have a car driving around ! Not too bad finding a space for parking ! read more

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The pho is slightly above average but the duck soup is the star of the restaurant. Both dishes are very reasonably priced ($8 for large pho) and $10.50 (duck soup). There are some good points for the pho: the soup has a nice balance of spices and beefy flavor, generous amounts of beef tons of noodles, and it came heaping hot. Biggest weakness is: where is the soup? After adding the veggies and mixing it up, there was hardly any soup left. The duck soup is like a light and tasty version of duck noodle soup. It even came with a plate of duck with a dipping sauce. Our Vietnamese friend says that it's only served on the weekends. The service is quick and efficient but not very friendly. read more

Nice Restaurant located in Chinatown. Our favorite item on the menu is the build your own Summer Rolls. Pho is very good along with the Lemongrass Chicken. BYOB read more

This is our second time coming to Pho 97. This place has some decent pho and they open at 8am on Saturdays which is nice when you are in the mood for breakfast. There is limited street meter parking but the Chinatown municipal garage nearby is like $1 or less per hour on the weekends. The decor isn't the greatest but the pho is good. The people eating and working here don't speak much English which is usually a good sign that the pho is legit. Prices are pretty comparable to the other Chinatown pho options with a medium bowl costing around $8.50. Recommend. read more

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Stopped by for some iced Vietnamese coffee. It was the worst Vietnamese coffee ever. Hardly any coffee taste. Either because it was just bad coffee or because it was so watered down with sugar, it tasted like a gross syrupy mess. Not even sure if they actually used condensed milk but the color of the coffee was not consistent with how sweet it was. Don't get the iced Vietnamese coffee here! read more

This place has a wide variety of Vietnamese soups in addition to pho and bun bo Hue. They also have anchovy soup, seafood soup, Phnom Penh soup and many others - all fresh and outstanding. It is clean, friendly, and delicious - my favorite Vietnamese place in Hawaii. read more

Afaik, this restaurant was sold by its owner. He then opened Pho 1 on Kapiolani. Not much has changed with it. In fact, I prefer Pho 97 over its original owners new restaurant. The pho's ok but I like the crab soup. Its hard to find and then do it well. The rare beef salad is also one of my favorites. read more

Pho 97 - Crab Soup - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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This is a great low key place to eat some great Pho for a decent price! Fast and friendly service. read more

Pho 97 - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Authentic traditional Vietnamese food. Super delicious... recommended.. should try to know read more

Pho 97 - Pho - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Yes, I like the pho here. Bun Bo Hue - nah Chau - nah Ho Thieu - nah I'll take the pho. They got good pho. I come here for lunch, I come here for breakfast. A small hole-in-the-wall and very easy to pass by. But, they know how to make pho. Don't bother asking for the extra fat oils on the side though. Whenever I come with Anna D, they deny her of her side fat oils! Ha Ha Ha, probably for her own good! read more

Super good value for your money. The large pho with beef was less than $7!!! The meat was tender (some fatty pieces though), the vegetables were fresh, and the service was fast. It must be good if everyone in there looked vietnamese except me... right? read more

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This is really good pho. My family came here and we all enjoyed the food. They were very friendly and the service is good. The food came out quickly and they looked very fresh. read more

Pho 97 - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

When the name of a restaurant is comprised of the name of a specific dish, that restaurant had better make that dish in spectacular fashion. It's a good thing then that Pho97 makes one heck of an excellent pho. I've had pho from many different restaurants and Pho97 is my favorite. From the outside the restaurant doesn't look like much. There's nothing fancy about the ambience, but the thing that keeps me coming back is the deliciousness of their pho; I think it's the broth that makes it so good. I can't praise it enough. Parking can be a bit of a hassle, but it's worth the trouble. I usually park in the municipal parking on smith street or the one on maunakea. Parking will usually cost around $3, more or less depending on how long you're there. If you go there for lunch, go early to avoid the crowd. If you make it there around 11am you should be fine. At noon the place will likely be packed and you can expect to wait. If it's your first time there try the pho. I mean, why would you go to a pho place and NOT get pho? I recommend the combination and ask for beef on the side. The tasty broth will be hot enough to cook the raw beef to your liking. read more

Pho 97 - The medium combination pho w/ beef on the side, $7.50 - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

