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Satisfying is probably the best word to describe it. This is the 3rd time I've been here, and it hasn't disappointed me yet. Got the house special large as usual. Beef was fresh, portion is good, soup didn't taste like msg, and noodles were soft. Price is still decent, considering it's $14, where many places like Lotus have jacked up their pricing to $16 +. Definitely will be back again when I'm in the area. Food 9.5. Service 8. Ambiance 9. Value 9
Fantastic food! The pho is super delicious and soul warming. The large bowl is super big and can be finished only if you have skipped your earlier meals!! The medium size is enough for a normal person! The broth is tasty and definitely not salty. The taste becomes a bit bland after a point but there are many condiments on the table with which you can spruce up your bowl. Things that are not recommended Spring rolls and coffee with condensed milk. Both made no sense. Overall, I will be back for the pho for sure. Food:3.5/5 Service: 3.5/5 Ambience:3/5
What a disappointment. Where do I start? We were greeted by a woman with blue plastic gloves who had a knife from Cutting jalapeños (hence the blue gloves) told us sit on side and then with same gloves she proceeds to take another customers payment on debit machine. Gross. Sat down and then not even looking at first page of menu, another lady asking us our order. We literally did not even pour our tea!! Chill out woman!!! Hubs ended up getting chicken and spring roll with rice, and I got rare beef flank and beef ball pho with side of spring roll on side $1.95+ extra. Food arrive about 13 minutes as it was pretty busy inside. Well mine had no noodles. Maybe a kids combo size of noodles and just all broth. I had to ask for more bean sprouts as they are extremely cheap with portion size!! I ordered a LARGE DAMNIT!!! People in food industry or purchase bean sprouts on a regular know that a small fistfuls doesn't even cost 10cents!!! But what did it for me was the broth and the oil allover. Broth usually later in the evening is a bit watered down tasting, like some wonton houses, but this was so salty, I felt like I was in the Red Sea!!! Then the oil. OMG I could probably scoop about 1/2 bottle of just oil. It's not like my meats I ordered were fatty? There was hardly any noodle and for $9.95 + $1.95+ for spring roll = NOT WORTH IT. I'd rather go other location where I know the food and portions are consistent and there is not any workers with knives and spicy gloves touching everything!!
As good as it gets. The pho and bun bo hue were both delish. The spring rolls were so fresh and tasty and not greasy at all. It was a packed place but the food came out quickly. The portions were huge with lots of meat and noodles. Everything tastes like it was made with love. The food was super fresh. I only wish they had pho places like this on the east coast.
Easy there; not 5 stars, but close to a 4star, this is definitely one of the nicest, casual Vietnamese places, would put those Kingsway ones back home in Vancouver to shame. Only opened 4 months. Quite modern: nice tiling, long back vinyl chairs, patterned tables, even a long fish tank for show purposes of goldfish, what else in an asian resto--means good luck lol. free parking, albeit a bit tight. 3 flat screen TVs. Clean washrooms but individual ones. Like the open kitchen, chefs actually wore a real black uniform, cap to cover hair, extra bonus ;) Fast service. oh, forgot about the food lol. Good pho, ordered the medium size meat balls, just right for $7.50. Passed the iced coffee test, would recommend this & resto to any Yelper if one is in this part of the hood. By the Save on Foods plaza.
