I order the grilled pork and noodle salad (#42) repeatedly, and it's always fantastic. My husband always orders the Pho with egg noodles and no tendon, and is very happy with the portion size and taste of his meal as well. The portions are probably the largest of any Pho restaurant we've tried, and are tasty and consistent. The restaurant loses stars because of the cleanliness of the restaurant, although the kitchen appears to be clean from what I can see. Also, sometimes we have to ask more than once to get our drinks. The food is good enough to over-look any lapse in service. We normally just feed our child from our dishes onto a separate plate, since the one time we ordered a side of grilled pork for him it was HUGE. read more

I loved this place the first time I had it but I felt funny after eating it. My arms actually went numb. I didn't think anything of it. However, I went again and the same thing happened. Basically this place uses MSG! I've heard from a couple people now that they didn't feel good either after eating eat. No more pho:( read more

Food- delicious. They grow the basil Service- not friendly Atmosphere- ugly, basic kinda dirty Ive been there 15 times so i must like it. read more

We love this place but after finding a coach roach in her food.. we are very disappointed read more

Pho Bac Noodle Palace - Coach roach in our food.. - Vietnamese Near Me - Modesto, California

Love Pho Bac noodle palace and car wash. I still haven't tried the hand car wash yet, but I'd like to. One aspect of this gritty restaurant is the grumpy man who is busboy, waiter, to go guy and maybe the owner. I assume he likes my wife and I, but it's hard to tell with his frowning, groaning, terse language and no nonsense attitude. He doesn't quite rise to the soup nazi, but he's close! The soup is fresh and delicious and the other items are quite good too. It's inexpensive and no frills and worth a trip there or just a quick takeout. read more

It's not as good as many the places in San Jose, but for Modesto, it's a great place. Warm broth, meat, noodle, and some spices are great comfort food. The grill beef and shrimp with rice noodle dish is not too bad. In the winter a bowl of hot soup is great for the sinus or the winter melancholy. The coconut shake is yummy. My daughter likes the jack fruit shake. I like the family dinner. read more

We live really close to what I call "Noodle Pal"(since their lights are out on the "ace". We decided to try something new, since it's so close and we were not familiar with Vietnamese food(we're of pale European and Italian backgrounds). The food and service are so good, we keep going back. I think in a year and a half, we've gone about 10 times! The food is good, and the menu explains in English, what is in each menu item. The staff is nice, with smiles, and explanations when we have questions. I like the spring rolls, the soup, and the dish that looks like and I think is called "nest". My husband likes the scrambled eggs with shrimp and the fried rice. It's in my top five favorite Modesto restaurants along with Freebirds, the Japanese Sushi place on McHenry, and I don't know what....so maybe it's in my top three! In the Spring, when I had a really bad sinus infection, their soup was really soothing, and adding jalapenos helped clear my sinuses. Writing this review is making me hungry! Check out Noodle Palace on McHenry near Roseburg! Yum! read more

After moving from San Diego to the Bay Area to ultimately, Modesto, I was definitely dying to find comparable gooood Viet food. This place does everything for me! The service may not be as up to par, but out of the five pho restaurants I have tried in Modesto, this is by far, the best. The family run restaurant clearly has been using these recipes for awhile and they def work. The fresh ingredients, like homegrown veggies (at least, the basil) makes a difference. And the huge portions for an affordable price make me even happier. Love the beef pho, not so into the chicken pho, but if you order that anywhere in Modesto, this is the best- not oily, like others. The rice dishes (Com Tam) are so yummy, obvi the seafood isn't as good here as where I come from... Do order the drinks, like the Lemonade Soda (Soda Chanh) which is salty, sweet, and bubbly. And if the service bothers you, I have always just ordered out and it is still really delicious eating at home! read more

One word. BOMB. Great value, and high quality food. Fresh as you can get with deep flavors and more than you can eat. I loved the Pho with rice noodles and wontons. Just fantastic. read more

