Pho Mi 99

We ordered take-​out today, we found a huge piece of PAPER TOWEL in our beef briskets noodle soup!!! It was so disgusting!!! I don’t know how they passed the food safety!!! I will NEVER go back!!!

I left the place feeling more annoyed and sick then when I entered. 99 is usually the one safe choice for me to go to when I’m feeling viet food (which is rare). I usually order the rice and rice noodle because their grilled meat was something to rave about. Over the years, it was notable that quality and prices are both moving in an inverse pattern to each other, Prices are unjustifiably increasing and yet quality are dropping to an unacceptable standard. That being said, this pattern are seen across the viet cuisine landscape but some are more drastic then others. The branch of 99 was yet another soar disappointment and was a shell of a restaurant that it use to be in its glory days. I really am saddened and annoyed. Service wasn’t all that bad but the food left me regretting my choice. The meats (grilled chicken and pork chop) was dried to an inedible state, the steamed egg meatloaf was seems to be frozen and reconstituted (leaving that nasty spongy and soggy taste). I also ordered the deep fried shrimp cake with was ridiculously dried to the point of the shrimp losing all its taste and texture-​leaving it leather-​like and dry, once again, also tasting not very fresh. The soup for the phở was sweet but not from cooking the bones. It left a really strange sweet, sugary after taste that comes from msg and sugar. Overall the only edible thing in that meal was the nem nuong. I do not make it a habit to waste food, either trying to finish it or pack it home, I did not even hesitated to leave 80% of the meat untouched. I cried a little when I paid… will not be coming back, sad to say.

Dined at Phở Mi 99 recently. We were promptly seated as soon as we walked through the doors. Tea was quickly brought to our table to enjoy as we decided on what to order. I went with a medium bowl of #204 rate beef and brisket with a side of rice. Once ordered the soup arrived in minutes and was delicious. The prices were fantastic, 2 medium bowls and 2 sides of rice for under $ 20, you just can’t beat that.
I’m looking forward to my next visit to Phở Mi 99.

Very fast service, good food, excellent value. Among my group I noticed that whether you order phở, vermicelli, or rice, your food always arrives fast — like in 5 minutes. I was starving on this particular day, and the speedy service was a godsend. I liked the spacious and brightly lit interior.
I have a minor complaint about one of the staff. The older lady who works at the cash register (note: older compared to the waitresses) has communication problems or is hard of hearing. When I was telling her which items I was paying for (because our entire group was on one receipt), I had to repeat 3 times before she got what I said. This is an uncommon failure mode, and below the level of service I expect. As for the waiters, I found them to be unremarkable and decent.

Vermicelli not made fresh. My vermicelli was served hard. The place is dirty. My friend ordered Phở. And they’re stingy on the fresh herbs. We ordered takeout and received wilting herbs and veggies w our rice. Never going back. Better off driving a bit further and giving business to neighbouring Phở restaurants.

Ordered chicken lemongrass rice. The chicken was the worse I’ve ever tasted from a vietnamese restaurant. Chicken had the texture of chicken used in broth then pan-​fried. It had absolutely no taste what so ever.
The phở noodle soup with brisket and well done beef had pieces we did not know what they were.
Last time we come here. Should have known. Didn’t see a single vietnamese in the restaurant

We’ve been going to this location (among others) of Phở Mi 99 for probably 12 – 15 years (maybe even longer).
The restaurant is in a very busy plaza at Hurontario and Eglinton. The parking lot is very big, but also usually quite busy.
The restaurant itself is fairly large, with plenty of seating ranging from tables for two to large round tables that would seat 8 – 10. It’s quite clean and nice and bright.
We’ve tried many of the items on their extensive menu and haven’t been disappointed.
There are many rice dishes, vermicelli dishes, stir fries, noodle soups, congee, (the list goes on and on) to choose from. As well as lots of freshly made shakes, Vietnamese coffee, etc…
Some of our favourites are…
#113 — My Tho style noodle soup. It has glass noodles, assorted seafood, bbq pork and ground pork.
#512 — Chicken curry with rice. It’s not a very saucy curry and has lots of diced onions and sliced green onions. Not too spicy, but quite tasty.
#414 — Vermicelli with spring roll, pork meatballs and shrimp on a sugarcane. Unlike some other Vietnamese restaurants, the shrimp on the sugarcane is a generous portion with plenty of shrimp. The meatballs are a little sweet, but very tasty and the spring rolls are the traditional Vietnamese kind made in a rice wrapper and with plenty of taro inside (delicious).
The service is extremely fast and the servers are friendly, although not all of them speak a lot of English.
When someone asks about Vietnamese restaurants in the Mississauga area, this is always one of the ones we recommend.

My family and I have been coming to Phở Mi 99 for YEARS.
It is a little far from where we live but we always try to make the trip out here because it is our absolute favourite place to get phở from.
Everything that we usually order, whether it is phở, vermicelli, chinese broccoli, fried rice, etc. is always consistent and so tasty.
The owner is also the sweetest man and I don’t think I have ever caught him without a smile on his face.

Quick and fast service. Had lunch here. Lots of seating. Family owned and operated.
I had the chicken cashew with sautéed vegetable. Can’t complain. Dish was served boiling hot. Loved it.
Also a kettle of green tea is services to you on house as you are seated.

Favourite place to go get phở. If I had a friend or colleague that has never tried this Vietnamese cuisine then this would be the place I would take them to hands down. We ordered the raw beef phở, and satay cube of beef with rice… BEST! So good. Service was good, fast and cheap.