My favourite pho place in Surrey. I come here so often that the servers already know what I want because I ALWAYS get the same thing lol. Their house special pho with spicy broth holds a special place in my heart. The service is okay, but that being said, they do a good job in making sure your needs are met (water or tea replenished, clearing dishes off table, etc)
Our go to pho spot. Always clean and fresh, portions are just right. Location is great with plenty of parking. Broth taste clean and clear with minimal or no MSG
One of the cleanest, newer style looking Vietnamese restaurants I have ever been in (for now!) and surprisingly the food was good too. After having one hell of a time finding some good wine roaming around the Langley area we just gave up and needed some food. This one was bookmarked, and it wasn't too far off the beaten path, so we came, guided by the GPS, not knowing what this place looked like, or where it really was. We got to the front, finally finding the joint, and it looked promising, very new, we decided to walk in. Tons of parking in the front, came in to this very new looking, bright restaurant. The first thing I noticed was the huge fish tank on the right side, filled with big bright red parrot fish, but the star of the tank was the huge arowana, that fish was massive (used to have on in our family, and I wonder how much they feed this thing). They also had 3 flat screen tv's around the place, at the time we were there they were playing 'Teen Wolf'. They sat us down at a table near the back, gave us two menu's, and we looked through what they had. My partner already was set on her order, so we decided to share a bowl of Bun Bo Hue, and order a Vietnamese iced coffee. While our order was put in, we noticed the open concept kitchen. Behind clear glass you can see where your meals are being prepared. I was amazed at the cleanliness of the stove hoods, for all of you "I gotta eat at a clean restaurant where I can see the kitchen" this one won't disappoint one bit. Our large sized BBH eventually came with the coffee on ice. The BBH looked promising, steam coming from the bowl, garnished with cilantro, seeing some thinly sliced onions floating above, with some paper thin cut meats in the center, a good square of porks blood with another square looking like Vietnamese sausage, some green onions, time for the test. First thing we always do is try the soup on it's own. The soup was clear, and clean, there was some slight feeling of MSG (magical sprinkled goodness) at the end of the meal, but nothing to warrant the fire-truck to come out to douse us with water. The round rice noodles were abudant in the bowl, and cooked just right, not soggy, with a good bite, and taking in each bite with what was offered in the bowl, made it just right. Sometimes when meats are cut too thick it could weigh heavy after finishing the meal, this wasn't the case for the meats given, not overly much, but easy to eat due to the paper thin cutting. No pork knuckle was in the bowl (usually a staple), no matter, it was good regardless. I was expecting the Vietnamese ice coffee served in it's strainer, then on the side, another cup of ice to pour the heavy concentrate after allowing it to drip, but instead it was all served in a glass of ice, for me something about taking my experience away, which I'm not used to, the drink still did the job. In the end I would definitely come back, try some of their other items on the menu there is some promise here, and as I don't come into Surrey that often, probably one of my 'now' favorite Vietnamese restaurants in this area. Another, cool, if not odd thing is, if you are watching, and following, what is on TV and you got to go to the toilet, don't worry, the speakers in the washroom are playing what's on tv, so you can still follow the action in sound.
Decent food, good for pho! However the service was a little strange...fast but almost rude. I go here a lot but don't necessarily feel valued. Good thing the food is worth it. Appetizers are over priced but otherwise the cost of meals is average. This place is good for a lunch or small dinner. I wouldn't recommend going in for a full multi course meal, it will start to get very pricey. Menu is good, lots of variety and the quality of the food is good.
A Vietnamese friend vouched this place as one of the best pho places in lower mainland and since I was making a trip to Surrey I decided to give it a try. As noted in some of the reviews below, this is a cleaner and nicer looking pho restaurant. On a Tuesday at 6ish, I was expecting a lineup but only two tables were occupied when I went in. Strange. Maybe 'cause of the heat, the demand for a hot bowl of pho isn't as strong. Didn't get a chance to take a picture of the updated menu but the first thing I noticed was the price difference. For a medium it's $9.25 and for a large it's $9.95. Ok! This better be some good pho! I had the pho dac biet with a spring roll (3/5- $9.25+1.95): I didn't see any combo's but at the very bottom there's add extra $1.95 for spring roll and so I did. The picture showed two but maybe that's an appy serving. It didn't occur to me that ONE tiny spring would cost me 2 bucks. I got the medium size and it looked more like a small at the other places I've been to. They do give you lots of toppings though. Other than that the broth was good but not blow your mind good. They give us sliced jalapeno peppers. Not spicy enough for me so I requested red chili's and he gave me two whole ones. I didn't bother to ask him to dice it up for me so I just broke it in half and it didn't add much heat. The spring roll wasn't good. The skin was crispy but that's all I can say about it. I've had better pho and spring rolls for cheaper price and a lot closer too. Won't be back.
