We got takeout beef pho on this cold spring evening. The broth is very rich and flavorful here. I love the accompaniments like Thai basil, bean sprouts and cilantro. The beef could be more plentiful. However, I enjoyed the flavor so much and it hit the spot. I got some fresh tasting Spring Rolls with chicken and a tangy orange sauce to dip. We agree with the name, Pho Yum! read more

Pho Yum - Vietnamese Near Me - Colonie, New York

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Restaurants don't need to be fancy to be tasty, but unfortunately this restaurant is ugly, not tasty and terrible service. The pho is tasteless and they charge you for extra condiments... The Sriracha isn't even real Sriracha.... I paid extra for more meat and literally had three tiny slices in my large bowl of pho. The shrimp in the summer rolls was off. Everything is served on paper cartons or paper bowls with disposable utensils... Even the water is served in a paper cup and smells like a swimming pool Never again read more

08.11.2025 @ 11:30pm Walk in for a table for 4. Service was fast and friendly. It's not that authentic but it's ok. Everything is overpriced but it is Albany and not much option in the area for PHO. I didn't like the spring roll and definitely not authentic. read more

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$12 for this with no meat? That's a no for me. I get that everything is more expensive nowadays, but the quality just doesn't justify the price. After seeing other reviews, it's clear this is a common issue. Definitely not worth a high-end price tag. read more

Pho Yum - Vietnamese Near Me - Colonie, New York

The service was good but the food overall wasn't anything special. Portions should be much bigger and they don't even have chili oil! The tofu was soggy and had no flavor. Soda was watered down, definitely skip this place if you love Pho like me. read more

Pho Yum - Beef brisket Pho Soup - Vietnamese Near Me - Colonie, New York

i have eaten here numerous times.. I come with my wife for the pho. It may not be the best I have ever had, but it's d*mn good. However, today we decided to have the bahn mi. My wife had grilled chicken and i had grilled beef. IT WAS SPECTACULAR! We drive from Vermont to Albany frequently and we will definitely be coming back! read more

This was the first time I'd seen pho with the flavor of Indian curry. When the dish was served, I could only stare at it. read more

Pho Yum - Pho or Indian curry soup? - Vietnamese Near Me - Colonie, New York

I am a huge fan of soup in general, and I pass here alllll the time. I decided to swing in today and get some take out. They had a super easy order system and it was ready in under 10 minutes. I ordered the Pho Soup, with double rich beef broth, and the Pho Yum beef combination. It wasn't cheap at $18, but it came with so much and so much flavor. The broth was packaged separately from the add ins, so I just heated that up right before I plated everything. There was so much meat, noodles, veggies. On the side was also a bag of bean sprouts, jalapeño and Thai basil. It also came with lime, hoisin and sriracha. I added a lot more lime and sriracha from my home too. I love that you can make it your own, and I like adding more and more sriracha while I eat. I will defintely get this again! It even came with a cute disposable soup spoon. I will add - I do not recommend the banh mi. I found it to be under filled and over priced. It had no substance to it. Over all, I will keep coming back for my pho! read more

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My first time here, service was so fast, portions were perfect and the food!!! To die for, the lady bringing the food out was so sweet and it was adorable to watch her greet people by first name. Such a cute little place to go for pho read more

Pho Yum - Vietnamese Near Me - Colonie, New York

We were so exited to found an "authentic" Pho house and I can not start to describe how disappointed this place was, it felt impersonal from the minute you walk in the owner does not what hospitality means but the star of the palm menu "pho" was served like warm for $11 noddles and broth add protein it's $3-$8 more and it was undertone and nothing expected for that cuisine, we order a Bha mi sandwich beef the bread was not what makes that particular sandwich a delicacy but something you can eat at Panera, we ask to have an extra bowl and the owner/ server was rude about it and demand .50 cents for it, drinks are the same over price and made with cheap materials all served in to go containers and cups. If I want it fast food I could have just choose one of The fast food chains around it is a shame That the owner thinks her food justifies her rudeness and unclean establishment. Don't waste your money I'm sure that is other Pho houses better than this one where soup it's served almost cold!!!! So disappointed!. I can not say nothing good about the ambience cause it's none, loud echoey and not very clean I did not enjoyed anything about Pho not so Yum. And if they had zero stars this place will deserved it. read more

Absolutely amazing! Food was great, very good flavor. Service was solid she had me in and out, iPad orders even if you sit there a little weird. Ambiance hole in the wall type place but usually the best. read more

