This is a no-frills Vietnamese joint. The food is excellent. Even when the place is packed, the service remains quick-paced and friendly. Great spot for grabbing a quick lunch if you're getting sick of hitting the drive thru window.... I will change my review to 5 stars when they put Bahn Mi on the menu for me :) read more

More of cafeteria style setting but has the best pho broth in town. food always comes out freashly made and piping hot. The regular size is enough that we end up taking enough home for one more meal. read more

Very disappointed for todays visit. Give us wrong dishes and did not understand customers' claims

This is my go-to pho spot in Bellevue! The prices are relatively low and the portions are great. The soup is always scorching hot and the flavor is on point every time. I love their chicken katsu plate whenever I'm not feeling soup. But when I am, I always get the chicken pho! Fast and reasonably priced! read more

Pho Tai - Kids pho - Vietnamese Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

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Foods great, they dont serve basil with pho by default, just ask and they'll bring you some. Had the mixed meat beef pho, really rich soup and good amount of meat with cheap prices. read more

12/2 - Updating my review here since I'm a regular. The pho was decent today however they were really cheap on the noodles it was nothing but broth and that's about it, OK maybe five pieces of meat. They usually give a decent amount of noodles and meat but today not sure why but they were really cheap nothing but soup in. I'm pretty disappointed read more

Pho Tai - Pho #17, delicious - Vietnamese Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

This place has become my go-to pho on the east side. Best broth by far and it's always consistent.

Not sure why this place does not have better ratings. Everything worked out pretty well for me. The service was fast and polite. I had the veggie pho and it was delicious. Lots of veggies and tofu. I ordered the small one ($8.50) and it was a good size lunch portion. The broth was good too, not too salty just perfect. A very typical pho place, most suitable for lunch. read more

My family's go-to pho place. I've only ever tried the Beef Brisket Pho and teriyaki, but both are absolutely delicious and satisfying meals. The servers are also very friendly, attentive, and fast. Solid meal of pho! Note: A lot of families come here, so lots of children - take that as you will read more

Pho Tai - Pho with a phriend! - Vietnamese Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Terrible customer service. The waiter gave us so much attitude. We would not come back

One of the worst pho places in town. Tried it for the first time since they were open early in the day and no other pho places were open. What a mistake... Just disgusting, the bad list is long... 1st sign of bad things to come... Wilted sprouts and basil, well maybe the soup will be still be ok. Bowl comes out, color and smell is funky, sip of the broth, yuk, no depth, no richness, just foul. Maybe the tai/brisket will be ok, Not! chewy and gross, like probably not even select grade beef, tasted gross and was like leather, probably some cheap ass beef from an old milk cow. I was hungry and I couldn't even finish a 1/4 of it, it was gross. You can tell that they really cut out the quality ingredients in making their bowl. Yet their prices are the same or more than much better places in the area. Just greed from people who care nothing of the garbage they try to pass off as food. Yuk! read more

Very good! Gyozas are bomb, especially the dipping sauce that comes with it. It's not your normal gyoza sauce - it's way better! The guy was also very friendly. Service was quick and the place is clean. read more

Did ownership change?? I've been a regular here for 5+ years and the last two times I went there for take out- the soup (pho soup)tasted different. It's now more oily. More like a Chinese style soup. More on the heavy side. No longer the light, refreshing taste and definitely A LOT more greasy. Also, no more basil leaves in the veggie condiment that comes with the pho. That basil taste is a must in pho imho. If this is all because of cost cutting measures, I'd be very disappointed. Time for us to find a new pho shop. Sad. read more

Great service, delicious soup. Yay! I'm a fan. I really think pho in the states is better than pho in Vietnam due to the quality of the beef bones. Pho is usually a breakfast dish, and there are many many other dishes for lunch and dinner depending on the region. The pho here at Pho Tai to me was just as good or better than the "real" thing. It's a total plus that the establishment is clean, and the service is friendly. read more

