I am a regular customer here. This restaurant is run by very humble people. The food is really good. My 7yrs old son loves their pad Thai. We also like chicken popcorns and bbq chicken skewers. read more

Congrats, Phonomenal! Today marks their grand opening. It's a perfect addition to San Pedro Square Market, which is expanding its business over the last past year. This general area is definitely becoming a go to place for lunch, dinner, and/or happy hour. I ordered a #3 large (pho with brisket, $8.93) to go. I thought it was a bit pricy, but then the portion is pretty decent for both noodles and meat. The broth was also decent. Great, friendly service. I will definitely come back. read more

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Love this place!! Underrated at the San Pedro market! Usually go for the popcorn chicken and Korean bbq. During the winter all of their soups are amazing!! I can also backup whoever said this place is run by humble/great people. Nothing better than good food, and great owners/workers. read more

Ordered the combination. Slow service. Took a long time to get our order. Meat was tough and hard to chew. They kept putting up the closed sign and finally just left it up to reduce the line. Male person was rude when I asked to validate my parking. read more

The food was good! We ordered takeout and the pickup was a bit confusing but overall fine. I got vegetarian pho and jasmine boba and it came with lots of toppings! The tea was very nice also. read more

Liked the orange chicken and how fresh the veggies were. However the garlic noodles are severely underwhelming. You can see the garlic, but they don't actually taste like garlic. I don't know if it'a old or cheap garlic, but that was a major disappointment. Dramatic, I know. But when you've been craving garlic noodles for awhile, it's a big let down. Watermelon smoothie.. Not bad! But it's a milkshake. Not a fruit based smoothie. Mostly milk and cream based with a dash of fruit. It was pretty good, but again not what I was looking for. All in all, I'm sure the people who run it are lovely, and there are plenty of fans of the place, but I don't think I'll go back. read more

This place never disappoints. Whether it's the vermicelli bowl, pad thai, or seafood egg rolls, they will not let you down. Continuously shocked at the variety of dishes they make, and all are nothing short of exceptional. Thank you Phonomenal. read more

I love this place. The sweetest family operates it and they are just the best. The food is delicious - my favorites are the beef pho, shaken beef and red rice (rice is so flavorful) and the vermicelli bowls. The shrimp and grilled pork in the vermicelli bowls are so good and the portions are generous. I also love their pork and shrimp rolls because they use the same grilled pork as they do in the vermicelli bowls. Hope they are able to get good takeout business and stay open because this is my favorite spot in San Pedro Square! read more

The food was disappointing. It wasn't hot. The rice was old and crispy on the outside, like they pre-plate it and it sits out. The honey walnut shrimp has an unusual, floury coating on it. The woman at the ordering area was obviously busy and not too friendly. She didn't smile. We also got a vermicelli noodle bowl, but it was not in a bowl. It was in a plastic to-go container. The flavor was good, but not great. The fish sauce was good. read more

I ordered the combination, but the shrimp and the korean bbq rib was rotten. Never come back

I'm usually into trying new dishes but have been loyal to the vermicelli noodles here. The portion is huge and love the combination of all the ingredients. It's probably my favorite dish at San Pedro's - ties with the poke bowl and konjoe chicken sandwich. The noodles are never stuck together and cooked perfectly. Love the egg rolls, meat and vegetables that are in the bowl. Everything just tasted really good together. Staff members are usually nice too. Boba here is no bueno. I would not recommend unless you are comfortable with mediocre boba. read more

Overall Impression: Who knew that impressive food could be found inside of a food court? I do! And you should too! Cost: It barely squeaks by as a $ instead of $$ as most of the dishes are around the $10 range. Taste: You should go to this place purely because the ingredients are very fresh and not frozen (in my opinion). I ordered the pad thai and it came with fresh shrimp, chicken, and tofu. It's pretty easy to tell that all the ingredients were handled with care and that the cooks cared about the quality of food that they are serving. Everything came out steaming hot, with the noodles being thin and flavorful. On a side note, try their fruit smoothies as well, as they are made with real fruits! Customer Service: Pretty quick to get my food, as they are pretty well-staffed. Ambience/Atmosphere: Since it's in a food court, you can find one of the shared tables to eat in. The place was a bit noisy, but nothing too bad. read more

