Pho Viet Harbor — Restaurant in San Rafael

Mediocre food and I mean it's nice...you get what u expect....tacky plastic lights,Asian decor n to be frank the place had no personality ....now a lot of cops go there n other people too who must like what they serve....I seen the back of the kitchen n the way they handle refuse n the fact they mostly all smoke like crazy....n these are the people preparing,handling food?? I'm not goin there again...it's my choice n my opinion that the kitchen is not the cleanest but again is my opinion by the way their refuse is handled n dirty on the side entrance....to me it's a not very clean....most people would not see this side of business but check it out....n don't park too far from restaurant...that harbor is full of undesirables,drugs rampant n at night the homeless roam the place casing the joint as they say....that harbor needs to be shut down,sanitized n the sea water in it is so polluted u can walk in it...Im just not comfortable eating in a place 40 ft from this environmental...

Google said they close at 9 p.m. so we arrived at 7:50 p.m. thinking we had enough time. But when we arrived, we discovered that they actually close at 8 p.m. They gave us a seat anyway, but people who came in after us were turned away. You can see from the photos the chairs are already up on the tables as we were seated. They were cleaning all around us as we ordered, and as others were leaving and a booth opened up, they asked us to move to it. I'm not put off by this behavior, but I have never experienced it before. In my experience, waitstaff wait until dinner service is over with and the patrons have left before they put the chairs up and mop the floor. At any rate, the food was good. They had at least one vegan item on the menu, so I ordered that: Tofu with Mixed Seasonal Vegetables in Lemon Grass. Unremarkable, but enough for two meals for me, so I...

Excellent pho, one of those places where both the quality of the noodles and the broth is fresh, with plenty of bean sprouts, cilantro, peppers, and the like. They don't skimp on the fresh lime slices, which because I wanted more, they were happy to bring. The lighting is not as harsh as many other places of this type, and the prices can't be beat. The variety of meats are also solid, which I'll slowly have to work my way through. My friend had their vegetarian option, which she said was also tasty, and this is hard to do without the meat stock reduction, but they managed. The service was fast, efficient, and friendly. Definitely a go to reliable spot for consistently well...