Xelua Vietnamese Restaurant

The best Phở restaurant in town. I feel in love with Phở noodle cause of this restaurant. Really recommended, should try the spring rolls

I come here on late weekdays to fill my craving for curry beef brisket with soup noodles! It’s not extremely spicy but it’s definitely hot temperature — which makes it heart warming on a cold Canadian winter day.
Service was average-​decent. Waiter was generally polite and checked in enough.

DISGUSTING CUSTOMER SERVICE. SIMPLY DESPICABLE AND I WANT EVERYONE TO BE WARNED!
My parents and I used to come to this place occasionally. Not that I expect much from viet joints but these employees ARE THE WORST!
Today’s service:
–when they wiped the table, they just flung the bits of food off the table onto the booth and chairs
–no tea was given, not even after all the food came and we asked for tea twice
–served vermicilli without the fish sauce
–soggy noodles, tasteless broth
–rude server attitudes
My mom goes up to pay. The lady gave her back $ 5 and some twoonies and a looney. My mom took all the change back because today’s service did NOT warrant a tip. The lady at the cash said «YOU NEED TO GIVE TIP» and my mom said «I was not happy with the service today». The lady’s response? Instead of asking «what happened today?», she told me my mom «GO GO GO!» and shooed her away in front of other customers.
ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING! WHY DON’T YOU CHANGE YOUR SERVICE AND ATTITUDE THEN YOU’LL GET TIPS?!
First of all, YOU DO NOT DEMAND TIPS.
Secondly, YOU DO NOT SHOO YOUR CUSTOMERS AWAY! My mother was not rude in her response, she was telling you she was not happy today and you don’t ask why?! No wonder I see other reviews here saying the same about demanding tips or charging it on the card machine.
Thirdly, we complained to the manager on the employee’s piss poor attitude and he didn’t seem to care.
TERRIBLE SERVICE. HORRENDOUS. DO NOT GO HERE! I will be telling everyone I know.

Severely disappointed.
Used to love going here for phở. Came religiously. Came back recently for the holidays and the quality of food has dropped substantially. Noodles were «soggy» soup base tasted weak. Incredibly disappointing.

Clean your bathrooms, I went back after a year and it’s the same story. Bathrooms are disgusting I can see flies everywhere, wait staff appear unhappy … smiles are free at McDonald’s but not here. I also remember one suugested a tip. There’s 2 other good options in the area Phở Bristro in plaza east of them and Phở Viet at Bathurst and Steeles.

Great neighbourhood joint. Good phở and appetizers, all of which were tasty. Good portion sizes. Big restaurant and lots of tables available with many filled up even at 9 pm on a week night. The only downside is the service is slightly slow and the tables are sticky and dirty which is huge for me. But I can forgive them when I have a phở craving and am in the area. They serve one of the better bowls of phở.

Looking for best vermicelli bowl in Vaughn, North York. This isn’t it. Who knows, maybe the phở is out of this world, but I’ll try someplace else before I come back.

Poor service and just as bad food. I’m honestly not sure which is worse. I grew up close by and I don’t know why I used to think this place was good. I’ve had way better phở in smaller cities than Toronto. The broth is bland. They also refused to take my American credit card because it didn’t have a chip.
Stay away from here if you prefer to eat good food, or if you want good service.

Been here only 2 times and I would probably not go eat here again. The reasons are:
— the workers are so rude
–the food is so dirty and doesn’t seem properly cooked
–they forced us to give them tips even though all they did was gave us bad quality food (uncooked and dirty) and a bad service
Not worth paying for. I went to eat in the restaurant for the 2^nd time because I thought it would not be so bad as the 1^st time it happened but it was worst. I never had such a bad experience in a restaurant except for this one.
You should not force your customers to give you guys tips when it was so obvious that they didn’t liked your service and they don’t want to give any tips.

Despite the old school comforts that phở brings (giant bowl of soup, vietnamese fast food), this place has upped their game. The restaurant is clean, spacious, and comfortable. Their communal tables still provide plenty of space so you’re not elbowing your neighbour. The service is quick, and the ordering sheets make it clear and simple when paired with their menu (so many options!). The food here is pretty standard — nothing stands out as amazing, but if you mess up phở, then … it’s a pretty bad thing. I ordered the usual tripe and beef phở and spring rolls. Both came out piping hot and were delicious. We also had a dry noodle dish, but the bbq pork that came with it was shredded to bits, so it was far too dry to be enjoyable. Communal chopsticks and spoons as usual, but if you’re worried about germs they also have wooden chopsticks (the take-​out kind) if you ask for them.

