Phò Nom

If you’re a fellow rice paper roll fan and looking for somewhere that has worthy fare, you can stop looking. Phở Nom is the bomb!
A windowed cabinet will show you all of the tasty morsels on offer, or just choose your favourite from the menu.
You know how you can go to some places and they’ll charge up to $ 3 for a roll that isn’t much bigger than your thumb? That is definitely not the case here! Whilst they are all over the $ 3 mark ($ 3.20 for the vege option and up to $ 3.80 for the fancier salmon, crispy pork, etc type) they are huge — double the size of other similar offerings around town. You get your option of sauces to accompany each roll and should you choose to dine in, there are other condiments on offer on all the tables including the all important Sriracha!
I should mention the other menu offerings as well such as banh mi and phở — which going from the empty bowls being left by diners, must be similarly delicious. I look forward to testing this theory out on what is sure to be many return visits!

Phở Nom in emporium is an oasis in food court food choices. It will never be your favourite local Vietnamese phở place but it is consistently good and that counts for a lot in my book. The spring rolls are always crispy and it is one of the only places in the city that I can find which sells sugarcane juice. Service is quick and it is always clean. I find myself heading here for a spring roll and sugarcane juice nearly every time I head out to the city!

Yum! The phô soup has lots of cloves and cinnamon. The turmeric fish is delicious! Try it. Tasty clever riffs on the rice paper roll fillings.

Really tasty Phở Soup .On my own having a glass of BYO Chardonnay. Small dining area but so Vietnam from my recent experience. Friendly service. Don’t expect a wine glass but I am content.

It’s a food court phở spot, the food is prepared by non-​Asians, and it’s not going to become your favorite Vietnamese restaurant. Now that we have that down…
Phở Nom will actually surprise you with its nice taste and decent eats. If you’re shopping and feel like having Vietnamese then it’s pretty fair.

I had only ever had Phở once before in my life, and it was nothing to write home about. I just thought maybe I wasn’t a Phở type of person. This is before I tried Phở Nom. My partner loves Phở so while we were in Melbourne he was keen to try a good Phở. This place came up with stellar reviews so we gave it a go. I can now say that I don’t even know what I ate before this Phở, because this Phở was delicious! The broth itself was so flavorsome and everything was fresh. I finished this dish quickly! I think it’s safe to say that I am actually a Phở person now, I had just never experienced a good one. Thank you Phở Nom!

So we went to Phò Nom today and had very high expectations after reading all this positive statements on Unilocal.However, despite the hype I found the food mediocre at best. But to be fair: We only had phò and rice paper rolls (phò with not so rare beef, bits of brisket and a quarter of a beef ball, and phò with some shredded boiler; rice paper rolls with prawns and pork skewer) and didn’t try the other things on the menu, that looked delicious.
Back to my review, I don’t know where previous reviewers had there last phò-​fix, but those must have been horrible places, if they dub this the best vietnamese food/​phò/​etc. in the CBD. I know for sure that there are at least 4 different places within 5 minute walking distance that serve a phò more savory and hearty and rolls less dry than those at Phò Nom. Also, the bowl you get here for $ 12 something is usually the small $ 9 bowl at other places (and don’t even get me started on the lack of complementary tea that I grew so accustomed to).
To sum this up: decent place for a quick bite, a little bit above average price for a bowl of phò, solid for a food court, but very low key in flavors.
Go there if you are in the LG of the Emporium and don’t find the way out, while craving vietnamese food. Avoid, if you are a phò afficionado and opt for something more flavory.

Best vietnamese fast food in Melbourne hands down. Always fresh, delicious and cheap.
The phở is so good in its flavors but the portion is huge so make sure you’re hungry!
My go-​to choice for lunch is the lemongrass chicken bun but today I had the fried chicken bahn mi and oh dear lord it’s freaking amazing.
Yummm!!!

Love that this is authentic eats. Their nuoc mam sauce is solid and they don’t tone it down at all.
I know for sure I’ll keep coming back here whenever I’m at emporium most likely because of their rice paper rolls. It’s so refreshing to see their assortment is not like the rest you see about and yet they just work — the nem nuong skewer rice paper roll is omg! Another plus is that despite being pre made rolls they don’t have that severely dried up crispiness to it that the rice paper is dangerously prone to.
Phở broth is a touch on the sweet side and a touch heavy on the star anise/​cinnamon, but then that’s what all the condiments are for!

I have eaten my fair share of Vietnamese and I do love the recent trend of super fast and fresh Viet places popping up all over Melbourne. I think so far, this one is my favourite.
It’s in a shopping mall food court, so you know it’s designed for quick and cheap eats — but the quality of the food is really high. I had the beef + chicken phở and both meats were perfect. Probably the best quality I’ve tasted in a bowl of phở. I think the lack of MSG and questionable meats is the best part about eating phở in Melbourne but the Phở Nom version has definitely topped it for me.
You get to DIY condiments and seasonings when you collect your meal, which includes the bamboo shoots. One thing I always despise about ordering phở is places that dumb what feels like a kilo of shoots to wade through before you get to your meal. I like having the option to be a little more sparing!
If like me you have a tendency to overdo it on chilli (I never, ever learn), a Vietnamese iced coffee is the perfect mouth saviour.
They have a good selection of rice paper rolls and banh mi that I would also be keen to try, but with Melbourne getting more wintery by the minute — I think I will be back for a soul warming bowl of Phở again soon.

My favourite snack stop when shopping at the Emporium. Super yummy and fresh. Plus the staff are really nice. I recommend the rice paper rolls-​they are amazing. I also love their crispy pork banh mi. It is also great knowing that they use local and sustainable produce. Totally worth paying that little bit more. recommended !

