Had pho and bang mi together: Pho combination is around 3 star, the beef is bit too hard/old, perhaps it is related to my way to boil it. There are plenty of beef but not that tasty to me. Bahn mi is around 3.5 star-4star Environment is good, 4 star. The restaurant is in downtown Sunnyvale so parking might be limited sometimes read more

Pho Lovers - Vietnamese Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

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I usually don't write up a review for a restaurant the next morning after I visit it, but sometimes the situation necessitates my attention. And it's not always a good situation... Yup that's right I'm talking about you Pho Lovers! You see, last night my girlfriend and I decided to check out Pho Lovers in Sunnyvale. Apparently this restaurant prided itself in being an "authentic Vietnamese kitchen," as this descriptor was displayed on multiple signs outside the eatery. One quick look at the menu and it seemed like Pho Lovers attempted to stay true to this motto. This restaurant served a wide variety of traditional staples ranging from Com Dia (rice plates) to Banh Xeo (Vietnamese crepes)! And of course they had plenty of options for Pho, with ingredients to choose from such as rare steak. In terms of cost, Pho Lovers leaned heavily on the pricier end. Regardless of the fact that Vietnamese food in the Bay Area could get a bit expensive, this placed charged a ridiculous amount for most dishes. For instance, their combination rice plate was like a whopping $16! And, their Pho cost $10.5 for a small!!! My girlfriend ended up ordering a small Pho Tai (with rare steak) and I got the Banh Xeo. Read below for my thoughts on the experience. Spoilers: It wasn't good. --YOU CALL THIS PHO??-- Red alert!! Despite what a lot of Yelpers and friends have said, we honestly thought the Pho here was meh. First off, portion size was definitely "small." The bowl was pretty tiny and they gave my girlfriend a sad amount of beef. Furthermore, the broth was kind of off to say the least. Though the soup had the MSG flavor you'd expect from Pho, it also gave off a weird, tap water like aftertaste. Bleh, my girlfriend was only able to save it with juice from half a lemon. I guess the one positive thing about the Pho was that the beef slices tasted fine, and for that I give this bowl a 4/10. Not Pho people who like good Pho! --BANH XEO, REDEEMING BUT STILL...-- WOW, I was actually pretty impressed by their Vietnamese crepe. Even though it took FOREVER for mine to come out, the experience was well worth it. And even though this plate cost me about $14, it was a beast. Portion size was HUGE compared to the Pho; the crepe was massive and they gave me a forest of fresh greens ranging from mint to lettuce. In terms of taste, the Banh Xeo was very crispy and flavorful. It was definitely one of the better ones I've had in a long time! However, I was a bit disappointed when looking under the hood. Though the pork slices were good and juicy, their shrimp pieces were MINUTE! It was like they decided to just put in baby shrimp from the freezer. Kind of a ripoff...but anyway, the Banh Xeo is a good option nonetheless if you're coming here. I give it a 8/10. --CHILL ATMOSPHERE, NICE DECOR-- I loved the setting! The decorations - from the fake sky ceiling to the art - was definitely on point. If you're going for atmosphere alone, this place ain't a bad choice for a casual meal. --DECENT SERVICE-- Overall, service was good. I enjoyed the fact that the employees were quite responsive, and the cashier also asked me how our meal was. Although, as I mentioned above, they took an exceedingly long time to bring out my Banh Xeo. In fact my girlfriend was nearly 80% done with her Pho before it came out!!! Furthermore, I also wasn't sure if they served the Vietnamese sate chili you always see at every restaurant; I asked them but they gave me chili oil (what??). Besides the Pho and waiting for my Banh Xeo, the worst thing about this restaurant was probably the location. Since it was inside a small plaza (if you can call it that) on the intersection of Maude and Sunnyvale, parking was HORRENDOUS. Because it was situated next to a Hispanic grocery, there were limited parking spots specifically designated for each establishment. Luckily though, we were able to find street parking across the street at the park. However, if you want to be able to pull up next to a restaurant, this one might not be for you. Since my girlfriend and I always find pleasure in sipping a nice bowl of hot Pho broth, it was very disappointing to find out that the Pho here was quite meh. I felt so bad for my girlfriend during our dinner, since she really wanted some good Pho. Might as well have called this restaurant NOT Pho Lovers because it was definitely NOT a good place for lovers of Pho! Nevertheless, even though I've seemingly pooped on this restaurant, there were still some positives. In fact, I did think the Banh Xeo was good, setting seemed appropriate, and their menu was pretty diverse. If you're willing to order something other than Pho and suck up the fact that your wallet will take a hit, this place might be okay. For that I give Pho Lovers a "Tolerable, sufficient for sustenance" rating. Eat well and prosper, read more