First Pho house I have been to in Chinatown in a while, since I had a not so stellar experience the last time. Pho 97 is located in the heart of China town, and to have a Vietnamese restaurant nestled in there is not that hard to ponder. The restaurant itself is small, like most of them are. I felt weird being in one in Chinatown - of all places. But whatever, that's another story for another day. The place was half full when I was there for lunch, but I was fortunate to get a table instead of waiting or finding another Vietnamese restaurant in the vicinity on my Yelp app. I didn't like the fact that it didn't look like a real restaurant, especially when it felt like I was in a large storage unit, and the ambiance was just... not there at all... The service was quick, but could be improved. Too quick actually. They just shove the menu in front of you and hand you a glass of water. While that may be typical of some restaurants, this one they don't really say hi or smile. At least that's what happened with me. Anyway, the menu is quite extensive. They have a lot of choices on the menu, which I thought was promising. I just wanted my Pho. This place is a hole in the wall, like so many China town establishments are. I ordered the large Pho with summer rolls, which is pretty much the combo I normally shoot for. Summer rolls are da best, since spring rolls are just deep fried. I can't handle the grease too much. The Pho wasn't too great, and the portion size was quite telling and lacking. The taste wasn't good either. I rather pay $10+ for better Pho. The extra noodles was good, although the soup needed sprucing up. More meat please! Overall, this place can do better. I would like to come back and see how far along they've come since my last visit, but I will wait, since there are more Pho houses to go to on Oahu. Maybe I will try something else other than Pho, but I doubt that. C- read more

One word , chicken 2 words , chicken sandwich They make a mean mean chicken sandwich you can just call ahead and grab on the go Comes in crispy baguette with chicken pate and all around s Tasty as hell Oh and it's 5,75$ If you have time ask for the BBQ chicken plate ,the butter fish also awesome. read more

Pho 97 - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Always a place to sit. Kind of hit or miss. One day we couldn't get the any wait staff over to us. Not sure what that was about. Not the cleanest pho place that's pho sho lol. Husband says they give the most amount of meat here. This place is not my fav but I'll go. I like the drink with the jelly read more

Pho 97 - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Stopped in to grab some lunch with colleagues to take back to the office. Place was packed and I've eaten here once before with decent service and good bang for the buck. But do NOT do takeout. I got the rare beef and my colleagues got the mix of rare beef with beef balls. When we got back to the office (maybe a 7 minute walk), and dropped our beef in to cook.....it didn't. The broth was not even hot, almost as if they microwaved it??? I didn't realize the broth was so lukewarm until I put in about half of my beef, and realized it was not changing color, but the broth was turning a lovely shade of red. Had to nuke the broth to get the meat to cook. NOT what I paid for. Don't purport that you offer takeout if you can't prepare your food properly for it. read more

I went here for lunch and ordered their steak pho. It was not bad and broth was pretty good. They have variety of soups here from pho, won ton soup, crab meat soup, beef stew soup. They also have Banh mi sandwiches here as well as other Viet dishes. This spot is conveniently located inside Maunakea marketplace and great place to come for Viet food after shopping in Chinatown. read more

Pho 97 - Steak pho - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I tend to go specific restaurant for specific dishes. In this case its the Pho and the ono sandwiches in which bread is always fresh and hot.. portions are just right and the veggies fresh. The Pho is very good an excellent broth and fresh veggies. Brisket could be a little better... Service is always excellent, so very nice to us as we go often.. Aloha read more

I really like this place. I think their vietnamese menu is different enough from the surrounding sea of pho specialty places to warrant trying them out. For example, the 'build your own summer rolls' is amazing. They give you a big bowl of hot water, tapioca/rice wrappers, and you can pick shrimp or pork and they give you a huge dish of fixins to basically make your own vietnamese taquitos. That's the easiest way I can explain it. The pho decent compared to the other local shops (i've verified this with unsuspecting third parties I used as taste testers), but some of the more interesting things on the menu- salty lemonade, for example- are worth trying out ! read more

