Yes, there are two Pho Bo Ga L.A’s within a 10 second walking distance, and they both have  blue sign.  If you read carefully though, one of them is the “New” Pho Bo Ga L.A.  This review is for the “original” PBGL, which is on the South side of Somerset.

They had both fried and rice paper Spring rolls, all priced at $3.99.  We had the rice paper spring roll as usual.  It was a little too minty and the rice paper was too thick (too many layers) for my taste.

A friend of ours got an iced coconut drink, it was FILLED completely with ice.  I’ve never had it before so maybe it’s supposed to like this, but it looks like a rip-off to me!  Fruit shakes are $4.50, featuring all the regular flavours you find at pho (Jackfruit, mango, coconut, etc).  For dessert they have deep fried banana coconut with peanut for $3.99.  Not quite sure what that is, have to check it out another time.

Besides the regular fruit shakes, Pho Bo Ga L.A. also features Vietnamese coffee, which is essentially coffee with condensed milk.  A cup with condensed milk is served with a filter containing coffee, with hot water on the side.  You pour hot water into the filter and let the coffee drip into the cup.

XL pho on left, medium on right

Pho sizes were average, the bowls were more wide than tall.  One thing to note was that each pho was topped with ALOT of green onions, so if you don’t like green onions make sure you let them know!

They are open really late on Friday and Saturday so if for some reason you need a bite at 3am then

Hours:
Sun – Thurs:  10am – 11pm
Fri – Sat:  10am – 4am

Pho Prices:
S – $6.50
M – $6.99
L – $7.50
XL – $8.75

Rating: 3/5

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