One of the few locations in this area that actually serves decent Beef Noodle Soup, or Pho. My coworker and I came in here from work at around 11 and there was no wait. We sat down and gave staff our order. 2 minutes later, they came out and gave us free Thai tea (we were in our military uniforms), so that was a plus! The only issue that I had on this location was that they gave too much noodles and not enough meat, so by the time we finished our meal, we had more noodles leftover. Other than that, it was delicious. We ordered numbers 17 & 18, FYI. The shop was quiet for the most part, until around 12 when more customers showed up and began filling up. So I would recommend coming in early sometime around 11-11:30. Will definitely come back here! Note to staff: Thank you for the Thai tea! We really appreciate it. It's the small thought that counts(: read more

Delicious photo with very fast service. The broth and noodles are outstanding and they have the nice vegetable Toppings including... sawleaf? read more

Our go to pho spot, they have a great selection to choose from and have vegan options as well. Service is always great and food is always fresh. read more

The pho is delicious and the spring rolls with the peanut sauce is amazing. Very friendly staff as well. Yee!

I always get pho ga. Their soup is great, clear and flavorful. Their regular noodles are just alright. Maybe their flat noodles are better? I also got the thai iced tea which comes in a fancy cup. It is on the milky side. My friend got the passion fruit milk tea which is very sweet and fruity. It also comes in a fancy cup. They have very limited parking in their lot but you can park on the street curb on Maude too. We came around 2 pm on Saturday. No lot parking available but no wait time inside. read more

Pho Lovers - Pho ga soup is yummy. Regular noodles just okay. - Vietnamese Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

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I ordered 11 Pho lover&12 Pho Thai , they do taste good. But I will not recommend this place because of following reasons, it's dishonest as a business from a customer side. 1. They charge you 4% fee for paying by cards, but you don't know that until you see there is a fee called "non-cash adjustment " on your receipt. They don't notify you neither order through phone nor pay in store of this extra charge. 2. They charge $0.5 for every each go-to box, eg. if you order 2 bowls of pho there will be 4x$.05 cause they count 4 boxes. Same, they will not notify you in advance. Well, it's not a way to survive like that. read more

Pretty damn good pho, quick service, good broth, not too salty, not too bland, good red meat. They are so happy. The quantity of meat is pretty good. I have a very hard time finishing their large bowl. read more

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Best pho in town hands down! Kinda hard to understand the servers but who cares. They have amazing pho. I always go when i have a hangover and come out cured. :p read more

Yum!! Plenty of options at this pho place. I opted for the vermicelli bowl and it was super tasty! Only con is that the parking is a bit limited in the plaza read more

Pho Lovers - Pork and shrimp vermicelli bowl - Vietnamese Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

Pho was just okay. However I love how they offer fresh pho noodle for $1 extra. Parking lot for this place sucks since only a few spots, sharing lot with a grocery store. Parking in other spots is at your own risk. read more

I really liked the design of this place. Lots of nice things. Including, what I really love, the chandeliers. It's very spacious inside. Very cool for a hot day. Air conditioning! I was very impressed/happy that they had #39: Wonton Soup with egg noodles! Just what I like. Usually, I would have to custom make that. When I received it, it wasn't the greatest. I'm surprised I didn't even finish the large bowl, even though I was hungry. Oh well. If getting appetizer, the sampler is great! The sticky rice is shaped as hearts, and it's so cute. I think THAT was my favorite one out of all. Honestly, I would go back for the sticky rice & beautiful decorations. Also, better luck next time with another entrée. In the beginning, the people there were nice, but never came around to check on us. That deducted one star. read more