I came here after lunch hours looking for a quick Asian fix. The location is close to my work. Not sure if they are related but this location by Ocean grocery store is bigger than Phở Mi 99 on Burnathorpe and Grand Park Drive.
Ambience:
I got a seat at the corner. Although it was after the lunch rush and the staff started cleaning the floor, I suggest you not to look at the corner. Otherwise the floor was clean, and the restaurant doesn’t smell as bad as other phở places.
Food:
I ordered a medium bowl of phở and didn’t find the portion quite small. The soup broth was pretty good and I didn’t feel the need to drink a lot of water because of the MSG. The raw beef and briskets were on the rough side and I hoped they were more tender.

Fast and cheap! When on a time crunch and you have a little less than 1 hr to eat and socialize, this is the spot.
All the phở dishes are great. If you want to switch it up, I recommend the goat curry on rice. Deeeliiciouss!
If not into goat (who’s not into goat lol) try the chicken fried rice with bbq chicken.
All dishes are well under $ 10 with tax and tip
Enjoy!

This is one of my favorite places to have Vietnamese beef noodle soup because it was a tradition growing up with my family. Now we come less often because we have moved to Mississauga west and there are closer ones.
They have always been friendly and courteous and have never said no to a request. One of the only places that will switch the rice to veggies for me and not charge me.
Everything tastes fresh and I love their avocado shakes (ask for low sugar). Try their vinegared hot peppers on the table, they pack a great kick!
Lunch is busy so just walk in make eyes with the server and grab ask seat!

3.5÷5!
I LOOOOOOVE phở! It’s a mad real craving and I don’t always have it so when I do, I’m critical about everything. I went with an old friend to catch up and frankly, my rating is best more on her dish than mine.
We went for lunch around noon and both order the Special 99 beef soup which comes as the broth with all types of beef (brisket, tendons, meatballs, strips, etc), tripe, and noodles. It was nice and warm, very filling and adding Sriracha really cleared up my sinuses (suffering from a cold at the moment lol).
My friend ordered the exact same dish but had asked for no onions. I don’t know if they interpreted that in a different way but they didn’t give her onions (good) but they also didn’t give her any of the meatballs or tripe. She still enjoyed it but felt a bit jipped. I took out the tendons from my bowl when it came but that’s just preference. Also, I actually haven’t tried phở anywhere other than phở mi 99 so next time I’ll definitely expand my horizons.
We both got medium sized bowls and all together with tax was $ 14.39 (a little under $ 8 each) which I think is pretty good considering the quality and quantity you get.
Definitely recommend, I’ll be trying their fish balls and shrimp bowl next time :)

Asked for chicken PHO (soup); with white meat; got dark meat and over cooked spongy pieces of white. Plus some surprise tripe pieces (gross).
Spring rolls were good.
Not good compared to all the good PHO around the area. Would never go back.

Food is either too salty or bland. I’ve been here a few times and got the hotpot (bland broth), banh hoi (fish sauce too salty, Chao tom tastes powdery, and spring roll is all carrot filler and wrapping), bi goi is also just filler with a tiny bit of bi. I should have known, it’s always dead here. Even during rush times like right now during lunch on a Sunday.

This is your typical Phở Mi 99. Fast, efficient, cheap and average tasting.
I’ve had their «special» and the beef brisket stew. Their special uses decent meats, however I wasn’t too impressed by their beef brisket stew. While the broth was very tasty, I found the brisket a bit tough. Also, while I don’t think this location is dirty, for some reasons, the tables felt slightly sticky. Maybe because it’s older.
I’d recommend going to the Phở Mi 99 on Grand Park instead if you don’t mind driving a bit.

Came here recently and was sadly disappointed with the food. We came here on a Saturday at 11:30am and the broth was leftover broth. :(not clear, and the consistency had a powdery, cloudy look to it. Also, a large piece of ginger was in my soup, indicative that it was the bottom of the pot. :(How is it that at the beginning of the day, the soup is already at this state? I can’t and don’t even want to imagine what it’ll be like near dinner time.
The meat quality was not good, fatty pieces of brisket and flavorless sliced ribeye that was undercooked. Add that the cloudy broth was not even hot, but lukewarm, and I was thoroughly turned off from my food. Since, I don’t like to waste food, I still ate it.
Shrimp roll was at least fresh with basil and mint leaves and bean sprouts, but the sauce was a hoisin base, when it should have been more peanut based. When does a Vietnamese restaurant not serve peanuts in their dipping sauces? Especially the rice based rolls? Unacceptable.
Anyway, we were not happy with this visit, and likely might not return, but I’ll give it another shot, just not anytime soon. Maybe just had an off day.
Proceed with caution.

A decent place for a quick dinner.
Service was quick and food was tasty. I particularly enjoyed the spring rolls.
When I left, they accidentally tacked on a takeout order to my bill (I KNOW I didn’t order anything extra… I filled out the order sheet myself!) and they seemed really annoyed. Kind of a strange glitch to my meal.
It was pretty good, I’d probably come back if I were in the area and wanted a quick, tasty meal.

Phở Mi 99 looks a little sketchy from the outside with all the curtains drawn down and the small storefront. I almost want to pass and go somewhere else. But my Friend made me… she has weakness to Phở as I am to sushi so we walked in.
A busy dining room on a Sunday evening always a good sign. Service here is so fast… we got all our food in less than 5 minutes after we ordered!
Special Phở ($ 7)
— broth is cleared but flavoured with a hint of herb
— noodle is the dry varieties but was prepared properly
Banh Cuon Lua ($ 5)
— nice portion for the price
— pork filling was a little bland but overall was quite good as not too many Vietnamese restaurant as that on their regular menu
Fast service, decent food and affordable prices made Phở Mi 99 the place to go if you have a craving for Vietnamese food when you are in the area.