A craving for Vietnamese food brought me and a friend to Phomono Vietnamese Cuisine in Ajax. It was my first time here so it took me a few minutes to go through their menu, presented on an electronic tablet. I finally chose their Grilled Beef on Vermicelli and my friend had their House Special PHO. The pho included a little bit of everything (rare beef, beef ball, beef brisket, beef tendon & beef tripe), as well as the usual bean sprouts and basil on the side. It looked good and my friend really enjoyed it. My dish was also quite good - nice presentation and good flavours. There was a generous amount of beef sitting on top of the vermicelli, along with a tasty spring roll, and a simple salad. Adding a little hoisin and hot sauce made it perfect! The food and service were good enough to warrant a future visit. Stay tuned... read more

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Ordered crispy noodle bird nest. Standard noodles and tossed veggies. Surprised they didn't have the original rooster hot sauce. They had some knock off brand that tasted terrible. Also, their coffee is not slow drip as advertised. It's just the pre-mix coffee package you can get from the store. When I asked why my coffee wasn't slow drip, they stated that they use pre-mix coffee package and didn't update the menu. Kinda lame imo. read more

Phomono Vietnamese Cuisine - Crispy noodle bird nest. - Vietnamese Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

We came here to have a quick bite and we were craving Pho noodle soup. We ordered 2 XL house special Pho noodle $13.99 each and pork spring rolls. The Pho soup broth is very good and don't really taste any MSG. There's assorted meat beef balls, beef flank, beef tripe, sliced beef. They give you bean sprouts, lime and mint to boil on top. The spring rolls are very standard. They use a rice paper wrapper and they are filled with ground pork and veggies. There's a sweet vinegar sauce to dip it in. Service was adequate and wait time for the food was not too long. We did have to ask for another plate of bean sprouts since we ordered 2 XL Pho specials. Ambiance is very casual and not bad if you're going with your family or quick bite to eat. Sorry, I didn't get a pic of the Pho. read more

Phomono Vietnamese Cuisine - Spring rolls - Vietnamese Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

This is not my first time here so I know for a fact their flavors is on the milder side. Personally I wouldn't come here for that reason alone but what can you do when choices in the Durham region is that bad. However they are consistence so you know what to expect. read more

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Amazing customer service. I wish I had got his name, but he really took care of everyone. My friend and I got vermicelli bowls and tofu wraps. All of the food was so good and so fresh. The beef had a little grizzle, but was very tasty. I would definitely go back! read more

i come here every week! amazing quality food, good pricing , and friendly staff! ( general tao chicken is amazing )

The staff is either mediocre or rude, I've never had a real connection any of the times that I've been. You can see from the photo of the pho that the noodles aren't always cooked properly. They also use flat noodles if that is any importance to your pho experience. The broth is alright - I usually end up filling it with hoisin & hot sauce so it tastes more than water & oil. If you do come to this location, I recommend the fresh rolls over the fried rolls. The fillings of the fried rolls seem a little cheap because it is mainly veggies (bean sprouts) instead of some good tasting pork. read more

Phomono Vietnamese Cuisine - House special Pho - Vietnamese Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

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We ordered from here probably about 20 minutes before closing. They were very friendly on the phone and took our order no with problems. I'd say overall, it was a bit pricey for pretty standard Vietnamese food. We ordered the X-large house special pho and it really wasn't as big as we thought it would be. The pho was not piping hot, but I'll blame it on the fact that we ordered it for takeout. Spring rolls were good. Chicken dishes were good, but nothing that would have me running back. read more

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Just ok Viet/Pan-Asian spot. Had an Asian food craving but didn't want to deal with the poor customer service at the neighbouring Makimono so we ordered cash pick up here. Online ordering, and customer service at pick up was wonderful. Everyone was kind and polite. They also offer 10% off if you pay with cash. Food was just ok. We ordered: - Thai style beef noodle soup: bland and tasted no different than their regular pho broth (also bland and disappointing, which we had on an earlier visit). - Diced beef with veggies: came with broccoli, celery, and a single bell pepper. Well seasoned and tender. Would order again, even with the odd assortment of vegetables. - Salt and pepper squid: I was disappointed to see that this was squid tentacles and not the tender pieces you normally get. The flavour was great but the chew was a little intense. - Mango salad with chicken: the worst of the lot. Though you can tell that the mango itself of high quality, it was completely unseasoned and the chicken was absolutely flavourless. Would advise not to order. Overall, some dishes are palatable and others are disappointing. Would advise against the pho and mango salad, but their grilled platter with rice is quite good and sizzling platters are great! read more