My girlfriend's mother goes here regularly for the Vietnamese coffees. The people there are very friendly and know her by name and what she orders. Solid service for a small pho place. The pho broth, noodles and meat were all your average bowl of pho. If you're in the area, it's an easy bet and you likely won't be disappointed! read more

Walked in with a crowd of 5. We were told to sit anywhere by a man. Immediately This guy threw menus on our table. I assumed it had to be the owner,no one would hire a hyped waiter to work for their restaurant. We ordered 2 appetizers and 5 entrees. Well received only 4 entrees. One of our party was left with no food. Untill we had all finished eating we asked what had happened. Waiter said he had only written 1 down since it was 2 of the same order. We asked if we could pay half of the price instead of full price,he said NO. We told him he could pay for it with his tip money and he said NO. He did say it was his fault. Food was tasty. Portions were generous. Will we return? I don't know. read more

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A cockroach in the soup! I ordered pho and spring rolls. I gave a few noodles to my son and i started to eat my pho. While having a mouthful of noodles, I notice something in the soup. a cockroach which is shown in the picture.i vomitted the noodles in my mouth and stopped my son from eating. I will be filing a complain in the health dept for this. The supervisor is so arrogant that i will not let this pass. read more

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Close to home so I had to finally try it out. Yes it is a serious turnoff from the outside and because it's connected to a car wash. I came in for take out pho. I was feeling under the weather so I figure soup would be the magic needed so I could go to work tomorrow. I finally crawled out of bed showered and headed to pick up my soup with wet hair and no make up. After placing my order I was told 10 minutes. I was like OK I can chill for that long without dying with my cooties. Ok 15 minures go by I start texting people amother 10 minutes go by. People that came after me are served their food. I'm really antsy now. I look around to see a not too crowded restaurant and a various clientele. Then a strange guy walks in says hi to a few people then goee behind the counter then to the kitchen.? What the heck? Let's just say he did not look like the other workers...after more than a half hour the lady came by to say my food is almost done. I was like ummm ok good. She brought my soup and spring roll and I went home. The food was good but not spectacular. It was only my 2nd vietnamese restaurant in Modesto so the hunt continues for my new place. Send me a message if you knoe of an awesome-clean tasty place that has great pho and that provides tons of cilantro and basil. Oh and lime. I got I baby slice of lime and right now that I have a summer cold I need my citrus. I can't get scurvy again. Lol. read more

3 stars???!!! C'mon now yeeps! My place for pho in Modesto. The price is right and the portions are huge! I usually get the #1 special pho, salted fish fried rice, and the lemon grass chicken vermicelli. Service is fast and you can get your car washed while you eat. It's has a hole in the wall/old cafeteria feel, so order takeout if you're those people. Btw...roaches, worms, and flies are part of legit Vietnamese cuisine! Don't mind the bug phobes! Also for all the "they don't speak English" snobs, each item has a number or you can just point to the item on the menu. read more

I have been coming here since around fall/winter '07 and was a huge fan when I first began to frequent this place. I had always hated the portions of pho from the other vietnamese restaurants in the modesto area but I was immediately in love when i found out how huge their large bowl was. When i first began to frequent this place, i didn't care too much about "service" since i am asian after all that particular trait in the business of doing business has always been or weakpoint. I give this place a 3 out of 5 stars because the pros are the food, the broth is always really good and i am also a huge fan of their chow fun dishes since they're very flavorful, consists of many ingredients, and are plentiful in portion. The major low point about this restaurant is of course the service, the younger people who started working here recently seem pretty attentive and are more aware of hospitality you owe your customers in a place of business such as a restaurant. The older people who work here are very prompt with you, and don't seem to understand any of the values mentioned above. But then again, I'm asian, I am used to this type of demeanor, I do feel bad for the caucasian and hispanic families who come to eat here and are treated so rude by the people who work here. I am here for a quick bowl of delicious pho though, so I don't expect much else, and will probably continue to come here for a quick bite whenever I am visiting my friends/family out in modesto read more

