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    Pho Number 1

    3.0 (42 reviews)
    InexpensiveVietnamese
    Open 10:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Green onion cakes
    Amabel D.

    Not bad! I've been here a few times now because it's located near my friend's house in Crestwood! I like it. The star of the show here is the green onion cakes... BY FAR. They're amazing. If you see my attached pics you will see how round and perfect they are. They come out insanely hot though so watch out! I usually get the tofu vermicelli bowl, which is great for me. Lots of veggies and LOTS of tofu. I like the crunchiness of the tofu and its yummy! The staff here is friendly and helpful. You also get tea and water instantly when you sit down which I really like!

    #17 beef!
    Donna M.

    This is my first time back in many years. It hasn't changed that much, the atmosphere and cleanliness have improved but are still questionable, and that's why I can't give it a better review. Service is okay. She's not very friendly, but we never lacked for anything. Plus I think she's the only one there. But the food is a five out of five. It really hits the spot! We had salad rolls and both of us had the vermicelli bowls. Soooo good. My shrimp and pork were charred to perfection. Okay, okay...I'll give it a four, because I'm going to be back. Soon. Especially for the price. Under $30 to stuff two half-starved people.

    Interior
    Alton B.

    After a couple of weeks off, my quest for better pho resumed. Today, I found this hole-in-the-wall place in the west end called Pho Binh; no pun intended, there really were holes on the wall inside the restaurant. The outside of the restaurant, with the shiny metallic signs, looks much better than the inside. The first impression was not good. Arrived for an early dinner, only the second table for the night, lots of time for the staffs to clean up after the lunch rush, half the tables were dirty. Only one person working, she was cleaning, cooking, taking orders and talking to her friends on the phone all at the same time. Not the greatest scene. Holes in the wall... the wall decorations have seen better days, most of the paintings/pictures were hung crooked and the wooden wall décor by my booth had fallen off, leaning on the table, leaving multiple holes on the wall. The lighting was dim, almost unpleasantly so. For someone who had eaten at the street markets and food carts throughout Asia, I have strong tolerance towards mediocre hygiene at Asian restaurants, yet, I hesitated looking at the utensil containers and condiment containers. I do not believe that they ever refrigerate their condiments. Looking inside the chili oil container, the chili oil looked like it has been sitting unattended for weeks, the chili had dried up and had stuck to the side of the container; even with an iron stomach, I chose not to touch the chili. The utensils were haphazardly thrown into the containers, the bottom of the container looked questionable. I chose to clean my chopsticks with tea before eating, a seldom occurrence for me. As I had mentioned, this is a one person operation, the lady was talking to her friends on the phone the entire time (only stopping to take a couple of take out orders), it took a while for my food to arrive, by pho standards anyway. I ordered #44, Pho with fatty flanks, brisket and tendons. For $11, the large bowl looked huge, filled with aromatic soup. First taste was good, it was good soup, hot and fresh. There is nothing spectacular about it, not quite the depth of flavour that a superior pho restaurant's soup would provide but definitely in the top quartile of the Edmonton Pho scale. An abundance of sprouts, basil and lime pieces were provided, but wait... where is my beloved fresh thai chili, sob, no thai chili. In the meat department, there were a lot of meat provided but may be not what I ordered. I was expecting tendons (yes, I found two pieces), I was expecting fatty flanks (ve don?, didn't find any), I was expecting briskets (yes that nice layered fatty marbled meat, none were found). Instead, I found loads of lean dry slices of cooked beef. If those were fatty flank slices, that was one LEAN cow, lol. Oh wait, I have a full bowl of soup, a huge pile of meat, but where is the noodle? Ah, at the bottom was a small clump of noodles, suitable for a child size bowl of pho but definitely not for a large bowl. The proportion of soup to meat to noodle is definitely off. Overall, I would compare eating at Pho Binh to eating at a street cart in Asia. The food is simple and reasonable; as long as you don't expect good service or good hygiene, you are good to go. Having said that, paying $11 at a Canadian sit-down restaurant, surrounded by dirty tables and broken decors, having a hostess/chef/server who talked on the phone with her friends full time (instead of doing the much needed cleaning of the restaurant); I cannot give the restaurant a high rating with a clear conscience. 2/5.

    mango salad with shrimp, i think ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Stick to hot stuff maybe. The green onion cakes are fantastic, as are the spring rolls. the soups are good but nothing special, still worth it though. however, don't go for unusual stuff or specialty items. I tried the shrimp mango salad and it's the first time i've left a meal from a restaurant untouched after a few bites. i don't know what i was expecting, but the dish pictured was not that. Soggy, gritty yet slippery, almost certainly canned mangoes plopped on a plate, in a bitter juice that smells alcoholic and vaguely like the bottle depot. Topped with rubbery, squeaky, and mushy shrimp, as bad as i felt i could not bring myself to have more. it was like $18 too give or take. so that was pretty disappointing. the one lady who serves and whatnot is pretty stern and unfriendly, it makes me a bit uneasy, like i'm not welcome here. i can get past that though. if i come back i'll stick to green onion cakes and spring rolls

    Nathalie B.

    Nothing fancy - but a couple dishes are great and it's a perfect place for long leisurely talks.

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    The best pho in west Edmonton. The ingredients are fresh and the flavours are excellent.

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    Everything is soo delicious!! I always come here, Im in love with vietnamese food!! Very clean, and very polite staff

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