Thursday, January 13, 2011

Pho Hoa

<2010-10-25 Mon>

No. 131

Located in the most competitive area in Victoria (Fort St, between Douglas and Blanshard), Pho Hoa is a chain Vietnamese restaurant. It is exactly across from Pho Vy, a local favorite when it comes to Pho.

It is a medium sized place, and has a look and feel very different from Pho Vy (its tables are nicely spaced and its the menu screams chain restaurant).

I ordered a #44: Pho Chin, Nam, Gau, Gan, Sach: Brisket, Flank, Tendon, Tripe & fatty flank. What a mouthful. I was slightly disappointed. The meat was dried out, and overall, felt average.

The natural comparison for this restaurant are its two Vietnamese neighbours: Pho Vy, or around the corner, Saigon Harbour. In my opinion, both places offer a better product. In terms of price, there is not much variance between the three.

There is, however, one saving point for Pho Hoa. It is a place that stays open later than the others. They close at 10:00 PM, if I remember correctly, which is why I sometimes end eating there.

Verdict: there are better places around.

Paid: 8.95

For more information, including address, please visit:
Pho Hoa on Urbanspoon

2 comments:

  1. Agreed 100%. I went to Pho Hoa once (before I ever went to Pho Vy) and even though I didn't have that to compare it to I still left Pho Hoa disappointed. Just very average food. Being a vegetarian didn't help much as there was (IIRC) only a single vegetarian dish on the menu (compare with Pho Vy that has *many* vegetarian choices).

    There's just no comparison between the two. Even price-wise it seemed to me that Pho Vy wasn't really any more expensive, but the food was orders of magnitude better.

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  2. If you like to Eat PHO? Should come to Green Leaf Vietnamese Bistro located on 1684 Douglas Street you will find the finest taste of Vietnam PHO. I ate at Green Leaf Bistro mostly 4 times a Week.

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