St. Louis Pho

This was my favorite place for Phở in St. Louis (haven’t tried them all, but have hit most of the biggies). I understand this place closed a couple months back and was supposed to reopen under new management. Can anyone confirm this? Has anyone tried the new place?
Edited 6÷19÷13: Apparently they have reopened under new management as Kim Ngan.

First time here and I had to try their phở. Like everyone said, the broth was great! Like in Goldilocks and the three bears, with the bears being Mai Lee, Phở Long, and St. Louis Phở, Mai Lee is too salty/​greasy, Phở Long is too bland, and St. Louis Phở is just right. Flavorful and sooo soothing to my alcohol induced stomach irritation. It was greasier than Phở Long’s broth, but its taste made up for it. Good portion size, I ALMOST finished it all. The waitress was super friendly and attentive, and the place is simple but roomy. We also tried their spring rolls which were good but same as anywhere else. Also tried the eggrolls and they were a little better than their competitors but kinda overpriced considering their size (3 mini rolls rather than the standard sized 2). Overall, I’d definitely come back once in a while, only because they’re so far from where I live!

I was so sad when I found out that Mama Phở closed and thought I would never find a place in South City that would rival it. Then, St. Louis Phở opened and my prayers were answered! My friend and I spotted this place when we were on a drive down South Grand, one evening, in search of a Vietnamese restaurant to replace the hole that was left by Mama Phở’s closing. What tipped me off that this hidden gem might be worth a try was that, when you see a lot of Asians dining at an Asian restaurant, you know it’s got to be pretty authentic and good!
Having taken residence in an old fast food restaurant (Burger King?), the place has a simple appearance and isn’t necessarily somewhere you would want to go on a romantic date. But, what this place lacks in cosmetics and ambiance is made up in their friendly service and culinary delights! Hands down, this place has some of the best Vietnamese food, especially their tasty phở! You have to try their phở! The broth is flavorful, the meats are nice and tender, and noodles cooked just right. The portion size is generous and I usually can’t finish all of it without fear of busting at the seams! Their banh mi sandwich is very good, as well. I love their grilled beef dish (don’t know the official name of it), perfectly seasoned and grilled just right!
Don’t let the location and appearance of this place put you off! I highly recommend St. Louis Phở to anyone who wants authentic and delicious Vietnamese food!

Superb phở. Loved it

Hands down the best phở in St Louis. My wife and I are phở tai nuts. We’ve had phở at alot of different places and after moving to St Louis early this year, we searched all over trying to find one comparable to our favorite. St Louis Phở exceeded our expectations. I admin giving this place 5 stars may be jumping the gun BUT I do plan to go back a few more times and re-​evaluate that decision. For now, it stays.

After several years of being just satisfied with other bowls of phở around town, I finally found good phở! I wish I didn’t live so far away from this place, but it’s definitely worth the drive. I came here with a coupon I bought on
. It was a great way to advertise their new place!
The main question I always ask myself after trying a new place is whether I’ll come back. I will definitely come back alright! This time, I will bring friends with me to share their great bowl of phở. With the weather dropping to the lower 40s nowadays will definitely make this restaurant a place I will frequent often!

Well phuc me running. This place is the shiznit. They offer some seriously good Vietnamese food for good prices. And the portions are large. Service was awesome. Really, the only down side was the ambiance. They took over an old Burger King and it still feels like a fast food dining area. This is not a place for an elegant date. This is a place to get stuffed with some tradtionally good viet classics for super cheap. We’ll be back.

This is a great place! It’s nice and clean with great service. Vermicelli was great, spring rolls yum and the Phở are all great. You should check this one out. Also the hot pots are wonderful. Great place you just you or a large group. I can’t emphasize on how wonderful they are.

Yummy, yummy phở!!!
STL Phở was created from some sort of old fast food restaurant (e.g. an old Hardee’s, Burger King, etc.) so this is not a place to head to for ambiance, but believe me, head here for some tasty food.
Alex (my boyfriend) and I went here last weekend for a late lunch and split 2 dishes that stuffed us both to the brim. We got the original bahn mi sandwich and a beef/​meatball phở. Both were generously priced, our lunch was less than $ 20 with tax!

