Came in for one item, Vietnamese spring rolls and was not impressed with the flavor. Not good and would not return to try their pho because I need good quality spring rolls when I get pho. Service was kind and efficient. Inside there are plenty of tables and chairs wit the typical pho condiments out on the table. read more

Pho Cong Ly - Inside - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

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Always a pleasant staff, the food is AMZING. The ambiance is quite delightful. Very nicely decorated. I highly recommend you try this place out. Within the area, they have the best bahn mi! Again come check them out!! read more

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Love the revamp of the place! Besides the decorations, I was not feeling my server. A young man who does not smile. Polite in an unenthusiastic way; typical Gen-Z behavior I guess. Moving onto the food... the pho was just okay. Broth could be bolder, meat could be tender, and my noodles were a bit too clumped together. Again, they have revamped the place and I'm willing to try them again to improve my rating - I want to like them I really do! I hope things change when I come back so I can change my rating to a 5 star. read more

Pho Cong Ly - Phocongly Awesome. - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

It was very windy and cold as I drove into a strip mall with familiar eateries such as Mae Ornnit Thai, Mang Eton Filipino but overlook a hidden gem. There were plenty of parking and at times very busy. As you walked in, there's some decor on the walls and the restaurant is clean. I ordered 5 items: 1) Steak Pho 2) Pho Ga 3) Grilled beef banh mi 4) Grilled pork banh mi 5) Singapore pandan tofu. If you don't mind a little wait because everything is made to order. First let's start with the banh mi sandwiches. Both were delicious, the bread was perfectly crispy on the outer layer and soft in the middle but the grilled pork had better flavors than the beef. I would definitely order those again but they also have 3 others such as chicken, combination and fried tofu. For the pho, they offer 11 varieties but I chose the steak and pho. Something unique which I notice only at this location that they offer two choices of chicken 1) chicken breast or 2) chicken thighs and of course choose the dark meat. The broth were on point and full of umami. For dessert, I try their special that was advertised on the table - Singapore pandan tofu. As it arrive to the table, it was a lightly pandan flan served with two sauces 1) coconut cream and a ginger syrup. First, I taste the flan by itself and it was okay. But then when I smear the coconut cream on top, drizzle the ginger syrup with chunks of ginger and as I take the second spoon, It was silky, smooth and delicious especially with the ginger chunks. I wasn't able to get enough. I'm still thinking about it. Our server was attentive, friendly and knowledgeable. All staff were friendly and helpful. I will definitely make another visit to try other items on their menu like their rice platter with bbq short ribs kalbi. read more

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No cell signal in this establishment and they don't offer free WiFi! How can your bring the family here with little kids and their iPads?

Used to be a regular when they were located closer to Springfield. The old place always had consistently good pho broth and thankfully still do when just recently tried again. We had great service here. Tried their summer roll with grilled pork rather than three typical shrimp and pork. The grilled pork paired well so definitely enjoyed it. The Vietnamese coffee was good as well. Tried their combination vermicelli and it was good too. Will put this place back in our go-to for pho. read more

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Great quality food. Very sweet friendly service! Love it!! Great Restaurant! The taste is superb.

Amazing customer service! Was greeted as soon as my group walked through the doors. They accommodated our party of 5 so politely. Our waiter was amazing, re arranged our table and immediately came back to take our drink orders. She was also very attentive with maintaining our tea warm and refilling our water cups. Ambiance is very homie and you can tell it is very well kept. The place looks extremely clean! Everything is so organized. Everyone is treated as an equal and greeted as soon as you walk into the restaurant. They have a good system going on and overall seem very attentive. The food was phenomenal. I loved the pork banhmi it was so flavorful, and a good add on as a side with my soup. The beef and tripe soup was also delicious. Some people in our party got the large combination soup and it was a good size with perfect amount of proteins. My father got the chicken soup and our kind waiter brought the ginger to dip the chicken in, he loved it! The spring rolls and the peanut sauce is delicious! They cute our order of 2 into halves to share better with our party. It's the little attention to detail that we all appreciated. Love that this place is only a 10-15 drive from my home. Most importantly I love supporting a business that takes care of their customers and maintains a nice dinning environment. Will be coming back here! Amazing meal to start off the new year. 10/10 recommend! read more

Pho Cong Ly - Pork banh mi and beef and #6 pho beef soup - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