Idk what it is about this place, but I love it. I have tried a lot of Pho throughout California, and this is my favorite. I have been going here for almost 7 years and I have no intention of stopping. It is a simple place where the servers don't bother you every few seconds. Food is delivered quickly and then if I need more water, sometimes I just get up and ask for more. Small, perfect type of place for pho. Spring rolls and peanut sauce are delicious, and several other dishes I tried are just as yummy. Just do not expect a fancy place. It is small, the bathrooms are outside, but if that doesnt bother you, than go and enjoy some comforting food! read more

This place, hands down, serves the best Vietnamese style pho in the Central Valley. I am a big pho-natic, and all the Vietnamese style pho I had in the past doesn't compare. The price is really good for the portion it comes in. I believe they may have increased their prices to accomodate price changes with their supply, but it's still a good price. $8-$9 for a large, and it is large! Their coconut shake is good, and their grilled pork spring rolls are tasty, full of flavor (can totally taste lemongrass in the marinade, yum!). The vermicelli noodle plates are also full of flavor. The only reasons they are getting 4 stars is because service is kind of unattentive and place is a bit dirty/crammed. Refilling our water is non-existent on most days, but they are working on it. Oh, and sometimes they may charge you "tip" on your card if you pay with debit/credit. I would advise to not throw away your receipt until the end of your monthly bank statement comes out, or if you have access to see your card activity online/mobile app to match the amount of the transaction. read more

food was good.. I didn't have there pho..i will be returning to have some soon. Place was packed,to me that was a good sign that the place does well.. PS. try there iced coffee read more

WORST SERVICE I've ever experienced. None of the employees seemed to really speak english. I had to flag down someone to get menus, again to order, again to remind him he forgot our drinks TWICE. We were halfway done eating by the time he brought our drinks. He never brought us plates to eat on, knowing full well we were sharing everything. The restaraunt was filthy and smoldering hot. Honestly it was the worst dining experience I've ever had. read more

Ordered #1 large, and my friend ordered #1 medium. The bowl was huge. check A lot of meat. check the steak on top was rare. check The broth was delicious. check Ate the whole thing and my skinny friend's order. check 10/10 would recommend. The servers were nice and can be sarcastic, if you aren't a insecure person, you would love and appreciate their humor. read more

Pros: great Pho, fabulously cooked tendon, prices Cons: seating, parking, accessibility, car wash?!?, confusing sizes I avoided this place because once upon a time, a crazy lady with bedazzled jeans in a bike shop told me it was a "weird little Japanese restaurant that's attached to a car wash where they wash your car as you eat". And that it was "the type of place you'd like" despite not knowing me...and presumably because I look Asian... ANYWAY I shouldn't have avoided it. The three times I've been there, I've pretty much had the same thing every time. The No. 7 Pho with extra tendon and no onions. My order was right, fast, tasty, cheap...everything a good Pho place should be. I love this place for a quick and filling lunch. :) NOTE: I'm a big fan of Pho and can eat quite a bit when I'm hungry but even I couldn't finish a large. I'd recommend you start with a medium and work from there. :) Be weary of parking if you go during peak hours (lunch, mostly) because the car wash attendants have you do some funky parking manoeuvres when they run out of spaces. If it seems like the lot is full, just park at Walgreens across the street. (Crossing McHenry midroad isn't too safe but it's better than getting stuck between two SUVs.) Back to the food: Try some of the stuff that you don't see many places anymore. You'd be surprised at how good most of it is. read more

Okay I was a little worried when I seen 3 stars an hundreds of reviews but after I got my food I was so amazed I'm a small person and I love eating and I usually don't even put a dent in my plate because I physically can't take anymore bites but last night I ate more than half of my plate because I could not stop eating! It was so damn good, my friend got the Pho Shrimp Noodle I think it was called and I don't even like sea food and what he got was delicious! The service was great it was packed when I went in there it didn't take long to get our food even when the place was packed the server was really nice and laid back I will defiantly be returning! read more