We are Vietnamese so we understand that sometimes the service in Vietnamese restaurants is nothing to write home about, but the service here was horrendous. The server did not bring out plates with our appetizers, spoons with our soup, or our cake. There were six of us and we ordered two orders of egg rolls. Bringing out one plate with six egg rolls on it was not a good idea. Half the table could not reach. Every single time we wanted our water filled, we had to get up and track our server down. The restaurant is small. We saw two other gentlemen rolling silverware, but they did not help the server who seemed overwhelmed.
The food was hit and miss. The shrimp hot pot ($ 30) was excellent. The bo lu luc (steak cubes) was horrific. It tasted as if the meat was cooked after it had been freezer burned and was poorly seasoned. This was the item recommended to us by the owner herself. The lobster and ginger ($ 50) was wonderful, but the egg rolls were not good.
Our server was polite, but poorly trained. He could not handle our 6 top and the other two tables he was assigned. He wanted to bring out the cake while the table was covered in the dirty dishes that we had just finished. We had to ask him to clear them before bringing out the cake. After 20 minutes, we figured out we should have just let him bring it out when he wanted to rather than asking that the table be cleared and additional plates brought out. In the end, we just took our cake home and cut it there.

Fantastic bahn me! Can’t wait to come back and try some other menu items… i have a feeling the mama phở hole in my heart will be filled :)

Holy moly this is good stuff! And as someone else pointed out, when most of this restaurant’s patrons are of Vietnamese persuasion, you know this is authentic. So far, I have only tried the chicken coconut curry (creamy, spicy, and filled with large pieces of chicken) and the Bun Dac Biet, a slurry of pork, chicken, beef and shrimp with noodles and a lovely fried egg roll to top it off. Portions are huge and my service was outstanding. Please eat here and support this local business! Dutchtown needs you! You need this grub!

Did you cry a little when Mama Phở closed? Tired of Phở Grand’s good-​but-​suspiciously-​safe-​style Vietnamese?
St. Louis Phở has filled in admirably just a little further south on Grand from the fantastic but short lived Mama Phở, serving up the usual Vietnamese staples in another reclaimed fast-​food building.
Phở is rich, savory, and full of flavor. Bun dishes are excellent, especially the pork, which is grilled nicely, and the fried egg roll on top crispy and kind of spicy.
Café sua da was not as great as some of the other local joints, I’ll have to try it again.
Please support these guys; it’s a great family-​run place making great food that, sorry Phở Grand, is just better than on the South Grand strip.

This is a tough restaurant to rate. We have been trying to get to this Phở house since the Post’s «little place» reviewer Betha wrote it up. Some things have changed and others are still in bad shape.
We almost did not go into the restaurant, no cars on the converted Burger King lot, the lot was full of trash, including empty beer cans and garbage by the entrance. They have a sign saying they accept American Express, and we were hungry so we went in.
The inside of the restaurant was as dirty as the outside, with any number of tables not bussed and the floor full of paper etc.
It was 6:30 P.M. one person was dining, and that is never a good sign. There was a table of Asians, who appeared to be employees, which was confirmed (I think) by our server, who was impossible to understand.
The wait staff is among the worst in St. Louis, thankfully the food ranks much better.
We ordered Vietnamese Egg Rolls (not spring rolls but egg rolls). The server said he had to take our entire order before he turned it in, so our appetizer would have to wait. Vietnamese menu’s take time to peruse, so the waiter hovered over us, until we decided, which was uncomfortable.
The egg rolls have a great flavor and were not greasy. They would have been better if they had been made within the past week. They definately had been cooked and reheated. Not a good sign.
My wife ordered beef phở, and I ordered meat ball and beef phở. The broth on both dishes were great. The rice noodles had been parboiled and portioned into a lump and dumped into the broth. The vegetables and Thai Basil, were fresh and crisp.
Other than the noodles, the Phở was among the best I had eaten. I had been introduced to Phở in Houston’s little Saigon neighborhood, and thankfully St. Louis doesn’t allow smoking in restaurants, as the Vietnamese are chain smokers to the max.
The meat balls were dense and had a unique spicing, that I could not identify.
Getting the waiter to bring a go container and the bill was the final challenge of the evening, It was obviously the waiters first shift and he should have been shadowing an experienced server, he basically is the reason, St. Louis Phở was rated down by me.
Oh by the way, the sign indicating that Phở accepts American Express must have been from the previous restaurant. The server took my AMEX card brought it back and said it was, «no good!»
I don’t like waiters looking over my shoulder when I am signing the credit card receipt, it is kind of rude. This kid did not want to lose his pen, so I quickly signed and gave him the worst tip I have given in decades.
As my wife went to the rest room, I waited in front for her, as our server walked into me while carrying food for another table. The manager asked how our dinner was, and I told him the food was good but the service stunk. He smiled, appologized and tried to explain his regular wait staff did not show up.
That is not my fault, and it will be a long time before I go back to St. Louis Phở.
On the positive side, St. Louis Phở is only a couple of minutes north of Ted Drewes, so the evening was not a waste.

