My favorite pho place in Calgary. I always get the beef stew and the beef is always perfectly cooked and tender. Definitely recommend giving this place a try!
This is probably my most recent favourite Vietnamese restaurant but unfortunately, is quite a task for me to get to.
They’re located on the main floor of an old apartment building. During non-peak hours you can readily find parking out front. The restaurant isn’t very big but the handful of times I’ve been here, there’s always a lot of tables left unclean. I think I’ve only ever noticed one server though.
The food is excellent. I especially love their egg pancake. So crisp and yummy! The bun bo hue is pretty good as well. Not overly spicy. The ox tail soup is extremely flavourful. Tastes like they’ve spent at least a day stewing it!
This is my favorite restaurant for pho and I have gone to many. The quality is consistent and the flavour of the broth is amazing! I always get the #19 and I go at least once a week!
I love that they are open at 10am because I love having pho for breakfast. I like that they have fish sauce right on the table (just straight fish sauce, not the one mixed with sugar water and lime served with spring rolls and vermicelli bowls). This place is becoming one of my top Viet places.
Atmosphere/service: small dining area, but not dirty
looking like some Viet places.
Price: A couple dollars more expensive than some other places, but it might be on par with other pho in the neighborhood. ($12.50-$14.00 pho in 2017)
Review of two dishes:
Beef ball pho with sate:
Good! Good sate oil, LOTS of beef balls. About double the amount of beef balls I get with the same dish at my favourite pho place, Pho Huong Viet, but it is a few dollars more so I guess it's the same thing. Pho comes out quickly.
#10 (Pho with assorted meat):
light aromatic broth that I enjoyed very much. Noodles came out perfectly al dente.
Good brisket good flank! Good soup! Fresh bean sprouts and basil, freshly made spring rolls were quite tasty. Clean restaurant! Service is ok, too. In my top 3 list now for choice of pho hehehe.
Hungry Hungry Hippos
+4.5
Very good! The restaurant is very nice inside and the service was very good. The soup was very good! Very fresh and delicious. The soup was huge and was also very well priced. Highly recommend this place.
One of the better Phos in macloud trail. Possibly top 10 in Calgary. Broth is different through out the day. Make sure you catch the better end of the pot. 11am tastes pretty good but I do taste some msg.
Excellent food here. One of the only places that serves egg pancake as well (classic Vietnamese breakfast food) fluffy, savoury, spongy Mmm. Not to be confused with seafood pancake (ban xiao). Just about everything is good here and I enjoy that they carry traditional stews as well.
Really awesome Pho on Macleod trail. I like that they give you jalapeños in addition to the regular bean sprouts/basil. Service was good. Lots of meat in the Pho dac biet which was great! The bun bo hue was just ok. I'd recommend sticking to the Pho
This is one of the best restaurants for pho that I have found in Calgary to date. I've tried eight so far. A nice looking place, efficient staff (if not particularly friendly), the pho was good. I had the rare beef and tendon. I'll keep looking for other good prospects, but I look forward to going back to this one.
This is a nice little place, cozy and casual. I've been here a few times and I really like it.
The food comes out pretty fast and the service is alright. I really enjoyed the Iced Coffee, although very strong it's soooo good. I've had the beef ball noodle soup and the beef sate soup. Not that much different but I must say I liked the beef ball soup more. They have good bubble tea too. All in all good food and I will definitely be back!
Good soup! I order the pho, my wife orders Bun. Both are very good. If they could charbroil the meat, as Bun Boys does, it would be outstanding!
Only criticism is the staff. One waitress was talking on her phone for a period of time and I could hear every detail of her weekend. It wasn't appropriate.
I will return.
Consistent. Delicious. Quick service. Lunch time can be busy. Their sate soups are quite different than other places - and delicious, more hot than peanuty.
Update: increase in prices as of April 2018 is not sitting well with me. Nothing has changed in terms of food or quantity.
Being a Vietnamese male, I grew up with eating Pho all my life. My mom always makes home-made pho, so for years I always thought her was the best until I tried Pho at Pho Chu The. Literally the best Pho I've had, including my mom's. Broth was nice and tasty, they give you a nice sized plate of bean sprouts and basil. The best part has to be the meat. I absolutely love the meat they provide in the bowl of Pho. My mom also boasted about this restaurant, and usually if she says a place is good (especially if it's Vietnamese), then its good. Another great plate is the Bot Chien. Again, my mom says this is the best place to get Bot Chien, so trust her and order it the next time you go here. Great place, love it!
