PHOBISTREAUX

Good food w a limited menu selection. Fast service & low prices.

They had what I wanted but the rest of my party kept incurring "we're out of that". Food was satisfactory although the bun/vermicelli was not the same as encountered elsewhere. I feel a substitution was given without explanation or offer to choose an unsubstituted dish. Thai tea was small for price and inelegantly presented.

Wow this was some amazing Vietnamese food. I got the egg roll vermicelli. It was a huge bowl with lots of egg rolls. My boyfriend got the bahn mi, and said it was the best one he’d ever had. Also try the New Orleans spring roll as an appetizer. It’s a summer roll with a spring roll stuffed inside. Delicious!

Very yummy Chicken Pho. Loved the shrimp and pork garden rolls. The business is very quaint. The service was a little slow, but not terrible. If you like Pho, this is a great place. Situated in the Garden District, easy to park on the side of the road for 2 hours. Gives you time to browse some of the other stores nearby.

Steamed Buns changed my life!! Compared to other restaurants in the city and one even close by, these are by far the best. My wife and I had the beef brisket Pho and loved it! Can't wait to go back next time we are in town. I grew up in this neighborhood and I'm glad to see so many great restaurants in the area now.

Update: 11/6/18

A couple of years ago my wife and I tried this place out, since it is very close to my dad’s house. It was the first time that either of us had tried Pho. Since that day, we have been going to any Vietnamese place we can find that has Pho. We always had the notion that PhoBistreaux had the best, but after a while we had tried so many new places, we weren’t sure.

I’m glad to report that on our latest visit to see my dad, PhoBistreaux not only stacks up against everyone else, but they are still our favorite. I hate we only get to come a couple times a year, because if we lived closer, it would be a couple times a week for sure.

On this visit, I had the Shrimp and Pork Belly “Sliders”. Which is just what they call their Bao Buns. My wife had the Brisket and Oxtail Pho. My wife loves Oxtail and so far, this has been the only time we’ve seen it in Pho. My Bao Buns were good, but not exactly how I remember them. I preferred the shrimp over the pork.

We went twice while we were in New Orleans and on the second trip, by the recommendation from Dee, I tried the Beef Po’ Boy with a fried egg on top. The Po’ Boy is really more of a Banh Mi than it is a Po’ Boy, but being that both use a type of baguette, I guess calling it either is still correct.

The Beef Po’ Boy was my favorite overall. It was so good and probably one of the best Banh Mi I’ve had. The fried egg wasn’t overpowering like I thought it would be and added even more flavor to an already awesome Po’ Boy.

The food, the service, and the location were all a plus for us and we can’t speak highly enough about this place.

My wife and I were kind of depressed as we passed by on our way out of town. I would recommend this place for sure. In what’s becoming an area crowded with restaurants, I still consider this place my favorite among them all. I’m counting the days down until our next visit.