Pho Tau Bay in Newton is well decorated with new furnishings and seems generally clean compared to other pho joints in Surrey. Prices are reasonable and the portions are good size. The food tasted fine, but our soup wasnt exactly hot, more warm than hot. The tea was also luke warm. The rice dish we ordered was came with a very generous portion of chicken. The prices are right and the restarauny is clean, so phone tau bay is a good choice if you are in the area and looking for Vietnamese food.
Everyone in my group loves the food and the services here. My aunt went to visit her longtime friend and brought her friend out for a lunch. We asked for a good Vietnamese restaurant and she recommended this one. All the foods we ordered are very good. They are authentic. The service is beyond our expectations. We ordered a cup of cafe sue da. A few of us tasted it and we decide to order a few more, but and prefer less sweet. I don't mind and decide that I will own the first cup. More coffee that we ordered were served. A few minutes later, Unexpectedly, the gentlemen came and switched my cup with a new less sweet one. If you are Asian, you probably think like me that this is not normal at all for Asian restaurants to provide the service at this level. read more
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Satisfying is probably the best word to describe it. This is the 3rd time I've been here, and it hasn't disappointed me yet. Got the house special large as usual. Beef was fresh, portion is good, soup didn't taste like msg, and noodles were soft. Price is still decent, considering it's $14, where many places like Lotus have jacked up their pricing to $16 +. Definitely will be back again when I'm in the area. Food 9.5. Service 8. Ambiance 9. Value 9 read more
2 years ago
8 years ago
Fantastic food! The pho is super delicious and soul warming. The large bowl is super big and can be finished only if you have skipped your earlier meals!! The medium size is enough for a normal person! The broth is tasty and definitely not salty. The taste becomes a bit bland after a point but there are many condiments on the table with which you can spruce up your bowl. Things that are not recommended Spring rolls and coffee with condensed milk. Both made no sense. Overall, I will be back for the pho for sure. Food:3.5/5 Service: 3.5/5 Ambience:3/5 read more
3 years ago
What a disappointment. Where do I start? We were greeted by a woman with blue plastic gloves who had a knife from Cutting jalapeños (hence the blue gloves) told us sit on side and then with same gloves she proceeds to take another customers payment on debit machine. Gross. Sat down and then not even looking at first page of menu, another lady asking us our order. We literally did not even pour our tea!! Chill out woman!!! Hubs ended up getting chicken and spring roll with rice, and I got rare beef flank and beef ball pho with side of spring roll on side $1.95+ extra. Food arrive about 13 minutes as it was pretty busy inside. Well mine had no noodles. Maybe a kids combo size of noodles and just all broth. I had to ask for more bean sprouts as they are extremely cheap with portion size!! I ordered a LARGE DAMNIT!!! People in food industry or purchase bean sprouts on a regular know that a small fistfuls doesn't even cost 10cents!!! But what did it for me was the broth and the oil allover. Broth usually later in the evening is a bit watered down tasting, like some wonton houses, but this was so salty, I felt like I was in the Red Sea!!! Then the oil. OMG I could probably scoop about 1/2 bottle of just oil. It's not like my meats I ordered were fatty? There was hardly any noodle and for $9.95 + $1.95+ for spring roll = NOT WORTH IT. I'd rather go other location where I know the food and portions are consistent and there is not any workers with knives and spicy gloves touching everything!! read more
As good as it gets. The pho and bun bo hue were both delish. The spring rolls were so fresh and tasty and not greasy at all. It was a packed place but the food came out quickly. The portions were huge with lots of meat and noodles. Everything tastes like it was made with love. The food was super fresh. I only wish they had pho places like this on the east coast. read more
14 years ago
Easy there; not 5 stars, but close to a 4star, this is definitely one of the nicest, casual Vietnamese places, would put those Kingsway ones back home in Vancouver to shame. Only opened 4 months. Quite modern: nice tiling, long back vinyl chairs, patterned tables, even a long fish tank for show purposes of goldfish, what else in an asian resto--means good luck lol. free parking, albeit a bit tight. 3 flat screen TVs. Clean washrooms but individual ones. Like the open kitchen, chefs actually wore a real black uniform, cap to cover hair, extra bonus ;) Fast service. oh, forgot about the food lol. Good pho, ordered the medium size meat balls, just right for $7.50. Passed the iced coffee test, would recommend this & resto to any Yelper if one is in this part of the hood. By the Save on Foods plaza. read more
