Pho Tau Bay

Eaten a lot of phở. These guys take the lead. Excellent. Cheep. Delicious. give it a try!

A hidden Vietnamese phở restaurant with prices ranging around $ 9 for a large phở. The broth is nice and savory sweet. There are a few downsides though and one of them is quality of meat, which is a little rubbery. However, portions are more than normal. The noodles, on this occasion, was overcooked and got soggy. There is very little ambience.
*CASH ONLY
Go for: quick service (I received my order within 5mins!), decent flavourful phở
Don’t go for: that special phở shop that you would travel 10k into Surrey for

NOTE: Phở Tau Bay is sadly closed to renovation, as I discovered today. Not sure when it will be re-​opened but with Tim at the helm I am certain it will be soon and great!

My home phở spot for more than ten years. Always busy, always delicious. Large #2 and a salad roll please!

This place looks a bit dingy from the outside but don’t let that fool you — the food here is great. Spring rolls, salad rolls and the hot beef noodles are always a lovely way to start a cold weathered weekend. Good prices, great food.

I’m a Vietnamese. To be honest, none of the restaurants here satisfies my expectation about Phở but this restaurant’s Phở is acceptable, better than any restaurants I’ve ever tried. I wish they will have a location in Vancouver, Surrey is a little bit too far

We stopped by for a late lunch and enjoyed some phở and spring rolls. The phở was loaded with toppings! The broth was very flavourful. It seems like Surrey Vietnamese restaurants generally load up on the toppings generously when compared to Burnaby and Vancouver. The spring roll was alright. I prefer rice wrappers over the wheat wrappers. There was a decent amount of filling.
Service was subpar. We were borderline about to walkout after flagging staff to take our orders but the staff kept dropping food off to other customers and just looked at us. Finally someone eventually took our order. The customers who showed up after us received their food first. The kitchen messed up on the no onions for an order and tried to remove as much onion out of the order so the phở arrived with meat topping mostly cooked.
The food is a solid 4 stars. Minus one star for the service.

Better service than the other location, although the waitress forgot i ordered my large bowl with extra meat and no greens — yes i’m a voracious meat eater and yes i hate raw veggies and fruits, come at me vegetarians. There was greens on it.
Quality phở, one of the best in Vancouver area for sure.
I’m sold.

Hands down my favourite phở of all time. I refuse to eat else where. Love the staff and the food is always delicious.

I’ve been to Phở Tau Bay a total of three times now.
The two times I have been, I’ve eaten at the restaurant, while the third, I got take-​out.
The broth is out of the world. There is just something about it that makes me crave phở from here everytime I drive by or am thinking of what to eat.
Take-​out was fast and packed amazingly. I ordered take out and drove to Port Coquitlam and the broth was still piping hot.
Spring rolls are good, as are the salad (summer) rolls.
Just thinking about it makes me want to go back!!! Service is good. And the owners accommodated my friend and I when we arrived just as they were closing one night when we went.

Went for phở for the first time and already wanting to come back there tomorrow! I got the sea food in soup phở with there delicious spring rolls. It was clean, fast and looks a bit different from the pic i think it was redone but awesome place to eat and cheap as well.

Yummy and well priced. House special is great and the sesame balls are to die for. The peanut sauce isn’t that good though, it need more peanut.

Solid 3.5 stars, it’s not as nice as the King George, nor do I like the tight plaza it’s in with a donair place, pizza, and a 7 eleven all fighting for limited spots. oh yeah, forgot there’s a subway too.
Ordered the salad roll, which was wrapped nice and tight, impressed w/​the extra filling inside (pork) but could’ve lightened up on the mint… and the dipping sauce, which is supposed to be more peanut butter, tasted more like soya sauce.
Ice coffee was also a tad on the sweet side, and remember, I can handle sweetness.
yet i’m still eager to return here to try the real food.

I don’t really like phở but this seemed like a decent place. We had our food to go which was probably a bad choice since there was so much work involved in putting everything together. I would recommend eating in.

This place is our go to phở restaurant as its right near our house.
Food is always consistent and good!
If you are looking for a decent phở place near Guildford, this is it.
Cash only

This was a pretty good beef noodle place. I had rare beef and beef ball and spring roll. I think lemon grass spring roll beats this spring roll hands down but was ok (not too oily). Beef came out fully cooked in the soup so was bit tough (but many pieces) but the beef balls were very bouncy and tasty (but so few). The soup was very good with lots of green onion and good flavor. I would come back and try their other noodle dishes.

If your Vietnamese friends tell you to go to Surrey to have Phở, you should probably listen to them.
The BBH at Phở Tau Bay was by far one of the better ones I’ve had! My friend Steven N. said the broth would taste better during dinner, and you know what? He was right! The BBH came out piping hot and the broth was so full of flavour.
I don’t go to Surrey often, but if I ever do find myself back in this city, I’d definitely come back to try other items on their menu.

Best Phở I’ve had in Surrey! Ok, it’s the only Phở I’ve had in Surrey but it’s still really good.
Came here after another random trip to Surrey and I wanted something not very Tim Hortons-​y so we came here.
This place is a little dive Vietnamese diner that maintains it’s «original» design. What this placed lacked in aesthetics was more than compensated for in service and speed.
I ordered the rare beef with beef balls and Phở wise I think this place is on the upper end of the taste spectrum. The side of spring rolls I ordered was a nice little side to go with it.
I would come back here anytime I have a craving and I’m in Surrey, just don’t forget to bring some cash as it’s cash only.

This place is located in a sketch strip mall in Surrey, but hey, the phở is solid.
You’re up for an adventure and looking for a great phở place in Surrey aside from Phở Tam, I would highly reco’ Phở Tau Bay.
It has all the quintessential requirements of a phở restaurant.
Mirrors on one side of the room? Check.
Neon lights? Check.
TV playing Vietnamese music videos? Check.
The broth is different from most places and has a nice sweet scent to it. Apparently it’s even better during dinner. Why? No idea, but we’ll go again!

I found this place randomly in 2004 when I lived close, and after trying it (delicious) and every other Phở place I could find in Greater Vancouver and Calgary, it’s still easily the best Phở place I’ve ever had the pleasure of visiting — the broth is rich with an amazing scent, the meat is super tender, the noodles are always cooked perfectly and there’s something amazing about their spring rolls. To be honest, the soup is on par with Phở Tam a few blocks down 108 behind the Safeway, but the spring rolls are hands down better.
Every time I’ve had Phở somewhere else in the last 9 years, I’ve wished I was here.