Big restaurant with generous portions and hearty pho! I came here for the first time on a rainy day and it definitely hit the spot. The pho was great, with flavorful soup. The shrimp and grilled pork spring roll was very good, especially with the peanut sauce that comes with it. The service was awesome; they seat you as soon as you walk in and the food comes out super fast. The restaurant itself is homey, with lots of seating. I highly recommend this spot! read more

Pho Xe Lua - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

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Holy portion sizes batman! I ordered a small #1 combo and had soup for three days! Just delicious. Like most South Sacramento Pho places, Xe Lua is more about getting you in, feeding you, and getting you out. Super fast service, STEAMING bowls of soup, and efficient staff. I also really enjoyed the Banh Xeo crepe with shrimp and pork. It was over-stuffed and did not hold together well, but it all mixed together in the lettuce wrap for a delicious bite with many flavors and textures at once. Really had an amazing time with great friends. I know where I'm headed the next time I'm trying to recover from a cold or need that warmth from within. Great place! read more

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Came here for the first time and I was so impressed. It was quick, easy and to the point. My chicken pho was so delicious I loved the broth and a small was just right! read more

Pho Xe Lua - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

This spot is a Sacramento staple for pho. The restaurant has a lot of clean tables, a big menu, quick service, & friendly staff. If you're looking for servers that wait you hand and foot, this is not the place. However, anytime you need anything, there's always someone around to help & get you what you need. 10/10 - #1 Combination House Special Beef Noodle Soup Pho (add tendon): one of my favorite pho broths, it's full of beef bone flavor & well seasoned; the noodles have a great texture & soft. Any of the beef phos are a must try! 10/10 - #34 Charbroiled Shrimp with Chicken with Egg Roll Vermicelli: the meats have a delicious char, the egg roll dipped in the sauce is so tasty, & the sauce mixed with everything is very appetizing. 10/10 - #109 Cubed Steak (shaking beef): great alternative for a beef meal that's not soup; the beef is cooked into bite sized tender pieces with an amazing flavor. 9/10 - #25 Beef Stew Rice Noodle Soup: another great choice if you don't want pho; sometimes the beef pieces aren't all super tender, but most of the time the meat is consistent. 5/10 - Shrimp & Pork Spring Rolls: this roll is very bland & dry due to the pork being boiled; the peanut sauce is average. I'd recommend skipping this & trying the grilled pork spring roll instead. read more

Pho Xe Lua - 34. Bun Tom Thit Nuong Cha Gio (Charbroiled Shrimp with Chicken with Egg Roll Vermicelli) - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

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The pho was flavorful and the meat was very tender and juicy, the sides were excellent!

Bussin bussin I got the bun bo hue and the chicken wings both were10/10 do not skip the wings also got avocado smoothie and iced coffee so fire read more

Definitely a good spot for Pho! I have no complaints regarding the food. However, their service was incredibly rude. We kept being asked if we were ready to order multiple times in the span of a few minutes. But honestly, I care more about the food. So I'd recommend this place based off of how delicious everything was. read more

Come here very often. My family and i lovee this place because the price isn't that expensive, their food is good and it comes out pretty fast! Sometimes it can be really busy depending on when you go and parking might be a bot hard to find if its busy and the parking lot is pretty cramp and small but we are able to find parking everytime we go. We usually order pho with rare beef is XL and sometimes their vermicelli with grilled pork. The XL is reallly big and good to share between people and is very filling. The pho broth has really good flavor (most of the time lol, they're inconsistent) but its still good. Has a lot of noodles, meat and they give the herbs and stuff to put in. Its honestly just a really solid meal and place to go for vietnamese food. Their service is pretty average for like authentic asian places lol but good enough that they take care of everything. They bring the food out very quickly most of the time which is great. Overall a great place to go and always a go-to restaurant for us. read more

Pho Xe Lua - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

Food: 9/10 Service: 9/10 Ambience: 5/10 It's a decent medium size Vietnamese/Chinese restaurant with a large menu to choose from. Mainly most popular for their big size pho bowls and rice plates, but we decided to try the dinner package for lunch today since it's 109 degree outside. Each dish was delicious and price is fairly reasonable $68 for 4 people and portions are large. I wish the table was bigger or round shaped for this type of dining, would have been a better experience. We had to stack food over each other and it's not comfortable when you're having this family style of dining. Service was friendly and attentive. We're glad we tried and it did not disappoint! read more