7 years ago
My favourite pho place in Surrey. I come here so often that the servers already know what I want because I ALWAYS get the same thing lol. Their house special pho with spicy broth holds a special place in my heart. The service is okay, but that being said, they do a good job in making sure your needs are met (water or tea replenished, clearing dishes off table, etc) read more
One of the cleanest, newer style looking Vietnamese restaurants I have ever been in (for now!) and surprisingly the food was good too. After having one hell of a time finding some good wine roaming around the Langley area we just gave up and needed some food. This one was bookmarked, and it wasn't too far off the beaten path, so we came, guided by the GPS, not knowing what this place looked like, or where it really was. We got to the front, finally finding the joint, and it looked promising, very new, we decided to walk in. Tons of parking in the front, came in to this very new looking, bright restaurant. The first thing I noticed was the huge fish tank on the right side, filled with big bright red parrot fish, but the star of the tank was the huge arowana, that fish was massive (used to have on in our family, and I wonder how much they feed this thing). They also had 3 flat screen tv's around the place, at the time we were there they were playing 'Teen Wolf'. They sat us down at a table near the back, gave us two menu's, and we looked through what they had. My partner already was set on her order, so we decided to share a bowl of Bun Bo Hue, and order a Vietnamese iced coffee. While our order was put in, we noticed the open concept kitchen. Behind clear glass you can see where your meals are being prepared. I was amazed at the cleanliness of the stove hoods, for all of you "I gotta eat at a clean restaurant where I can see the kitchen" this one won't disappoint one bit. Our large sized BBH eventually came with the coffee on ice. The BBH looked promising, steam coming from the bowl, garnished with cilantro, seeing some thinly sliced onions floating above, with some paper thin cut meats in the center, a good square of porks blood with another square looking like Vietnamese sausage, some green onions, time for the test. First thing we always do is try the soup on it's own. The soup was clear, and clean, there was some slight feeling of MSG (magical sprinkled goodness) at the end of the meal, but nothing to warrant the fire-truck to come out to douse us with water. The round rice noodles were abudant in the bowl, and cooked just right, not soggy, with a good bite, and taking in each bite with what was offered in the bowl, made it just right. Sometimes when meats are cut too thick it could weigh heavy after finishing the meal, this wasn't the case for the meats given, not overly much, but easy to eat due to the paper thin cutting. No pork knuckle was in the bowl (usually a staple), no matter, it was good regardless. I was expecting the Vietnamese ice coffee served in it's strainer, then on the side, another cup of ice to pour the heavy concentrate after allowing it to drip, but instead it was all served in a glass of ice, for me something about taking my experience away, which I'm not used to, the drink still did the job. In the end I would definitely come back, try some of their other items on the menu there is some promise here, and as I don't come into Surrey that often, probably one of my 'now' favorite Vietnamese restaurants in this area. Another, cool, if not odd thing is, if you are watching, and following, what is on TV and you got to go to the toilet, don't worry, the speakers in the washroom are playing what's on tv, so you can still follow the action in sound. read more
7 years ago
12 years ago
Decent food, good for pho! However the service was a little strange...fast but almost rude. I go here a lot but don't necessarily feel valued. Good thing the food is worth it. Appetizers are over priced but otherwise the cost of meals is average. This place is good for a lunch or small dinner. I wouldn't recommend going in for a full multi course meal, it will start to get very pricey. Menu is good, lots of variety and the quality of the food is good. read more
