They tried so hard to be modern and chic and...and well they just failed. The neon lights, non-matching granite and marble, bad sky mural on ceiling, two flat screens on opposite walls on different channels with the volume up on low but loud enough to be heard no matter where in the restaurant you sat. The servers were not friendly. They weren't rude or anything there just wasn't a sense of welcomeness. The food was pretty good, but the shrimp was just ever so slightly over cooked. But everything was pretty flavorful. read more

Pholicious - Vietnamese Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

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I'm from the Bay Area where we have some very great Vietnamese joints so I'm kinda bias when it comes to other places. We went there for brunch on a Monday and there was just one other table eating pho. The pho broth was good. The spring (fresh) rolls were average. The wrapper could have been softer. The coffee was nice and strong and they make it for you at the counter so none of that fresh drip at your table. Overall, the place is clean. The food was good, but one minus on them was that they are a bit on the pricier side! If I'm back in town, I'll be back. read more

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Well I had high hopes for this restaurant. The boba was awesome. However I got my order to go and that could've been part of the problem. My food was lukewarm and I was not very satisfied with my Pho. The Mongolian beef was good but sort of bland. I probably will not be coming back here. read more

Pholicious - Vietnamese Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

Love the decorations and the interior design of this place! The Pho portions are a good size and the flavors are good! We really enjoy having lunch dates here! read more

Service was good but it smelled so bad in there and the food was aright... nothing special.

The older lady who works there was SOOOO sweet she was the cutest lady ever biggest smile made my whole day !!!

Price has gone up and quality has gone down. We have been eating here for at least 8 years. Sometimes you wonder if the food is old, like the bean sprouts or the chicken. The sauce for the rice wrap rolls is watery and not flavorful anymore. They did remodel but the food is no longer worth the cost you pay. This is just no longer a pleasant dining experience. read more

Decent pho restaurant. My first time at this place was during a cold rainy day with my sister. We were very intrigued with the place and when we walked in it was quite busy. To make a long story short, their customer service was not up to par. Like most experiences I've had at Vietnamese restaurants that are small and busy, they try to get you out as fast as they can which is normal. So we don't mind how fast the service is but in this case, you barely got any attention. We had to ask them for a table and waited at least over 20 mins to get our order in, including our drinks. Now, as for the food, my sister had the chicken pho and I had the pho tai (sliced steak). Overall, good decent pho. Broth was light, not extremely flavored but still ok and wasn't super oily which we both like. Overall, it was a good enough to satisfy the craving since we are originally from California and it's far from home pho but definitely will try another time. read more

We were back in our old neighborhood and decided to stop in for a bowl of pho. We heard that this restaurant was under new management and hat the food wasn't the same. Um, no! The food is just as great and even better. There was a hearty serving of chicken in my pho and they were happy to provide extra sliced jalapeños and lime. This place is still my favorite PHO Place in town! read more

Pholicious - I love the prices for yumminess!!!!! It's so affordable and good food. - Vietnamese Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

I go to a lot of pho places and this place is alright! Nothing too special about it, i only come here because its close by. Their pho broth isnt as refreshing as other pho places but still good read more

My absolute FAVORITE place to eat!!!! Amazing food and service. I ordered the chicken and shrimp vermicelli with a strawberry pineapple smoothie. It was definitely worth the drive read more

Pholicious - Chicken and shrimp vermicelli - Vietnamese Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

We tried a new place and We've all been here before this is one of those situations where you just go to the place that you know has good Pho. I would pass on this one the staff is not very friendly the spring rolls were stale and somehow they got Pho greasy. read more

One of the best places to have Pho. Very quick service and all the food we tried was good.