I liked this place. Decent pho and super fast. The regular pho place I liked didn't survive Covid and I've been looking for a new place ever since. Will definitely be coming back read more

My parents recommended this pho place to me. They told me that the soup is even better than the regular one that we always went to since my high school days. So I was eager to give it a try! I've ordered the rare beef pho. The soup was very flavourful and I did enjoy the rice noodle, it has a good texture and tasted fresh. The beef was soft and nice. I've ordered both the shrimp rice roll and the spring roll. I like the fried one, it has some taro in it and some peppery taste. It was very tasty. The rice paper shrimp roll was nothing. Give this a try! read more

Phomono Vietnamese Cuisine - Rare beef pho - Vietnamese Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

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Moving to Ajax from Toronto I needed a new pho spot. This will not be it. Ordered rare beef pho. Normally places separate the beef from the noodles, but the noodles and beef were mixed with the beef on top. Fine that's kinda gross but ok can get passed that. The meat quality is terrible and incredibly chewy. It was stringy and almost looked like it was shredded. The noodles were cooked poorly and they used flat noodles. I get better noodles from instant pho Broth was just ok, below average I will not be back read more

My rating is 3.5 stars. It had been six months since I had visited Ajax. At one point, I was there at least once a month. I ended the drought last weekend. After spending some time at Old Navy and Best Buy, I drove over to where all the box stores are. I was hungry and noticed a new pho place. I didn't need to think twice. I parked and walked in to the restaurant for a late lunch. The place is clean, and the booths are comfy and modern. I got fresh shrimp rolls, and a large rare beef and beef brisket pho. I also got a coconut, non-diary bubble tea with tapioca. The shrimp rolls were yummy. The dipping sauce had peanuts, so I was in heaven. Everything was fresh and tasty. I normally don't do a large pho. I'mbglad that I did. I was hungry. The pho was good. You get a lot of meat! Normally, I don't get the brisket, because it's hit or miss. This one was decent. Not a ton of fat that makes me gag, but enough to keep the pho flavourful. The coconut bubble tea was yummy. I got it without dairy. I was a happy camper, except when I sucked down a tapioca ball too fast. It made me cough, but it wasn't serious. I'm glad that Ajax had a pho place. Staff are friendly, and speak both Vietnamese and Cantonese. I'd come back to try my usual -- rare beef and beef ball pho. (185) read more

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Pho Mono is a spacious, clean restaurant that's located conveniently in a long stretch of Ajax outlet stores. Since it would be a shorter drive than to Pho Metro, we decided to give it a try, hoping that it would be good enough to be our go to Pho spot in Durham region. We each ordered an extra large house special Pho and a large satay beef Pho only because they don't offer a medium size. We had a good chuckle thinking about why a restaurant would have a small, large and an extra large sizes instead of just simply having a small, medium and large. Doesn't seem to make much sense to skip a medium and call it a large and their large, an extra large. Anyways, I digress. The noodles arrived fairly quickly and they were the broader and less chewy variety that I don't particularly enjoy. My husbands extra large house special pho had some meatballs (upon partaking later, they were overcooked and chewy) and some cooked rare beef (which were also pretty tough). Not the best cuts of meat were used and the meat portion was on a small side. The broth was the standard out of package msg stuff that tasted like most pho broth. My satay beef pho was the strangest version of the dish I had ever encountered at a pho restaurant. The soup was thick and gooey from the large chunks of beef that had been coated in corn starch before being wok fried and added to the soup. There was not enough satay sauce to really taste the satay but the gooey and goopy consistency of the broth was the most off putting thing about the noodle soup. Overall, the noodle soup didn't taste bad, just poorly executed. I'm not sure if we would go back to pho mono or just choose to do the extra 10 min drive up to Pho Metro. The jury is still out. read more

