Honestly could be way better if they just added some new apps to the menu. Added spices to their meats. Less watery It's to generic to actually enjoy. read more

Pho Bac No1 - Salty - Vietnamese Near Me - Verdun, Quebec

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Yes, this place got fined years ago. It's really good now and I have never gotten sick. My go-to is Combo A: the tonkinoise/pho soup, beef, all dressed which means beef balls, flank, tripe. The broth is soooo good. If they ask if you want vegetables added, unless you want fresh brocoli and carrots in your soup, i recommend against the extra vegetables. Combo A comes with a fried imperial roll. I cut it into 4 pieces and wait a minute before eating it. I have burned the roof of my mouth because the inside is so hot. It's a byob and there are dépanneurs and an SAQ nearby so you can pick up something on the way to the restaurant. I have also had their won ton soup as a starter. The won tons are very tasty and homemade. The broth again is great. I had the chicken in peanut butter sauce with crispy spinach. I had it with rice so that it can absorb the sauce which, yes, is somewhat thin. I finished the whole thing and felt like a piggy, but a happy piggy. I've been here 4 times in the past 2 weeks, feeding my cold. read more

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Honestly, for the price, 0 complaints. The service is a little slow, but the place is always full. Understandable since a table d'hôte including roll, small beef pho and main is $14. Oh. It's also BYOB. I suggest booking a table ahead of time. Especially for a group of 4 or more. I always choose the fried noodles and chicken. Large plate, crispy chicken, noodles are super tasty and crunchy. Not super romantic, but cheap date regardless. read more

Had an amazing experience today trying pho for the first time. I got the beef and vegetables XL (it is really large) and fried bananas for l desert. The food was absolutely awesome! You definitely need to try those fried bananas, they are SO good. The pho had so many flavors and textures in it, absolutely awesome! Their prices are really good too, the bill came up to ~20cad per person with tips (I only drank water, add a little bit more if you're ordering drinks). The place is super cozy, really good service. read more

Pho Bac No1 - Fried banana - Vietnamese Near Me - Verdun, Quebec

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Whoa whoa whoa guys. Some of y'all can be pretty harsh when reviewing a place... maybe i'm just too forgiving but i thought it was well worth 4 stars ...at least my experience today. Or maybe y'all put the bar so low that I just think it was amazing 'cuz I was expecting the worst. A colleague of ours is being transferred out of our team, so one of our team planned a thank you / good bye lunch...they chose Pho Bac. Being a yelp addict I checked out the other reviews last night: dammmmmmnnnn, was I ever dreading this lunch! Much to my, super pleasant, surprise: not at all what the other reviews had me expecting. The place was clean, very clean even...ok the floors and the bathrooms not-so-clean...but tables, utensils, dishware etc (the part that counts)...hell even the fish tank... were all shiny shiny. It took a good 15 minutes before our waiter first came to see our table of 8...which I was expecting based on the reviews. But surprisingly all courses of the meal were served in a very timely and efficient manner, super appreciated!! The soups came out within 5 mins of completing our order...then next the spring rolls also within 5 minutes of finishing the soups and the meals following closely behind picking up the empty spring roll plates. The food itself was actually delicious, beautifully cooked and NOTHING was rotten! I will definitely be back for their won ton soup: best I've ever had anywhere (with a lil sriracha n soy sauce obviously)!!!!!! The beef n chicken combo were amazing but a lil on the overbearingly sweet side: which is the only part worth complaining about and even that...a nice glass of dry red wine (cuz it is a byow) woulda fixed that right up! (They put limes in the water jug which was awesome at first but just added to the sweetness aspect once the meal came). So overall: don't be so mean! I didn't get sick and neither did my colleagues, go ahead n give 'em a chance: the food n price is worth it! And if you find a better won ton soup: please let me know!! read more

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Amazing place ! It's good & it's cheap & you can get an entree, a dish and a dessert for less than 15$ The only problem is they don't accept credit card & I never have any cash on me. The service can be quite long sometimes though because there is only one waitress for the whole restaurant. So don't go if you're in a hurry. read more