This would have gotten a 4 good is fresh and Delish but server rude. When I asked him to add coriander to my salad he seemed annoyed, when I tried to adds one fresh Mint from self serve salad area he said no that was only for phở come on now really ???

Many years ago I made banh mi sandwiches my plane food of choice. In the beginning I stopped in San Francisco’s Little Saigon in the Tenderloin to get them before departing from SFO. Now, whenever we fly home from Maui’s OGG we make a detour on Dairy Road to get these savory sandwiches.
Recently as we prepared to fly home from Melbourne, Australia, banh mi was on my mind. I steered us to a spot that ended up being closed on Saturdays and figured I was out of luck. Thankfully, I have a kind and considerate colleague who continued the search whilst I was packing up my hotel room.
He got us two lemongrass chicken sandwiches from Phò Nom and they were delicious! Whether you have a picnic, a long haul flight or just have a hankering for a Vietnamese sandwich, I’d definitely recommend the banh mi at Phò Nom.

Phở-​nominal. I love this place. It’s fastly become my favourite place to grab a crispy pork banh mi or crispy pork rice paper rolls. The phở comes in the most delightful takeaway carry case.
There’s nothing more to say about how seriously delicious this place is. You need to get down and try it all. Well priced, excellent service and some amazingly interesting dishes.
Phở Nom I love you.

I didn’t realise this was at the lower ground of the Emporium but I got there in the end and did not regret. I sampled some of their food at a event and I just had to go there again. As a Vietnamese I can say that their food is fresh, authentic and soo delicious! The staff are great as well! Grab a banh mi as well to take away or awesomely packaged take away phở!
Un-​phở-​gettable experience! Puntended.

Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom!!!
If you ever find yourself hungry and thirsty on the ground floor of Emporium, look no further!
Phở nom should be your go to joint!
service is fast and friendly and there are awesome options on the menu!
Phở with beef, chicken, mushroom and hanoi fish! MSG free and super tasty.
The banh mi is served with crispy fried onion and pickled carrot (which some banh mi joint don’t bother to do — pickle their carrots) that adds that extra zing and crunch! Flavours include the hanoi fish and pork crackling
The fresh rice paper rolls have awesome filling like grilled salmon (and chubby ones too!!)
Dont forget the condiment station with fresh herbs and sauces where you pick up your orders
drink options include alcoholic bevies and fresh coconut!!!
Just what you need when you need yummy feed to get you recharged!!!

Attempting to navigate around Emporium I happened across Phở Nom. I have tried most of the Phở places in and around this mall and I must say Phở Nom serves the best. They also do a pretty mean rice paper roll too.
In the few visits I have made here, I have tried Phở Bo Hanoi with rare beef and Ga + Bo, with sliced rare beef and shredded chicken. Both were really good. The broth of the Phở is always full of flavour and I love the way they have a plethora of condiments (inc fresh chili and bean shoots) so you can influence the flavour yourself. Also worth a try are the beer Hanoi and beer Saigon. Both tasty beverages and a great accompaniment to the meal.
Definitely sniff this place out if you are in the area. Oh and FYI, Phở Nom is not in the main food court it is located on the lower ground floor. Happy hunting.

I do love a good rice paper roll. And Phở Nom do them well.
My favourites here are the chicken lemongrass and crispy pork. Two rolls for $ 6.00 is a-​okay by me for a quick lunch or dinner on the go.
The Phở is also tasty and puts ‘I love Phở’ in the upstairs food court to shame. Help yourself to chillies, beans and coriander to get the taste you want and wash it all down with a beer.
Great staff make this a much more pleasant experience than trying to fight the huge crowds upstairs for a lesser standard of food.

This Place is pretty Good Phở Nominal in fact. One of the first places to open at the new emporium centre, you can be safe that you’ll get your fix here. There’s a slew of alcoholic choices on offer, and if you want to have a bit more gourmet experience, Wagyu beef is available as a phở option. There’s the regular chicken, beef, and mixed as well as a many varieties of bahn mi. You can also have the coconut milk if that makes things easier.
The major downside here is that it can get a little crowded and hectic; the queue to pick up the food is often full of people going every which way, and of course, assembling their soups. Choose your seating wisely as it’s quite busy and you’re sure to get knocked and bumped about by foot traffic if sitting too close to the service counter.

What’s that? A big fancy new shopping centre has opened in Melbourne and people are flocking there to visit MUJI and Uniqlo? Ahuh. Very nice dear.
I’m more interested in the food offerings they have at Emporium and it was Phở Nom that I was most keen to sample first, as it’s been spoken and tweeted about for months now, with chef Jerry Mai even giving potential new customers a sample at some pop up Phở kitchens months ago at the National.
I’m glad to say that it lived up to expectations, my Saigon Phở Bo broth rich with spices and flavour and three cuts of beef (rare, brisket and meatball) bobbing around amongst the rice noodles. We also sampled the rice paper rolls — the pork skewered and the lemongrass chicken got the thumbs up from the grown ups and the crispy pork got devoured by Miss 3 before she started in on the Phở.
It was only the first week when we visited and it was clear that every store in Emporium was struggling a little with the onslaught of people while trying to bed down systems. The Phở Nom crew did a stellar job, pumping on the food quickly and maintaining a smile the whole time.
The only downfall? With hardly any seating (something that seems to be apparent with all food vendors in the centre) it was tricky finding somewhere to sit. Once we did, we could feel the eyes of everyone around us as we ate our last mouthfuls. Apparently more seating has been ordered, which should hopefully create a little more calm. Hooray!