Came here right when they opened on a Saturday morning to get bubble tea! I looked at the menu ahead of time and picked avocado flavor which they also had on the list of choices in the store. However they said they didn't have it which was odd since it was right when they opened. The restaurant was really nice and clean, loved the ambiance. Employees were super nice as well and we'll be back to eat! read more

Pholicious - Green tea (tastes more like vanilla but still really good) - Vietnamese Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

The food is all decently priced. The pho portions are huge and delicious. I would recommend the combo pho and the mango boba! The staff is friendly and the place is over all clean. It's a four star this time because some of the meat had hard pieces in it which I had not previously experienced here. read more

Pholicious - Combo rice noodle pho Mango smoothie with boba - Vietnamese Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

We came here after a hearty attempt at an escape room. Fairly unassuming, we were greeted enthusiastically when we entered. I decided to get some pho and the yellow curry for take home. The pho was good. Plenty of meat, lots of seasonings, it was a delightful end to the day. The next day the curry was fine. It wasn't spectacular, but I certainly enjoyed it. read more

When your partner's least favorite kind of food is your most favorite kind of food, you have to pick and choose your battles. For me, this means only suggesting Asian cuisine when Misty S is a) not feeling good, b) not feeling Yardhouse, or c) not paying. All of these scenarios have one thing in common; they rarely ever happen. But alas, as chance would have it, Misty S and I both came down with something over the holidays. Thus, I began my attack. "Let's get some pho." "I hate pho." "It'll make you feel better." "No thanks. I don't like pho." "Oh wow, you know what sounds really good right now? A big bowl of soup. Hot, steaming soup. Oh man, Ci Ci's has soup! All the chicken soup you can eat, and pizza too! Snap, chicken soup and jalapeno pizza! We'll be good in no time!" "Fine, we'll do Pho." Ironically, when we pulled into Pholicious we saw what may have at one point been a greasy child-infested Ci Ci's, now closed to the world like a tomb. A graveyard of all-you-can-eat-awfulness. Walking inside, I could literally feel the steam off of other people's bowls. It was like a sriracha flavored sauna. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a gentleman drinking coconut juice right out of the fruit itself. And waiters carried around massive bowls of noodles and stuff and other stuff. For a moment I felt that I had found my perfect restaurant. And that's when I panicked. For it is practically written in the cosmos that the more I love an Asian restaurant, the more likely Misty S will find it lacking. See Also: Wong's See Also: Dragon Garden Express See Also: Any Chinese Buffet....ever. One of the many joys in dining-in at any Asian restaurant (sushi included) is that I'm not expected to actually pronounce any of the items from the menu. That's why there's all the numbers. Whenever I go for Mexican or Italian the waiter looks at me like I'm a tool if my pronunciation's off and corrects me before having a good laugh at it. Oh, thank you, JEFF, for imparting your SUPERIOR knowledge of the Italian language onto me. Here, before you leave, can you make sure I'm pronouncing this correctly... Vaffunculo e muoia! Now bring the check, I'm going to the Olive Garden. I ordered the #2 (spring roll), and the #40 (egg noodle soup with barbeque pork, prawns, quail egg, and something something). The spring roll was deceptively delicious for a bunch of shrimp, rice, and veggies rolled up in cold rice paper. It came with a nice thick peanut sauce that was topped with peanuts. I love it when there are multiple forms of the same ingredient in a dish. It's so aesthetically pleasing from a deconstructivist standpoint. Blah blah blah, pretentious bullshit, blah blah blah. Before my number 40 came out, Misty's #10 (crab and asparagus soup) was served, and Misty invited me to take part of her soup. It was warm, eggy and soft. Almost with a hint of sweetness, I thought. Light, subtle, and very white. Satie, one of my favorite composers, used to eat "white food" so that he could get into the mood to compose "white music". This is what you learn at art school. My number 40 was awesome. Simply awesome. Spicy, sweet, sour, noodly and meaty. It even came with a side of bean sprouts and chili peppers that I could throw into the soup myself. It was like hot pot but much cheaper and without me screaming at the top of my lungs if someone could please pass me the fucking fish balls. The soup was so good that even after all the noodles and meat were gone I still sat there, sucking down broth by the spoonful. Misty tried several times to coach me on the proper way to hold the porcelain spoon, but alas, I make as proper a lady as I did a boy back in the day. C'est la vie, I guess. After all the sriracha and peppers I had added, the broth was so spicy that my nose was running and my eyes were watering. I looked like I had just been cut from the Rocky Horror cast and yet I still sucked that soup like I've never had it so good. The waiter came by and took away the broth while I was trying to cool off with some ice. I remember thinking "awww man, I wasn't done with that" but aftewards feeling grateful that I was being inadvertantly saved from myself. I feel like I've got a sniffle coming on. Maybe if I wait it out a bit I can do my sad puppy face routine long enough that Misty gives in and takes me back to Pholicious again soon. (After learning I was writing this review, Misty would like to remind me and inform all of you that she doesn't hate ALL Asian food. She's particular to Malay and Indian food, but can't stand all that "panda express" nonsense I gorge myself on. Surprisingly, I don't mind being the tacky and tasteless one in the relationship.) read more