This place has amazing pho and I love it so much! The employees are so kind and I cannot wait to go back. I miss everyone and the food. Hope you are doing well! read more

I go here at least twice a week. Their pho is amazing. Around $10 and probably top 3 pho bowls I've had. They also have fried rice and pad Thai, but their pho is what they specialize in. Very quick service for always having a line. read more

My cousin and I were looking for a post-weekend remedy, aka, a pho place, but the one we usually go to closes on Monday's so.. I stumbled upon Phonomenal. I actually never knew a pho place existed in the Market, but thank you Yelp for bringing that to my attention. I'm not sure how I feel about an English menu because I think it takes away from the authenticity of the Vietnamese culture, but the man who took my order was very polite when I wanted to confirm that #1 was pho tai bo vien and #6 was pho ga. We ordered our food, and sat down. After a very short wait, our food was brought to us with disposable spoons, chopsticks and a very small container of sriracha and hoisin sauce. The server was very kind to bring us out a whole bottle of sriracha after I asked if I could have more. A missing star because the pho was pricey, and my bo tai was super over cooked. I know, I'm a tough critic. But the broth was so yummy and because of that, I'll be back. read more

We received free egg rolls that had already went bad. I spit it out as soon as I tasted the sour. I am hoping this was not intentional.

oh, gotta love the puns! Phonomenal is a great little Vietnamese stall in the San Pedro Square market. Pretty decent Vietnamese food, but their meats are a little skimpy, especially on the Korean Short Rib platter. I'm thrilled they have oxtail pho as a regular item since a lot of places don't carry this. The broth is text-book perfect and is enough to feed two. I've also had the vermicelli or rice noodle bowl and it hits the spot and includes grilled pork, shrimp and a crispy little egg roll. They also have a decent selection of milk teas. My favorite is the jasmine milk tea. This is my go-to lunch spot at San Pedro Square. read more

Pretty disappointing experience with the pho here. Was here for lunch and had the usual beef pho which is usually a slam dunk. Not so. The pho is clumpy and broth too sweet (MSG?). What else? In a regular pho restaurant, you get the sauces (siracha, hoisin, etc.) in bottles at the table. Here, they serve it in a little container and that leaves me unimpressed. For the same money or less, you're better off at a regular pho joint somewhere in DTSJ. Phonomenal? More like Pho-Not-Normal. read more

Phonomenal is in one of the San Pedro Square Marketplace buildings (along with Blush and The Little Cheese Shop). I'm glad to have a pho restaurant within walking distance! I know there is a lot of more authentic pho places down Santa Clara, but this is great for a quick bite. The service is really great -- your food comes out very quickly. If you choose to eat at the common sitting area in the marketplace, they bring your food to you and are quite nice. I really liked the #1 Appetizer (Summer Rolls). Super fresh and chock full of veggies, shrimp and some meat. I ordered the #2 Pho, which was okay. The broth was good but I thought the noodles were only so-so. Overall, it is a pretty good value and a nice addition to the downtown San Jose offerings. read more

I am pleasantly surprised by this place! Been eating at San Pedro Square pretty often, and there are only a few places I haven't tried. Phonomnal sometimes has pretty long lines too, but it reminded me a little of mall food court so I never really had the desire to eat here. When I see no lines and on a whim I ordered the not-very-Vietnamese food Chicken Katsu :P Food came pretty quickly, and it was good! Decent, no frill food. Good amount and crispy chicken katsu. Sure you can find a cheaper Vietnamese place, but when you crave some Asian food in San Pedro place, this is pretty good. read more

