Pho Barr — Restaurant in Webster

Pho Barr is raising the bar for Vietnamese food in the Webster area. I would put the restaurant up there with some of the top restaurants in the greater Houston area.

The humble front of the building conceals one of the coolest decorated restaurants I’ve seen in a while. While keeping true to the Vietnamese roots of this cuisine, there is something distinctly Texan and H-town about this place. I’m loving the aesthetic from the Vietnamese murals to the neon wall decorations and lighting. I was feeling the ambiance and vibe of a place you can hang out and have a great night.

The service was prompt, being greeted and shown to a seat right away. Drinks were brought to the table immediately and the food arrived what seemed like mere minutes after ordering.

I ordered the Cơm tấm sườn bì chả (Broken rice with grilled pork chop) and the Vermicelli bowl with grilled ribeye. To drink I ordered Bạc Xỉu (Vietnamese White Coffee).

The Cơm Tấm Sườn Bì Chả was exceptional. I had planned on just getting a bánh mì until I saw this on the menu. It says its seasonal, so I’m not sure if its temporary but you need to come get this asap. The pork chop was tender, juicy and incredibly flavorful. The rice was good and the shredded pork skin was an amazing addition. It added a nice little crunch to the meal. The egg cake (Chả Trứng) was delicious . It was like a quiche with the consistency of meatloaf. There was a hot sauce that accented the meal perfectly. All around the dish was astounding and astonishingly good. The Vermicelli bowl with ribeye was really good. The ribeye was cooked to perfection and the nước mắm was really good. I couldn’t believe the portion size. I’m not usually paying attention to portion size but the sheer amount of meat in this bowl was impossible to ignore. It definitely put some other restaurants to shame.

The Bạc Xỉu was very good. This was my first time trying it. I usually get cà phê sữa đá or cà phê muối, so this was a nice change of pace. It had a smooth, delicate flavor and almost reminded me of chocolate milk with more of a coffee flavor but lacking the strong bitter coffee taste of cà phê sữa đá. I enjoyed it.

The menu here was quite large with an impressive variety. I cannot wait to come back and try some of the other dishes and drinks. Please show Pho Barr some love. Your appetite...

UPDATE 2: Back to be 5 stars

Consistency of service has greatly improved! The food is delicious as always! We usually get a bahn mi and pho. Sometimes the spring rolls or french fries with fried egg. The owner personally reached out to us to apologize. We no longer live in the area but this place is on our short list of our favorite restaurants to go to if we are ever in the area. Thank you. P.S. Please consider a future location in Humble/Atascocita/Kingwood area

UPDATE: Used to be 5 stars This is a good restaurant, food is great and service was always quick as well as consistent even when the restaurant was full. However, that was not the case today. The consistency my husband and I have come to expect was not there. We also wanted to show off this restaurant to 4 of our friends. Sad to say they will not be coming back. The restaurant had not hit capacity and these are the issues. Minor: not enough napkins for 6 people. Took a long time for them to take our order after giving us our water. Had to request water refills a few times. Major: Tea and other drinks did not come out until we all were finished eating... We typically recieved our drinks before the food.

Overall we felt ignored. While my husband and I will come back (the saving grace for me and my husband was that the quality of the food didn't change), there was definitely a missed opportunity to increase the number of reoccurring customers. Additionally, now we don't feel comfortable inviting any other friends to come eat with us at...

I went here after Pho Barr had been open for 3 days. Saw their grand opening on Facebook but was out of town that day. For being open for just 3 days, they seem to have everything down.

Menu: The menu is very simple. It is not like your traditional pho restaurant where they throw at you different combinations of meat you can choose from. It makes it very easy for anyone new to the Vietnamese cuisine. They also omit the Vietnamese names of the dishes, which I can understand why, but I still prefer if the authentic name was there.

Ambiance: At first we were the only ones there and the music is on the louder side. Very clean and modern decor.

Food: We ordered the dumplings, beef pho, banh mi, and eggrolls. Very good beef pho. Broth was very flavorful and the meats great quality. I highly suggest the eggrolls. The skin is so unique, crunchy, and flakey. The inside is pork and shrimp and was very flavorful. The dumplings were good, but nothing super special in my opinion. The banh mi had good flavor, but the bread could use some improvement, but that's just preference.

Service: The lady who helped us was very nice and attentive. Refilled our waters without us asking. Food...