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Pho Saigon VIP
Category: Restaurants Vietnamese Vietnamese [Edit]
1850 Ste-Catherine St WMontréal, QC H3H
(514) 934-2168
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
7 reviews for Pho Saigon VIP
7 reviews in English
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Review from Praveen C.
Montréal, QC
2/12/2012 2 photos
Delicious food and good service.
Must try #13 (Tokinoise soup), #54 Curry Beef (Malay style).
Not much selection for appetizers but Fried dumplings and Tempura are good.
Accepts all major credit cards.
moderately priced around $10 for a dish.
Decor is nice and service is quick and warm -
Review from Rawan K.
4/11/2012
The most memorable dish from my Pho Saigon experience was the dessert: fried vanilla ice cream drizzled in honey. It's massive, so unless you've got some wild and out of control munchies, share this amongst friends. The rest of the food is good, especially the Tonkinoise soup. Apart from that, I'd say it's nothing out of the ordinary.
Quick and attentive service too, what more could you ask for when you're looking for some decent Vietnamese food in the area?Listed in: Asian Cuisine
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Review from Vic C.
1/26/2012
My fiance and I came here while we were just walking the streets of downtown and just stumbled upon this place. Since my fiance was craving Vietnamese food for a late lunch, we decided to come in here (but there are so many Vietnamese restaurants all around this area, so really hard to pick one).
There was actually another table inside when we came in (we walked close to 3 pm... I said it was a late lunch). We were acknowledged by an employee immediately and were instantly seated at a clean table. My fiance ordered beef pho and I ordered chicken with broken rice, which is one of absolute favorite dishes.
Not too longer after ordering was both of our meals brought out to us. The food came out nice and hot and just delicious (and I am not just saying that because we were both pretty hungry).
The owner had some small talk with us and we found out that the owner and his wife are Chinese from Vietnam and so they also speak both Cantonese and Vietnamese here (and of course English as well). The owner and his wife, along with the other employees here, were very friendly and just gracious. The service was quick and attentive. What else could you ask for in a restaurant?
Excellent food at excellent prices. I would love to come back here again the next time I am in Montreal. -
Review from Clare L.
9/26/2011
I had a craving for vietnamese food, and decided to try this out on a recommendation. Truth is, I haven't felt too well for quite some time, so I decided to find a take-out resto. Asian food is my comfort food.
I'm happy to say that I really did like this choice. I got a round of a few different things, so that I can go with leftovers tomorrow for lunch. I tried dumplings with peanut butter sauce. These were unlike many others in this city that I have tried. They had a bit of spice to them, and not disgustingly sweet and sugar-granular tasting, you can taste, a hint of cilantro in them too. The dumpling wrapper (or dough) tasted fresh, and not overcooked, or left out too long. I also tried a pan-fried dumpling, which was actually close to the filling that my mom made for me as a kid. It will never replace hers, but the fact that they reminded me of hers, is a pretty huge compliment. Added bonus was they weren't fried out of recognition, which sometimes tends to happen.
I tried a couple of bites out of a spring salad roll with shrimp, the the mint was the hero in this, along with fresh shrimp of course. It was perhaps too vermicelli intensive, (I would have appreciated a little less so it didnt feel like it overpowered the shrimp.) The dipping sauce was, I admit different. very different, and surprising, but I can't say if it is good surprising. It had a distinct taste of plum sauce mixed into it, which is not normal. I've had hoisin, peanut hoisin, bean and hoisin, and straight up fish sauce and sweet chili, but plum sauce with hoisin is odd. I cant however say it was disgusting tho, just not what I am used to.
I also ordered a typical grilled chicken with vermicelli (called bun) with an imperial roll. The imperial roll is vegetarian and quite big compared to other restaurants, and crispy, and the grilled chicken is juicy and not overcharred, but as it stands I have taken a bite out of everything and I am way to full.
When I am sick, I feel indecisive, and when I order food feeling this way, I've come to the realization that I just have food for the entire next day. It satisfies my true essence, which is to be able to have a little bite of everything.
So overall, Im glad that my meal didn't suck, and for the most part I can honestly say it was quite good. I think that the meal was fresh, and I also like that I could still taste flavours layered over other flavours. As for cost, it was quite reasonable considering that I technically have 3 meals left over all for only $30.50 (not including tip of course) -
Review from Nos S.
Toronto, ON
9/16/2011
I used to go at this restaurant everytime when I lived in Montreal.
The place is very clean and calm. The restaurant is very decorated and it's nice to have TV's with big screens, showing you the score of the last hockey game...
But let's back to the subject : I always took the PHO soup, the one with rare beef. It tastes excellent. So good that I usually ask myself if they don't abuse of so much glutamate (it makes you become food addictive and it's very bad for the health)... The service is ok... even if the girl only cares about $ and not the clients feelings. A little bit expensive (around 14$ to have spring rols + a medium soup) -
Review from Tian H.
2/22/2012
Came here for lunch, the restaurant is clean and spacious, but food is just average. I would give it a 3.5 if I could.
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Review from Nixo A.
9/24/2011
outside doesn t look very attractive, not to say cheap. Just push the door! Inside is above expectation for a restaurant at that price.
Service was nice, fast.
Choice of food is large enough, very tasty and really affordable.
$10 tip included for what he had is a great value for money.
