Bamboo Pho & Tea Restaurant — Restaurant in Hampden Township

Holy cow - I don’t know how I’ve lived in Camp Hill for 2 years without stumbling upon this gem. I will preface this by saying I absolutely love Vietnamese food, especially Bun Bo Hue (spicy pork and beef soup). I was spoiled with amazing mom and pop Vietnamese restaurants in Florida and have been struggling to find that here in PA. Well, I finally did.

We started off with the fried shrimp rolls, which were amazing - literally just wonton wrapped shrimp that are fried. 10/10 option for someone like me who doesn’t love egg rolls or spring rolls. We got a banana smoothie and strawberry milk tea with popping boba. Both were 10/10. My husband was in heaven with his smoothie.

We got 4 different entrees because we couldn’t pick just one each. I got the bun Bo hue, which is traditional with a pork knuckle inside. I don’t care for the knuckle meat, but I think it’s important for flavoring the broth. The sliced meat was heaven and the broth was actually spicy on its own. The noodles were perfect. I was shocked at how good it was after (unsuccessfully) trying to find a good version of it at other local restaurants. My husband got the seafood pho, which was HUGE and full of seafood and noodles. He normally has to add extra protein to his meals, but was happy with how much was in his soup without ordering extra shrimp.

We also got the pork bahn mi to share. The pork is insanely good. The banh mi was huge and overflowing with meat. Finally, we got shrimp lo mein to share. We love that there’s bean sprouts in it, which isn’t something we found at any other places! It was also flavorful and full of shrimp. Honestly, I don’t think you can go wrong here. We had great service and the prices were amazing for how much we ordered and the quality of the food. I think this easily just became one of my favorite restaurants in the area. I’m already planning my...

This is THE BEST VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT! I have gone to many Vietnamese restaurants in California, and have tried a few elsewhere, most of the time I am hesitant to try a Vietnamese restaurant outside of Cali because they aren’t authentic. Well, I am glad to say this restaurant absolutely blew me and the family (and they didn’t like Vietnamese food!) away! I have to recommend this place with the HIGHEST marks! If I could give it 6 stars, then I’d opt to give it 20! As soon as you walk in, the aroma of the ultra delicious food tells you that you’re in for a real treat, and the food is going to be awesome! The prices are extremely good for the high quality cuisine that will be arriving at your table! But, I want to be selfish and keep this MY secret - don’t come here! Just kidding, I couldn’t keep this delightful place all to myself, even if I tried!!! Treat yourself to a fantastic meal, and try it all (err, in several visits, not all in one visit!). Oh yes, THE BEST Bahn Mi sandwiches!!! Even BETTER than how they make them in Cali!!! In Cali, the trend is to have a crouton-like roll that shreds the roof of your mouth, not pleasant but the inside of the sandwiches are good, so you endure! But, going into it with a fresh mindset now that I am here in PA, I decided to order one and endure what would inevitably happen - mouth shred! BUT to my surprise, I bit into the BEST Bahn Mi sandwich in my life, and the roll was perfect, not too soft and definitely not a crouton! Bahn Mi perfection had arrived! So good that after we picked up our take out, I had to go back 15 minutes later for MORE sandwiches for the family! And they are still raving about...

Food was not good but decided to stick it out since we were already there. I noticed my wife had not touched her food and it was the same as when they brought it out. She responded that it was not good and was nasty. That and the tea they brought out which the bottom contents at the bottom tasted old, something never experienced at other places.

I communicated to one of the staff that my wife had not eaten any of the food or drink due to the taste of it and the staff response was "Would you like me to bring something to box it up?". "After" I said something about how rude it was and that I could see if she ate any of it but it looked the same way since they gave it to her, then they tried to apologize and blame it on their English while still blaming us saying "we didn't ask them what was good there to eat and she did not use the sauce they had with it".

I paid for all the food but left it there and the staff with a smirk as ringing me up said "You said you just want to pay and leave"; which I did because I didn’t want to ruin my day by having to go back and forth about not being charged for something we didn’t eat. It was obvious they were upset and didn't want to "take a loss". Did not offer another item and only offered to take it off after being offensive and I said something about it and to just please give me the receipt so I could...