Pho 88

This is our favourite Vietnamese restaurant in the GTA. The food is so delicious, staff is very friendly and patient. Restaurants décor is simple, clean, yet very nice.

Phở 88 is fine. Their ambience is above average, but when they’re busy, it can be pretty noisy. The food is good, if a little inconsistent (dishes change depending on which day we order them). But mostly we go because it’s close and decent, rather than because it’s the best vietnamese place in town.
We go about once a month, so it’s certainly good enough to go, and go regularly, just don’t expect to be blown away.

Surprised at the reviews here, nothing but positive experiences here, great food, value, and service. I come here biweekly

Just ordered a sate rare beef and chicken phở soup with extra meat and spring rolls (deep fried chicken and shrimp). Everything was amazing! so flavourful I was sceptical with the reviews. But really happy I didn’t listen. I will definitely order again. Thank you!

Came here for lunch and they have a lunch combo which came with a smaller size of the phở, a spring roll and a drink for $ 8.
The food is very average and is do-​able if the location is convenient.

I’ve enjoyed many lunches from Phở 88 and travel from the north end to enjoy their Rare Beef Phở and spring rolls. The atmosphere is nice and they’re always very kind to my child.

Not going to lie, some of the most disappointing Vietnamese food I’ve ever had.
The deep fried spring rolls filling was pretty standard but the skin was overly sweet. If they usually put sugar in the spring roll skins, I’ve never noticed before, but this was over the top.
The beef ball phở broth was good, but the beef balls were pretty awful. It tasted like compact, frozen, hamburger meat.

I was craving phở while driving on Don Mills in search for a place to eat, and came across this place. I’ve heard of the franchise before. Since I haven’t really had a bad phở from the few other places I’ve tried (not part of the franchise), I decided to give it a try. Once I entered, I noticed the high ceiling and cool surfboard-​like décor on one of the walls. There was another seating area farther away from the entrance but I didn’t get to see it. As for the area I was in, it looked quite nice.
It was around 7 PM on a Friday evening and I was by myself. It wasn’t empty but it wasn’t jam-​packed either — so I was assigned a seat fairly quickly. I was given a menu, a funky bottle of water, a cup, a pair of chopsticks, one of those plastic soup spoons, and a paper napkin. There was also a bottle of that sweet brown (hoisin?) sauce and a bottle of the hot (sriracha?) sauce. I didn’t really know what to get, since I was only used to this kind of menu: ‘beef phở’, ‘rare beef phở’, etc. There was a dish called Phở 88 (or something like that) so I ordered that one in the smaller size (I think the two sizes are called regular and large — with large being the bigger size, of course). It was about $ 8, I think.
It came at a reasonable time and it tasted pretty good. It also came with some kind of herb, some plants that resemble bean sprouts, and line on a separate plate. Never once did they come to check up on me — if they had, I could’ve requested more paper napkins that I direly needed, or a small dish for me to put the sauce so that I don’t have to put the sauce in my tiny plastic spoon every time I took a bite. Speaking of the spoon, I hope that they would provide something more substantial than the tiny, disposable one. It was difficult to use because the noodles kept slipping out of the spoon (more than usual). They had some free mint candy I could take near the cashier, though.

This is a chic little place and a breath of fresh air after I’ve been going to those run-​down Chinatown style Vietnamese places for so long. I really love the décor and I think it makes a big difference and sets the ambience for my eating pleasure.
True, I don’t think they have the best phở in town, but they have a variety of items to pick from on the menu for those of us who don’t want phở all the time even though their significant other does. The phở is not bad here I must say. I really liked their spring roll especially since it came out fresh and crispy. I usually order their stir fried glass noodle. I had ordered their chicken option before and thought it was not bad. But today I decided to get their vegetable and tofu option, since I saw on The Social today to eat less meat at night time. Unfortunately for the vegetable version they decided to add more pepper to add more taste due to the lack of meat?!? It wasn’t as good as the one I had before.
Other than that the service was excellent every time I’ve been here. They brought us our food quickly, attended to us when needed, asked how our food was and packed our leftovers for us. I’ll definitely come back when I’m in the area!

Wow. So excited about trying this place (without reading any reviews ahead of time) only to be so disappointed.
1. Could not get the attention of anyone to put in the order for the longest time
2. Order took a while to come in.
3. Then things came all staggered. One appetizer came then the other took some time to come.
4. They forgot the third person in our party’s order completely. We asked a few times. Finally our server came back and he no longer remembered the order even though I saw him write it down with my own eyes.
5. The Phở — why we came — one was bland as water. The tendon was totally uneven. Some were hard. Others were like pure mush. The spicier one at least had some flavour but not much.
6. Then finally the third persons order came. It was crispy noodles. Sorry only partly crispy. And huge pile of noodles with 5 shrimp. I remember the number because there were so few it was easy to count. And then it tasted like syrup there was so much sugar in it.
Then it took forever to get the bill. Not a great night for sure!

