East Side Pho

The best bubble tea. I had a tea with sticky rice and none dairy milk. I left and came back the same day to get another one. Mmm good.

I'm a sucker for Pho but I'm never on this side of town. When my coworker and I talked about eating lunch someplace new, he found this micro food hall. The name eludes me but I think it was an old car wash and you have these smaller order-only restaurants with outdoor seating. We originally went for a Latin-American restaurant but seeing a Pho restaurant stopped me in my tracks and I ordered from here instead.Granted, I should have known better than to order a hot soup on a Nashville humid, summer day and I paid the price because my shirt was soaked from sweat, but the Pho was so good. I ordered the "Bun Bo Hue", a pork and beef pho chock full of pork shoulder, beef shank, and pork dumplings. Some people may be turned off by the oil slick on top but not me. Bring on the fat. The quantity, as most pho restaurants, was a huge bowl with all the traditional garnishes. My only complaint is that it wasn't salty enough. I guess I could have asked for some salt packets but I didn't. Besides, we could all use a little less sodium in our diet.This place is worth every penny. Although I probably won't go there if the weather is bad, I do need to wait until the weather is a little more tolerable to outdoor dining.

I picked up a to go order from ESP in honor of National pho day. They were having a deal for $8.88 for their chicken pho. Since I had been eyeing it for a while, I decided to give it a try. A few things to note about this place:- Parking is incredibly tight.- This is a serving counter. There is only seating available outside. - You order using an online app. I went with the pho ga and taro ube bubble tea. Pho ga (4/5): Chicken was so tender! The broth could have been a bit more flavorful and was a little too salty for my taste. However, a well balanced pho overall.Taro Ube Bubble Tea (4/5): Taro and ube flavors were fresh and yummy! The bubbles were a bit over cooked.Overall, I'm glad I got to try this place out!

Hot take: my favorite things to get here are actually the non-pho items.Don't get me wrong: on a cold day, grabbing a heaping bowl of chicken pho (where I always sub tofu for the chicken meat) can really hit the spot, but the rotating specials and quite frankly one of my all-time favorite salads are my go-to's at this lovely fast-casual spot in East.Part of a micro food hall of sorts, East Side Pho brings the fresh and herby flavors I love in Vietnamese cuisine to anything they do. On a recent day when I didn't eat lunch and came in a bit hangry, I grabbed the new shrimp & pork steamed dumplings with chili oil. Let me just say -- WOW. I actually don't eat pork so had never ordered these before but now I guess I eat pork only when East Side Pho is serving up these dumplings? Literally some of the best dumplings I've ever had. Have gotten them several times since then. The salad is also a real fave - the half is SUPER generous and filling, loaded with herbs, pickled onions, crunchy peanuts, crispy chicken skin. So dreamy and delicious. Also recommend just getting a cup of broth to go for a tasty sipper! My go-to whenever I feel the slightest chance of a sniffle coming in and I'm convinced this broth cures all.Lots of room to sit outside or you can combine with a tasty drink inside at nearby bar Bay 6 (my go-to option!)

Consistently delicious food and friendly service.On my first visit I got the impossible pho to-go. It was perfectly packed with components separated so that it would be fresh when I was ready to eat it. Each and every visit the broth is packed with flavor, the greens are perfectly fresh, and the service is friendly and smiling. The kids menu is a great value and a hit, plus it lets me make my impossible pho spicy while keeping the kids occupied.I look forward to exploring more of the menu on future visits.

Excited to see pho in this side of town. I ordered the beef pho and spicy pork noodles (under not pho). However, the pho was a little bland than what I had hoped for. It has some flavor and the beef was good , but it's not that flavor hitting pho taste so that was a little disappointing. The spicy pork noodles were nonsoupy so it's noodles with their chili peanut sauce and minced pork. This was pretty flavorful and has a little spicy kick to it. I ordered take out so it might not have tasted as good as if I ate it there when it was made fresh! This restaurant is part of the Wash and they have a cute outdoor patio seating but they share it with a few other restaurants. However, parking is super tough because the lot can only fit a few cars and this is for customers from all the restaurants there. I found some street parking a few blocks away.

Beef pho is phenomenal! The best flavors, wonderful service, and located The Wash with cute outdoor seating. 10/10 would recommend.

I've had East Side Pho when they held pop up events at East Side Banh Mi which I love and I was excited when they opened up East Side Pho. We needed some good Pho in the East Nashville side! This time I got ESP through Uber eats as delivery and they separated the soup from the toppings and meat and veggies, which I appreciated, to keep everything fresh and not soggy! The soup was pretty good, I just wished the flavor of the soup was a little stronger. It seemed a little watered down so a little more meaty flavor would have made this perfect! Noodles were good and they gave a good portion of the meat and the meat was delicious as well! Definitely squeeze lime on your soup - it make a difference! Toppings I added pickled onions and chili oil crisp. Highly recommend! My only thing is that they charge $1.95 for chili oil crisp in a small sauce container when other restaurants would give that as free as a condiment.

Always good and consistent. The new summer curry noodles are incredible!!! As good or better the next day!Only complaint is I wish I could get Vietnamese iced coffee earlier in the day!

Wowwie that was good! I had the vegan pho and my date had the beef pho. We both loved the food. So much flavor. We will be back.