Pho Bac Noodle Palace - Beef Chow Fun! - Vietnamese Near Me - Modesto, California

Pho was good and seasoned well , service was quick and friendly thai tea tasted pretty good. Overall I would come back . read more

Pho Bac Noodle Palace - Pho #13 Tasty - Vietnamese Near Me - Modesto, California

Modesto DO NOT give this business your money!!! PLEASE READ!!! I came here a week ago with my family for our last dinner together before I came back to LA. My parents have been regular customers for 8 years. We order our food, including a spring roll appetizer for the table. They drop the spring rolls and we all dig in. My mom takes her second bite and lo and behold...she sticks her fingers into her mouth, with a shocked expression, and I'm very worried of what she's going to pull out..but i had NO idea it'd be something so grotesque! She pulls out a DIRTY ASS DIME. A DIME people!! Not only is this completely disgusting and makes me worry about exactly HOW clean their facility/employees are...but that my mom easily could have broken a tooth, or worse, choked. I've worked in the service industry, in Los Angeles, for the past 8 years now. I'm certified in food handling and alcohol beverage consumption. The OWNER, finally comes up to my mom, about 10 minutes after the incident, and basically tells us that they hire new people and they don't know what they're doing. Very concerning. I'm sure they're not certified. Any way, we all try to eat our meals, now feeling grossed out at what happened and I go up to pay the check. It's the owner at the register, so I politely ask for her to take the spring rolls (dime rolls) and my mom's food off of the check. She tell me "no, I gave you new spring rolls". Again, politely, I say, that's the LEAST you can do after my mom pulled out a dirty dime from her mouth...I will pay for everything else but you should definitely take care of those two things. She tells me "no" again and then proceeds to completely ignore me. At which point, my mom comes over, justifiably upset, telling her that she should take care of those items after what happened. Keep in mind...we completely kept to ourselves about the damn dime, instead of making a scene like most people would have. My mom is Mexican, we are a fiery people, at this point she's regretting not telling the few people that are in there, that she chewed on a dirty dime so she turns around and tells everyone what happened. I'm sorry but this is definitely a "lol" moment because the owner then calls the cops on US!! *insert crying laughing face* All in all. Everyone in the room completely agreed with us and this place should not be aloud to serve food to people. They just lost, not only regular customers (of 8 years), but everyone that we know will not be going back...and hopefully YOU that is reading this right now! ;] I hate leaving negative reviews, I'm a foodie and I love leaving positive reviews for places with great food and great customer service. At this point...this place has neither. ****IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME CLICK THIS LINK: http://sbtapp1.co.stanislaus.ca.us/DERFoodFacilities/home.jsp ***Enter "Pho Bac Noodle Palace" into the facility name box and click SEARCH - This will bring up all of their food facility inspections with their corresponding dates in a PDF form. There you can see every violation for every month they've inspected this place. *BEWARE**** TO THE OWNER: You are in the service industry. Key word SERVICE. There's nothing wrong with making a mistake and making up for that mistake with friendly customer service. You would've lost, what, $10...maybe $15 taking care of those couple of items and, instead, you yelled at us and told us you were calling the cops on us? Definitely not a way to conduct business, especially in the service industry. read more

From what I've been seeing on the yelp reviews for Pho Bac, a lot of the negative comes from people walking in right before closing. I'm sorry, it's a restaurant not a supermarket. You don't just do that; have some sense and common courtesy. Weren't you taught any manners? Now on to my review. Pho bac is decent in terms of their Vermicilli and Banh Hoi. I've noticed it's hit and miss with their noodles. However, their rice plates are always consistently good. I really don't eat pho, unless I'm hungover, because vietnamese restraints have so much more better things to offer. I don't know how this pho obsession started, but it seems to be the only thing Americans seem to order. =____= Stop being afraid of trying new things people!! Also, enough of that thai tea bs. Try a smoothie or even an ice coffee for crying out loud. The best thing I've ever tried here is their combination fried rice. It. Is. Amazing. Soo much flavor, knocks the Chinese variation out of the water and back to China. :) Definately a place I recommend for good vietnamese. read more

