Restaurant Pho Nguyen

Favorite Phở place in Montréal!!! We have tried several others but we keep coming back here for more. Love the beef phở, spicy beef noodles, beef tendon noodles and the viet iced coffee with condensed milk! Almost comparable to those I had in Ho Chin Minh City. The broth is tasty and the noodles are soft yet springy. This place is truly a neighbourhood gem — it always feels homely and there’s rarely a big crowd so you know you can count on it for a quick yet satisfying dinner. Highly recommend.

Delicious! Great service, the food tasted and appeared to be of high quality. Portions were huge!!! I would highly recommend this spot!

The service was nice, the broth of phở was tasty, but not overpowering, the noodles were generously portioned and cooked to perfection, and the price was more than reasonable. Just remember this place only accept cash (there’s an ATM at the Metro across the street if needed!).

Their bun with pork and imperial roll was really good. Coming from California, I honestly did not expect good Vietnamese food in Montréal. However, this place proved me wrong! The price is also reasonable. I also tasted phở’s soup that my friend ordered – it was also pretty good. I’ll try it next time!

Cheap, small and cold cut service.
While not knowing much about Vietnamese food, the food was decently cheap with a decent amount of quantity. I am seeing other fellow Unilocalers with Asian names point out the taste is wrong for what it is. So it might be so. I would not know, this is the first Vietnamese store I ever went to. Service was rather cold and neutral, not unfriendly or friendly but very quick. It seemed to bother some, but not me.
To be honest, while I know those are two extremely different cultures, you have a better selection going at Champ De Mars at a chinatown restaurant. The place looks like a basement that was renovated and separated from a duplex. Pretty dark and quiet (almost depressing) atmosphere.

Little neighborhood gem! Food is great, at affordable prices. Service could use some help.

Food quality was good. Had the goi cuon, fresh and authentic. It was clean and the service was good. Phở was good. tastes it will be good. I’ll have to try it again next time I’m in Montréal.

Et moi je né peux pas croire que je sois la deuxième cette place est blinder de monde très peu de chaises de libre il est 14h beaucoup d asiatique plutôt bon signe ma soupe au bœuf est tres bonne mais pas la meilleure que j ai mangé le jus manquait de gout un peu service rapide
Tiens le the est payant Premier Resto de phở ou je le fais dire que le thé est puant …, dommage
Sinon très bonne place allez y si vous êtes dans le coin ça vaut la peine pourra fer rapide bon pas cher
7.75 $ large soupe au bœuf

It is a nice place, but the food it disappointed. Because the soup phở should be a little sweet, but it doesn’t and also the soup it not clear. I think it is a little pricey, 5 box for 2 salad roll? Not god

Good for downtown. Small space, mostly students. Sometimes quiet but pretty steady. There are always people in here every time I come. Price is good. I sometimes I order phở to go. I really like the crispy spring rolls but can be oily sometimes. But this is comfort food for me. Broth is really good. Ice coffee is strong and good too.

My favourite phở restaurant in Montréal by far (and I’ve been to a lot of them) No frills place with excellent phở, always packed at lunch at dinner time.
My wife and I went there for phở at least once a week for more than 5 years, even after we moved out of the neighbourhood. After a while waitresses (two sisters or cousins I believe) knew I always ordered 11 large!
Almost a year after leaving Montréal for the US I still miss it.

Service and food has become too inconsistent for the past few months, and the bean sprouts are never fresh. Sometimes there is too much broth, sometimes too much noodle, and sometimes too much meat, the proportions are never the same.
Spring rolls seemed to be refried, and the grilled stuffs are dry and awful. What a shame.
It is indeed no longer what I experienced few years ago anymore.
To the person who called me a «flat liar», perhaps you should refer to the date of my last review before writing anything. Restaurants do change, everything changes, the entropy of the universe is always increasing. Now move on.

Good Phở, good price, wish they took a credit card because I’m from San Francisco and love the convenience of plastic.
Quality of the meat is good and delicious broth.

Decent phở in the area. Not terribly cheap but ok prices. No complaints, no raves.

Les Phở au centre ville né sont pas extraordinaires… du moins, je n’en ai pas fait l’expérience jusque ici et «Phở Nguyen» n’est pas une exception. Une phở honnête, mais le boeuf était tranché un peu épais et était un peu dur. Les rouleaux étaient corrects, mais avec un arrière-​goût de creton.
Bref, quand même correct pour une phở au centre ville (mes endroits favoris sont près du métro Jean-​Talon).

Bonne phở tai (soupe au boeuf saignant), sauf que le boeuf était un peu trop épais et difficile à mastiquer.
Service rapide. Parfait pour un lunch si vous êtes au centre-​ville, près de Concordia.
Les prix sont corrects, mais pas vraiment un bargain. Ambiance très familiale et sans prétentions!

I came here for a quick take-​out lunch last week. It was recommended by a self-​acclaimed phở enthusiast I guess you could say. I had obviously consulted Unilocal!before venturing over because it’s sort of become my thing!
I was unsure how take-​out would work; would I get a bowl? Would I get everything separately? I got there, and found it was pretty small, but it’s a small family-​owned shop, so not surprising. Pretty clean and friendly staff. Was greeted immediately and given a menu to look over. Prices are verrry reasonable. 8 $ for a large soup is pretty awesome! Took no less than 5 minutes to get my soup and be on my way. It was packaged all separately which I found was convenient; the broth was in a styrofoam container, the noodles and rare beef were in another styrofoam container and the bean sprouts, mint and coriander were in small baggie. On my way back to my office however I was worried as to how I was going to eat my soup. Once back, luck was on my side; I found a large soup bowl perfect for my much anticipated phở. I combined everything, added some hoisin and sriracha and sat down to enjoy my concoction.
It’s definitely a good bang for your buck. I wouldn’t call it the best I’ve ever had, but it’s pretty good and conveniently located (considering I work a block away). I added hoisin and sriracha before trying the broth by itself so I can’t say what the broth itself tastes like. But all combined, it’s a pretty good mix. I would definitely recommend it and will be back in the near future.

I’m sorry but the person who said this was the best phở place lied. Flat out LIED.
Mushy noodles, unfresh beef, it was a sloppy mess. There was so much msg in the broth my throat hurt after just from sipping a spoonful or two.
One of the worst I’ve been to in Montréal.

Pretty decent phở place. Been here a couple times. Che ba mau (rainbow dessert) is crazy good, I asked the waitress and apparently it’s homemade or they make it themselves so it’s fresher. They put peanuts on the top and it makes it even more delicious. Any phở dishes are good, I usually order the phở tai, i like my raw meat! Service could be better, some of the waitresses don’t look too happy to be there but the food makes up for the mediocre service