Pho Huong Lan

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A must-try when you're in town! Phở Hương Lan is absolutely fantastic! The food is delicious — flavorful broth, tender meat, and perfectly cooked noodles. What makes this place truly special is the incredible selection of accompanying herbs and spices that you simply won’t find anywhere else. Their unique condiments take the phở experience to a whole new level. The service is professional and attentive, making you feel well taken care of from the moment you walk in. The food presentation is clean, neat, and really impressive — you can tell they take pride in every bowl. On top of that, the restaurant has just been renovated and is now super spacious and comfortable. No more cramped seating — plenty of room to enjoy your meal. If you’re in the area, do yourself a favor and stop by Phở Hương Lan. You won’t regret it!

This restaurant offered a huge variety in the cuts of beef that you could choose for your pho, many of which you wouldn’t be able to find in a Canadian pho restaurant, or even in a Vietnamese pho restaurant! They had filet mignon, beef heel muscle and even beef d*ck!!! Their mint dish also had ngo om (rice paddy herb) in addition to ngo gai (culantro) and rau hue (Thai basil), whereas in Canada, AT MOST you’d just get the latter two. I got the filet mignon pho and the special combination pho in medium for 15.45 USD each. I thought the soup was decent but nothing mind-blowing, but I didn’t like the pho noodles, since they were made so thick that it felt like eating udon, and I did not like that. I believe there’s also the option for non-fresh pho… maybe that would taste more normal. Beef + beef balls in the pho were good tho! I also ordered a bowl of tendons on the side for ~5 USD. Tried the BBH here too. It’s honestly quite average and can be improved with more lemongrass, more spiciness, and more mam ruoc (basically the essentials of what makes BBH, BBH). It tastes decent but lacking. I didn’t like the blood cubes either. I believe they cooked it themselves from fresh blood, but didn’t do it well because the cubes had a bad smell / flavour to them. Prices are the same as the pho, at 15.45 USD for a medium bowl. It came with some mam ruoc sa on the side, which I thought was decent and can compensate for the lack in mam ruoc taste in the soup. The restaurant is in a plaza with the pre-1975 South Vietnam flag. Upon entering the restaurant, I was also taken aback by how broken down it was. The chairs were ripped, the banquette benches were broken in (I was sitting on a hole / dent that’s just covered). They taped a piece of swimming noodle foam onto the cashier counter…to stop the door from banging it. There’s inventory placed out in the open and trash was brought in and out of the dining area. I’m very surprised that a successful restaurant would be in this condition. They also gave out plastic water bottles instead of a glass and water pitcher, which I found to be strange, but very convenient. Chopsticks are also the takeout kind.

THE BEST pho I've ever had! My Vietnamese family has been going here for the past 5-6 years because it is so good! They bring out your food very quickly, the staff is very kind, and the place is clean. The pho broth is super flavorful and I love the thicker noodles they use. I dare say it tastes better than the pho I have tried in Vietnam! 10/10 recommend this place

Amazing food and amazing hospitality but I would be appreciative if they install some plug in fly catcher devices because when food is brought to the diners in the outdoor seating, small flies come in and pester me while eating. Other than that, I loved everything. Thank you to the waitress for suggesting some amazing tea to me as well

Ordered BBH and Pho Ga for my kiddos. Food came out fast and tasty, and all of the fixins were appropriate and also tasty. BBH noodles had great chew to them. Highly recommended!