Phuong Dong

I loved the phở. Loved it! I’d give this place 5 stars but there wasn’t any ac. Also there was zero music or TV. Since we were the only people in there it made it seem very quiet.

This place has never let me down. Prices are good food is excellent and the service is outstanding. When in doubt get some dong in you.

Oh boy, what a pleasant surprise! The food is amazingly delicious fairly inexpensive! Would recommend it. The fresh spring rolls Are double the size other restaurant serves for $ 3.25 others charge $ 4 and up. The Phở is so delicious I want to take the pot home. I don’t mind paying for good food but at this place the prices really surprised me.

This is the only place in town with a spicy, plum sauce as a garnishment for phở. It truly makes the phở dynamite! They make it from scratch, and it has singlehandedly ruined every other bowl of phở I’ve had since from other places. Also, the chicken is always all white meat and very lean. The service is excellent.
The place recently closed for awhile due to a fire next door, and I’ve been devastated without them open. Can’t wait to go there again, now that they’re once again open for business!!! Having tried several other phos in town from other places, I can say with certainty that Phở Duong is the best!

The light rail extension work doesn’t seem to keep people away from this restaurant tucked in the middle of a strip mall alongside the construction area … and for good reason. The place is clean and spacious, parking is not a problem, the staff is efficient, and the food is very nicely seasoned and well-​presented. Lots of good choices in the menu, typical of most Vietnamese restaurants, but definitely try the mi quang — a hearty, savory noodle soup with shrimp, pork, and quail eggs.

This is the place for mi quang. It is really good! Always a satisfying portion and never disappoints.

This was my 2^nd time here, but this is my first review. The phở as always is delicious and the spring rolls with peanut sauce was a meal within itself.

This place is as good as the others around the valley, same price, same taste, but not busy! Very nice inside also

Place kills it!
Great service and awesome phở Fasho…
Good boba selection. The little homie who works the floor is coo as heck. The coolest thing about this place is that is clean clean.

I can’t say the food here is great. Their phở is good though. Smoothie (with boba) is not always available. I went there a few weeks back, their blender was broken. The next time they didn’t have the flavor I wanted. So I don’t recommend ordering the smoothie boba.
The chicken fried rice wasn’t great. The chicken pieces were tough and the rice was a little hard to chew. It was almost like they just got it out of the fridge and heated it up in the microwave. Or maybe they let it sit in the frying pan for too long.
But when it comes to food presentation, they do a nice job at it. But I’ve had better.

It’s out of my neighborhood and I probably only make it here a few times a year but they remember me right when I enter. Incredibly friendly and accommodating! The house special is a favorite. Boba Thai tea and some spring rolls and I’m in heaven!
The construction on 19^th ave can make it a task to get into the plaza but well worth it

Two dollar corona is a plus. Conveniently located despite the construction. Food is fresh and delicious and comes out looking great.

Larger than you might expect from its store front entry, you walk in to a family owned establishment. The new owners have updated the menu it has a large selection of soups, fish and poultry dishes. We have eaten here at least a half dozen times and find the food inexpensive and generous in portions. This is a great place to give Vietnamese cuisine a try.
They lose a star in that on several occasions there have been children playing. They also have TVs behind the bar and on some of the walls that might be distracting.
What hasn’t been distracting has been the food, the soups are outstanding, as well as the spring rolls and both are served with bundles of cut herbs of mint, cilantro and more. The main courses are generous. We enjoy Phuong Dong and will try to give specific reviews on dishes in the future.
To update, we have had any number of the dishes, if you order the BBQ Cat Fish plan on a 20 minute plus wait that has been worth it in my experience. The Phở soups are amazing in both size and quality. The chicken is good, a bit on the hot side, and the noodle dishes are to die for yummy.
We love it here.