I'm not very picky with my food and I usually give four stars to pho restaurants. However, I would never recommend this place to anyone. I went to Pholicious with two other friends. We ordered two entrees of chow fun (beef and chicken), one hot and sour soup, one bowl of pho, one diet coke, and a Thai tea with boba. The chow fun noodles weren't thoroughly cooked. The hot and sour soup was extremely salty. The owner didn't bring out the vegetables until my friend was halfway done with her pho. We assumed that the vegetables cost extra so we didn't bother them. There was a fly at our table during our entire stay. I'm sure the owners noticed since we were swatting at the fly, but they did nothing to get rid of it. The fly managed to touch our soup and vegetables. It was pretty disgusting. The diet coke was flat and it didn't taste right. Finally, the boba in the Thai tea were frozen and it was not edible. Our bill was around $38 with tax. I only made one complaint to the owner. I didn't want to embarrass the owner or create a scene. I told him that the boba was not edible. He took 50 cents off our bill. Thank goodness! I managed to get the entire Thai tea off the bill. Still, I wasted $35+$2 tip on this place. read more

I hate pho. I do. I hate almost all Asian food save Malaysian, Thai and Indian. And those can be pretty interchangeable considering the former is often a hodgepodge of the latter. I find pho boring, and only eat it when I'm sick. You know this. You read Jetta R's review already. So what's with the 5 stars, right? I'm a skeptic to the extreme. We ordered Thai iced tea and I was very, very dissapointed (and a wee bit smug) that theirs comes right out of the can. That was all it took for me to cross my arms and begin the nay-saying. We're waiting for her General Tsao Chicken, and my Orange Chicken lunch special. Poor Jetta's puppy-dog-facing me over the table, trying to placate my snide and pessimistic predictions about the food we'd yet to be served. "Watch. It's going just to be plain chicken breasts with orange slices on top." And then it came, and I shut my mouth. It was so...pretty. Fried rice shaped into a perfect little mound. Crispy chicken glistening in sweet-but-not-too-sweet-even-if-you're-super-picky-like-me sauce. And the taste. OMG. I'm a believer in Chinese food again. Chinese food from a Vietnamese restaurant. And sprinkled throughout - why yes, tiny little mandarin orange slices, cut into quarters. What the hell, Pholicious? Are you trying to kill me with perfection? I've got a reputation to keep. Maybe it was a fluke. Maybe I could still hate this place. Jetta and I returned today, me with chopsticks in hand and ready for a show down. It's on now, bitches. Kung Pao Chicken. Bring it. And they did, while smiling and telling my bestie she looked pretty today. Damn, they're sneaky! And the chicken? ...perfect. Again. Jetta's pho? Also perfect. And I HATE pho. You win this time, Pholicious. I admit defeat. Take your 5 stars while I sulk off into the sunset. Can we rematch tomorrow? read more