Pho Xe Lua - Springroll - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

Fast service, family friendly, great food. They don't know it but I have been coming here for years read more

Pho Xe Lua - 92. Peking Spareribs - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

Good prices Good food Good service We will go again with friends and family in the future. Enough said! read more

They charged my card twice. When I came back for a refund which I was told to do because he couldn't give me back that refund since it was "pending" I came back in the morning to give it time to officially take from my bank and then the "boss" wasn't there to give me a refund. I'm wasting my time driving back and forth to get my own money back. So ridiculous. Please be careful and don't have them tapping your card multiple times because their machine isn't working. Won't be coming back here after I get my money back. read more

My overall experience was very similar to the pho places you find in SoCal! Everything from the service, the ambiance, and the food all was similar and felt very comforting. The food itself was delicious as I was craving some fried rice and hot broth noodles that morning. The service was friendly, quick, and attentive and overall experience was a 5/5. No complaints here. read more

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Not bad. Service is alright. The food is good. I ordered a vermicelli noodle dish and was surprised that they served it on a plate because it was kind of hard to mix it all together with the sauce. So you have to use your spoon to help mix it. The pho is alright. read more

Pho Xe Lua - Really, they served this on plate. They either ran out of the bowl or what. - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

One of my favorite places to get PHO. I'll always make the 25 minute drive to go here instead of local spots close to home. The food is super authentic and tasty. Their pad Thai is also very delicious highly recommend read more

Portions are huge for the price and the food was delicious. very clean good ambiance . would come again i recommend . read more

Pho Xe Lua - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

This spot is one of my childhood favorites. I use to love coming here and I still do. This spot has the best salty soda lemonade I have ever tried, it's so refreshing it cures a hangover lol. Their chicken pho is absolutely delicious and it was my first time trying their chicken spring rolls I enjoyed them a lot. They come with a peanut dressing. The service is always polite, we get seated right away. It's always so packed but there's so many tables. It does not take time for your food to come and the people who work here are always checking up on you. Def a nice spot to visit when in Sacramento. read more

Pho Xe Lua - Salty soda lemonade, chicken pho, grilled chicken spring rolls - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

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One of the best places for pho or Vietnamese food in general in sac! Place is always busy, but has decent amount of parking. Won't break the bank, food is delicious, and the service is always quick and courteous. Highly recommend read more

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Door dash delivery, we ordered two Vermicelli bowl's one w/ Beef and one w/ pork. The pork had a weird texture and the food didn't taste good. Both my husband and I have horrible upset stomachs. read more

They have this option where you can add whatever meats you desire onto your bowl of pho so that I chose. I wanted to add 3 items onto my bowl but as soon as I told the waiter what I wanted he just kept interrupting me as some of the options you choose are already added onto the menu as a set bowl of Pho. One of my options was rare steak and the waiter said "oh that's #13" so I said yeh I guess. Food arrives and ofc it's the wrong bowl as instead of getting rare steak I got chewy brisket instead. Lol, may not be a big deal but if you're a waiter, sigh just listen to what the customers want rather than jumping the gun. Food was mediocre at best. May come back if there's no other good options of food around the area I guess. Lol read more

I haven't been here in years. Since I was on a tight schedule I decided to call in my order. When I arrived we were seated right away and our food was brought to us within minutes. I ordered some Pho which didn't have much meat as I would have liked. Also, ordered the salted pepper chicken wings which came with 8 wings. The wings were not crispy and did not have much flavor. Lastly, I ordered the House special pan fried noodles which also was not as flavorful as I would have hoped it to be. I paid $41 for my meal. read more

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The beef stew pho and pork rice plate was really good. The food came out fast and was able to accommodate a large group of us.

