Good pho and fried spring rolls for a 24 hour restaurant. It is
budget friendly as well.
Anyone know what kind of fish sauce they use? Its great. Ive tired looking over the net for it however cannot find it anywhere. I've tried making some however does not taste anything like the restaurants.
Maybe it's because this was usually a late night stop for my boyfriend and I on the way home from nights downtown drinking, but I always loved the food here! We no longer live in the area but still make the commute once in a while, even if only for the spring rolls. No, it's not fine dining and yes, sometimes noodles get overcooked (they are ALWAYS packed, ever made rice noodles at home? They overcook in seconds) Anyways, love this place. I've been in out of town since July and this will be my first dining stop!
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#4 and #84, FTW!. I almost wrote this review, if you can call this a review. To me, they are more of the a real long ass tweet. -- on the different Gold Train Vietnamese restaurant page? I had to make sure this is the spot I have frequent to looking through the pictures that other Yelp users uploaded. This means that all these times I was coming here, I didn't know the name of the restaurant. I just know it as "That Pho place on Kingsway. The one opens pretty late." Haha. It works for me, but when I tried to find this restaurant name, I kind of felt my ignorance.
I have only once came here during the day. About two years ago, after I slept over at my friend's place that was close to this restaurant. I hardly eat Pho for lunch but at that day the combination of hungover-ness and knowledge that I could go have a bowl of Pho within 5 min. brought me here rather quickly, I think. The point is that the restaurant's interior never bothered me none which some of my friends think is real tacky. But in my opinion, who cares? As long as they serve great Pho and Banh mi? Well, I don't.
The cleanness-wise, yeah... sometimes this pace can feel a bit toward ... yucky as a friend of min with bloody OCD puts it, but I don't it comes from ... how the restaurant's owner operates. This is a very, very busy restaurant at night (I cannot testify for daytime to that, sorry.). When it's way too busy for the staff, tabletop cleanness can be out of hand. It shouldn't. But it happens. Yes, this restaurant needs to try harder to improve on the cleanness department.
The food-wise, Pho (especially #4 large with extra Thai basil) and #84 (Sorry I cannot remember the name although I have had that dish more that 100 times.) are so good! The soup is real good and that is why I come here instead of going to the other one on Kingsway. #84 is the noodle dish that you consume Spring Rolls, stir-fried prawns & Vietnamese Ham, and lots of vegetables (mainly thinly sliced cucumber) on top of Vietnamese Rice vermicelli. I normally go easy with the fish sauce they serve this one with. They are so good! Hahaa. They are great midnight snacks and great cure for hung-over. Although time-to-time the neighbourhood feels flimsy but as long as this guys in the business, I won't stop coming here.
It's authentic - reminds me of Vietnam. Yes, the service is inconsistent and they sometimes mix up the order, but the food just takes me home. I can understand all the negative reviews; it's probably not for the light hearted or those new to Vietnamese food, but you can't say it isn't an authentic Vietnamese experience. I love the durian shakes there. This restaurant is much like the durian, you'll either love it or think it stinks.
Fairy good food, my only complain is with their meat portions in their pho, pretty inconsistant. Food always comes out fast tho, or least never a long wait. Honestly half the reason why I come here is for the entertainment, once you've been here (later in the evening or early in the morning) you will understand; makes great stories.
I really like this place and am surprised at all the bad reviews.... The food is awesome and in my opinion they have the best beef subs. Yes the service is poor. Come on guys this isn't a fancy French food destination. This is a quick stop 24 h viet place. And it gets busy and the one or two servers get overwhelmed. I noticed one reviewer said he was yelled at. Asian ppl are loud and I doubt the yell was personal. Get over it. So to sum up.... Food is good, prices aren't bad and service isn't good. So what? I go for the food. If I want someone to treat me like a fragile plush toy I will go to a massage parlour and ask for the compliment special.
I don't care what anyone has to say about This place. Love the food love the staff! Delicious and fresh!!!!! Great variety super authentic. The mom is gangster and they all work super hard and deserve their busy busy well known restaurant! I will be back!
gigi brought me to gold train express and i had no expectations or whatsoever. the place has limited seats and the path from the entrance to the inner seating area is too narrow. gigi and i sat near the entrance and it was not hard to notice the number of
While I'm no princess, I am a bit sketched out by some of the restaurants that some of my fellow bloggers brave going to… But when Chris says that the crazy looking Pho place with all the neon is actually good, well, I have got to try it! Open 24 hours n
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