A friend suggested this place to me, and I said sure, why not?
Had my doubts, but the first thing that sold me was the smell when you walk in, you know you’re in for some good eats.
The spring rolls were pretty great, as was the fried sausage, which was actually more like a battered patty, which was akin to a Chicken McNugget, which is awesome.
Had something called Bun, with beef as my meat, I enjoyed it a lot.
I’ll definitely be going back.

I can’t believe that I’ve yet to write a review of this place — it’s been a standby for meals with friends and family for more than a decade.
Xelua (colloquially and commonly called ‘Train’ because of its logo) is cheap, delicious, and a mainstay of northern Toronto. The restaurant is located at the back of a faceless retail plaza, but those in the know have been coming here for years in search of a hot bowl of phở. Smoothies are unexpectedly delicious, and highly recommended.
Size ‘large’ is probably your best bet — it’s more than enough to be filling, and rumours abound that XL is merely the same as large, with a bit more soup added. I almost invariable order number 110 — with tendon, tripe, and rare beef, it’s the best of all Vietnamese worlds.

one of the better Xelua locations.
they always have the grilled jumbo shrimp available (most places don’t have it, even though it’s on the menu) the garlic sauce that comes with it is super good, wish they can put more!
the beef noodle soup is salty, but i think all phở noodle soups are salty, maybe it’s just the way it is.
the phở with fresh noodles is good — good amount of meat and noodles.
I don’t have a problem with anything on the menu here, always come here to grab a quick bite when in a hurry.
there’s always plenty of seats and parking outside.

Disappointed… service is worse i ever encounter… not coming in here again. They give a glass with a bleach, are those people trying to kill their costumer?

Am a sucker for beef soup with the refreshing bursts of bean sprouts every couple of bites.
Xelua can deliver it piping hot in a generous serving of beef and cow insides turned edible for weaker stomachs like me. Plain rare beef soup is the popular choice for the less adventurous with the right amount of onions and perfect noodles.
Another fave: spring rolls! Must-​have sides if you’re a bit starved for one of Vietnam’s famous food staples.
The service here seems to vary from the many different servers and they really insist on the tip even before handing over the bank card machine.
I believe in tipping well for the exchange of deserving service and am not too demanding although some of their customers may find this approach rude. I chuckled it off since the older male server forced a smile despite my jokingly «excuse me?!» gesture I gave him. A good sport calls for a good tip.

Disappointed!
Serving time super long but it was not busy at all. Waiters were rude. Never go back.

always reliable for a steaming hot bowl of phở on a cold –25 degree winter night. not super awesome high quality stuff, but satisfying. same chain as the one in chinatown. which every down-​town student probably has many many lovely/​drunken memories for.
what i like: 1) phở, watever type of phở, just get a small, no matter how hungry i might think i am. get a SMALL! 2) bun bo hue — some spicy thick noodle dish, i love the spice, also incredibly salty, 3) bbq pork or pork with chicken on rice. 4) beef curry with rice 5) oh ofcourse, spring rolls are awesome.
yum, a little bit over dose on MSG, but i will come again.

My best friend loves this place and this has been one of her go-​to lunch spots for the last year or so.
Pros
–Cheap and filling
–huge portions
–plenty of variety
–yummy broth (even though I put way too much hot sauce in mine so maybe that has something to do with it lol)
–clean, nice atmosphere
–quick service
–friendly service
–bean sprouts are a nice touch, and always fresh. ALWAYS.
–consistent
Cons
–quality of the meat. I know this is a small thing to complain about but sometimes the chicken is good stuff, sometimes its weird gross bits, but its a hit or miss. The quality of the beef isn’t very good either and that alone will turn me off from coming back, which I haven’t in quite some time. It would probably be ok for others, like my best fries who’ll eat anything, but I’m picky (sorry!)
Otherwise, the menu items are plenty and there’s lots of choice. Can get pretty packed, which is a good sign that maybe its just me with my weird poultry preferences, but overall good quantity for the price.

Not bad. Service was quick and the goat curry soup noodles I got was tasty. It was big and ended up being two meals for me (yay!)

Hearty broth with plenty of flavor. Great sizes (three available med/​lrg/​xlrg). Excellent value (large brisket/​rare beef phở $ 6.50). Fresh spring rolls loaded with shrimp including lettuce and basil leaves as well in addition to the standard. Staff is actually Cantonese but don’t let that keep you. Service is quick without conversation which is of course infinitely better than slow and chatty especially when I’m craving phở which is most times.
Would consider going again although still have others in the area to scope out. Overall, you won’t be disappointed.