Pho Lien is a Vietnamese restaurant that offers great quality food for the whole family at an affordable price. The menu features lots of soups, some noodle-based dishes, spring rolls and grilled mains flavoured with lemongrass and sesame.
Pho Lien is widely praised as a top pho spot in Montreal, with a rich aromatic broth, well balanced toppings and noodles with good bite, and many diners say the beef pho is superb and among the best in the city; portions are generous, prices affordable, and service is typically fast and friendly, with extra bowls and fresh chilies available on request, though the cash only policy and an on site ATM are noted; the atmosphere ranges from cozy and welcoming to busy and cold depending on seating and renovations, and some reviews mention a return after a fire that was celebrated; while concerns include flavors leaning toward MSG, inconsistent quality, small meat portions, higher prices, slow or disorganized service, cold rooms, or lack of card payments, many longtime visitors still consider Pho Lien a favorite for both dine-in and takeout.
Voilà ça c'est un restaurant à la hauteur des attentes des clients, la soupe phô est succulent & savoureux à l'excellence, bien garni & d'une qualité quasi parfaite. Malgré des prix excessifs, Bravo mes compliments, félicitations, c'est un plaisir de venir déjeuner chez Pho Lien, je vous le recommande, ce restaurant connaît le sens accueil, sourire, bienveillance & le plus important, l'écoute du client, c'est primordial. Certains concurrents devraient prendre exemple sur Pho Len...
Sep 2, 2023
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Extremely poor sanitary measures.
First I find a bug, now I find a string of hair.
Few years ago, I found a bug in my soup but I did not write any bad reviews because I thought I may have been unlucky.
Today, I found hair which was clearly not mine.
If you look at the picture, above is the hair I found & below is mine for comparison. You can see that the hair above is not mine because:
1) my hair is clearly much shorter (note that the hair I found was split in two while I was pulling it out of my mouth)
2) my hair is black while the hair above is light brown.
3) the hair string above is much thinner than mine.
(For this website, I could not attach a photo)
2 years ago, when I had found a bug in the soup, at first, I thought it was some sort of a thin black bean & wondered why there would be a bean in my pho. I pushed on it with my chopstick & saw wings sticking out.
I wanted to puke.
The restaurant refunded me the soup (which is why I did not post any bad reviews at the time) but they never apologized.
Instead, they asked me why I had eaten the soup if I had found a bug, insinuating that I put the bug in myself. (This is because I had only found the bug floating on the soup when I had almost finished eating it.)
I don't understand how anyone could eat from here. You think this won't happen to you, but think again. Go to a clean pho. These pho's rarely keep their sanitary measures & this one was not an exception clearly.
This restaurant will never change as long as you keep paying for their dirty soups.
We have been going here for many years & still have to say their tonkinose soup is one of the best in town. The flavour of the broth may vary slightly but it is always very tasty.
Parmi les multiples restaurants vietnamiens qu’on retrouve sur Côte-des-Neiges, le Pho Lien est à mon avis, le meilleur dans sa gamme.
Le service est rapide, toutefois c’est difficile de bien ce faire comprendre en français & il y a toujours ou presque une file d’attente pour manger, ce qui n’est pas l’idéal pour dîner. Il faut prévoir du temps du temps d’attente si vous n’arrivez pas avant 11h, car le restaurant est vite plein.
Mention spéciale pour leur dessert aux fèves & pour leur café vietnamien.
Les amoureux du soleil sauront appréciés la terrasse.
Je mange la soupe depuis plusieus annees . Une 10- ne de visites.
Tres bonne!!! Le reste est mediocre.
Alors si vous cherchez des plats, viandes, rouleaux - pas par ici. La soupe seulement.
La terasse en ete difficile avoire place. Jusq'a fermeture.
Interieur - mangez les yeux fermes, lol.
Service- ils fonctionnent tres rapidement' mais pas d'ambiance amicale ou familiale. ( faute trop de clientelle ?)
on mange très bien, la meilleur soupe tonkinoise en ville. Le resto vraiment trop tassé car c'est très petit. Le service est très vite, les serveurs ne parle pas tous en français, mais globalement ça vaut le détour.
Mais prenez jamais de café, ils le serve avec du lait concentré,bizarre.
