Pho Metro

Phở is good everyday but especially on a cold winter night. Being so close to our house, we couldn’t believe we hadn’t checked out Phở Metro before. We had also been looking for a new phở place for a while since our old favourite unfortunately didn’t do too well. Even though the prices are higher than other phở places, with Phở Metro’s location and taste, I think we’ve found our new go-​to.
We ordered:
2 deep fried shrimp & pork rolls ($ 5.00) — these were pretty good but the sauce needed just a bit more flavour.
Grilled pork chop with steamed rice ($ 8.99) — my parents and brother really liked it. It reminded us of a filipino dish the way the pork was marinated — it had a sweet taste to it.
Grilled chicken, pork, & spring rolls with vermicelli and veggies ($ 10.50) — my mom liked the dish. Balanced with the veggies, sauce, and meat with spring rolls — & definitely a dish for the hungry.
The special rice noodle soup with rare beef, beef balls, beef flank, & beef tripe (large — $ 9.25). It was really close to how our old fave phở place used to taste. Good soup base and noodles. Definitely worth a try if you’re in the area and craving some phở.
For a drink, I ordered the iced coffee with condensed milk ($ 3.99) — the coffee is pretty strong which I like and the condensed milk doesn’t make the drink as creamy as you think it’d be. I wish it was a larger size for the price though!
Overall, it’s a solid restaurant with good food, a bit overpriced yeah, but the food, service, and nice ambience make up for it. Plus — if you live in this area, it’s probably the closest yummy phở place around.
Also — if you have a Vicinity card, they reward your meals with points for it.

Great little place for decent and affordable viet food.
Inside the plaza at Kennedy and bur oak. Great appetizers (e.g. spring rolls, rice paper rolls etc) need noodle soup (S $ 7.25, M $ 8.35, L $ 9.25), egg noodle soup, rice dishes, vermicelli, fried rice, pad Thai, smoothies etc.
Quality of dishes are not disappointing or average at all. One of the most common avocado smoothie is done just right too. Soup broth is flavorful, texture of noodles are nice. The satay broth is more spicy than most other Vietnamese restaurants so beware.
Clean simple place inside with booths and tables. Service is quite speedy. You mark your own choices on a piece of paper.
They accept, credit and debit but not American Express. They also accept Vicinity points cards too for each dollar you spend.
Overall nice place to eat at especially if you live in the neighbourhood.

I’m an avid phở lover and I get phở cravings on a weekly basis. This has been my favorite phở place since I moved to Markham. I am so excited I found a Phở 88 alternative. Great soup base, legit thin viet noodles and appropriate portions. I usually order their raw beef with tripe soup noodle. The raw beef was bright red (so I know it’s fresh) and perfectly lean. The guys working there was also very accommodating. Excellent viet iced office as well :)

My colleague keeps telling me how good Phở Metro is ever since I started here 2 years ago, but because their first store is located at Lawrence area, I never had a chance to go (too lazy to drive ALL the way from Markham to there). When I heard they opened up a store in Markham, I decided to come here right away!
After a few visits, I have to say, the hype from my colleague was accurate. The phở is well-​done here and it is actually opened by Vietnamese! Soup base is also very good, not too salty and the flavour is perfect. Beef is also very good so my go to choice is ALWAYS the Large beef flakes phở.
Their fried spring roll is also pretty decent, although the size is a little smaller, but the taste is great. Looking for a quick phở place in markham? I highly recommend phở metro!

