I came in wanting to get the chicken pho, but to my surprise, they do not serve it. I came here one evening with a friend at around 8:30 pm and we were promptly seated and served some water immediately. Very disappointing.ĭirectly across from the Portsmouth Square, the store with its unassuming storefront with a yellow banner on the top is one of the better places to get pho in Chinatown. On top of this, both of our noodles were cold and hard, so I'm assuming because we came later in the day, they used their leftovers and just threw them in the microwave before serving us. The broth was almost non-existent, and lukewarm. My friends pho had the same problem, except that we asked for no tripe and extra tendon and that request was blatantly ignored. The broth was bland and lukewarm, at best, surely because of the straining process. They literally brought it back to the kitchen, strained it of the beef, and put in a few pieces of overlooked shrimp. They messed up my order and gave me the bun bo hue, which is the beef instead of shrimp. However, things went downhill when our noodle soups came out. The lemon beef carpaccio was amazing! All of the herbs, flavours, and seasoning were working for it and it was a great plate to share.

I got the bun Tom hue (spicy shrimp noodle soup) and my friend got the house special pho, and we shared the lemon beef carpaccio. Of course, we were given tea, and then a moment to look at the menus.

I came here for a late dinner around 7:30.

Golden star vietnamese restaurant