| Category: | Restaurant, |
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| Address: | 5810 Kingstowne Center, Alexandria, VA 22315, USA |
| Zip code: | 22315 |
| Website: | http://phongonalexandria.com/ |
| Opening hours (Edit) | |
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| Monday: | 10:30 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Tuesday: | 10:30 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Wednesday: | 10:30 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Thursday: | 10:30 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Friday: | 10:30 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Saturday: | 10:30 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Sunday: | 10:30 AM – 8:00 PM |
This place is Pho King Pho nomenal. The soup was excellent with great portions, the spring rolls were top notch, and the only thing that could make it better would be if they had Bahn Mi.
Pho was just ok. Not a lot of flavor nor bits of meat. Plenty of steak, but the other pieces that were supposed to be included on 14 were not.
The woman working the till was coughing a lot, serving water and other items, but never seemed to wash her hands. Was hard to not notice that and feel like I was going to get sick.
Grilled chicken and rice was excellent.
I am so glad that finally, we have a Pho restaurant in Kingstowne, a place we can go to for hot steamy, tasty Vietnamese soup specially in this cold season. I ordered beef stew. The serving was a good large bowl and can even be shared by two people. The meat portions were just enough and the kind of meat used were those with tendons which I really liked. They were tender and tasty and the broth had a pleasant lemongrass taste. Unlike other Vietnamese beef stews I had tasted, the star anise flavor is usually very strong.
The downside of my order was the grease in the soup. There was a thick layer of grease floating on the soup. I scooped a good layer of fats before I started eating my soup as I know the soup would taste more greasy if I don't remove the fats. I didn't finish my soup so I brought it home, separated the broth from all the other ingredients and waited for it to cool down. When it did, more layer of grease curdled and the fat was just too thick. I wish the cook would take time to remove the fats/grease from the broth.
We had a very pleasant, smiley server.
Finally a Pho restaurant in Kingstowne! They have achieved the taste of home-cooked traditional Vietnamese food. Not only is the food delicious, but the staff is welcoming and kind. Thank you Tony for serving us!
Went there for the grand opening with the wife. The soup broth was flavorful, servings were generous, and the menu had a good amount of options. It's on the top of my list for local Pho restaurants. Definitely will go back there and try out the other menu items!