Phở Nam — Restaurant in Honolulu

This is a really nice place Vietnamese restaurant as far as it goes for décor, cleanliness, service and location. However, although the food wasn't bad, I wasn't very impressed that it offered anything extra or unique from other Vietnamese restaurants. Maybe it was what I ordered, but it just didn't stand out for me.

I got the grilled pork rolls as a starter. They were freshly prepared and decent, but again, nothing special. For my main, I order beef Pho. Again, it wasn't bad, but didn't stand out as anything special.

The place was very nice and comfortable. I would probably bring family from the mainland there that might be intimidated by going to the more edgier Chinatown roach coaches. While there, I noticed some other dinners that seemed to be familiar with the place and all ordering similar dishes. This tells me that there is something special they are known form and I would like to go back again and ask what are their house specials.

For now, I have to hold at a 3 star, but will be happy to update once I return to see if...

We went about 20 min before closing, and the lady working there graciously welcomed us in with a nice smile. I got the vermicelli noodles with BBQ pork and spring rolls, which is my usual order at a Vietnamese restaurant if I'm not having pho. This one was really good, with decently thick cut pork with a lot of flavor. The only thing I'd change is to have more fish sauce included. Some of my noodles didn't get covered. My girlfriend got pho with rare steak, tendon, and added beef meat balls. The broth was different, with added shoyu. It tasted pretty good, but wasn't what she was expecting. The noodles were...

We went here on a whim because my kid wanted noodles, but I'm really glad we did: the food was good, the price was reasonable, and the service was very nice.

Despite the name of the restaurant, they have other things than pho. I had the green papaya salad, which was quite tasty, and I was happy with the beef broth of the pho I tried. They also have a number of other noodle options (and a couple of bahn mi) for those not in the mood for pho. We ate four meals and two beers for $80 (total after tax and tip), which in my experience is lower...