Phomono Vietnamese Cuisine - Gooey satay beef pho! Beware! - Vietnamese Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

If you've never had pho, this might be a good place to start but even then, I would never recommend any one come here to try pho for their first time for I'd fear they would never venture out to a "vietnamese" restaurant again. If you're an experienced authentic vietnamese restaurant goer, you'd say this is simply noodles in water. Hue style rice noodle soup was far from any hue style noodle I've ever had. The broth was that satay soup flavouring you'd get at an HK cafe, also not spicy as most hue style noodles are supposed to be. The only thing they got going for their hue style noodles is the vietnamese sausage. Also ordered a spring roll on the side. Not bad. The "fish sauce" it was served with seemed to be overly watered down. Just look at the colour... or lack of. Service was okay. Waitresses are friendly though quite absent. read more

Phomono Vietnamese Cuisine - Hue Style Rice Noodle - Vietnamese Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

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Modern space with a fancy way to order your food (using an iPad). Unfortunately none of the dishes is that memorable. The crispy noodle dish was pretty good, but everything else is meh. Don't recommend, sorry :( read more

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Huge fan of this place! Surprised at the meager Yelp rating. I come here for weekday lunches on a regular basis...I've had the rare beef pho, the grilled beef on vermicelli noodles with a spring roll, the sweet and sour chicken and the chicken satay....and all are super-duper tasty! The space itself is clean and airy, the service is friendly, and the food typically comes out quick. Well done, Phomono! I'll be back pho sho. read more

Came here for dinner and it's cool that you use an iPad for dinner. Their is pretty good especially on a cold winter night in Canada. Great selection and staff is nice. Place is clean too. I would come back. read more

Broth was great but the noodles were not my favourite. It's a personal preference thing but I like the dry noodles and these were the fresh ones so knocked it down a star. Service was okay but wth..ordering off an iPad. Must be linked to the Japanese place beside because I have seen that at the AYCE. But not needed at a Pho place. read more

Not even worth one star Garbage Worst service ever They do not follow health standards And nothing is vegetarian even if it's advertised as being veggie friendly it is a lie !! Don't ever eat here barffffff read more

DO NOT GO HERE. 100% DO NOT recommend. Worst restaurant experience I have ever had. I will never forgot the discriminatory and horrific experience we had at this restaurant. It was shocking!!! Firstly, the food is subpar, (soup was lukewarm and not as flavorful as I've had from other places) , and service was simple terrible. It took 30 minutes to get our food after ordering. The manager came over and asked how everything was, we respectfully told her the service was slow and the food was not great. She screamed in our faces "WELL DON'T COME BACK!" I've read other reviews about discriminatory treatment by the manger and staff of this restaurant, but was shocked to have actually experienced such disrespect. I strongly suggest NEVER going back there again- and if you haven't been, don't waste your time or money. Awful. read more

This spot is my absolute favourite pho spot. Often drive quite far to come here. Go to order is rare beef pho with beef and rice plate. The pho is good, flavourful and portions are normal. The beef on rice is by far the best i've ever had and never disappoints. Service is usually good and wait staff are kind. Highly recommend! read more

Was not the best pho in town and the spring rolls and veggie rolls tasted weird the noodles are very thick rice noodles.. broth was amazing!! read more

Phomono Vietnamese Cuisine - Vietnamese Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

Best Pho in Ajax! Came here for dinner with my wife. She wanted soup on this cold spring day. Ordered the rare beef Pho (small), was enough for two people! Their mango salad was very good as well. Service was fast and very friendly! read more

Phomono Vietnamese Cuisine - Vietnamese Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

Ordered the chicken pad Thai. Quite a disappointment. It was basically all noodle. There was barely any chicken and a few slivers of peppers for veggies - no others. Not sure if they used ketchup as a sauce (some restaurants do this to cut cost & not make authentic pad Thai sauce) but it certainly tasted like it. Basically my pad Thai was all noodle w a bit of chicken and a couple of slivers of peppers thrown in. I won't order that again. read more

