Co Do Vietnamese Restaurant

Ordered the sate chicken noodle soup, nice blend of spices, perfect ratio of noodles to soup. Perfect for take out.

Me and my boyfriend went here for dinner on Friday night because we didn’t feel like cooking, I’d seen a good amount of poor reviews but decided to give it a chance anyways.
We both had phở, I had beef and my boyfriend had a spicy chicken one, both were bland. The chicken one had a weird almost a fishy taste to it. And not in a good way. After dousing my beef phở with hoisin and sriracha, it wasn’t bad, but the broth in both soups was just so bland and not good.
We started with spring rolls, which were good, and the food came fast, but the service wasn’t good, no one asked us how our food was after it came. Wouldn’t go back here.

This used to be my favourite place but now have gone down hill. The chicken and beef are tiny pieces and very dry, veggies are not fresh at all. . The portions are average for the price. The only thing left good here is the very flavourful broth. They make amazing soup broth just are really lacking in what is out in it. Finding a lot of other places better for cheaper ! (side note. Bathrooms are so gross)

jumpin’ bean sprouts that was good soup!
I know, saying Co Do makes good sate is like saying water is wet, but this was honestly the first time I had tried the place, despite having lived in the area for 5+ years. Don’t ask me how it stayed off my radar for so long, I can only blame a tear in the fabric of space and time… And to be honest, I only went because I wanted hot/​spicy soup after 9pm and Golden Bell was closed… Kinda glad they closed shop early because now I know what everyone else knows :)
Beef sate was on the milder side– for sate that is. Gentle heat and fantastic broth! I would order it extra spicy next time. Not the peanutty kind of broth (like golden bell) but rich and complex, and just plain good.
Definitely worth a try! All the best Vietnamese places seem to be little holes in the wall, and this place is no exception, small, cozy but fresh and yummy! I will definitely be back.
**pro tip– if you are getting take out, you can totally score free parking in the alley at the scotia bank spots. Just be quick and don’t blame me if you get a ticket: P

Me and my daughter go here regularly, usually Sunday’s. We can never finish as they give healthy portions. We love the avocado milk shakes. The price is more than reasonable and I always leave feeling we got our money’s worth. The service is fantastic and they are always so sweet to us. Highly recommended

Cleanest vietnamese restaurant i’ve been to in Calgary. Good value (Lot of delicious food for your money!) Polite & quick service.
After trying many phở restaurants, this is my new favourite!

Good food, good service, good location. Not the BEST phở I’ve ever had but definitely gets the job done.

Everything was really good, and the prices were reasonable. The food came quickly. I would go back.

If you are not looking for ambiance, but are looking for the best Vietnamese soup (satay, wor won ton, etc) in Calgary, for a very fair price, Co Do is your place. Run by a hardworking family, this 17^th ave stalwart offers steaming, large bowls of uniquely tasty soup (shrimp satay is my favourite!). Unlike many other restaurants whose broths are dull, Co Do offers real flavour. The spring rolls are delicious too! I find the other dishes are not as impressive. However, it is great for soup, when a group wants a cheap and tasty treat, and they do take out as well.

BE WARNED — look at your food before you eat it! We ordered take out and asked several times, very clearly and had it confirmed that there was a fatal peanut allergy.
We looked over the food very quickly and once we got home opened for a closer look, BOTH DISHES CONTAINED PEANUT GARNISH. And not just a little.
I am incredibly thankful that I opened the boxes first and tried the chopped up bits.
Hate to leave a bad review, but this could have killed my boyfriend.
On top of all that, now we’re both starving.
Be careful if you have any food allergies!!! :(

Order the right dishes, Co Do is pretty stellar.
Order the wrong dishes, Co Do is simply average.
There are few great things going for this place. First, it is open late (11pm). Second, it is super convenient. Third, the beers are very cheap aka great spot to start off your night before you start bar hopping along 17^th.
The first time we were here, we ordered the non-​typical dishes on the menu, ie. Bun Bo Hue and the Phở Ga (chicken). Stay away. These dishes were sub-​par and wouldn’t order them ever again.
The second time around, however, Co Do redeemed themselves. This time, we ordered our lesson and ordered the usual phở. The broth was delicious and it really hit the spot.
Oh and did I mention that they are open late?

Given the high ratings, I actually had better but for the value, location (not much around here in terms of Viet) and cleanliness, this is an easy one to recommend.
Ordered the grilled pork on vermicelli, and as pic shows, this is an insane amount of meat! Enough for 2 ppl for sure. Noodles, i’m a bit of a snob: not as long and consistent, some short batches here and there.
but good tasting fish oil sauce, and finely-​cut veggies.
credit cards ok.
p. s. And isn’t it so refreshing that it doesn’t have a boring name such as Hong, Hang, or Phuong?

