Pho Rascal — Restaurant in Kamakura

A small restaurant able to seat about 15 people with a bright, beautiful, minimalist styling. While the name of the restaurant suggests that it is a Vietnamese restaurant (it primarily is), the menu with about a dozen items includes dishes from Thailand as well (Khao Soi). When I go, I always end up ordering my favorite items...Chicken Pho, spring rolls and home made ginger ale...a truly delicious combination, in my humble opinion.

The restaurant is so good...that during the prime lunch hour there is guaranteed to be a line outside waiting to get in. The good news is, the waiting area tends to be pleasant and sunny...with even a couple of chairs on a small lawn. The 10min wait can be very pleasant if you are prepared.

Highly...

Love their soups and go there for lunch every week. Sometimes I think I could eat that kind of food every day, delicious.

As others have noted, you may need to wait quite a while to get in (the place is rather small and really good, which means popular), so it's worth to have other options. However I've never felt the service is slow once you're seated.

Speaking of prices, it really depends on what you compare to. By Tokyo lunch standards it's maybe rather pricy, but ¥1100 (the most expensive option on the menu) for a good lunch in Kamakura cannot be...

After seeing the good review and how good the restaurant look, i finally paid a visit. I needed to queue and waited for about 20 mins after I ordered. The broth is good but it’s not “dirty” and authentic enough compared to most authentic phos back in Sydney. The amount is okay. The down point is that they uses slightly overcooked komatsuna as vegetable which makes the taste rather bad not to mention the soggy texture. it costs ¥850 which i think kind of expensive for a bowl of clear soup rice noodle with a bit of...