EDIT Ok walked in and ordered take-out. I expected a 10/15 minute wait. There was no one in front of me. No during the course of' my (what would be a) 25 minute wait. I watched several more people come in after me and be seated at different tables. 10 mins go by - everyone dining in is enjoying their refreshing canned thai teas and enjoying the apps. 15 mins go by - people are starting to get their lunchs. I think, "Cant be long now." Holy eff was I wrong. The waitress comes out of the kitchen, sets food down on the table next to me and walks off. 20 mins goes by - some random vietnamese dude walks straight in and sits at the table next to me with the food that the waitress had put down 5 minutes ago. I know this because there was a clock right in front of my face. The waitress then comes out and the random vietnamese dude starts bitching about his food and she takes it back into the kitchen. At this point the chef coming rolling out and sits down in front of him with his food and starts eating it! Turns out they're very friendly with eachother and the enitre wait staff has a good laugh. 25 mins in kids. I have a mini meltdown when the waitress comes out of the kitchen to serve someone their pho who has just walked in like 10 mins ago. finally got up and asked for my money back. At the point the waiter opened the kitchen door and said its ready. If its fucking ready give it to me. I was about to freak out but there were some young buff vietnamese guys there and I didnt know if I started trouble if I would just have to fight the waitstaff and kitchen help at Pholicious or if the vietnamese clientele would join in and fight me as a gang. The dude refused my money back and handed me the bag of food that had probably been just sitting there the whole time. What a bunch of fucktards these people at Pholicious are. With the kitchen storage area in the dining room and your 2 gallons of shampoo from walmart. I get the food home and I have a hungry wife and daughter. The crab and asparagus soup sounded great and had gotten great reviews. What the fuck yelpers? This was nothing more than canned egg drop soup with white asparagus chunks and diced fake crab meat. diced, fucking diced. Thats some old school false advertising there. Fake crab sucks balls. I also had the sliced pork and vermicelli with chopped egg rolls. The egg rolls had decent taste but didnt taste fresh. Evertyhting else was dry dry bland fuckitty band. Thanks for the overall shitty experience Pholicious. read more

Pholicious is a new vietnamese restaurant that just opened in Peoria. I just love the name of this restaurant: PHO - [pronounced fuh, or fur] is vietnamese beef noodle soup that has existed for more than 90 years + LICIOUS - these days you can add that suffix to just about any base word and you know it is something good. Anyways, got a flyer in the mail for this place and being a fan of vietnamese food decided to give it a go. We walked in to a restaurant filled with Vietnamese people. Now this gets me excited because I know it has to be authentic and delicious. I ordered a cup of crab/asparagus soup - $2.95 for a cup! And more than a generous amount. Shrimp fried rice - $7.95! Delicious, tasty, cooked to perfection. The shrimp were not the baby shrimp, but were rather large. D. ordered the vermicelli w/beef - $6.95! This was an absolutely delicious dish, extremely flavorful. There are sooooo many things to try on this menu, the selection is huge and the prices cannot be beat. I know we will be back soon to dine-in or order take-out. read more

Soooo..... here's the story. I'm in the nail salon getting a mani-pedi. Haven't eaten since the night before because i was too damn lazy to make anything, and my friend wants to go shopping... We decide to grab a bite and Pholicious is on the way from toes to shoe store. We enter the empty dining room and are seated in the corner near an edge. Weirdest mix of music i have ever heard... Christmas music and pop tunes... but it's the beginning of March. The service is waaaaay too slow. We I order Pho and spring rolls. My friend orders something with pork and some other kind of roll. I think they called it a summer roll. Mine was good. Hers was so bad that we split the rest of mine. Other than the weird music and slow service, my lunch would have been ok. If we had gone off what my friend had, I'd NEVER go back. The service was so slow that we never had time to go shoe shopping. read more

Pholicioius used to be our go to place for Vietnamese pho, no more. This place has gone down hill, it is off our list.

ATTN PHO PROS: DON'T EAT HERE I noticed the mixed reviews for this place, but decided to give it a try because it was recommended to me by a fellow Yelper. I was surprisingly disappointed. Here's my phonalysis: Spring rolls: loosely wrapped and lacking flavor. It had way too much noodles stuffed in there to make the roll seem bigger. Even the peanut sauce was mediocre. I mean, how do you screw up the peanut sauce? Broth: I was super excited when my pho came out because it was steaming and looked amazing. That is, until I tasted the broth. It was so bland, I'm not sure if they boiled any herbs. Actually, it didn't even have a beef flavor, so maybe they tossed in some boiling water and sprinkled instant pho seasoning? Meat: Very tender and fresh, but very small portions. Vegetables: Very fresh and perhaps the only non-disappointing thing of the night, but doesn't redeem everything else. I'm giving this place one star for friendly service and how frequently the waitress refilled our water. I know I'm a pho snob and I'm not saying the soup was disgusting, but I would definitely NEVER come back here. There are much better places in the valley for great pho. read more

