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    Pho & Tea

    4.5 (49 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Pho-rare beef

    The pho was just what I needed today. Amazing broth. Staff were so nice. It's what you need!

    Pork fried rice

    I ordered pork fried rice, the rice was good! But the pork was cold and just put on top, I mixed it in to hopefully warm up the pork a little

    18. Beef Noodle Soup (Pho Bo)

    Great spot. Good pho: rich broth, plenty of noodles, and there's a LOT of meat in it. For $14.45 after taxes, this is well worth its price. The food came out quickly, the place is clean, and there's soft jazz music playing over the speakers at a decent volume.

    Combo Cold Cuts banh mi
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    Been wanting to try this place for awhile so I stopped in today for spring rolls and banh mi. Once I started ordering, I opted to try a bubble tea, since I'd been curious about trying one of those too. I'm not a tea drinker, but I was told the bubble teas have lots of milk and sweeteners in them, so it's not really like drinking tea at all. Waited for my buddy to order and was going to get it to go, since all the tables were either occupied or were recently vacated, but the cashier said she'd bus a table for us real quick, so we stayed. Water was delivered to the table first (nice!), then the bubble tea/boba came out. My buddy had ordered peach fruit tea with mango "poppers", while I had chosen a milk tea as close to "classic" as I could, complete with the traditional tapioca pearls. My buddy took his straw, poked it through the sealed plastic, sampled it, and remarked on how good--and especially how sweet--it tasted. I stabbed mine, took a draw on that wide-set straw, and...immediately felt something bull's-eye the back of my throat. Man, those little spheres go RIGHT UP that straw! Wasn't expecting that, but it was fine; I knew it wasn't going to be like sipping a glass of pop. The texture was, uhh..."unique", as well. I found the center of the pearl had decidedly more 'body' to it than the exterior. Had some extra chew hidden in its gelatinous shape. Not that that's bad, buuut it wasn't the greatest "mouth-feel", as they say. Maybe I shouldn't mention it, because I'm not trying to scare anyone off of exploring new things, but my mind couldn't help but flash on the thought, "frog spawn!", as I rolled those little gooey orbs around in my mouth. However, the part that ruined my first-ever boba experience was, in fact, the taste. I was lied to: it DID taste like tea, which is to say, it tasted horrible! I would've rather eaten an entire glass of boba pearls than to drink that muck. In fact, the flavor of the tea was getting in the way of me enjoying chomping down on those tapioca spheroids! It was awful! But here's the thing: I have no doubt the staff made this drink PERFECTLY, and it would've been thoroughly enjoyed by any rando you grabbed off the street. I simply do not like tea. But this isn't a complaint! Now that I've honestly sampled the "classic" version of boba, I can tailor it more to my liking next time. And there WILL be a next time. From there it only got better. My two spring rolls came out, and I discovered that they were VIETNAMESE spring rolls--also known as "summer rolls". You've probably seen them before; the opaque rice paper, wrapped around lettuce, rice noodles, cucumber, cilantro, and shrimp. Served chilled (to combat the heat of summer, hence the moniker), with a delicious peanut dipping sauce. I traded my other spring roll for two of my buddy's crab rangoons, which were also delicious. Especially with their sweet chili sauce. Excellent trade; we were both equally pleased with our appetizers. Then the banh mis came out. I don't know what my buddy got (grilled chicken?) but mine was just the standard/regular(?) one: Combo Cold Cuts. I'm not going to pretend I know a lot about Vietnamese cuisine, but it had cuts of pork and some sort of red meat in there sitting atop shredded carrots and probably cucumber too. And when I say "red meat", I'm not talking about beef. I think it might have been "Vietnamese brawn", which I think is just a mish-mash of pork, cooked in a terrine and sliced up. Whatever it was, I enjoyed it and wanted more. The sandwich was great, but was crying out for a sauce of some sort. My gut-reaction is mayo because, come on; it looks like a little sub sandwich. Of course that's going to be the go-to choice for a condiment. Instead of mayo, however, they had a bottle hoisin sauce on the table so I put a few dots of that on. Not bad, but I still had some of that peanut sauce left over from the rolls. Drizzled some over the bread and meat: fantastic! This is a great, no-frills place with a straight-forward menu, and a friendly, attentive staff. I will definitely be back.

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    6 years ago

    Solid pho place. Rice and vermicelli dishes are also delicious. Haven't tried their tea yet, will do it next time I go. 5 stars easily

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    6 years ago

    I enjoyed my experience and the food was delicious. I wanted to order the entire menu.

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    Great friendly service! Food was tasty! Drinks were amazing! We had the fried rice dumplings and spring rolls. I recommend all of them!

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    6 years ago

    This place has really good service and really good food! The fried rice and boba tea was really good.

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    6 years ago

    The BEST pho soup I've ever had. The service was fast and very good. I highly recommend going here.

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    6 years ago

    This place is so good! So glad I tried it! The best egg rolls I've had in Ames by far! Fast customer service as well!!

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