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    Pho Towda

    4.2 (170 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Vietnamese mini pancakes
    Chun H.

    Pho Towda is always solid every time I go. I tried the Vietnamese pancakes for the first time and it was delicious. The outer shell was crispy and the shrimp was juicy. I also got the Bun Bo Hue but, I forgot to take a picture. I'll be coming back!

    Summer roll shrimp
    Makaylah S.

    Great food, got take out and the portions are nice for the price! Service was quick, and the ingredients are fresh.

    Pandan coconut egg coffee
    Tiffany T.

    Pretty restaurant and like that you can pay with the QR code at the table! Stone bowl signature pho - the noodles are flatter and also harder than regular pho noodles. Not the biggest fan of that. The soup itself though was pretty good and flavorful but less strong than I was hoping. Serving size is large and the New York strip steak was cut nice and thin while still being very tender and very yummy! 3/5 Pork belly banh mi - pork belly is very crispy and still good. I like that the veggies are pickled but could be slightly more pickled. I feel like it's too much bread or needs more pate since I didn't really taste it and it's so dry as I ate. My fiancé liked it but I wasn't the biggest fan 2.5/5 Pandan coconut egg coffee - Pandan flavored comes through pretty well! It's sweet foam with bitter coffee and matches well together! I liked it 3.25/5

    Penelope N.

    We had the beef pho and it was rich and flavorful with plenty of tender meat and noodles. The chicken banh mi was fresh and well‑balanced with crisp veggies and savory meat, and the sauce tied it all together. I liked the bun/baguette as well. The star of the show though was the pandan coconut egg coffee, a very unique twist on Vietnamese coffee. It was smooth, creamy, and had an interesting tropical flavor that went welll with the meal. Service was friendly and attentive, and our food came out in good time. The atmosphere is casual, and I appreciated the sanitizer on the table for cleanliness.

    Pho Steak
    Paul K.

    Order the steak pho. Full bodied broth, and generous portions. Had the Stone Bowl last time I was here. Order the Pork Special Egg Rolls.

    Grilled Pork with rice
    Bo V.

    Our group of 10 went to Pho Towda for an early dinner on a Saturday night. Luckily, it wasn't busy, and we were seated right away. The ambiance is modern, clean, and welcoming, with lots of plants that give the space a warm, inviting vibe. We ordered a mix of appetizers and mains: spring rolls, dumplings, two Signature Stone Bowl Phos, several regular phos, and one grilled pork with rice. The spring rolls and dumplings were both fresh and flavorful. The stone bowl pho came with boiling broth and tender beef served on the side, which was a fun and unique touch. However, it's noticeably more expensive than the regular pho. Unlike many other pho restaurants, this place only offers one size for their pho bowls. The portions felt a bit small for the price, and while the broth was good, it leaned slightly on the bland side. On the plus side, the bean sprouts and basil were very fresh. Service was friendly and attentive. Overall, Pho Towda is a solid place for a comforting bowl of pho in a relaxed setting. We will probably come back again.

    Pork banh mi
    Casey O.

    Very unfriendly staff who would not accommodate and provide an extra sauce on the side for bahn mi. Even with me willing to pay extra, they would not allow it per "chef". What a shame because I really liked the food, but customer service is equally important. For that reason, I'll take my business elsewhere.

    Rayne W.

    Pho Towda is better than your average pho place with a price premium. We started with the garden roll with shrimp which had a sweet dipping sauce. I especially liked the rare ginger beef pho which had a nice soft texture with hints of ginger. Tasted the meats of the personalized pho with flank, steak and brisket which seemed similar to other pho places. However, the broth made a difference compared to other pho places. Service was quick and efficient with a modern and clean environment. Definitely worth trying if you're in the area!

    Ginger rare steak pho
    Claudia L.

    It's a frigidly cold weekend in NOVA and since we happened to be near Pho Towda, we decided to try it. I'm glad we did! Flavorful ginger rare steak pho that quickly warmed our souls, coupled with friendly and attentive service. Most pho places don't seem to prioritize ambiance, but Pho Towda does it right with modern decor and beautiful real plants. We'll be back!

    Cold cut banh mi
    Karen Y.