Easily the WORST Pho I've ever had! And that speaks volumes! The broth was salty and the meat was grisly...ewwww... I was pretty much ignored as well. I want to like Pholicious, I really do! Partly because it's directly across the street from where I work, but after giving it 2 tries I just cannot bring myself to endorse it. Sad really... read more

My first review. I'm a bit nervous. Nice big bowl of spicy pho to cool you off on a hot day. The frosty mug of beer helped considerably. Oodles of noodles, sprouts, basil and wonderful condiments to add to your pho to make it the way I like it. My first pho was at Cyclo - firsts are hard to forget. Pholicious is closer and it is OK. read more

My gosh, it's been the $8 bowl of noodles streak... this apparently is the new price point when you go to newer joints with higher rents. Had the wonton pho bowl, the individual ingredients were fresh and tasy but the broth itself was very bland. We'll be back, but probably b/c more so of its location right across from the W. Valley Lee Lee's. read more

Food was decent but the owner is the most unfriendly person ever. Never greets you, never smile. Blah to you too. Pho was ok Vermicelli plates didn't smell too good. Not sure what it is. read more

Well since I wasn't in the mood to cook dinner the other day and it was late by the time my bf got home from school so we decided to eat here...they were about to close in 30 minutes but they were nice and friendly about it...and didn't rush us or anything but I felt kind of bad since it look like they got everything cleaned up..but there was at least one customer still eating...haha so I didn't feel as bad. We started off with spring rolls...well usually places give you three but here they gave two really big ones...so I guess the size makes up for the missing one? hehe eh it was pretty good though....had to add a little spicy chili sauce in the peanut sauce but other than that it was good..after all it's just spring rolls... I ordered #15 which is pho noodles with rare slices of beef, the noodles were great...omg haven't had it for so long! it was not soggy so i had to eat it in a separate bowl to prevent it from sitting in the broth too long...the beef slices on the other hand was chewy and tough...that was disappointing. I ate mostly the noodles and soup but didn't really like the beef. My bf ordered some fried rice dish with crispy chicken which he claims is really good. I was mainly surprised that they have a good Pho place in Arizona....that was actually owned by Vietnamese people...most of the ones back home is owned by like Chinese people..lol Services were definitely nice..=) So this place....like most Pho places...closes at 9pm! read more

Given the almost non-existent variety of pho options in the north Glendale/Phoenix area, Pholicious ranks above many (ahem Avina- vomit) to fulfill your hungover cure of beef noodle broth cravings. The restaurant is clean, the service is fast, and the food is slightly above average, it's not as disappointing as fellow reviewers claim it to be. Noodles are nicely al dente and the broth isn't as MSG-ed out or excessively oily like other places. Prices range from $6-10, a fair price to pay for their decent sized portions. I hear their duck pho is one of the best. Me? I've had the pho tai and was well satisfied. Stick with any the noodle soups and you'll be good to go (rice dishes are a little stingy). An extra bonus: it's conveniently located across the street from Lee Lees for all your Asian shopping needs. read more

This place is honestly THE top Pho spot in the west valley!! They're beyond great with customer service. The place is very clean. I have tried different noodle soups, all have been delicious. The 20 minute drive is so worth it. I wouldn't go anywhere else, since the first time is became my go to. I have also tried their honeydew boba, soooo so good. read more