I was working around the area so I decided to have phở on this cold windy day. I am a HUGE fan of Bun bo hue and I haven’t phở since I’ve discovered Bun bo hue.
With that being said, my overall experience with this restaurant was just meh.
Came in and the guy at the counter was busy but greeted me right away. It was just me and so I sat at a clean table. I knew what I wanted and it was a self order sheet so I filled it out. Needless to say that, for the next 5 minutes, no one really noticed that I filled out my order.
The guy at the counter was running around cleaning up and getting people’s bills. While other new coming customers sat at dirty tables (which looked like it was annoying him).
I got my bun bo hue and there wasn’t really any meat, no tripe and no pigs blood. There was a lot of lemon grass and that’s all I could taste in my mouth (the graininess of it). For $ 9.50, it wasn’t worth it as most of the bowl was soup and noodles.
Another thing that had me annoyed was the guy at the counter. He was so angry at people and was really sarcastic and negative. If you want customers to come back, you need to present an atmosphere where people enjoy their dining experience. We don’t want to see you throwing stuff, getting mad at guests (even if they are stupid enough to sit at dirty tables when there are clean tables), just be happy. I would’ve taken my time eating and stayed longer and maybe even ordered a drink. But because I felt uncomfortable I wanted to finish eating right away and leave.

It’s a great to finally find a go-​to phở place in the Markham north area. After years of waiting it seems we are finally getting some decent Vietnamese comfort food in the area.
Let’s get down to it. The broth is very flavourful, clear and served piping hot. The noodles are done right; still al dente. Their cuts of meat are above average; beef is beef, brisket is brisket. Often times, a lot of places they will serve what I call brisket lard — basically the beef is so fatty they look like chunks of butter floating in your soup. I have a lot of respect for places that pay attention to the finer details. One thing I will mention because they absolutely have overachieved in this category is their service.
Shakes and sides along with appetizers are all nicely done with quality ingredients. Nothing is going to really wow you here but then again it certainly does not disappoint. The menu is somewhat limited when compared to some of the more popular phở places in the city but it’s not a deal breaker by any means.
Definitely my go-​to place for Vietnamese comfort food in the 905– especially with winter looming on the horizon.

My friends and I were in the area and wanted a quick phở fix, after a quick Unilocal search we discovered metro phở. And one of my friends mentioned to went to another location and said it was good so we have it a try.
Location wise it’s far for myself, but is located amongst a residential area. The storefront itself is clean and presentable. Staff were courteous.
Food wise is where I’m a little iffy. I ordered the bun (dry vermicelli with grilled meat) and although it looked really good, and came in a giant bowl (to make it appear like I was getting a large portion) the meat was too salty and the fish sauce was too sweet!
I prefer more natural flavours and didn’t really get that feeling from this bowl of bun. It was also 2.00 more expensive than if you were to get this dish at a mom and pop vietnamese restaurant. My friend also noticed that the prices at the other location were significantly cheaper. Both are located in the GTA so they should stick with the same prices!
It was good, would I return there for my next hangover and I need a good bowl of phở? Probably not!

Came here for lunch today. I’m not really a phở expert but decided to come because of the good reviews.
I ordered a med special phở. The size was decent and I thought that it was good. Had enough toppings and soup base was ok. My husband ordered the bun bo hue. It looked nice and flavour was ok. The side plate of basil, beansprouts, cabbage and limes were really fresh but I missed the fresh chilli.
Not as outstanding as I thought it would be, based on the other Unilocal reviews. The best phở that I have ever had was in Paris, France. The soup base was amazing there. The service is excellent, if you speak English or Vietnamese (plus ½ *) If you only speak Cantonese or Mandarin (like the table next to us), and don’t know much English, then you’re stuffed. They couldn’t write their own order down properly or tell the staff what they wanted.
I wouldn’t really come back in a hurry but if I was in the area again and wanted some phở, I would return.

I was in the mood to try a new Vietnamese restaurant that I haven’t been to before. We were excited after reading all the high rating reviews for this restaurant so I convinced my husband to go. We were very impressed that the restaurant was owned and operated by Vietnamese people but were disappointed in the food from its authenticity. I do give it .5+ star for the staff friendliness.
I ordered bun bo hue and while it tasted better than most in Markham but doesn’t cut it for flavour and authenticity compared to others in west Toronto or downtown. My husband ordered rice dish with chicken (flavourful), but his BBQ beef was quite bland. The straw that broke the camel’s back was we ordered 3 additional take out dishes for my family while we were still eating our food and yet after we finished eating we didn’t get the food until 35 minutes later which we found was unacceptable. For that reason we won’t be visiting again.