Maybe a better name would be "No Yum"? I have never been to a Pho restaurant where everything was nickel and dining. You get the broth for $6. Meat is extra. Bean sprouts extra. Onions $0.50. And at the end the noodles were still stiff. The sauces were terrible. Service was ok. Ambiance was ok -- there was nobody on the restaurant. (Which in retrospect is understandable). To add insult to the injury, for three people we landed up paying $100. Never spent so much money for Pho even in Bay Area, CA where we reside!!! read more

Atrociously priced pho I have had anywhere in the country! Visiting the area, we wanted a bowl of comforting soup for the evening. We were the only ones on a Friday evening at the restaurant. We ordered bowls of pho with summer rolls. Each item is an add-on over a base. I got steak, tendon, tripe , brocolli and peas - for $3 for broccoli - there were 3 small bite sized pieces , for $2 for snow peas - there were 5 pods. Everything is priced by item including hoisin and sriracha sauce! On average it costed us $25 for a bowl of soup. The problem - hardly any meat in the bowls. Worst rolls ever. The place is utilitarian, not very clean with paper tissue on the floor, would never go again. The waitress was present but made no attempt to help as we ordered from the electronic menu. read more

The best pho in the capital region, hands down. Get the pho yum with three meats! Not fantastic for a sit down meal but all the food is amazing read more

The ambiance 3 stars was very basic and in a small strip mall as was the service 3 stars as you were expected to order on an iPad and everything was extra $$$$ ok so far now about the food 2 stars. The broths were fatty with a couple of odd not so good flavors, served in a paper bowl with a thin plastic soup spoon, the snow peas were completely raw in the soup and believe it or not didn't have the stems taken off and the meat was very minuscule (cheap) and the tofu was definitely not fresh, the crispy fried rolls were oily and somewhat off-tasting, sorry I almost forgot the beansprouts were old brownish sour and rotten ends to them I had to pick a few for my soup and leave the rest. They should be crispy and white with no aging on the ends., the lime wedge was not a wedge but a tiny cube and even this was not vibrant. The overall price was way too expensive for a 2 stars experience...... 2 stars in my opinion is a D- on the border of F for fail. There are many great pho restaurants within a 10 mile radius that do a great job like Vans, and Mama's pho. read more

Food was below par and small portions. We wanted Pho on a rainy day driving home from NY and this was on route and near the highway.

The best Pho anywhere. We sample Pho wherever we go and are always pleasantly surprised that Pho Yum surpasses them all. read more

Pho Yum - Pho Yum - Vietnamese Near Me - Colonie, New York

Avoid, essentially trying to be a ghost kitchen. Primarily focused on take out when quality issues can be "explained away". The fried spring rolls were inedible and the quantity of protein is very lacking considering the price. The broth in the pho is passable; however, given the rest of the offerings, I would avoid. read more

I am visiting my son in Williamstown, MA and someone recommended this spot for pho and the broth was amazing. The owner Lin was super nice and had great customer service. Next time I'm here to visit my son I'll be back. read more

I urge you NOT to patronize this business, as I did last evening. I have nicknamed it 'Ho Hum: in dubious honor of their mediocre food. I was looking forward to it, as this was to be not only my first Pho in the Capital District, my guest is from Ho Chi Minh city. It was her recommendation. But she had not been there for a year, preferring her own cooking, or a better Vietnamese restaurant downtown. The portion of the Pho is shockingly miniscule. And it is served in stiff PAPER bowls! Talk about an immediate blow to the appetite. Nothing like a small, plastic soup spoon to fight with too. And I swear they ordered the small size on purpose to make you THINK you are getting a lot of soup. Take it from me, spoiled by a vast number of excellent authentic Vietnamese food in Orlando, FL (thanks to a church there sponsoring a large number of evacuees right after the fall of Saigon. The plate of lime-basil-bean sprouts was pathetic! Should have asked for a magnifying glass. At "Little Saigon" on Route 50 in Orlando, you are served a veritable mountain of these extras. And speaking of which, Two orders of Pho were listed as costing $22. Yet, with only one appetizer of 4 Shrimp Spring Rolls, the bill was $41! Worse yet, they DEMAND that you PAY when you ORDER! I have NEVER had to do at a sit-down restaurant in my entire life. So I am guessing that adding 'your choice of protein" with a smile adds $$$$ without being informed of this fact. Non communicated up charges is high on my list of pet peeves. The atmosphere had all the charm of a tiny town's Greyhound bus terminal. This place is a joke! I had a superb meal the previous night at the nearby Delmonico's for a total of $18 that was HUGE in size and SUPERB in taste. I feel as though I was robbed. And anyone here who wrote great reviews, well my friends, they "Don't know what the Pho they are talking about!" Good night nurse! read more

paid for extra spouts and basil, not given to me. no sauces or utensils provided to me. email sent asking about my experience. I respond with this information and was called a liar as their staff remembers putting in my bag. waste of money as it's in the trash with out fish and spicy sauce it tastes awful. read more

