Pho Den — Restaurant in Burnaby

Vietnamese food has always been one of the most prolific ethnic cuisine in N. America and it has gain the status of being accepted as the "Universal" Soul Food! Having a pipping hot bowl of Pho is almost a must for any cool rainy nights or a chilly afternoons!! And of course you know what I am talking about .. ( the unofficial cure for hang-overs!! )

The latest entry of Pho Restaurant on Vancouver's ever busy Kingsway, offers a sanctuary of calm & relaxing ambience, once you are in, you will forget about the heavy traffic of Kingsway!

Greeted by very friendly staffs & after performing the Covid protocols, we were offered a cozy booth in a private enclave!

Our choices ..

H1 : Hu Tieu with Egg Noodles .. 5/5 stars A very tasty & light chicken & pork broth accompanied with Pork Slices, Prawns, Squid, Fish Ball and Crab Cakes. We had a choice of either thick or thin noodles, since we wish to try the Chef's noodles cooking techniques we opted for the thin ones .. it came out perfectly al dente!! This will be one of my regular items as I find it to be both light and still fulfilling!!

P1 : Pho Dac Biet .. 4 / 5 Again the soup was pipping hot and the Pho noodles were also cooked al dente! But the broth needs some adjustment to the seasoning .. maybe an extra onion to bring out the sweetness of the beef bone etc.? Otherwise it is a solid bowl of Pho with lots of good quality beef! At $12.75 (one size only) it is for sure one of the best value in town!!

B7 : Peach Black Tea 4 / 5 Love the combination of refreshing peach flavour & black tea the addition of coffee jello adds an extra dimension and a tad of bitterness!!

G6 : Passion Fruit Green Tea 4 /5 A sucker for anything Passion Fruit .. the addition of coconut jello makes this the ultimate tropical drink!!

All in all, this is a very good location and the decor makes it even more a reason to come!! I am sure, as time goes, they will expand even more on their menu and especially the Appetizer section!!

Hint : maybe add Vietnamese style wings!!

Wishing the owners all the Best Wishes for their...

Thank you Yelp Elite for giving me the chance to come here for the experience! Come check out Yelp guys! Thank you to our CM Eric for organising the event hopefully he has a little a break from all of these. Thank you so much for the bottle openner, the pin and the reusable bubble tea straw because it finally changed frok the umbrella and the hand sanitizer hahahh. The reusable bubbpe tea straw is something very useful to use since i hate paper straw so much. Thank you Yelp for reading my mind. Thank you for giving 2 entrees and 2 beverages for the invitation. Gladly i could bring someone else along with me, so i wont have to feel lonely. This is a great concept so that people wont have to be alone eating here.

Anyway, for the review, thank you for the wonderful service that Pho Den has given us. Super nice and super neat. Love the ambience of the place and how great and neat how the dishes were presented. We got the vermicelli and the pho and extra of the salad roll and the vietnamese coffee. I personally think the vietnamese coffee is regular like other viet restaurant as well as the salad roll. The pho was good but the noodles were quite sticky maybe should be cooked a little bit longer but other than that it was good. The vermicelli is the star dish of the experience. All the meat, the sauce and the vermicelli was super good. This is very recommended so make sure you come here to get this. Cheers! I hope this...

Congratulations with the Grand Opening! We thought the interior design was unique and staff were friendly. Though we weren't sure if it was a family-friendly environment.

Our waitress didn't offer us high-chair for our toddler to sit on so our toddler had to sit on the regular chair. It seemed like a busy Saturday night for the staff and our toddler was already comfortable sitting, so we didn't bother asking for one. I ordered the Bun Bo Hue and we thought it was not authentic and just too different to our liking. Not quite sure if it was missing ingredients or it was just originally made to taste more on the western-side...and I waited 20 mins for it... Though we did think the Lemon grass chicken w/ vermicelli was ok...and if they grilled it more, it would have been really good. They only had 1 appetizer on their menu and we saw a couple of people come and go after talking to the waiters...including the couple sitting beside us. According to them, there weren't enough food to serve that night...

Lastly, what we think was really disappointing was the 4 guys sitting behind us were vaping INDOORS. We saw one of the waitress chatting and laughing with them so we thought she knew them. After she left, one of them started vaping. My daughter and I have asthma and she started coughing after a few mins... Not sure if the waitress knew about it and allowed them but if not...please take this...