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Same name but completely different menu. The broth is different and a bit more oily. The portions seem a bit smaller. The spring rolls are different and that's the saddest part for me. Those spring rolls were the best and now they have the regular wrappers instead. The service was fine and the interior is the same. Overall not bad pho but not the original pho Cong Ly recipe. read more

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As a fellow a Vietnamese person, I say it pretty good to be honest. The food was to my liking and the staff were pretty friendly and on point with all the orders when there a lot of people came by. They served with pride and joy and hoped you like it. The Pho I had reminded me of my grandmother's so it was pretty good. If you're wondering if it is good. Go try it read more

The food was top notch! I got a pork banh mi and combination pho and they were fantastic. I can't recommend this place enough. read more

Pho Cong Ly - Pork Banh mi - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

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Came in here randomly due to the rain and convenience. Typical Pho restaurant nothing too exciting to brag about. Food was good ordered the Filet Mignon Pho and you can see from the picture it visually is just ok. Ambiance was very quiet and chill. Service was very polite which always is a plus. If you are in this shopping center I would recommend but had better. read more

Pho Cong Ly - Filet Mignon Pho - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

I really enjoyed food selection and food. The quality was top notch. I look forward to eating more of great tasting food choices.

Great food! We ordered spring rolls, pho combo and chicken fried rice plate. All were good.

Sad to say this place has not been good only finding out they changed ownership last year. Went in for late lunch with my wife and daughter, order egg rolls which they no longer do the ones they were known for, salt pepper wings which was ok but served on top of onions that looks more deep fried than stir fried, and their pho which was sweet and something that tasted off with the broth, the meat also had an off putting taste to it as it had been cooked several days ago, when i brought it up with the waitress she said nothing was wrong with it and said no one else has complained about it. I told her we don't want the pho and take it back she said she can't take it off the bill and insisted me paying for it. I paid the biil and i am done with this place. This place use to be my favorite place but no longer read more

Pho Cong Ly - Could not eat this pho tastes bad and still had to pay for it - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

Casual pho restaurant. I really enjoyed their pho along with their thai tea. They have an abundance of options to choose from. Service is decent. One recent upset was that I ordered two pho soups to be delivered through Doordash and they had forgotten to include the meat for one of the order's. Other than that one hiccup, this place is a must especially during those cold winter days. read more

Pho Cong Ly - Thai tea - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

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I'm glad to see so many reviewers commented on the friendliness and attentiveness of staff. Both times I've been, customer service was excellent. The pho tai is solid, and the regular size is more than plenty. Generous amounts of quality, lean meat (not chewy or fatty like some places). Broth is light but good in flavor, and a squeeze of lime cuts it nicely. There's nothing wrong with the spring rolls, but I prefer a different type of wrappers. These are pretty greasy to the touch, but filling tastes fine. Saw someone across the restaurant who ordered the clay pot fish... Think I'll have to try that next time because it smelled amazing. Thank you for the comfort food, Pho Cong Ly! read more

Pho Cong Ly - Cong Ly Crispy Spring Rolls - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

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The pho it's great for cold weather, especially when you're craving it or when you're sick and this location has by far the best pho even the people are great. It's just the ambience is trash. It looks dirty like the tables are sticky smells I feel like if they just cleaned it a little bit more. It would be a really good spot but mind you again there's like only two people working in there so I understandably if there's only two people the food is great, but the place is not . Also, the meatballs cost 3 dollars but then they only give you two meatballs which are cut into halves so they're four it looks like it's four but in reality just two meatballs which cost three dollars. The food was good location is not so just do takeout and don't get the meatballs besides that it's great. read more

Delicious! My husband and I stopped by this place while running errands. We absolutely loved their Pho. We were told they boil their bones for 2 days and no MSG is added. We also had a coconut smoothie with boba as a dessert We highly recommend this lovely place! read more

Went to dinner on a Friday night with the family. To be honest, the last time I came here I was not impressed. However, I am always down to give a second chance. When we got there, the restaurant was pretty empty, and that was at 6:30pm. Over the course of the dinner, the restaurant filled up a bit. Besides the usual Pho restaurant decor, the place was pretty clean! Service was a bit slow, even though there were only a few tables, but they did have a sign indicating they were short staffed. We ordered Cong Ly Crispy Spring Rolls, Spicy Hue Noodle Soup and a couple bowls of the Cong Ly Special Soup. I understand that the price of everything has gone up, but their prices seem a bit higher than other pho restaurants. The spring rolls were so GOOD! It might have been since they actually use rice paper. They were perfectly crispy and very flavorful. I could have eaten a couple orders of those. The Bun Bo Hue was decent but probably not the most authentic. I felt like it needed some more shrimp paste to it, and it was missing the hock and pork blood cakes. It had a decent kick. The Pho was pretty good. They had a lot of meat in the bowl which is always a plus! Overall, it was a decent meal. I will definitely come back to dine again. read more