I am really surprised at some of these reviews. I understand the restaurant had been fined a couple years prior, and I know the decor isn't up to par, but when you pay $9 for a bowl of tonkinoise 3x larger than your own head, you don't really need to be ah'ed by the color of the walls and place settings. Just shutup and taset the deliciousness. This is definitely the best tonkinoise soupe in this area, and the price is unbeatable. The service is very nice and they have vegetarian/vegan optons. And no, they dont' speak perfect english or french but they make authentic food and that is all that matters, in my opinion. I will keep coming back, as this place is a regular for us now! read more

Horrible food. We wanted to return the general Tao because the food was soggy and they said no exchange or refund lol not going back there ever again read more

DO NOT EAT AT THIS PLACE! This restaurant was just fined a total of $6,100 this year for more than once not complying with safety rules, keeping the place in unsanitary conditions and for absolutely disgusting and dangerous practices. Check out the article below and see the horrifying pictures taken from inspectors. "Rotting meat", "putrefaction", "foul odors", "disgusting smell", "all covered with a layer of black grime easily detachable" are a few of the things described. http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2014/11/21/le-gras-degouttait-de-la-hotte I went to this place once and I plan on never, ever, coming back. read more

Grotesquely large chunks of fat in their "Dac biet" aka "tout garnie" or all dressed. Read awful reviews about this place on yelp but decided to give it the benefit of the doubt. Broth tasted as if it was watered down with tapwater because I can literally taste the tap in a broth that should have already been pre-boiled and seasoned which does not make sense. I literally had to put extra Hoison sauce and Sriracha sauce to mask the tap water taste. Never again. read more

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I prefer to give my money to local restaurants versus ones in other neighborhoods or big chains! I am stating this, before I start writing this review, because I am trying to promote a local eatery (and not the best Pho place I have been to) . Pho Bac No. 1 is certainly not the best Vietnamese place that you will eat at but it is pretty good none-the-less. I like the service when I eat in house, and the delivery is fast and free. The restaurant itself, looks like it is a Greek resto from the early '80's that had never renovated (and the building is reaching the 100 year old point soon); Posh it ain't. But, that doesn't affect the quality or the taste of the food. Which is all solid in term of being tasty and consistent. The place usually has a few clients in-house and there is a constant stream of p/u orders. So, if you're not venturing all the way to Chinatown, and you're looking for some decent Pho in the hood....give them a chance, I am sure that you will be pleasantly surprised! Enjoy! read more

A fine Pho in Verdun. My favorites Pho places in Montreal are near the "Marché Jean-Talon" but since it is a bit far from home and we love Pho we decided to give this neighborhood place a try. Our goal was Pho so that's what we had and it was good. We also tried the spring rolls and imperial rolls but these were very average. I wouldn't cross town to come here but if you want good Pho in the Verdun area this place is good... and stick to the Pho! read more

The other weekend I was jonesing for some Vietnamese chow. And the only place i'd ever heard of in my new area was Pho Bac No.1. So shot in the dark, I gave it a try. Well it's done and I ain't never ordering again. There was this pork soup. It was horrible. The pork bits, and I normally LOVE pig meat, looked like little turds floating in a bouillon that tasted like soapy dirty dish water. After 2 spoonfuls I was DONE with that soup. I had the beef and chicken combo, I went for safe stuff, but then these utilitarian restaurants never offer much more than this. The chicken was dry and crunchy. The beef was a really cheap cut and tasted boiled more than it did grilled. The noodles, well I tasted Ramen noodles in my student days that tasted better than this. And the whole dish needed to be sandstormed with salt to give just a little taste. The only thing that tasted like anything was the spring roll which was plural on the menu, I was wondering where the second one was. And it only tasted good once thoroughly dunked in the dipping sauce. And I don't even know if it's an authentic dish from Viet-Nam or not but most Vietnamese restaurants serve Fried Bananas and boy do I love those. I love bananas and then the idea of deep frying them and dipping them in syrup, well that's just awesome but I digress. I ordered the Fried Bananas anyway and that also was a mistake. They tasted pre-fab out of a box and the syrup was made with Maple Syrup. I had no clue that the Vietnamese had maple syrup as part of their culture nor that Viet-Nam was part of North-America and that the Natives cultures taught them how to get the sap from the Maple... in Viet-Nam. read more

Pho Bac No1 won't be the best place you'll go to eat Vietnamese, but it's a decent restaurant. You don't go there for the venue, as it's a bit old. The food is good, and the service is really quick. Good Viet in Verdun, and perfect for takeout. read more

They messed up my delivery order, and then instead of letting us keep the extra food, they *took the extra food back*. So disgusting, what are they going to do with that food - serve it to other customers?!? Don't order from here, shady service/shady food cleanliness. read more

One of the best Pho in Montreal. Approved by my very picky Vietnamese girlfriend. Family friendly, they accept debit.

