Pho Dau Bo Restaurant

We had the worst service EVER!!!! None of the people knew what number the food was when they served it to us. One of the waitresses gave us a stinky face and ask us rudely and irritably "well, how many did you order?!" stupid, it doesn't matter just tell us the number so that the person who ordered it can eat it!!!!!!!!! Also my dad ordered an XL that came with beef tendon among other things, he couldn't find it and asked the waitress whether it was the wrong bowl, she went and asked kitchen, kitchen told her to tell my dad to look in the bottom of the bowl... and low and behold only one measly beef tendon, while mine a large had loads!!! All in all the food was subpar the beef broth was watery and the service was terrible :)

Simply good

Pho Dau Bo is probably the only Vietnamese restaurant in Bram-Bram that does not trace its history to the original Pho Peter (my favourite) in some way. This eatery is part of a small chain covering Golden Horseshoe that opened way back in 1996. The Brampton location is a relatively new one having opened in 2006 but going strong. The food here is good, very good. The portions are generous, unless you haven't eaten for a month or have the metabolism of a cheetah, this is a meal in a bowl. The waitresses are courteous. No attitude here. When asked for extra ganish it was brought promptly and with a smile, unlike the downtown Toronto eateries where I was given the impression that they had to fight an ill-tempered chef for it and, even after winning the battle, it came out of their paycheques. The pho is hot and tasty, the way it should be. The garnishes are fresh, not brown and wilted like something ready for the compost pile. The meat is lean and there is lots of it. All in all, pho worth writing to the rellies about. For a Vietnamese restaurant the decor/atmosphere is fine. Don't expect a fancy place but do expect good food. After a couple of visits, this place is definitely threatening to unseat my fave.

Wow!

I went by for take-out and got a larger satay beef soup, and when I got home I discovered that there was enough to feed 3 good size bowls of soup. The broth was very good and fresh and still piping hot.

Best Vietnamese chain

I've asked around to several of my Vietnamese friends, and many recommend that the best Vietnamese Pho restaurant is Pho Dau Bo. It's a chain, and one of the newest locations is in Brampton. The broth truly is excellent - and it doesn't give me the MSG hangover the way some other Pho shops do. The sliced meat in the soup is lean and fresh, unlike some other Vietnamese restaurants where they don't trim off the fat and gristle. The fresh spring rolls are very good too - with both pork and shrimp inside. They have a really tasty chili sauce on the table - with ground up chilis and onions - yum.