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We've been looking for a good Vietnamese place near the office so we came to Pho Lovers. I got a vermicelli combo, and my friends got noodle plates. Pros - large portions and fast service. Cons - not very tasty and a little greasy. None of us actually ordered the pho, so need to come back and try the pho and update my review. read more

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This place gets so packed during lunch hours. You should come early or after the busy lunch hours. I ordered the pork egg rolls for sharing and the veggie pho. There is plenty of vegetables and soup was delicious. I have stopped eating the meat in the pho and I get more satisfied with the noodles and vegetables. read more

The Pho Noodles was amazing! I thought it wasn't going to be my style but oh wow was I wrong. I love the environment of the place, it gives a nice calm vibe to the area. I also enjoy the seating, tons of tables and could have a good gathering here! The service was quick and instant! There wasn't even a wait time! They were so kind and friendly and were very welcoming! Now the food was great! Down to the meat, noodles, and veggies! It was all great!! Nothing wrong for me! Definitely recommend! read more

I got the Pho number 17 and it was pretty bland the service was really quick and welcoming but broth was very watery and not flavorful :/

What turned me off about this place is that it surprisedly charged me 30 cents for a to-go container. Since the restaurant isn't generous to its customers, how would it expect the customers to be generous in tipping? This explains why the restaurant posts a mandated tipping policy on the wall, which was unusual to me at first. For our bill, we had to go to the cashier to get the bill and pay it off. This kind of setup made me think the owner would likely keep the tips and wouldn't distribute fair and square to the servers. Customers beware!! The foods were alright. Typical Vietnamese foods. With the sneaky additional charge, I wouldn't go back. read more

Food is awesome! Love the appetizer special and the pho is amazing. Keep in mind that when you do a pickup order it's about a 35-45 minute wait. I was told it would be a 20 minute wait so this was pretty irritating. But if you know this in advance then you can at least plan accordingly. It took me a full 45 minutes to get my food from the time I ordered, then waiting, then finally they were ready. They're all rushing around in there, as now they are letting people eat inside. So they're doing their best. I just wish they were honest about the wait time for picking up an order. read more

So it looks like you should stick to what they are named for: Pho. The combo pho was very good tasting with hearty portions of different meats. I do plan to come back to give their ox tail pho a try. Our only issue was that our server had a hard time understanding us or didn't care what we were saying. We had asked for two servings of nuoc mam for one of the vermicelli dishes. Instead, we received two small servings of some time of vinegar. Huh?! read more

i'm aware that going out for pho outside of san jose was risky, but i didn't think i'd have this bad of an experience... some good things: - no wait for dinner on a wednesday evening - orders were taken relatively swiftly - food came out rather quickly - all veggies and add-ons - hot tea came in cute cups - pho broth and meal was average, not too salty RED FLAG: worst service and hospitality..ever - they close at 8:30 and our server was obtrusive to us at 8:25 to pay. never had i had someone that pushy in getting me to pay, it's almost as if his life depended on it and we were seated way too long or something. i felt so uncomfortable and off-put by his complete brashness. - then at 8:31 he forced us to leave and didn't give a single * about it. to the point where the table seated next to us who were probably less than 30% into their meal were also hassled into quitting through their meal, THAT THEY WERE SEATED FOR!? if you knew they wouldn't be able to comfortably finish their meal in peace..don't seat them? - never have i been that rushed and forced to leave before by any restaurant i've ever dined in, you would think with the way he treated us we were forcing restaurant workers to dine us half an hour past closing but this was literally ONE MINUTE after close..what the actual hell? maybe i sound like a karen and am used to be treated better at every other restaurant i've dined in. i understand maybe 5-10 minutes after close a gentle reminder, but 5-10 BEFORE close and a minute after..that's just weird and whack. so disgruntled by this experience. i'll never come back or recommend my friends here. take-out? maybe? yikes...do better staff. read more