Solid Vietnamese place. I got spring rolls and a tofu dish to go. The service was fast and friendly. Restaurant was beautifully decorated. It would be nice to see a vegetarian pho on the menu but otherwise a great experience. read more

Have been coming here every Thursday for the last two years and they have yet to let me down. Today, we came and got the 37 and OX tail Pho and hot pot of tea everything was so good. The staff is very friendly and service is quick. read more

I've been complaining to my partner that I haven't had a good bowl of pho since I've moved to the Sacramento area. One day they came home and recommended a new place they found. Pho Xe Lua was that place and it delivered what I'm looking for. The broth is pretty good, the bowls / portions are huge and the prices are fair! They're always fast to get us seated and served. Customer service is always friendly and wanting to know how we enjoyed our meal. Definitely a place I could see myself going back to a few times! read more

Pho Xe Lua - Pho 2. Pho Tai - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

My experience was unique in that I visited this place based on their information on Yelp. I expected wifi and it indicated that they had that, and found no mention of it. I'm a consultant that does a ton of work remotely. My car was in the shop, so I was on foot looking for a place that would me work on my laptop while I worked. I love to support local businesses, so when I saw the information on Yelp and the rating, I decided to check them out. Their food is amazing. I got the pepper-salt tofu and the tofu spring rolls, which were both too much for me to eat. I ordered their hot tea; I didn't care for it, respectfully. I was luckily able to plug in to charge, but basically nothing else. The costumer service is pretty good. I don't usually expect waitors to bother me while I'm working, but a water refill or two would have been okay. All in all everything was nice. It's a great spot to take someone out to eat for lunch or a date... It just wasn't for me at that moment. read more

Service was good. Ambiance old but restaurant has been along for a while. Honey walnut shrimp was okay tasted a little off. Lemongrass wings good. Good flavor. Beef rice was amazing. I like the flavor in the beef seasoned very well. Pho was good. Not too salty, but not bland. read more

everything here is so good. i've had the Pho, lemon grass chicken over rice, and grilled pork spring rolls. The portions are huge and affordable. Food comes out quick and fresh. read more

Ordered delivery again - it'd had been a long, long while. The spring rolls were amazing. Tried the lemon grass chicken and it just didn't have much flavor. The pork bun was pretty tasty as expected. The vegetarian chow fun had zero flavor - not sure how it was so bland. Overall disappointing - hoping that it gets back to its glory days. read more

Tucked in deep Stockton Blvd/Fruitridge area, not the best part of Sactown Yet Pho Xe Lua is good in size w dining area for every Pho type you like from their many dishes on the menu. Although the name Pho Xe Lua (Train) literally translates into a big a$$ bowl of Pho The menu is huge with many dishes to try ( rice plates, chow mein, soups, etc.) I've been here many times & really like their Pho broth & also tried their Bun Bo Hue ( Spicy beef soup) Not my go to for Pho but a good alternative bc they are open 7 days a week. Service is fairly consistent as well read more

Pho Xe Lua - Bun Bo Hue - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

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Nothing better than a nice, hot, delicious bowl of pho on a chilly December's day for lunch. It's been a few years since I last ate here. They've done a few changes in how the tables are arranged. Seems the layout is a little more open. I came here with two friends for some noodle bowls and appetites. I knew, though, that despite being hungry, I would be challenged to finish a small bowl. They serve you so much delicious soup with the noodles and other tidbits that most people can't consume it all. (Heck, the "large" looks enormous!) I ordered the rare beef, tripe, and tendon pho, the #10. So did one of my friends. The plate of bean sprouts, sliced jalapenos, and Thai Basil leaves was brought out first, as were the egg rolls with their bowl of dipping sauce. They were hot and fresh from the kitchen. Tasty. A nice appetizer, not that we had long to wait before the bowls of pho arrived. When the soup came, we busily began taking the fresh greens and beans sprouts and putting them into our bowls and submerged into the hot soup. Bliss. There are the standard sauces and condiments like plum sauce, fish sauce, and chili oil. I put my usual combination of these into my pho and stirred. After I'd eaten my fill, there was still quite a lot left, so when I went to the register and paid for my lunch, I asked for a take-home soup container. read more

Pho Xe Lua - Menu page - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

Decided to visit on a busy New Year's Eve Saturday. This place was busy but crazy fast at their service. Since it was cold the kiddos really just wanted pho and i ordered a beef and shrimp with rice plate. Chicken pho was good my son didn't want to share lol My daughter was excited the bean sprouts were fresh and clean( we enjoy eating them while we wait so the fact they give a good handful was a plus) I probably should have ordered the pork chop plate cause the beef looked kinda like thin slices of sandwich meat. It was very flavorful just not what i was expecting. For me it's the smell of the restaurant when i walk in and they passed. I love to smell the foods cooking and not old carpets or the same smelly rag wiping tables. So we will be back probably in a week. read more

