Pho Thanh — Restaurant in Spring Valley

Opens late and it's local. We came around 1030pm on a Tuesday night. $4 Rau Ma and Iced drinks are huge here! Pho is huge with a lot of noodles in case you'd want to share it with someone. This place is a partial market.

Reminds me of a run down old-G Vietnamese restaurant where I'd imagine the elders come all morning and say to hangout and gossip over coffee. A place you don't expect much but at least it's not fusion pho soup. The menu is huge and amazing if its actually good.

$4 Rau Ma (Pennywort juice) was huge! But overly sweet with maybe the sugarcane. I may ask for less sweetness next time. The juice list is vast but not fresh squeezed.

$16 Pho Dac Biet is the typical beef pho combo at many places. Soup was light, maybe hit of msg? This pho seems to be hit and miss dish?

$8 Pork Spring roll were premade. The crispy part was soggy. It was sad. Some ppl probably wouldn't even

There seems to be reviews on pho and normal mainstream items not being good. Maybe they'll be better at the other comfort dishes from appetizers, rice cakes, congee, udon. I don't think the vegetarian menu is all vegan though.

A yelper mentioned BOGO pho, Thai ice tea, bun bo hue and such. The staff didn't understand. It's okay because we weren't coming just for that.

Next visit: Because I love veggies, they sell this Chinese dish for pretty good price in the neighborhood. $14 for 139. Stir Fried Ong Choy and Garlic $6.50 Bun Mi on the digital TV screen menu. We rather give this place another shot for bun mi just because we're sick of Lees Sandwiches (which I never thought I'd eat again in my life, but I guess that's SoCal life. Vegas life doesn't...

Overall: 3.3/5 (dine in)

Pho Thanh is a combination of a restaurant, deli, and market and is open late so it's perfect for a midnight snack/meal. The staff here seems hard-working and were taking late night delivery orders.

Their menu is HUGE! They had a whole banh mi section on the digital menu board but it wasn't on the physical menu they gave us. Their banh mis are cheaper while their appetizers are more expensive than other Vietnamese restaurants. I love their bamboo looking dishes which adds to the authentic feel of Vietnam.

Sugarcane/Nuoc Mia 32 Oz ($8): This wasn't that great and didn't taste fresh to me. The quantity was there, but not the quality.

Banh Khot/Vietnamese Mini Pancakes ($13): These were crispy, but lacking flavor so I let it soak in the nuoc mam.

Banh Beo/Steamed Rice Cake With Shrimp ($13): The banh beo was overcooked, affecting its texture. As it's the highlight of the dish, getting it wrong significantly impacts the overall experience. Even the generous toppings and nuoc mam couldn't compensate for this.

Thit Xao Mam Ruoc/Pork Stew With Lemongrass & Fermented Shrimp Paste ($17): I was not expecting this to be good since I hate mam ruoc but this was surprisingly the best item out of everything I tried. The pork stew is full of umami so you definitely need to eat it with rice or veggies. The sauce goes exceptionally well with white rice so save it!

Com Chay With Muoc ($7): It's a small can for the price and was not...

We really enjoyed the Vietnamese Hot and Sour Soup (Canh Chua) with the elephant ear plant from the veggie menu BUT was really weirded out by the place in general. I used the women's bathroom to realize after that the soap container attached to the wall was completely empty so I went to the man's room and grabbed a soap bottle to to then find it was completely diluted and pretty much just water. So I nicely asked the guy in the front for some soap. We were there at 3pm so it was really quiet with just one other table of two other people there eating. The guy at front behaved like it was super busy and I said it was no problem if he needs a few minutes and that I just want to be able to wash my hands before our food arrives. He followed up by trying to hand me a Lysol wipe that is meant for cleaning surfaces and should not be used to clean skin. He was generally rude to us throughout the meal. They eventually poured some soap in my hand and I was able to wash my hands. At the end of the meal, about 30 minutes later, my husband went to the bathroom to find they still didn't put soap in the man's room. We found the whole thing really weird and gross and it made us wonder about the general hygiene and practices there. Unfortunate because the soup was good and interesting. Maybe bring some soap with you if...