My recent experience here was beyond disappointing. I purposely stopped by about an hour after the lunchtime rush expecting fairly quick service. The lady working the register seemed a bit occupied texting while taking my order, and I had to proactively ask her for one of those little buzzers since she forgot to hand me one after I paid. I ordered some Pho, waited about 45 minutes, watched another guy that ordered ahead of me wait about 40 minutes for his food, and when my buzzer finally went off she told me that my food wasn't actually ready and I had to re-order. At this point I've spent 50 minutes waiting for a bowl of Pho and decided that my time will be better spent elsewhere. The lady was totally comfortable keeping my money as well as the 20% tip that I left her, without ever serving me anything. It looks like this place went through a recent management/ ownership change? I used to eat here once a week when my office was closer and it wasn't bad at all. Definitely lost my business. read more

What happened to this place. It wasn't the best pho place around, but nor was it the worse. However, my trip last night was a disaster. Not sure what's wrong with the kitchen staff, but please address the issue of your quality of your food. So I ordered pho, pretty basic dish right? The cashier said it'd come out in 2 mins, and it did. Initially I thought "Wow, it came so quickly!" And after biting into it I realized what 2 minutes gets you. You get noodles which were still stuck together. It was not about to break apart on its own, they were so stuck that I had to break them apart causing the noodles to break into lengths unmanageable by my chopsticks. The broth has also gone downhill tasting like nothing more than chicken stock. Also the cilantro in my soup had mostly sunken to the bottom (maybe) leaving only stems floating in my soup, which looked unappealing as well as insulting to the customer for having paid for stems not actual cilantro. This experience was horrible, but the only reason I give it 2 stars rather than 1 is because I have had better experiences here. read more

Phonomenal actually deserves a 3.5 because there's nothing better than having a sweet Vietnamese family trying to make Vietnamese food look appealing to a young, hip and mostly non-Vietnamese crowd in downtown SJ. However, the thing with Asian food is either you go all the way or just don't call it Asian. Despite this prior knowledge, I wanted some spring rolls at that moment anyway. For $7, I had 4 pieces that were smaller than a typical Vietnamese deli's. They had an interesting taste. Even with all the basic ingredients of a spring roll, they managed to look floppy and strange. I liked them enough to enjoy this meal but probably not enough to spend $7 on these again. read more

I have not found a really good pho place in downtown San Jose, so from that point of view, the broth was actually good and hearty; broth had good flavor and aroma. We had the oxtail and #2 which was eye round, meat balls, and brisket. Not a lot of meat, i think there were about 3 pieces of each cut of meat. The oxtail was tasty but it could have been brewing in the broth for another 2 hours or so to make the meat more tender. Price was $9.75 for oxtail and $7.75 for the #2. Size was slightly bigger than the small at pho places in east San Jose. I would definitely go back for lunch during the work week when I'm craving for pho and don't have enough time to drive to east San Jose. Place is close to work, and I like the San Pedro Market businesses. Tip: if you order the Oxtail, the small soup spoon provided will be too small and flimsy to hold the oxtail. I kept thinking "I should bring my own soup spoon next time" while gnawing on the meat. read more

Phonomenal - Vietnamese Cuisine - #23 bun tom thit nuong cha gio, aka grilled shrimp and pork with eggrolls on vermicelli - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

They are pretty phonomenal.....except when they run out of pearl tea ;-) I usually get a combo of veggie + chicken pho, with extra basil. YUM. I took my Vietnamese friend here, and she got the house special (with tons of meat). She said the broth was too sweet, but she is one tough critic. Overall, I think she said it was solid. This is high praise coming from her. I ordered a veggie only pho one time, and it didn't have the same flavor as the chicken, so now I do the veggie-chicken combo. I'm stoked to have decent pho near my office. read more