This is my other favourite Vietnamese restaurant! I come here often because it's closer to my house. I really like the flavourful broth. I always order the Vietnamese pancake. There is something about the combination of the crispy pancake, pan fried egg, pickled vegetables and dipping sauce that is so good. I would recommend the grilled squid as well.
Possibly the Best Pho in Calgary... Drive from far NW to this place just for their soup. Yummy... Highly recommend this place to everyone looking for good Pho!
The only Vietnamses Restaurant I ever go to!!!. The food is amazing!!!!! The broth is mouth watering!!!! Have been going there with my bf every week for the past three years and I do not see us ever stopping!!!!
Really enjoyed my WonTon soup. Very fresh ingredients, delicious hot broth and a very pleasant family run restaurant.
Why I Would Like to Live at Pho Chu The. This is the best place in the city for Vietnamese. After scouring Calgary for that special Vietnamese place after my old favorite got turned into a Golden Bell (Most sad), I finally found Pho Chu The. The food is hands down the best, the satay soup or the satay beef are probably the best but its all pretty much awesome.
So fresh and delish! And cheap too compared to some places. The people are super friendly, which makes sense since we see them 3-4 times a week.
I wish I could live here and repeatedly down bowls of soup and noods. That's the life for me.
Authentic Vietnamese food. Everything of the menu is a delight to try. Best pho for miles around.
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Decent Vietnamese, service somewhat unpolished. We decided to try this place with my mom, as she used to work in the general vicinity.
I've been into the same place (before it was a Vietnamese eatery; Big Muffin years ago) and the interior has not changed much at all. The tables and chairs may have been new at one point, but the layout and the swinging door into the kitchen remains the same.
When we all got there, it was very much quiet; shortly thereafter the placed started to fill out quickly - not to the point where it was super crazy busy but bustling.
Once busy, it was a little bit of a challenge to flag down the waitress so we could place our order.
We decided to try the grilled squid (appy), and I ordered #42 - charbroiled pork chop, shredded pork, and pork egg custard on rice. The waitress informed us that the squid does take a while, and asked if we wanted to wait for the squid first or bring out the mains and then bring out the squid when it was ready. We chose the latter.
Since it was busy, food service was longer than usual. Once all the food came, there was a mixup between my mom's order and my companion's. They had gotten the pho orders mixed up, and when brought to their attention the waitress insisted that she was right. Upon checking the order, it was proven she had made a mistake (fine, we're all human) and offered to correct the order, however no apologies were given.
Side note : she could have double checked the order first before insisting she was right, and an apology would have gone a long way. However, she did offer to replace the meals as ordered.
The pho seemed plentiful enough, but my rice dish was more on the skimpy side - consisted of a bowl of rice, a small dollop of shredded pork, and mini wedgie of the pork custard pie, but the pork chop was decently sized.
As for flavour/taste, I thoroughly enjoyed the entire meal. The pork chop could have used more of a smoky grilled flavour but the marinade was top notch. The pie was good, as the shredded pork. I had a taste of my companion's pho soup and it was good, nice sweetish flavour yet balanced by a nice salty seasoning. The slice of beef I tried was tender and intense beef flavour.
The squid was amazing. It was very tender (sans the tentacles) and moist. I really enjoyed the subtle smoky grill flavour infused into the flesh of the squid.
Overall, the food is a big 2 thumbs up (despite my dish being rather lukewarm). However, I felt the service could have used more polish.
So good. I ordered number 19. I ate every bit of it, again.
Never been to Vietnam, but I love this food.
Love this restaurant!! Especially the chicken and beef noodles, and the pancake too!
The welcome wasn't friendly but the server was nice. I had a noodle bowl with charbroiled pork and spring roll. The pork was very flavourful truly and properly charbroiled. The rest of the dish was fresh and tasty. I also ordered a wor wonton soup and that was a little disappointing compared to others I've had; little veggies and mostly broth. The ingredients seemed fresh however and the broth was tasty. I'd come back.
Authentic Pho. I ate alot of pho, from Wpg to Vancity. And I gotta say Pho Chu The's pho is way up there with the best. It has the authentic smell and taste you look for in your vietnamese beef noodle soup. I only started eating here since a few months ago, and I've never gone anywhere else since. Highly recommended if you're a pho-eater.
Pho so fresh should be the name. So delicious.