I love Co Do. The food is always very good, swift service and you can get booze here.
It might be that it is just a short jaunt down the hill for me, but we keep coming back for the spicy chicken sate phở. Their noodle bowls are great too.
The only thing they are missing is they do not do Vietnamese subs. If they did that I would never eat anywhere else.

I’m not sure why this place gets ⁴⁄₅ stars. The satay phở broth was about as tasty as dishwater. I’m not sure if they just had an «off» day but with the great reviews it gets I’m hoping so. Grumpy server as well. Yikes

A staple for phở in calgary, always reliable, open late, typical service… perfect go to for an awesome meal. Get the deep fried wontons added to your phở :)

In my opinion the perfect hang over cure is a big spicy bowl of phở. So after waking up with a headache this Sunday, my wife and I decided to try this establishment.
We were greeted by the host and immediately sitted. I ordered the large phở (8.5 $) and my wife got the medium (7.5 $) with everything in it. I specifically looked for tendon and tripe my two favorite ingredients in the phở.
The soups arrived very fast. As usual I added a lot of hot sauce and basil. The soup was very tasty and maybe in my Canada top 10.
I will definitely go back there to try other items on the menu. The spring rolls and BBQ pork looked very delicious. The prices are very affordable and the location is excellent.
Don’t be intimated by relatively shady exterior. Next time you are on 17^th Ave and craving Vietnamese food, give them a chance.

I consider myself a phở addict. If I could eat it everyday I would. I am from overseas and where I’m from you can get cheap Phở pretty easily. I have also eaten it in Vietnam and fell in love with it there. Unfortunately since moving to the USA I have yet to find a great Phở and was pleasantly surprised when I came to Co Do for a warm Phở on a cold day. I honestly picked it because it was the closest place to where I was staying during a quick trip to Calgary. I can say hands down it the best Phở I’ve had so far in my time in North America.
Got the original rare beef Phở and it was exactly the right flavours. It wasn’t a big as some of the bowls I’ve become accustomed to but its a good size to still fill you up without making you feel overly uncomfortably full. Only down side was they did not provide any fresh chillies on the side with the spouts, lemon etc so I had to ask, but not a big problem.
Service was very good (better than the usual places I go and I actually normally find that the worse the service the better the food in these places so props to these guys for giving you both!). Also in terms of cleanliness (which others have said wasn’t up to scratch) I would have to disagree with those people. The décor is really nice much more than your usual cheap viet place and it was clean and I didn’t feel the need to wipe my chopsticks with a serviette which I often feel I need to do at other phở places.
If you are nearby, highly recommend!

I’ve never had such quick service in my life!!! The restaurant is always busy and I was pleasantly surprised by how fast we got our food, from arriving to ordering, I’d say 7 minutes. Now that’s fast especially in Calgary!
Spring rolls were fresh and hot, beef phở was spicy (love spicy). I ordered the regular and the portion size was enough for two people! Condiments on the table were clean, sometimes at Vietnamese restaurants they tend to overlook making the sauces on the table presentable.
When you go up to the counter to pay, the waitress had no problem splitting the bill and she even offered to split the cost of the appetizer for us. I have no problem giving a super great tip when restaurants are all about giving above and beyond service. Food is cheap as borscht, but quality is fantastic!!! I’d be back in a heartbeat!

I LOVE Vietnamese food. I’m contemplating a trip to Vietnam so that I can eat exclusively Vietnamese food for many weeks.
I did not love Co Do. Perhaps Co Do is short for COuld be DOing better.
Yeah, it’s reasonably priced.
Yeah, you can get a glass of wine for $ 5.
Yeah, it’s ok.
But, it’s not that clean (which is kind of a big deal for me in food service establishments).
The food is pretty average.
The service is pretty average.
Bottom line — iIn this city there are many many Vietnamese options, so I’m not going to settle for «pretty average». You shouldn’t either.

I used to love Co Do– in fact, it’s the first Viet resto I ever ate at in Calgary (May 2000). Over the years and with many apparent changes in ownership, it’s gone downhill. The size of servings has shrunk and I have to sadly say that I am boycotting them now and forever because I ordered fried rice there (based on the good luck I’ve had with fried rice at other viet places, like Thanh Long up the street) and it was perhaps the single worst dish I have ever paid for. Taste-​free mush– I got it to go and chucked it in the garbage in my kitchen. It was as if they hadn’t even tried– just horrible food.
I am giving them one star because they need a kick in the pants and in the hope that people will start to discover the outrageously better Phở Ngon a half-​block to the west. Even the new Thai Tai, next to Priape and across the street from Co Do, is better.
If you keep patronising them and giving unearned glowing reviews, they’ll never improve, and this place needs tonnes of improvement.