Pho Lam

We were in Kent to catch a movie at AMC Kent and wanted some bun after our movie. Pho Lam popped up with good reviews so we took our food to go. The restaurant was nice,busy, staff and service is fast and efficient. A really nice bunch of people running the place and the food was awesome. My bun with tofu was terrific, the tofu was fried to perfection and there was a lot of it. First time I've ever had that much. My partner got the bun w/grilled chicken & also loved his. A nice place to grab lunch.

I just finished shopping at h.k. market right next to it and I wasn't even hungry but I just didn't want to go home to my family yet lol so I came in and ordered the combo rice plate with chicken and I freaking annihilated that plate. The side broth was hot and warmed me up, the chicken was grilled and the shrimp cake was my favorite! I thought the shrimp cake was gonna be like a ramen style with the pink swirl in the center but this was like a pocket stuffed with shrimp then deep fried, it was delicious! I'll can't wait to come here again :)

The place has a great tasting soup and their portions are generous. Amazing beef rib, the bone makes the flavor unbelievable!The place doesn't look much from outside but if you need a good size quality Vietnamese food you will love it!

I absolutely love this place. They are very nice the food is great. They are close to my house. The food is always cooked to order and tastes great. We get house rice, shrimp fried, and shrimp egg fooyun.

Ordered Ubereats to deliver. My first time trying this place. There are so many Vietnamese places to dine at. Including down the street from my house. But I like to try different ones. This place disappoints. First the wings. I like ordering wings whenever places have em in the menu. This I'm sad to say, the wings have no flavor what so ever. Not even salt! Only way you can try to make it tasty is to use the chili sauce they send with it. Also, a bit in the overdone side. Not juicy like other wings I've tried, including the ones I make at home. For being overdone you'd think at least it would be crispy on the outside. And the bahn mi. I've had great tasty bahn mi, and I've had bad tasting bahn mi. The grilled chicken one has had was not good either. At least they listened and didn't add jalapeños. But come on...The chicken was so dry it was tough to eat, also no flavor. What's a bahn mi with no flavor?!! Parts of the cilantro looked dark and almost old. The kind I throw out. I didn't get that umami taste you normally get with bahn mi. Would be the vinegar/fish sauce dressing or the pickled veggies. That would've helped with the flavor. I think the only good thing about it was the bread destined and tasted fresh. That's why I gave a two star to be fair. After paying over 30.00 for these two dishes, I don't think I can support this dining location again.

Had the beef rib pho, was some of the best food I've had in the Seattle area. Can't wait to go back, friendly service as well.

I hesitate to review Pho Lam, as today is my only experience - I stopped and ordered "take out" - Spring Rolls and Fried Chicken Wings, certainly not a comprehensive measure of a restaurant with such a broad selection of entrée's. Nonetheless, a few observations are noteworthy.The Spring Rolls are huge and very freshly made. The peanut sauce is somewhat watered down, not the creamy peanut-forward flavor we usually expect. There are, however, a complexity of flavors (ingredients) in the Spring Rolls, that elevate them over other restaurants. $5 for two, with peanut sauce, is a fair price.The Fried Chicken Wings (6 ea per order) were a highlight. They came with a typical sweet chili dipping sauce which I didn't open because the natural flavor of the wings was delicious. However, $8.99 for 6 wings was high in my opinion. There just wasn't enough meat in the wings.The presentation of the food was excellent. The facility was clean. The young man who waited on me was really helpful, went out of his way to open the door for me and bring the order out to my car.It appears Pho Lam has been open for a year, gaging from comments by several who were here on opening day. The number of 5-Star reviews from people with no picture, all near the opening day, is suspect. Especially considering they've only written one review and live farther away.Based on my short and limited experience, I think 4-Stars gives Pho Lam the benefit of the doubt. I hope other elite reviewers will add their thoughts.

The spring rolls and pho broth itself was amazing !! 10/10 definitely coming back to try other items but this is my favorite pho spot now!

This is one of the best pho broths that I have ever had in Washington, very flavorful and comforting! The portions and prices are very fair with the large combination pho in comparison to other pho places. The toppings were pretty generous too, as I usually have to ask for more from other places.When we arrived, we were greeted warmly by staff members and told to seat ourselves anywhere we liked. I love how quaint and adorable the decorations were in the restaurant. It definitely set a cozy vibe while we were there. As we sat down and looked over their menu, it was nice to see how concise it was as I get overwhelmed when there are too many choices. Our server dropped off us a cute transparent water carton with two cups that had ice in it. The main reason I knocked off one star was due to the server was staring at us awkwardly and even came up to us a bit awkwardly before taking our order. It felt like we were being rushed, although I later saw he went on his lunch break after he dropped off our pho bowls.My boyfriend and I both got the same thing but loved our bowls so much. I pretty much finished most of my broth which isn't common for me as often times, pho broths are way too salty and makes me drink more water than the broth. I didn't even add too much chili oil as I wanted to preserve that amazing beef broth. The meat amount was very generous and the pieces were pretty big unlike other places that give you cut up pieces. I'm so sad that Pho Lam is far away from me as I can still taste and smell the broth when I think about pho. I highly recommend checking them out!

Flavor was fine but nothing spectacular. Portions were ridiculously small. The kids meatball pho was 1 meatball cut into 3 pieces. The steak had one slice of steak. Shrimp fried rice was about 3 shrimp cut up.Will never go back. Total rip off.