It's rare that I find Pho in Central Valley that is as good as the Bay Area Pho. This one, so far, keeps my cravings satisfied. Everything in their menu is delicious and they come in huge servings at a very reasonable price. I come back here every chance I get. read more

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4th of July I had a craving for rice noodle soup. That's exactly what I went and got. The place was busy and loud. So I assumed a lot of regulars were here and I was curious to find out how good this food really was going to be. It's a car wash as well so I was a little thrown off but willing to risk a chance of bad food... That's exactly what I got. Bad food. JI can't explain the rest but I spent the whole day with a upset stomach but still hungry. I left unsatisfied and sick. read more

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Absolutely underrated, Parking is a little iffy but believe the food is the absolute best. Authentic, well made, will be my go to spot from now onw read more

Little Asian lady is rude. Can't ask a simple question without her getting mad. Customer service was fair but overall I was unhappy

Good food very consistent. Didn't give 5 stars because the bathroom weirds me out. But solid overall. I do recommend this place. Even when it gets packed the wait isn't always long. read more

My friend and I were looking for a nice place to get spring rolls and so we decided to try this place since i've been here before. There are no free refills on drinks except water (which our waitress forgot) and the specialty drinks like strawberry lemonade look NOTHING like they do in the picture & are much smaller portions. The spring rolls were not fresh and the peanut sauce was watered down and starchy. They increased ether prices and lowered their quality. definitely not coming back read more

Another legit place for pho in Motown. Broth was boiling hot with great flavor but super skimpy with the meats. Brisket was WAY too fatty and had to dig it all out. Staff was friendly, place was packed and you can have your car washed while you slurp noodles. I may be back and give them another shot. read more

Best Pho restaurant in Modesto by far.

Poor, poor customer service. Staff very selective in whom they want to give good service. Refuse to return.

Grew up coming to this place in high school, now when I come home for a weekend I make sure to get pho and che bay mao here too! love it! Service is amazing, Seafood combo noodle soup can't go wrong with that. read more

I come to this place all the time, it's good food, good service and great pricing. It's not the greatest looking place but the food makes up for it. The whole car wash thing is a bit weird but whatever. read more

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Two words: Lemongrass Chicken. Soooo good. Always friendly and prompt. We come here quite a bit. Affordable and so good.

I ordered the regular noodle soup; phi tai. The broth was very disappointing. Their coconut drink was great but there's really no cooking involved for that so it doesn't really count. They do have a really long menu full of different options! read more

Came here late in the evening but made it in before they closed with 15 mins to spare. First thing they told me was that they were about to close and they will only do togo. Upsetting, thought they were open till closing but I guess they start refuse customers before they are actually closed. We compromised with getting food to go. I ordered some crispy noodles. I really liked how they separate the noodles and put the contents in another container. It allowd my noo-noo to stay extra crispy. However, the taste threw me off big time. It has a very sweet taste to the sauce that did not flow with my expectations of crispy noo-noo. There were definitely more vegetables than anything else, as much as I love veggies, I can't help but to think I got ripped off. I guess I can't blame anyone, this is what I get for eating Vietnamese cuisine outside of the bay area. read more

This place was ok, Food was alright but I liked Modesto Noodles & Sandwiches (On Rumble) way better! Pho Bac Noodle is not the cleanest place, the windows were disgusting (not outside, inside!!) and also all of the bottles on the tables were gross... Tried the spring rolls for the first time and those were good! I think I ordered the small chicken bowl it was plenty of food, great especially if you aren't feeling well! Would I come back? Possibility! read more