Pho Van
Portland, OR 97216-1405
Phone: (503) 788-5244
- Price:
- $
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 10am-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 10am-10pm
Editorial Review for Pho Van – by Franny French
In Short
This open restaurant features wood-trimmed windows, skylights and bright green ceiling tiles--as well as some of the tastiest noodle soup in the city at rock-bottom prices. Starters spring rolls and salad rolls paired with a traditional peanut sauce that's a bit redder than most. Other delights include rice-flour crepes stuffed with shrimp, pork, mung beans and onions; char-grilled pork loin with pork rind and egg-pork patty; and vermicelli with char-grilled skewers of shrimp.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoEach table is stocked with sauces, including hoisin (sweet brown sauce), sriracha (mildly hot chili sauce), sweet fish sauce and hot chili oil. Half the fun of eating a meal here is altering the flavor as you go.
User Reviews for Pho Van
01/25/2008 Posted by papayamaya
I just read the last review before me for this restaurant and I find it quite baffling. We can't possibly both be talking about Pho Van. I think this customer must be angry and dillusional. At any rate, I just wanted to say what a wonderful restaurant it is. Always good service, and fast. Also, the main courses are under $10 a piece. I feel like I am getting excellent food when I am there but am not paying an arm and a leg. The decor of the restaurant is also quite nice.
11/30/2007 Posted by lovepho
Extremely distasteful service each and everytime I'm there. Servers are rude with extremely poor customer service. Unfortunately, what keeps drawing me back once in a great while when I can tolerate the prices and service are the excellent rice plates. Caucasion's are preferred there no doubt. Next time you're there, look around you and you'll notice native pho eater's are scarce. Prices are way too high. However, I will admit food is delicious and like no other. BUT, you can get tastier pho for a cheaper price without discrimination many other places in Portland. I recommend Pho Vietnam or Pho Hung. It's better to order to go should you need that rice plate from Pho Van.
Pros: Vietnamese rice plates
Cons: Service is slow and poor
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