Place rating: 4 York Regional Municipality, Canada
Clean & new place. Mid priced. The lady that served us was courteous. Phở was ok, the grilled chicken was spectacular. Will come back because it is close to me
Lilian L.
Place rating: 3 Markham, Canada
Simple little phở restaurant with good portion sizes. Soup is a little bland but overall, not bad. The beef they give you here is the hot pot beef(frozen and very thinly sliced) so it was nice and tender. The waitress serving us was fantastic! Very polite and helpful.
Gordon L.
Place rating: 3 Markham, Canada
Had a craving for phở and wanted to give this restaurant a try. For a Saturday during lunch time they were not very busy. Service was a little slow. We ordered one satay beef noodle soup and one house special beef noodle soup. Both soup bases were not overly salty which was good. The texture of the noodles were ok but I thought they were a little thick. Price wise, they are about the same as other phở restaurants ranging from $ 8 – 12 for a bowl of noodles. Don’t think I’ll be going back anytime soon as there are much better phở options in town.
Chris C.
Place rating: 4 Markham, Canada
I was putting this place off due to all the poor reviews but because of Amy Z’s review, it gave me more confidence to come here. I ordered the same dish she had which was the satay beef noodle soup $ 7.99 Service is super fast as I got my bowl of noodle within 2 minutes of ordering. The soup looked like lava and it did have a little kick to it. The vermicelli noodles were like phở noodles but a bit thicker I think. The satay beef was basically rare beef like you would find in phở. The reason for the 4 star is because there was tons of rare beef. Almost every slurp of noodles came with beef. And every time I dug into the bottom of the bowl I found more beef. Plus the beef was sliced super thin and was super rare and it cooked perfectly in the hot soup. The portion of the noodles is a bit small for me but I enjoyed everything about this dish.
Eva C.
Place rating: 4 Markham, Canada
I’m a picky eater that has gone to many places to eat. And I must I’m really impress for the quality of food! We ordered a Vietnamese noodles and green curry chicken. The noodles soup was authentic, though could be hotter. The noodles and raw beef were on point! The green curry was very very tasty and hot(I’m a weakling). Overall, my boyfriend and I will definitely return for food! One less star for the not hot enough soup…
Maggie W.
Place rating: 4 Markham, Canada
Clean and classy interior, with a good ventilation system. Ordered the house special phở. Soup had a nice clean beef flavour and didn’t seem to rely on salt or MSG to make it good. Strangely, the noodles seemed to be kind of fresher or doughier? Not a bad thing, but noteable. I personally liked it. Service was friendly and prompt *thumbs up*(our waitress tonight was trilingual English/Cantonese/Mandarin and fluent in all 3 — definitely a bonus). 4 stars — Will return again. The phở was a solid 3+ stars, and the service + décor + location will bring me back. P. S. Phở served with ramen style spoon. good for slurping. Bonus.
Dayna E.
Place rating: 3 Markham, Canada
We planned to go to T&T to shop for groceries and decided to have lunch before we went. So saw a phở place and decided to give it a try. We were quickly greeted by the hostess. The place was very clean. Even the bottles of sriracha and hoisin sauce were spotless. We got the menu and was surprised how expensive everything was. Well too late to turn back now so we went ahead and ordered a large phở with rare beef and golden curry beef brisket. I thought everything we ordered tasted pretty good. But the price point was high up there. Probably won’t go there again unless we happen to be in the area we were starving.
Maria C.
Place rating: 1 Markham, Canada
Had craving for vietnamese food so decided to give this new place a try and benefit of doubt after reading all the 1 and 2 star reviews. We ordered a beef stew on rice and it was like a Hong Kong style borscht soup. It was not a stew, more like a corn starch concoction. I was very disappointed but my brother ate it anyway because did not want to waste it. The beef brisket was fatty too. The pork chop, chicken and beef vermicelli was only so-so. The only thing that was good was the mango slush. Will not be returning.
Amy Z.
