No 1 Pho

Order: grilled pork chop, crispy chicken, green papaya salad and spring rolls. Grilled pork was served on broken rice with tomatoes, cucumber and pickled carrots and daikon and a side of fish sauce. Crispy chicken was fried chicken filet served on top of broken rice and side of tomatoes, cucumbers, pickled carrots and daikon and fish sauce. Spring rolls were shrimp, lettuce, vermicelli noodles, mint/basil, and bean sprouts wrapped in rice paper served with a peanut sauce. Last the green papaya salad is shredded papaya tossed in a special soy sauce with basil on a lettuce bed and topped with sliced shrimp. Everything except the pork chops were on the appetizer section. The chicken definitely was not an appetizer size; it was basically an entree. My favorite is probably the papaya salad. Vietnamese papaya salad is tossed in a soy sauce concoction instead of fish sauce like Thai and Laos papaya salads. It has a more refreshing taste. Items I wish I had tried, the banh beo and banh cuon (rice rolls). Hope to return one day to explore more of the menu.Side note: they have a 10% discount for Yelp check in's but they DO NOT honor it because they said it's "expired." I would recommend updating Yelp to reflect this or honor it for guests who present with the coupon.

Staff was very friendly as soon as you walked in place looked very cleanI ordered Vietnamese iced coffee. That was really good! We ordered the beef pho. that was average I wasn't particularly fond of the noodles that they used. I ordered the combination fried rice. I thought that was good but they put a lot of meat in it and not as much rice. I wish that they would've added a little more rice. We also ordered pork and beef bahn mi. I thought both were good. The bread on the outside was just a little hard but other than that I thought that it was good! For the price I thought they could give you more overall I would rate this three stars.

I love to eat pho and this is by far probably the best pho restaurant I've had since I've lived in the 919. The restaurant is nice and clean and the staff are nice.

This is one of my favorite Vietnamese places because their bánh hỏi platter is SO GOOD! I got the one with all three (shrimp, spring rolls, pork) and I dreamt about it for days. All the proteins were well seasoned and cooked. My partner who had not tried this dish before even agreed it was delicious. If you're not familiar with bánh hỏi, you wrap it yourself in the rice paper wraps by wetting the paper first, layering the ingredients, wrap it like a burrito, then you dip in fish sauce as you take each bite. Their fish sauce is also really good and just well balanced in flavor. The small attention to detail I liked was the scallion oil! As a Vietnamese person, it's a really small detail that's not always essential but does elevate it. When I feel lazy to make it, I know I can depend on this place to serve up a good platter :) On the other hand, the pho was also good but it was a really small portion unfortunately. Service was quick and the restaurant was clean!

I forgot to take pictures of the rest of our meal. But the one I took is the papaya salad. It's the Vietnamese version so the sauce was different with shrimp on top. My husband enjoyed it more than the Thai/Lao versions. He said it was refreshing and the flavor wasn't overpowering like the others. I also enjoyed it but I like both versions! He had the grilled pork Bahn mi! He said it was a great sandwich and a nicely toasted bun. I got the Bun with the grilled pork and spring rolls. To my surprise my spring rolls were still crunchy by the time I got to eat it. I've got a 7 month old that ate first lol! Seems they are fried in a cornstarch slurry and fried! I loved it because I don't like soggy spring rolls in my noodles so it was a nice surprise! My daughter had the pork fried rice. Perfect for kids who don't like veggies. Only egg and green onions in it. Plenty of parking around! Nice ambiance with painted pictures all around. Friendly staff and good service!

The service has always been good for us. We always get the banh xeo here. It's my son's favorite place for the French influence dish. The ambience is great, restroom clean. Everything is a little better than the typical Vietnamese pho joint. And I'm Vietnamese so I have been to a lot of pho joints.

Food for us as Vietnamese foodies, solid 3 stars. We ordered 2 broken rice dishes. They had broken rice which is great because some place offers just regular jasmin rice in place when it's supposed to be broken rice. However the traditional flavor isn't quite there yet. We ordered the dry hu tiêu Mỹ tho for my son and it came out okay as well. Not bad but not traditionally done. Over all, not bad but not the best Vietnamese food we have had. Why I said food is a solid 3 stars but I gave 4 stars? The service was very good. Our server was a young white fella. Super polite and nice and attentive. Service is everything!! He spilled something, totally not his fault.. the corner of the dish broke off as he was holding it.. and he quickly apologized and cleaned up and replaced the dish immediately. Very professional the whole time we are there to us and ALL other customers.

I'm upping them to 5 stars because they are my favorite Vietnamese restaurant in the Cary area! I constantly eat here whether take out or dining in! My favorite are still the spring rolls (chao gio) because they make them with rice paper and it's perfect every time. I love that it comes with herbs and lettuce too if you want to wrap them. As for the dishes the best part is the variety of dishes here! I love that they have Banh cuon so much and hope they never get rid of it. We've tried the Banh hoi here too and it's delicious. The pho is not the best pho I've ever had but it will hit the spot if you're craving it. I still avoid the bun Bo hue here, so that's one thing I can't recommend. Service is casual, quick, and they're kind! All around, I love this place.

We have eaten hear a number of times and it is always good. It was crowded and the service was friendly and fast although once the food was served it was hard to get our waiter's attention because it was busy. My son got the summer rolls to start and the chicken curry. The waiter pointed out it was also listed as an appetizer with baguettes that you can dip in the sauce. It is a cheaper price and the same amount. He also said you could get a side of rice and get more food. My son loves carbs so that is what he did. That was the first time he got the curry and it was the best thing we ordered. A little too spicy for him but very flavorful. We brought it home as there was a lot with tons of big chunks of chicken. I got the shrimp bun and hubby got the shrimp com. They were good.

Food was sooo amazing. The service was amazing for us. We were the only ones there after the lunch rush. I ordered the grilled pork bahn mi sandwhich, combination pork and egg roll vermicelli noodles, and fresh spring rolls. Everything I ordered was so good. Highly recommend this place.