Pho 32 N Shabu

Phở 32 in main st like one in Murray Hill was closed and recently open for new restaurant with different concept.

Call my brother & I ridiculous as we would literally take a trip every Saturday here for shabu shabu for lunch or dinner.
The staff here are very attentive and the vegetables here are nice portions. Love the thinly sliced meats they give you. You can’t go wrong with it.
Make your own sauce for dipping and mine never changes. Soy sauce, sesame oil, black pepper, hot oil, wasabi, garlic, cilantro, and hot pepper.
The spring rolls here are also awesome.
I absolutely love the smoothies with bubbles (tapioca).
Somewhat on the pricey side, but absolutely worth every penny!

This is actually the best Phở spot i’ve eaten at across my travels in the U.S. Let me first start off by saying that I’ve had Phở all around flushing and in other cities (S.F., Seattle, ATL, Chicago, NOLA) but I always find their chicken Phở to be right on the mark for me when it comes to taste and service. Servers are very nice, inside the restaurant itself is casual yet clean in design, and again the Phở is just right.

If you’re looking for phở btw 4am-​10am then this place would do it. It’s a generic, watered down version of Phở. I’ve eaten pretty much their whole menu since I am a local and am out during those above mentioned hours and I do enjoy phở at least once a week. I would recommend any other phở spot during normal business hours but if you have to have phở between 4 and 10 in the am then this would be your spot and lastly I would recommend their shabu shabu since you can’t really mess up having customers cook their own food.

The only time I come to this Phở is when I am trying to grab dinner late at night. This place is open ²⁴⁄₇ and the service late at night is very prompt and quick. There’s hardly ever any waiting time to be seated. The phở is pretty good here and I have no complaints for what is is.

I would give this place a 3.5 if that was possible. This is my go-​to place when I’m craving phở and Phở Bang is crowded. The broth is a bit watered down and less flavorful in my opinion but it isn’t bad at all. I also really enjoy their DIY Vietnamese roll platter. It’s a great hands-​on appetizer for a couple or a group. The hot pot isn’t horrible but I didn’t like their options for sauce making. I felt that their condiments were too light and would lose it’s flavor while I dipped my food in it. My favorite thing about their hot pot though is the rice porridge you get to make at the end with your remaining broth. It’s fun to do and tastes great because of all the flavoring from your meat, vegetables, etc…

Okay, I really liked the food! I REALLY LIKED THE FOOD! The service was okay. I got my food right away so why do I say okay? I’ll tell you why. The restroom was absolutely disgusting. I actually decided to hold my urine until I got to my destination because the restroom at Phở 32 N Shabu was that disgusting! When I tried to convey my dissatisfaction with the staff, all of a sudden their understanding of English was nonexistent despite the fact that they had no problem taking my order and taking my money. I really would like to go back but the restroom situation will have to be remedied before they get a better review from me.
CLOSED! They should have kept their restrooms clean. August, 2015

I recently ordered food here and was disappointed. I ordered the beef onion egg with sesame for $ 10 – 11. And out came a aluminim tray partially filled. About less than half, lot of rice and close to no beef. Literally shavings of beef. Along with this order I asked for summer rolls. $ 4 for two and the shrimps were not as fresh. Semi dry. I felt cheated out of $ 15 – 16 for a mediocre serving. The soups are somewhat fine but their rice dishes.ehh.

Delicious and moderately inexpensive! My mom and I stopped in here on a whim and were not disappointed. The broth and noodles are so flavorful! It was the first time we had shabu shabu and it took us a while to figure out certain things like the sauce bar in the corner. We kind of wanted to share a shabu, we could tell it was going to be way more food than we needed, but the waiter strongly discouraged us from doing so. They are also a little slow with service considering its a cook it yourself kind of food — I only got one water refill. Overall, we weren’t disappointed by the massive quantities of food we ordered but definitely left about half of it behind.

Really good phở. Service is great. Clean and not cramped. Pork chops are good. Spring rolls are standard.

WHY DO I KEEP RETURNING HERE? Because it is ²⁴⁄₇ good food :)
There are only a few places in Queens that are open for twenty-​four hours. It is easy to come here and grab a late night dinner with friends or family. In the center of Flushing, by Main Street — this is seriously one of the only places to go for dinners between the hours of 1am — 8am.
The food is good, nothing special. Shabu shabu, phở, they have it all. Service is slow, waiting time is long — but definitely speeds up as the amount of customers decrease when it gets to late-​night hours.

The phở here is terrible. Terrible to the point where I will deem it the worst that I’ve ever had in my whole life. It doesn’t even taste anything like real phở. I mean, what do you expect from a place run by Koreans?
Yes, this place is clean (especially the bathroom, +1 star). The décor is much better than the other phở restaurants in Flushing. I agree with you on all that. But that is not why you should go to a restaurant.
Service is kind of on the slow side. But it seems to be better for larger groups (and Koreans).
I will never come here again when Phở Bang is so close.

A chain restaurant done right! $ 12.95 for beef, pork, or chicken shabu shabu? I’ll take it!
The most important thing about shabu shabu is the soup base, and their base is actually really good. It’s a clear broth and is actually not as oily as much hotpot/​shabu places, so you don’t leave feeling gross and thirsty from msg.
The amount of food is just right. Good plate of meat with sides of veggies, vermicelli noodles, and other things. Another great thing about this place is that it’s open ²⁴⁄₇!

