Fatty. So so sad Food and service was poor quality I won't be back! Boo thumbs down read more

Delish dipping sauce with fresh green onion cake. Old fashioned style restaurants but the is outstanding. Pricy but good. read more

Pho Number 1 - Green onion cake - Vietnamese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

We have been eating here for years. Just love their soup, noodle bowls and seafood veggies. Perfect green onion cakes. read more

Not a bad little place! Ive been here multiple times and I've been impressed with the service and the friendliness of the staff. Every time they are prompt to usher you to seating and give us the spot we always sit in because we are so regular here. Pricing is fairly reasonable and I always try to get something new and each time its always good. read more

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! read more

Pho Number 1 - Green onion cakes - Vietnamese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

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

Awful awful food quality - maybe the worst o have ever had. The grilled " beef " is mysterious - and just horrible. The dumplings in the wonton soup taste old and drab. They could spruce it up a bit! People want better quality please . I could not bring myself to even eat the wonton soup the broth tasted like mop water and the veggies were old to boot. read more

Strangely enough I've been here before but didn't eat here. Anyways, went here for lunch with a friend on a Sunday afternoon. Got here early but the waitress was very nice and brought me tea while I waited (she also forgot to refill it later on but that's ok). Anyways, for food, we both decided to get pho (comes with the usual bean sprouts and basil that you can add into your bowl) and share an appetizer: - Deep fried spring rolls ($3.95) - you get a grand total of two and come with a dipping sauce. Pretty standard stuff. Definitely not worth it for the price but it was decent. - I had chicken pho (#50 - pho ga) - nice, clean tasting broth. You can pick your size (regular - $8.95, large - $9.95 and special - $10.95). I had the large and ate it all. - My friend had a beef pho with steak ($8.95 for regular size). That one was a small and she couldn't even finish half of it. Total bill was dirt cheap, think it was less than $30 including all above and a Coke. Good, simple Vietnamese food. If your in the area, check it out! They even accept debit/credit cards which is pretty rare... read more

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. read more

Pho Number 1 - #17 beef! - Vietnamese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

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I've had their Brisket and Flank Noodle Soup a few times now and it's always delicious. Good portions and great pricing. The owner has always been nice when I go! Their green onion cakes are huge and delicious. It's quite far from where I live but definitely worth the drive! read more

Okay so let's get one thing off our chests- this place is not where you go if you are looking for visual appeal. The inside is pretty run down. HOWEVER, I have to give them a whopping 4 stars despite that because the food, price, and customer service was top notch. I had a pork vermicelli bowl with spring rolls (my favorite meal in the whole entire world) and it was the most delicious meal I've had in many moons. The price was also excellent, and the lovely man who took my order on the phone and helped me when I arrived was very pleasant. The restaurant is clean and the food is delicious. I hope more great reviews will get this place the business they deserve! read more

Noon on a weekday and we were the only ones in the restaurant, hmmmm ... is this a sign? Am glad about 7 more orders (take out and sit in) came during our hour in the restaurant. There are booths on the one side of the restaurant and other had table and chairs. Seems to be a popular spot for solo diners. Booths hard to sit but not too uncomfortable. Menu has the usual vermicelli, rice, and soup sections. My friend and I both order vermicelli bowls. Hers was the special for just over $12 and came with a spring roll, and just about all the meat and few shrimp. Mine was grilled pork and a spring roll. The small is $9.50 and large $10.40 so I opted for large. I asked what was the difference in size and the server said it was a little bit more. When the food arrived, I thought mine had more meat than my friend's bowl. The big bowl was about 2/3 filled and I would have preferred more lettuce, carrots, and cucumbers. We were attended to and brought waters promptly. After our food came out, the server came to check on us once and refill the water. There was no rush to leave and when we were ready to pay, we went to the counter. The restaurant could use a little work. It wasn't overly dirty but the container storing the chopsticks and forks may not have been the cleanest to look at the utensil before using as I noticed one had food on it. The washroom was ok, but again a few things cleaned up could really make a difference. Decent restaurant but not the best Vietnamese restaurant. read more

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. read more

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After a long absence, I finally decided to give this noodle house another chance. I am glad I did. The ambiance and service remains the same (good on both counts) but the food has improved. I had a green onion cake that was chewy and delicious, followed by a bowl of brisket pho. The portion was larger than I remembered, extremely hot, and tasted great. In particular, the meat was of a higher quality than in the past, with a good texture and not a lot of waste, which was my major problem with the food the last time I was there. Based on this positive experience, I am going to start to visit Pho Binh again. read more