Came here and will be back! Speedy service and delicious food. Folks in the group ordered different kinds of pho (brisket, chicken, meatball).. someone else orders a shrimp cake plate that looked pretty tasty. I however decided on a side of garlic noodles and some cha gio. Both combined where enough for a meal. The garlic noodles were flavorful but not garlic overkill. The cha gio were perfect! read more

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Came here because I was craving bun bo hue. Came in on a Saturday night and the restaurant was like 1/4 full. Service was quick but not personal/friendly. Bun bo hue: tasted good but had lots of shallot oil covering the top Pho: the noodles tasted good but the broth was a bit bland Spring rolls: average The restaurant was overall clean with very odd decor though. It looks like someone tried too hard in design. Up til here, I would have given it 4 Stars, however we went home and both felt like our throats were sucked out dry! That can only mean...MSG! -2 Stars did that. read more

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I had the veggie pho and veggie egg rolls (fried ones). I'm a recent vegetarian so I hungered for regular specials but it was ok. Filling at least. Helps that I crunched all 3 of the egg rolls which were tasty even 30 minutes after pick-up. Covid precautions were good. read more

Tried this for the 1st time via DD app. My grilled chicken salad was delicious! I'll definitely try their other dishes. read more

Pho Lovers - Grilled chicken salad - Vietnamese Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

I randomly found this place around our house and it apparently turned out to be one of the best pho ever according to my husband! We've been here several times so far and they've never failed us no matter what we order - the meat is very tender and the flavor is superb. They have excellent customer service and we never had to wait very long for the food no matter how crazy busy it gets. Our only complaint is the parking situation as there's only a few spots dedicated to the restaurant & you'll end up having to do street parking if those spots run out. read more

This place is pretty decent...I ordered a 42 with pork, fresh vegetables, shrimp, vermicelli and egg roll. The dipping / and pour over sauce was yummy enough. I ordered a fresh young coconut juice. That hit the spot and quenched my thirst. I was happy and content. read more

Pho Lovers - Vietnamese Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

Dined here just the one time with a friend while we were visiting in the area. Parking lacks in the area. You can park across the street in the evening as the parking lot was mostly empty and there wasn't a cost to park. The service was pretty fast as we didn't have to wait long to be served. The menu is huge. Unfortunately being a low-carber my options for food were limited. Noodles or rice in the majority of the dishes. The cost is above average. They kept the temperature comfortable and again service was good. I enjoyed the jalapeno pepper slices too that you can ask for on the side. They were delicious and fresh. I would have preferred more low carb options but it is what it is. read more

My friends and I dined here for lunch. Parking is limited likely from current construction but also the parking lot is shared with El Rancherito market. Luckily, I found a spot on the street. We sat right away at a booth that was comfortable. We ordered the lemongrass tofu and egg noodles, spicy veggie pho, and pho chay. We also had the veggie spring rolls, too. We each liked our dishes but I felt like I ate more flavorful broth elsewhere. read more

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The pho is tasty, service were sizeable, price is good, service was quick and efficient - all the things to make a great pho place. The restaurant was totally packed for lunch when I got there around noon. The waiters were quick and efficient, and in spite of their tables all being full, my food came out in a couple minutes. read more

The pho is like $12-13 and a pretty large bowl. The pho broth is clear and flavorful. If it's cold and you're craving a nice noodle soup that isn't too heavy, this is the spot. read more

If you are looking for The worst servers in the food industry , please come to this place. They made you feel like you come eat for free. Food is bad, no taste at all . Also, they will charge you everything single item that you ask for , such as extra limes or to go box or jalapeños . If I could give a Zero star, I would give it to this terrible place Won't come back read more

