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3.0 of 5 stars.
I stopped by Pho New Saigon today for lunch. The restaurant was part of a strip mall, and was average in size. When we walked in the place was packed, and all the dishes looked really good. My...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like the pho here. My boyfriend and I come here when we're craving some Vietnamese food in the San Mateo/Foster City area. Good food at decent prices. The broth in the pho is flavorful. The...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Average if anything. I have yet to find a Pho place that really stands out.They have fast service which is a good thing I suppose. Probably a whole barrel of Pho ready to be served upon order but it's...
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Went to this place for lunch on a weekend day. Split an order of shrimp spring rolls for an appetizer, which come with a super-yummy peanut sauce. I ordered the lemongrass chicken w/rice special....
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Just had the chicken noodle soup and the pork/chicken/egg rolls/ rice plate. It was tasty and hit the spot. My 3 year was digging the soup!A little stingy on the rice though. What kind of rice is...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty solid pho - not sure about the rest of the menu. If I'm in Foster City I wouldn't drive anywhere else for pho. One difference that I noticed from other pho places are the fried spring rolls -...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
OK place to get your Pho.All the rest of the dishes are pretty unedible. Grilled pork is dry and unchewable, served over cold vermicheli (and I mean COLD, feels like yesterdays leftovers). Young...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
your standard pho and bun (cold vermicelli with grilled meats) place. soups don't make you feel over-dehydrated afterwards. vermicelli usually comes with a generous serving of grilled meat on top....
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My lunch typically consists of some healthful, low calorie concoction, and by the end of the week I'm ready to strangle anything that has the words "lean" or "cuisine" or "salad" in it. Though I was...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's pretty standard Vietnamese food in this area.I do like their tendon and tripe (in pho) better than Pho Little Saigon's (the one near Marina at Norfolk).
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was so happy when I found out a pho restaurant was coming to this shopping center. I probably eat pho here at least once a week. I'm addicted to msg, but it tastes sooo good!Service is fast, as...
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place has great pho, at a great price and really fast service. We've gone quite a few times and they've always been pretty nice and run a clean restaurant. Currently, they have a special dish,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I've definitely had way better pho than here. The noodles and soup are nothing special, and their imperial rolls are at the best mediocre. Service here doesn't help their ratings. The waiters even...
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
It's your standard pho place, food wise. Nothing outstanding. Service is terrible. I asked one of the waiters if he could take an empty plate away because there was no room for the other food, and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you know what you want and don't mind a waiter with an attitude who can barely speak English, this place is very good. You should order by menu number, and remember what you ordered. All their...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Came by for some Chicken Pho as I wasn't feeling super well the other day.Pho Ga - 3.5 stars- Noodles were cooked okay.- White meat chicken strips portion was okay- Small bowl of noodles was rather...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I don't know why. The first time I had noodles here I was unimpressed by the flavor of the kind of noodles served at Vietnamese places. But now I am addicted, nay hooked. I CRAVE them. I love the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
WTF, why haven't I found this place before?! BEST VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT in San Mateo / Foster City area, hands down. Just like how they make it in most places in the city (although not as good)....
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We didn't know where to go for dinner, we stopped by wanting some pho. i ordered #40, beef with vermicilli and thai tea with pearls, my husband got #31 and a drink. I really liked my dish, it was...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
service is not ho hum. it is quite rude. like "I really don't want to be here" RUDE. but the pho tai (sliced beef) was functional. let me explain.1- super hot soup (must be extra hot)2- plenty of...
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Every once in a while when I'm sick, I crave pho and this place it great for that. More often than not however I crave that rice platter with the pork chop which is delicious. I've tried a couple of...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I know my pho and this place is solid. The food is delicious. I always get tai nam pho but my wife gets bun with egg rolls. We are always satisfied. Our daughter gets the seafood rice noodle dish and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I love Pho! This is a very good to go place to get Pho. I always get the small #1 with extra meat balls. My boyfriend usually get the grilled beef & shrimp vermicelli. Very tasty but I question the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yes, this place does get busy during lunch hour, but for good reason! Hands down the best spot to grab some pho after that rough morning when you come into the office still smelling like last night's...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty embarrassing for us... We had some Vietnamese guests visiting from overseas for business. They ate here and said they should have went through the McDonald's drive-thru. Pho at this joint is...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Very busy during the lunch hour - but we didn't have a wait and all levels of service were super fast. I got the rare steak pho and my friend got some noodle dish. He changed everything around ......
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best Pho in the area by far. The broth is so flavorful it will blow your mind. A bit cleaner then your average Pho spot and they accept debit/credit cards. The egg rolls are delicious too.
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm giving this place four stars for the food - I always get a rice plate with some kind of grilled meat (beef, chicken, etc.) which I always love. My coworkers always come here for the soup, but I...
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Granted there are not many Vietnamese restaurants in the San Mateo/Foster City area, this is the best one. The staff is very friendly and they always make our spring rolls to our liking (without...
