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Pho Phoenix
Category: Restaurants Vietnamese Vietnamese [Edit]
1151 College StToronto, ON M6H 1B5
Neighbourhood: Brockton Village
(416) 538-6891
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- Yes
9 reviews for Pho Phoenix
9 reviews in English
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Review from Shannon F.
Toronto, ON
5/15/2012 2 Check-ins Here
I enjoy this restaurant for Pho - it's proximity to my home notwithstanding - its better than most I've tried (and I've tried a few, my bf LOVES Pho). I often have trouble with Pho places as a vegetarian - I find the dishes slimy and bland tasting but here, the vegetables are big, fresh and properly cooked. The spring rolls are delicious, the noodles are yummy - everything you want in Pho. And my bf assures me as a meat eater the quality is good. And you can never complain about the price!
Its a good size, nice windows all around, clean and efficient. Service is decent, not amazing but adequate - they take debit and credit and are open late - all bonuses! I like it here, some Pho places feel like a slightly dirty diner but I feel quite at home at the Phoenix. -
Review from Dan D.
Toronto, ON
4/11/2012
I cannot express how much I hate(love) this place, because I now hate(hate) every other pho place in the city.
My girlfriend used to live in this neighborhood so we frequented Pheonix, and are now finding that we are riding our bikes out to brockton because we cannot seem to find pho that compares to that of Pho Phoenix. Really, the pho is fantastic, you should go. Also, this place does not chince you on the beef, and the pho is just hot enough to keep the beef rare without cooking it.
Service is always prompt with no bullshit, the food comes quickly, and you can get up and pay near the door if you really want to get going.
Patio seating in the summer is a must, I can usually feel my blood pressure dropping. -
Review from Stephanie P.
Toronto, ON
11/29/2011
I'm not entirely impressed. Although I must state that I didn't get Pho! Instead I ordered lemon grass tofu and rice. (A10 I believe) and I also got an order of deep fried spring rolls.
The tofu tasted like (and I'm not kidding) Sunlight dish detergent with a touch of too much salt. I tried my best to eat what I could -but I was really disappointed.
My brother had the veggie Pho (you have to ask for veggie broth at this place) and he liked his meal.
I think I'll give them one more try, this time around I'll just stick with the Pho.
As for the service. Meh. It was alright. -
Review from Matt H.
Toronto, ON
6/1/2011 1 Check-in Here
Let me start off by saying, if you're a vegetarian, this place has good pho for you. Ask for the Veggie broth when you order it. If you don't they'll either put beef or chicken broth with your veggies.
I've been a few times with friends and the girlfriend and I have my choice of what type of pho I get (or don't get). The beef broth is way too salty. I can't enjoy it at all. I usually get the chicken udon as it's pretty delicious but the can skim out on the meat sometimes and the prices are a bit high for a sub-par pho place. The fresh rolls are pretty tasty and the service can be sketchy sometimes. If you eat meat, head across the street to pho linh. It's worth the wait if there is a line up. -
Review from Lauren M.
Now called Pho Phoenix.
This place is...not good... for multiple reasons
1) A small pho bo had ONE freakin slice of beef in it.WTF? 1, really?
2) Service is shite. Took 20 mins to get our bill after asking twice.
3) The first menu item I chose, they couldn't make (no wontons in stock) OK. But they couldn't make the second item I chose either. Get some bloody inventory.
Everything else was average.
There are two stellar Viet places right across the road, choose those. -
Review from Noel D.
12/16/2009
I believe this place is called Phoenix Pho now... My friend said it was one of his top choices when it comes to pho in the city so I popped in one night and wasn't disappointed at all. I ordered the small beef bowl and it was the perfect size, and very delicious. I also ordered a cold spring roll and it was the size of a banana! I think my favourite was this grilled chicken vermicelli dish? Me and my friend split our food I was too full to finish everything. Top marks for all the dishes though!
The place itself is your standard Vietnamese atmosphere (concrete and too bright) but they have two HD televisions to watch while you eat. The service was very fast and no nonsense. I like this. I seem to recall the prices being your typical pho range. I think I ended up paying about 20 dollars (including tip) for a bowl of pho, an iced coffee, spring rolls and shared the vermicelli. Will definitely be coming back to this one. I'm hungry just thinking about it. -
Review from Erin B.
6/5/2010 2 Check-ins Here
This place is quite a find. The service is quick and efficient. There's none of that awkward waiting for ever and ever for a server and wondering if they'll reappear.
And the pho is a complete delight! Best I've had around here. And a small bowl (which is cheap cheap, though I can't remember the dollar amount) is more than enough to fill my belly. To be fair, my belly is quite small, but still...Listed in: Pho!
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Review from Julie T.
Toronto, ON
6/6/2010
Great pho, courteous service and plenty of street parking. We filled our stomach for $15 bucks. My other favourite places in the neighbourhood is pho Phuong and pho Linh.
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Review from Melanie H.
Toronto, ON
1/8/2010
I haven't been to Vietnam, but I'm sure that I'm right when I say that this may be the best Vietnamese food in Toronto! Why? The broth they use for their Pho is the most tasty delicious thing I have ever had! You can eat like a king for under $6, their spring rolls, fresh and deep fried, are to die for, your food always comes in under 5 minutes, the family that runs and owns the place is friendly and grateful, and it is the only restaurant where I feel completely comfortable going in and dining alone. The owners are doing a lot for the place, this year they added new menu items (they said vegetarian at first, but they added in pen "non-" in front of vegetarian), they got some new signage in English (apparently no one knew what it was called before because it was in Vietnamese - so it was making it hard for people to meet there) and some new dishes. I have been eating here for 4 years, and wouldn't think of eating Vietnamese anywhere else (I even quit the golden turtle).
