PT Eatery — Restaurant in San Diego

My parents generation was Phuong Trang which still exist until this day. While PT Eatery is my generation that’s like the quick modern simplified version of Phuong Trang while keeping all the quality of foods the same.

The menu is all in English with no Vietnamese translation. Traditional seven course beef is not offered at this eatery and neither were the fried fish or exotic dishes that you’re used to at the original Phuong Trang. What to expect at PT Eatery are the basic categories like rice, vermicelli noodles, pho, vegetarian, meat, sandwiches, and appetizers.

We got pho, vermicelli grilled pork with egg rolls, garlic butter ribs and garlic butter wings, wrapped grilled shrimp (banh hoi).

My favorite were the garlic butter ribs because they were deep fried and the batter was crunchy delicious. The wings were the same fried battered but the ribs were 10x better because it was different.

I normally get egg rolls as an appetizer but decided to get it with the vermicelli noodles along with char grilled pork. The pork was very tasty, it was thin flat rectangle shaped. The portion was huge and I only ate half.

The grilled shrimp wrapped in lettuce looks familiar because it’s the shrimp that you get at dim sum wrapped around a sugar cane. The banh hoi is like weaved vermicelli noodles.

All the staff wore masks. No dine in available but the interior is being remodeled with new hand painted murals based on real life photos from the owner’s...

Mike and his staff have taken the traditional Vietnamese dishes he serves at Phuong Trang on Convoy Street to another level here at his newer PT Eatery and created Vietnamese Fusion dishes that are out of this world. The flavors pop with the seasoning he uses, creating memorable experiences for your taste buds begging you to try all the other dishes on his menu every time you return. PT Eatery never disappoints.

11-1-24 Haven’t been to PT Eatery in a while. GinaBee was hungry for the Short Rib Pho. I tried the Rieu Noodle Soup (Rice Noodle Soup with Crab Meat in Chicken broth) for the first time. It would’ve been better if it wasn’t sitting in the back kitchen for a while. By the time I received it, it was lukewarm. Other than that, I liked the flavor. Our egg rolls never arrived. I guess they were too busy for us. Oh well. 2-25-25 Mike’s done a fantastic job setting up his fusion eatery in Kearny Mesa. Excellent service every time from his staff. The food is ALWAYS onolicious! Today we had the small combo pho, honey walnut shrimp and Thai boxed...

PT Eatery is a sister Vietnamese restaurant of Phuong Trang Restaurant. We came to PT Eatery on a Tuesday evening because Phuong Trang is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. There were plenty of parking spaces available. There’s an EV charging station conveniently housed on the same parking lot. We got seated immediately and ordered a combo beef extra large pho with rice noodles, rare steaks, cooked brisket, beef tendon, flank and tripe; char grilled shrimp salad with green papaya, celery, cucumber, carrots, topped with shrimps, fresh mint and crushed peanuts and coconut thick rice noodle bowl with char grilled chicken, shredded lettuce, beans sprout, fresh mint, cucumber, peanuts served with coconut milk and fish sauce on the side. We loved the delicious Vietnamese food with very fresh ingredients. Portions were generous and reasonably priced. Waitstaff was attentive and got a good team system established. Relaxing atmosphere to eat here and hang out with families and friends. Ample seatings and can accommodate a large...