The first pho I ever tried and I wouldn't want it any other way. There's a certain magic that I haven't tasted anywhere else and keeps me coming back for more. All the pho combos are delicious but the Bún bò Huế has pulled me out of many a sickness and depression. Every menu item I've tried just brings a smile to my face, and there's more than just pho in that kitchen! the appetizers and bánh mì are not to be slept on. I cannot praise the staff of this beautiful establishment enough! Lightning quick service, spotless dining area, smiles all around, and a spotless restroom Effort and care is apparent with every visit, I can't wait til my next bowl of pho ! read more

Hello fellow Pho-riends, Visiting this place feels like heaven. Having a bowl of Bún Bò Huế always brings me back to life. Coming to pho kitchen is cheaper than visiting the doctor but just as effective. Not to mention their boba always hits the spot... If I had to be locked in one place for the rest of my life I would choose Pho Kitchen, no doubt. Dear Pho Kitchen, I love you. Cutest logo of all time Nicest Staff Ever Feels like home Cheaper than any medicine Best Bún Bò Huế in Santa Cruz County Location of my proposal p.s. This is not medical advice (but it is the method I personally follow) read more

This little unassuming joint In Watsonville... is outrageously fresh, tasty and wonderful! Great service. The BBQ is nicely smoky in flavor. It's going to be a craving - on the regular rotation for me. read more

Pho Kitchen - 74. BBQ Chicken & Egg Rolls Vermicelli - Vietnamese Near Me - Watsonville, California

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I enjoyed my take-out pho from Pho Kitchen. The ordering process was easy although I find the 'ordering thru a tablet' to be a weird-modern-day dining experience. Anyways, it was a satisfying experience and I would recommend. read more

Pho Kitchen - Take out "eye round steak" pho. - Vietnamese Near Me - Watsonville, California

Mostly everyone is in to Tech these days food orders as well lol!! At 61 I figured it out ordered a Bahn Mi pork sandwich very delicious I used to go to Santa Cruz to get one everything looked nice I ordered take out but definitely will try other stuff. It took a few minutes but that means it was cooked fresh & definitely very delicious I will be back to try everything lol!! read more

Very good food for a very good price! Would recommend if you are looking for a nice atmosphere, fast service and kind workers. read more

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3.5 This place is our regular viet fix on this side of the hill. Next best viet food is in Salinas or San Jose.. Order at the devices on the entrance. Grab a number and find a table. Shrimp tempura were hot, crispy and juicy. The dipping sauce is a perfect pairing. Bbq chicken vermicelli bowl had good quantity of food. Came with fried roll and nuoc mam (fish sauce). Had plentiful amount of fresh vegetables and herbs. Juicy, succulent chicken. Bbq chicken rice plate was decent too. But as you can see could use little more quantity of meat. All in all decent place for viet food. Maybe slightly expensive than most SJ places but not bad. read more

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We ordered a few dishes including banh mi, rice plate and vermicelli - they all taste pretty good. Especially the dishes with bbq pork, the meat was very tasty. My kids loved it so much. Will come back again if we ever look for Asian food in the area again. read more

Santa Cruz doesn't do Pho well, you have to go over the hill in the Valley to get the good stuff, but this is our go-to place for pho & Vietnamese food, all the way in Watsonville. I typically order the chicken pho & we share a side of egg rolls (very meaty and worthwhile ordering). Their pho broth tastes better later in the day but they always give you plenty of bean sprouts and basil for your pho. I don't care for any of the pho in Capitola or Santa Cruz, they don't make the chicken right (who boils chicken?! Other restaurants that offer pho are lazy as other places use their chicken that they just boiled and we all know boiled chicken tastes rubbery & ick! Not here, they do it right, their stock is made with love & experience. The place is clean, efficient (automated kiosks) and the food is fast. The portion is good and again we really like their egg rolls, they're substantial & hold up to the dipping test. You can request for more chili oil, you can always tell a good Vietnamese restaurant by their smoked chili oil... when they don't have it and give you hoisin sauce, forget about it, come here for Vietnamese food this side of the hill. read more

A year later exactly since I've came in and I still love this place. You order first then seat yourself. The food is so good I didn't even have time to take a picture. Egg noodles are my new go to. read more

Pho Kitchen - Vietnamese Near Me - Watsonville, California

Do NOT have this pho if you've never had pho before. This is like if crumble cookie made a pho restaurant. Overpriced, and doesn't taste homemade whatsoever -- as well as MANY young, and inattentive staff (only myself and another table were being served). Raw steak was overcooked in my soup, (when the soup arrived at the table) attempts to mix Vietnamese and American culture results in steak being the main meat in almost every pho dish, (their one chicken-based pho still being the most popular) . Not much to say on the "ambiance" Same decor as crumble just light teal and some red tassels, occasional Vietnamese music followed up by an hour of pop. I think the reviews on this restaurant are swayed by those who came and enjoyed food with their friends (rating their experience over food), and more fun towards them! I just came with my mom, and we both agreed about the points mentioned. This is my first yelp review because I felt pushed enough by my experience to actually open the app, but hopefully this sways someone to NOT try pho here as their first time. read more