One of the better pho joints around. Great tasting beef pho. Good portion size, fast service. vermicelli dishes are up there too compared to most.
Love this restaurant! One of my favourites in Calgary.. Excellent service and tasty food. I always get "38b" and it is awesome. The restaurant is owned by a family and they work very hard to please their guests. My hubby and I have tried other Vietnamese restaurants in the Calgary and we think that Pho Chu the is the best.
The restaurant is very clean as well. Their soups are awesome as well. We've talked to the owner and she makes her own soup stocks from scatch and this is why the flavour is amazing.
Give it a try! You won't be disappointed.
Likes it. I have had both Beef noodle and Chicken noodle here, The beef noodle is just average, but the Chicken one is delicious, probably the best in town! Firstly b/c it tastes pretty close to the real Chicken noodle I had in Vietnam and in California, secondly since beef noodle is more popular, there is not that many Pho restaurants in Calgary that actually serve chicken noodle or actually put an effort into making the broth for chicken noodle like this place. I usually order beef noodle but always go for chicken noddle when I'm here. Highly recommended!
First time here and it's a positive review from me! The service is awesome! Food is good, I'm having pho and it's doing the job, they even cut the pepper for you. The meat might be the freshest I have had from a restaurant serving pho.
Great Vietnamese Restaurant awesome Beef sate soup very friendly and fast service
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We were meeting up with some friends of ours where they introduced us to Pho Chu The for really good Vietnamese food at a great rate. The location is on the west side of Macleod Trail and it could be tough to get to if you’re not sure where you’re going. I ordered the standard Rare Beef Noodle Soup as it was a day I ate dinner before having more dinner. For some reason I thought it was a lighter meal! I did finish the bowl regardless of what I ate – so clearly it was really tasty! The plate of condiments that came with our noodles were presented really nicely. The beansprouts were fresh and plump (and not brown) while the chilies were cut up for us! It was nice seeing it so pretty! My husband ordered pretty much the same thing but their spicy version! They looked like they enjoyed it thoroughly and it smelled amazing! Fragrant and flavourful – that’s what you want in a spicy dish… not just pure spice! I did try a spoonful of the soup and it was pretty amazing! You don’t need to add anything else to make it better! Overall, it was a nice place to visit! The place was really clean, the prices are average, the service is a bit slow, but they’re friendly. There was a parking lot in front of the restaurant, but if I recall, there wasn’t that many spots. We actually walked over so I don’t remember. Pho Chu The 4633 Macleod Trail SW Calgary, AB (403) 457-3455
I've tried many styles of Vietnamese foods and this place hits the right spot.
The flavours are all there and the price is very affordable.
One thing to mention is that upon waking towards the front door, you can smell the amazing fragrance of their grilled meats.
New Vietnamese restaurant in Mahogany. Tried it today. Small setting, very clean, and environmental friendly. Would definitely go back again! The beef steak with rice and egg.. sooooo good! And so cheap too! Friendly staff.
Taro Bubble tea was too sweet but it’s all good, it’s not a bubble tea place so can’t be picky.
Chicken wings were so yummy but they’re small and only comes in 6 pieces, not sure it’s worth the price.
I love it tho! Can’t wait to go back
The Bun Bo Hue here is great, and so is the Vietnamese egg pancake! Highly recommend trying them out.
Good food and service. Many places food go up the prices and quality wasn’t good but here better food and prices wasn’t expensive. Will be back
Finally found our Vietnamese restaurant for Calgary. We visit our kids regularly and love the variety of ethnic restaurant available but never quite found our "go to" restaurant for Vietnamese food until now. We all had bun dishes and simply put were perfect for us. Add the friendly service and ambiance that made for a great dining experience. We loved it and recommend giving it a try as we're pretty sure you will to.
I love this place
Clear and flavourful broth
Good quality meat
Noodles to broth ratio is perfect
Opens at 10am
So this is a two fold review. My mother and her friend went for lunch today. It was mother's first experience having Vietnamese and she was so impressed with the restaurant the cleanliness and service was top notch! The food was fabulous as well.
But to end this already great experience for them was that some kind young gentlemen paid for their lunches!
Who ever you gentlemen are you get an "Atta boy!"
The best phó place in Calgary hands down. And it’s not only soups that are fantastic, the produce they use is always fresh and it shows! The server Mai is also so lovely. She has great attention to detail and is always such a ray of sunshine 😊
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