Kim Po Vietnamese Restaurant

The food here is good, however sometimes you can taste the chlorine after they wash their plates/​cups.
The service is always really fast although not always accurate. The fast service makes this a great spot is you’re in a rush during lunch.

I haven’t been back here for a long time and I’m glad because I don’t think I will be returning any time soon. I came here for lunch and was delighted that there was lunch deals on Mon– Fri that comes with either Milk Tea or Lemon Water. Despite the portion being bigger than I had expected and my beef brisket noodles in tomato broth being quite tasty, I was thorough unimpressed in other aspects. The dishes and utensils we were using to eat were dirty. On top of that, the waiter serving us was very rude. When we asked politely to order, he made it seem like we were bothering him. I also witnessed the same waiter cut the leaves served on side of phở outside on a dining table. I am not sure how sanitary that is. Overall, food is okay but the whole experience was distasteful.

Excellent food. We had the appetizer sampler and 2 noodle dishes. Very fresh and tasty. The food was served quickly. Affordable prices.
We thought the service was poor, then we discovered the buttons on the table. When we pressed «bill» he was there in 3 seconds. There are also buttons for order, water, service. It’s a unique system. I give 4 stars because they didn’t explain this system, and generally the wait staff didn’t seem to want to be there.
We will return.

After eating and having paid the bill, I got up and saw a cockroach on one of the booth seats. I told a waitress. She said «oh», killed it and went on like nothing happened. Never comming back. It was winter when this happened so no way that roach came from the street.

Decent food, rising prices, poor customer service — no reason to come back here for me.
My latest trip to Kim Po was extremely poor with the staff being rude and unhappy, we would make requests and they would basically deny them and walk away. They screwed up our order and were rude about it. There’s a much better Phở place in the same plaza, ”

You can’t go wrong with phở. It’s just some raw meat, noodles and that’s it. The most important part, in my opinion, is the soup base. This place really lives up to it. The soup was delicious and the noodles were awesome. Everyone finished everything.
So why the 3 star? The biggest problem was the service. They had a button to call the waiter, but they don’t always answer. Then they forgot part of our order and we had to order it again. The speed was ok. It may have been busy so that is why the forgot.
Also ordered the satay noodles. Now this was a little too oily. I had to scoop some of the oil out to drink the soup base.
Pro
Awesome noodles
Good price
Decent environment
Con
Forgot order
Oily satay soup base

Tried the lunch special vermicelli with 3 chicken skewers and spring roll for $ 8.50 — comes with egg drop soup. Portions of meat and noodles were filling. Meat was seasoned and grilled well. The spring roll had an amazing crispy shell. Everything tasted excellent.
Also got a chance to try the lemon chicken vermicelli $ 8.95. Tasted similar to the chicken skewers.
Avocado milk shake $ 3.45 — Not much avocado flavour. Tasted like a sweet milky vanilla shake. I still liked it though.
Also got a fried rice to go at $ 11.95
Service was fast, prices are affordable and the place was nice and clean.

Worst experience ever! Don’t go! The basil is not fresh (looks like garbage), we asked the server to change it. He says they got it in the morning, so it suppose to be like that at dinner time. There are flies flying around. They add a tip to the bill, when they provide no service. We should’ve left the minute we got there. Only if I could give no star, I would give it.

Been coming here for forever. Definitely my go-​to restaurant if I’m craving for Phở. The times when I’m not feeling too hot or the times where I need to cure a hangover. You know what I’m talking about! I am very particular with the taste of the broth and the type of noodles that are served in Phở and I must say that this place is my all time favourite so far. It’s close to home and I’m always afraid to try different places cause I’ve been disappointed a couple times. The service is definitely not the best but they are definitely quick with serving the food. The portion size is pretty decent for the price that you pay, although I believe as of recently they did up their prices a little. Regardless, I’m sticking to what I know and what I like, and that’s that!

3.5
This is me and my boyfriends go to restaurant for phở in Richmond hill.
Service is weak. Servers are uninterested but the food is good which is why we come.
My boyfriend gets a large house phở and I usually get a rice dish with chicken, fried egg, and egg cake.
Their spring rolls are bomb. But the price keeps going up. I think it’s now like 6.50 for two rolls? That’s a lot. But it is pretty darn good.
Curry with roti is good too.
Cash or debit only. No credit card so don’t come here looking to collect air miles.

My go to Vietnamese restaurant in the area. Decent food, decent prices and a spacious place. I usually get their grilled pork and spring roll vermicelli but their phở is also quite good and sizeable.
Their specialty drinks aren’t that good though. You may as well go across the parking lot to Richmond Court for that.

