unPHOgettable — Restaurant in North Island

7 of us and we ordered all the dishes from the mains menu and a mixed platter for entrée. We got given an extra pho (house special) for free which was really nice of them. Out of all the mains we loved the Buddha bowls and the phos, the least favorites are the grilled pork on rice (a bit chewy) and the stewed beef (like an european casserole dish). The staff were really friendly and helpful. The pho broth is on the sweeter side and don't have the mung bean sprouts, quite different than the ones we had in many other Vietnamese places -but they are still very tasty. Highly recommended their phos and the Buddha bowls to others and thanks for the yummy dishes....

Service was amazing, cant fault that at all. However, the food was veey dissapointing. Beef pho was way too sweet, the broth was esentially just sugar water. I tried saving it with the chili oil they provided but it just turned into sweet chili suagr water - not good. The summer spring roll was too strong on the coriander. Love myself some coriander but this was just rice paper and coriander, wayyy too strong. Very disapointed since the staff was so lovely, was expecting more from the food but they just...

This place is truly unforgettable, but sadly for all the wrong reasons. Do not go here if you have a nut allergy, or probably any allergy for that matter. They profess to have no traces in certain dishes but this is not the case and ended up in an anaphylatic reaction :(

Reply to owners response: My review was done to warn others as this can be a life and death situation. It was more than just a cross contamination. We got a refund on the dish causing the reaction, not really a...