Pho-licious Restaurant — Restaurant in Arcadia

Staying in LA County and around SGV area, you'll find a lot of Vietnamese restaurants. The thing I look for is what makes them different from each other. Usually it all comes down to the broth and the meat. Pho-Licious serves a good variety of dishes, from your regular Pho vermicelli noodle to egg noodle soup. They also serve rice dishes and Vietnamese sandwiches. I ordered the fried tofu for appetizer. The tofu was perfectly fried to its golden brown form. It was pared with peanut sauce. I wasn't a big fan of the sauce, but the tofu did go well with a mixture of siracha and hoysen sauce. For the main course we ordered the Egg Noodle soup with shrimp and the House special. The broth was good, but not that memorable. It was a little too salty for my taste. The noodle wasn't over cook at all. The meat and seafood wasn't of the best or freshest quality. The food was ok and I have to say I've had better. The service in this place was very poor. Nobody asked if we're ready to order so I have to call one of the servers. We ordered drinks and that didn't arrive until they served the appetizer which took quite a while. I never waited for a pho noodle for more that 20 minutes and that's a fact. I asked for the check a few times, but the server never got back to me so I just payed at the counter. I still give this place 3 stars because the food wasn't that bad, but...

So Pho-LICIOUS!!!

So hubs and I just landed from cold and cloudy SF to... cold and cloudy LA. What the heck?!?! So it was rainy too! So what better way to enjoy this weather than to have HOT Pho.

We looked up closest places to our place and this one showed up.

I was determined to eat my PHO. I ordered the grilled BBQ Pork that comes on the side.

FOOD: Egg rolls: They were okay. Kinda mushy but still flavorful. I kinda wished they were a bit more solid inside to hold up. But still. I ate it. Grill BBQ Pork Pho - so it's basically grilled pork on the side of a noodle soup. It was kinda burnt but I actually like my grilled food that way. The soup was good. It was hearty and I couldn't finish all of it. But it was also good as leftover food! mMMMHMMM...

DRINKS: Got their tea... which happened to be bagged green tea... for a Vietnamese place, that was weird for me, but meh. Choices!

SERVICE: Nice and fast.

PARKING: Lots of parking.

AMBIANCE: It was a cold day and you could feel it in the restaurant, even with the door closed. So avoid being near the door cuz you can feel the breeze every time someone comes in and out if you're near the door.

OVERALL: Pretty good. It...

Over the past year, I have tried several Pho places in the area, and I always come back to this place. I order the raw meat pho and Thai iced tea for delivery constantly ( I work from home) and I've never been disappointed with the flavor.

The pho is delicious and even when I order delivery, the broth arrives boiling hot and cooks my raw meat perfectly. When I order delivery, my pho arrives with everything that would be served at the resturant; sauces, bean sprouts, jalapeños, lime, fresh basil leaves/stems, onions, snd green onions. Why I always order from here is because of how flavorful the pho is, and it tastes the same every time I order. I do feel the price is a bit on the high side, but the pho is to die for and I never regret paying for it after I finish a bowl. Every spoonful is worth it!

The taste is consistent and in the 30+ times I've ordered here, I've yet to have had a bad experience. I would highly recommend this place if you're looking for some delicious pho on a...