    I only came here for the banh mi and got the grilled pork and cold cut. The meat filling is sparse, but what meat I could taste was pretty decent. I definitely think the cold cut tasted better than the grilled pork. I was really disappointed by the vegetables which weren't even pickled and tasted like sugar. Bread was crunchy and was okay. Maybe it was an off day but the banh mi wasn't good and likely will try elsewhere for my next craving.

    Left: Ube Coconut Coffee Iced Right- Thai Iced Tea
    Kandis M.

    Love this modern pho restaurant! Decor and design is so beautiful. So many plants all over the whole restaurant making it feel so natural. The pho & summer rolls were super delicious and filling. The drinks we had (Ube Coconut Coffee iced & Thai Iced Tea) were not only very tasty but aesthetic as well! The service was quick as we were the first customers there when they opened at 11am. The few things I noticed that are super minor and may have been due to us being there early. They didn't serve bean sprouts, limes, and jalapeños with our pho. They also only gave one napkin each (I prefer to have plenty when eating spicy soup!) and no plates for us to share the summer rolls appetizer, just the small plate it was served on. Again, super minor things I noticed but I'd still return again for their delicious food! 4/5 stars highly recommend!

    J E.

    When I'm in the area I love to grab pho to go to enjoy with the family for dinner and on this occasion I came to Pho Towda. Placing an order was easy via their touchscreen ordering POS in the dining room and service was friendly getting my order together for me. I ordered 3 chicken pho with an extra broth. It took them about 15 mins to get the order ready for me. The chicken and veggies were all fresh. The broth was tasty and nicely seasoned with not too much visible oil in it. The family loved the food! Definitely would return!

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    There's Banh Mi selections are delicious and one of the cheaper options in the area. Great Pho and owners are super friendly!

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    Not sure how long this has been here but man have I been missing out. Chicken banh mi was superb. Will definitely be back!

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    I'm just going to fully recommend any dish with the bánh mì because it's so crispy and filling is fluffy.

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    Saigon Bistro Sterling

    Saigon Bistro Sterling

    4.6(131 reviews)
    10.2 mi
    $$
    Large group friendly
    Full bar

    Stumbled upon SBS through a friend wanting to try a new place …read more.. And let's say we were not disappointed, tucked away in a shopping is a gem of place, walking into this place was presently surprised with the clean and modern vibe which is awesome So good job ! Now food ... Oh damn all of it was fresh ingredients and packed full of flavor. Homemade Nem Noung Coung was delicious and the dipping sauce for it was onpoint ... it had a nice peppery flavor to it which was a pleasant surprise and did well . The coriander chicken salad was fresh and on point .. fresh herbs makes the dish. Bo ne was full of tender cubes of steak and fresh pate so good .. Scallion noodles and lobster delicious ! Service was on point and very attentive aswell.. Definitely would recommend this place and come back when I'm in town!

    Saigon Bistro is a top Yelp recommendation with many great reviews as well as being very close to…read morewhere I live. Let me start by saying that the Pho was good and a good value. Nothing exceptional but good quality, good food And a fair amount of steak in mine for $16. I wish I could say the same about the service or lack there of provided by the two young female servers. For starters, they have zero communication skills. They drop things at the table and just stand there without a word. I did not receive the Vietnamese coffee that I ordered until I asked for it nor was I asked whether or not I wanted it with whipped cream - there's was no description on the menu so I wasn't aware it came with whipped cream. When we placed our order we asked for extra cilantro and received no cilantro at all. Once the runner delivered our food no one came over to ask how everything had turned out, if we needed anything else etc. The lack of communication, lack of attention to detail and quite frankly complete lack of personality turned a pleasant afternoon meal into a disappointment. It's a shame because I saw several other things on the menu that I'd like to try but I'm not interested in being in that unpleasant atmosphere again

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    Pho4ever - Bun bo heu

    Pho4ever

    4.2(303 reviews)
    4.5 mi
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    This is my favorite & go-to viet spot & everything I've tried reminds me of my grandma's cooking…read more Service is always efficient & servers are friendly enough. The dinnerware they use is so cute, too, which is always a plus! My go-tos.. -bot chien: pan fried rice flour cake in egg omelet. A must try. The soy-based slightly sweet dipping sauce is highly addictive! -rice vermicelli bowls: always fresh & packed with all the wonderful herbs & fixings. Their grilled pork is my favorite. I love their nuoc cham fish sauce. -broken rice (com tam): my favorite thing from here. Their grilled pork chop with bone is incredible. C8 is the best with all the classic com tam sides. -Bun bo hue: I'm picky with my BBH since I'm certain my grandma makes the best version. But it's amazing here! The broth is so aromatic with the perfect kick to it.

