Pho Vuong Victoria — Restaurant in Victoria

Specialize Rice stick noodle soup with choices of beef, pork, chicken or sea food. Won tons also avaliable if not a noodle person than select rice combo dishes. Menus to start & than decide your pick. Usually free tables are avaliable yet to see 100% occupancy which is great. Have been in many times no need to wait in line. From food ordered less than 10 minutes it's on the table. Per my experience noodles in soup apparently is the fastest serve under 5 minutes . Careful soup is really hot but once the sprouts, mint and beef is immersed into the hot soup, temperature drops significantly. Tip: try the fragrant lemon grass grill chicken on a stick. Hot...

Unlike many Vietnamese eateries in North America (which tend to be minimalistic in terms of atmosphere) Pho Vuong is somewhat more upmarket in its appearance and atmosphere. However this does not seem to drive their prices up over the top. It was a Monday evening when I was there and the place was a quarter full.

I particularly enjoyed the Nem cuon Nha Trang (fresh salad roll with grilled pork) which came with peanut sauce (yay!) and avocado smoothie. My wife went one step further and pointed out she liked those guava-flavoured sweets that they hand out together...

I had the Crab Noodle Soup and the Fried Rolls. The soup was incredible. It's cold and rainy today and it was just what I needed to warm me up. The broth had so much umami and it exploded with flavor. The veggies were ample and fresh while the noodles were on point. The crab was delectable and there were shrimps which I didn't expect. The fried rolls were perfect... not greasy at all with just the right amount of crunch. The atmosphere is nice, warm and inviting. The place itself very clean. The service was great. I felt well taken care of. I...