Wow, what a wonderful takeout experience. I called in, the staff member repeated my order back to me so that I knew for sure they got it right (I love it when they do that), and then they said it would only take 10 minutes for pickup. The restaurant was packed, but everything was ready to go and packaged perfectly to prevent leakage. I ordered a size small, which is a massive serving size (yay for leftovers). It's $7.40 for a small, and I thought it was a good deal for what you're paying. read more

Pho Tai - Takeout- very nicely packaged to prevent leaking! $7.40 for a small. This is steak on the left and meatball on the right. - Vietnamese Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

A very solid neighborhood pho place. Good service, good prices, nice clean bright dining room with a flat screen that's virtually always set to sports. I only go to a couple of pho places where I can catch part of a game, and this certainly doesn't hurt them in my opinion. Pho tai puts out a good bowl of soup, a decent spring roll, a decent bubble tea. That's really all I ask for. The meat has obviously been frozen at some point, it's a little on the dry side, but I can live with that. The condiments and the noodles all taste perfectly fresh, and the broth has good depth and intensity of flavor. Overall, Pho Tai doesn't do any one thing so very well that you have to point to them and say "that's the place that does X." But they do everything well enough that, even if you work close by, you can keep coming back again and again without getting tired of the place. And that's always good for something. read more

Great service and friendly staff! I had the steak and meatball Pho and it was yummy! I gave it 4 stars because of their pricing. A small pho is $9 and a large is $11. A bit pricey than what I'm used to but overall a good place. read more

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We've gone in a few time to order take outs during covid. The place is always clean and well-stocked hand sanitizers. The staff/owner has always been so kind and gracious. Recently, we dined in since it was open to do so. We noticed that the tables are carefully marked to social distance, there were hand sanitizers on every table and the condiments were all placed under a plastic in a separate table, presumably sanitized after each use. We would continue to support this business and hope they are able to survive this crisis. read more

This is my new go to place for pho. Very quick service, clean tables, the most flavorful broth and generous portions. I don't need anything else! Nice menu offering Chinese and Thai items too. Parking gets full because the strip mall has many restaurants and stores. read more

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Absolutely delicious and very affordable. Highly recommend their steak pho bowl! Would definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for some great pho! read more

Fast service for lunch. Pho tasted off. To much msg? Would not go there again. Go to another place.

First off, they only have a beef broth so if you are vegetarian or don't eat beef, avoid the Pho here. The beef broth is very light and could surely use some more flavor. It lacks that depth and fragrance that broths are supposed to have. The good thing about the Pho was the meat. Very fresh and tender with a generous portion. The tofu spring rolls were really bad with almost no flavor. I don't think I'll be going back here soon since there's better options. read more

Humm scrolling down to see a bunch of high reviews of this place. Did I go to the same place? Normally I don't rate fast food restaurants because unless that place is really crappy, it should be a-ok. However, I do want to caution people looking for a pho place to go else where. I ordered a small steak and tripe pho. I am not picky about my fast food and don't require special side orders. The pho came and as I went through the noodles, I noticed I was missing tripe. So I asked one of the waitress passing by about the missing item. She told me no and that it was in there. I looked at the bowl again and she came over and pointed at a very thin strand of white stuff and told me that it was tripe. That strand was thinner than the onions in the soup. So I dug deeper into my bowl and only found 2 strands of these so called tripe. Really? They should've just made it steak pho only and I think I wouldn't be so disappointed. My friend had their noodle bowls and it was ok for her. So maybe a lesson learned is not to order their pho especially their steak and tripe. Yes, I definitely had better pho experience. read more

Pho Tai - Do you see tripes in there? I don't either. - Vietnamese Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