A Vietnamese friend vouched this place as one of the best pho places in lower mainland and since I was making a trip to Surrey I decided to give it a try. As noted in some of the reviews below, this is a cleaner and nicer looking pho restaurant. On a Tuesday at 6ish, I was expecting a lineup but only two tables were occupied when I went in. Strange. Maybe 'cause of the heat, the demand for a hot bowl of pho isn't as strong. Didn't get a chance to take a picture of the updated menu but the first thing I noticed was the price difference. For a medium it's $9.25 and for a large it's $9.95. Ok! This better be some good pho! I had the pho dac biet with a spring roll (3/5- $9.25+1.95): I didn't see any combo's but at the very bottom there's add extra $1.95 for spring roll and so I did. The picture showed two but maybe that's an appy serving. It didn't occur to me that ONE tiny spring would cost me 2 bucks. I got the medium size and it looked more like a small at the other places I've been to. They do give you lots of toppings though. Other than that the broth was good but not blow your mind good. They give us sliced jalapeno peppers. Not spicy enough for me so I requested red chili's and he gave me two whole ones. I didn't bother to ask him to dice it up for me so I just broke it in half and it didn't add much heat. The spring roll wasn't good. The skin was crispy but that's all I can say about it. I've had better pho and spring rolls for cheaper price and a lot closer too. Won't be back. read more
12 years ago
Pho Tau Bay in Newton is well decorated with new furnishings and seems generally clean compared to other pho joints in Surrey. Prices are reasonable and the portions are good size. The food tasted fine, but our soup wasnt exactly hot, more warm than hot. The tea was also luke warm. The rice dish we ordered was came with a very generous portion of chicken. The prices are right and the restarauny is clean, so phone tau bay is a good choice if you are in the area and looking for Vietnamese food. read more
7 years ago
9 years ago
This pho is good. I received a generous portion of meat in my pho tai unlike some Vietnamese places that skimp out. The broth is tasty, not too salty. If you don't mind loud staff or them hauling garbage thru the place while you eating then this place will suit you just fine. read more
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I'm not a huge fan of pho/Vietnamese food, but a lot of my friends are, my husband particularly. Whenever he craves pho he has to go with one of his friends. I was actually a bit excited that we stumbled upon this place because I actually liked it! Once in awhile I have to work late in Surrey and by the time I'm off we are both hungry. If we drove back closer to home, we'd both be a bit hangry. This place is near my work so we tried it one time and I was pleasantly surprised. The best pho I've ever had! At other pho places, the soup comes out with bubbles and with meat residues. This place's soup comes out so clear and hot! The ingredients are really fresh too. I don't think they use MSG but I haven't asked to confirm. I believe this location is one of a few locations in this side of town (Langley, Maple Ridge, places I don't usually go to). But whenever I have to work in Surrey, it's a treat for my husband because he doesn't have to twist my arm to let him have some pho. I usually have the pho with chicken balls but I'm also not one to be adventurous. I stick to what I like and they have delicious chicken balls. I also like their Pork & Shrimp Salad Rolls (I get it without the basil) when I'm not too hungry. Super fresh! Their spring rolls are a must! (cheaper when adding an extra spring roll as a side to your pho than ordering some on its own). They are the bomb! So fresh and comes out really hot, I have to be careful not to burn the roof of my mouth. The spring rolls at other places you can tell they either refry or use old oil (dark in colour). This place the rolls come out in a nice, clean, golden colour and aren't too greasy! I personally haven't had any of their rice dishes, I'm more of a noodles person. But the dishes smell really good and looks fresh and yummy as well. Service is quite good for a Vietnamese restaurant. I've been to my fair share of them to know they don't necessarily have service. I think the really nice servers/owners don't work here anymore, but the new ones are still decent. Just don't be expecting exceptional service. You also have to walk up to the till to pay. The price is pretty average for pho. Sadly, they've increased the prices recently :( But we are still inclined to come back when I have to work late in Surrey :) To bad it's just too far to go on a regular basis! read more
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