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 read more

Pho Number 1 - mango salad with shrimp, i think ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - Vietnamese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

It had been years since I had last visited but I knew that this place had good pho. I wasn't mistaken: I had a great special pho noodle soup and I was really pleased that the menu was as expansive as I remembered it being. Service was quick, there was lots of sauces on the tables, and while this place isn't particularly fancy, the food is good. read more

A carbless pho -- that was my ask. For the chef a dauntless task. Skip the noodles? skip the rice? Vermicelli? Keep on ice. Tofu, veggies, broth were in. That: my request for Pho Binh. Minutes passed, out came a bowl. In a broth, whose base was fowl: Broccoli and cauliflower, Carrots, onion - veggie power! Including lots of tofu too. Quite a dinner! Quite a brew! Meal's good, thirteen buck deal, Service fine. A four star meal. read more

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

Pho Number 1 - Vietnamese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

Long time no pho! And a cold sunny Edmonton "fall" brought out the need for something hot. So I hopped inside here and checked it out. This place is in desperate need of a paint job or was it ever finished? Noticed they serve bubble tea as well, but then again who doesn't these days. Medium sized place that has 16 tables, 4 of which can seat 7. Got the 33 steak, flank, fatty flank. The veggies that accompanied 33 looked all fresh. There was only one dark splotch on the entire branch. Is that even the correct terminology? All the condiments were there, even the right hot sauce. Probably my favourite thing about these places is that the tea is free. No different here. $9.40 total for a regular size. A little small, but it was fine. A fan, but please finish the paint job on walls :) read more

Never been to this place for Vietnamese food but this place is a recommended place to go to for Vietnamese food. The food was hot and the taste was really good. I had the grilled meat on noodles with prawns and it tasted really good. The portions were larger than most pho places and the price was reasonable. This is a recommended place to go to. read more

Pho Number 1 - Vietnamese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

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Came here for lunch on a weekday and found the place a little less than appetizing. I ordered the beef flank/ brisket pho reg. $11 and they definitely skimped out on the meat. I have also had better broth in my day and it lacked any flavor and tasted like just salty broth. I was very disappointed with the quality as I just moved and live less than 5 mins away. I was hoping for a trusted, tasty Vietnamese restaurant within reach. read more

I've been coming here for awhile and I like the food portions and the vermicelli bowls are one of the better tasting ones I've come across. Prices are not the cheapest but not the highest either. Service is speedy. However, I agree with Jessica about the uncleanliness. The front entrance looks like it's never been cleaned. The walls, chairs, tables, floor are all filthy and they leave tables uncleared and unwashed for large amounts of time whether it's busy or not. I was there yesterday and my friend and I sat there for almost 2 hours and not once did the lady (who was just reading a newspaper) clear any of the dirty tables. And like Jessica mentioned, I wonder what the kitchen looks like....gives me the heeby-jeebies. read more

I've come here a few times from school on my lunch break. This isn't my favourite Vietnamese restaurant but it's a nice little place. Like a lot of restuarants in Edmonton it's located in a strip mall, in shopping centre. But the food is good, reasonably priced and they have huge portions. Don't make the mistake like I did of ordering green onion cakes and the brisket pho because you won't be able to eat it all (unless you haven't eaten in a week). Pho Binh also serves bubble tea, my favourite flavor is Jackfruit. This isn't the type of place I'd recommend going out of your way for, but if you're in the area and want Vietnamese then it's a nice choice. read more

I would say a nice little 3.5 stars. Like some of the other reviewers I agree that this place needs a makeover. I know the surrounding do not account for the "food" why of being there but it can make a person judge back rooms etc. Service is quick and friendly when I am there anyway if not a touch on the non attentive side but it is sort of a fire and forget type place to eat. I personally like the Pho here. I am a beef Pho guy and have tried all matters of the cow. I like the freshness of the ingredients and to me the flavour hits my palate quite nicely. The spring rolls are ok and same for the green onion cake. California rolls are something my friend orders most visits. I also quite enjoy the stir Fry's here as well. Quite large and who does not like the presentation of a sizzling skillet! Hotchacha! Good prices if you ask me and also a taste my buds enjoy. But please put some money into some paint at least to freshen up the decor a bit. Still one of my favourite Pho places though! read more

