Pho Mui — Restaurant in Paris

While we're in Paris, this is the first VN restaurant we tried after a long day walking around Champs de Elysees, we took the Uber and it did take about 1/2 hour to District 13. This is where most of VN restaurants are, they're walking distance from each other. This restaurant servers not all speak VN, we're surprised, but the food is quite Vietnamese. The servers were quite attentive and offered fast services. The place is a little small from the front room, but there's another room on the side. We got to sit at the front room. From here we can see the cook makes Pho, which is a great experience. BTW, the cook does speak Vietnamese. The prices are quite inexpensive compared to CA restaurants, the food is excellent, as good or better than CA restaurants. This is amazing, but I think because it's in the VN district, they do cook for VN taste but I see many French people eating here also, these must be very familiar with VN food, inexpensive and tasty. We normally don't order egg rolls in restaurants, but we did ordered here to try and they're quite crispy and tasty. They used rice papers instead of wonton skins like my mom used to make. Using rice paper is harder to make crispy egg rolls than wonton skins. It was cold and we couldn't wait to have some hot pho, I ordered the special bowl since it didn't have many other choices, especially the waiter didn't speak english or Vietnamese. My daughter order rare beef and tripes. My wife order bun bo hue. All the broths are excellent, as delicious and authentic as we would cook at home. They say district 13 actually where all the good VN cook come to show off their talents, but I'm not sure who's the cook although the Pho cook speaks some VN. The Sugar Cane juice was so sweet and tasted like home. My daughter ice coffee was Amazing. I love the bill because they're quite inexpensive and there's no TIP required in French restaurants. We would come back here again, but we had to try other restaurants to see how they stand against the CA state's...

if you read my other reviews, you can see that I am super picky and do not give high praise to just anyone. This little place off of the main street is where you want to go for Pho in this part of Paris. Simply put, they nailed it! The broth is rich, full of umami, deep and and not full of MSG. Trust me, it's super hard to achieve for restaurants and foodies that love to cook. Another word, they are spot on and the quality of the ingredients inside the Pho is just right on the mark. I tried 3 other dishes and they were just as good. It is super authentic and did not cheat on ingredients like most restaurants. The service is fast, demeanor of staff is polite and professional and the food is off the chart. If you find yourself craving for Viet food, find this review and happen to be in Paris. Just go and be prepare...

Went here today, so disappointed. I don't know what happened to this place??? I live in another country in Europe and have been to Paris many times, as a Vietnamese, of course to eat Pho. Pho Mui has always been my favorite place for good Pho. But this time I couldn't believe what I ate. The portion is still big with good quality of raw beef, but the soup (which is the core of Pho) was so tasteless. It tasted like water mixed with soya and cinnamon powder for me. Now I feel embrassed by having recommended this place to some of my friends when they visited Paris. Now I know what they meant by "Pho there was far from good" 😂😂😂 (To be fair, seems like quality of many restaurants in District 13 has been down...