Pho Duy

This is my favorite place for phở! Authentic and I don’t think they use msg because I don’t get thirty after. Small menu but it’s the phở that my family comes here for. Must try this place.

best spicy phở hands down!!! ¹⁰⁄₁₀
viet ice coffee to die for!!! ¹⁵⁄₁₀
service is great! small family run joint. super fresh!!! ¹⁰⁄₁₀

This place has really improved since they first opened. Firstly, I’d like to address to the person below who said this place is quiet all the time and is a hole in the wall… Clearly they haven’t been here during lunch times, especially on the weekends; the place is literally packed to the door and the friendly waiter and waitress can hardly keep up with the customers as they are coming in non stop.
Back to the review, I believe the menu has gotten smaller since they first opened, but this is a good thing. The Phở has gotten 10x better; the broth has so much depth for your typical Vietnamese restaurant on kingsway. I love how they give so much onion and cilantro in the soup, and they give the perfect amount of rice noodles too.
The item that makes this place 5 stars is simply their Vietnamese café sua da which is the Vietnamese iced coffee with condensed milk. Holy crap the coffee is packed with a buttery richness by itself, combined with freshly cracked ice (you heard me, its like we’re in Vietnam) and the condensed milk, makes for the best drink you’ve ever had in your life. THIS IS A MUST GET! The owner once told me that the neighboring businesses would order 10 at a time and it stresses him out. Poor guy, that’s what you get for adding heroin to your coffee. JK.
The only downsides to this place are the irregular closing times (they close whenever they run out of stuff or when there are no customers?) And the looonnnngg waits, but I can’t blame em.

I used to come here when it was called the Phở B* Nigga, however, since they changed ownership the phở here has gone down hill. This place used to be busy and now it is quiet all the time. It’s a hole in the wall, therefore, no real encouragement to stay. I was disappointed by how bad my phở was. Good cheap prices.

Not enough reviews for this lovely family operated spot on the busy corner of Kingsway and Victoria.
Don’t let the understated outside fool you. This is a very clean, spacious yet cozy restaurant where once you step in you almost forget the outside world with 2 big screen tv’s, one corner with a couch where their polite children quietly sit and play games or watch tv after school, and another tv in the other corner… and if their dad who is the waiter and host happens to be in the kitchen when I come to sit down, the kids greet me and I smile and say hello back, then one of the kids will get up and gently call their dad out in Vietnamese, as well as hand me a menu, immediately after the father will bring a nice hot tea.
This is the spot I go to when I am nursing a hangover. Somehow, I just feel comfortable enough to bring my groggy and achy self there for a hot, full bodied flavourful broth and tea. The service is prompt and I never go long without a tea refill, in fact it seems as soon as I finish one he brings me another.
The broth there is lovely and full bodied, you can tell this is a family recipe. I think more people need to step inside and experience this authentic gem. They seem to have been around for a while, and they never seem busy when I am there but that doesn’t seem to hurt their business but I do think they deserve more recognition.
The only thing keeping me from giving it 5 stars (I wish I could give it 4 and a half) is I feel that the House Special, while delicious, could use more meat and morsels, the broth is what has me hooked.
Oh and this place is also fully licensed, as it states on their menu. I have yet to have a drink other than of tea, there.
Thank you, Phở Duy, for being in a convenient spot as well as somewhere I feel welcome to be when I am feeling my worst and can drink your healing broth.

just for the ice coffee, so it’s a solid 3.5, worth repeating. It’s actually quite dark, a bit different, almost like a mocha.
It’s a bit of a hole in the wall from the outside, but inside, home-​y. clean.
quite big too, as they have a sofa area for their kids to play games/​watch TV lol.
truly authentic.
flat screen tv in the corner.
right on the corner of Victoria/​Kingsway.

Went here for late breakfast on Tuesday with two buddies of mine. It was right by the place we were staying so we went to check it out. Place is very small and smells of incense (nothing you can’t get over though). Basically, like being in a Vietnamese home as they had their kids in the corner playing with video games and the husband took our order while the wife cooked in the kitchen.
There are a lot of Vietnamese places in this area as the person below said but this was the only one we went to so can’t base it on the others. Regardless, the place was pretty good — my Vietnamese friend liked it so that’s a good sign.
I ordered the bahn mi sandwich ($ 5.00) which came with the usual pork, carrot, cilantro while my two friends ordered beef phở ($ 8.00 each). Phở was pretty decent size for the price and they don’t charge any taxes here! Just like being in good ‘ol Vietnam. One friend also ordered a Vietnamese ice coffee ($ 2 I think).
Good place to go if your looking for something cheap, quick and tasty.

Average phở for this area of Kingsway, with very friendly service. To be fair, this area of Kingsway has a lot of good restaurants though — so average for the area would be considered very good in a different part of the city (particularly Vancouver West!).