Visited this "establishment" late last night, and ended up leaving quite surprised the health board has yet to investigate these people -- the overall appearance of this hole in the wall was troublesome to say the least, dirt on the floors, things to stuck to the unwashed walls. I regrettably didn't get a peek at the kitchen until my girlfriend and I requested bubble teas and to pay for our meal : ( When we arrived we were told to "take seat". After we seated ourselves we were brought sticky menus to look at, we decided on House Special Pho and deep fried Won-Tons. My girlfriend the Pho and me the Won-Tons, I was operating under the hopes that grease would kill whatever unsavory things they may have come in contact with. Surprisingly we both agreed the food was more than tolerable, it was great! The woman work there became increasingly rude with us and other patrons. We finished our meal and got up to pay, as we approached the counter, we requested bubble tea -- big mistake. Powder mix and the oldest lychee gummies I've ever seen. Made our bubble teas in a dirty blender and served them to us with unpackaged loose straws. Do not intend to return again. read more

I was pretty disappointed in Pho Binh to be honest. Their prices are good but it's pretty hard to find an expensive Vietnamese noodle house. The one thing I liked was the option to have either a small or a regular portion. I can never finish a full portion at other Vietnamese places so it was nice not to waste food for a change. With that said, my boyfriend was thoroughly disappointed in the size of the regular portion. We eat at a lot of Vietnamese places and he always leaves full, but at Pho Binh, he had to order another dish to make up for what his meal was lacking. As self-proclaimed Vietnamese food experts, we both agree that this the quality of food at Pho Binh is just average. read more

Pho Number 1 - Vietnamese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

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

I'd give it 3.5 stars...so rounding up here. Clean enough, prompt and affordable. The broth is flavourful and the chicken soup is very good. The beef soup is a little on the salty side. Overall, very good for soup. Can't speak to other menu items. Short clipped sentences. read more

The noodle bowls here are great. The noodles are cooked perfectly, the vegetables are a good assortment, and the sauce is good. I'm hooked, the beef and the chicken are both great. I've had the pho once and it was not good. Service is pretty slow, but the free tea is nice. The restaurant itself isn't much to look at, quite dingy looking and often tables are cluttered with restaurant mess. But the price and the quality of the noodle bowls makes it all worth it! read more

I tend to be very lenient on restaurants because I don't really complain about anything. I had been here before and really didn't like it but my dad's car trouble had me swing by into the neighborhood. Under new management, the pho and salad rolls are still completely horrible. The meat was tough, the broth was under-seasoned and weak, and the waitress was the kind of clueless one you see in movies (and Vietnamese restaurants before she got fired from them.) The bowls were obviously cheap dollar store ones that weren't really meant for the soup and the salad rolls were so soft they could have been mistaken for mashed potatoes if you were sick (and lucky) and couldn't taste a thing. The interior space despite lack of furnishing has a lot of potential, its spacious, obvious, and accessible. If they gave the place a good scrubbing, I wouldn't have dropped my expectations a peg while stepping in. The problems of this place make it my first one-star review and I feel terrible about it. I have a friend that loves Pho Binh which confuses me but I can agree with him that the menus are kind of nice looking. read more

Sorry to say for the three of us this place was so bad we did not eat our food. My wife's spring rolls appeared to be reheated from last month. My wor wonton soup had the cheapest possible chicken, pork and wontons. The stock was pour and the wheat like noodles were not edible. Our companion had stir fried vegetables which were passable, but like the rest of the offerings was not quality ingredients or preparation. read more

Not my first time here, but I remembered it was good, and we were in the hood. We both ordered the special beef noodle soup, which comes with lots of meat, more than most places. The broth was fabulous! Absolutely delicious, full of flavor, rich. The meat balls here seemed to deviate from average balls, and were extra yummy and peppery. The 2 year old are them all, and I had a tiny sample. Seems most places charge 12$ for a large bowl these days. This bowl was the special soup and was at $13. It was worth it. Jam packed with meat, perfect noodles and delicious broth. I'll be back. Next time I may try the hot and sour seafood soup. read more

I would regularly go to Pho Binh during breaks between classes and thoroughly enjoyed my regular meal (a vermicelli bowl with pork & roll) as well as trying out some of the random dishes from time to time. The service has always been speedy, friendly and consistent. The quality of the food is always very high, especially for the price. I also very much enjoy their in-house drinks such as the bubble tea and the fresh lime/lemon soda. Pho Binh is definitely a must-visit for me when I return to Edmonton, and you should visit it as well. read more

