Pho 501 Vietnamese Restaurant

Ordered takeaway for 5ppl. They do delivery which is exactly what we wanted on a very cold Sunday. The lady taking our order told us it would be faster if we picked up but we were happy to wait. Delivery took about 30min.
Ordered beef skewers which were tender and tasty. Beef salad rolls which had 3per portion. 2x Rice vermicelli with pork + shrimp and springrolls — shrimp was very bland but pork was tasty. Fried rice with pork sausage + egg + chicken — pretty tasty and would order again. More than enough for the 5 of us and came to $ 100 with beverages for all. Pretty good deal for $ 20 each.
Not my favourite Vietnamese in the city but good for the takeaway we needed.

This is the worst place ever! I have NEVER in my life seen such RUDE staff! A staff member calling a customer «stupid» for not liking the soup. I didn’t like my wonton and another lady staff member wouldn’t even listen to me, just said «oh well don’t eat here again»! I am just completely dumb founded! This place is also VERY dirty! Health inspector needs to go view this place. Stay clear! Way better places in Calgary for food like this! Awful place! Asked who to complain to, she said don’t bother we are family run.

Stopped here because we were nearby. Thought why not! It was empty no one except us. Boyfriend asked waitress’s what she recommended based on two choices–
She’s like, «I don’t know». Alright! I ordered vermicelli noodles with beef & spring rolls but no sauce! What gives? Boyfriend loves his broth at least. I think well continue searching for a better Phở place.

Said they were open until 8:00pm on Sundays (also said in their door hour chart). Showed up at 6:45pm to locked doors even though there were people eating inside. Hostess gave us blank stares through the window. Won’t waste time trying then again.

We’ve been in twice, once last year and again a couple of weeks ago. I found the food this latest visit to be tasteless, bland and boring. I’ll give it a miss from now on and search for other places with more flavor.

Finally stopped here after a friend of mine telling me how good the food was, but he always grabbed it as take-​out on his way home. So, this time I said let’s sit in!
We were greeted right away by friendly staff and seated, it wasn’t a busy time although I’m not sure if this place gets to capacity given the location. Plenty of delicious sounding Vietnamese meals on the menu and I chose a lemongrass vermicelli bowl with chicken and spring rolls, my friend had some seafood type phở. My meal was a good serving size which filled me up and tasted great, a perfect amount of chicken and veggies in the bowl. My friend was also filled by his bowl of phở, which was tasty and sufficiently spicy — which he likes. Very nice given the reasonable prices for the meals.
Service was efficient, meals came quickly, and we were able to pay up without a long wait. The atmosphere may be a little dull, but it’s suitable for a nice quick meal. But, if you’re in a rush, do like my friend does and make this a great place for take-​out.