Top Vietnamese Restaurant in Spring Valley
Pho And Grill International
9676 Campo Rd, Spring Valley, CA 91977, United States
Sundays at a Vietnamese Pho place are a gentle mix of families coming in after church, couples who just got back from a day of hitting markets and people hungover from the night before. I'll let you guess which demographic I belong to on my recent visit.Parking a plenty, nice large sign, freshly paved parking lot too. They have lime plants as their landscaping, kinda cool.I already know I want pho and a bahn mi or pho and an appetizer or pho and a rice dish, oh and a thai tea. I wasn't ready for a Vietnamese coffee.Décor is nice, music not too loud, not quite loud enough to drawn out the 2 annoyed groups of female guests yacking on about some 20 year old first world problems. We are brought 2 glasses of half-filled water and lemons. Combo #1 Large pho with egg noodles, no flank, extra tripe. I was thankful this includes a meatball because how could any combo not. Softshell crab but topped with “salt” & pepper. I think you know why I singled out the salt here. The softshell crab already has a dipping sauce which was actually quite good and probably all you would need, but I always have to be difficult. Decent crunch, but I wasn't a huge fan of it being broken up. A proper crab should be cooked whole. Lemongrass chicken was all onions, barely sautéed, the timing on ingredients is key when doing chicken and onions. The sauce was more hoisin-y and the chicken as dry. The heat level 9 was a 3, all pepper, rice was dry, like super dry. I'd hope by noon on a Sunday the rice would be on its 2nd batch, but probably was from the night before, no way rice dries that fast made that day, unless the cooker was left open. Bahn mi was a little expensive, but look good.They need to address their service as the owner? who took my order was great, but the 2nd employee not food running was rarely seen, not looking after tables whatsoever, sloppy on the thai tea fill and missed the “no boba” part of the order. I'll definitely come back again, but have much lower expectations of service. Every table had no/low water and had to make multiple requests for it. Prices are decent and I am a fan of the stand-alone location as it gives them better lighting. I don't recall seeing a fish tank which is almost religion for a Vietnamese restaurant.
Pho Minh & Grill
2615 Sweetwater Springs Blvd, Spring Valley, CA 91978, United States
Like all Vietnamese restaurants, the best thing is the pho. ?a very good broth. I love the one that carries everything.
Pho Olala
9735 Campo Rd #250, Spring Valley, CA 91977, United States
First and last time we will be coming in here. Customer service was horrible, the guy taking our order had a very unpleasant attitude and did not appear to be happy working there. While ordering our meal he kept saying “ANYTHING ELSE !?!” in a very rude tone with no empathy. No water was offered. While we were eating, the same guy kept staring for no reason and that was very uncomfortable. The same melanconic sad music was on loop for the whole duration of the meal. I don’t know if it was the saltiness of the meal or the sad music that made me feel lethargic afterwards. The food was ok. If you want to feel good energy and enjoy a meal with great service, please save your money and check out the other Vietnamese restaurants in town.
Top other services in Spring Valley:
Casa De Oro Shopping Center
9823 Campo Rd, Spring Valley, CA 91977, United States
Two great discount stores! Grocery Outlet & Dollar Tree. Great little Vietnamese Restaurant!