Nguyen Phi

This is the best phở bo (beef) in Montréal as of early 2016. Authentic. The broth is multilayered and really deep. When you CAN get it– you can get a side bowl of tendon to add to your soup which is worth a trip from anywhere in MTL. That is– IF they have it. The raw ingredients are always great. Sauces, cutlery etc always on the table .
GREAT service! Quick and friendly!
Family vibe. Very casual. Clean. Small place.
Notable– fantastic Bonsai trees growing in every window. Just try focusing on one of those bonsais while slurping your soup and not feel like the «Friendly Giant» drinking «Rusty the Rooster Stew».
I can’t give 5 stars because this place is not consistent. Blow you away one day and meh the next. Also-​The raw beef is not tender or thin enough to be served up as a raw/​cold side dish– which they do… chew chew chew
That being said– it is still the best phở in town!!!

This review will be short. Delicious soups! Delicious vietnamese dishes. My favourite is the phnom pen soup. You gotta give it a try! Very friendly service and reasonably priced. Worth the detour!

I eat phở everywhere I can. I’ve had it all over the world. This is the first time I have ever experienced phở where the broth was so perfect that I added nothing to it. No hoisin, no sriracha, no bean sprouts, nothing. It was incredible. The noodles were perfectly cooked and stayed strong until the very last bite. I cannot recommend this restaurant more highly. It is phenomenal.

Come here on a Sunday during lunchtime … and it feels like you’re stepping back in time … into another world in faraway Southeast Asia. The clientele and staff chatting in Vietnamese (switching effortlessly to and from French and English); the authentic Vietnamese food; the dessert… This is a quaint place and certainly worth coming back.
Try the grilled fish… Awesome! I don’t see this often in other phở places.
For dessert, try the tri-​color — a coconut iced drink with red beans and grass jelly.

A Vietnamese friend told us it’s the best phở in Montréal so we gave it a try. Not very impressed unfortunately. It was OK. Soup was quite plain and not very rich. The summer rolls were pretty dry for whatever reason. We were a little disappointed. But overall it was not bad.

J’ai essayé la soupe traditionnelle.
Wow! Très bonne.
L’odeur en arrivant est magnifique!
La soupe généreuse. Goûteuse. N’hésitez pas à demander plus d’herbes, ils ont tendance à être cheap. Le service est rapide, le personnel avec une attitude correcte qui pourrait être mieux. Ambiance vivant, parfois bruyant… comme au Vietnam…
Pour la nourriture, je le recommande chaudement!
Endroit: standard. D’allure propre.

La soupe est bonne compare avec le pluspart phở de montreal. mais la place po très propre… et aussi le service est comme si comme ca. on a commander deux soupes… la serveuse âge elle a pris nos commande sans utiliser le papier et stylo, et finalement elle a tout tromper nos commandes… si tu n’a po un bon mémoiré, pourquoi utilise po le stylo pour prendre le commande?

Best Phở I’ve ever tried. Broth is delicious with is great. The service is good, although there’s someone who talks a little to loud in the cash register but I’ll live. 5 star if they bring the TENDON in soups back, it was so good. Affordable too! Very filling and Pay less than 20 (appetizers+soup)

Love places like this — nondescript, dark, crowded, fresh smells coming from the kitchen, hushed servers, dinky repetitive ‘world’ music playing over and over.
Food is excellent, dried beef salad was a WTF moment of flavorful goodness, the phở was complex, rich but light at the same time. Well played.

When I used to take weekly piano lessons nearby, I would practically beg my mom to swing by this restaurant every time we were in the area. Everything about their phở is simply amazing, and their spring rolls are simply a must-​get (unless you’re allergic to nuts since there are some in the sauce). Even my mother who’s the critical type with the food she eats compliments the freshness of their ingredients.
The atmosphere is very relaxed, great for bringing friends or family to chat over food. The décor is simple and clean.
Also, the pricing is wonderful for its quality; so cheap for what you get and how much you get! You shouldn’t underestimate the actual bowl sizes, especially when you’re a 5’2″ female like me.
This is seriously my favourite Vietnamese restaurant and I can recommend this to others with absolute confidence. Even now, whenever I have business in downtown Montréal, I make it a point to head on over after I’m done.

Phở usually tastes a bit the same to me everywhere sometimes. But Nguyen Phi, I gotta say, has a really good broth. I think I would actually drink it (which is a big no no in Phở world) all up, but I decided against it. The broth is actually slightly clear which is surprising because most phở places it’s a bit murky and they use flavoring/​MSG.
The only thing I’m not too keen about is pricing here. For a small I paid around 8 bucks, which is quite expensive for a small bowl of phở. Service was ok because they forgot my phở… yeah not really cool. The only reason I’m giving 4 stars instead of 3 is because their phở is pretty darn good here. I’d come back if I was in the Cote-​de-​Neiges neighborhood.

I used to (no longer live in Montréal) come here weekly for takeaways. Always the chicken rice noodle soup. It’s cheap and extremely yummy. Everything (