Ordered take out the first time here and very disappointed of the portion of food. Was shocking to see how small the portion they gave consider the price of the dish. We order extra grill beef and the portion of the beef in the picture cost us $10, this is ridiculous, there was a big piece of the lettuce at the bottom to make it look better but if you look carefully with the beef there, it's just so minimum, more like a leftover portion than a real dish... very disappointed. read more

Phomono Vietnamese Cuisine - Vietnamese Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

Had a Vietnamese craving while shopping in Ajax and a friend suggested Pho Mono. I frequent the east end Pho establishments such as Pho 88, Pho Dau Bo and have always been a fan. The restaurant is very clean and bright with modern decor touches. Service is quite good. Ordering via Ipad is always a plus. I had ordered Rare beef pho, spring rolls (meat) and the fried tofu. The pho itself was great. Good size serving (small), meat was in large pieces, broth was flavorful. I expected the spring rolls to have that great YELLOW colour that I'm use to and was surprised that when they came out, it wasn't but excited to try. I feel they were quite a disappointment. The fried tofu was dry and served with no dipping sauce. I probably won't come back. read more

Ordered the house noodle soup special. Pho was good broth was good I asked for the broth to be spicy I think someone forgot because it came normal and they don't give you as much meat as some other places but was still good and relatively inexpensive for a large serving of pho to me @ least read more

Finally! A good pho place that I like! Place is pretty small, I think it could seat up to 40 people. You order via tablet (which is a first, never went to a pho place that let you order by tablet). As usual, I got the house special pho (Pho Dac Biet) and it was pretty good, clear broth, very flavorful. There was a good amount of beef, tripe and beef balls in the soup. In comparison to all the other pho places I've tried (other than Pho Dau Bo franchises) this one is one of the best - for now haha. Will definitely come back for my pho fix in the future. read more

Living in Durham region, the availability of Viet food is next to none so it was nice to find this place. As everyone has said, the restaurant itself is modern and clean which is always good. I like how they have delivery service (depending on a minimum order and distance) even though I haven't used it. Having eaten hundreds if not thousands of bowls of Pho in my lifetime, I can say the Pho here is not too shabby. I like their choice of flat noodles and the broth is flavourful with what you would expect from a Pho broth. The reason I gave them a low rating is because I have ordered different noodle soup items from their menu (the Hue noodle) and a Thai beef stew and well, both of them were utter disappointments to say the least. The problem wasn't that they were having and off day -- it's a fundamental problem. It's their recipe. Anyone who is Viet and has eaten a bowl of Hue noodles can attest that it is fundamentally different than Pho. The flavours, the color of the broth, the noodles and the meats. The bowl of Hue noodles I received was essentially Pho broth with a different type of noodle. Not good at all. It's as if McDonalds released a new burger, charged a premium price for it and gave you a Big Mac but on a brioche bun. Pho Mono should really not be selling this item as it is doing a MAJOR disservice to Viet cuisine by introducing people to a very FAUX bowl of noodles. As for the Thai stew, let's just say a legit Viet restaurant wouldn't stray too far from its roots. The funny thing is that Viet cuisine does have a stewed beef noodle item that is tomato based so I'm not sure why they needed to slap the THAI in front of it. Again, it was essentially their house Pho broth with stewed beef. If you're looking for Pho in Durham, this isn't a bad choice. If you're looking for authentic Viet food, drive an extra 20 minutes and find some place in Scarborough or North York. read more

This used to be my go to Pho place since we have moved to Durham 3 years ago, until tonight. I understand that a restaurant can get busy, but to serve something that has been sitting on someone else's table is gross. I asked to have new soup bowls to be brought out since I watched them grab our bowls from the table in front of me to our table. They went through the motion of taking the bowls back, but I'm pretty sure they brought back the same bowls of soup after a few minutes in the back - looked identical only the meat is now well done instead of rare. No apologies given, nothing. So unsanitary! If my kids weren't starving I would have gotten up and left. Needless to say, I didn't enjoy my soup! But my 5 year old daughter enjoyed her chicken and egg platter. read more