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
after being disillusioned by pho little saigon and saigon city (even though we've been going to those places for last 8 years), we decided to try some new places.this place is clean which is typical...
yelp.com - user review - 02/02/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Clean place. Pho is good. Service is sub par. The manager treats you well. But the old lady is kinda mean. She gave me a dirty look when I asked if we could split a check between 3 people!!
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
If you wanted Pho and there was no other Pho place in sight I guess you would go here.The service is not-so-good, they don't really listen to your order, especially over the phone. They have gotten my...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Not bad, not great. It's really only a 2.5 stars rating, but I guess I can bump it up to a 3. I used to come every Friday with my coworkers (can you say, FO PHRIDAY!!!), but the service has gone WAY...
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I ordered the Vegetable Noodle Soup to go. It really wasn't very flavorful, but I have lower flavor expectations for a vegetable broth than a meat based one. The deal breaker was that they forgot the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Delicious pho ga (chicken pho) and regular pho. The spring rolls are also excellent, as are the fruit smoothies. My husband loves the strawberry pineapple with tapioca pearls. The restaurant is very...
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Pho New Saigon is the best Pho joint I've found in the Foster City area. They offer a nice, clean environment and better than average pho and bun bo hue. It's also pretty inexpensive if you stick...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I live right up the street from this place and it is a great little Pho restaurant. It has everything you would expect. Beef Pho of all kinds and several vermicelli and rice dishes with shrimp,...
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Blah. I've definitely experienced better (in lesser cities, no less). Both Liz and my noodle soups were soggy sticky. Mine was flavorless while hers has a lot of questionable meats. Not appetizing....
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So fresh and so clean, clean! OutKast would be proud.For a pho place, this place is super clean, which is not necessarily the feeling I've gotten from other pho places.I usually get the chicken pho...
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Ok, if I could, I'd give this place zero stars for service alone!I was having lunch with a coworker, and they came out with the wrong order (it's his regular dish). He told them to take it back, our...
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Good on a cold day. Clean, clear menus, water comes to the table fast but...i ordered a small number 1 and shared spring rolls. spring rolls are great. you can tell they were made ahead of time...
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I was craving Pho for dinner and decided to check out the reviews from the locals.I tried this place based on some recommendations from the yelp reviews. Since it was close by, I didn't mind trying it...
yelp.com - user review - 10/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The place is clean. While its more convenient to visit the Pho Little Saigon in the Marina Plaza, I wouldn't mind coming out this way to visit the market. The service was fast and attentive which...
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
now, im a very picky pho eater. to have good pho you need to pass a strict criteria of two main prerequisites: good broth and good noodle texture. the rest are extras. now i remember i came here about...
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
very cleangood servicetypical viet fooddelicious drinksaverage prices
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is another decent Pho place in Foster City.Personally I like the Pho (or the broth) at Pho Little Saigon in the Marina mall over this place.
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
AWESOME number 45, i love it!!!!
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
#53. delicious. never a wait, food comes out quick and nice service.
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Our favorite fall-back place when we can't decide on what to eat. The kids like #46 (grilled pork with rice) and I have craving the steak pho. Good Vietnamese spring rolls too. The entire family can...
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I usually have the Beef Stew w/ Egg Noodles but they had NO BEEF STEW today! WHAT?! Ugh, I was so disappointed. I ended up with a small Wonton Soup with Egg Noodles. The wontons weren't anything...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My son had been here and told me about the place. Came here around 5:45pm Saturday and the place was empty. However, more people came in as we were eating. Wife comes here 4 lunch and tells me it's...
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Looking for delicious Vietnamese food? Well this is definitely the place to go, my favorite is the fried spring rolls. But anyway the best Vietnamese restaurantI have ever been to, I do not know...
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Any day is a good day for pho', and today was no different. I went with a coworker to check it out. Easy to read menu, clean interior, with a poster-sized menu of favorites on the wall make it easy...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Really, 3.17 stars. Picky much?! I have reasons:1. chicken noodle soup (1 lonely star) uber disappointing, especially after eating the pho ga at Turtle Tower.2. vermicelli noodles with mint...
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This was my first time eating pho, and it was delicious! Im really only taking points off because I got the order to go, and the packaging was interesting (the bean sprouts and cilantro came in on of...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like this place a lot better than it's Norfolk street counterpart and was quite happy to discover it. The main reason being it seems they make a conscious effort to serve you your soup without half...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I was told this place is owned by the same owners of the one in the Marina Food court and in San Mateo. If so, then this place is better than the other two. It feels clean and spacious. Service was...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My friend Gaby loves food. When she gets a craving for something, she fucking CRAVES it, and won't stop fucking bothering you until she gets it. I'd know, because I've known her for the last *winces...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A solid 4 stars. It was a damn flavorful and delicious bowl by peninsula standards. I mean it came within seconds of my order being placed and it was filled to the brim with awesome broth, silky...
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Whoaa! who would've thought there would be a second Pho restaurant in Foster City? I went for the first time last week w/ the coworkers and was just astounded that this part of Foster City even...
yelp.com - user review - 02/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
After eating Pho Dong, Pho in the Marina, Pho in San Mateo I feel this one was the best. I believe its the same owner as the Marina one but on the day I went the Pho was really flavorful. The place is...