Pho Xe Lua - Chicken pho - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

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A well-known Vietnamese restaurant, casual, and not the cleanest, but we've not gotten sick eating here so that's good. It's older and could use a refresh/remodel/update inside. The food is pretty good, with large portions, we had the grilled pork and chicken (2 separate dishes) with noodles and those were good and I liked the sauce provided for the meats to dip in. The soup pho is also pretty good and a really large bowl. I'm not that sensitive to MSG, so I couldn't really tell, but I think they definitely use it here. Service was quick, but just basic service as you'd expect from a casual dining place. We wouldn't come here at night, as the neighborhood is a bit complex and the immediate area surrounding this restaurant is definitely not the safest. Overall though it's a good place if you happen to be in Little Saigon. read more

Okay, when they say XL, they really mean XL! The portions are ginormous and generous. You can definitely take leftovers home for a second meal (unless you're hungry and finish it all). Upon arrival, we were seated immediately and service was quick & efficient. Once we ordered our food, everything arrived in a timely matter. I ordered the #34, which was grilled shrimp, pork and egg roll over vermicelli and it was delicious! The fish sauce was very flavorful and to my liking. I drowned my noodles in them, lol! The veggies included were pickled great too! For me, this dish was definitely a winner! Pho: because the place was known for their XL portions, we tried the pho in size XL. The broth was a tad watered but the bowl is full of noodles and meat. read more

Pho Xe Lua - 34. Bun Tom Thit Nuong Cha Gio - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

Amazing food, great service and reasonable price. Their drinks (esp boba) are great too. read more

I ambiance this place a chef kiss! Better than Pho Saigon prices, Pho Saigon prices changes a lot when I always go there for lunch! Pho Xe Lua , prices make me come back again! The service was excellent use tablets for the order, always the top tier! I've always come here to order Bue Bo Hue, it taste so good and perfect amount of spice! I would definitely come back here again! read more

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This is the best place to have Beef Chow Fun in Sacramento. True, it's a Cantonese dish, but they know how to do it right, that is, dry, not drowned in gravy and the wide noodles have a slight char. Mmmm! Most people come for Pho, but my family usually orders other dishes, like Mapo Tofu, and they are all delicious. Their portions are large and we usually take home leftovers. I highly recommend this place. read more

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This restaurant is a Sacramento favorite and has been in business for years. They have a huge variety in the menue including multiple quisines. The pho is excellent, with several meat options, and ranges in size up to their extra large, "train sized" pho (such is the name of the establishment). The extra large is indeed a huge bowl, enough to share or have leftovers. My personal favorite dish is the lettuce raps, which are actually like roll-your-own rice paper spring rolls! It comes with a hot bowl of water, a plate, all your fillings, and sauce. It's fun and rewarding to practice rolling them because they are so delicious! I get them with shrimp and beef. They also have boba and Vietnamese coffee! Aside from the food, they have a lovely interior with a deceptively large amount of space. There are ample tables for small and large parties. The women who work there are kind and helpful, and have been working there as long as I can remember. I highly recommend this restaurant, whether you're alone, or with a group! This is an easy five stars! read more

My girlfriend and I always pass by this place and decide to stop by on a cold day. They have a huge menu with a lot of variety of foods which is really good. We just decided to get the pho dac biet. And a side of shrimp spring rolls I understand why they are called XL because the bowl of pho are huge. The pho was nothing too special. I normally taste the broth before adding any sauces to it to see how well the soup is seasoned. The soup was okay a little bland . I did have to add a lot of sauce to it like Sriracha and hoisin sauce. My girlfriends noodles were overcooked so they just broke apart and the shrimp spring roll was very bitter. I'm pretty sure due to the vegetables in it. Overall the pho was okay but at least they have much more to choose from. So maybe next time we come back I will choose something different and let you guys know. read more

Love this spot I've been going here for years & it's my favorite pho place , they have a large variety of other dishes besides pho along with tasty smoothies read more