Overpriced pho and HORRIBLE service. I live nearby and came to this place often. Today, I came in around 8 and was asked to pay right before closing which is fine and I'm almost done with my meal. However, they came at exactly 8:30 to ask me to leave. I had to rush the rest of the it. I have never experienced this at a restaurant where they won't let you stay a minute after closing time. I paid before which means I tipped just to get asked to leave. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE. read more

I am so disappointed that I have to give this place a 2 star review. They had great service and the food in general was really delicious. Especially the lychee boba drink!! That is a must try. The only reason why I give this a 2 star review was because I order a chicken pho and I was enjoying it for the most part until It came to eating the chicken. It was DISGUSTING!! The chicken did not look like chicken. I got some bones & dark brown pieces of chicken inside that soup that look very unpleasant to eat and made me lose my appetite. read more

Pho Lovers - Vietnamese Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

Got Hu Tieu and my bf got the oxtail pho but it wasn't that great... only giving 3 stars for the Nem Nuroung rolls (grilled pork rolls with crunchy wonton roll inside). read more

Overall: This is becoming our favorite Vietnamese place recently. They are not just good at pho but also rice plates too. Not crowded on a Sunday dinner. Services: Good service. Our waitress keep coming back. The servers seem to be happy working there. That is a nice change. Food/drinks: - Pho - The soup is good and the noodle is great chewing texture. That's how we like it. - Pork chop rice plate - That is impressively good. It tastes as if it is fresh off the grill. The Shrimp tofu wrap is crispy and tasty. - Grilled pork with rice noodles/fish sauce - This one was ok. Usually this is my favorite but the other two entrees stole the show. Value: Price was reasonable. $10-$13. Note, they do charge $.15 for each to go box. :( Decor: Modern and clean. Plenty of seats and booths. Kids friendly: Yes. Gluten Free/Sensitivity: Talk to your server. Nothing is 'labeled' as GF but most rice items and fish sauce is GF friendly. read more

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I ordered online from their website for pickup. When I got there, there were a lot of people waiting for pickup. After an hour since I ordered passed, 15 mins past the expected pickup time, I became very skeptical and asked if my order even went in. It turns out it didn't. The lady at the counter just said that they're not receiving more orders but the online orders keep coming in. By that time I had already waited for over 30 mins, so I asked to cancel the order. The lady started getting defensive and said they cannot reimburse the order and that it's not their problem. So she called someone from the kitchen to take my order again. It took less than 10 minutes for the food to come out. I've been here before, the food is fine. But they seem completely inept at handling a weekend evening rush. After this experience I will not come here again. read more

One of our local favorites! Great food and staff. We've been coming here for years and won't stop anytime soon.

Been here a couple times now and have to say it's pretty solid food. First time around, I had the combo pho. That's the one with beef and tripe and balls and all the fixings. Soup was flavorful and hot and not too oily. The second time I got the grilled pork over garlic noodles. It's a huge plate filled with garlic noodles, which could've been slightly more garlicky for my taste, and like 7-8 pieces of pork. Though this was thin slices of pork. I wish it was the pork chop or thinker slices. The thin slices are a little dry for my taste. But it's a ton of food. I also tried all the parts of my friends pho lovers rice combo, which came with rice(shaped like a heart), shredded pork, egg cake, shrimp roll, egg roll, pork chop, and some veggies. I liked that dish, may have to get it next time. Also have tried the chicken wings and the pork spring rolls as appetizers. Service was fine. Rememver to pay at the counter with your table number at the end. Prices thoughare a little bit more than I'm used to. Everything is like $12-20. Even for the small bowl of pho. read more

Bomb! Hot day and coworkers and I were craving of course bubbly hot pho. Read the reviews and went based off that. Glad we did. I got the chicken pho (all white meat) the broth was super flavorful and cinnamon did not overpower the taste. The spring rolls were fresh with a hint of mint. The peanut sauce was delicious as well! Absolutely coming back. Small con- parking sucks- less that 5 designated parking spots, you have to park on street or in the neighborhood especially during the week lunch hour. read more

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