Bun Rieu Phuong Nam

Hidden gem that will probably be hidden no longer. The pho soup was super flavourful and the rice plate was amazing as well! The lemongrass chicken was great! There's usually a wait outside so be prepared to wait. Great taste, good price, friendly service. Would come again!

I found this place on Instagram and decided to come here after seeing lots of great reviews on Google. I wanted to try their Special Crab Soup Vermicelli. We arrived shortly after they opened, but the restaurant was already full , so we ended up waiting for about 30 minutes. We had the prawn salad roll, which was fresh, but the dipping sauce was watery and lacked flavour. The crab soup was really delicious and the broth was very rich. The place was small and they didn't check Vaccine cards at all. I wouldn't feel comfortable coming back here again.

Unique Pho place with Chinese style rice noodle vermicelli option instead of the usual Pho noodles. Recommend the special crab soup with vermicelli as it was bold in flavor but not too salty. They also serve refreshing fresh squeezed orange juice here. The salad rolls and fried spring rolls were also above average. Very good Pho place with vibrant food.

I delayed writing this review because I didn’t want to add even more 5 star ratings to their reviews…the selfish side of me wants to keep this place a secret so I don’t have to wait for a table! Their fish cake noodle soup with dill is fantastic! Deep fried wings with lemon pepper dip was also very tasty. The spring rolls were ok…not bad but also not special. But the noodle soup and wings were especially good.

Another reviewer said they didn't church for proof of vaccine. Well, they looked at my vaccine QR but did not ask for ID as required. The bun rieu broth is better than any I've had. Much better than the popular Lunch Lady on Commercial. The lemongrass chicken came with chicken flavored rice that you don't get at most places, which is great. Free parking and 1-hr street parking nearby. Cash or debit only.

Very delicious Crab soup with noodle and lots of tofu pops and shrimps, especially the tasty pork hams and hoc meat. We will come back. Cheers!

Echoing what other reviewers are saying- staff didn’t check our vaccine QR codes and so when we sat down, we had it out and put it up to them to see. Only then, they glanced and said “okay okay.” As for the food, bun rieu was flavourful and toppings were plenty. The bun cha ca could have been a bit more flavourful in terms of dill and fish cake.

Superb Vietnamese Pho is Burnaby, one of the best and always my favourite. Love that they had special noodles like Bún Chá Cá and Bún Chá Múc, not like transitional beef pho, these 2 are definitely my favourite, and not many places offers these 2, so you know what to do and where to go.

11:30 am Sunday all 11 tables taken. Eaters vote with their monies. When i want foreign food i want a restaurant where foreign eat no one know its food better foreigner. More Vietnamese eat here than any other Viet restaurants in town. You want Vietnamese foods which Vietnamese approve come to Phuong Nam. Bún Riêu is Phuong Nam best seller

This is the best pho I’ve since Covid lockdown. Great beef soup and the spring rolls are the best! Sauce for chicken wings is black pepper salty lemon juice, unique and tasty! Worth a try!

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