    This Vietnamese restaurant is situated in Main Street Center, adjacent to other international…read moredining establishments such as SimSim (Middle Eastern), Curry Mantra (Indian), Taste of Silk Road (Uzbek, Uyghur, and Turkish cuisine), and Red Pot (Chinese). Service was prompt, with food delivered shortly after ordering; however, the staff seemed unenthusiastic and unfriendly. Portions were generous; the Grilled Pork Sausage and Fresh Spring Rolls were freshly prepared and flavorful, with fresh cucumber adding crispness. The house specialty, Pho Dac Biet, was generously portioned and served hot; however, I could detect traces of MSG in the broth, which caused a lingering tingling sensation in my mouth, and I kept drinking water afterward. The sauce bottles on the table and the table itself were sticky, indicating a need for cleaning to enhance the overall dining experience.

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    Gao - Chicken bahn mi

    Gao

    4.0(40 reviews)
    5.8 mi
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    Wow, we were really impressed by Gao's chicken pho and crepe! Absolutely we will be back…read more When we came a bit before noon there was just one other customer. But by the time we left, most of the tables were taken. Service was excellent with our orders prepared correctly. The conventional wisdom around these parts is that Pho 75 has the best pho, but I think Gao's delicious chicken broth just might have an edge over Pho 75's broth. The shrimp crepe was amazing. With the perfect texture it was delicious. Next time here I'm going to order this baby. We also ordered the crispy party wings. They had a perfect level of saltiness and the wings were only lightly seasoned with five spice. Lastly, we opted for the Vietnamese coffee. Gao's coffee is so tasty. Paired with condensed milk it's excellent. Love it!

    Gao actually deserves 4 stars, but I had to deduct a star because I left hungry!…read more We found Gao after running errands in the Microcenter shopping center and came in around 6pm today on a Wednesday evening for dinner. There were plenty of open tables but no staff in the front when we arrived so we stood around for 2-3 minutes waiting to be seated. The restaurant was clean and nicely decorated with a subtle hint to Vietnamese culture. Like many casual Viet joints around here, there was a TV showcasing Vietnam tourism, although the TV in the back was also showing Japan tourism which was odd. We were brought two cups of water with no ice and had to request ice, which was also odd considering it was in the upper 80s outside. The menu has many Viet cuisine classics like pho, bahn mi, bun, bun bo hue, ba cua, and com tam. Although we're in peak heat of summer, I could never turn down a bowl of pho! I was a little confused as the menu was entirely in English and I usually know my order in Vietnamese and couldn't tell which English option it was as the English descriptors were kinda generic. It's a little saddening that the owners thought that a bilingual menu would be more of an obstacle than an opportunity for their customers to learn and connect with the food and culture. There might be something more there but I'll let my therapist unravel that one lol. I customized to my usual pho tai gan. Herbs, especially the basil, was very fresh and I appreciated the big leaves. The lime was kinda dry. Noodles were al dente and I like mine a little more done but the texture evened out as the hot broth kept cooking it while I was eating. The soup was good and flavorful, well balanced and not too "clean" and not too "dirty". The soup was the highest ranking component but the soup to noodles ratio was off, with too little noodles, hence, leaving me with almost half a bowl of broth and a half empty stomach by the time I finished the meat and noodles. The flank was cooked well-done and I would have preferred the traditional way of serving the meat raw in the boiling soup. My favourite ingredient in any pho is tendon and the tendon here I can only describe as displeasurable. The texture was too soft and goopy and the taste was very bland like it was added to the soup before serving instead of absorbing any of the soup flavour. It's like how honey or brown sugar boba is the norm now so when you go to a place where the tapioca isn't soaked in sugar it is a bland and unsettling taste. Overall I would rank the pho well, beating out local places like Pho Duong and Pho 4 ever, but not able to topple the OG, Pho 75. I'm hoping these quirks from my visit today are addressed to improve the dining experience and add more commitment to the Vietnamese culture.

