Com Tam 168

Such baaaad service. How disappointing.
⁸⁄₁₀ when I come I honestly have no clue what the waiter/​waitress is saying and they’re pretty rude too. Occasionally they would drop/​break/​spill stuff.
Luckily the food is pretty good here so it makes up for the bad service. This is the only place I found in the Scarborough/​Markham area that serves broken rice! The short ribs with broken rice dish is the beeest! Their phở is also pretty decent, but not the best. Another good dish is the grilled pork and spring roll with vermicelli. Portions are really big and prices are decent.

Service is horrendous. I don’t even know where to start.
We had a waitress who brought out our food and spilled it. If that wasn’t bad enough, she didn’t bring the food to us. I know that’s sort of petty, but I have never been to any Vietnamese restaurant (or any restaurant for that matter) where they did not deliver the food to you. She literally dropped off the food at the table and left. Mind you, this wasn’t a big deal but the restaurant was not busy at all.
How do I know it wasn’t busy? Well, our wonderful waitress was on her phone… at the counter, doing nothing.
We placed 4 orders and they got out 3 of them fairly quickly. The 4^th member of our party did not receive their food after a long period of time.
When asked about it, the waitress claimed that they «lost our order» lol what? Our order was on a piece of paper… I would understand if the waitress had to memorize our order and somehow forgot but that wasn’t the case. This waitress clearly did not care about her job
Better places to eat.

Com Tam gets the full 5 because it is hands down the only restaurant that serves a legit phở bowl in the Scarbs and Markham area.
The waitress seated us, took our order sheet, and was back within 5 minutes with the food.
The phở was sooo good. This is one of the restaurants where their soup actually tastes like phở and not warm water with salt in it. Even after I added the bean sprouts it still tasted like soup (this is an actual legitimate concern in other restaurants).
Their prices are competitive as well and the bowl is packed. I could not finish a medium and would’ve been happy with a small.
There is absolutely 0 interactions between the staff and you but they do handle everything efficiently when the restaurant isn’t jam-​packed; that being said if they were full it would be chaotic as there’s usually only 1 or 2 waitresses at all times.
*It’s a cash only restaurant.

This restaurant doesn’t even deserve 1 star. Their customer service is terrible. I called last to place a take-​out order on the phone. I asked for bbq chicken and beef, the lady said they did not have «bbq chicken»…seriously? I’ve eaten it numerous time before. Her English wasn’t her strong point so I asked what language she spoke? She said Vietnamese, so I asked her to hold for a second while I asked my husband to get on the phone and place the order. After 2 minutes back and forth on the phone, a Cantonese speaking lady came on the phone and my husband passed the phone back to me as he didn’t speak it. I asked the lady for chicken beef rice and another one with the steam egg… she said we don’t have steam egg… OMG I was so frustrated I told her forget it.
Tonight, my mom wanted me call them for and get the same two rice orders and she will pick it up on her way home from work. OMG I thought to myself but fine since my mom wanted it. Ring ring and the same lady picks up the phone… I asked this time in English «chicken and beef rice» and «chicken and steam egg rice». She said they did not have chicken and beef but they have chicken and pork chop… I don’t understand what she doesn’t understand that I didn’t ask for pork chop. The restaurant serves beef but perhaps not in the combo of chicken and beef but can’t you switch it I thought!!! She said for $ 2.50 you can switch pork chop to chicken…
I will never support this restaurant again. Over and over what a waste of my time.

It was okay but there’s definitely better around the area like Kim po. The place is big and spacious and has been around for awoke now. If you perhaps just need a quick phở fix after Pmall then it’s passable

A cozy place to eat with family but avoid sitting near the counter because the servers talk way too loud. The three female servers that were working that evening laughed and giggled among themselves the entire time, it was annoying. Other than that, the noodle soups were yummy

Came here on a Tuesday for lunch and had the house special phở. It was delish! The broth was rich. That with the tendon really sticks to your ribs. Definitely want to come back however parking at this mall is usually scarce and hard to find.
Also the prices are fairly cheap and reasonable as well.

Good food, but bad service.
This is my go to place for Vietnamese food, but when I went back they hired 3 new waitresses. They were snobby, rude and unfriendly. They would give you death glares when you ask for napkins or anything else, throws your food on the table, gossip and laugh right in front of you about you, and would be on their phones when you need their attention.
2 stars for the food, but had the worst time here.
Time to look for a new place.

One word: dirty
When we got there we were quickly greeted and guided towards a booth that was covered with old bean sprouts both on the seat and on the floor. We got our menus and tea. My first tea cup had someones leftover noodle stuck on the outside. I politely ask for another one. The second one i got had someones leftover noodle stuck on the inside. I turn it toward the server and asked him if he was serious. For his third attempt he proceeded to bring two cups for me to choose. So i proceeded to tell him to choose and for him to tell me which one he thinks is clean. Im not a picky person. I just want to eat out of clean vessels. The food was okay, but after getting dosed twice with dirty cups, i kept questioning if the bowl i was eating out of was completely clean or if it had someones leftover noodle in it and chef just decided to put my food in anyway. Made me gag. Definitely not going back.

