Pho V - Gloucester

This restaurant is close to home, so we end up visiting it frequently. So we can only comment on the menu items that we have tried so far ...Appetizer: favorite one is the shrimp tempura, we usually end up ordering it. others that we've tried are calamari, won ton soup, and tom yum soup, all very good.Pho (noodle soup): excellent! love it!Egg-noodle: very good. have not had it in quite some time, so it was a welcome satisfaction to the taste budsRice dishes: my parents always order these, and they always enjoy it.Pad-Tai: unfortunately, way too salty the one time we tried it

We have been here for lunch a few times, most recently in the past 2 weeks with another couple. The menu is extensive, the food arrives quickly, hot and delicious. Any of the Pho bowls are a good choice as is the Pad Thai. The menu offers a choice between a medium or large bowl - the medium is quite large and the "large" is huge. The shrimp tempura appetizer is excellent as are the vegetarian spring rolls.

My complaint with many pho restaurants is that, after you come home, you have to burn your clothes. Not so at Pho V. While out of the way in east Ottawa, if you are in the neighbourhood this is a must go--that is if you like Pho. The shrimp roll appetizer was deep fried and not at all greasy. You could taste the shrimp. I had Pho with beef. The broth was very delicate, the noodles were not overdone and the beef was flavourful. I would go again.

I have been to many Pho place around town and I've been quite impressed with this one. Nice clean restaurant, awesome food and service. The beef you get in Pho is generous in size and tender. Great selection of tasty appetizers and cold (really cold!) asian beers. Highly recommended.

Nice discovery on a snowy night: a great Vietnamese place in Beacon Hill. Partner ordered pho, I got the Bún bò Huế, which is a rich and spicy beef noodle soup. Both were outstanding! Nice, spacious dining room and frendly service. Fried veggie spring rolls were a bit bland, but we will come back for those delicious broths! (I even tried some of the beef tendon in my soup, but I'm not yet a connoisseur.)Looking forward to touring more of the menu another time.Pictured: Bún bò Huế