Phuong Dong is not the place it used to be. I will say all the nice things first.
1. Super clean. Even the tray of condiments on the table were absolutely spotless like human hands have never touched them. I like clean.
2. Attentive Service: Menus brought promptly and water glasses filled – with lime yet.
3. I enjoyed the tofu rice paper rolls so much so that we brought home an extra order. Large, fresh, crisp with a nice peanuty sauce.
Here’s what’s no so good:
1. The fried tofu with vegetables & fried noodles did not have enough tofu. Would paying extra gotten me extra tofu? I would have rolled with that.
2. The beef with vegetables and noodles only had shavings of beef and not enough of them to boot. It was more like having a vegetarian dish– which is not a bad thing in itself but I ordered a beef dish… Where’s the beef??? (remember that TV commercial?) When I order a beef dish I want at least pieces of beef to sate my appetite. Not so here. And BTW, I wouldn’t call it a tasty dish either.
3. The chicken phở did not have a flavorful broth as in the past. It did indeed have enough chicken and to their credit the chicken was not overcooked. But it was not an enjoyable phở.
4. We were overcharged on one menu item because they had not updated their menu. And is that my fault? The price is the price on the menu even though we did pay the higher price only because this seems to be a family run place and I didn’t want to shortchange them. But, if it had been in a chain restaurant, I would have insisted on paying the price indicated in the menu.
So there you have it, too little beef, too little tofu, unflavorful dishes & phở broth, incorrect prices on the menu. This does not warrant the 5 and 4 stars that many Unilocalers have given this place including myself one year ago. But a year ago is a year ago and this is now. When I go out to eat I want DELICIOUS food not EH food. I am not an asian cook but a good cook I am and I have made many fantastic asian dishes on my own. The only problem with that is that if I keep making great dishes at home, hubby will NEVER take me out to dinner!!! I’ll never see the light of day! As it is, he prefers my food to restaurant food and that is not a good thing (ladies, you know what i’m talking about). We do Saturday nights out and sometimes we do one more night out. Besides being a cheap-​o, hubby adores my food but as I said before, that is not necessarily a good thing. So as my review comes to an end (finally, right?) I can only give Phuong Dong two stars: cleanliness, service and the tofu rolls — Nope, can’t do three or I would be misleading my fellow Unilocalers.

Not worth the drive for me. The restaurant was well-​decorated and prices were right. The food, however, was not great. I had the mi quang which satisfied my Vietnamese cravings but something about the flavors was not spot on. I did like the quail eggs and large shrimp in the dish. My friend had the hu tieu, which the server suggested over bun bo hue. The broth looked dark and dirty when it should’ve been clear. It was very salty and lacked in meat toppings. He was still hungry after the bowl and ordered some spring rolls. Each rolled looked quite skimpy. However, the peanut sauce that comes with the order is good.
Overall, disappointed with the meal and I’ll still stick to Da Vang down 19^th ave for now.

I had the Mi Quan the last time I was here. Several Unilocalers said it was good so I had to try it. They were right, it was very good. The beef broth was rich and flavorful. I also have had the chicken too and loved it. Their Phở Ga is also very good. I liked it better than their regular Phở. The vermicelli was also tasty. They will make it with chicken if you ask. I wish I could find a place that grilled the meat over a live flame though. The prices are very good for what you get.
They recently remodeled the place and that was why it was closed briefly. They took away the karaōke stage and made more room for tables. They were still working on the other side of the restaurant but it was hidden from view so I don’t know what was going on there yet.

Good phở. Fast service, friendly, and clean!
Definitely would come back, but my favorite place is literally 2 more miles south, so not sure if i could fit the urge to go there instead.
I definitely would like to try their other food, but the phở was solid. (good broth).

Good food, extremely low priced. Don’t get fooled by the low prices, the quality of the food is pretty good. Had shrimp roles (with rice paper) and chicken soup (with steamed rice), both were delicious.
My only anguish was a lack of dessert menu. Staff were polite and the service was fast.

A new favorite! Excellent service, clean, great prices and delicious food!
I had the fresh spring rolls and white meat chicken phở. The chicken was in manageable pieces (almost «pulled») and the noodle-​to-​broth ratio was perfect.
I will definitely be back!
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Did the waiter just asked me if I wanted ice water? Yes, yes he did! How dare he ask such a foreign question! It should be automatic if you know how the real Viets roll!
The unusual warm service was smothering my nonchalant, I-​just-​want-​to-​eat-​good-​phở mood. Its very uncharacteristic when you compare them to the rest of the Viet joints in the valley. No big deal, I guess, but if you are going to impress me, do it through your food. ;-)
I also didn’t expect the waiter to sell me on trying the ever so popular Spring Roll that exist in every Viet menu. I appreciate the smiley attitude and extra mile but I GOT THIS! I’m Asian afterfall! ;-)
Anyways, I ended up ordering the Banh Xeo and #1 Phở Dac Biet.
+ The Banh Xeo had the right texture and taste. The pork and shrimp filling was seasoned and cooked nicely. The veggies that came with it was pretty fresh. The homemade fish sauce tasted perfect.
+ The Phở that came with the usual tripe, beef brisket, steak, and meatball was a bit of a letdown. The most important element in a Phở is always the broth, which in this case lacked the beefiness.
To compound the blandness even further, the steak meat was too well done while the rest of the meats were mostly mediocre.
Some minor PROS went to their semi-​swanky bar with a few LCDs and DirectTV subscription for watching sports and a spacious, sparkling clean décor.
The question remains, would I return? Sadly no, Phở truly does make or break my decision on every Viet establishment. Sorry PD! Its just that those other places know how to please me! :-)