If you avoid restaurants because of punny names, please raise your hand. I admit, I was like this too, until I was drawn in by the amazing smell of chicken soup from Chicken Pho You's San Mateo branch. Sadly, they are no longer open in SM, so imagine my delight when I found another branch in Millbrae!I love noodle soups and this place serves my second favorite bowl. Cilantro, green onions, boneless chicken, a fat serving of noodles, and piping hot soup. So simple and so good!The chicken soup here seems a bit different from other chicken pho I've had; the flavor seems more clean. It reminds me of childhood and a little bit of the soup you get from Hainan chicken rice sets.Get a small if you're trying out this place, because there's a deceptively high amount of noodles. I say this as someone who gets hangry easily and loves noodles. It's a GENEROUS portion. ?Stepping in here brings me back in time as a restaurant kid. The chatter, the clients, the service, and food.
A great place to eat with family or friends, The chicken soup is very good, less MSG!
We got #1 chicken pho in Large and #21 rare beef with shank in small. Both have a nice taste to the broth which is why i gave 4 stars. But really its 3.5 star. Portion dont really match because the small had same or more than my large. The other thing to point out is the tables, it definitely need a thorough cleaning along with the napkin amd sauce dispenser. Sticky and sauces all over.
Pretty busy business. However, the delivery sequence sometimes mess up. Later customer gets the food early which they explain that kitchen controls the order.
Decent spot for tasty chicken pho. I like that their version adds medium wide rice stick noodles with fresh cuts of chicken, almost like Ha Noi (northern Viet) style pho with no bean sprouts. Simple, yet satisfying. Keep in mind, if you ask for a small sized bowl of pho, it's more like large here. You get your bang for your buck! Great location in downtown Millbrae. Will be back soon.
I got the chicken noodle soup. The broth was flavorless to the point I was contemplating whether or not I was experienced the COVID symptom of loss taste. It was the soup, not me.
Broth was just all right. Ordered the tendon and tripe. Wish there more in the soup. Not impressed, sorry.
Delicious pho and extremely reasonable prices although I did order the fried wontons today that I was pretty disappointed with being the were tiny and not so good. They were $7.95 for 8 pieces. Sounds like it would be okay figuring a dollar for each but they just weren’t great. Other than that it’s definitely worth a visit if you like pho! ?
First time we eat here. Its so fresh and delicious. During pandemic we want to support local businesses including restaurants. We enjoyed friendly staff. Everything is so fresh and delicious as well.
The chicken noodle soup is king. The beef noodle soup is pretty good. Portions are good and so is service.