When this restaurant first opened up, I told myself that I was going to Yelp it immediately. I kept procrastinating it and am only now getting around to reviewing it. Well, it's a good place. When I think of Vietnamese restaurants, I can't help but automatically think that they only sell pho. Their name doesn't help it any either. But do not be mislead; these guys actually have a variety of Thai dishes, teriyaki, beverages, and frozen yogurt! They actually cover stuff from all over the place, and at least deserve some recognition for that. The restaurant on the inside looks nice, and they even have a TV. I don't know why I mentioned that, but apparently it's important enough of an issue for some people that Yelp feels the need to ask whether the restaurant has a TV. From the "Noodle Salad Bowl" section of their menu, I ordered a #25: Noodles, salad, prawn & grilled pork, sauce with assorted mixtures. What a lovely description for something the name of which I can't even read. It came to my table within less than four minutes, and that by itself deserves some commendation. I love how restaurants like these tend to be crazy prepared. After pouring the cup of sauce onto my bowl of noodles, I saw a lot of stuff crammed into that white plastic bowl. There were carrots, onions, lettuce, cucumbers, bean sprouts, peanuts, prawns, and pork covering the noodles. Wow, what a mouthful. And that's only counting the stuff I could readily identify. The menu didn't go so much into detail, so much of this was a pleasant surprise. Aside from the meats which were cooked, the noodles as a whole were generally cold, and it's a bit unusual for me to eat noodles like that. However, everything else blends so well with the noodles that I can't really complain. It was delicious, and $8.50 for noodles like these is a bargain. I also got a large cup of pineapple "bubble juice" afterward. Apparently, that's what they call bubble tea here. It was a tall and heavy clear plastic cup with a domed cover. I like how the drink was thick like a shake/smoothie, but I didn't like how the hard-as-rocks tapioca bubbles cost 60 cents extra, and I especially didn't like how there could not be a more obvious made-from-powder flavor to this drink. Seriously. Other than that, I think they did a fine job. It's a place I would recommend. read more

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So lunch was me and a few other guys from the office. One guy who generally refuses to eat any place that doesn't have ketchup on the table. The other guys are Korean and Vietnamese. The service is pretty rude for sure. In fact they forgot to take one of our orders and the waiter was genuinely miffed that we called him back to the table to take the order. The Vietnamese guys absolutely love this place and come here every week. They especially like the goi koin which are a done pretty well here. They all think that the pho is some of the best on the east side. I had the salad rice noodles with pork and an egg roll and it was pretty good. The egg roll is crunchy and has a nice filling. The All American guy ordered a pork and beef combination and actually really liked it. He even added some Siracha to the mix. I wouldn't make a trip from Seattle for this joint, but if you're on the East Side it's a pretty good choice. read more

me and my son used to love this place and we went there before basketball practice at least once a week in last 8 months. we loved the kids meal and pho number 17, but the best was the egg rolls. however the eggrolls are very pricy. We have had two extremely bad experiences at this place so far, one of them being the noodles were flimsy and taste like cardboard after we complained about it they seemed to give us a totally low quality noodle. The second time was recently, and once again the noodles changed and felt elastic and rubbery and it tasted like chemicals, we didn't let the staff know about it because we were in a rush to leave. That night me and my son were both had extreme stomach pain and other food poisoning symptoms, and we couldn't sleep all night, both of us had to stay home and rest the next day. From this point in time we will not come back due to the inconsistence of the quality and food safety concerns. read more

Good service. Tasty pho not the best but still very good. We like the spring rolls a lot. The panang curry and the chicken teriyaki are pretty good as well. We like this place a lot. Fast and good. read more

Beware - In or Out, You're gonna still smell like you were in the kitchen for a while... Yes your clothes will reak of Pho =/ Delicious food overall, Teriyaki & Pho mmm! Awesome service & They give us plentiful. read more

FOOD POISONING CENTRAL! WOULD NOT WISH ON MY WORST ENEMY! PS. Watch out for fake reviews, their restaurant had no other customers when I ordered my pho at dinner time. Suspicious... read more

Serviceable. A low 4 stars. Spring rolls are nicely rolled and presented, with a tasty sauce. Portions and price are reasonable. Sprouts seem fresh. Basil seemed...a little less so. Hoisin sauce and Sriracha on the table. The broth was okay. It wasn't amazing, real broth, but it was drinkable and served its purpose. Steak, brisket, tendon, tripe, etc. were all good. It's worth it if you're nearby, but not worth a longer drive. read more