The thing that I like most about this place is that it’s ²⁴⁄₇. Except maybe between the hours of 5AM — 6AM but who really eats phở at that time, right?
The phở and the chicken potstickers here are always a good go-​to when seeking comfort food. The phở is more Korean than Vietnamese, and I’m sure that there’s a ton of MSG in it, but like I said. Comfort food.
After dragonboat practice, nothing warms up your stomach and sore muscles like a good bowl of MSG-​laden phở.

It’s decent and offers both Vietnamese food (very basic) and shabu. I had the octupus shabu, which was okay, but the broth was pretty bland. The shrimp sumai were very disappointing as they contained more filler than shrimp, but the fried shrimp balls were delish and made completely of minced shrimp covered in a crispy shell. The phở itself is decent although there are definitely better versions in Flushing. The location is very convenient (right across from Macy’s) and near a parking lot, and they do take Amex, as well.

Long review short. The noodles were too thick, broth was a bit bland with none of the necessary spices that I know a good phở has, prices were escalated, and the beef was not fresh. We wanted spring rolls but they were some ridiculous price and settled on the fried dumplings instead.
The waiter came to our table countless times and was very helpful. He even gave us a complimentary soda, each. He’s the reason my review is a three star and not 0.
I’d skip this place unless its your last resort.

Oh Kay… be careful of what you take from this review.
I like it because it is cheap. If it wasn’t cheap, I’d pass on this place altogether.
The Korean mixed pretty well with the Vietnamese. Spicy Mayo sauce in the Bahn Mi Sandwiches? Surprise… it works! Kimchi served with Phở? It works.
However, I need my Vietnamese sandwiches to be toasted. Non toasted just makes it a white pastey mess. And I love lime. The Phở would do better with a little lime. OH! And the strong taste of MSG just ruined the whole experience for me.
MSG!
Clean, Open 24 hours and takes cash.

At first, my fiancé and I were skeptical in trying this restaurant because we wanted Vietnamese food and was not sure how good it would be since it is Korean-​owned, but we decided to try it anyway. Turns out, we enjoyed the Vietnamese food but not so much the service.
Simple décor, not much decoration around the restaurant. Very casual and clean place except for the seats, which make you feel like you are sinking in. There is Korean music playing in the background. The menu has diverse, multi– purpose food, such as Shabu-​Shabus, Vietnamese Phở Noodle Soups, Vermicelli bowls, Vietnamese sandwiches, Pad Thai, Vegetarian dishes, rice bowls, etc.
My order:
Vietnamese Sandwich $ 7 (Lettuce/​pickled daikon & carrots/​cucumber/​jalapeño/​spicy mayo) — Very soft baguette. Fresh, non-​toasted. You can tell it is fresh if it is not toasted. Less crumbs, less messy to eat. Lean beef used. A unique and original Viet sandwich all because they added the spicy mayo! You can consider this to be semi-​healthy sandwich minus the spicy mayo.
His order:
Brisket, Flank, Soft Tendon & Tripe Phở $ 8.49
Tasted ok, but the phở style is not very authentic. Big portion but were given more vermicelli noodles than meat. Good soup base though. Not much oil in the noodle soup.
***Our major complaint was the servicing staff. Felt very uncomfortable, like we were being starred down the whole time we were eating. I noticed the waiters were friendlier and had more smiles towards the Korean-​speaking customers around us. Therefore, I felt somewhat discriminated against because I did not speak Korean to them and hence, received a different treatment. What happened to equality? Appearantly, they do not know the meaning of R-​E-​S-​P-​E-​C-​T. The service here lacked big time!
I swear good customer service is going downhill for most places nowadays. What is happening??? Maybe we will just order delivery next time just to avoid direct contact with the staff at Pho32 or maybe we will try other Pho32 locations or maybe we will just stick with Phở Bang!

Phở 32 is a chain of sorts with locations in Bayside and K-​Town. The food isn’t really authentic Viet but it’s decent. Kind of funny to get kimchee with my beef phở but it’s actually not a bad combo. Place is cleaner than other places that offer Viet fare in Flushing but if you want real authentic Viet, I’d suggest Thai Son in Elmhurst or some other similar restaurant in Elmhurst. Flushing’s Viet offerings are subpar right now.

In the three years since I’ve written my last update, things have only gone further downhill for Pho32. Granted, it was always a layman’s phở, one that essentially lacked virtually all components of anything remotely close to the real thing. The bland soup base, the odd faux vermacelli noodles, and the laughable condiments of lime and plain bean sprouts, make this place — along with it’s sister locations, quite possibly the worst phở in NYC.
Queens in it’s current state has little to no cred when it comes to Vietnamese cuisine, but at the very least it’s trying. Phở 32 is not. It used to be the only time to come here was when nothing else was open, but the late night service took a dive and food which was already on the shallow end, also degrades in quality, leaving those of us left to eat it to suffer a little more.
And it doesn’t take a phở connoisseur to taste the difference. I imagine many of the drunk palates in here aren’t much for Vietnamese food anyway, but rather looking for a way to ease the late night blur into less of a morning ache. It’s clear the broth hasn’t been the recipient of 2 days of beef bone boil, along with little star anise, or any fresh condiments to add some kick and flavor to the soup. While I doubt the broth is of instant-​phở variety, there is no dispute that this food could use some serious tweaking.
Phở 32 should really just have an all English menu at this point. There’s almost no reason to include the original Vietnamese names, when none (I do mean none) of the wait staff will understand any way. Call Phở, «beef noodle soup» or something. It’s already sad enough that the Manhattan branches are just as bad, if not worse than the disaster chain that is Phở 32.