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Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

Cu — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:11:20 -0000

it's so dirty in there! The soup is too salty and dirty. Whenever I eat there, I feel sick t my stomach! No money is invested in cleaniness or decoration or training the workers properly. Flies flying everywhere. Never want to go back again.

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

Ofchange — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:41:50 -0000

Service has gotten bad over the years and prices are not nearly as competitive nowadays as they were in the past with other vietnamese restaurants in Côte-des-Neiges or Montreal. I first ate there about 12 years ago and was a regular for many years. They're surely making lots of money on this tiny restaurant with none of it being reinvested on decoration. Riding on their old reputation I guess. People still flock to eat soup, but they should try Bun Viet, Hoai Huong, My Canh, Pho Tay Ho...
It's really not that hard to find good soup in Montreal! (btw I'm Viet)

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

mike — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:32:00 -0000

i got take out once and they forgot to put beef in the soup,so i called and they said they would credit me the next time i ate there(i was a regular)when i returned a few days later they offered me 50 cents!Needless to say that was the last time i ate there...too bad the food is pretty good but the owners don't give a shit about loyal custumors,too cocky i guess when business is good.

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:07:09 -0000

I used to love this place, but seriously, the service is crap and makes all the difference. Now, my #1 go-to restaurant when I'm in a dire need of vietnamese food is Hoai Huong. Highly recommended!

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

k dien — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:07:03 -0000

I second the comment about Bun Viet restaurant. I have yet to find any other place in Montreal that serves very authentic soups like this. Bun Viet is to die for.
Hu Tieu is very hard to come by in Montreal. All the places in China town and on Cote-des-Neiges cater to what they think the masses want. They serve pho, maybe a chicken soup, and nothing else unique is on the menu. Boring! Do these restaurant owners ever travel outside Quebec to see what vietnamese restaurants in other cities are doing? Montreal is always known for its fine restaurants, but people are really missing out. We're living in a bubble and don't care to know anything different.

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

Duc Hoang — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:04:48 -0000

The best place to go for the TRADITIONAL vietnamese soup is BUN VIET (Bun = Vermicelli and Viet = Vietnamese's). The restaurant is located near by St-Hubert and Jean-Talon corner. It is on St-Hubert. A family operated business. All vietnamese go here for a great taste of soup (5 kinds). The restaurant is face to the Payless Shoe store on ST-Hubert.

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

Koopseh — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:17:14 -0000

i went there,
very nice indeed

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

Marie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:13:51 -0000

I've tried Pho Lien a few times and I was so sick after because I think they put so much msg in there soup. So my friend (who's vietnamese) recommend me a small restaurant on cotes des neiges street named Dao Vien vnow it's my turn to recommend it to you, it's definitely the best vietnamese restaurant in Montreal :)

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

Arthur Nguyen — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:34:37 -0000

I'm actually Vietnamese and this is the best Pho restaurant I've been to in a while :)

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

Boris Anthony — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:33:36 -0000

@Jude the "Banh Mi" in the title refers to what you call "subviet" (which is a new one for me. cute!)

this city is packed with awesome vietnamese pho joints, pretty much all of them family or individually owned by people who take their food seriously (enough to not need MSG, btw. ;)

@Nicholas definitely worth trying out. It was my fave for a long while before moving on.

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

$1705193 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:04:58 -0000

Wow, Pho Lien . . . where I met my girlfriend (but I only had a beer--more fool me! I'll have to go back).

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

Chef Deck — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:07:49 -0000

Thanks Jude... me i'm a big Vietnamese junky and i'll post many more of my favs.

Thanks for the recommendation ill try it out next week

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

Jude — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:43:25 -0000

try this place:

Café Banh Mi Linh (Metro Jarry)

8084 Lajeunesse

-No MSG!

- they don't have a huge selection, but for what they make.. it's damn good

-broth made from real meat and bones

-100% family operated

-it's connected right into Metro Jarry

-they definitely make the best subviet (viet submarines) and best pho

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

Gus — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:55:00 -0000

Good food but i prefer the place next door (saigon something better)