When I travel I often look for comfort food and for me a good Pho always hits the spot. Saigon Pearl was closest to my conference hotel and I was ready for some comfort food... I ordered some spring rolls which were super fresh ! Among the freshest I've ever had...wouldn't surprise me if it was made right after my order...the wrapper had a hint of warmth and literally melted in my mouth. I order the " beef sate soup", overall good flavor and very comforting as well as filling. Let me note that the spring rolls arrived well before the Pho so I could enjoy the rolls without my Pho getting cold. Other than that the service was not particularly enthusiastic; the servers were not friendly or fast. The restaurant has a pace all its own which is the reason I subtracted some stars. Finally, typical of most Asian restaurants in Canada, they don't accept AMEX. read more

Saigon Pearl Vietnamese Restaurant - Seated in a booth looking over their menu - Vietnamese Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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Saigon Pearl in Calgary is overall a decent Vietnamese restaurant. I had the pho and shredded pork skin roll here and I'd give it 7.3/10 read more

Saigon Pearl Vietnamese Restaurant - the front of the restaurant - Vietnamese Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

I was slightly hesitant to try Saigon Pearl because of the couple of harsh reviews I have read. My experience was quite the opposite. Their service was quick, efficient and all the servers were very polite and attentive. The restaurant has tons of booth seating for extra comfort while enjoying your meal. We had the #18a peanut sate beef noodle soup, #1 spring rolls and the #32 grilled chicken vermicelli. The soup was delicious, spicy too! The noodles were a perfect consistency paired with good portions of beef. The vermicelli was tasteful with good portions and the basil was a nice touch. I found that the overall price was extremely fair for a night out for two, seeming to be on the lower end for cost for Vietnames . Will be going back. read more

Saigon Pearl Vietnamese Restaurant - #18a peanut beef sate soup and #32 grilled chicken vermicelli - Vietnamese Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Not a bad place for a quick lunch. They have a larger menu compared to other pho/Vietnamese restaurants which is good for those who do not want a beef broth or beef in their pho. No better and no worse than your average pho restaurant. read more

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absolutely amazing food and has amazing customer serves perfect amount of spice and amazing taste

Seriously?? This is still operating?? Brought my family here for a dinner. Staff are not friendly, (maybe having a bad day I guess?) Waited for 45 mins before they served our orders. Pho soup wasn't really hot and compared to other Vietnamese restaurants, their soup turned cold immediately. If you want your soup to be heated in microwave and serve it to you, this is the best ever place to go. If you want a good pho soup experience, better to find somewhere else. Yuck!!!! read more

Greeted by friendly servers and seated in a huge booth where it was obvious we could while away the afternoon in unhurried conversation like the table of snowboarders and "ladies who lunch" seated nearby. Then...we all had colds and there was a charge for tea. My Sister is from Taiwan and literally CANNOT pay for tea at Asian restaurants so we were off to a bad start. Then...we had the crispy pork skin spring rolls which we found dry and not very flavourful. Ra Roh :( BUT (insert 'save the day' music here) then came a dish so splendoriffic that ALL was right in the food universe again! I don't actually know what it's called (sheepish apologies) as it was ordered for me but it is basically curry chicken+deep fried potatoes. A friend called it "Curry Poutine without the Cheese". I call it "Heaven on a Plate"! Get some and put it in your belly. Soda=free refills. T&T is conveniently located 2 doors down. read more

Saigon Pearl Vietnamese Restaurant - Curry! Deep Fried Potatoes! - Vietnamese Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Oh I miss this place. Thee best Vietnamese in Calgary. They've never let me down. Always delicious. Their vermicelli noodle bowls are TDF. Absolutely delicious. Start with their salad rolls, and maybe a Vietnamese coffee (OMGawd!!!). Yes! Tucked away in the far NW (or is it NE?, aaa it don't matter), this place is worth the drive. I still have yet to find a noodle bowl this delicious here in Vancouver. Help! read more