I loveeeee this place! Oh man the staff are super friendly and kind! The noodles are so bomb oh man. The smoothies *drools*.
So this place is somewhat new to Markham maybe 1 – 4 months now I think… I could be wrong. This places phở is fantastic! I really love the noodles and the meat here! It’s got that nice chew feeling when you eat a noodle!
The smoothies oh man. I don’t even know where to start! The avocado is so nice and smooth! You can actually taste the avocado more then the cream! The mango smoothie is amazing! You can taste the sweetness of the mango and the sourness of it and wow it sure packs a punch! Definitely order this drink from now on! The parking lot is shared by lot of other small restaurants, but there is lots so don’t worry!

Look, a lot of reviews especially when it comes to phở places is about the smallest little details. Now having eaten phở a few times but not a whole lot recently, the is place was very refreshing.
Atmosphere, nice and comfortable. The typical Chop sticks, spoons hoison, sriacha, chili, etc. Fresh basil and bean sprouts as well. So the same for a lot of phở places. Lots of different items but their phở is very nice. The traditional mixed beef phở is delicious, good broth, lots of meat. Love the spring roll they have, very large, lots of pieces and tastes great.
Would go here again as it’s tremendous value and a nice one for me living in Stouffville. About 10 – 12 min away.

I came here to try out their phở. I had been to their Scarborough location before and enjoyed it. So when it opened up in Markham I knew it was worth a try.
I ordered P1. Special rice noodle soup w/​rare beef, beef balls, beef flank, beef tripe (Medium $ 8.25)
Food came very fast. Fresh and less MSG. I like this place. Service is friendly, restaurant is new and not noisy, menu is new and clean. I took my time and enjoyed the food. I will return next time I’m in the area!

Phở metro is AWESOME! I kept seeing all my Unilocal friends check in and I definitely thought it was the one at lawrence and I was like. ugh! I don’t want to travel so far for phở. then I realized it was a new phở place near me! YAY!
It opened up in the plaza right beside pierre elliot trudeau school and it’s right beside pixel 8! Easy and convenient. The phở is a bit pricey for markham, standing at $ 8~ per medium bowl but when it came out, the medium is quite big and the phở broth was pretty clear and didn’t look like it had MSG poisoning. The beef was very soft and delicious while the broth was warm and inviting. Let me tell you, there’s no better feeling in the world than warm phở broth/​phở noodles entering a hungry belly. I also had a vietnamese pork sausage on the side, which was tasty too. ^_​^
The place is nice, clean and service is efficient. Definitely would return more often to satisfy my phở belly, especially since it’s less than 10 minutes away from home.

My friend and I decided to go to Phở Metro for a quick bite yesterday. She ordered a small special beef noodle ($ 7.25) and I ordered the chicken pad thai ($ 9.25) and we shared the small fresh chicken rolls ($ 5).
Food was good. My friend seemed to like her phở, had no complaints. The portion seemed kind of small to me, but she didn’t finish it. Then again, my friend is like 4’11. It looked like there was a decent amount of beef and other fixings in it. I liked that the phở came with a plate of fresh bean sprouts and basil.
My chicken pad thai was a good portion. It was full of chicken and had basil leaves in it, which made it extra flavourful. My only gripe with it is that it didn’t come with tofu.
The chicken fresh rolls were good. Rolled tightly, so they didn’t unravel as soon as I bit into them. It came with some sort of sweet peanut sauce, which the both of us really enjoyed.
Service was quick and efficient. Had my water refilled quickly and food came pretty quickly after we ordered it.
This place is more expensive than most other phở places. I can get a large phở for $ 7.25. Their lunch combos are $ 9.50+, while other restaurants in that plaza boast $ 5 lunch combos. It’s not a smart price point considering most of their clientèle will be high school students.
I’ve seen so many restaurants in that unit fail before. It will be interesting to see how long Phở Metro lasts.