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'm with Helen F. on this one. When they say "small" they mean small! Not regular. SMALL. $5.40. All I could see in my small bowl of seafood was broth. The large bowls look more normal, but I...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Standard pho menu.Clean!Black chop sticks were kinda cool. Different. So are the rest of the furnishings, though... Not the typical ugly green table topped restaurant generic blah blah wobbly metal...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is a relatively new location in the Pho New Saigon family and the third one I have tried. They have the same menu as the other locations and as far as I could tell my Pho and Vietnamese Egg...
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Was on a shopping trip to Ranch 99 today, and hoping to get some duck wonton soup w/rice fun noodles from the Chinese restaurant next door, but arrived too early and they weren't open yet. Pho New...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yeah a better Vietnamese place in Foster City. Overall the place is clean, the food is good, service is quick. I would go back and do go back since it is close by. I compare this place with Saigon...
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'm minorly (okay, majorly) disappointed that their "small" is, in fact, actually small in size. WTF. Great if you're on carb watch. Not so much if you're craving for a gigantic "small" bowl of Pho...
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Everything was a straight "C"Nothing to cry or dance about.One thing that was interesting is that they are Vietnamese/Germans.One of the gals working there is from the fatherland and they were versing...
yelp.com - user review - 12/28/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Alright bowl of pho. Friendly people but the pho flavor was just decent. Nothing really stood out for me.
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
PNS (not PMS) is the latest tenant to occupy the space that used to be Tapioca Express, aka the pseudo Chinese/Taiwanese Starbucks of Tapioca Milk Tea (that title is now awarded to Quickly or...
yelp.com - user review - 12/11/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
A sister branch of Pho Little Saigon in the Marina Plaza. The owner definitely has a knack for business, picking these great locations of supermarket plaza in the Peninsula where vietnamese food...
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The only Viet spot in the great city of FC. It's actually not that bad. The place is clean which already gives it an edge over other places. I have had rice plates each time. Incredibly filling at a...
yelp.com - user review - 11/27/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Incredibly friendly and accurate service, really fresh ingredients, and good flavors. Comparable to good places in SF, which is hard to find down here. Don't be fooled by the unassuming outside....
yelp.com - user review - 11/11/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Daron D. has it right on the money where you're a$$-ed out if you need anything special done to your order. most of the wait staff simply do not understand english. i literally have to point to the...
yelp.com - user review - 11/07/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I had the pho bo (beef noodle soup) and fresh shrimp spring rolls with peanut sauce. Something about the beef did not taste good. Everything else was good. Unfortunately, they snuck in some beef...
yelp.com - user review - 11/01/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
UPDATE 11/27/07:So I've been back to this place twice since my good review. One day they ran out of basil... (WHAT? Pho without basil?) and the next time everything was luke warm... unacceptable....
yelp.com - user review - 10/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Nice place for lunch in Foster City. #2 is my choice.
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Godd quality ingredients. I now know what I've been missing. Low on the MSG scale. And they serve LIME, not lemon. That alones earns them 2 stars in my book.
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Thank god this place is good. I was extremely hesitant on trying it, just in case it sucked. Now I don't have to go all the way to Saigon City for some good pho.I get the pho tai every time, and...
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Surprisingly good pho and nice, new, and clean setting. Had normal expectations coming here having been to other Pho Saigons but my expectations were definitely exceeded. The large #11 pho had...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Average. Had the #2 pho noodle soup and the chicken wing, pork chop, egg roll combo. The soup base wasn't that flavorful. Not much meat. The pork chop was pretty good as was the egg roll. This...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I will never go back to this restaurant again. I used to frequent Pho Saigon quite often since it's near work and must say that the Pho and spring rolls are decent and the service is quite good....
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place popped up next to Ranch 99 about a month or so ago. I used to drive down to the Pho Little Saigon next to the Marina supermarket, but now I don't have to drive as far to nurse my weekend...
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Best thing for me since I cant be in San Jose all the time.Vietnamese ladies, middle-aged, very very polite and attentive. If you order a meat combo pho here, be prepared to pay around $7. usually...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This one is right next to Ranch 99 and a lot closer to us. It was decent food if you didn't feel like cooking and didn't want to spend too much time eating out. I like the spice seafood noodle.
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Wow...so FC finally gets their own pho joint and it wasn't half bad. Not the best pho I've ever eaten as the honor goes to a nameless hole-in-the-wall in Westminster. They somewhat skimp on the meat...
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This was the old Quickly's space & still has traces of its blue/orange boba decor. Otherwise, its brand spanking new so everything is still clean and crisp. I'm partial to 'bun' & they had a good...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Setting: This is a brand new restaurant. I believe it's only been 3 weeks old. Everything is clean. Nice looking TV/sound system. I'll just assume there's karaoke going on here at nights.Food:...
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
YES!!!!! I only have to drive a few blocks to get pho now. It's about time they opened up a vietnamese place in Foster City. Now all they need is a good ribs joint. The pho was just as good as any...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Vietnamese should make pho with cow tongue. That would pretty much rock. And by pretty much rock I mean it would be the greatest thing to hit my palate. It would eliminate all the damn...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2007
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