Nooooo. This place is near where we live and we love pho so we had to try it. Its nothing fancy on the inside but that's usually the norm for great Vietnamese food. We were off to a bad start when my husband went to wash his hands, came back to the table and said "do not use the bathroom here unless it is an absolute emergency" lol. I normally order pho ga (chicken pho) but they only had beef variations listed under the pho menu and then a "chicken soup" listed under the other soups menu. I ordered that and it came looking exactly like pho ga but had a standard chicken soup broth instead of a pho broth. Everything else was the same. Once I got used to that the soup was decent. My husband ordered some beef pho with various bits and pieces including added meatballs. He said the meatballs were not good and he didn't care for his pho in general. We most likely wouldn't come back here unless we were desperate. I did like that they served hot jasmine tea right off the bat, that was a nice touch. read more

Got the beef special was pretty Good right up till a beetle floated to the top of the bowl. First insect I see this spring and it's in my pho..... read more

Boooooo!! Online hours of operation are incorrect! Showed up at 10:10am and their local signage says 11 am daily opening not 10am. Please update the online hours. read more

I was excited to see a Pho restaurant close to where I live and in a shopping complex I frequently visit. I decided to check Pho Binh out after a long day of work where I was way too tired to cook. I was immediately turned off when I saw the dirtiness of the front entrance. I am a little weird about restaurant cleanliness thanks to some very bad food related illnesses, so to me, if you can't bother to clean the TONS of finger/hand/dirt prints off your doors and windows, what does your kitchen look like? I decided to give it a try anyway as perhaps it was just one overlooked detail. I can't say I was much more impressed with the inside. It was cleaner, but definitely not CLEAN. There was unwiped dirt by the permanent table fixtures and it was very obvious that the hot sauce dish had not been cleaned for some time as evidenced by the crust and stain of hot sauce around the rim. I decided no hot sauce for me on this visit and only cooked food. I both ordered Brisket Pho and was very impressed with the portion size. A regular will run you about $8.00 and has more meat than any other Pho I have had in Edmonton. The broth was flavorful but not the best I have had, although still pleasant. The restaurant was fairly full of couples and a few families and it was strangely quiet. Everyone was eating mostly in silence and there was no music on. It felt a little sad.....they could really use even just some tunes for some ambiance! Overall the food was good, but unfortunately the cleanliness and ambiance of the place made it a less than pleasurable experience. read more

I've had many vermicelli noodle bowls in my life, this would rank as one of the worst. Everything tasted burnt, and typically I like anything blackened, but this didn't seem right. Also the fish sauce had no flavor, thought it was very bland and thrown together. read more

This just wasn't a good meal. It wasn't an inedible, but it certainly wasn't good. The waitress was nice but seemed like she was in training and I'm not sure she was ready to be handling the counter on her own. I asked if they served bubble tea since they have many flavors for them behind the counter, but admitted she had no clue how to make them so I probably shouldn't ask for one. That was a bit weird, but okay? Not a big deal. I ordered fried mushrooms and the coconut curry and tofu. I never got to try the mushrooms as when I came to pick up my order waitress said they stopped serving them. I ended up just getting a refund on that part of my order. I was pretty disappointed as I love mushrooms, but whatever, not a deal breaker. It happens. But the curry destroyed any chance I might have had of revisiting. I tend to enjoy a mildly spiced curry, and this was beyond mild. It was flavorless. I have never had a weaker curry in my entire life. To the curry's credit the presentation was nice and the vegetables were cooked nice and soft. I just could not get over the lack of flavor. The curry sauce smelt better than it actually tasted, I had to wonder if it was just there for appearances sake. I've never had to add salt to a curry, but I needed to give it SOMETHING. They could have served me plain vegetables steamed in water and I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference, it was just that bad. I couldn't finish eating it. I really wanted to like Pho Binh as it's reasonably priced and closed to my home. The service was fast, but I would have gladly of waited longer if it meant a better meal. Pho Bihn excels in taking blandness to new and unfortunate places. read more

The food is delicious! Portions are huge for the price you're paying. The waitresses are very nice but I have to agree with everyone else. Dirty, messy, dirty. My husband and I went two or three days ago and although it was very busy, they only had one girl taking care of everyone including a table of 10. She was so busy she couldn't greet us. We wanted to sit at a certain table, napkins all over the floor, went to another one, it wasn't whipped completely there was still food on it; another table had not been picked up at all and there were dishes everywhere. Until finally we found a clean empty table. They were so busy and understaffed that it took them a while to prepare our food. They're lucky my husband was starving and didn't decide to go anywhere else. We also really like the flavor and quality of the food so that's why we didn't leave but it's really sad how unclean they are. Makes me wonder if they would pass a health inspection and if the kitchen and food is clean.....mmmhh.....scary. read more