Pho Kho Gia Lai Vietnamese restaurant Pho — Restaurant in Libertyville

I have been looking for good Pho in our area for a while. I read some of the reviews before ordering. I can definitely say from someone who grew up actually eating pho it is good! I was skeptical because someone said the broth wasn’t flavorful. Absolutely not accurate even when opening the container I could smell the herbs. It’s supposed to be very aromatic so box was checked in my book! Now, if you don’t know what you’re doing then this is where someone who’s not knowledgeable would say noodles are hard. You’re supposed to warm your broth when you get home until it’s hot enough to cook the steak.. That’s when you put your noodles in and your steak as well as all of the other fixings, I love that. They added hosin and Sriracha for those of us who need extra flavor.

The cons I have are if your steak lover, you may want to ask for extra I also order crab Rangoon I did not like it. I had too much cream cheese and not enough imitation crab. But I don’t think that it was bad. That was just my personal preference. Other people may enjoy it. My biggest gripe was the pricing was different in the restaurant versus Google. They were very transparent about when I called to place my order. I even showed them when I came into the restaurant and the lady assured me she would change it. I do not feel like it was done on purpose. I think it was an honest mistake. I will definitely be back. The service was good. The...

We went yesterday and I ordered 85(fried shrimp) by accident, instead of 81(Shrimp fried rice). Fried shrimp came with shell and head on, deveined. I couldn’t eat, so I ordered 81(Shrimp fried rice) as I was hungy. Fried rice, looked good and smell was great. I started eating with excitement and every bite of fried rice had crunchy things. At first, I thought they could be egg shells. After 3-4 bites, realized that they kept coming for every bite. I hated the feeling in my mount and started digging in rice to see what those are, found out the fried rice had so many white, tiny tubes like particles as attached in the pic. I Called waitress and showed, She touched and said, sorry, those are uncooked rice, I didn’t want to argue. I couldn’t eat rice with the uncomfortable crunch , so packed fried rice and fried shrimp home. We heated both dishes and tried to have them for dinner, and had the same crunch. If it was uncooked rice, it could have soaked, become soft by dinner, but had the same crunch. They looked like some calcium deposit tubes and had lot of them. I had to throw the whole fried rice. My husband tried to eat the left over fried shrimp, that dish had the same particles along with peppers, onions and garlic. He peeled shrimp, removed heads, deveined and ate some and threw the remaining. We ordered appetizers, egg rolls and crab rangoons, they were ok. Overall, I will never to this...

This used to be my favorite place to eat. After 5 years of being away I finally came back and my friend wanted a bowl of pho and I said I know a great place! Boy was I wrong! We walked in and we were told my the server to sit anywhere.

We both ordered the number 31, Pho Dac Biet as well as an order of spring rolls. It was about 15 minutes until our spring rolls arrive and about 30 minutes until we got our bowl of pho. The spring rolls smelled like they were rolled on a dirty rag. They smelled bad. They were also missing ingredients inside them. The pho broth was way too sweet, it had too much ginger. There was very little meat and they gave me half the noodles they were supposed to be in my bowl.

It's clear they are choosing profits over quality now.. It was so disappointing because I remember this place once being the go to for pho. That's not the case anymore...

We also had to wave the server down because she was not very tentative to us. I love supporting small businesses but when they deserve it. To give me half of what I paid for is just plain theft.

Overall. Dont waste your time.. there is better pho out there.. just...