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    Pho Oi

    3.2 (47 reviews)
    Closed • 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Quiet
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Spring Rolls
    Daniel B.

    Vietnamese food is my absolute favorite, and I eat it every chance I get. So I was pretty excited to find a few here in Laredo while I was in town for the weekend. I may be a little tougher on this place for that reason. This place is fairly quiet and quaint. Although the server wasn't very personable, I will say that he did a good job. He may have just been having a bad day, who knows. I hate to say it, but these are the only positives I can give. The rice paper on the spring rolls were "rubbery" and the peanut sauce was runny. The stuff inside was actually good though. The egg rolls had no lettuce in order to wrap up the rolls with the carrot shavings. However, the rolls themselves were served hot, and the taste was decent. (They didn't seem like homemade though). The Phô would not even be in my top 100... the bean sprouts were not crisp AT ALL, there was very little meat, and the fatty brisket was crunchy?! I will not say anything more. Like any place, you really need to try it for yourself. I have read one star reviews and still gone, and thought it was one of the best places I has ever been.

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    Jose Raul P.

    This place is Laredo's best Pho. I've noticed a lot of reviews complain about the serving size, but I felt the servings are decent for the price you are paying. I do feel border town plates tend to be on the bigger side and people get used to that. The spring rolls were pretty good, basic standard spring rolls of really good size. The peanut size was a little watery, but tasted fine. The Jasmin tea was pretty standard. The pho was solid. Good clean broth with good noodle texture and a decent amount of protein. The noodle dish was super good, with a great garlic taste. The fried rice was decent as well. Don't expect anything super fancy or out of this world. Service is fast and friendly. Giving this place a 4, simply because it's the best in Laredo.

    Your Togo pho condiments amount. Seriously???
    Elena F.

    Wow, when you order Togo I guess this is the size of Pho condiments you get. Seriously? It is the cheapest cost of your entire product. Will not order from you again.

    Pho Chin Nam (Well Done Brisket & Flank Beef Noodle Soup)
    Ai V.

    Definitely the best (and cheapest) asian restaurant in Laredo, and a welcome break from all of the delicious tacos. They serve crawfish, which is spicy and delicious. Also, their sugar cane is really refreshing, and I think they're the only restaurant in Laredo to serve these two things. BUT I would really recommend their garlic shrimp fried rice. Shrimp is juicy and buttery. Their eggs rolls are filled with meat, which is different from other restaurants that just fill theirs with veggies. Really yummy.

    Nice attractive colors
    Jorge L.

    We were there this evening. Nice place, well lighted, modern and with a little swing. The waiter approached us very promptly, and gave our menus. My daughter Isabella and me already knew more and less what we wanted, Pork filled dumplings and fresh spring rolls with pecan sauce. The dumplings were nice, well fried and the spring rolls were devoured by my daughters and wife, I tried the pecan sauce and was superb. Then the rest of the food arrived. A bahn mi with pork for my wife. Good flavor, I will toast the bread a bit to give it a crunchier bite. Two vermicellis, one with Shrimp the other with lemongrass chicken, and a side of fish sauce. Large shrimps well grilled, the chicken was cooked perfectly with a strong minty flavor of the herbs. my House Special Rice had happily merge all the flavors during the stir-fry process. Nice balance of colors and some, at least to me, unidentified flavor of chinese sausage or a sort of. A bit more of crawfish will have added a nice pinkiness to the plate, just a suggestion... As a goodbye celebration I had the wonton soup and my girls a couple of smoothies. The soup has, probably, in Laredo the best broth I had so far, the wontons maybe need a one or more minutes to let the dough cook completely.. The smoothies need a little more work. Overall, great place, welcome to Laredo. See you in two weeks !

    Gross!
    Kristina B.

    Order Nothing! Move on and get yourself a Beef Ramen noodles instead. Tea was tasteless and beef noodles had very little to no meat at all. A complete rip off.

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    Amazing dishes and service highly recommended. Very friendly and speedy, without loosing the amAzing taste.

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    The food was not good I had a piece of chicken that tasted really bad will not come back here again

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    10 years ago

    Best Pho in Laredo!! The fresh spring rolls are delicious as well. Staff is friendly, portions are generous, and food is fresh.

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    This place is delicious! I love the pho soups and the fresh lemonade. We eat here frequently. The owner is super friendly.

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    Border Foundry Restaurant & Bar - Market Fresh Fish - The Mahi and Red special

    Border Foundry Restaurant & Bar

    4.1(171 reviews)
    2.1 mi
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    This is the place that never disappoints. There are three things about any restaurant you should…read morepursue: Atmosphere, Service and Food. BF has it all. It is the "go-to" when you don't want to be disappointed. Tonight it was Market Fish. I was impressed to find PEACH STAND RAMBLER ale on draft, by Odell Brewing Company. Bravo! Service provided by Lindsey, she's a gem.