Place rating: 4 Markham, Canada
Unfortunately, after I sat down and got comfortable in this clean, comfortable and. empty establishment, I checked in on Unilocal and saw only 1.5 stars. what? It’s plain rude to just get up and walk out, especially when you’re their only customer. so, I stay put and gave them the benefit of the doubt. Good choice! 3.5 stars in total. The place is comfy and the service was stellar, with a very nice asian lady running the place. She was very nice and made sure everything was ok– drinks, seats and everything else. I ordered the satay beef noodles and I was very satisfied, even though the satay tasted more like a less sour tom yum soup. Still very good! The serving was huge for $ 7.99 and it was just delicious; the noodles were chewy and tasted amazing. There was so much beef in my bowl that it was endless and I had to give some to my boyfriend because it was simply too much for one gal to finish. He ordered the lemongrass chicken rice and indeed it was tasty! Not bad at all. I certainly do not believe this place deserves only 1 – 2 stars! Good food, good servings, good service– it’s not my favourite place to eat for sure, but I’d definitely come back if I’m near by. Parking is kind of crap. so many restaurants and random places opening up in this area and the way they designed the parking lot makes me want to cry. The turns are horrific and there are singular spaces created by blocking off concrete. I’m so confused! Place some bad(usually asian) drivers in the area, looking for a spot to go lounge at T&T or cha me cha and you’ve got yourself a nightmare. Ps. phở mi? Hahahaha
Mer C.
Place rating: 1 Toronto, Canada
Tired. Hungry. I just wanted wonton noodles next door but they were closed on Wednesday. This was the closest and easiest option. While eating, I cursed myself for trying. When I left, I was ashamed to have eaten and paid for such poor quality food. For the authentic part. I don’t even want to talk about the food. What a nightmare. This is not a Viet resto. Stay away. Don’t make my mistake!
Jo Jo C.
Place rating: 1 Markham, Canada
Phở Mi 88. originally we were not planning to eat here. we wanted to go to their neighbour Wonton Chai but unfortunately they were closing and not taking anymore business so that’s why we ended up here… At first, I was excited to try this place as I really luv viet food… and am always looking for new places to try… It’s a new place so the atmosphere was clean and new. when we sat down at our booth. the menu was placed down with tea. we realized the choices were so limited… there were probably less than 30 items to choose from… I’d always order the viet spring rolls becuz I personally believe this is how I can judge if they make good food or not… and drum roll please… epic fail… pieces were so little and doesn’t taste like viet spring rolls… We ended ordering the special beef noodle phở… we were literally able to count how many pieces of beef were in there… and the soup base was extremely bland… tasted like water… for heavens sake, at least use some campbells chicken stock… Nope I’m not coming back until so positive reviews…
Samantha W.
Place rating: 2 Markham, Canada
Food wasn’t that great went here in the morning. Service was extremely slow ! Tables are really close together and the place is small, Would not come back.
Allison Y.
Place rating: 2 Markham, Canada
I came here for lunch on Friday. The vermicelli were just meh. The egg roll was dry. The pork was not tender. The whole vermicelli looked sad. The soup noodle didn’t flair much better. Everything was in a broth, so, of course, the meat was not dry. The broth was supposed to be spicy, but it was way toned down. I can’t eat too spicy in general. I still found the broth tasted with just a hint of spiciness. Both the vermicelli and the soup noodle had sufficient portion of noodle, so you would be full.
Jennifer K.
Place rating: 2 Markham, Canada
Phở Mi 88 is another newly open Vietnamese Noodle restaurant in the area. The interior is nice and clean and staff is welcoming. The usual menu just like other Vietnamese restaurants so I ended up order a Small House Special Phở Noodle($ 7.99) just like what I usually order when I want to try out other Vietnamese restaurants. I can see how my Unilocal friend would be rolling his eyes. $ 8 for a Small!!! I guess this is kind of like the price point for most of the places in this area. Sadly, though the broth was served hot it was so bland tasting. Maybe one can argue that it has no MSG but tasteless watery broth was just off. I might give them another try since it is unfair to base my experience just on one dish. But for now, Phở Mi 88 was just meh for me.
May C.
Place rating: 2 Markham, Canada
I happened to pass by here when I went to Cha Me Cha, and it happened Cha Me Cha wouldn’t open until 3. It happened that it’s its grand opening, and my stomach happened to start rumbling. We went in and were greeted right away. The spring roll came pretty fast, and the four pieces were presented well on the dish. But they didn’t have that crispiness. Next came the green curry beef brisket with rice. The curry wasn’t spicy, the beef wasn’t tender, but the curry was delicious. Last came the House Special Beef noodle. The soup wasn’t hot and it was kind of tasteless. Meat was overcooked. Excellent service tho! *10% discount*