Reviews for Ph? Ca Dao Restaurant in San Diego, CA
Excellent broth, plenty of noodles. Perhaps a bigger bowl to accommodate more broth would be nice. Fast, no nonsense service.
Went through their drive thru 9/20/2022 around 12pm. We got a sandwich, fried rice and pho. When placing the order for the... fried rice, we asked for chicken and beef as we usually do at this place. The guy at the drive thru said their fried rice ismade with pork, sausage and I don?t know what else. I told him, okay.. so make it with chicken and beef. He said it would beextra.. I said okay that?s fine, i still want it with just chicken and beef? The interaction was just weird and I almost feltlike he was implying that they couldn?t make it with just chicken and beef despite me always ordering it this way at this place.He could?ve just said ?that?ll be extra for the chicken and beef?, and called it a day. I then ordered my pho. I said I justwanted well done steak. I get to a nearby park where my family would be having lunch, open up my food and see that they?vegiven me raw steak. The blood was leaking onto some of my rice noodles since theyre served inside of the same styrofoam plate.Immediately I was grossed out, but the broth that was served in a separate container was still really hot, so I was hoping thatthe broth would cook the meat enough to make it edible (to me) and that it would get the nastiness of the blood off the ricenoodles. The broth did end up somewhat cooking the meat, but not too my liking. I was just really grossed out at that point andI didn?t want to eat raw meat. I also didn?t end up using a portion of my rice noodles because I couldn?t get over the raw meatblood that had dripped on them. I end up going back to the restaurant? the meat and noodles were already in the broth BUT I hadliterally not eaten any of it so the container was still full. While I was there, I saw that the person assisting me was usingtheir microwave but I didn?t think much of it nor did I think he was using it for my food. I get my food back, go home to eatit and realize that they literally just put my container of broth that already had the meat and noodle Read more
Tried this place 2x. The first time was via Uber Eats and 2nd time in person. Uber Eats: I personally hate ordering Pho to go,... but I didn't have a choice since I was really sick. To my surprise, it tasted good for takeout. I ordered Pho Tai Gau (raresteak and brisket) regular size, the Charbroiled Lemon Grass Beef Fresh Spring Rolls and Charbroiled Chicken Spring Rolls.Ordering on Uber eats was a little annoying since it forced me to choose an add on (extra noodles/soup/meat) and I didn't wantto, but I really wanted Pho. It was an unnecessary forced upcharge, with no way around it but I sucked it up. The Pho was asolid 3/5 for take out so I was excited to try it in person when I felt better. My partner liked the beef rolls but he didn'tlike the chicken rolls. Dine in: I finally felt better so I went in person to try it out. This time I ordered the Pho Ca DaoSpecial (large size) and Charbroiled Pork Spring Rolls. Wow. Blew my mind. It was so good! If you like authentic Pho, this is it(in my opinion). I didn't feel thirsty or get a headache after eating it, which leads me to believe they don't use MSG or usetoo much salt. Nicely sized portion, I will probably order a regular size next time... The rolls were really good too, one ordercomes with two rolls so it's shareable. Cleanliness 4/5. Food 5/5. Service 5/5. Sat me down immediately. Took my order.Received my food in decent timing, let me enjoy my food and didn't rush me. That is one thing that annoys me, getting my tabbefore I am done eating, and good thing they didn't cuz I ordered some more rolls to take home to my partner. Bonus: they closeat 9pm and they are located in a plaza with a parking lot. Read more
Came here for a quick lunch with the parentals. Just another no frills viet restaurant. Menu is more limited than I hoped but... it's got all the basics. Everything was enjoyable but unremarkable... Food: 5/10 Service: 4/10 Experience: 3/10 Value: 5/10 Read more
Amazing broth, super fast service. Next time I crave pho I need to come back here.
Been coming here for years and it is always consistently good. Friendly service. Great pho and spring or egg rolls. Great boba... smoothies. Prices have gone up Inter the last 15 years but some of the best pho around!! Read more
Great value for the quantity and quality for the food. Each of our plates were something like 9.75 per person (excluding tax and... tip). We got a table at like 8:30 and we were immediately given menus, we placed the order and was able be given our food like5/10 minutes later. Great food and service, would definitely come back here! Read more
Always very tasty! No frills vietnamese restaurant with most of the basics. My vietnamese father in law loves it.