46. Bun Bo Hue
Ld Pho

Ld Pho

4722 N Kedzie Ave (at Lawrence), Chicago, Illinois, USA, 60625, United States

Fish • American • Vietnamese • Vegetarian


"I judge all Vietnamese restaurants against Mai Lee in St. Louis, especially their Nuoc Cham (dipping sauce made with fish sauce) and rice dishes (but not their pho).LD Pho is one of the closest and tastiest that I've found. I ordered the pork spring rolls and the crispy pork inside made it one of the best I've had. The peanut sauce was average, but it's peanut sauce so it's pretty darn tasty regardless.I got the combination meat rice plate and enjoyed the grilled pork, Chinese sausage, egg and other fixings. The only thing missing was the traditional egg loaf cake, but the Nuoc Cham was on point. My only complaint was the jasmine rice was not broken and was on the soft side, making it mushy when sprinkled with the Nuoc Cham.Ambiance was fine for a regular restaurant and it was pretty quiet with more take out customers than dine in. Service was also fine, we just had to flag the server down whenever we needed anything. What stood out the most was that after paying the bill they asked if we wanted more water and we declined. However, after 10 minutes my friend and I were still talking and ran out of water. The server returned and filled our waters which was very welcome. Most restaurants are happy to ignore you once you've paid so this level of service deserves special recognition.Price was reasonable for dinner for two with an appetizer at $46 after tax and tip."

Huong Tra

Huong Tra

12221 San Pablo Avenue, Richmond, 94805, United States Of America

Asian • Vegan • Salad • Vietnamese


"I had high hopes for this place, especially since they made their prices super reasonable. But, it was all pretty bland unfortunately. I got the spring rolls with peanut sauce. Bland, the only think I could reccomend to them to make it not so bland, maybe a bit more salt/msg in the peanut sauce, maybe toast the peanuts? Idk I'm not a Vietnamese chef, but flavor is Def lacking.. which is sad because these were priced at $6 for 2 pieces cut in half so, 4 halves. They made up for the fact it's cheap by making them rather small in size. But I won't complain about the size, if I want more I'd order more $6/order. Next was the fried spring rolls that came with a sweet chili sauce. The spring rolls also $6, and also rather tiny in size but, $6 is cheap for an order of spring rolls so again, I see why they'd did this, I have no issues with it. The spring rolls theirselves, also kind of bland, but not as bland as the fresh spring rolls with peanut sauce. The sweet chili sauce is super run of the mill prob right out a bottle, I wish they used that sweet vinegar sauce most Vietnamese restaurants give with their fried spring rolls. Lastly I got the chow fun, $13, and more than ample portion. But again, lacking in flavor... it looked like there's ton of sauce and color, I'm not sure why it lacks so much flavor.... as in, all I really tasted was the vegetables. The staff was nice, there's plenty of seating in the restaurant. But I don't think I'd come back here for the food, unfortunately. The 4 star rating is because if you wanted just to be filled for a reasonable price and you don't care about big flavor, this would be a just fine place for that. Ie; most born and raised Americans would think this place was top tier because they are terrified of real authentic big bold flavors."