Great pho - rich broth, but not too oily. Amazing portions, I always take some pho home. Serving time is really fast. The place is nice and cozy.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Isabella Hamilton
Delicious pho broth!! Peanut free facility too
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cherie Guccione
Delicious food, great service. Could use a cleaning.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Leah Rosenzweig
cozy atmosphere, fast service, delicious and flavorful food (we got the summer rolls and vegetable pho). perfect to warm you up on a cold night!
Qiaochu Lin
Won't disappoint
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Matthew Ho
Sao mai is probably my favourite Vietnamese restaurant in NYC. The place is very cosy and no-frills, the food is always so inviting and delicious, and price point is so good (especially in the city nowadays haha).
My favourite dish here is the bun bo hue. The broth is sooo fragrant -- just the perfect mix of spicy and sour (the lemongrass and shrimp paste flavours both taste so vivid without being too dominant). The noodles are cooked to a nice texture (and come in a large portion size), and the beef slices are so tender and flavourful. So delicious ... I'm getting hungry just writing this haha.
I also really like the bun thit nuong for one of the non-soup noodle dishes. The mix of lettuce and carrots is always so crispy and fresh, and the veggies complement the perfectly-grilled pork strips so well. Adding a bit of fish sauces adds a nice depth of flavour when mixed into the dry rice noodles, and every bite, combining a bit of meat, carbs, and veggies, is wonderfully balanced.
The pho dishes are also fantastic. Pho tai is a particular favourite (the beef slices are so juicy and tender), and the broth is just so aromatic without being too salty or oily.
The price point overall is so good -- it's hard to find such a good value in the city nowadays. The appetisers can be a bit pricey, relatively speaking (I like their summer rolls, but it feels like I should just get another entree at that point haha), but each bowl of noodles is usually in the mid $10-20. So worth.
I can't wait to come back again :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stella Li
No wait, delicious food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Grace Austin
Excellent experience. Small and cute. Authentic decorations. Great menu and good prices. Fresh and perfectly made. Nice service. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sachin Shrestha
One of the best pho I had. Will go again for sure
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anthony Morales
Me and my friend go around the city because we love pho and this place has an absolutely phenomenal beef brisket pho and chicken pho. It’s a consistent order we both have and we’ve been to so many places all around NY and this is a place we have been back to almost 3 times now. Many more times in the future. Pls check it out.
The pho is excellent, borderline healing. I felt instantly better after I ate it. I got the classic beef pho and it was a huge portion. The service was good too — it’s nothing fancy but it really hits the spot. You can tell the recipes are authentic and the food is flavorful — solid Vietnamese food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Latoya McCalla
Been going here for years! Absolutely love it here. The staff is so kind, the pho and spring rolls are too die for. The Bun Bo Hue is top 5 for me. Dinner time can really busy and so can lunch. One of my favorite places especially for solo dining.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chá Gio Spring Rolls, Beef Brisket Pho
Chris Stratton
Great food and very reasonable price. This place is my standard go to Vietnamese in the area. The owners are Vietnamese and friendly and the food tastes authentic and tasty. Highly recommended.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jeff Melvin
Nut free Vietnamese food, which can be hard to find, and it’s really tasty! Big fan of the pan fried noodles and the bahn mi. Sweet iced milk tea and iced coffee are on point too. Very laid back vibe, always fun to stop by.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lingli Zhou
The meat is too rare, I feel very uncomfortable about today’s beef eye roll . Because a big pile of meats sticking with each other is sink in my soup, it NEVER was boiled until you can eat !
I been here many times and always order Sao Mai Pho in the past, I never encountered this situation. They always prepared thin slice of beef eye roll every time. This is why I always could eat fresh and cooked well beef eye. This time, I had beef eye rolls that were frozen together. I am evenly hard to unfold this slice of meat.
If this time is an accident, manager’s reaction is terrible today. It is a small problem today, but she always be blame the customer. Before she asking me, she even think the top rare meat because of I picking up all meat to the side of the dish??! It’s sure she hasn’t focus on every customers and doesn’t ask for her colleagues .
