Vic Hong Restaurant

This is not authentic at all. Very confusing menu, spicy phở did not taste like it should at all. Bo kho was a clear broth! The only thing good was the chicken curry and bread and avocado milkshake. There is too many good viet restos to ever come back here. Décor was very Vietnamese though, lol… that’s about it.

Food and service is horrible. This isn’t phở I’ve had phở at so many different places in GTA this is far the worst.

This place is great!!! Their broth is homemade! I ordered their phở and there was an underlying daikon taste and the soup was actually made from scratch; you can feel bits of braised meat as you drink down the soup– not the nasty MSG/​powder stuff!
I also ordered their bun no hue– it was pretty spicy! It had bits of braised beef and Vietnamese sausage!
I agreed with the other reviewers that the meat portions were small but it’s about quality over quantity! I love their broth so much that i’m ok with it.
Service was nice and quick. It’s owned by an Asian guy and few other employees that took our order.
Price was decent ($ 7.95 for the noodles and a dollar more for a large size) and I was full! I like the place and I would definitely come back!

Too bad there is no negative rating. I ordered two noodles and waited over half an hour, so then I asked the waiter for a follow up. Shortly the waiter came with the wrong order, he took it back then we waited for another 10 mins yet again with a wrong order. I told the waiter that it was wrong and she proceeded to challenge me with my order sheet and the menu. Turned out I wrote down the correct order.

Come here for the chicken wings and their vermicelli (they use the thin vermicelli, not the medium thickness) and BBQ. They have excellent BBQ and freshly made shrimp on sugar cane (not frozen). It’s family owned and usually under staffed as it can get busy. The owners are Chinese but from Vietnam. Their phở is ok, order the BBQ instead

This is a Chinese restaurant in disguise as a Phở restaurant.
Phở broth isn’t authentic-​tasting and has a weird smell to it. The beef sauté also had a weird smell but was spicy.
Service was okay. Our waiter looked like he didn’t want to be there. There was no music so we could just hear the two waiters talking to a person sitting at one of the back tables. Kind of awkward.
I asked for bean sprouts and the waiter said they already put it in. I really wanted bean sprouts so he finally brought me some but there were steamed! The whole point of bean sprouts is to cool the hot soup. They shouldn’t be steamed already.
The shrimp rolls were small and a bit hard but didn’t taste too bad.
My husband and I didn’t even finish our soup and they didn’t ask why.
Wouldn’t come here again.

Came here for a quick dinner on a weeknight and was not impressed.
We ordered:
— bun bo hue: flavour was okay, nothing special, but the noodles were overcooked
— curry chicken noodle: the vermicelli was WAY overcooked to the point where it became mush. Soup was lacking flavour
Service was friendly but the food was just not good. I don’t recommend this restaurant unless you really really crave Viet food…

This place is an absolute JOKE! I had a tomato based beef brisket noodle, my friend had a satay beef noodle. We couldn’t tell the difference between 2 soup and both soup base was diluted. When I asked how come there’s no bean sprouts? They told me they were already in the soup?! Then I asked for more, they gave me cooked one?! What type of Viet restaurant uses COOKED bean sprouts? The waiter even said… «cooked is better than uncooked. safer hehe». I was speechless. I guess they don’t have «fresh» bean sprouts to provide.
Number ONE worst Vietnamese restaurant in my opinion. Even my friend’s mom makes better Phở than they do…

Some of the waiters are nice and some aren’t. I guess just have to time it. Food is typical and nothing special. When it gets busy, food comes in late.

Hungry and not familiar with the area and it was pretty late. Saw this Vietnamese restaurant still have some numbers of customers so we decided to give it a try.
I always play safe if I visit a new restaurant that I never been to or checking their review before hand. We ordered spring rolls, special beef noodles in soup and prok chop on rice. These are pretty safe dishes that hardly goes wrong. Well I was wrong…
Spring rolls were all burnt. The reason because the oil was too hot and also the spring roll was forzen and defrosted many times so the wrap was stick to each other and breaks the wrapping skin so the over heat oil went in to burn all the filling.
The prok chop on rice comes with feel pieces of pork chops. However the thickness were so much different. The thin one was so dry and over cooked make you feel like eating meat jerky. The thick one was also dry but under cook to a point that it was raw instead of rare. These prok chop for sure cook before hand and keep in the fridge (hopefully) for a long time and reheat with microwave.
The beef noodle in soup was the best out of the worst. The fully loaded MSG soup was hot enough to cook the raw beef. However the noodle was so over cook that make you feel like eating baby food.
This is the first time and will be my last time visit, don’t know why they have so many customers on a late Monday night…

this is by far my favourite restaurant for phở. although i must admit, if you’re looking for some authentic tasting phở, this place is NOT for you. however, their rice dishes do taste pretty authentic so if you’re a rich eater and you’re craving vietnamese food, COME HERE!
first off, their soup base is really good. (probs msg though) i almost always order the vietnamese sausage phở and by far i love how it tastes here. I also really like their noodles cause it doesn’t feel rough against your tongue. it just glides it ever so delicately LOL
**they have some bombass chicken wings (GET ‘EM) i normally don’t like asian fried chicken wings but theirs taste pretty good

