PHO•NOM1NAL

Annie Bird a month ago

I had high hopes when I walked in and saw Viet faces and heard Viet accents. However, the taste ended up unfortunately, being the same as Chinese run pho restaurants - very bland, flat and unsatisfying. Lesser known secret is the best authentic pho broths will probably have a deep brown color that indicates use of charred aromatics in the making of the broth, whereas the worst kinds of “broth” have a light beige color, I suspect because they just use water and instant pho powder to imitate the taste of pho broth as a cheap time saving shortcut. This gives the soup a very artificial flat taste. We ordered the pho dac biet which is supposed to have tendon, tripe, and rare steak, but all we received were a mountain of well-done brisket and a couple pieces of chopped meatballs. I could not bring myself to finish the bowl when I normally have no problem if it’s good pho. The fried chicken app was also very tough, tasted like leftovers remicrowaved too long. The summer rolls were just ok, very mid. Lastly, the Thai iced tea just tasted bad. Very disappointed in everything we got here, but since Lehigh valley has a small viet population, I think that’s why they get away with taking lazy s

Brian Columbus 2 months ago

Very small family ran business. Owners child was running around and screaming the whole time. Almost ran into an elderly woman who had mobility issues. Was screaming she needed to pee. The food was solid but if you’re looking for a peaceful meal, this isn’t it.

Anthony Freiberg 2 months ago

Couldn’t give higher stars for service. Food was easily 5 as well. Pho was amazing, got the brisket. Worth it. Also got the pork over rice which is the picture. The meat serving was fairly large, and carried a lot of flavor. Also ordered the carpaccio for appetizers as it was a traditional dish as explained by Dante. Excellent recommendation. If weren’t passing through it would be a staple spot.

Maria Lopez 7 months ago

Had a wonderful experience! Their broth is really tasty! They do great servings of meat and overall food! Great service they serve very quickly as well ! But you also don’t feel rushed! We also got spring rolls and they were really good. Definitely a must try. Go check them out.

Iris Ramos 10 months ago

This little spot blew me away. I’m a soup girl and so is my oldest son. Went looking for soup for him because he was sick. He wanted pho. I googled and found phonom1nal. Cute little restaurant, spotlessly clean . Young man taking orders was super nice and another was serving tables and cleaning other ones. Everything I bought was phenom1nal! Rice rice was delicious, summer rolls, spring rolls , chicken wings. The star was the pho. Bought two deluxe beef with beef, brisket and meatball. So delicious! My son loved it too. Absolutely going back soon. If you like pho you have to go try them out. Oh and the prices were great!