Pho Yum is one of my favorite places to eat in Albany! Their bubble tea is always the perfect pick me up and their pho is the best way to cure any ailment. Highly recommend for lunch takeout but their restaurant is also great to eat in as well. I can't rave enough about this place!! Would give six star if I could! read more

Pho Yum - Bubble Tea Jade - Vietnamese Near Me - Colonie, New York

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First time in Albany, was looking for some good pho in the area. My fault for not reading reviews first. But let me tell you, this place doesn't deserved the YUM, lol. They make you pay to get what is suppose to come with the pho. What a joke!.So if I chose nothing, then I'm getting some broth and only noodles. Me and my wife laughed a bit but went ahead and added some "protein" and it came to 33 per bowl(the most expensive pho I've eaten). So now we thought it was going to be a large fresh bowl of pho that would at least match the price, lol. NOPE, pho came in a small sad paper bowl and the saddest side condiments I've seen. Flavor was a 2 out of 10. They didn't even add some of the things we payed for, such a rip off!. Wife got mad at me now because she's hungry and I was the one who chose this spot. So now I'm mad at being ripped off while at the same time , my wife is mad at me for wasting $60+ on 2 bowl of something( maybe pho). We ended up stoping at Panera Bread and wife got happy again. Don't come here is you don't want to pissed off your wife read more

Local favorite- its our neighborhood comfort food- nothing says a warm hug like a good pho- i can take a walk from my colonie village home and get a great meal- service is helpful and quick- small dinning room that is clean and welcoming- go if you need a warm hug meal!! read more

The food at this Vietnamese restaurant is truly exceptional, and it's a hidden gem. I'm Vietnamese, so the flavors are super nostalgic for me. The flavors are authentic, and the dishes are prepared with great care. A culinary gem worth savoring! Additionally, one of the best Vietnamese coffees I've had in a while. read more

So we were really disappointed with our takeout. I say this, despite one kid loving her banh mi. Perhaps it's because of having traveled, but I am not a fan of ciabatta instead of the crispy pillowy French rolls. I was also underwhelmed by the sad cucumber slice - I mean it's cucumber season right now. Thankfully we got take out so I went outside, picked a cucumber and added some. I also added some cilantro to the sparse showing. Thankfully I had ordered extra pickled carrots and cukes. I like that all the sauces came on the side as we had requested... and they were generous with sauces. They would be better served to be more generous with the veggies too. We also go the rice plate with tofu, snow peas and broccoli. Five snow peas, three small pieces of broccoli, and three small slices of tofu on some rice - it was also underwhelming for the price point. I have liked the fresh spring rolls here in the past. And in a pinch I will come for pho, even though the broth lacks depth. Given that we now have several options for banh mi and pho, they need to up their game. dining area read more

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Portions are microscopic. Meat are barely there. Not cool. I paid for it. Where is it? Just avoid it. Scammers.

I ordered the pork rolls which were very good. My significant other ordered the soup with brisket, extra beef broth and extra noodles. He said he only got three small pieces of meat. The soup was 8.00 and all the add ons were 1.50. It was pretty expensive. Loved the bubble tea!! Go get one and experience this place! Lots of unique sandwiches and salads and get a bubble tea! I don't think I will frequent this place but it was a fun experience! read more

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My favorite restaurant for pho. Absolutely sublime. Service has always been wonderful. They take great pride in their dishes.

9/15/2018 Step away from the ho-hum. My meal at Pho Yum was such a refreshing change. The dishes there include a lot of fresh vegetables, herbs and light, tangy sauces. I love Vietnamese food and Pho Yum was every bit as good as I hoped it would be. We showed up for a late lunch at 2pm on a Saturday. It was still very busy, but the food came out quickly. I had chicken vermicelli or "Bun", which is much more than it sounds. With Vietnamese food, so much goes into the presentation. The vermicelli rice noodles, grilled chicken, salad and chopped peanuts were piled high on top of a tangy sauce, which I think is called Nuoc Cham. It's made of lime juice, sugar, water and fish sauce. Make sure to mix it all up from the bottom. My husband had the shredded pork vermicelli and we shared an order of shredded pork summer rolls. My husband, who usually eats much more than I do, was too full to finish his meal, but I cleaned my plate. He said that he would have preferred it if his summer roll--which is wrapped in rice paper-- wasn't made of cold ingredients. In other words, he wanted a fried spring roll. There's only one fried roll offered at Pho Yum and it's on the specials menu. I think it's called Nem rán or Nem nuong. Fried Vietnamese-style spring rolls are what my relatives serve in their homes and there's nothing better. I enjoyed my Amber Bubble Tea, too. We stayed until I finished all it, right down to the last black tapioca bubble at the bottom of my glass. It was beverage and dessert all rolled into one. The prices are reasonable. The shared appetizer, two vermicelli bowls, bubble tea and one seltzer came out to $34. The decor is clean, bright and attractive. The walls are decorated with large abstract images of Vietnamese women toiling in the fields as well as fishing. Our friendly waitress had her hands full. She was the lone server, but she did everything just right. She returned a couple of times to make sure that we had everything that we needed to enjoy our meal. I would gladly come back for another meal. Next time, I'll try the fried spring rolls. (Repost from another account) read more

