Simmering Pho Cafe

"Food: everything tastes great, from the drinks to the main dish. You are (by default) served a lemon water (with ice) that doesn’t actually taste like they’re trying to cover up the “tap water taste” with the lemon, the spring rolls are good by themselves, with soy sauce, or with peanut sauce, and the red rice is great; it kind of tastes like hibachi fried rice but not fried. Of course, these are not the main dishes, to which I will disclose mine: the Com Do Voi Ga Quay. The mini salad is like many others, but the chicken is intrinsically fantastic, although I do warn of many small bones in the chicken, as the waitress told me. Service: simply excellent: the waitress was kind and readily willing to converse with me, she checked on us often (but not too often) to make sure that we didn’t need anything more, and she even resupplied the sauce trays! Atmosphere: now I am certainly not fluent in Vietnamese culture, but I could say that the setting was appealing with the koi fish tank, beautiful images (in my opinion) from Vietnam, lights, and general spacing from each table. By the way, there was a bathroom that was pretty clean. Conclusion: this is a nice Vietnamese restaurant with great service, food, and atmosphere; just make sure to specify if you have any allergies, especially seafood and/or peanut allergies."

"I'm not a big pho fan , or soup fan for that matter. It's like a small serving of food drowned in water and simmered with salt. That being said - it was ok and my wife and kids loved it, so there's that. Not much atmosphere and the service was functional."

"Food is good but not the best as we are so close to the Vietnamese town in San Jose with lots of authentic and delicious Vietnamese offerings. Having said that, this maybe one of the best Vietnamese restaurants in town now in term of taste. I am glad we have a decent choice."

"The food was very good. I like spice and my server was astonished that I asked for very spicy. When I got my soup, it was spicy but not overly so and not as much as the server had me believe. It was good though. Harty and delicious. Service was little spotty but they did the job. The restaurant is small and cozy, very authentically homey and comfortable."

"I'm sitting here eating my chicken Pad Thai and feeling so content that I had to hop on and 5 star this place immediately. The medium spice is a great starting point if you like spicy food, you get chili crisp and Sriracha at the table too. Lovely staff, good boba, delicious food. My husband also really loved his beef pho. Great stop on our way up to San Francisco!"