
Pho, banh mi & noodle bowls dished up in a straightforward counter-service restaurant.
Hours
| Monday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–9 PM |
Address and Contact Information
Address: 319 14th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: (612) 236-4538
Website: http://phomai.com/
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Reviews
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They recently responded to a post on a separate page, where I called out price increases. They publicly stated their “small pho” is only $11.50 now. This was 4 months ago. They lied, because they don’t even have a small lean beef pho on their menu anymore. Their cheapest pho is the “no meat” which is over $14 after tax. Unfortunately, it is already not going well. The woman who I asked for a menu, was immediately rude. Speaking to me like I am incompetent. She refused to give me a menu to check out without being seated first. (To me, this is very rude)
They no longer have different sizes for their pho. In the past, you could choose, small or large, with about a $2 difference between each. Given how busy this place constantly is, I don’t think there’s any excuse for a $4 increase in prices. No matter what, you have to pay the higher end of prices now. Which is $15 for a bowl that you would more than likely find for $12-13 at other places. As I’m sitting here, writing my review, they are continuously giving better service to other people. The inflection in the servers voice is different given who she is serving. Anyway, I am going to try this $18 (after tax and tip) bowl of pho, that last time I ate a year and a half ago, was only $14.50 (after tax and tip)
As I’m sitting here, a customer walked out. Refusing to pay. Wrong for sure, but I think, a symptom of a larger issue. They got the person next to myself’s order wrong apparently as well.
To the food: My Laotian step mother’s family recipe is my baseline for how good the pho usually is. Pho Mai’s pho is awesome, which is why I do not give them a 2 star for the extreme changes to prices. I respect the hustle, but I don’t respect greed. You are the only pho restaurant in dinkytown, be fair!
Don’t air your dirty laundry and walk around telling customers about people robbing you, when you are doing the same.
I am not writing this to shame them. I grew up watching pho prices around the city go from $8-10 a bowl to $15-20 a bowl over the course of 15 years. This is a consistent issue. We need to do better.
If you have flush cash; I suggest coming through. If you are on a budget. I’m hesitant to suggest it. Especially given you will be spending a few dollars on parking already before walking in.
P.S. I use a full cup of chili oil in my pho. More spices = more healing. Thank you for the meal! My interaction on the way out was much more pleasant than on my way in.
Update: I came back for bahn mi and chicken wings and I was thoroughly impressed! I ordered garlic wings and they had excellent crispy batter with great flavors and tender, juicy meat. The house special bahn mi was also great. I especially enjoyed the beef as it was well seasoned. The egg is also nice in it. I had another phenomenal dinner here.
We got seated right away, but with how busy server were, we didn’t get our food order for around 10-15 minutes. After waiting around during
that time, more and more people filled the restaurant and it is now a full house.
We both order pho dac biet and I also order a Vietnamese coffee and bahn mi to go. It seems like 1 person was cooking in the back as it took awhile for us to get our food. A family of 3 came in after us got their pho first, but took awhile for the
3rd person to get their rice platter. After a while we finally got our pho.
The pho was good, broth had a good meat/sweet flavor, meat tasted good, not the best pho I’ve had but better than most. The only sauce condiment on the table are siracha and hoisin sauce, not sure if they have more stuff in the back, we didn’t ask. We ate quick and left as we only had an hour on the meter.
Overall good food, service was a bit slow, but they were apologetic. Maybe next time I’ll go try the one in Asia mall to try it out.
Update: Tell me WHY I JUST FOUND A PIECE OF SHARP PLASTIC IN MY NOODLES!! I spit it out and threw the whole thing away. This is wild.