A pretty decent Phở place in the area. The soup base is good and very nice server. Worth coming back to try other items on the menu.

Been eating takeout here for the past year and it’s gotten progressively worse. Phở is all noodle, packed in its own container and need a knife to cut the noodles out. They skimp on sprouts and basil.
Then, we decided to try eating at the restaurant and it was worse. We ordered appetizers and they brought 2 tiny plates for the 6 of us. Asked for more plates and they brought one more plate. Then ordered sake, which tasted like it had been watered down. Ordered red curry and guess what? They refused to provide bowls and insisted we share it using the minuscule plates they provided. My brother ordered Phở and asked for only half the noodle and it came back as a full bowl of noodles so he couldn’t even get at the broth or anything else. Plus, it was the wrong broth! As usual, they skimped on sprouts and basil.
They weren’t even apologetic. I refuse to order takeout or eat at the restaurant. So don’t waste your time. M

While not exactly the best Phở place in Toronto, this place still offers a decent bowl of phở at relatively inexpensive prices in Toronto. The place has the usual Vietnamese restaurant décor and the place is usually loud and full of hungry patrons.
I usually order the special Phở noodle soup along with the fresh rolls with shrimp and they are always made to order and the food comes out quite quickly! The portions could be a bit larger, but I do eat a fair bit when it comes to phở!
Overall I would come back if I was in the area, otherwise I typically would not go out of my way to eat here.

The food is eh. i’ve had waaaaay better, but tend to go here when i have no where else to dine with my bf. The décor is nice.
customer service = 4+
spring rolls are good here to try as an appetizer, the phở isn’t great.
the smoothies are good its something to try!
i usually get the grilled chicken with rice, and i love it.

I used to go to the Chinatown Phở 88 a longggg time ago. Then they started renovating and I suppose from there they have decided to market towards being a higher end of Phở? Their décor is really nice, however I don’t care so much if the food was the same. Their prices are much higher and less in portion in my opinion. I ordered their Phở small special. Broth was not very hot. I also ordered fresh rolls with viet sausage (my fave) however they sliced them instead of putting a whole sausage which was quite stingy of them. Especially since I paid an extra $ 1.50 to sub for the pork. So I paid $ 6.25 for two fresh rolls which is really pricy. Will not be returning. Just not worth it to me.

3.5 ! Needed to eat after bootcamp and Pho88 was just behind Fitness Connection. The restaurant is fairly new looking & looked beautiful inside w/​its high ceilings and stunning bar area.
I ordered the Grilled chicken & spring rolls vermicelli. First I was quite impressed with the chicken. There was actually a decent amount. I’ve been to some phở places that only give half the amount. The spring roll was nice and crunchy. The noodles were nice and thin. My fav kind! The portion for myself was great! But I know if my hubby ordered it, the meal would not be enough for him. The only con is, the price is slightly higher than what I’m used to. $ 9. But that’s ok. There was a decent amount of chicken & the restaurant was very nice and clean.
Service was great. The waiter was always there & also changed our water jug without us having to ask. There were many patrons that evening & I was surprised the waiter had time for all of us. The food also came out quickly.
Lots of parking

Meh, much like the other phở 88 locations if they put as much effort into their food as décor it would be great! Is it too much to ask for? A broth, a real broth hand crafted and for gods sake keep the MSG out! I don’t want to feel all tired and trusty and lazy after my meal!
The place looks great! But the food isn’t just there! It’s not the worst phở but its certainly isn’t the best!
They used o be much better at the Dundas location. I will only go here if I’m too lazy to travel far

I was so excited to find a new phở place in this neighbourhood! I was happy with the décor as well.
I ordered a regular phở and noticed that there were barely any noodles inside. And the ones inside seemed to break really easily. Was pretty disappointed :(The broth was good though.
Maybe I got a bad batch. However I be willing to give it another try due to the lack of phở places nearby!

Nice décor but would rather pay less for the same dish at another location.
1. Vermicelli with spring roll and grilled pork
— Crispy spring roll, pork was not dry. Noodles were not clumpy.
Overall:
As nice as the décor is, the prices were higher than other similar phở restaurants and the menu was smaller. Service was good.

A phở restaurant with a nice ambiance. Large windows and high ceilings make for a relaxed dining experience.
This restaurant is new so service is extra nice and fast. It is very clean too and I like the industrial flooring, it’s a very clean look.
Phở is good. Vermicelli was delicious and they offered up extra fish sauce too.
Veggies in the Verm were fresh and the spring rolls nice and crispy without being greasy.
I also ordered the red bean drink, it came in a mason jar — classy and unique.
Also there is plenty of parking. A big plus.
Now the negative:
I find the portions smaller than the Chinatown offerings, but for the ambiance, cleanliness and parking I will over look this. I will just order more appetizers.