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Service is friendly, food is good enough and the ice water is filtered with lemon, not from tap! That's a plus. read more

Pho Cong Ly - Bún Bò Huế - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

This place has the best beef broth for their pho noodles in the Northern Virginia area. Plus the grill pork chops are great. read more

Pho Cong Ly - Grill pork chops - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

Great noodle bowls and quick friendly service! The beef in the bowl was very tender and flavorful and the veggies crispy and fresh- spring rolls good but average read more

Came here with a friend after work. My friend said the food here was good. So we went. I ordered a #5 pho combination (small) and requested no onions and no cilantro. My friend ordered the vegetable pho. (After getting told by the server to look at pictures for the grilled beef and rice). When the food came, my bowl had a bunch of cilantro when I clearly asked for none. And when I mentioned it to our server, she got really nasty with me and said that I only asked for no onion. And then continued to say "next time just say you don't want nothing." THAT right there is just horrible customer service. The food came back out with still some cilantro, but I ignored that. And I grabbed a spoon to taste the broth first. It's a little salty compared to other places I've been to. The meat was alright. I feel like other place offer a bit more variety for their pho bowls. Although you get quite an amount of beef for a small bowl, the customer service definitely ruins it. As a first timer coming here, I would NEVER come again. read more

Changed owners. Food is just not good and service is beyond awful. Tried several times after it changed hands. Will not be going back. Shame. read more

Don't be fooled. The reviews and pictures posted before to 07/01/23 was from the prior ownership. Since this new management, the food is all different. read more

Came in to eat in as we usually do, the female waiter is amazing and always very attentive. But today we had the male server and he was very rude upon entering. He did not seat us and as we were looking for a table since we were a big group he gave us a why are you following me, we're open right. To which one of our group members responded. " We're not following you" After we sat he threw the menus at us and did not take our orders as he was short staffed. (There were 2 other tables there) We understood this but he presumed to ignore us and walked passed our table 10 times without helping or giving us water. He clearly was ignoring us as we got up and left he did not ask what was wrong. He was rude from start to finish. Food is amazing customer service is horrible. read more

Nice clean restaurant. Little larger than your typical Pho spot. Food was delicious, price was a little higher but the portions were larger to accommodate. I think they are understaffed... the "help wanted" sign was a clue ‍ resulting in a longer wait times, but not enough to take away a star. read more

Pho Cong Ly - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

5 starts because I received the best service today ! Gi was very attentive and kind. The food was great! I am definitely coming back ! read more

I was really impressed with Pho broth. They're definitely doing this right: Rich developed flavor. You can taste the effects of long cooking time; bones and spices. I was really disappointed in the Banh mi pork sandwich. There really wasn't a lot of meat and vegetables in it and I was super shocked that they put iceberg lettuce in the sandwich (i'm suspecting this was filler). Advice: 1.Dont Americanize your dishes. This isn't a American sandwich. It's a Vietnamese sandwich that doesn't have lettuce; ever. 2. Get better French bread for the sandwiches. That just elevates all the other ingredients. 3. Try to add one extra person to your staff during lunchtime. The take out weight was way too long. I felt bad for the older lady that was running around doing register, waitressing and busing. 4. Better places like pho 75 charge less for their large pho. If you wanna stay in the game, you might want to look at that. People like me that really like pho, eat it pretty regularly and I'm not gonna spend almost $16 for a large. read more

Pho Cong Ly - Banh mi pork sandwich - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

Definitely a great place to for some great Pho. Early lunch with no crowd. Very polite staff who made sure I had everything I needed. read more

Pho Cong Ly - Steak Pho - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

I came here after getting my hair done at Hair Zone, which is right next door. There was 1 other party when we came for lunch around 2pm (late lunch because of running errands). However, there weren't a lot of tables available (still had food on them). The service was alright. Nothing special. Just doing their job. I've been to their other location in Lorton, but both places aren't super special. Like not the best pho I had, I think it's the broth and the consistency of the noodles. But, it wasn't bad! read more

This was our go to Vietnamese restaurant for many years. Since new ownership the food quality went down and the prices went up. The menu options decreased and what made this restaurant special in the past is gone. We will be not coming back! This not even deserves one star. read more

