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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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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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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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 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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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

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

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

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

I have been going to this restaurant since 2010. From San Francisco and when I travel to Reno or Tahoe even if I go Sacramento to visit friends, my first stop will be this restaurant. Every time I go there, the workers there give us 100% satisfaction. They always smile no matter what, and give us all the best customer service they have. When my friends and family ask me what's good in Sacramento, I would always suggest this restraunt. Food is good and forever their staff is friendly and nice! Very reasonable price also! Highly recommended! Oh, their drinks are good too! read more

Hadn't been to this place in years. This was my family's go-to spot for the best pho in town for many years, but we haven't had a family outing in a while. Then a friend suggested this place for lunch recently, and I remembered how good it was!! Still the best pho in the Sacramento region. read more

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

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

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

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

Waitress was disrespectful because my girlfriend couldn't understand what was said in English. Will not come back to this place again.

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

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

Their pho is the best in Sacramento!! Must try the pad Thai as well! Good customer service

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

I tried this place out yesterday and was highly disappointed in the food. The service was good but I never had such bad food for a Vietnamese restaurant. I ordered the extra large pho dac biet - the broth was cloudy and flavorless, the meat was tasteless and seemed like very cheap cuts. The banh xeo was also very hard and dry - whoever's cooking needs figure it out. 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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I've been here over and over again, this is absolutely my go to pho spot. Parking is convenient and the environment inside is also nice and pleasant. The food is always great every time and customer service is also excellent. Servers are always speedy and friendly! Love it here! read more

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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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

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

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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I have Door Dashed from here on several occasions. The food is very flavorful and the portions are generous. I especially love the Beef Ball only Phó. I would highly recommend coming here for lunch or dinner. read more

Pho Xe Lua - Beef ball only Phó. Very flavorful broth and great chewy texture on the beef balls. - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

It was rainy and wanted to get pho with the wife. Looked up best pho in Sacramento and this place looked promising. Service was solid, and the ambiance of the restaurant had an old school 90's vibe to it. Ordered a Pho Dac Biet #1 and a number 8 brisket and flank. We also ordered egg rolls.I got excited when I saw the veggies plate and it had culantro, I thought this place would be pretty legit. The pho was underwhelming, as the broth was more MSG than spices. The only verifiable spice I was able to detect was a little bit of star anise. Their meat was a bit of a paradox, as chewy pieces like the meatball were soft, but their tender cuts like the raw flank were very chewy. The next issue was the rice noodles which were on the thicker side and left a plume of starch in the broth and when chewed were grainy. The egg rolls were nothing to write home about, as they were greasy and did not have much if any meat in them. Overall, we have not found the best pho in Sacramento. :( read more

Pho Xe Lua - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

barely made it passed the door, thirty minutes before closing hey turned us away there were people eating in the dining room. the hours online said they had an hour and thirty before they close. read more

I always give my experience for the first time I go eat anywhere. So here it is. Got seated pretty fast which is a good thing. Menu has a lot of options but my and my family ordered 2 phos and a pork chop over rice and a Thai tea and also deep fried calamari. Didn't take much pictures as I was starving I only took one.l picture. Although the portion is a good size it is pretty expensive but it is not good.. honestly I can make my pho better. I rather not order pho again from here. Honestly.. Thai tea is not good either. Only thing good I can say is the pork chop over rice meal and the calamari. THATS IT. A BIG downgrade is when they bugged my bf for a $10 TIP. This is my second time ever dealing with a pho restaurant annoying a customer for a tip. They had a really good amount of people eating there along with the expensive plates / soups. We did not order a lot of food to be asking for a $10 tip. I did however tipped them $6 just for the customer service. But after hearing about them bugging my bf. I shouldn't have gave them any tip at all. What's up with pho restaurants being greedy for extra money? Is that a new thing nowadays? If you want more money, just up your prices. Stop bugging customers for extra $$ really unprofessional. Honestly wouldn't eat here again. read more

Pho Xe Lua - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

This was my first meal after backpacking for 3 days, and I was tired of eating freeze-dried dehydrated food. I got off the trail, changed into clean clothes, and drove over 1.5 hours straight to the restaurant because I had heard the pho was great. I ordered a large #8 pho. The broth was SO bad and the noodles weren't soft enough, and I couldn't even finish the bowl even though I hadn't eaten a real meal in days. The pho broth was terrible. It tasted like water. No amount of soy sauce, fish sauce, Sriracha, jalapenos, or basil leaves could make the broth flavorful. I also ordered a brown sugar milk tea, and the honey didn't mix into the drink I had already driven 2 hours home to Marin. My friend ordered the shrimp vermicelli. She said the shrimp was well-cooked, but she needed to add fish sauce to the dish once all the ingredients were mixed. 0 stars for the pho, mixed with 4 stars for the vermicelli. There are so many other restaurants in Sac for pho. SKIP this place if pho is what you're craving. read more

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Tasty! Great portions! Good pho! Good wantons! It's refreshing to have food made with love in 2025. 10/10.

Pho Xe Lua is a well-known Vietnamese restaurant in Sacramento. I was here very often many years ago when they're just opened, and Sacramento has way fewer pho restaurants at the time. I still come to Pho Xe Lua when I'm in the area. Their parking lot still looks the same. Their dining room still looks exactly like it many years ago! Not bad, but it starts showing the age! The foods are still good. They have a pretty impressive menu. Everything I tried was delicious. The workers were friendly and attentive. I enjoyed coming here on the weekdays. They're very crowded on the weekends. The parking lot seems pretty safe behind the gate. I saw a few homeless people walking around the area. But they are out of the gated area. I'll try to park my car in front of the building where I can see my car out of the windows! Lol! read more

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My white ass can roll better spring rolls than this. The pho broth is good though, I can't do that.

This may be my go to favorite spot for pho! Broth is flavorful and generous portion with their rice and vermicelli plates. Great customer service too. I did not know about this restaurant until last year when my sister invited me her for her birthday! read more

Pho Xe Lua - Vietnamese Near Me - Sacramento, California

Went here with a group! Luckily there's a lot of tables and big tables so we were able to get seated quickly. The service was good and there were a lot of servers. Lots of people helping us. Our usual pho spot closed down so we looked for a place on Yelp. We came here for the good reviews, but honestly the food was mid. There was a wide diversity of people eating here. Big groups came in too. The menu is very big with lots of different types of items to choose from! Great for people who don't want just pho. They had family group deals that were good as well. The menu was impressive, I wish we tried more different types of food to see what was good at this restaurant. We ordered the salt pepper wings which could've used more flavor. The crispiness was good though. We also tried the lemongrass wings which had a lot more flavor! Pretty tasty. I definitely preferred the lemongrass wings over the regular salt pepper wings. We also tried the bo luc lac with the red rice. I liked how the red rice has eggs in it. The rice was good but not too flavorful so the eggs definitely added something more to it. The meat was good but didn't have that authentic flavoring of typical Bo luc lac I get. The meat itself was good - tender and soft. The pho bowls were decent. Big portions and lots of meat. Definitely appreciate that! The broth was a bit salty and didn't have much depth though. Good for cravings but not amazing. The Vietnamese coffee was decent as well. Not super strong. It wasn't super sweet either so that was good. It got me through the day so that was a plus! Overall, my food experience was a 3/5. It was decent good but not amazing. I expected more with the many great reviews on Yelp. It wasn't that satisfying. Perhaps there are better items we could've tried, but that was my experience with our food selection. read more

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