Pho Bang Restaurant
New York, NY 10013-4230
Phone: (212) 966-3797
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Between Broome Street and Grand Street
- Directions:
- J, M, Z; N, R; 6 at Canal St
- Hours:
- Daily 10am-10pm
Editorial Review for Pho Bang Restaurant – by Stephanie Rosenbaum
The Scene
At this busy Chinatown destination, the peach-painted dining room is packed most nights with groups of noodle-slurping neighborhood teens and families. Get your order in fast; service is brusque, and niceties such as water refills tend to be ignored.
The Food
Half the Vietnamese menu is taken up by variations on pho, Vietnam's popular beef noodle soup. Go for the fiery, sweet-sour shrimp soup, packed with chunks of okra, pineapple and shrimp, flanked with starter plates like fat nuggets of grilled beef rolled in lettuce with rice noodles, crackling-hot, greaseless spring rolls or cool, crunchy rice-paper summer rolls. At $4 for a big bowl (or $4.95 for a huge one), the Pho Bang does offer bang for the buck; too bad the watery broth's missing the deep, star-anise perfume that characterizes the dish at its best.
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Insider Tips
What to DrinkWash it all down with knockout Vietnamese iced coffee or the oddly refreshing salty lemonade.
User Reviews for Pho Bang Restaurant
08/14/2006 Posted by kip80
this is one of the cheapest meals I've ever had in NYC- and a pretty good one. Stick to the pho and other traditional, simple Vietnamese dishes and you'll have a great time. The extra large bowl came steaming hot, filled with noodles and beef, and just the right flavor. The spring rolls were excellent too. This place is dirt cheap, but also very clean for the neighborhood and similarly priced places.
Pros: great Vietnamese staples, hearty pho, can't beat the price
Cons: hmm...none
02/17/2006 Posted by sharopooks
This place is a great find, I've been coming here for years. Awesome Vietnamese food - love the beef/lettuce/rice noodles app, sauteed shrimp, scallops and calamari over noodles, bun, everything. (The salty lemonade is interesting, worth checking out!). Service is fine and low-maintenance decor is charming. The prices are unbelievable; have a feast for 2 for the prices that some places charge for an entree! I always leave here content - full on amazing food and pleased at having spent so little money on it! My husband didn't like the food the 1st time I took him but the last time I did he found an entree he liked and is now mightily impressed with this place.
Pros: Great food, Very inexpensive, Charming
Cons: Fluorescent lighting
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