Saigon Pearl Vietnamese Restaurant - a bowl of food - Vietnamese Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

The food was as uninspiring as the service. I sat for a long time before anyone came to my table and I had to ask twice for a menu. When a guy came to My table with my vermicelli bowl I asked for another water and all I got was a grunt. read more

Great family restaurant. Reasonable prices. Number 36# is hot and tasty. Definitely worth a stop! read more

4 stars for decor, ambience, friendly customer service and cleanliness. It's your typical hole in the wall; in fact, this whole plaza feels upper-class with what appears to be monster homes and townhomes up in the hills. 3 stars for value: I've never seen a $15 vermicelli bowl, i'm sure it's got all the works judging from the pics in the menu. Ordered the ice coffee @ $4.50! It may sound like Starbucks pricing but usually one can get this for $3.50. Passes the test. Next time in the hood, worth repeating. a few stores over from T&T Supermarket. read more

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Standard menu for Vietnamese cuisine. Visited a number of times, it's a friends favourite place. I always finish my entire bowl of bun, and I can't say that from most of the Vietnamese restaurants I visit. It fills up here most evenings. Come early, we arrive at 6:30 on a Thursday and got a table, but it got quite busy between 7 & 8 as we dined. read more

Stopped here for dinner after a late day of shopping, as I figured there would be something vegetarian available on the menu. The waitress was very friendly and mentioned she is Buddhist and should be vegetarian but she's not so she admired us. lol We got Bun with vermicelli rice noodles and spring rolls. It was quite a lot of spring rolls, I believe 4 each, so it was suuuuper filling. It's also very affordable. Nice, clean, friendly place. If I'm ever up that far north again I would go back. read more

Saigon Pearl Vietnamese Restaurant - #72 Vegetarian bun with spring rolls. Very fresh and delicious! - Vietnamese Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

I come here once a week if I can! It is a clean establishment with food that is always consistent. Large portions for the price. I always judge a Vietnamese restaurant by their spring rolls and these are my favourite! The service is great and the pricing is incredibly affordable. I always get #32 - Lemongrass Chicken Bun Vermicelli with Spring Rolls Highly recommended! read more

Came here for a late lunch on a Saturday. Ordered satay beef pho, regular pho, and a rice plate with quail and pork chop. At 1:30pm the restaurant wasn't busy but the service wasn't very fast. Pho flavour was good but portion was on the smaller side (large is like a medium). Grilled meat was good. read more

Saigon Pearl Vietnamese Restaurant - Rice plate with grilled quail and pork chop - Vietnamese Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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I was looking for something open near the airport after watching hockey on a Saturday night. This place came up, only about 7 minutes from my hotel. Glad I gave it a try. I had the spring rolls (#2) and my standard go to Pho (rare & well beef, tripe and tendon... #16). The shrimp and chicken spring rolls were tasty, well formed and the three were just the right size as an appetizer for a rather hungry person. The Pho was also tasty. The broth wasn't as clear as some that I've had, but the flavour and mouth feel helped me overlook that. I felt that it could have contained more tripe, but maybe that's just me. Also, a bit more basil would have been nice, but again I also like it basil heavy. I've had better, but not in a while of looking. Both were good enough for me to return. Not tomorrow as I plan to try a shawarma place in the same area. But definitely another time before I fly out. read more

Saigon Pearl Vietnamese Restaurant - #10... Your standard pho with everything rare and well done beef, beef balls, tendon and tripe. Yum. - Vietnamese Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

This will be the first negative review I have ever posted but I think it's necessary. This restaurant is so FILTHY, clearly nobody who works at this restaurant cares about what it looks like. The bathrooms are gross the soap dispenser didn't work and everything you see is grimy and dusty. I can't believe I actually ordered a dish at this restaurant but I did because several of the reviews I read on yelp weren't bad. I had the sate beef pho, the soup is bland, the beef chewy and the side of basil and sprouts was withered and old. This is the grossest restaurant I've been to in years; don't go, they don't care about what they are serving it is disgusting. read more

Good food and fast service. Try the dumplings and medium rare beef with beef ball pho. Amazing.

