Pho Dzung Restaurant

Oh yeah. Dac Biet is top notch here. Seriously fantastic broth, not too salty. Dare I say, better than many I’ve had in Vietnam.

I’ve been going here even before they moved to this spot. They used to be at the shop where Co Do is nowadays.
The décor: Well, Phở Dzung really doesn’t have that much of a décor for the interior or exterior. It’s practical and basic but the walls are lined with glass where you can yourself many times over.
The service is fairly basic but it’s fairly quick. When you get your tea flask and cups, there isn’t much of a smile. and the portion sizes are very good.
The phở can come with up to 3 ingredients, and is very good. There are an assortment of beef and chicken, for example, there’s Beef Brisket (which I recommend ordering, by the way), sliced chicken, cooked beef, rare beef, some of which may not be for the squeamish (coagulated Ox’s blood, anyone?, which costs an extra dollar), the portions come in S ($ 8), M ($ 9) and L ($ 10). Large is really big, most people will be full with Medium.
The phở is just right, nice, delicious and flavoursome. It will come with bean shoots, 2 – 3 wedges of lemon and what I think are mint leaves, I’m not too sure. There are many different sauces such as Fish Sauce, Chilies, Chili Sauce, Soy Sauce etc. The bean shoots can be boiled, but you have to ask them when they bring it over to your table. The cutlery is held in a circular device on the table
In short, the service is a little basic and there isn’t a smile. But the food is damn tasty and you’ll get a smile when you pay the bill as it’s inexpensive.
Free Parking is restricted however and read the signs, many have permits between 5:30pm-9am, which affects you if you’re having dinner there. Many spots are metered in the day as well, however and free spaces are generally 1−2P. There is a carpark under the Aldi and Safeway/​Woolworths, but that’s 1P only and the entrance is stuffed, to say the least. Parking is easy to find there, however.

I think there must be a direct inverse correlation between the level of service and the tastiness of Phở. I’ve been testing my theory for a while now and have noticed that the more smiles and better customer service you get, the less authentic and tasty the Phở.
Phở Dzung continues my belief because the service is basic, at best, but the Phở is damn good. There’s chicken all sorts of beef cuts you can order (go for the brisket) and you can have it in a small ($ 8), medium ($ 9) or large ($ 10) serve which basically translates in to Big, Gigantic and Dear God I Hope You’re Hungry.
There’s all manner of sauces, cutlery, napkins and tea flasks ready and waiting and once you order a plate of fresh herbs, lemon wedges and beanshoots will be unceremoniously plonked on your table without a smile.
Wait a few minutes and out will come the steaming bowl of Phở. It won’t be served with a smile, or barely any eye contact. But trust me it will be damn good and you won’t care a bit that you haven’t been fawned all over by the staff.

We went here last night with friends. I had used Unilocal to help find a place. Not the best restaurant from the outside or inside on Victoria but the super quick service and HUGE meals make up for it! I had a small and this was big, my partner had a large and couldn’t finish! Between 4 of us with a starter to share was $ 12 each– awesome value!!!
Highly recommend this little gem

My work collegue has been coming here for the last 10 years. This is the secret lunch place where he spends less than $ 10 for lunch and comes back smiling for rest of the day.
I joined him with 3 other peope from our office — the verdit… FANTASTIC! I had the chicken broth and added the spices/​souces to taste: much or as less you want and its just heavenly.
We had the medium size at $ 9.50…seriously, we could feed an Ethopian family with that size of food.
Can’t wait to go again… maybe next week.

Looking for a bite to eat down Victoria and hit up this place based on the revues. I was expecting something amazing but it was just fully average. Portion sizes are big, staff were alright if not a little impatient to get our order. I’m a fan of music while I’m eating out and there was none. I found a hair in my food but I’m not too fussy about stuff like that after working in restaurants for years. I wouldn’t go back but I wasn’t severely disappointed.

Just arrived in this great city after three hot and hectic months exploring Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia — first stop — a taste of Asia to keep us in the travel mood. Catching a tram up Church Street we hop off at Victoria Street in Richmond — a bustling mini-​Vietnam with byo restaurants and no-​frills canteens serving up an array of bbq meats and huge steaming bowls of fragrant noodle soup.
We duck (excuse the pun) into Phở Dzung — pretty much all the seats are filled with punters, heads bowed in concentration with chopsticks and spoon in hand, slurping rice noodles with T-​shirt-​splattering speed. A thermos flask and plastic cups are dumped unceremoniously on the table and we turn our attention to the simple numbered menu mounted on the wall, now this bodes well. Choose from chicken or beef soup — both promise a full-​flavoured stock laced with chives, fried shallots, spring onions and coriander — and then think about what meat you want floating among your rice noodles.
Beginners should opt for sliced chicken or rare beef — Asia aficionados might want to ramp it up with tendons, coagulated blood or chicken liver. Just order the corresponding number — to avoid any squeamish confusion. Servings range from $ 7-​$ 9 for a small, medium or large bowl. Trust me, medium is definitely hungry-​man size, especially if you are planning to grab a side of prawn spring rolls or pork and rice.
Served with a plate of crunchy bean sprouts, lime and lemon quarters, fresh chillies and holy basil you can adjust the broth to your heart’s content — sour, not so sour, mild or nose-​blowing hot. Be sure to get involved with on-​table condiments, too — fish sauce, soy sauce and chilli paste to turn the clear stock a deep peppery brown.
The verdict — insanely good value place serving up a delicious taste of authentic Vietnamese phở (and service).

Great phở, and more importantly, consistency — I’ve been coming to this place for almost over 10 years now, and it’s just as good now as it was back then. This place started my phở addiction, and you can always expect a good phở, in a clean restaurant, and served to you very fast.

Vietnamese coffee! I love it and Phở Dzung do an awesome iced coffee made, as it is in Vietnam, with a shot of coffee and condensed milk. Pretty intense and it’ll give you enough energy to last for days, but damn is it delicious. As for the phở, well this place’s reputation speaks for itself really. Full of flavour and delicious. I’ve read that their soups are cooked for around four hours every day, which is what gives them such intense flavours. And of course you can add bean sprouts, chilli and lemon to add some zing. Good stuff.
Look for the smiling cow and chicken on the window and sign. Reckon that cow must’ve had an iced coffee.