Will never eat here again. Here's why... Ordered a plate with grilled pork, grilled beef and rice. From the moment the plate was put down in front of me, someting smelled rotten. It was the beef, the beef was very past date. I was hungry and it was late, so i took the beef out of my plate and ate what i deemed to be edible. Server came by, i told her the beef i was served was rancid, she did not seem to understand, and took off minus the rancid beef. I go to pay, i tell the gentleman at the cash that i was served rancid beef. blank stare. I repeat the same thing in french...blank stare. I asked him if there was anyone here who spoke either french or english. A woman comes out of the kitchen, she con erses with the man for 5 minutes, the woman tells me that she will give me 50% off my next visit!? Ok, like i will ever come back to a restaurant that served me rancid beef, i told them they might want reduce the price of my dish seeing as how a portion of it was rancid. They babbled on for a few minutes, they seemed very reluctant to give me any sort of discount, out of frustration i paid FULL price and left. With all the great restaurants in Verdun, don't even bother with this place. read more

This place should be shut down by the Government! DIRTY! They serve rancid meat and do not follow proper hygiene techniques. It smells so awful inside. This is the dirtiest restaurant I have ever seen. We ordered something, then my girlfriend Googled it to check reviews. The article written by the Journal showed up and we pretended we had an emergency and ran out! I've never done that before. I feel bad for anyone who eats there and doesn't use the Internet! read more

in terms of AUTHENTIC VIETNAMESE RESTAURANTS, AND WHAT THEY'RE KNOWN FOR, the PHO at this restaurant is impeccable. i lived in verdun for three years and used to come here for pho at least 4 times a week. (it's also a BRING YOUR OWN WINE, OR BEER) never have i had such a delicious broth in montreal, Pho Bac No.1 may not be specialized in the rest of viet cuisine, but they have mastered what they advertised in their own name. the Pho is well worth a try, and i'm not talking the canadianized "chicken" cop-out version, or the vegetable version either. I'm talking authentic beef and flanc, (i don't take tripe but that's your call) extra beef balls are 1$ (and well worth it) i squeeze some lime in my soup, with a little bit of added bean sprouts. extra large is only 50 cent more than the large and worth the extra broth. have a great meal. read more

Dirty bathrooms. I wonder about the kitchen. Food was ok at best.

I love vietnamese food and though this isn't the best in Montreal, it still is pretty good. I tend to compare all vietnamese restaurant experiences with Pho Bang New York in china town (my favorite) and if you've been there then you will be able to understand what to expect from Pho Bac No.1. The soup has strong, salty taste and the chicken is grilled and tender. Noodles in abundance and the serving is generous. The spring rolls taste a bit pre-made but satisfy that need for fried things in a meal. The Bird's Nest basket of dried noodles with beef and vegetables is great in size, taste and fresh crispiness of vegetables. Anyway, if you can't make it to Pho Bang and you happen to be in Verdun limbo, Pho Bac No.1 is a good alternative. You can stop by Branch d'Olivier while you're there to buy some dried fruits, nuts, spices and pre-made and packaged Indian meals for the week. read more

Over an hour to bring an order that is literally 5 blocks away, on top of that, when I finally get the food is the wrong order. Never ordering from there again. read more

service is super slow, no water refill unless ask, only save is the good price and decent food

Solid, basic Vietnamese food, comparable to what you would get in Chinatown. BYOB. We eat here regularly and have never noticed any problems. In fact the major reason we go is because my friend is celiac and this is one of the extremely few places that has never caused him a reaction. It is not advertised as gluten-free but the food is. read more