Pho 28

So nice to have a hot soup in a cold day, especially after a long business meeting. Good comfort food. Sometimes a hot hot phở is better than an expensive dinner.

Ordered the lunch combo P1 which includes the following:
2 strips of grilled chicken, 1 spring roll (chinese style meatless), white rice and vegetables. 1 mini wonton soup (there’s your early indication that they are chinese owned if you dont speak cantonese).
Yays:
–spacious, comfortable and clean place with lots of natural light.
–plenty of free parking
–fast service
Nays:
–Did not serve hot tea
–Spring roll was double fried and meatless
–Rice was too fluffy, indication of microwaved overnight rice.
–Grilled chicken portion is very modest
–unauthentic vietnamese
–pricey for non-​phở menu items
There are 2 types of restaurants owners: the passionate ones and those who are just trying to make a living. Based on this first experience, Pho28 is clearly the latter. Save your $ 15 and your time. Not worth it.

Came here because our hotel was next door. Definitely not authentic phở. Owner by Chinese and they cooked the fried spring roll like Chinese spring roll. Ordered their bun bo hue and it tasted like they used the bun bo hue paste that can be found on any Chinatown shelf. Would not recommend if you are looking for real Vietnamese food. Gave two star for the service.

On some days the phở tastes good and some days are bad. The restaurant is nice and clean. When you order a rice dish sometimes the rice might be mushy. The portion is generous for their phở. The service is always good everytime I eat there.

Enfin, j’ai trouvé mon restaurant vietnamien à Laval après plusieurs mois de recherché et d’essais.
Les soupes sont immenses, savoureuses. Il manqué parfois de viande mais ce n’est que occasionnel. Les plats riz/​viande sont bons et très satisfaisants. L’endroit est toujours occupé lors des heures de dîner ou souper mais le service reste très rapide.

I had lunch at Phở 28 with a fellow Unilocaler and we went with the bun noodles with grilled chicken and spring roll. I also added a Won Ton soup. In general, I quite enjoyed the meal though I’ll admit I’ve tasted better. Nothing really stood out but everything was still pretty good!
Phở 28 is restaurant one can actually get some actual authentic Vietnamese cuisine and not that cheap Quebec stir-​fry that tends to mask itself as such. That’s a huge issue in Laval, the land of franchises and mediocrity.
The food here is served relatively swiftly with a cheap price attached to it… so that makes this place a great place to enjoy a quick economic yet tasty lunch.
My only disappointment here was not being served some hot tea, which would have nicely hit the spot… particularly with it being –30 outside.
Lastly, they only accept CASH or INTERACT… so yeah, come prepared.
My fortune cookie said «I’ll live life to its fullest», which of course I already did… by going on lunch with D’Arcy. :P

Really I’m happy we have some authentic Vietnamese now in Laval. You see boys and girls there is lots of craptacular quality Quebec Stir Fry that disguises itself Vietnamese or Thai. This is the real deal with Phở and Bun noodle dishes with a Chicken, beef and pork. Just as your Vietnamese mom would approve of shouting «make sure you eat your noodles boy»!
So I met a fellow Unilocaler to break bread (err noodles) over some conversation and enjoy a meal together. We had come here at 11:45 AM in case there was a lunch rush. Restaurant was not too busy but filled up a bit more as we were eating.
We had both selected a bun noodles with grilled chicken and spring roll. As I love spring rolls I ordered another order of two more to compliment my meal. All was tasty a good mix it’s vegetables and just as I expect when enjoying a Vietnamese noodle dish. It’s all about fresh vegetables with chicken and the crunch of spring rolls. I mix it all together and add some sriracha. This is a complete meal. It’s hit the spot satisfying.
The restaurant only approves cash or interact. Come prepared.
Definitely I will come back and check something else out! I hope this place flourishes as it’s good to see small restaurants be able to make a living in the land of chain restos!

All was fulfilling although not to the achievement of Phở Bang New York located in Chinatown. The phở portions are standards but the share of meat is quite skim. The spring rolls are good but had to much noodle fillings. I would probably be back only because I would hate driving all the way downtown and find a parking spot…

The soups are good although I find there wasnt enought meat in the raw beef and meat balls soup. I strongly dont recommend the spring rolls, very oilly and no texture.

Let’s start with the good, the food was excellent.
I had the Three Coloured Rice. The chicken and pork were grilled to perfection, the rice was nice and fresh, the vegetables were nice and cold, and the egg was cooked eggs-​actly how i asked. (sorry, i had to)
However, here’s the bad news.
The service was kind of terrible. The workers were nice, however they kept screwing up our orders & when we went to pay, the change they gave us was $ 20 short. We asked them about the change & the women said it was right, she then had to punch it into the calculator to find out she was terribly wrong.
We’re in Quebec on vacation. If I visit again & I’m in the mood for phở, this will definitely be a possibility.

Inexpensive, large portions and so far I’ve been pretty satisfied with what I’ve tried (Pad Thai, chicken fried rice, won ton soup, imperial rolls).

Have been searching for great soups like this for 15 years only to find it in Laval! The Thai spicy soups are so flavorful, just the best. Since I live in Laval, this is a great option where we don’t have to drive into the city for good phở.