Boy, Calgary reviewers are stingy with the stars! I have been to the Saigon Pearl twice during visits and it is excellent. Not fine dining, certainly, but the food is very good. The prices are decent. Everything is clean, and the service seems super quick and helpful to me. Both times I have visited with young nieces who have required separate bowls of things, cups of ice, forks, spring rolls cut up, etc. All requests have been cheerfully fulfilled. Hue's spicy pho is excellent, and fried dumplings are habit forming. Also, conveniently located next to T&T asian supermarket. read more

Newer business, with good food. The décor is modern, and the music was trance so I believe trying to be a little more hip. The food was quite good, better than other Vietnamese I've had. Location could use a bit more upkeep but generally clean. Service staff was friendly though not particularly attentive. Reasonably busy at early supper time, which I believe is the biggest indicator of success and quality. The food was surprisingly inexpensive, and they were not chintzy on the quality or quantity of food. I was unable to finish my dinner which almost never happens. read more

We went on a Sunday (Father's Day) at 150pm, first timers here and got a booth right away. Service here was very good, I can say that, very friendly, although the food took longer than usual for Vietnamese cuisine. The restaurant was clean although the walls next to our booth could have used a wipe-down. Ordered a Vietnamese cold coffee, got it right away but I could not drink it until my meal was done as I had to wait for the drip on the espresso to finish. :( Took soooo long as it sat in front of me, teasing me and I was not warned that it would take 45 min for a $5 coffee. The fresh spring rolls were OK (best with some hot sauce on them), I have never seen them with a piece of turkey slice rolled up in there against the wonton wrapper - maybe this is to keep them firmer? No idea. Also ordered was chicken pho with sautee sauce on the side and spicy seafood pho. Both were also OK. The texture of the noodles were really good and for me that is King. My one scallop in the seafood pho was very tasty, shrimp and faux crab were good, squid I gave away to my dining partner and he also got my chunks of tomato. For the chicken pho, do not expect the sliced chicken to have any seasoning whatsoever, but I guess this is how they cook, which is cool. He liked it. I have had better pho and I wish they had served tea with the meal as many other comparable restaurants do. May return, just not dying to rush back. read more

Great food. Very surprised. The barbeque beef short rib and chicken are very good, juicy and hot.

Ever wonder why this place is always so busy? Its not from the food cause it sure aint good thats forsure. Look around, 85% of their customers are white. White people cant tell the difference between good authentic vietnamese food and westernized loaded with MSG vietnamese food. This place was "hint WAS" good when it opened up many years ago but has gone downhill with many other MUCH better quality choices in Calgary. If you think this place has good food, you either have really low standards or havent tried real high quality vietnamese before. Not only are the food portions here weak but the ingredients are caked with MSG and low quality ingreidients. This place is more like Saigon Hurl than Saigon Pearl. read more

Usually Vietnamese restaurants in the NW are hard to come by (the best ones are clustered in the NE) I tried this place on a recommendation and now it's a staple place for me! It's always a toss up between the spring rolls and the dumplings for a starter (both delicious!), and for a main I switch it up between the pho sate, the beef & spring rolls with noodles or the pork chop with rice. The prices aren't bad either - you're looking at about $10 or so for an entrée. So if you don't wanna make the venture out of the NW for Vietnamese food, come here! You won't be disappointed. read more

You know, last night's visit was a little disappointing. I've been here a few times before and it has been better. We ordered crispy shrimp which was good but a tad overdone, I think. I didn't have nearly enough sauce for my vermicelli bowl, but otherwise everything tasted fine. We were seated near the restrooms. There's a booth right beside the entrance to it and a couple was seated there, who were not pleased. I wouldn't be either. My spouse and I were in the booth next to theirs, so just one away from the door. Not ideal. I don't want to know the comings and goings of staff and clientele. One server left the restroom and while walking past us, grabbed an empty plate. Also, I thought the ladies' room appeared neglected. I'll continue to return because I prefer this atmosphere to other Vietnamese restaurants in my neighborhood. It's an inexpensive meal and service is respectable. April Challenge: The Underdog 28/30 read more