I actually never knew there was a Phở restaurant here until last week when my dad passed by here and notified me about it. I usually stick with Kim Po because I love the noodles there, but I decided to give this place a try just to see how things compare between the two restaurants.
I tried the seafood egg and rice noodle soup, however I originally only wanted rice noodles in my soup (not a fan of egg noodle soup in general). Unfortunately both noodles were added in the bowl. Seeing how the restaurant was insanely busy and I knew beforehand to not expect good service, I decided to just stick with it. At the end, the bowl was decent, but nothing to write home about.
Throughout the time I stayed in the restaurant, there was a male customer who kept talking to himself, and outlined everything that was tasty in the restaurant… to himself, then proceeded to try and start a conversation with anyone in the restaurant. When he got his food, he ate it for about 3 minutes, then went outside for a good 30 minutes before returning. Not sure what his intentions were, but I definitely felt a little uncomfortable eating.
I honestly don’t see myself returning here; Kim Po provides better food IMO.

I have been here twice now and I really like the food here. The prices in the menu I think is reasonable — same price range of most Vietnamese restaurants and like most Vietamese restaurants it is cash only.
Why I like coming to thus place is because it has a good menu and it has the Vietamese rice dish that most Vietamese restaurants don’t have. I would definitely come back here.

This is my go to Vietnamese place in the close Scarborough area.
It’s in the Pmall plaza in the same building cluster as TD Bank.
Their phở is amazing, and the rice dishes are great! My most recent visit though, i ordered some weird curry stir fry which I didn’t like too much.
Open till 11pm 7 days a week!

I barely noticed Com Tam 168 changed their name since the old school Peach Garden…
Service is extremely poor, as expected from 90% of Asian restaurants. I asked them for something while they walked past me and they didn’t even bother to flinch. The servers there don’t speak English which could be quite frustrating.
The food itself is really good — it’s one of the few places in Scarborough that actually gives you an option whether you want fresh or dry noodles in your phở. The soup itself is full of MSG (which some people may perceive as bad but it just means more delicious!.. just drink more water to compensate).
They have many traditional Vietnamese toppings such as their speciality meat balls and shredded pork skin. Many chinese-​owned vietnamese restaurants will not have those options.

I frequent the downtown location by gerrard square. This one by pacific mall is a first. Same menu. on the slightly pricier side for rice. about 9.50 for 2 items and rice. (it does come with the wonton soup)
the service is horrendous. you will have to seat yourself. and dont expect tea to come either. i had to wave them down for everything. they acknowledge you but will pretend they dont see you unless you actually call for them.
i ordered quail at this location and it was small, dry and overfried… the one by Gerrard square were noticeably bigger and definitely had more meat.
I do like the fact that they use broken rice vs. normal rice. Serving size is average…
they also have sour soup combo which i will have to come try in the future.

3.5 stars! It’s not the BEST, but it’s alright.
This time we had the:
–House special phở (Large): HUGE bowl of noodles. But a disappointing amount of meat. There was about 2 pieces of each type of meat, for a large size I expect a bit more. Soup was flavourful and hot enough. Yumm!
–Spring roll, bean curd shrimp, and grilled pork vermicelli: Again. HUGE bowl of noodles. This one had a very good amount of toppings! Everything was fresh (even the lettuce and bean sprouts at the bottom) and in good portion. All of the toppings were pretty good, especially the bean curd shrimp.
Service is quick. Tables could use a bit more thorough cleaning.
This place is my go-​to place for viet food. It’s in a super convenient location, open late, and the food is pretty good.

This is a very good restaurant, it is not that easy to catch your attention, but the food was very good and the price was reasonable. Worth to visit it again and again.

This phở is as good as it gets for my taste buds. I have no idea why there aren’t more reviews and better reviews. I used to come to this place back when it was called Peach Garden. It has a new name but the food is still the same old goodness. The beef broth is so tasty. I also love their spicy sweet and sour seafood phở – similar to tom yum. Their fried spring rolls are soooooo good. Not to miss. I also had their broken rice dishes and they were also delicious with grilled meats, fried shrimp tofu skin sides, steamed egg, shredded pork. It’s a huge dish.
I can’t wait to go back for more the next time I visit Toronto!!!

The food was not bad and my bun noodles were quite tasty as were the fresh rolls. However, the others in my party complained of a «stale chicken fat» odour in their dishes. Their menu is quite lengthy. Like many Vietnamese restaurants, ambience is virtually nil.
I am giving it two stars due to the extreme rudeness of the servers, who acted like they were doing us a big favour by waiting on us. Sorry, ladies, this is not the way to treat customers. I left you a tip in hopes you were just at the end of a hard day, but I can’t leave a good review.

Com Tam 168 serves the worst Banh Cuon Vietnamese Steamed Rice Roll ($ 6) I ever had in GTA… don’t even bother or think about ordering. It is cold, hard and tasteless. Might as well take it off the menu.
The Phở ($ 7) was not bad and have a choice of fresh or dried noodle but the broth was quite one dimension and really on the sweet side. The soup was not hot enough so my raw beef stayed really raw.
I don’t think I would be back.
Cash ONLY