First visit here and I'll be back for more. The Good: Rich tasting Pho soup, did not have a greasy taste like. Fast/friendly service and very polite people. Food was exceptional and fresh. Price was just about right. Interesting layout inside, especially the ceiling, pretty cool design Clean Restaurant and professional looking. Owner/s speak "fluent english" and reason im bringing this up is because other Pho restaurants I been to, I have come across non english waiters serving my food. The Bad: (can be improved) We did not recieve a refill or was asked. Did not come to our table as needed after meal and drinks was served. After our check was brought, we were not asked if we needed anything else. We were given very small amounts of stem of basil and 2 pieces of small lemons. All in all, we had a fun experience here and the food was good. I had the (Sua Dau Xanh) - MungBean Milk Beverage, it was okay. Will try (Sinh To) milk shake next time. read more

I'm Vietnamese and recently moved here from Seattle. I've been looking for a pho joint for weeks, this was my first (and last) time I'll eat here. The noodles were way too soggy and there was way too much noodles in the bowl. There were literally 5 slices of meat and just broth. I was given only one stem of basil and a piece of lime so small it was insignificant. The only good thing about my lunch was the waiter - he was polite. But maybe that's bcus I'm Vietnamese. Who knows. read more

Here we go.... I'm always trying new Pho in the area. I actually order Mi but whatever, same thing but with egg noodles. Anyway, I drove out here at lunch time and the place was pretty empty. There was some white guy sitting at the table next to me talking to his friend, a Vietnamese girl...I know this because he must have said Vietnam, your home town, teach me, blah blah blah...about 100 times as loud as possible. He also spoke as loudly as he could about being in marketing and her getting a job for some famous company in NYC...ugh, I wanted to leave. Ok, that's not the fault of Pholicious so I will move on. I ordered my usual Spring rolls and Mi. I got the pork spring rolls and they were "ok" but the peanut sauce was so gross I thought I was going to toss cookies just looking at it. It didn't even taste like peanut and it was watery as heck. On to the Pho (actually Mi).....it was surprisingly good. The BBQ pork was tasty, the wontons were good but the fish balls weren't that great. The broth was pretty good too. I don't think I'll be heading down this way again though...there is better joints in the valley. read more

I usually get a take-out since my husband doesn't like Pho. I've noticed that broth is better if you get it to go. Whenever I eat it there, broth seem very greasy. You can just see the layer of oil covering the top of soup. Servers are nice, but slow. They tend to forget drinks and food order. Take forever to get refill, more time to get check. Just like what Derek R said, I've also seen people walk in after me yet have food out in less than a minute. So they do have their "favorites" for sure. My best suggestion is call in for take out, you'll get best food and service that way. read more

nem nuong cuon and mi dac biet.. order those, and be happy. nem nuong cuon: is a spring roll with grilled pork, one of my favs that they do an excellent job of preparing here, make sure you ask for the sauce. mi dac biet: an egg noodle soup with all the fixin's amazing also try the vietnamese iced coffee.. it will not disappoint read more

Pholicious - Mi Dac Biet - Vietnamese Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

Fresh, fresh, fresh...I had #53 (I think it was) that was some greenery shredded up with carrots and beef slices on top - delicious! I had to ask the waiter for help, because I didn't know the foods there. Went with his recommendation and wasn't disappointed that's for sure! Going back for sure to Pholicious! Good service, good food and super fresh. And, for those people who want to sit and talk, met a friend there and we sat and talked for almost 3 hours without anyone bothering us. Loved it! read more

Yummy food and friendly, enthusiastic staff. I had the egg roll and pork over rice vermicelli, and Mark had the stir-fry beef with pineapple and veggies. Both were delicious! We also had a Vietnamese spring roll appetizer and it was both beautiful and tasted great! Good iced Vietnamese coffee, too! read more

I enjoyed this restaurant. I'm a Vietnamese food newbie, and the waiter was helpful in suggesting which pho would be good for me. I and my companion both enjoyed our food. It's a bit hard to spot from the road, but it's a great place to eat if you're feeling like something different from Panda across the street. read more

Mehh...A-OK. I've been here multiple times for the past several years, and I'm not sure why..The pho is alright, don't like the taste as much as some other places I've tried. The service is not good, and the prices are higher than most. The restaurant itself looks pretty nice and clean, and parking is always convenient. There's never too many people when I go, but the food is just alright.. read more