I was one of the first customers at Pho Cong Ly, but somehow another Yelper beat me to the first review so I put it off to now. They had some kinks to work out initially, but they seem to have found their groove now as they are always busy...but not TOO busy. Pho Cong Ly as you can see from the pics has more attractive decor & furnishings than a typical Pho spot. The servers are genuinely friendly and they take credit cards which also sets them apart from many other more typical Pho restaurants. The Pho itself is not quite as good as other local favorites, but few reach that five star level. Overall though, I do recommend Pho Cong Ly as it has a warm atmosphere and is more relaxed than most of the others. read more

Came in for Pho but then my bf pointed out the BBH shirt on the man behind the counter. I went for it and ordered Bun Bo Hue. Usually I have to go to my aunts house in MD if I want half decent BBH on the east coast. Who knew I could get some delish BBH in Springfield VA. Maybe they should call it BBS (jk). The tricky thing bout it is the flavor- Pho CL's had some banging flavor and they even had the chili on the table for that extra spicy. The spice was v good- almost smoky but in a nice way. Pho is good too. read more

**delivery review only** I'm so happy to have found a Pho place in my area that delivers! Granted I'll be honest, it's not my favorite broth, but it's still pretty good, plus so far all of the other non-soup items I have ordered have been absolutely spectacular! I will even go as far as to say, the Bánh mì I ordered the other day is probably the best I have had to date and the spring rolls are to DIE for!!!! Also, I need more shrimp chips in my life apparently... yum! I fully plan on sampling all the things on their menu and look forward to many more delicious bowls of soup to keep me warm this winter. read more

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Pho Cong Ly was the hot spot for pho back in the days when it was next to Outback Steakhouse. It went away for awhile and made a comeback! The restaurant is housed in the Backlick Shopping Center along with Gold's Gym, Dollar Tree, PNC Bank, and Giant grocery store. The boyfriend and I dined here for lunch the other week. We ordered the egg rolls (they've always been known for these) to share. He ordered pho and I ordered a vermicelli bowl with grilled beef. I tasted the pho and it was flavorful, but I'll be sure to update my review when I order it next time as an entree. The vermicelli bowl was a generous portion and a good ratio of veggies to meat. The service was slow, and there were several dirty tables (the server had to clean a table before we were sat), but overall our experience was okay. My boyfriend raves about the pho here, so I'm sure we'll be back again soon. read more

Pho Cong Ly - Egg rolls - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

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Pho Cong Ly made me extremely excited when I was looking for a nearby location for me to go on my lunch break. I came here at 1:00, and there was only 1 other table there which probably should have been a good indicator to me of what I should have expected, especially considering all the reviews of the mediocre service. Essentially, their service makes you feel uncomfortable to say the least. The pair that were working that lunch period would periodically look and me, talk to one another, and then start laughing. Repeat for pretty much the whole 30 minutes I was there. The girl who was mainly serving my table was just sitting down and relaxing despite my obvious lack of water and did not check up on me a single time except for when I waved her over for the check. Oh, and as for the pho - it was also mediocre, so it couldn't even save the review. The broth didn't have any depth to it, so I just drowned it with sriracha and hoisin. I will say that the meat was on the better side of pho that I've had. I would recommend you go elsewhere for lunch. read more

Pho Cong Ly - Pho with really poorly folded napkin/utensil set they provide - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

This place had good pho, boba tea, and service. The only thing I would say they can improve on is having food come out all at once. I got the piña colada boba tea and this was so good that We ordered another one. It was sweet and had a hint of tartness- at first I thought it was yogurt boba tea. Their pho was flavorful and tasted great. It satisfied my soup craving. read more

Pho Cong Ly - Pho - Vietnamese Near Me - Annandale, Virginia

When we went to eat here, it was pretty quiet. Not a lot of people, possibly because of the snow. The food here is just alright. It's not bad or good. We ordered the egg rolls, spring rolls, couple bowls of pho and the crispy noodle with beef. The crispy noodle with beef I asked for it without veggies. Even the waitress came back to double check that the dish shouldn't have veggies and also onions. I said no. When I got the dish, there's a couple of onions it there. Not only that, the meat was so salty! On the menu it says they're known for the famous crispy roll, however I felt ours was a disappointment. It felt like it wasn't cook all the way. As for the pho, it was bland. We got 3 large and 1 small. The noodles portion for each bowl was so different. read more