Reviews for Pho Ca Dao Vietnamese Kitchen in San Diego, CA

Food & Service is Horrible, they are understaffed & overwhelmed, restaurant had little customers and we had to wait an hour just... to get seated. Once we ordered, we received our food 45min later, the bone marrow in my pho was practically empty & we neverreceived the rest of our order. The party sitting next to us sent their pho back because it had a hair in it the waitersresponse was "I'm sorry this is the 4th time today." Also noticed the bartender dropping & breaking the glass cups and makinglemonade with their tap water and squeezing a lemon in it must of tasted horrible. This franchise should be re-evaluated or shutdown. Read more

Food was good, but service took to much to prepare our meals. Restaurant needs to be clean and they need to hire more people... because only one person was working as waitress. Read more

Had the filet pho. It was tasty. But $20 for a bowl of pho is ridiculous and not worth it. ? Restaurant- clean ? Staff - ok,... but aren?t down with the culture to bring out the proper condiments. ? food good, but no Thai basil & mint. Measly beansprouts. For a Viet place in Fashion Valley this fits the area for the Caucasians. It doesn?t really stay true to its roots.This is like gentrified Viet food. Read more

This place is great, not going to lie we came thinking it would be just another pho restaurant in the area, it brew my... expectations, specially on they're drinks menu. We ordered a seafood pho and a brisket pho XL! And they sure were XL look at thephotos, bowl was the size of my head ! Read more

OMG the BEEF RIB Pho was the most delicious I?ve had. The broth was full of beef flavor, the veggies were fresh and crisp. The... BONE was enormous, full of that great beef flavor and had that long slow cooked soft bite. The restaurant and bar were cleanand the staff was very busy but still took the time to help and all with a big smile. Read more

First time experience tonight, the service was hospitable, informative they just got through a rush and were recovering from... that. I completely understand that and they were great. One gentleman helped us to sit at the bar top and he was very friendlyand very pleasant, we later had a younger lady help us out and she was very nice and pleasant. Moving on, the food was veryunderwhelming. Egg rolls were the best part, and the hot part of the meal we had. My roasted hen broken rice dish was quitebelow average. It was not executed well in the sense the rice was cold to the touch when it came out and turned over the henthat was cooked and was black burnt. My girlfriend's ubon pho dish was bland, and subpar. The food was a 2/5 and she offeredto comp my food and I still paid for my dish. Their service was a 4/5, their saving grace. Their kitchen needs help and won't bereturning based purely on their food. Read more

This place has been upgraded very nicely. I was promptly seated and noticed that they totally transformed it from the Mexican... restaurant before. The food was very good, I had the roasted hen and the egg rolls. The couscous was well cooked and the henwas crispy on the outside and still moist in the middle. Plenty of dipping sauces, but you didn't need them. They were keepingbusy even at mid day during the week. Read more

First time here! Overall it was a good experience, and definitely I want to come back, because today I was starving and is not... the best situation to do an objective review. The food was definitely good, and at first the service seemed pretty good, sincewe got our food faster than I was expecting, but once the waitress served she disappeared and when she was back she had kind ofan attitude. So, that's my reason for not giving a 5. I know that I'll visit again and hopefully the service is regularly goo. Ihad a vermicelli salad whit crispy egg rolls, sausage and shrimp that it was good, nothing out of the world. We also tried thefried coconut rice, that I never found the coconut flavour. We also tried spring rolls with pork and shrimp. As I mentioned,it's a good place but honestly I didn't taste nothing special or out of the regular. I recommend this place. Read more