Pho Peter Restaurant — Restaurant in Brampton

Tried Pho Peter on a whim after we went to Sushi 520 but it was closed, and Peter was one of a few restos that was still serving food at 9:30 p.m. on a Saturday night. We didn’t know what to expect since we had never been to Peter before but we were hungry and a little annoyed that sushi place was closed despite website claiming they were open. As we got out of car for Peter it looks kind of run-down, but don’t be fooled by outward appearances! A large group of Vietnamese people was exciting the restaurant apparently having just finished a big meal- a good sign. Inside even at 9:30 at night there are 3 other separate tables with groups of people eating, despite the somewhat dingy interior- also a good sign. The young Vietnamese guy apparently working as host/waiter visibly rolled his eyes when he saw us entering, and half-heartedly answered “yeah” when we asked if we could sit at the two-seat table by the door- not such a good sign. I’ll give the guy the benefit of the doubt and say he was just exhausted from working a long day and so he felt a little defeated when he saw 2 more customers come in when maybe he was hoping things would quiet down and he’d get to go home early, and our appearance dashed those hopes. It was rude, and the run-down appearance of the place was not reassuring BUT in my experience these kind of divey places often produce the BEST, most authentic, and homemade food, often at bargain prices. That is the case with Pho Peter. We ordered pork and shrimp fresh rolls as and appetizer, I got the bun (rice vermicelli noodles) with pork and fried spring roll, and my husband ordered beef and tripe pho. Oh. My. God. The food was amazing! The pork in my bun bowl was exquisitely seasoned, and just the right proportion of fatty bits to lean; the fried spring roll was soooo good; and the freshness of the lettuce, cuke, and carrot salad perfectly balanced out the heaviness of the pork and fried spring roll. I tried my husband’s pho and you can tell the broth has that subtle complexity of flavour that can only come with making it with patience, experience, and love. The portions were very generous- in fact I could’ve just had my bun bowl without an appetizer and I still would have been stuffed. While we were eating more groups of people of a variety of races and ethnicities kept arriving- a couple, a young family with kids, a small group of older-middle aged people, despite it being past 10 p.m. at this point, plus delivery drivers kept arriving to pick up orders- and no wonder! A gem of a place such as this has not gone un-noticed by the varied peoples of B-town. Worth mentioning that while we ate the young family arrived and the same young guy host who rolled his eyes at us audibly groaned when they timidly asked to be seated! Either he doesn’t know how rude such behaviour is, or he was having a really bad night! Regardless at this point we were well into our delicious meal so his reactions were actually comical as they were so exaggerated. The young mom even kind of gave us a sheepish look after he groaned, the guy was that obvious, but hey- despite the rudeness they still wanted to eat there, which says something. I’m guessing it’s a family business and he works front of the restaurant on account of having the most proficiency in English, as the older woman who was bussing tables did not appear to understand when we tried to convey how much we were pleased with our food. Despite the not-so-nice service, we will definitely get food from Pho Peter again, it just was that good on quality, taste, and value-for-price. If you like REAL food that tastes like your Vietnamese auntie that you didn’t know you had cooked for you using the family heirloom preparation, then come...

Hello fellow foodies today I bring you a food review for a vietnamese restaurant tucked away in a small plaza on the west side of Kennedy just north of queen st. Seems to be a family run operation . I decided to stop in today after reading some great reviews on there food. I was specifically looking to try there curried chicken and steamed rice dish but I also ended up ordering there pork and shrimp fried spring rolls . Now the review! Food 5/5 I was very impressed with the suble but very flavorful asian style curry flavour . You can tell that the chicken was marinated in this wonderful curry marinade for a long time because the color and flavour was right through and deep into the tender chicken thigh meat ..the chicken was sauted with some nice crispy onions and covered in that wonderful curry sauce . They also gave me an extra small container with more of that amazing curry sauce to pour over the rice or over the chicken really nice bonus and made the meal extra saucy . The portion size was very generous and large I actually had to finish it in two meals as it was alot of food. Now the fried pork and shrimp spring roles were also amazing really packed with ingredients the pork and shrimp and a soft light crusty shell .they were for sure top notch and up there as far as fried spring roles go that I have had Over all great tasty food well made well seasoned and generous portions I was very impressed. Service 5/5 i called in my order and it was no more then 8 minutes by time i drove there to pick up my order and it was ready for . The owner was very friendly and asked me if I needed any napkins forks or condiments great service . Check this place out if your in the area you wont be...

Do you remember eating at Manchu Wok or another mall food court Asian place back in the 90s? That's what the food here tastes like: hard, bland vegetables, lots of noodles, little meat, and everything tastes like it was fried in old oil. Surprised by all the enthusiastic reviews.

The spicy seafood Pad Thai was essentially an enormous brown pile of noodles with little in the way of seafood or sprouts or lime. It was both hot and flavourless at the same time, and the noodles tasted oily, in a bad way.

The chicken and shrimp curry vermicelli had a very thin, weak yellow curry sauce that tasted like nothing. It contained five shrimp, a similar tiny volume of chicken, and a huge amount of steamed broccoli, carrot, celery and bok choy which was in a strange intermediate state of being no longer crispy, but still too firm to conveniently eat. The vegetables also tasted like nothing.

The dishes were $19 each for bland piles of approximately 97% low-quality carbs, and needed large amounts of extra sauces to be at all enjoyed. We felt cheated. A generic fast food sandwich has more meat, more flavour and tastes fresher than either of these dishes.

Service was so-so. The restaurant is in a seedy strip mall, but the interior is in good repair: looks like a generic modern...