Honestly, this is by far my favourite go to place for phở because its cheap and tasty !! $ 7.99 for a combo that comes with a drink, spring rolls and a large bowl of phở !
I agree that maybe the servers seems to be always a bit unhappy all the time but they haven’t done anything against me to make me dislike them enough to not come. Overall this is best phở and price in Richmond hill/​Markham in my eyes and most importantly tastebuds !!

I’ve been going to Kim Po for years. The food has always been decently priced. The service has always been adequate. Too bad I can’t say the same about it anymore.
It’s unfortunate that the restaurant has gone downhill. The servers are now rude and incompetent! The server that we had took a while to come to our table and ended up messing up my uncle’s order. She barely spoke while serving us (no, it was not a language barrier — we heard her chatting away in Cantonese (my family speaks Cantonese) to another server as we were deciding on what to order). When we told her that the order was messed up, she rolled her eyes and started clearing up my cousin’s dish while he was still eating it (my cousin later told me that his vermicelli was not cooked properly)! Needless to say, we were pretty upset about the whole ordeal and we ended up going to the Phở Hoa nearby.
When we came back again to give this place another chance, we were once again, given very poor service. We were not greeted when we walked in and we actually had to walk up to a server to ask to get seated. When we looked at the menu, we saw that the prices were all jacked up from the last time we were there. We decided that this was the last straw and we ended up leaving immediately.
I will not be coming back again, not after the subpar service and poorly cooked food.

After we drove to the other location next to this bar, we found this location by random (thanks to my trusty Unilocal app). I’ve been to the Kennedy & Steeles location which is my favourite phở place. This location is on par with the other one, only difference is that this one is better due to the fact that they offer specials! We both ordered a small house special beef phở which includes a spring roll all for 7.95+tax, you also have the choice to add a drink for $ 1.00. The portion was generous for a small and spring rolls were same as the other location… delicious and crispy. It was quite empty when we went and the service was prompt. I’ll be coming back if I end up in the area.

Very lackluster Phở! Soup not hot enough to unleash all the flavours of the meats and herbs. The Vietnamese coffee came on half the glass (why use a tall glass if you are leaving it at half?)
Not recommended although the staff is helpful and nice.

Kim po is a franchise, so all are a little different. This one isn’t as good as the steels and Kenndy one but not as bad as the woodbine one (if that’s even still there)
I didn’t like how they only had two sizes and the shape of the bowls, but for a quick phở it did the job and wasn’t too expensive (not cheap ether)

The phở use to be really good here but now it’s just gone downhill. Theres barely any flavor in the soup. The spring rolls are half decent. The service is terrible but I guess people go back here for the decent price they offer.

3-​stars is about right for the Richmond Hill Kim Po branch.
This branch was actually what got me hooked onto Kim Po. I used to frequent here, as I didn’t wanna go all the way downtown for the Kim restaurant there. When the Scarborough branch opened I pretty much exclusively went there, as the food I find is much better there. Nevertheless I would still visit here occasionally if I’m running some errands by Times Square.
Back then I used to pretty much exclusively order the seafood noodle soup. They do it very well, aside from the fact the noodle quantity was always low. Nowadays they increased the bowl size and noodle quantity. The last time I visited I ordered the beef brisket noodle soup, which has a very delicious tomato soup base. They use the regular phở for the non-​phở bowls as well… which I guess is dependent on whether you like it or not (I don’t; I prefer the regular noodles). Overall it tasted okay, nothing to get crazy or to complain about.
Service varied in the several times I was there. It really depends on whoever is serving that day, as I’ve had ones who were very attentive and I had others who would forcefully put down the bowls, chopsticks, etc. and never say thank you of any sort.

A $ 7.95 lunch special with a bucket of Phở (glad I didn’t order the «large») and a couple of the best spring rolls I have ever tasted! I haven’t been here in about 8 years, and it looks exactly the same, but it is still a really decent place for lunch.

This place is pretty good. Its good for those days where you just want to eat something fast and cheap. I recommend the summer rolls! I love them and always get the Viet coffee! Yum!
I’ve been here for a couple of years now. This is still def. my fav for PHO.

I want to give this place a 4 star only for the beef 7 dishes, it’s the only dishes that are good. We’ve tried quite a number of their noodle soups and they are not good.
We still go back here only for the beef 7 dish! Sit away from the window and entrance door area in the winter as it’s so cold there maybe the heat is not well circulated in that area.