If you order take out, this is probably the best option. It's rare to find a pho take out with hard plastic box where you can actually pour the soup into. The packaging is impressive, and the noodle is sealed. You can even eat in the car! read more

Walked in. Sit down. Look at menu for 2 minutes. Took my order. Brought my drink and soup toppings. 5 minutes later soup came out. 10 minutes later brought my check. 20 minutes later I was done, went up and paid and left. That was my whole experience with this place. I ate a late lunch and it seemed like a lot of people were still there which is a good sign. Definitely good pho all though I don't know if I have ever had BAD pho. Veggies seemed really fresh too. Definitely a good get in and get out, fast service restaurant. read more

Pho Tai - Veggie & tofu - Vietnamese Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Very clean place , good service and the food is genuine nice PHO This is one of the best PHO restaurant their service are friendly and they serve very fast whatever you order read more

Pho Tai - Un caldo de res Chino - Vietnamese Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Sometimes when travelling for work I don't get the opportunity to eat right. I also end up with jetlag and a wicked hangover from time to time, as well. Whenever I am in this state of triple misery the ONLY cure is a big bowl of spicy noodles. I had a late morning meeting in Bellevue and my drive from SeaTac put me in this area early enough to find my cure. I walked in to this joint, found a spot at the counter and ordered a #17 with extra chilies. Nothing fancy about the place. It's very clean. The food came out within 2 minutes. It was hot, fresh, smelled insanely good, and tasted even better. The broth was deep and rich with just the right amount of aromatics (I destroyed it by adding chilies and such, tho), the noodles came out a little firm, but by the time I got my herbs and chilies mixed in they are perfectly soft. The meats were all tender and the tripe was nice and fatty. I cleaned by bowl completely and was utterly satisfied. If they offered more offal or bones with tendon they'd get a 5th star. That's my sole reservation. If you have the trifecta of pain, and need some noods, in the morning, THIS is your place. read more

Came here with a group of around 10 people for late lunch. The service was kinda messy but the pho was alright. We usually get pho because it's pretty straightforward, but our server had issues getting the right orders to everyone and there was a big time gap for when people were served. A quarter of our party had nearly finished their pho by the time everyone else was getting started.. Everyone seemed pretty satisfied with their portions. The small and large come in the same size bowl, the small just has a little less noodle. Typical pho place conveniently located in Bellevue. read more

I always get the #32 Noodle Salad bowl .. I'm NEVER disappointed. This place is great and the prices are fair. Great Pho as well. My fiancé got the Grilled chicken rice plate and it came with a large side of cucumber salad .. It was delicious. The only place I get Vietnamese on the eastside ! It's a pretty basic atmosphere, but I'm here for the tasty food not a waterfall presentation. The best restaurants are the hole in the walls. read more

This is my go to place to get food if I'm indecisive of what I want to eat. The staff are all friendly and accommodating! The prices are pretty cheap for the quality and quantity. I usually customize my food in some way (no rice or no onions for example) and they have no issue doing it for me. I've been eating here for at least 2 years and I never have had any issues or problems here. I really recommend this place and I don't plan to stop coming anytime soon. read more

Pho Tai Vietnamese Restaurant: Small hole in the wall type restaurant.. face inside of the strip mall/tucked in. Got a large... plentiful and filled me up on a cold day. Price is fair, better than most Bellevue options. Good portion too! I recommend! read more

Much better this time. Idle employees are walking around and attentively helping people who need more water etc. The food quality is good and the environment is clean. The only issue I have is when restaurants down the street from them are charging 75 cents or $1 for extra noodles. Why is it $2.75 here? It's just noodles. Is this a marketing tactic? Don't know but they don't put enough in their large bowls so it forced me to get the extra noodle option. read more

I had steak soup. I was delicious, but it is a little bit salty. I will bring my parents next time, and try more things. read more