Since opening Merivale Noodle House has quickly risen to my top ranked Pho in Ottawa.
The broth is excellent, perfectly balanced and most importantly it is consistent. I always order tendon, tripe and beef ball. Generous amounts of all ingredients, the tendon (if that's your thing) is easily the best ive ever had.
Service at first was pretty lacking but as I became it's vastly improved.
My new favourite pho restaurant in Ottawa! The broth is the most authentic and rich...and not watered down like many other places. Several other traditional Vietnamese dishes on the menu (according to my Vietnamese friends). Service ranges from good to excellent but never any problems. They always care about you being happy with your meal.
Pricey but you get what you pay for. I find you get more beef with the Pho as well as better cuts. Also the broth has great flavour and the vegetables are always very fresh. I have eaten in as well as had take-out and have had nothing but great service and great food. My goto place for Viet now.
My favorite pho place because of the very fresh ingredients and attentive service. They do not have small bowls (medium or large), so bring an appetite!
The prices are fair and comparable to other Vietnamese restaurants in the area. I'd go here for convenience, but not because I'd actually go here if I craved pho or other Vietnamese staples. The pho was okay - it wasn't the best - I did not get a lot of the typical aromatics in the broth. We also had the hu tieu sate which was okay as well, again, there are better places imho for this soup. Next time we will try the bun bo hue and see how that is here.
The decor and service was probably the nicest thing about this place, if I had to take everything into consideration.
Great food and great service. Tried the BBQ beef with rice noodles pho. Very fresh. More meat in the soup than in other pho places. Will surely go back.
Their service is great! Very friendly people and very informing if you need help with the menu. They have great different types of soups and other menu items as well that come in both regular and large options. However they are very filling! My gosh this is one of my favourite restaurants ever! To the point were ive got twice in the span of 3 days! Love this place!!
Overpriced but very good! I have tried a dish from every section and they've all been great. Tastes alot like homemade viet food my mom makes, so that's a plus. The fact that they take cash only makes me hesitant to make it a regular spot, though.
Food was great and was treated with great hospitality at the door. Yet, the service was slow and they missed preparing one of our dishes - making them wait 15mins after the rest of us to get our meal. They were "very sorry," but didn't offer a discount or anything. After waiting 15mins for the bill, we to go to the counter to pay and request to-go boxes. Service overall was very poor, but food excellent.
The food was ok, but the enviroment was nice. The servers feel a bit awkward around custumers. For some reason they didn't bother to change the menu from the previous restaurent, instead they just put a thickcover over it.
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