We really enjoyed our take-​out from St. Louis Phở. Apparently, Phở is not something for me but the hubby seemed really pleased with it. I, on the other hand, could have peed myself and not noticed because I was so seriously in love with my curry scallops. Oh. my. god. They are quite possibly the sexiest of all currys of all time. The hubby ordered a charbroiled pork dish that came with beaten rice, two fried eggs, a tofu patty and pork skins. It was amazeballs. Everything was truly delightful. I love St. L Phở.

I first fell in love with Vietnamese food about 20 years ago when I ate at Mai Lee. But I am always on the lookout for yummy new places to eat. And St. Louis Phở was definitely yummy!
My wife and I split spring rolls which were very fresh… and a Bahn Mi which was absolutely delicious. For entrees, she got shrimp curry and I got the chicken with lemon grass and chili. Both dishes were very good as well, but the highlight for me was absolutely the Bahn Mi. If I worked anywhere near the area, I would probably eat one of their sandwiches two or three times a week!
If you are a fan of Vietnamese food, give this place a try.

Please turn out to support this wonderful restaurant off the well-​beaten Grand path. St. Louis Phở is south of Gravois on Grand near Chippewa but it ranks above the more popular places a few blocks away. A much needed addition to this rapidly developing neighborhood’s offerings. (Hey, Unilocal,you got the address right but the map location is way off. This is NOT at Loughborough Commons. Again, Grand south of Gravois.)
The food is fresh, authentic and extremely well prepared, the owner and chef friendly and genuine, the portions generous and the prices very good. Plus, it comes out fast and the service is attentive but not overbearing.
Can’t seem to get past the phở. The Phở Dac Biet (beef soup with ALL the «parts») and the Phở Bo Hue (spicy beef soup with beef and pork meats) are superb. Shrimp spring rolls — oh yeah. The rest of my family adds great reports for other menu items as well. No one has had a less than excellent meal yet. The beer selection is, well, Heineken, but who goes for the beer anyway.
Business should be much more brisk for this kind of quality. C’mon South City. You know a good thing when you taste it. I’m getting no perks for this. Just want to see this place get its share of a popular food genre (selfishly, of course).

BEST Phở in St. Louis! I’ve been here once for take out and twice for sit down. The service is a little quirky, but the food is worth it. I think it’s a good sign when 80% or more of the restaurant doesn’t speak English!

I like to support Vietnamese businesses so I visited this two weeks ago with my sister.
I asked my friend, who was a waitress there, what she recommended, and she said the «Com Dac Biet». My sister ending up just getting fried rice without vegetables and just scrambled eggs (she’s ridiculously picky).
My dish was fabulous! It included the egg cake, shredded pork, grilled meat, pickled vegetable/​salad, and rice with fish sauce. Delicious and a steal for the price. I tried a little of my sister’s rice, and felt it was sub par to other places I’ve been to.
The food came out at a reasonable time and great service. Check St. Louis Phở out, ya’ll :)

St. Louis Phở is a great new addition to the South City Vietnamese restaurant circuit. It is family owned and they serve old school family style Vietnamese cuisine (phở, pork chops, noodle & rice dishes, lemongrass stir fries, fire pots, etc.).
The owner/​server/​dad is the sweetest teddy bear you will ever meet. The shrimp & noodle fire pot is a delish, hearty rice or rice noodle soup made to share. Ours had tamarind, shrimp, pineapple, hot & sour broth, celery, scallions, and more. The restaurant is cozy, clean and friendly. I have only had the spring rolls and the soup, but I highly recommend!