Dinner review Ordered #10 deluxe pho 3 yelp Service 3.5 yelp Sure I would go back not a lot of options for Vietnamese food. A good selection on the menu and reasonable priced. read more

It's the local joint: close to home and close to work. With the recent snow, I've ventured for pho twice this week. On my first visit, I ordered a spicy noodle soup, which nearly burned my face. It was too intense for my palate. Today, I ordered pho with sliced beef and beef balls. The sliced beef was quite good; the balls tasted like cheap sausage. The service on both occasions was satisfactory: servers were polite and efficient. It's a solid place for a quick bite, but I wouldn't drive across town to visit. read more

The food had great presentation, and I was excited to have a great bowl of vermicelli. The taste was good. The noodles were all clumped together. The shrimp was really weird - don't recommend. The nice part about the meal was that the chicken was thick, and tasted like chicken! read more

Came here on a recommendation from a friend who lives in Calgary. We were just driving through from Banff, on our way home. My go to is always Pho Dac Biet (#10). We ordered a #11 for my wife and kids, and spring rolls. The food and service were great! You can tell that they care a lot for the ingredients as the bean sprouts were super fresh and crispy. Can't tell you how often I get the bean sprouts that look like there's no more life in it. The only thing I had an issue with was the portions. I would have liked a bit more. I would still definitely go here again. read more

Pho sate gets a 5/5 for amazing taste and heat. Vermicelli bowl was rather bland for 3/5 and small portion. This reflects in the price as its very cheap compared to some. We'll be back for soup. read more

We love love love these guys... we've ordered so much they know us now! Love their special fried rice with amazing shrimp! They have great spring rolls too and we order their soups often to get us through Winter. read more

I go here very often for pho tai, it makes me full and happy and that is all that matters. Other than the one or two napkins they give you but that is my only complaint. 8/10. read more

The noodle soup is just average although the waitresses are very cute ( perks to those who like ice cream than noodle soup).... I went there couple times but not a big fan of it, I rather take a burger than that after one time both me and my gf got diarrhea after having the noodle soup. The size of the noodle soup is relatively small when comparing to Y2K but the price is definitely matching. I wont go there unless necessary... read more

Pho was okay. I waited 15 minutes for take out. I ordered extra strew beef for a extra 5dollars and when I finally got home it was not included in my order. kinda annoying. read more

Food isn't terrible but it isn't fantastic either. The service however is terrible but on a scale of Asian restaurant service it is acceptable. They tend to forget you're even there, don't see you when you are waving to get their attention and screw up your orders. read more

I have only been to Saigon Pearl once. It is out of my neck of the woods, but definitely not a place I would come back to if I were eating out in the NE. The food came fast enough, but had no flavor. It took a long time for us to pay with debit/credit, as they made us wait to pay while first helping anyone who was getting food to go. I've definitely had better! read more

The service is good and the food is ok. I like the Bon Bo Hue here more than the Pho so try that. It's relatively clean and it has a nice interior decor. read more

If you want Vietnamese food that is cheap, fresh and tasty you won't fin any of it here. Dry and overbooked spring rolls, not enough sauce, tasteless vermicelli, overly sweet pho. And a 10$ price starting point for dishes makes this place a no no for Vietnamese. I can name half a dozen places in Calgary that will serve better food! read more

One of the best Vietnamese restaurants I've found in Calgary! Excellent food! Very fresh! It's always busy when you go there.. that's a good sign in my books! read more

Pretty nice place. Menus are a little roughed up but no big deal. Friendly and quick service. Food tastes great. Good broth.