Phở Lien | Noodle House

1460 Oakland Rd, San Jose
(408) 441-1881

Recent Reviews

Michael H.

Decent small pho place. I would go here again to get pho tai large. They vegetables they use for the plate is fresh.

Asus User

Very good beef phoParking: Right at front door.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: DAC Biet Sandwich, Pho Tai, Cha Bong GA Sandwich, Ba Chi Sandwich

Jorge Veluya

Bought some to go items and they were really good ?.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Peter Bui

Excellent Pho. Will come back soon!

Kenny H.

This place is a joke. I suspect they have fake reviews on Yelp and Google Maps. Read the supposed 5 star reviews and see for yourself. We went here thinking it was a good hole in the wall place due to the reviews. Nobody else was in the restaurant, and all I could smell was bleach. We stuck it out as we were starving and ordered two pho bowls (1 Tai, 1 Combo) and a rice plate. Rice plate was a joke and was something I could have made at home by myself. They stuck 4 shrimp on it which were flavorless. The vegetables were from one of those Safeway bags of peas and carrots. There was some Chinese sausage in it too but it was just chopped up. The pho tai had maybe 4 slivers of steak. Broth was bland and tasted like water. Combination pho had one piece of meat for each type that was advertised. So one piece of steak, one piece of tripe, one piece of tendon, and a literal half beef ball. Also bland and tasted like water. We picked up a pizza on the way back home and scarfed it down because we were still starving and didn't want to pay another dollar to this place. Never, ever coming back here. It just goes to show how easy it is for people to fake reviews.

Roberto U.

amazing service. loved the vegetarian options. SPRING ROLLS WERE WARM AND FRESH. SUPER nice spot to come and have a nice dinner with ミ**

Chuan Chen

Portion small, flavor is okay, no fresh noodles

Kinmun mrbrown Lee

Lovely Pho! Rich soup and generous portions.

Hendrick L.

This review is just for their bahn mi via delivery. I want to make it clear I have not tried their pho or other rice / noodle dishes. Overall, the bahn mi was not good, probably one of the worst I've had given the ratio of the meat and vegetables to the baguette. Ironically, the extra star is because the baquette was decent. However, there was almost no meat or vegetables in it. I'm not sure if this is because I got this as part of a corporate order, but there was very little meat and very few vegetables inside the roll. While I wasn't hungry afterward, the ratios and taste were completely off. I felt like I was mainly eating a baguette. For what it's worth, people who got pho said the flavor was good, but the amount of meat was really lacking. It seems this restaurant unfortunately seems to skimp out on the non-rice and non-noodle ingredients... I'd like to support a small restaurant, but given my experience and what I heard, I'll unfortunately go to other Vietnamese places first.

Joe N.

This place doesn't know how to cook pho. They add too many artificial ingredients. They don't have rare beef or tai. The broth taste like water.

Trinh T.

I wish they had 0/5 option. Ordered pho through Grubhub and yes it came with 95% pho noodles with a piece of meat ball and 5 small thin slides of meat. Best of luck to your business!

Noah W.

Honestly I was surprised with the pho! It's not the best pho I ever had, but it was decent enough, especially being down the street from my work. It was piping hot and the broth had flavor (beef pho). It's worth it if you need a hot bowl of soup if your in the area.

Nina L.

Food is slightly below mediocre. It's not so clean either. Other customer was not eating and was unmasked. The lady running the place was very nice tho, but I wouldn't return

Chun-yu Chen

We found someone’s nail inside the spring roll (we ordered through Grubhub today). Disgusting…

Kevin Nguyen

I was working at the Voters office when I spotted this unassuming place across the street and it totally surprised me! The food is authentic and reminds me of the food stands in Viet Nam. Portions are not too big that you’d pass out from a food coma, but still hits all the notes.

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