Pho@telfair

"This place is a gem, recently stopped by for dinner, ordered the Shaking Beef which was absolutely amazing, the beef was tender and juicy, the Spicy level was perfect. the staff is friendly and the atmosphere is decent, overall great experience"

"1 star for the food. The pho might honestly be the worst pho I’ve ever had, but I bumped it up to 2 stars because the service was good and the restaurant is clean and open late. Came here at around 10pm and ordered two bowls of pho tai. It took 15 minutes to bring out our pho, even though there was only one other table (who already had their food). Anyone who eats pho knows it usually comes out pretty quickly because the broth should already be cooked and all they really have to do is boil the noodles and assemble, so what were they doing back there?? I’ve never waited more than 15 mins even at the busiest most popular pho shops. When it finally does come, I try the soup before adding anything and it just tastes so bad. It’s bland, stale tasting, and left a very weird aftertaste in my mouth. Absolutely did not taste like a rich pho broth that has been simmered with beef bones and aromatics for 10+ hours the way it should be. I’ve had $2 canned pho broths that tasted more flavorful than this. It somehow tasted like nothing and rancid at the same time. I don’t even think I can say it tasted like beef. The only good thing I can say about it is that it was hot. To top it all off, the noodles were slightly hard even after that long wait and there was no fresh basil/mint leaves with the bean sprouts. I wasn’t expecting anything crazy good this late at night, but I was extremely confused considering all the good reviews this place has. Maybe it was an off night or the other good reviews aren’t about the pho, but you would think a place with pho in their name would try harder on their main dish."

"pretty awful. I have ordered once or twice and I liked the spring rolls decently and I really liked the soup. First off, the chicken that comes with pho was disgusting. Most places do sliced chicken breast, not shredded, shredded is OK but not when it’s hard as a rock. inedible. The spring rolls were split and falling apart so I couldn’t really dip them in the sauce. And the portion of flat rice noodles with chicken was huge, but just not good. The flavor was off putting, weird taste in the sauce, and the chicken in that was also over cooked, the noodles were greasy and a little hard. Too bad only thing I can say it was good was the broth tonight. Ordered through Uber hoping I get a refund not worth $50"

"Being a foodie I always want to try different cuisines, on my visit to Houston I cannot only try desi food. One of my friends recommended this restaurant to me and i had to give it a shot. First of all i was happy with the good attitude of staff (the guy was owner also I guess), he also recommended the dishes and the quantity of it was too much or less. My favorite was the beef one I ordered, I forgot the name of that dish but if you show him the pic in my review he will know. The spring rolls were ok to me but my son loved those. Soup was good as well. I also tried their signature tea, which was ok. As I already had a better version if that in Georgia. Flavor - Star - 8 / 10 Authenticity of Flavor - Star - 8 / 10 Cleanliness - Star - 7.5 / 10 Service - No Star - 6 / 10 Value for Money - Star - 8 / 10 Above format would be best to justify my review so i will hopefully continue to keep this for all my next reviews."

"Atmosphere was pleasant and calm while the food was fresh and well seasoned. I ordered the beef pho with fried chicken dumplings and Thai tea, all of which were very well made. I liked that they asked about bringing out the sprouts instead of just giving them because I often don’t eat them and they go to waste. Their menu is also enormous so there’s a lot of choices and they seemed to be busy even on a weekday night."