Tai's Vietnamese Food — Restaurant in Philadelphia

This, being my first Vietnamese experience, is what I compare all others to. Though I can't speak for their pho (as I've never had it), I can definitely say that their rice and rice vermicelli dishes are the best in the city for the price. My go to dish is the double chicken vermicelli bun with spring rolls (which isn't on the menu, I just ask for it). I've also had the sweet and sour soup, which is utterly amazing (it has pineapple) and the Vietnamese style sweet and sour chicken (with rice, fresh green peppers and an amazing S&S sauce). If you call ahead, the service is as quick as you need it to be, and if you like sweet tea, theirs is the sweetest.

The menu is extremely diverse and I haven't had a...

So I Typically order the tofu hoagie from Tais which is amazing and I've gotten many friends hooked on it, but I thought that I should try their tofu veggie pho and see how I like it. First of all, it was arguably the best noodle soup I have ever had. Full of tofu, cabbage, bell pepper, onion, and broccoli, as well as the add on sauces, lemon, and Thai basil, it was super filling and made me wish I had more. The broth is light but flavorful and the Thai basil had a bit of an anise and minty flavor go it, but when I added the tomato sauce/base to the soup, the Thai basil became spicy almost. So this dish is one that will fill you up and repeatedly change...

Pretty good but not great. Boba is always warm and overcooked but flavor of tea is good!! I would pick hanks over tais boba any-day. I wouldn’t recommend getting any of the dishes that come over rice as they give you only a few pieces of meat/tofu and add so many onions, rice, and peppers. For it being 13 bucks there should be more that 4 pieces of meat. This is just my experience and what I’ve noticed. I’ve heard the pho is...