Great pho - rich broth, but not too oily. Amazing portions, I always take some pho home.
Serving time is really fast. The place is nice and cozy.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Delicious pho broth!! Peanut free facility too
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious food, great service.
Could use a cleaning.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
cozy atmosphere, fast service, delicious and flavorful food (we got the summer rolls and vegetable pho). perfect to warm you up on a cold night!
Won't disappoint
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sao mai is probably my favourite Vietnamese restaurant in NYC. The place is very cosy and no-frills, the food is always so inviting and delicious, and price point is so good (especially in the city nowadays haha).
My favourite dish here is the bun bo hue. The broth is sooo fragrant -- just the perfect mix of spicy and sour (the lemongrass and shrimp paste flavours both taste so vivid without being too dominant). The noodles are cooked to a nice texture (and come in a large portion size), and the beef slices are so tender and flavourful. So delicious ... I'm getting hungry just writing this haha.
I also really like the bun thit nuong for one of the non-soup noodle dishes. The mix of lettuce and carrots is always so crispy and fresh, and the veggies complement the perfectly-grilled pork strips so well. Adding a bit of fish sauces adds a nice depth of flavour when mixed into the dry rice noodles, and every bite, combining a bit of meat, carbs, and veggies, is wonderfully balanced.
The pho dishes are also fantastic. Pho tai is a particular favourite (the beef slices are so juicy and tender), and the broth is just so aromatic without being too salty or oily.
The price point overall is so good -- it's hard to find such a good value in the city nowadays. The appetisers can be a bit pricey, relatively speaking (I like their summer rolls, but it feels like I should just get another entree at that point haha), but each bowl of noodles is usually in the mid $10-20. So worth.
I can't wait to come back again :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
No wait, delicious food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent experience. Small and cute. Authentic decorations. Great menu and good prices. Fresh and perfectly made. Nice service. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of the best pho I had. Will go again for sure
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Me and my friend go around the city because we love pho and this place has an absolutely phenomenal beef brisket pho and chicken pho. It’s a consistent order we both have and we’ve been to so many places all around NY and this is a place we have been back to almost 3 times now. Many more times in the future. Pls check it out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The pho is excellent, borderline healing. I felt instantly better after I ate it. I got the classic beef pho and it was a huge portion. The service was good too — it’s nothing fancy but it really hits the spot. You can tell the recipes are authentic and the food is flavorful — solid Vietnamese food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Been going here for years! Absolutely love it here. The staff is so kind, the pho and spring rolls are too die for. The Bun Bo Hue is top 5 for me. Dinner time can really busy and so can lunch. One of my favorite places especially for solo dining.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chá Gio Spring Rolls, Beef Brisket Pho
Great food and very reasonable price. This place is my standard go to Vietnamese in the area. The owners are Vietnamese and friendly and the food tastes authentic and tasty. Highly recommended.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nut free Vietnamese food, which can be hard to find, and it’s really tasty! Big fan of the pan fried noodles and the bahn mi. Sweet iced milk tea and iced coffee are on point too. Very laid back vibe, always fun to stop by.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The meat is too rare, I feel very uncomfortable about today’s beef eye roll . Because a big pile of meats sticking with each other is sink in my soup, it NEVER was
boiled until you can eat !
I been here many times and always order Sao Mai Pho in the past, I never encountered this situation. They always prepared thin slice of beef eye roll every time. This is why I always could eat fresh and cooked well beef eye. This time, I had beef eye rolls that were frozen together. I am evenly hard to unfold this slice of meat.
If this time is an accident, manager’s reaction is terrible today. It is a small problem today, but she always be blame the customer. Before she asking me, she even think the top rare meat because of I picking up all meat to the side of the dish??! It’s sure she hasn’t focus on every customers and doesn’t ask for her colleagues .
It’s a bad EXPERIENCE!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
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