Pho Yum - Spring rolls - Vietnamese Near Me - Colonie, New York

Yeah, if u can try to avoid this place, been visiting the area and craved some soup over priced, the have non reusable everything and extra cost for extra utensils, the bool was tiny and only 3 pieces of meat, the noodles and the spring rolls were sticking to the non reusable plates, very dirty bathroom and the door was broken. read more

Been going to here almost weekly, great food nice atmosphere, and everyone who works there is very nice. The rice plate is my favorite, I do like the Pho as well, all are made with fresh food and you can tell by the taste. Wonderful. and for desert try either one of the rice dishes, both are great, I swap bak and forth between both, cannot make up my mide which I like better! read more

The pho is heavenly. Broth soothes the soul, noodles are always perfect, veggies tender with a little bite, meats are always fresh. Everything about the bowl of pho is perfect. The owner is there everyday making sure all the dishes go out perfectly, is so sweet and caring. Inside is relaxing, tables are nicely spaced out. Perfect for a quick bowl or to hang for an hour with friends. This place is a must go for any soup fan, it's amazing. ENJOY! read more

A small place right off the highway, perfect for picking up takeout for our trip farther north. I liked that everything is so customizable, and really enjoyed the tofu/broccoli/snow pea add-on. We ordered pork spring rolls, beef summer rolls, chicken and meatball pho for the kids (no scallion/onion/cilantro) and vermicelli w/grilled pork, shrimp, beef and veggies. They give you nice big cups of nuac mam sauce, but I didn't realize and ordered extra. Next time would add noodles for the pho, as there was only a small portion. We enjoyed everything, tasty and fresh ingredients. My only complaint was they don't have any salads on the menu. Their sauce would go great with a shredded cabbage or green papaya salad. Maybe I'll make my own with the extra sauce. read more

It should've been a warning sign when I came by this place on a Saturday night and there was no one. ... OK, it wasn't that bad. I prefer the ambiance here over Vans. Their prices are also pretty cheap, so that's another plus. In terms of the food, their pho was, not amazing but, decent. They had more authenticity and variety in terms of meat choices for their pho than Vans. I'll give them that. My biggest issue was that their bun vermicelli was NOT vermicelli. They were thick, almost spaghetti like. The cucumbers were not shredded but finger thick. I wouldn't mind in any other dish, but the thicker ingredients made it hard to absorb flavor for this one... The sauce was not put on the side or tossed, but instead pooled on the bottom of the bowl. On the plus side, I got my "vermicelli" topped with grilled pork and it was marinated and grilled well. I'd come back here if I was in the area and craved cheap pho, but I'll pass on their vermicelli. read more

Pho Yum - bun "vermicelli" more like bun spaghetti - Vietnamese Near Me - Colonie, New York

A RIP OFF. Overpriced and no service and everything in paper bowls and cups. Fast food is better

The pho was good as I was craving it. Noodles were okay -- not over cooked and had a decent chew to them. The beef broth was good. By the time we got to the restaurant, it was only take out. Perhaps the food might've tasted different if it wasn't take out. read more

Just placed an order here and it was everything. I got the usual suspects because sometimes you gotta go with what you know. The Bahn Mi Sandwich was so flavorful. The Brisket Pho was simply outstanding. The way they package everything for you was perfect with all the fixings to take the meal to the next level. I had to pick up myself to ensure it's safety back home lol. I pretty much inhaled it all so all that's left is the aftermath. I will be a regular here for sure. This is like having Vietnam right in your own backyard. I'm truly grateful as it would be a long flight to get there. As a side note the price was just right especially getting extras (you'll have a dinner and lunch the next day). So much food and portions are satisfying for sure. read more

Pho Yum - Summer roll - Vietnamese Near Me - Colonie, New York

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The bahn mi is excellent! The baguettes that they come on are the best I've had in the area (I would gladly buy just the bread if they sold it). Best sandwich in the capital region! read more

Just got our go to soup and summer rolls from Pho...as usual perfect again...thank you read more

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