Pho Xua

Hands down best phở ever! My partner and I have tried many place around the city even tried phở in Barrie (don’t ask) this place is so flavourful and if you ask for it a little more spicy the cook will actually accommodate it, as a pose to everywhere else they will say «sorry, you can just add siracha sauce» like really?!
Anyone who gave this place a 1 star has no idea about food and flavour.

This restaurant misses the mark. The service on a Saturday night took forever and all we ordered was phở and spring rolls. There was a child serving us who needed a lot of guidance, brought our group of three one set of chopsticks and spoon??? water refills had to be asked for. We kept ourselves busy by spotting spelling mistakes in the menu: salat, canadiun, chickken, Inport, etc.
Once the spring rolls came, they were burnt in a few places and the filling was something similar to eastern european fare — mushrooms and pork, overall too greasy. The phở was too salty and just had ¹⁄₃ of the soup. It should be fragrant but it was just just a sodium smell. That taste was enough for us to not order more.

Eeek Me thinks not, just explains perfectly my feelings after making the mistake of visiting this joint yesterday.
I ordered few times from them through «Just-​eat», but it wasn’t that bad. The phở wouldn’t have the option of well done so they would send the meat just rare (which I would dumped to enjoy the broth with some of my veggies and their noodles; but I remember the appetizers were ok tho. However, after yesterday’s culinary nightmare, they are on my black list for delivery, visiting, recommend, or even remember they exist (can’t tell why).
Yesterday we arrived there and they had some tables, but the service took too long not only to come and deliver the menus, but also to take the order after several waves and keeping our eyes on the waiter… I even suggested my partner to leave, but he said we were already in there (I should’ve listened to my Thunder cat 6^th sense).
To make the story short because they don’t even deserve more words, they gave a phở made with the first boiled water they put in a pot. Did they considered us dumb?, not having taste or tongue at all? or they just don’t care about their business anymore? Who cares? But I felted so offended when I tried it, that I just needed to stand up, walk to the counter where the busy waiter was enjoying a personal phone call (while ignoring again our waves), touch his shoulder and tell him I needed him at our table.
When he came we said we wouldn’t pay a cent for that insulting phở. My soup wasn’t bad, so I just ordered a container to go. After he screamed at the kitchen, he came back, apologized to us saying «it did taste like shit…» and that the cooker just missed some ingredient (yeah, 7 hours of cooking the broth).
Arggg, I will post this at just-​eat too because we customers don’t deserve to waist our time and money waiting for being angry, especially when you are hungry.

Excellent quality! There are not many North Vietnamese places in Toronto and this one is a gem. The Phở is super tasty, the house special P2 — Cha Ca La Vong is amazing!

I liked the atmosphere and thought the food was very good. I had pad Thai and my bf had phở. I’d like to try more adventurous dishes next time.

I went on here on a recommendation of a friend. I found the food was very very very bland. We had chicken wings, pad thai, fish soup, Vietnamese salad, beef and veggies, fried fish. We only paid $ 100 dollars for everything but it was kinda pricey compared to other Vietnamese restaurants. Overall the food was pretty bland and didn’t have the rich Vietnamese flavours or spices that Vietnamese food should have. It honestly tasted like I was eating food was 0 seasoning and flavour. The décor is a bit overdone as well in my opinion, more sophisticated than a regular viet restaurant but way too much. But I do give them props because my baby niece knocked over a cup and they did not charge us.

i give this restaurant 2.5 stars.
i usually go couple of doors down. but since its new i wanted to try it.
it empty when i went on a weekday for dinner.
prices are slightly higher. and food tasted okay. nothing special. the worse part was we got charged for fish sauce.
nowhere else have i ever been charged for fish sauce for the rice… unheard of… i took a picture of the bill to show.
anyways. i will probably not return and stick to the two viet places next door which may not look as nice but is priced and tastes better…

This place is traditional Northern Vietnamese cuisine. It’s not Thai as the other review suggested. Food is authentic; the Phở here has a Northern flavour. The décor looks good.

This Viet-​Thai restaurant opened 10 months ago. The interior is new with modern finishes. There is a Thai section at the end of the menu. The other review saying it’s only Northern Viet food might’ve missed it. Also it says «Viet-​Thai» right on Phở Xua’s logo.
I’ve ordered twice so far. XL Phở with lightly fat brisket meat.
Both times were decent but different.
1^st time the meat tasted a little overcooked and not as flavourful. It looked like a leaner cut of meat than usual with not much fat on it. And the noodles were more al dente than usually found in Toronto Phở spots. I still finished it all.
2^nd time the meat and noodles were perfect but the broth was oily. I still finished it all. /​fat
The portions are awesome here too.