    So very disappointed with service, marketing, and meal. I came from California and wanted to have…read moresomething nice and unique. The menu online looks spectacular and had a lot of interesting dishes. I was super excited. I saw that they were open late and I was also very happy about this because my meal was after work. I arrived at 9:30 walked in the side entrance and saw a post hunched over and squatted down, looking at her iPhone. I also saw another employee leaning on the host stand talking to her. He didn't greet me neither did she until I walked to the front of the house stand. She got up from her crouch position and said can I help you? I was surprised to see what she was wearing, an oversized hoodie with some type of logo on it, which was not an appropriate thing to wear, and it did not match the other employee that were more crisp. I said dining for one and grabbed a menu and slid it across the host stand out of pure laziness. She slumped her way over with the menu hanging on her left side and sat me at a table. Wow what a lousy first impression for a restaurant that I was so excited to visit. A server came over gave me a menu and brought me water. Disappointed to see that the menu was completely different from the menu that I saw online. No unique dishes and the variety was not great. However, I was there and felt I'd give it a chance. A server that was at the bar entering tickets or something, kept looking over at my table, but no one ever acknowledged me after I was seated. I waited for about 10 minutes until someone realized I need assistance. The server finally came over. He was polite to check my order served my meal left me to be on my own to check on me one time, but it certainly wasn't a two minute check when he should to see if my meal was to my satisfaction. My plates were not cleared and I had to ask for the check.. the food was OK. I had the salmon. Nothing spectacular. risotto was uneventful. Got my check and left. No goodbye, no thank you for coming in no stand out service. As a restaurant professional in California, I can't figure out if it's just a Texas thing or they rate everything high or this restaurant truly is deserving of its accolades..

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    San Telmo Argentinean Steakhouse - Taco de Carnitas de Pato was absolutely delicious!!

    San Telmo Argentinean Steakhouse

    3.6(42 reviews)
    2.1 mi
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    So everybody had been talking about this is the latest place in Loredo right now. We did have a…read morereservation, which was good cause when we got there, there was a large party for a Monday and the place is really tiny. The inside is whatever there's nothing special about it looks like any other place. Our waiter was so nice. He went above and beyond for us. We started with the escargot and I have to say it was OK. It was a little bland. It definitely was missing more flavor to it and it was weird that it didn't come with bread or anything. We also got the tuetano with beef tartar on top of it. It was a huge disappointment. The bone had not been cooked completely and was very fiber and the beef tartar just tasted really off pudding just like raw meat instead of it bean seasoned and marinated the way it should be. We had to send it back for it to get cooked for the bone and when they brought it back, it was still the same thing so they ended up removing it from our check. After this, I did get a cup of the asparagus soup and I have to say that was really nice. Then I got the American ribeye since they were out of the Argentina ribeye which is a disappointment. I had asked for a medium. It came cooked more than medium and it was weird how light colored it was and it just tasted like a typical steak nothing really special to it. The baked potato was whatever. Now the portobello mushrooms and wine sauce that was really delicious. I don't think I would come back here just cause there was nothing really special about it. Also, I hate to say this, but I did eat a little bit of that beef tartar to try it and I'm assuming that's what upset my stomach cause the next day, I was not well.

    Good location for this steakhouse behind border foundry. Plenty of parking…read more Atmosphere is nice, decor of the place was really good. Servers are friendly and well dressed, this is a high end spot. Table bread was good, came with chimmichurri and butter, it was good. So good in fact that they asked me if I wanted another bread, and I said of course. What they failed to mention is that they charged $5 for the bread, wasn't expecting that at all. No one advised me of that but alright. We ordered a shrimp with oil dish, cooked in a cast iron, this was outstanding! Great flavor, came with 6 pieces of shrimp and came out on a hot cast iron pan. Highly recommend. I ordered a 15 oz picahna and my wife ordered 12 oz American ribeye. The ribeye was thin, but cooked well. However they failed to season the steak. The picahna was cooked okay, also poorly seasoned. When you think of picahna , you think of the fat cap, tell me why my picahna did not have any fat cap on it? They carved out the fat! I mean cmon man, you're an Argentinian steakhouse and you do that, that is blasphemy. Then they cut my steak, let it bleed out on the plate. Is this their first time or what? Leave the steak whole, like my wife's ribeye. The second saddest steak I've eaten. The worst one was a ribeye I had at Otillias. Steak came with steak fries and they were okay. My wife's baked potato wasn't fully cooked either Overall this place missed the mark and for paying $115 for two people before tip, you're better off grilling your own steaks for a lot less. I paid $40 for the picahna and $39 for my wife's steak. I wanted to give this place 3 stars but that bs bread move left me upset. I honestly think if you're looking for a decent steak, save yourself some money and go to Texas or Longhorns steakhouse.

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