Bubble tea's tapioca is really hard. It should be a little bit chewy and fresh. Obvious that they used old stock probably. Dont buy bubble tea in here. This is the 2nd time this happened. Thought my first one was just from a bad batch of tapioca. read more

Phomono Vietnamese Cuisine - Bubble Tea - Vietnamese Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

Waitress was extremely rude and unprofessional. My family(myself, my mom and my two year old son) went there today for lunch, after ordering I requested hot tea, we waited patiently and it did not come. I asked her again for tea assuming she might have forgot, she screamed across the room and told me to be patient and said I was rude. At this point I have no idea why she was so angry at me, all I did was requesting for something to drink. Mind the restaurant was very empty with only one other table and she was standing there. She then continued talking shit about me. I was very upset for the way she was treating us, so we stood up and was about to walk out. She then told me again I had no manors and told me to get the fu*k out of the restaurant in front of other customers. I do not tolerate explicits especially in front of a child. I will never return to this restaurant or any of their chain locations. Please be warned. read more

So it is true... that is disgusting!!!!!! I hope everyone sees this post and i hope people realize that Phomono (50 Kingston Rd E, Ajax, Ontario) is a dirty restaurant. Like i said while i was there noticing you guys reusing peoples left overs and when i asked why this is being done the employees all lied and said no that it isn't true...so if it is true why couldn't they be honest and say yes we re use food to save money??? Please read below this is the reply i got back from management...its a joke! Hello Mary J, Thank you very much for your business and more importantly being with us for over a year already. In response to your incident; you are absolutely correct that we put the unused basil leaves and limes back into a clear container. So that we can later rinse and clean up to use later, that way we can reduce food waste and keep our price reasonable. You are also correct that we put those clear containers near the kitchen's entrance so that we can leave them in clear sight without hiding the fact that those can be reused, after proper cleaning. That's why we have 4 such containers, 2 for reused and 2 for properly cleaned. The management is currently following up on this matter. On the day of your incident, the Ajax location is understaffed and the front staffs are working under stress. It's likely that one of our staff humanly picked the basil leaves from the other container. Please kindly provide us with your email at phomono@icloud.com so that we can report back to you and resolve the matter. Thank you for your understanding. Best, The management team read more

I love this place! I always get the grilled beef steamed rice all the time when I order take out :) I just wish the delivery fee was more affordable they force you to spend $25 for free delivery they should at least have a minimum order of like $15 at least not everyone is ordering for a party or a family but never the last I'll still come back here but for takeout or dining in :) read more

First of all, I ordered a hot water and there was a taste of detergent. Then they gave me the wrong order twice. But on top of that the broth of the pho taste like water mixed with an atrocious amount of msg. Have never been this disappointed by any pho restaurant ever read more

Not a bad Pho place considering its in Ajax. Not a lot of competition in the area so they can afford to have higher priced menu items, although their serving size and the amount of meat in the beef Pho is plentiful. Broth is also pretty good but salty. Became even more obvious that there's MSG an hour after the meal because I was extremely thirsty! But definitely don't get the vermicelli dishes, they are NOT worth it. Small servings for a puny serving of noodles, veggies, a spring roll and some grilled meat. Plus, the nuoc mum is just fish sauce and not enough vinegar. I will continue my mission to find the best Pho in Durham. read more

This place is great. The pho is pretty authentic and very flavourful. Clean and modern atmosphere. We ordered two bowls of pho and a side of spring rolls. The portion size are great and you order from an electronic tablet which is very cool. Will come here again. read more

Very good food. Clean and modern atmosphere. We had the rare beef pho, shrimp fresh rolls and pad Thai. It all tasted great. You place your order using tablets, which I find convenient. I will be back. read more

Extremely fast service. The broth is very good and the noodles are fresh. I had the shrimp vegetable fresh rolls and they were great. Peanut sauce was on point. I highly recommend! read more