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    NUE Elegantly Vietnamese

    NUE Elegantly Vietnamese

    4.5(504 reviews)
    10.0 miFalls Church City
    $$$
    Full bar
    Romantic vibe

    Sam was phenomenal as a bartender. Matthew was cordial and…read moreaccommodating as a waiter. The rest of the staff we encountered was pleasant and polite. There were so many choices. It was hard to narrow it down, added to the fact that restaurant week had been extended. The food was excellent. As was my tamarind margarita which included tamarind candy on the rim The interior decor was top notch. It was like dining in an art gallery. Street parking was available.

    This place is almost certainly better than our experience. But I can only review the visit I had,…read moreso consider this a provisional review--one I hope to update after giving Nue another try. The evening started with parking at the Foundry Row garage in the building next to the restaurant. It isn't free, and paying for it involves something of a gauntlet of QR codes, authorization numbers, and, as I recall, an app. You scan something when you enter the garage, get an authorization code at the restaurant, and then enter that--along with your license plate number--to pay for parking. None of this is Nue's fault, of course, but it is something customers should be prepared to deal with. We arrived a few minutes before our reservation and were told that our table was being cleaned and would be ready in two or three minutes. Forty-five minutes later, after standing in the crowded bar the entire time, we were finally seated. We asked several staff members why things were so backed up. The best explanation we got was that the restaurant was trying out a new all-you-can-eat option and was still working out the kinks. Hold that thought. The all-you-can-eat experiment is going to come up again. A waiter appeared a few minutes after we were seated, and I ordered a Wood Dragon--the closest thing on the cocktail menu to a Manhattan--and the Imperial Wagyu Zabuton. My drink arrived about 30 minutes later. It was actually very good: nicely balanced, with layers of flavor, and a very credible variation on a Manhattan. Except... As I sipped it while waiting for my food, I noticed it was becoming watered down much faster than I would have expected. It was almost as though the large ice cube hadn't been cold enough to begin with, or the finished drink had been sitting around for a while before it reached me. Either explanation would be consistent with a restaurant struggling with the unexpected demands of a new all-you-can-eat program. By the time my dinner arrived, what had started as a very good cocktail had become a glass of brownish, Manhattan-flavored water. The Wagyu was OK, but it had some issues. The dish was at its best when I combined pieces of beef with the squash and not-at-all-spicy peppers. Together, they produced a wonderful combination of flavors and textures. Unfortunately, my plate contained only two small pieces of squash and three small pieces of pepper. The portion of beef also seemed smaller than what was pictured on the menu but still more than could be accommodated by the other elements. That meant that much of my dinner consisted simply of pieces of admittedly tasty--but somewhat fatty, even for Wagyu--beef. It was still good. It was also a little boring. Again, I'm inclined to attribute the shortcomings to the strain of the new all-you-can-eat program, or perhaps to the now-late hour and a kitchen trying to wind things down. One definite positive was the staff. Setting aside the substantial delays, everyone we dealt with was pleasant and helpful. One of the managers even stopped by our table to apologize for the wait. It was especially nice that everyone was so nice because, with a MANDATORY 20% service fee, they really didn't have to be. The manager also mentioned that Nue is working to expand into the space next door to increase its seating capacity. My concern is that unless the kitchen expands along with the dining room, adding more customers clamoring for food may not solve the problems we experienced. My recommendation to you is to do what we're going to do: give Nue a little time to work out the kinks, then try it (again). There was enough good food and enough promise here that I'm not ready to judge the restaurant based on one unusually chaotic night. There is one exception. If you--and everyone you're dining with--have HUGE appetites, you may want to go right now and order the all-you-can-eat option. For the entire time we were at our table, a young (and surprisingly svelte) couple at the table next to us received an apparently endless parade of plates heaped with all manner of delicious-looking food. Plate after plate after plate. Because... all you can eat.

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