FAKE NEWS....... -----was in the area and got the craving for some Vietnamese Coffee. Naturally went to "YELP" and found this place. Vietnamese coffee was confirmed on the menu. -Road trip to disappointment. Self-ordering kiosk had Vietnamese Coffee but doesn't allow you to order it. Finally got service from a live person. "NO LONGER offer Vietnam Coffee." ---please update menu items----- read more

Pretty average pho, wish the portions were a little bigger for the price but definitely cures the craving. I always get chicken pho so it's hard to mess up. The bahn mis are really good too!! read more

Pho Kitchen - Bahn Mi - Vietnamese Near Me - Watsonville, California

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Ordered pork vermicelli salad, avocado spring roll, shrimp/chicken spring roll, thai ice tea. Salad and Spring rolls were fresh and crunchy. Great peanut sauce. Preferred the pork/chicken spring roll over the avocado roll. Thought the avocado roll was too rich and needed acid to break up the fat. Good portions. read more

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What a pleasant surprise that we found good pho during our family beach vacation 10 of us met here for dinner, the place is clean, spacious and easy to find. We ordered using the kiosk which is easy, food started coming within minutes. All of the orders were well received, the fried egg rolls were crispy with very tasty shrimp and pork filling, definitely one of the best. The pho with 2-3 ribs was a great deal, combo pho, seafood noodles, vermicelli bowl kids pho and etc were all delicious and in generous portions. This is a great find, we would come again. read more

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Every visit here is an absolute delight! Whenever I'm in the area visiting my partner at work, this spot is a must. The service is seamless and incredibly modern you simply walk in, place your order at the self-service touch kiosk, pay effortlessly with Apple Pay or your card, grab a table number, and then sit back as your food is brought straight to you. It's efficiency and hospitality at its finest. Now, let's talk about the food--absolute perfection. The BBQ Chicken Vermicelli is packed with bold, vibrant flavors that hit all the right notes. My go to is the eye of round rare steak pho, and what really sets it apart is the option to make it spicy, something I always take advantage of. Every spoonful is a comforting, flavor-packed experience that never disappoints. This place is innovative, satisfying, and absolutely worth the drive every single time. If you haven't been here yet, you're missing out! read more

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The Meat super tender and broth very flavorful. I recommend this soup. Perfect for the cold weather. read more

Pho Kitchen - 48. Spicy Beef Noodle Soup + Braised Short Ribs - Vietnamese Near Me - Watsonville, California

First time going to Pho Kitchen and I really liked it. I ordered their BBQ Pork Vermicelli Salad and their Brown Sugar Boba Matcha Latte. The pork was delicious and very well cooked. The salad was fresh tasted so delicious as well. The vermicelli was also really good. The food is light, I ate the whole bowl and I didn't feel heavy. It's a very healthy and light option. The boba was amazing. Not too sweet, the texture was just perfect. The place is also very nice. The service was great too. Im definitely coming back to try more of their menu. read more

Pho Kitchen - BBQ Pork Verrmicelli - Vietnamese Near Me - Watsonville, California

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Service was timely. Food was tasty. Using the kiosk definitely helps and you see what the most popular dishes are with which special requests to make. Had the eye of round and tendon pho - spicy - with extra lemon and egg noodles instead. Delicious. The only thing i'd have done was order another portion of egg noodles with it. Then it would have served two of us just fine. Brown sugar boba tea at 75% sweet was also very good. Place is clean and they have free wifi. Will go back. read more

