Pho Viet Flare Restaurant — Restaurant in Alexandria

I've been a Pho lover for the past 35 years. This restaurants does it very well. Not too salty, nor overly pungent. Just the right mellow and light blend of flavors, that allows to to taste the various ingredients.

My wife and I will often try a different Pho restaurant looking for something better. If you've ever the better Pho's you'll never forget what to look for. Tonight we went to Pho Viet Flare, once the bowls were delivered, we tested the taste tasted of the broth. We both made the exact same comment. We then noticed something that's also critical in the right flavor, and that is the raw meat in the broth. Haven't seen that in awhile. I've tried Pho from Texas to Philadelphia. The best used to be served in a Pho restaurant at seven corners. They went out of business many years ago, and we been on the look out since.

Before going there tonight we read the reviews and some mentioned that the broth was too weak or not as tasty. The broth is perfect, because good Pho should have a light broth, that's also not dark (bouillon cube) at all.

Four...

From a Louisiana boy's perspective, this is a very legit Pho shop. They are super friendly, super fast, and super delicious!

So I always get some brisket, steak and what not. I wanted some meatballs as well and they just let me make a custom and it ended up still being fairly cheaply priced. Also, their spring rolls are about average. Wont go much more into detail about those.

So when I ordered my Pho she asked me if I wanted the steak raw. What?! I've only been places that would allow that if you ate there. Heck yeah I want raw! I took it home on my 15 minute drive and it was still warm enough to cook the meat! They bagged/wrapped it perfectly. It was great!

I usually season mine with the sauces but I laid off for a few bites to see what the broth was like. Mighty tasty I must say! I started off with the basil, peppers and sprouts. Such a great base. Then I sauced it up and it was so darn tasty! 0 regrets about this place...other than me living...

Eager to try this place ,we showed up around 6:30 p.m. ,peak hour I'm guessing, we were seated as soon as we entered, but it took a while before we got our order taken,place was a bit full ,there was only one waiter on duty and he was running up and down doing his best to keep everyone happy, and the cashier which was taking orders, Needless to say we waited about 40 minutes before we got our food, but it was worth the wait, the soup was really good, I'm only giving it 3 starts because of the wait (sorry mike,just an advice, you should have extra help during peak hours.)other than that we loved the food and the place was clean and family oriented, props to the waiter he should...