Phonomenal Vietnamese Cafe

Delicious food. Space is a little cramped, but not a major issue.

Interesting.
Clean.
Quick, efficient service.
Small.
Popular.
Pricey.
Average.
A couple of other Phở places on our list were closed on Sunday and this one got ok reviews so tried it. Nothing really wrong with the place but we found both the vegetable and brisket noodle soup to be very ordinary. bland, actually.
Lots of young Asian folks for pick up and I guess that is the main customer base.
The phở was 25% higher than other phở places in Victoria and 30% higher than the best Vancouver has to offer.
25 to 30% higher, I consider to be a built in tip so they got no more.

I like their soup. The place is small so it fills up pretty quick. Of all the phở I’ve tried in Victoria, I liked this place the best. The soup wasn’t as salty as others. They gave plenty of meat for their house special, which I think is reasonably priced. One minus was the waitress who saw that the restaurant was filling up and people waiting, she rushed us to leave.

This see to be our go-​to phở place. Yummy food, average service (except the male server, he is awesome!) and reasonable prices. However, that has all changed as their prices have gone up SO much. What used to be $ 8 is now 10.95 & dishes that used to be $ 11 are now 15.95. The value used to be good but you can not raise prices and decrease portion sizes. Sorry not cool. On to the next I guess…

This a pretty reliable place. Excellent soup. Banh mi is above average but not killer. Appetizers are good. It doesn’t have super atmosphere, but I like coming here. Good honest, clean-​tasting food.

The Phở is ok, but the highlight is the Vietnamese sandwiches, they are Awesome!
Try the vegetarian sub, it has tofu that tastes like chicken and the sauce is super tasty.
Only complaint is the consistency of each order. One time I ordered a sandwich and it was loaded with sauce, a week later I ordered the same thing, it was dry…

I’m a big fan of Vermicelli bowls. I love Phở, but the salt is crazy, and I have to watch that. So I am always on the prowl for a new place for an awesome Vermicelli
bowl. Well, I found one!
This place hasn’t been open very long, but they’re doing really well. A lot of people order a head of time and so they’re very adept at «to go» orders. If you are staying — which they will ask you when you walk in the door — they’ll ask you to sit down and then you get full on table service.
They are super fast, which I appreciate, and the food that comes out of the kitchen is incredible and also fast. For appies we’ve tried the prawn salad roll and the shrimp on sugar cane. Both are excellent. I always get the Phở-​nomenal Vermicelli bowl and it has all my favorite things. Grilled pork, spring roll and shrimp on sugar cane. Amazing! the salad in the bowl is fresh and tasty and I love the whole flavor combo. They do a great job on the Vietnamese coffee and i’ts delicious as well. they also do these sandwiches which look great, but I’ve never tired them. — Bread has a lot of salt in it — but I’ve never seen them anywhere else.
All in all a great place and has now become one of my local favorites. If you need a quick lunch or just want some awesome Vietnamese food, try this place out.