Pho as the name suggests it's got authentic pho(given the ingredients in the area) serves up mainly pho and a few sides and narrow selection of rice bowls. Craving good pho you must go to pho. Ordered the spicy green, prawn rice paper roll and chicken pho. Loved everything.
Yummy
This is a lovely little restaurant, we went early on a Friday night, the atmosphere was relaxed and fun. Our waitress was very helpful and helped to choose a lovely beef pho dish which was both delicious and huge!
Amazing
Well I have to say the staff and food in this place where amazing. Staff go the extra mile and food was great. Cant fault anything. If your in Manchester you will not be disappointed if u visit this gaff.
Managed to get in at second try. Well worth it. Both of us had a "Pho" which is not surprising, mine was the chef's special so to speak and my wife's was a prawn based one while mine was more traditionally beef based. They were both great. The service was friendly and not in your face but helpful. Altogether a good dining experience, I wish we lived closer.
I’ve only ever walked through the Corn Exchange once. Many many years ago. It completely bored me. I remember it being sparse, unimaginative with not much in there apart from the occasional art exhibition (the exhibits were always pretty good though). From the moment we heard Pho Manchester was opening, this restaurant sparked controversy in our house. Mo and I battled it out on how to pronounce this restaurant’s name, our Fantastic Four whatsapp group even changed to ‘Foh’ or ‘Fuh’ whilst we both constantly pleaded cases to prove each other wrong. A quick tweet led to Pho showing this:
The Corn Exchange in Manchester is having a facelift. The building spent the last few years home to some retail spots which failed to pull in the crowds. Now it’s been gutted, and the space looks to be somewhat dedicated to the collection of eateries popping up over the last couple of months with many more to come.
The question is, how do you pronounce Pho? Logic would suggest 'Foe' like Phone but no, apparently it's 'Fuh' like this. But are we Mancunions going to pronounce it the correct way or Anglicise it? Imagine telling your colleagues at work that you're dining at what sounds like 'Fer' tonight? Of course we should try to get these things right to try and be culturally sensitive but there's no blanket rule. After all we don't pronounce Paris 'paree' like Parisians or Madrid like the Spanish do. Try ordering Spaghetti like an Italian and you will sound pretentious and affected.
I had the classic mushroom and tofu noodle soup in a veggie broth, which tasted very fresh. The kale, apple, pineapple and lime juice was yummy. I liked the squid that we had for our starter, but I probably wouldn’t order it again
Food was absolutely fantastic, can’t wait to go back and try some more. If you want a great authentic taste with authentic drinks then this is the place to go.
My food was really delicious but my friend’s pho needed more spices especially salt it was a bit bland. The staff was very helpful at explaining what’s halal and was very friendly and the restaurant is clean.
The service here is not great, if I'm being honest.
You couldn't get hold of a server for ordering food or drink, or food issues (I have an allergen and needed to check before I ordered).
They also wasn't particularly friendly, felt like I was inconveniencing them ordering.
Please note they add an optional service charge automatically on the bill, which is why I focused a fair bit on service in this review because I feel it wasn't worth it and did ask for it to be removed (it worked out around 20%)
The food though was good, although the egg disintegrated and they forgot to add requested toppings (trying to get them to take it off the bill was a bit of an ordeal)
Would eat here again but it's not something I'd go out of my way for.
i had the hot & spicy chicken pho and it was decent. really well seasoned, flavours were on point, portion was okay. the soups being served barely warm was disappointing as it takes away the comfort of having hot soups in cold weather but they’ve stated the reason on the menu so it’s okay…
The prawn summer rolls with peanut sauce were a fantastic starter. The beef brisket and mushroom pho had a flavorful broth. Don't miss the sweet and amazing iced coffee with condensed milk. Freya, our server, was friendly and chatty, enhancing our experience. Overall, it was an exceptional dining experience.
The atmosphere is great, nicely decorated and lovely to sit down and look around. The food was great, I had the beef noodles and my sister had Pho. We both loved the meals and can’t wait to return. The staff were kind although wait times were a bit longer than anticipated.
Went for the second time today and the pho was AMAZINGGGG and that homemade made iced tea ugh LUSHHH. But the women in the red dungees (sorry didn’t catch her name) oh she was even better a 5 minute conversation with her made my day i hope she had a lovely shift and good luck in peru :)
My friend is vegan and this is her favourite spot so we decided to try it. The price is decent and their menu is fairly extensive.
Tried their pho, chicken wings, wraps, and the Viet coffee.
The pho was surprisingly decent, had good flavour and they were generous with the meat.
Also enjoyed the appetizers and the fish sauce was decent with the wraps.
Would try their vermicelli next time!
The staff were friendly, the food was fresh, decent portion sizes but just not as tasty as I would have liked. Maybe it was my choice but just wasn’t that inspired. Shame as it’s in the lovely corn exchange which is a very pleasant atmosphere. Given it the benefit of the doubt as I just got the noodles
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