Pho 5-10 — Restaurant in Castro Valley

Pleasantly surprised by this gem hidden in the Public Market. Place was a bit crowded and it got more crowded by the time I left. Thankfully, I didn’t have to wait long. First thing that popped out were the metal chopsticks. What? Not the usual plastic ones? And then the ketchup. I guess people use it. Food. Came out looking standard. The broth was ok. I thought it lacked depth and complexity, but it was a very clean, solid broth I’ll take any day. Noodles were a bit too done for my taste. What truly shined were the meats. Though the tripe and meatballs were just standard, everything else was solid. The tendon was neither too soft nor too hard. The fatty flank was beefy. I enjoyed it quite a lot. Most pho places get a standard 4 star for me, but even with slightly higher prices than I’m accustomed to, this place gets a 5. Obviously, I only had their pho so can’t speak to anything else. But usually if the pho is good, everything else is good too. But I’m going to a pho place tog...

I have NEVER been to a place where they completely disregard you as a human. We sat here for about almost 30 minutes because my daughter heard so much about the place. We recently moved to Castro Valley and I love it but this palace, I guarantee we will never come here again! They took our order and never checked on us after, people that came after us where getting their food. When I finally asked the "manager" said his guy never put in the order, I was in disbelief that they would overlook us just because we were Mexican and black. Can't speak for the food because we never even got our drinks but I would not recommend if you...

TLDR: Came for lunch. Food and service is good. Not too salty or oily.

Came here twice in the past week to try the Pho and rice plate. They both delivered based on "less sugar and less oil".

The broth tastes pure and not too salty. Many other pho places leaves your mouth coated with an oily and salty after math.

The pork chop was not too sweet and very tender.

Crystal one of the owners works as a waitress/hostess and is very friendly and nice.

They had some service related issues on opening day, but that's not existent now.

I would definitely make this my...