Asian Legend
Pho and vermicelli bowls at the west end of Main Street, with free summer rolls tossed in once your order clears $50. The wonton soup is the thing people write in about.
Vietnamese in the burbs
Every vietnamese spot we vouch for, across every town we cover. Cross a town line for the good ones. That's the whole point.
The picks
- Asian Legend
- Bamboo House of Noodle Soups
- Hoiana Café
- Pho Mi Please
- Pho Now
- Pho Street
- Pho Today
- Pho Viet Thai
- Pholosophy
- SaiGon Noodle Kitchen
- TeaVa Rolls
- Thai Basil Bistro
Bamboo House of Noodle Soups
A family-owned Vietnamese BYOB with a hometown-inspired menu — the family traces its cooking to Quang Ngai province and isn't shy about it. Noodle soups lead, with vegetarian options throughout.
Hoiana Café
Phin-dripped Vietnamese iced coffee is the draw here, the slow metal-filter kind poured over sweet condensed milk. Past the cup there's banh mi, com tam broken rice, and croffles, the croissant-waffle hybrids off the boba board.
Pho Mi Please
Vietnamese inside Ridge Hall running a 4.9 — pho, banh mi, and the politest imperative in town. Yes, please.
Pho Now
Downingtown's pho house out on West Lincoln Highway, from chefs who count their Vietnamese cooking in decades. Start with the namesake bowl and work outward.
Pho Street
A Vietnamese kitchen on the west end of Lancaster Ave, working through pho, banh mi and summer rolls. It keeps no website of its own, so the phone is the only way to check hours before you go.
Pho Today
Vietnamese cooking in a Cowpath Road storefront: phở, bánh mì, rice plates, and vermicelli bowls, plus a run of vegetarian dishes. Save room for the Vietnamese desserts.
Pho Viet Thai
Vietnamese and Thai under one roof on Easton Road, pho on one page and pad thai on the other. The bowl-of-broth-or-plate-of-noodles decision you'll settle in the parking lot.
Pholosophy
Pho and Vietnamese plates on Haverford Ave, with a name that earns the groan. Big steaming bowls, banh mi, and rice plates for a cold Narberth afternoon.
SaiGon Noodle Kitchen
A small Vietnamese noodle kitchen on Fayette Street, steam rising off the bowls. Counter-serve and quick, the kind of lunch that ruins you for the chain down the block.
TeaVa Rolls
A Vietnamese counter inside the Q-Mart that packs your pick of fillings into a rice-paper roll or a crispy baguette, with teas and coffees made fresh to order. Hours run on market time, so check before you drive over.
Thai Basil Bistro
Thai kitchen on 2nd Avenue that also runs a full pho menu, settling the curry-versus-noodle-soup debate at one table. Good call on a cold night.
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