Pho To Liem

In shortThere's nothing neighborhood-y about this intersection, but PTL is a solid neighborhood joint doing everything just right, if not anything completely amazing that I discovered. In longThe confluence of Casino, Evergreen, and the Boeing Freeway must see tens of thousands of vehicles a day, at least, just counting the ones traveling by ground. It's busy here, and maybe not the most highly-regarded motorway in southern Snohomish County. But this is a big, bustling strip mall with what seems like a dozen good places to eat, alongside some high-interest loan places and other less-inspiring tenants. But there's tons of parking and PTL is more than worth at least one visit. Inside there are a couple dozen tables, with big stencils of colored spaces and different-color names of dishes in Vietnamese on the side wall. They have a couple good-sized flatscreens up. One of them has big club-size speakers mounted on either side of it. Curious what motivates them to turn on the one with the bumpin' sound. I'm also curious why this is now the second place in a month that chose to switch to Faux News within minutes of my arrival. ESPN was fine! Do I really look like a red-stater? Cracking me up with this. I might need to check my wardrobe if it happens again...3 times is a pattern, and I haven't even been going out all that much. Anyway, the service is lovely, right on point with quick, clear answers and rapid table visits. Kitchen turnaround is fast too! Jasmine tea arrived in the Dreaded Silver Pot, but I still happily drank half of it. Pho shows up with jalapenos, basil, lime, and sprouts. No cilantro, no big deal. Sriracha on the table but no sambal or other pasts. The basil was fresh and fragrant, everything else was crisp, juicy, and so on. The broth is kinda dark, with clear dots of marrow/fat floating here and there. Pretty rich, not too crazy with big seasonings but the flavor's solid for sure. Noodles could have been a little chewier but not bad. The meat was all seemingly never-frozen, no wrinkles showing. The large was like $13 and a heck of a bargain at that--good size. This is why you come to places on Casino; their real estate costs are somewhat lower and there's a good chance your bill will be as well. I was out the door with big tip for $20. It was nice catching this place between rushes this afternoon and just taking it all in. I'll definitely come back if the time and place line up.

Excellent pho flavor. This restaurant is conveniently open at 9am and on SUNDAYS! So they get a 4 star from me just for that alone.

One of the pho restaurants in my rotation. Opens early for "breakfast" for morning cravings. Broth is consistent with less of the anise than some of the other local spots. Staff is friendly!

Whatever we had--all delicious!BBH is on point and hearty. Portions are filling! The aroma from the spices is refreshing and soothing to my palate. Love the soups!The combo beef pho is also very delicious!They are very generous with the veggies toppings that go with soups, they have extra sauces on the side like chili oil, soy sauce, black pepper, hoisin, and even fish sauce. How about that!?Service is very good and friendly.It's very clean too!Ambiance was nice and comfortable.Whatever was cooking in the back, made us feel like we were in Vietnam. It smelled really good and very aromatic. I could see myself going back to go to eat here again. I recommend!Plenty of parking around.

Best pho in everett!!!! No jokes!!!! Get the large pho tai!!!! Extra fatty broth and extra onions!!!!

Ordered bun bo hue and chicken vermicelli bowl, both so good. They gave us some leaves not Thai basil, which were strange but very flavorful. Totally going back although it's 20 miles away from my place.

I am Vietnamese and I can tell the food here are neither authentic nor good. I ordered one Pho and one broken rice. If consider these are fusion, they were still the worst Vietnamese food I have every tried.Pho soup was so bland, like they put lots of water and not many spices. They gave me old bean sprouts that has been spoiled.Broken rice (Cm tấm): the rice was the normal rice but they barely put any water to cook to mimic broken rice. It was dry to choke. The pork chop was not marinated enough and thin slice. The egg cake (chả trứng) was so bland and burn. The fish sauce wasnt salty at all. I dont recommend this place. The Vietnamese food was even worse than homemade.

great food and service every time my coworker dine here. Food always fresh and delicious.

I bet it's been a decade since this was in my rotation. I think there used to be a Keg next door?I grabbed a few friends and made a pho date. It was very quiet when we walked in. But the staff memorized all our orders and we were on our way. Richly colored broth meant tasty broth and we all threw down. One of my friends ate a bahn mi AND a bowl of pho! She was super happy and was wondering how she didn't know about this place.Bottom line- pho makes you happy.

Its been over a decade since I've been here. Even though work moves around on me and I was back up north, I completely forgot about it. So I tried to show some love to a small business that brought back memories. It was pretty quiet when I walked in for lunch. It made me glad that I had a few friends joining me. The pho was hot and solid, and one of my friends put down a small pho AND a banh mi. Crushed it. Hopefully they will make it back again to keep the good juju flowing.