Pho Kitchen Watsonville CA Sat 1/4/25 Delightful Pho discovery in Santa Cruz! Jalapeño garnish plate, come to papa! © I tended to some business in Aptos recently and being under the weather, craved piping hot Vietnamese Pho. There're not a whole lot of places to choose from in the Santa Cruz area, to be honest. So 4.5 stars average rating at Pho Kitchen intrigued me. Let's give it a try! Found this casual modern bright space to be delightful! Versatile options to dine-in, order takeout or take delivery. Tap to order! For walk-ins like myself, you order at one of the touch-screen kiosks with credit card payment or at the counter for cash. Then proceed to the brightly lit spacious dining room, and your order will be served in a jiffy! Just what I needed tonight! Napkins, spoons, chopsticks, everything you need, at the table! Here comes my appetizer, number 6. Egg Rolls ~ Deep fried egg rolls stuffed with pork & shrimp, carrot, taro, and mung bean vermicelli. Served with sweet chili sauce. Crunch away! Absolutely Pho-ntastic! number 47. Spicy Beef Noodle Soup "Bún Bò Huế" ~ Thick rice vermicelli with Well-Done Brisket, Tendon & Vietnamese Ham in Spicy Lemongrass Broth. Slurp away! Always served with herb garnish plate, full of delicious fresh Vietnamese bean sprouts, mint, basil, lemon, and of course sliced chile or jalapeño! It balances hot broth over noodles with crunchy bites, simply perfect! If you know me, you know I walk around with emergency jalapeño in my pocket! Laughing but true, you never know when you might need it! Vietnamese restaurant is the only place where it's all taken care of for me! My stuffed sinuses cleared pronto, whew, my upper respiratory condition cured! Looking forward to second plate of garnish! I'm a big boy, I need my sprouts & jalapeños! Swiftly brought up upon my request, no problem! Super polite staff, calm & quiet atmosphere at this hour, I was finishing my dinner at 8 o'clock, they close up shop by 8:30. I'm used to much later shutting times on the SF Peninsula or in the San Jose area, and we have tons of Vietnamese spots... but here in Watsonville / Santa Cruz, I understand they might not need to stay open too late for occasional lonely customer LOLz, so all's good, so long as I got there in time to get my fix! Driving home happy & satisfied! Thank you Pho Kitchen! Pure comfort! *The broth has got flavors That don't need hiding I love to get that pho When the broth be too strong I know that it's Viet But a soup everybody loves The cure if you're ever hungover, So baby, won't ya come over? [ Review #812 w 3 pics Jan 7, 2025 ] 47. Pho-ntastic! Spicy Beef Noodle Soup "Bún Bò Huế"! 16.50 Crunch away! Egg Rolls w sweet chili sauce 10.95 Jalapeño, come to papa! Herb garnish plate! @Pho Kitchen Watsonville CA Sat 1/4/25 read more

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Good food and fast service. Recommend getting the beef rib soup. It's an order first before dining in to sit down. Good place to stop if you are driving in PCH 1 and craving for Pho! read more

This place was phenomenal! Great food, excellent service! And a cute shop! Next time I have to try their Pho! They have a self ordering system that is pretty easy to utilize. read more

Pho Kitchen - Bahn Mi - Vietnamese Near Me - Watsonville, California

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We love pho and we're excited to try to pho a place close by. Unfortunately this place is no good. We will never come back. The self order and serve is a really low experience. They are obviously trying to pay as little attention as possible to satisfying the customer. The place is extremely boring and the experience like a cheap cafeteria. When we finally got our food it was really disappointing. If this was my first experience with pho we would never try it again. Our ratings are, service zero, food one out of 10 and ambiance 2 out of 10. read more

PHENOMENAL place for a quick lunch. Hearty too if you're looking for something light, refreshing, flavorful and if you're NOT into needing a nap afterwards. It's right across the street from the gym that I go to, so it's very convenient and tailor made for the quick, value. They have a self-ordering kiosk machine as you enter, that allows you to pay without having to deal with a person (haha) I ordered the shrimp noodle soup with a strawberry milkshake. The soup had a nice edge of spice with some sweet flavor, after I added some sriracha sauce. I really enjoyed my meal and felt full. All in all I HIGHLY recommend this place, is it pricey? YES IT IS. But for the price the portions are generous and I will definitely come back again, thanks. read more

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This has become a MUST stop whenever we are in the area. Even if it means deviating a little just to eat here. They have the best Pho and such large portions. Staff is friendly. Ambience is pretty basic but clean. It does get a little chilly depending on where you sit because they leave the door open (depending on time of year). You order yourself at the kiosk and grab a number then sit down and they bring food to you. They also have a good variety of boba drinks and toppings. The only thing is that I don't recommend add on proteins because you get plenty in the bowl already and it's somewhat pricey for just a few extra pieces. I was so full I didn't even get to eat my extra shrimp or fish balls. read more

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This place is just awesome. Been going here for years now, and every time, the food is delicious, the service is amazing, the kitchen is speedy, and the restaurant is cozy and comfortable, yet efficient and modern. It's one of our favorite places. The pho is wonderful and the bahn mi is delicious. The crust in the bread I had today might have been one of the best I've ever had. The owner is super sweet, and personable. Clearly loves his restaurant and the customers it serves, and really just great, this was one of the first places we went to post pandemic, and it was a great place to get comfortable indoors again. Thanks for everything!!! :-) read more

Who knew you could get great pho in Watsonville. This place is a hybrid boba and Vietnamese restaurant. Banh mi was good but I don't think there was pate in it, if at all. I've been very happy with their pho ga and dac biet. read more

The restaurant is perfectly clean I ordered a brown sugar milk tea and their BBQ pork shrimp and rice plate and the meat was thinly sliced and well charred. The staff is super friendly and helpful with the menu. Ambiance is open, light and refreshing read more