Pho 97 - Make-your-own summer roll (BBQ pork) - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Good pho is easy to find, but great pho is not so easy. My wife and I were in Chinatown on Friday morning and decided to try Pho 97 for breakfast. I ordered the special combination pho without the beef balls and my wife had the medium beef pho. The first thing I do when ordering pho is to taste the broth which I feel is the most important component of the dish. It needs to be rich and hot for my taste. The broth was ok but lacked the desired richness that I like. Sometimes it is hit or miss at pho restaurants where the broth is good on one day and not so much the next time. The broth in my pho was just not hot enough, it was more on the warm side. I like it really hot so that it is not too cold when you get closer to finishing the bowl. When I order pho for breakfast there are times when the broth is not hot enough no matter where I go. One thing about Pho 97 is that they put a lot of meat in your pho. My bowl seemed to have more meat than noodles. It was the most tripe and tendon I have ever got. Most places just give a smidgen of tripe and tendon but Pho 97 adds chunks to the pho. When my bowl came it was just covered with brisket and rare beef. If you like generous amounts of meat in your pho this is your place. read more

Pho 97 - Medium specialcombo pho with no beef balls, $8.50. - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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This place is in Chinatown conveniently located near the market. Service was quick and friendly but the food was overly sweet. Broth for bun bhh hue and bun man vit we're sweet as well. Seems like hrs a common theme for viet restaurant in this area. read more

The food here is very cheap! This restaurant is located in Chinatown along with a handful other pho restaurants. Personally, I thought it was good and cheap but cleanliness was a little concerning. For one, there's a sugar bottle on the table and there were ants crawling inside. That was a turn off for me. You know how you kinda just have a feeling when this place isn't clean because of one thing, yes well that's the feeling I was getting. Side note, there was this sauce there that looked like poi. I have NEVER seen this sauce at any other Vietnamese restaurant. So we put some on our plate and we would get a wind of this fishy smell. It tastes just like how it smells, it was super salty and fishy. I was not a fan. But back to the food, I ordered a medium pho with rare steak. The serving size was decent and the soup was piping hot which I love when eating pho. When I was eating I would eat a piece of meat and thought there would only be a couple more pieces left but to my surprise, there was a lot more meat. My dad and I think that they put meat at the bottom of the bowl, noodles, and meat at the top. Because once we got towards the ending of the bowl there was still lots of meat!!! For the price of $8.50, you can't go wrong with a bowl of pho from here. read more

So I'm only writing this review and rating it a 2 because I love their spring roll and bbq pork with vermicelli plate and it's so close to my job. The flavor is there ! What I don't like about this place is when I make phone orders...I'm ordering multiple plates for myself and coworkers and after giving them 1 plate, they HANG UP and I have to call back!! That is just rude! So When I call back to continue making my order I say "I just called and made an order, but I wasn't done with my order" they tell me "what you want" so I say my second plate and then without asking me "is that it?" NOOOOOOO THEY HANG UP AGAIN! Overall, food is good but they just need to work on their phone skills and people skills :) read more

Food is decent viet food... I like the crab soup. Pretty good with the pigs blood. But one thing that bothered me was the restroom. Roaches!! I hate roaches and I hate em more at a restaurant which tells me they don't really care about how to fix a roach problem in the restroom ...and while eating spring rolls..a roach came out of no where...gross... This is Chinatown, but no excuse for a restaurant to have roaches in the restroom ...but it seem that roaches might be in their food too ..so check your food!!! And after I was done you could see black flying bugs hovering over the greens....nasty read more

Since Pho 97 has renovated and there was a shift management, the restaurant has improved so much! The staff are absolutely amazing and are willing to fix any mistakes that they made in order to keep the customer satisfied. In addition, their food is pretty good, and the restaurant itself is much, much cleaner. Overall, I'd totally recommend this place to anyone! read more

Great phone stock broth...sides plentiful and fresh. Chinatown has delivered once again. PerPHOction!! read more

Pho 97 - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

The "roll it yourself" combination platter is super bomb as is the banh xeo. Can't go wrong with these two. The oxtail pho is very good as well. Service is very good and gentleman who greets you is always friendly as well. I haven't had a bad meal or experience here. If you haven't tried the RIY dishes, you're really missing out. Try it and grab a caphe su Da to go. You won't be disappointed. read more

Visiting Honolulu from NYC and I am so glad my Vietnamese Uber driver recommended this place. We have crappy viet food in NYC and I haven't had Bun Rieu (Crab Meat Soup) in a very long time! read more

Pho 97 - Vietnamese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

It was ok, but nothing special. Definitely had better Pho and bahn mi. Language barrier didn't help when ordering either, but that was fine. Ordered chicken and received the combo. Sent back and got the chicken after a while. Not sure if I would go back. 50/50 read more

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