Pho Old Saigon — Restaurant in Honolulu

My Vietnamese barber recommended this place and I am sure glad that I listened to him about checking this place out. They have some of the best classic Vietnamese food that I haven't had in a long time.

I was feeling hungry and also wanted to try everything, but narrowed it down to their house special Banh Mi sandwich and Pho soup. Both were excellent.

The Special Saigon Bahn Mi was larger then the average mini French bread rolls that are typically used. It was like a half length of a baguette loaf. The bread was perfectly toasted and filled with all the classic ingredients. They filled it properly with out skipping on anything. The pickled vegetables where fresh and crisp along with a generous topping of Chinese parsley along with big slices of jalapenos to kick it up. Nice added pot roast pork, steamed pork and pate' took care of the protien.

Their Special Combination Pho is basically everything and the kitchen sink in it. It had all the favorite meat goodies in an excellent broth with had a kick already to it, so I didn't really need to add much Siracha to it. Defiantly one of the best Pho's I've had in a very long time.

For dessert, I tried their Mix Nut Sweet Drink which was a giant slushy of ice in a sweet herbal tea of sorts and various soft nuts & grains. I enjoyed it as I do like this type of cultural thing, but it might not be something everyone would like.

The lady working was super nice and place was clean. It was an...

This place was amazing. Keep in mind, I'm a pretty hard critic of Vietnamese food. I grew up eating Vietnamese food. You can tell the owners focuses on the quality of the ingredients and the food in general. The food here is very authentic. The summer rolls were well wrapped, it did not fall apart. The noodles, veggies, and meat ratio was perfect and the sauce was delicious! Only part of a roll made it into the pictures 😂. The sandwiches were amazing, so delicious it didn't even get it's picture taken before my boyfriend finished it off. The broken rice plate... Well let's just say there was only the one bone from the pork chop left. The owner was super friendly, the place was clean, and had a good social distancing protocol. I will definitely be back! There's parking in back...

Very popular and busy restaurant for dine in and take out - seems to be mom and pop shop with hardworking staff. I appreciate they are very diligent and attentive, everyone is treated respectively in the manner of order (the gentleman remembers who comes in first). I think coming around at the closing hour, being consistently busy, the broth tasted a bit watered down to keep up with the demands. It was lacking flavour that I had to put salt in to get some depth. The cuts of marbled brisket were great for the Pho Dac Biet. Restaurant is extremely clean, comfortable, with BYOB, etc - will try again for the soups (3/5) but sandwiches are great for portion, value...