Slow service. Cancelled my order because other people at my table got their food in advance and the other tables that came in after all got their food.
Got a really pitiful apology and left hungry.
Probably won’t be coming back.

This is one of the better Vietnamese restaurants uptown. The décor is rather odd, but if you ignore that, the dishes (that I’ve tried so far) are really good. The phở has a unique flavour, the bun bo hue has just the right amount of spice, and the prices are fair for the portions they give.
Staff are attentive, but the kitchen can be quite slow during peak hours. They have a pretty big menu so there’s something for everyone. Their dishes and utensils also seem very clean.
Vic Hong is the only restaurant I’d recommend in Markham and Richmond Hill. There are at least four other Viet restaurants in our area (near Markville Mall), but we always make the drive to this place whenever we crave phở or bun bo hue.

There are 3 Phở restaurants I would recommend going in the Richmond Hill/​Markham area, and this is definitely my #1 choice.
When I go for phở, I pretty much 95% of the time order a raw beef noodle, so I’ll be using this as a reference to compare all the Phở places I go.
The key winning factor here is the taste. Although the beef quantity isn’t that much, the soup base is superb, and there’s a fair amount of noodles. One nice little touch I like about this place that others don’t have is that they add in a pretty big piece of raddish which I love, especially after they absorb the soup taste.
Definitely the place to go for phở if you want a good tasting bowl of phở.

I’m a very picky with Phở. The soup must come steaming hot, has to taste authentic/​homemade, the meats fresh (raw or cooked) and noodles must be the thin kind. Vic Hong does most of it well, except the soup part. I’m not a fan of their soup. It taste all right and looks homemade, but just doesn’t knock the ball out the park. There’s something missing in their soup, something I haven’t experienced since I visited a west end Vietnamese restaurant. The noodles are always super soft, which is another thing I don’t like. The meat, however, is always fresh. Especially the raw beef. Unfortunately, the soup is never hot enough and it takes forever for it to cook in the soup.
First world food problems… Lol

Went here with a friend for lunch and the food, service, design and atmosphere was all pretty good.
I had the special phở bowl with the mixed beef, tripe, beef balls and bean sprouts with the my tho/​mei tho/​glass noodles (although I’ve tasted better glass noodles in phở) instead of the typical rice noodles and the portion served for the regular size was perfect in my opinion. Of course, it could vary between days and different chefs too but when I went it was a good portion of everything including the noodles which is not often to come by! Many other phở places usually give a large portion of noodles and smaller portions of the meat and other condiments. The broth used was tasty and not as oily or heavy either which was great!
Service was good and everything arrived in a timely manner. The only thing I didn’t like so much was how the door was positioned and facing majority of the tables so if any customers were to walk in, a freezing draft would also come in as well. It is winter afterall!

Phở is different than other places — i like! The bean sprouts came submerged under the soup. They dont give you a separate plate like other places. The menu is a little hard to understand.
The phở broth was really really flavourful. One of the best Ive tasted so far. The phở came with a soft wedge of broiled radish that was tasty. The broth came super hot and piping, it was great.
I had the special combination which had some pieces of raw beef to cook in the broth. It was so tender and tasty.
My friend had bbq chicken phở. The charred bbq was tasty too!

Came here on a weekday. I was pretty surprised on how good the food was. I was expecting pretty run down food. But the place décor was really nice and clean. Service was excellent. The food came our really quick too. I had the Won Ton Noodle Soup. So delicious and hot! I would come back here to try out their other menu!

I’m having the hardest time figuring out where to order phở from. Is this on a separate menu? I stopped going here because I couldn’t find any phở on the menu yet everyone around me is eating it. Shouldn’t be so difficult. So now I go across the street :)
They also don’t take debit. Cash or credit only. Again — it shouldn’t be so difficult.

Vic Hong is one of few Phở places in York Region I would go often. The broth is nice and made with good quality ingredients which does not have a lot of MSG.
I usually order Beef Phở and Lemongrass Grilled Pork Chop rice.
Service is okay and quick.