Pho Kitchen - Vietnamese Near Me - Watsonville, California

I don't really have anything bad or fantastic to say. For me at the time I visited (late afternoon, Oct. 2025), I left full and satisfied; the food was average. I think the way the restaurant is set up, maximizes the restaurant's efficiency but leaves this customer as feeling he was just a number or unappreciated. While I did receive my food in a timely manner, the sterility of the places space and lack of real human interaction made the average food even more ... average. read more

I stopped in to try this place after finding it on Yelp. You order on tablets then seat yourself. Prices were higher than I am used to payment for Vietnamese food. I ordered BBQ on top of vermicelli for around 16 dollars. It was served promptly and I was surprised how massive the serving was. Way too much food. I would have preferred half of the quantity and half the price. I saw lots of people taking leftovers to go. I do not really like leftovers and couldn't take the leftovers to go as I was traveling. The place is kept really clean although I noticed the napkins on the table were spotted with some stains. I'd prefer not having them and the cutlery on the table exposed to each person sitting there. Especially because some guy sat at the table next to me and kept coughing without covering his mouth. People like that can contaminate otherwise clean cutlery and napkins. I was really uncomfortable with him coughing that actually moved my seat in the middle of eating. Spacious place with a high ceiling. As far as the flavor/quality of my meal, I have had better at a cheaper price. I enjoyed the Brown Sugar Boba and they give you a larger size than normal for $6. read more

Pho Kitchen - 67. BBQ Pork Vermicelli - Vietnamese Near Me - Watsonville, California

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I got to recently visited Pho Kitchen in Watsonville and was impressed. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, perfect for a cozy meal. the boba was a delightful treat - the tapioca pearls were cooked to perfection. The service was friendly and attentive, making the whole experience even better. If you're in the mood for delicious pho and refreshing boba, I highly recommend giving Pho Kitchen a try! read more

Pho Kitchen - Boba - Vietnamese Near Me - Watsonville, California

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I LOVE PHOS KITCHEN DAVID IS SO SWEET. Been going there for a while now and everytime I go David is so sweet and always greeting customers. read more

I was super reluctant to go to this restaurant because the people that were here before had a terrible establishment. But since this new management has taken over, this place is absolutely fabulous. I ordered the grilled pork with egg rolls and vermicelli noodles and it was so incredibly fresh and tasty. The vegetables were crispy and delicious. My only thing I would say about this place is the egg rolls had a bit of a strange consistency for the filling. But nevertheless they were still rather good. I look forward to coming back to Watsonville to eat here again. I definitely want to try the soup next time. It is one of those establishments where you place your order on a screen and they just bring the food to you. So I don't really have much to say about the service as there's not a lot of interaction. But sometimes you don't want that. Sometimes you just want a quick lunch without the fuss. So that's not a downfall as far as service is concerned. Definitely coming back. Ambiance was also very cute. read more

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My favorite boba place nothing compares to it. Very kind and helpful customer service read more

Pho Kitchen - Beef pho noodle and shrimp pho noodle soup. With the house milk yeah and strawberry milk tea - Vietnamese Near Me - Watsonville, California

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Good Pho, Vermicelli, Bahn Mi, Thai iced tea. Walk in, order, pay, sit, short wait for food - great for groups cuz you don't have to figure out how to split the bill at the end. Pleasant atmosphere. read more

We ordered pho, rice bowl, chicken and shrimp vermicelli salad with some bobas. We all loved the food so authentic and good amount. Their service was fast and everything was clean. Must try pho in the city. read more

This has got to be my favorite place! I love all the foods there including the boba milk teas!! My favorite is the bahn mi sandwich and the Pho. Also the shrimp and avocado rolls! My favorite milk tea is the Honey dew milk tea with mango popping bobas!! They do this food right!! read more

Disgusting! MAGGOTS alert!!!!We ordered 2 chicken pho's today 7/6 excited because we had been craving them for ever, when my daughter opened hers the first thing she saw floating at the top was a MAGGOT! We decided to call right away and ask for a refund! Their response was we could only get refunded for 1 of our pho's because the other was "perfect" and it was our choice not to consume it!!!! Very unhappy with a place that we used to love to order dinner from consistently! The girl on the phone said something to the effect "it was most likely in the noodles"... she made me fee like this happens Very often read more

If you want a lil feel good cozy broth, this is your place in Watsonville. My go-to is the combination pho with the tendon! Don't sleep on those spring rolls and while you're at it, get yourself a delicious boba drink! I leave this place satisfied every time read more

Highly recommend the pho!! I enjoy that they have the self ordering system, i know not everyone prefers this but it is an introverts dream. A little pricey, but I would eat there again! read more

Pho Kitchen - Meatball Pho and Egg rolls - Vietnamese Near Me - Watsonville, California