PHO KING Japanese & Vietnamese Restaurant

Top teir food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Brisket Pho

This is my favorite pho spot in Clarksville, not just for the pho but for their gyoza, wings, and fried rice.

Vegetarian options: They have a vegetarian friendly pho, fried rice, rolls, etc.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pho, Sandwich

Loved pho bo. Excellent service, delicious food, good prices.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pho

I'm mainly reviewing becuase of the atmosphere. It's honestly awful. I know they just did a small renovation in there or painting as well. Overall, it's very overwhelming to be in there. They blast the music and the music is way too much. When you go to a pho restaurant you typically think the experience would be somewhat relaxing but it's the opposite for this establishment. Also the way they have their tables set up actually make zero sense. I shouldn't have to get out of my seat so someone can walk by.

The food is decent (5/10). I only come here because it's the only pho place in Clarksville that's decent. Otherwise, I'd go to Nashville.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Pho

Went to Pho King for lunch. Order takeout at the restaurant as their online ordering was unavailable from the website. Ordered the beef tataki and lemon pepper wings. The wings were overcooked and dry. They were just a plain fried chicken wing with a light sprinkling of lemon pepper seasoning.
The beef tataki was not at all what I expected it to be. It too was over cooked. Not lightly seared beef that is thinly sliced. The beef had no seasoning whatsoever and was tough and chewy. I also don't receive any ponzu or any other kind of dipping sauce that typically comes with this dish (see photo). I was excited to get my food because during the wait, most people ordered the pho and it looked appetizing. Needless to say once I got back to work I was quite disappointed in what I received

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

First time and my wife and I loved it...the service was very fast and the food was great, this will definitely be on our "return list"

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Soup, Pho

To begin, the menus weren’t proof read before production; there were typos such as “vermicelly” instead of “vermicelli”, and it displayed serving cococola products when the waitress said they didn’t. Also, we weren’t offered sharing plates. And, for some reason, they were playing low-fi jazz rather loudly, which didn’t fit the vibe of the restaurant.

The drinks were drinks. However, the honey dew boba I ordered was overly sweet—sickeningly so—that came in a plastic margarita (fish bowl) cup, and the boba was overcooked.

The cuisine wasn’t terrible. The entres were better than the appetizers. For appetizers, we ordered pork dumplings (pan fried) and calamari. The pork dumplings were frozen and then fried; they were seared properly on the bottom, but on the top of the dumpling, it looked deep fried. Odd, but they were okay. The sauce was liquid so eating the dumplings with the sauce was messy—to say the least. The other appetizer we had was the calamari. It was overcooked. That was all.

The entres were much better than the overall experience. We ordered kimchi dumpling pho, chicken teriyaki banh my, mango habanero chicken wings, tofu lemongrass vermicelli, and grilled pork vermicelli. The kimchi dumpling pho had no dumplings. The teriyaki banh my wasn’t very flavorful; there was a lot of meat, and the topping veggies (comprise of just carrots) weren’t pickled. The mango habanero was sweet and not very spicy. The tofu and grilled pork vermicelli were seasoned very well; the noodles were ice cold in comparison to the lukewarm to warm additions, and the basil that companied it was Italian basil, not Thai. It was an odd experience.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 5

Best pho restaurant in town. My husband and I love eating here. It is kids friendly too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Brisket Pho, Pho King Roll, Noodles, Fried Rice, Soup, Pho, Roll, Spring Roll

The good: Food is good (from what myself and my wife have tried). The hibachi is really good. Portion sizes are good.

The bad: The music is always waaaaay too loud. Don’t even bother sitting near the speakers at the front, I couldn’t hear my wife sitting right next to me. It’s a chill pho restaurant not a nightclub. The music choice speaks to this same point as well and leaves a lot to be desired. I was really hoping last time it was just a one time thing but it’s been a consistent issue now where we’ve actively went elsewhere just to avoid the loud music.

Only other negative thing I have to say is that the service leaves a lot to be desired. Sometimes it’s good, other times very bad. Last time my wife ordered egg rolls (that we’ve gotten many many times here) and they were clearly not cooked thoroughly or properly. Something was definitely off. I kindly asked the server during checkout for a refund seeing as how she tried one bite of each (hoping that at least one would be edible) and she just told me that they “make them fresh every day” and they are the “same every day”. Basically just refused to refund them.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Pho

The service was nice but the pho was bland. I could have looked past that, but there is mold on the ceiling and there was a roach running around our table by the condiment tray. I don't think I'll be back here after seeing the roach.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Pho

It looks like this restaurant has a new cook. The soup for the fried rice was too salty, so I couldn’t even try it more than once. The cook was not very careful and added pieces of egg shell to the fried rice. The pho noodle tasted different and it was also salty as well. In addition, the vegetable was not fresh. Overall, the food was not very good. One of the waitresses did not seem to be experienced and missed several things when serving. However, she was still trying to be nice.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 2

Ordered the yakisoba noodles and pork stir-fry and a grilled pork bahn-mi sandwich. The yakisoba didn't have any resemblance to Japanese food. The only flavor was in the pork. The noodles and 4 pieces of cabage were bland. There was a shrimp tail in my pork yakisoba. Not a whole shrimp, just the tail. The bahn-mi was ok. There were no jalapeño slices or pâté, and the pork was the exact same pork in my "yakisoba." The best part of the whole meal was the bahn-mi bun. It was perfect. I'll not be going back

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Vietnamese Bread

Love their Pho soups. Rich in flavor and the vegetables are fresh ? We had the Vegetable Tempura also and I will be ordering tha again soon!

Dietary restrictions: Gluten free options available

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pho

Will not come here again. Wife and i got bubble tea and the tapioca pearls were basically hard as a rock. Gave regular straws instead of boba straws so that made it just absolutely annoying to drink out of.

My south korean step aunt has made pho before and ive had it in many other states. It was basically bland with barely to little spices and over salty as if its just a walmart or kroger brand they try to market.

I asked for a sandwhich with no cucumbers and the sandwhich came piled with cucumbers......the waiter needs to learn to write stuff down because i looked at him in the eye said "no cucumbers" response: no cucumber ok. Came with cucumbers anyway.

Waited 10 minuets for him to walk over because he was just busy on his personal phone yet the women there seemed to want to actually do their job and take care of customers/business. Also what is the point of refills if nobody comes back to ask if you want refills and there was only 4 tables with 2 people each.

Bland food -
Terrible Boba -
Terrible Customer Service -

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Excellent and delicious food! The best I've eaten so far, if you come to this city don't stop visiting this place

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5