Came here couple weeks ago and thought my experience was mediocre. I came on a Tuesday night, so I wasn’t expecting a lot of customers. Lo and behold it was quite busy, possibly because it’s still new. I ordered a L beef brisket Phở, my typical order. The size was ok, definitely better than other places in terms of price to portion. The brisket was tender and fatty, just the way I like it. They only use dry noodles, which is a +1 in my book because Phở should not be the thick ho fun noodles imo. The soup base was rather bland, but not entirely bad. I still haven’t found a replacement Phở restaurant that can compare to some of the ones in downtown and the West end.
Although the food wasn’t anything spectacular, the service was! All the staff were friendly and extremely well mannered — not surprised because they’re Asian.
I will be visiting this place more to try their other items. For now, 3 stars is sufficient.

Expensive for what it is. Phở was okay, not great, they used the dry thin noodles instead if the fresh thick noodles. If I’m paying $ 9, I expect fresh noodles.
I believe the staff are Chinese, not Viet.
Likely won’t come back although it’s close by

Phở Metro maybe the most «authentic» Phở joint in the immediate area.
The menu is really simple. I just wish there are more options. The broth has good depth and wonderful aroma from the herbs used.
I do wish that the beef of my rare beef phở would have stayed rare when it was served to me. But over all their food is consistent as I had been back for a couple of time since it opened.
Great place in the neighbour for a quick phở fix. And the service is always friendly and fast!
A little on the pricey side, especially for vermicelli bowl for $ 9.25?! And lunch combination for almost $ 10.

I am so happy that there is a Phở Metro in Markham area now.
Place was near empty on a Saturday evening but I’m guessing during the weekdays its slammed because of the high school which is nearby. Service was excellent and super friendly. I have never had better service in a Vietnamese restaurant. We also got 10% off the bill as they are still running their grand opening special which should be ending soon.
Ice coffee with condensed milk $ 3.99 — tasted great but a bit small with a lot of ice.
Vermicelli house special $ 11.50 — comes with grilled pork and deep fried spring roll. Large portion of meat with a fresh serving of veggies and noodles. The spring roll itself was nice and crispy but instead of being filled with so much noodles I would rather it be filled with more meat.

+.5 for service
I’m gonna unfortunately say this place isn’t 4 stars compared to some of the reviews I’m seeing here.
This restaurant is the same branch as the Phở Metro in Scarborough, but the menus are different. There’s a couple more options here compared to the Scarborough branch, which honestly makes sense considering the abundance of Vietnamese restaurants in Markham.
I ordered the Vietnamese beef stew noodle soup, while my dad ordered the rice noodle soup with chicken and satay sauce. My dad’s bowl arrived first, and I would like to warn you if you try this bowl… the satay sauce is SPICY. My dad is very tolerant of spicy food and even he got taken aback to the point he had to ask for a cup of ice. The chicken is white meat and quite healthy, but the broth otherwise is nothing special.
My Vietnamese beef stew had a delicious broth, but there wasn’t enough in it. The rice noodles were clumped together, so I had to bring it up several times in order to spread out the noodles. Unfortunately the noodles absorbed the broth quite fast, so I only barely managed to finish it. The beef stew was delicious, and the mashed potatoes were a good addition to create that unique broth taste.
Service was excellent and the waiter managed to explain the contents of some of the menu items quite well. However I would not be rushing to return here, as there are better Vietnamese noodle places in Markham.

Had their grilled pork vermicelli — the pork is tasty but sliced really thin. The vermicelli was good, soft and tender.
Rare beef phở — delicious broth and it came with a big plate of bean sprouts and a whole stem of basil leaves. The beef was tender and not fatty at all.
Best of all to end the meal — their wicked ice coffee with condensed milk!