This is my go-to lunch spot whenever I don't know what to eat. The food is good and the workers are super nice. You get your food pretty quickly too so that's a plus. I've personally never tried the Pho here but I heard it's very so-so. However, I like their vermicelli and LOVE their pad thai! read more

So I heard this place had vegetarian pho. I've pretty down in the dumps since Pho Lan closed earlier this year. That was the greatest vegetarian pho that I have ever had the pleasure to experience. The ambiance is a little lacking but that isn't there fault. I mean there's not much else you can do when you're in the middle of large warehouse. The only thing I didn't like was that sushi place, Raw, blasting really shitty top 40 music. I don't know about you but I like to eat pho in peace. Now down to the pho. The broth was incredible. I finished the whole thing! I'm not a fan of rice noodle, so I swapped for egg. They don't skimp on the portions. It was full of veggies and noodles. I also really like that there tofu wasn't the fried chewy kind, not a big fan of that, so that was a great bonus. We also got veggie egg rolls. They came after the soup, which wasn't a big deal. They were also really good, really crisp and filled with veggies (a little on the greasy side but nothing a napkin can't fix). My boyfriend got the number 5, I think . . . it's whatever the pho tai is normally. He said it was ok. I think he thought it was a little too pricey for the portion. I would argue and say this pho is well worth it. Also, when we asked for more siracha they gave us the bottle (the cup they give you is pretty tiny, I like my soup red.) As I kept telling my coworkers, this place is Phonomenall!!! San pedro square market just keeps on getting better! read more

Stop selling drinks if you're not going to make an effort on it. We ordered an avocado slushie with boba and it was just blended ice and you can't taste the avocado. Plus the boba was undercooked. It was not busy when we were there so I don't know what their excuse is. We told them about it and they made us a new one which is why I'm giving them 2 stars instead of 1, but the second drink was still as bland as the first. read more

Came here for dinner with friends. Cheap Asian food, not very tasty but I felt like soup. I asked for the veggie noodle soup with tofu, they said its vegetarian. I saw a few pieces of chicken almost when I was done with the soup. So gross! I am not a truly vegetarian but when I ask for a vegetarian dish I don't expect to eat chicken. I showed the chef the chicken they didn't know what to say. Too bad. read more

Decided to eat here on a whim and they did not disappoint! Ordered the Beef with oxtail noodles just based on a hunch and it was fantastic! Everything was so warm and full of flavor. It wasn't too dry or overly moist, it was done to perfection. It was just what I needed to bring my spirits up during a stressful day at the office. The coffee wasn't half bad either! It's not your usual Starbucks latte, so be prepared for something different. Phonominal isn't your usual Vietnamese place. They have a very interesting twist. They are a fusion place They have so many great options, that you might have trouble choosing what you want. I really want to try to try them all now. Service wasn't the most friendly, but the food more than makes up for it. Give it a try! read more

I came here for lunch while on jury duty. The Boba Tea is great, and they even let me use my own jar to save a disposable cup. They validate for the San Pedro Market garage too for purchases over $10. read more

Just don't waste your time or money. Ordered to-go and there was a small fly on the inside of the container, stuck to the wall. I didn't let it bother me since my Pho cravings were so strong. Broth was disgusting - you can tell its from a can with a ton of msg added. While I was eating, the broth was so sweet that I felt like I was getting cavities in the process. First time I ever abandoned a bowl of Pho. Worst Pho I have ever had my entire life. read more

Their beef Banh Mi isn't a real Banh Mi, it's more similar to a cheesesteak. They would not take it back and correct the sandwich. Remember to make your customers happy and correct the issue for further patronage. read more

