Tokyo Pho Express Restaurant — Restaurant in Deptford Township

This place is a hidden gem that deserves way more attention. We stopped by for dinner and were blown away not just by the food, but by how kind and welcoming the owners were — you can tell they genuinely care and love talking about what they serve and who they serve it to.

We started with the fried dumplings and calamari as appetizers, both crispy, flavorful, and clearly made fresh. For drinks, we tried the matcha boba and milk tea boba — both were delicious.

The highlight, though, was the main dishes. The pho with steak and flank was phenomenal — rich, deep broth that you can tell was simmered for hours (we learned from the owner it’s made in-house and cooked for over 11 hours!). The steak flat noodles were packed with flavor and cooked just right with a spice level I got to decide. The owner told us the sauce is made with over 10 vegetables. Every dish felt thoughtfully prepared, and would definitely make anyone sick feel a little better!!

Even though they also serve Chinese and Japanese takeout, the pho and Vietnamese dishes feel incredibly authentic and made with real care. It’s rare to find a place that has such variety and quality, but they do it effortlessly.

They are also open to dine in and were very excited to have us dine! So so sweet and friendly, the food tastes and feels home made!

We discovered it’s under new management after asking about it being a Tokyo mandarin previously. The previous owners retired and now they have uplifted it and are adding more to the menu

Highly recommend giving them a visit — whether you’re looking for comfort food, a casual dinner spot, or just want to support a hardworking small business that truly puts love into...

This was our first time eating at this place and sad to say definitely our last. We have been going to this Chinese place for years and when we called to place an order it was unknown to us that they were under new management until we pulled up to pick up our order. So, it was too late to cancel. We did have a red flag when placing the order the person who answered was not good at taking our order and had to repeat several times and she still got our order wrong once picked up. Then, we let them know the order was wrong and had to wait for them to cook the rest of our order that we paid for that they failed to include in our order, so it took another 15 plus minutes while the rest of the order sat and got cold..The shrimp fried rice was not good all, it was not authentic Chinese rice in our opinion. The shrimp was the smallest shrimp (salad shrimp) we have ever seen and the pork rice had the smallest pieces of pork that I have ever seen and there was barely any pork or shrimp, we had to put a flash light over rice to find some shrimp and pork. We also asked for extra onions and beans sprouts which they did not put in the rice.. but charged us for them. The chicken wings were ok but not pleasing to the eye at all. They also don't have pint size containers which is strange and not what we are used to seeing. After, waiting for them to fix the rest of our food that was their error, they didn't even apologize for having the rest of our food get cold and for a ridiculously long time we had to wait for the mistake..Please be warned about this place. It's not the same Tokyo place😔😞🤮🤢...

It's not tokyo mandarin anymore. New name, new owners, new menu. It was horrible. We have been eating here for 15 years. It was our favorite. Went last night for our sons birthday, and it was awful. Service was terrible. When we got there we were the only ones there, so they weren't busy. Had to ask 3 times for napkins. Ordered a ton of sushi, it was served family style. Had to ask 2 times for plates to eat off of. She finally brought us coffee saucers to eat off of. Had to ask for something to put soy sauce and Wasabi in, she brought 1 bowl for 4 people. Ended up using the coffee saucers for that. Ordered 3 appetizers. They brought them out 1 at a time, with about 10 minutes in between. My son ordered a crab salad app. There was almost no crab at all in there. We ordered shrimp tempura. It had cream cheese in the middle and the smallest pieces of shrimp. When we placed our order, my husband ordered a sushi roll, and quickly cancelled it, it came anyway. All the food came out in stages instead of together. My mother ordered a hot meal, it came after we were almost done eating. The food was subpar, the service was worse. Definitely won't be back. Dinner was 197 dollars, and we didn't even eat it all, it was so bad. So...