Pho Hoa Restaurant

This is like fast food Pho. Counter service style ordering up front with payment ahead of the meal or online ordering like a McDonald's from your phone are available options to get your food. Then you pick a seat and they deliver the food to you when it's ready. The portions are small and the meat is scant, but the flavors are decent to good. The Bahn Mi is thin... Like very little meat but still alright. The Jazen Tea drinks taste like average bubble tea stuff but with the upgrade of chia seeds and freeze dried fruits in the drinks and lots of drink flavors are available for you to choose from. Highlights are they are open late until 2am on Fridays and Saturdays, they have bubble tea on site, and they even serve fried chicken.

I asked for less ice. I got half a cup full of ice. But my favourite drink there is the lychee mojito. I've been there for phoa soup. Quite disappointing as the broth is quite watered down. But I guess that's why the restaurant offers buy one soup get one half off special. The service is pleasant. And inside it's quite cool and air conditioned so if you're looking for a way to escape the heat. This is the place. 3 out 5

I would say this is the worst Vietnamese restaurant in lower mainland. To be fair, the customer service is really good, both servers were friendly and caring. However, my dish was served cold (I ordered dry noodle). After notifying the server about that, he offered me a new one, then again half lightly warm half other still cold. I was frustrated and totally disappointed of the cook. I was hoping they could have put a little more effort and blanched the noodle to heat it up properly. 10 minutes after leaving the restaurant, I got super dizzy, headache, heart jumping and tended to puke. Definitely msg overdosed. Anyway, never coming back.

This is my first time posting a bad google review, but I just had to do it. We went to Pho Hoa for dinner because all other places were full and we had to run to airport and Pho Hoa was the only place of all the places we went to that still had tables. I am so sad to see a big chain like Pho Hoa to destroy Vietnamese food's reputation. MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOODS WERE DEFINITELY NOT VIETNAMESE DISHES, even the most basic and simplest ingredient for vermicelli bowls, fish sauce, was HORRIBLE. It tasted almost just like water with some vinegar. PLEASE DO NOT CALL FOOD IN THIS RESTAURANT VIETNAMESE FOOD, it just makes us Vietnamese extremely ashamed.

I'm not sure how recent reviewers experience differed from mine, but I found the food very good and really fresh. I actually preferred their noodles over the often overcooked rice noodles at other restaurants. Had the steak pho with saté broth and was very pleased. Appreciated the tidy take out packaging g that didn't leak like most other o especially do. Spring roll was crisp and fresh. Would absolutely order from here again.