Pho Reviews Summary

Category: Vietnamese restaurant London

Address: 39 Upper St, London, N1 0PN, United Kingdom

Phone: +442075595150

Rating: 4.4
based on 266 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food was amazing, Pho never disappoints!"
  • "The food is really nice and healthy."
  • "The Pho Bo Num Trung is so good."
  • "The food here is awesome!"
  • "The prawns were huge and tender."
  • "The Pho was great, really hearty and tasty."
  • "The food is absolutely spot on, cooked to perfection and incredibly tasty."

Cons:

  • "The bun bo hue was bland and I had to add loads of chilli oil just to make it taste nearly authentic."
  • "The most tasteless Pho I've ever had."
  • "Pho wasn't the authentic pho."
  • "Major letdown was soup wasn't hot enough."
  • "Most bland pho broth I've ever had."
  • "The pho was quite disappointing, quite watery and bland; wasn’t visually appealing."
  • "The food was too cold and not so tasty."

Service

Pros:

  • "Staff are very accommodating, specially the General manager Sithu."
  • "Still the staff was great and quick with the dish."
  • "The staff were Uber friendly and attentive."
  • "Yna, the waitress was amazing."
  • "Staff SUPER friendly and the food was amazing."
  • "Delicious food, great staff, prompt and friendly service and the food was authentically prepared."
  • "The staff all have awesome senses of humor, and really great service."

Cons:

  • "The waiter messed up our order and then reprimanded us later."
  • "Sadly, this visit was supposed to be a great experience but resulted in a bad one due to the poor service and the pedantic person with red hat."
  • "We were waiting for everything (apart from the bill) 40 min for simple drinks 50 min for starters 1 hour for standard food ...."
  • "We waited 30 minutes for drinks then my friend went up to the cashier desk to ask why we had been kept waiting then he just said 'Sorry I’m busy'."
  • "Appalling service. A hapless and spaced out waiter tried to memorise our order, got it wrong and my main had to be sent back and redone."
  • "Service was awful. This is the third time I’ve been to this branch and it took so long to get served."
  • "Food was all right but service was terrible."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Nice environment nice staff great food especially for the price and lovely cocktails."
  • "The ambience is chilled as it's a nice place to take friends or family."
  • "The location is not bad and the atmosphere is also great."
  • "Restaurant was busy and had a nice atmosphere."
  • "Wonderful atmoshphere."
  • "Great atmosphere, awesome, calm music."
  • "Lovely restaurant with excellent service and delicious food."

Cons:

  • "The AC is sometimes too cold and they tend to play the music very loudly in the evenings."
  • "FREEZING as the door was continuously left open - certainly will not return."
  • "We noticed a bad smell across the restaurant which came from the kitchen."
  • "Only thing I didn't like was the semi loud music, which made conversations a little difficult."
  • "Had a table beside the entrance - FREEZING as the door was continuously left open - certainly will not return."
  • "Don't get seated near the door, you will share your meal and space with an endless stream of takeaway delivery drivers who ruin any atmosphere."
  • "At all costs avoid the table betwixt front door (sans vestibule) and service counter- unless you enjoy a steady stream of: sweaty, helmeted delivery drivers shoving their packs in your back."

Value

Pros:

  • "Nice food but left with a poor taste of bad management."
  • "For 10£ the bowl dishes are definitely worth it!"
  • "Not only an incredibly fair price but the quality was shockingly good."
  • "Their prices are extremely affordable and you definitely get your money’s worth."
  • "I definitely recommend for an affordable dinner out."
  • "This place has a lot of really good food for the money."
  • "Highly recommend if you are in the area and looking for somewhere to eat that’s not too pricey."

Cons:

  • "The drinks are served almost half and priced way too much!"
  • "I paid 5£ for half a glass of non-alcohol drink and it was just soda n flavour!"
  • "The price was around £12 which is ok."
  • "Really overpriced for the quality - there’s plenty of better options nearby!"
  • "But overall I would NOT recommend it, especially cause it's quite pricy for what you get."
  • "Too expensive for the quality of food, drinks, desserts, and service."
  • "Good value with the exception of the beer (£3.90 for a small bottle)."

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