I found this place in the newly built San Pedro Market/Square. True to the commercialized feel to the market, the entire place SCREAMS yuppie. I have to agree it's quite attractive. Unfortunately everything about it is too CLEAN and that doesn't apply to Vietnamese food very well. I tried their #10 rice plate with BBQ pork. It was pretty good, but they had no option for brown rice. AND everything about it didn't seem quite Vietnamese-right. For example: the rice and the pork and the veggies didn't touch each other AT ALL. They were spread so neatly on top of a heavy glass plate. HELLOOOO, this is NOT a bento box where the food needed to be in its own separate compartment. It makes me sad, because San Jose is KNOWN for its amazing, genuine Vietnamese food. This is just the watered-down American version, so even though I agree the food is good and the service is great, I don't feel like I got my REAL Vietnamese food fix. I love the cafeteria feel to the entire market. I'm definitely coming back to San Pedro Market again...but just not to THIS place if I'm craving Vietnamese food. read more

Pros: Really good broth Nice size portion Great seating area inside San Pedro Square Well made pho Cons: Dinky plastic spoon sinks into broth easily Not enough basil No bottles of sriracha or hoisin at the table - just a small container Ask for beef on the side if possible - gets dry quickly read more

San Pedro never ceases to surprise me. Conveniently located pho joint after a round of drinks?! Thank you! My friends and I checked out SP2 the other night since it's relatively new and they have a great Happy Hour. Once HH was over at 7, we migrated to the other bars at San Pedro. By 9:30pm, we were already drunk and ready to call it a night haha. Luckily, Phonomenal is open until 10pm, so we quickly walked over and ordered 3 bowls of pho with steak and meatballs. The broth was slightly on the salty side causing me to be really thirsty (I was also dehydrated from all the alcohol though), but the noodles were chewy and not soggy at all. Really hit the spot! Each bowl was only $7.75 and comes with a side of lime, bean sprouts, and basil. If only it was open later on the weekend (past midnight please!) for us drunkards so we don't have to Yelp and drive to a late night pho restaurant in San Jose or Milpitas after a night of drinking. :) read more

Surprisingly I never realized that this place actually served pho or that it was called Phonomenal. I always thought it was a Cambodian restaurant before actually eating here... haha. Anyhow, finally got the chance to try it today after eating at Bocca Lupo around the way. We carefully chose to order the Summer rolls with BBQ (they seem to have Chinese sausage in them). There are a number of non traditional ingredients in this one, like a type of yellow noodles, egg, and carrots. were fresh and The combination was actually pretty good and they provided the all too important peanut dipping sauce that I love with a side of hot sauce. YUM. Second this we ordered were the seafood egg rolls that I choose. They were delicious and hot. I would recommend this friend simple snack. I couldn't exactly tell if there was seafood inside since the egg rolls were so thin but they tasted pretty decent. I think all the egg rolls or summer rolls are pretty safe bets here. Some of the rice dishes look pretty delish, but I usually go to Dakao for that across downtown. Overall, all the items here seem to be fresh and made to order which is awesome! Seems like a decently healthy place to eat at. I had a tough time figuring out if this place was really Vietnamese or not, because many of the menu items are all unique fusion plays on traditional Vietnamese dishes. The only things that is questionable to me is the Pho... the pictures don't look too great. read more

We just got our order of spring rolls and on the second bit crunched into something hard like a bone. After looking at what it was there was a piece of glass rolled into the spring roll. I am still shaking. I really can't believe how dangerous and how close if a call that was. The owner gave us our money back but you can't take back the shard of glass that was in the spring roll. Unacceptable! read more

Phonomenal - Vietnamese Cuisine - SCARY!!! Look at the piece of glass found in our spring roll :-( - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

Vermicelli bowl is the best you can get in the downtown area. With both shrimp and pork, grilled to a nice crisp, and a hearty helping of veggies and noodles, this dish always leaves me satisfied! My go-to spot in San Pedro Square Marketplace! read more

This is a strange kind of place for the Square. Th rest of the places seem like high class catering companies how opened up store fronts. This seems like a loving caring family restaurant in the middle of metropolis. I love it, my fiancée loves it. I would recommend this place to anyone interested in knowing what Pho tastes like. read more