Glendale Phở Co. — Restaurant in Glendale

I've been coming here since about 2011. I was 11 years old coming here with my older brother almost every week to eat pho. We would always get the number 7 which back then was the Steak and Brisket Pho. When my brother moved away, I started coming here a little less often, but I would still order the number 7 every week to go. There was this time I had a really bad throat infection, and I had a difficult time swallowing any type of food. But when I would eat pho, the warmth would soothe the pain going down. So, for the next couple of days I was only eating pho, but it truly was a gift to be able to swallow again. Nowadays, my mom and I love to go together. The music, combined with the amazing customer service, and the instant smell of the best pho on Earth is why this place will always be my favorite pho place. My mom used to order the Lemongrass Beef or the Beef and Shrimp Vermicelli, but recently she's switched over to the Mi Ga sub rice noodles. One of the coolest things about this place is that if you're on a diet or have some type of allergy, they go all out with the customization options. The Mi Ga originally comes with egg noodles, but my mom loves to have that pho with rice noodles. Or if you don't like beef broth, you can choose to sub with veggie or chicken broth. I know a lot of people don't like Cilantro or White Onions, and if you ask for them to not put it in, then it won't be in the soup. Also, if you ever get a really great tasting sandwich from this place, they have chicken and tofu options. Another secret I'll share is that if you don't want noodles in your soup, then you have the option to substitute veggies at no extra cost, but if you want extra meat or soup then it'll cost you. I like to order the Steak and Brisket pho Large (I still sometimes refer to it as the number 7) Extra Onions and Cilantro (I love Cilantro and onions), Extra Meat on the side (I love adding this later on after I finish everything inside), and sometimes I like to ask for extra limes because sometimes my mom and I may need more because we're Mexican or at least she is, I'm half. Oh yeah, almost forgot about the drinks, I recommend the Thai Iced Tea easy Ice (you can ask for no creamer, but you're missing out if you do). They also have limeade which is freshly squeezed and extremely good. If you want your limeade carbonated, just ask for the soda limeade. The coffee here is super strong and you can ask for it hot or cold, but I think it's better cold. This will always be my favorite restaurant in Glendale, the servers remember your name and they also remember your order if you're a regular customer. I highly recommend dining in here, it's one...

I like their pho but not so much with Thai tea or Vietnamese coffee. Thai tea hd weak flavor or different tea type than I usually drink. And coffee was packet. I could taste corn syrup solids, too instant, they don’t brew their coffee.

Pho noodles were premade and put in the bowl got ready and then when they get order, the broth is poured into. Noodles were stuck together and bit cold, so you have to stir it up with your chopsticks.

The chopsticks are Chinese style. Long and think and rounded square. Not ideal for good grip to get slippery noodles. I prefer wooden chopsticks or thinner.

Spring rolls were premade I noticed. But it was good. I am celiac so I asked for the sweet and sour fish sauce along with peanut sauce (usually peanut sauce has Hoisin and that is not gluten-free). I got shrimp. The content was decent and my 1 year old liked to chew on it.

Broth was good but not impressed. Good amount of meat in the combination pho. I like the chewiness of tripes.

Condiment veggies, they gave extra onion and spring onions and cilantro. I like that.

Service is great. They are kind and thoughtful with kids, they brought high chair, little scissors, small bowls and small utensils for little kids. (I have 1 yr, 5 yrs old kids)

Parking on street was easy on Saturday lunch but it was after 2pm so it could be busier around noon.

Street parking uses coins and app called ‘paybyphone’. Using app is easier to pay. (Who carries around coins these days, anyway?)

Overall nice restaurant, good service and food comes out fast. I did not get sick from eating. (I am hyper symptomatic)

I will be back with my...

I came a couple of time to this place. It is not that big, when you enter, you can smell a typical Vietnamese restaurant aroma. Sometimes you can get table fast, sometimes you will have to wait. I tried the shrimp spring rolls. It was okay, very standard filling: lettuce, rice noodle, cucumber, and shrimp. The peanut sauce dip has to be the bomb to make an excellent dish, however, to me it's just average. I was not impressed but I don't hate it either. Bun, I usually get the pork one every where I go, and this time I got beef at this place. The meal was okay too, the sauce I found it a bit strong. I can really taste the fish sauce, so it's a wee bit too much. Beef has light sweet taste, it's pretty good. I just wish its a bit moist. I ordered taro boba to go, and they make a bit different. It's not full of crushed ice and their pearls are really2 chewy and soft. I like it a lot. I will keep this place in mind if I want to get boba nearby. They only have 1 bathroom, small size. I think they can do better job in the future to keep it neat and cleaner. The last time I was there, the service was a bit meh and the one of the servers was not friendly. She took my order wrong, and when they said they could exchange it, they still didn't do it right. I didn't want to make a big deal so I ate it. But I didn't want to go there ever since. I'd rather go else where. Service is always important to me especially when I have to pay and...