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artyboy123 said:
can't go wrong with "Pho Tien Thanh" in Ossington! 57 Ossington Ave, Toronto, ON M6J 2Y9
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Don't want to be this guy but: their food is good but everything else attached to it makes it a meh for me.
evandyk said:
I've been there many times, but I'm asking about downtown :)
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If you're looking for downtown specifically you're probably not going to find much. There's half a dozen in Chinatown, including Pho Xe Lua and Anh Dao. You may need to cross University or Broadview to get to some good Vietnamese spots.
 
I like Pho Linh on College, a bit west of Dufferin, which I believe is in @evandyk 's neck of the woods. If you're willing to cross into the less chartered expanses of the outer boroughs then Pho Ngoc Yen 2 at 1596 The Queensway in Etobicoke and Linh Anh located within a plaza at 3290 Midland Ave get my recommendations.

I recently visited Pho Xe Lua on Spadina and their pho broth sucked. It felt super watered down, and decline from what they used to be.
 
Yeah, I keep hoping something will open up within walking distance of the financial district for lunch.
 
AlbertC said:
I like Pho Linh on College, a bit west of Dufferin, which I believe is in @evandyk 's neck of the woods. If you're willing to cross into the less chartered expanses of the outer boroughs then Pho Ngoc Yen 2 at 1596 The Queensway in Etobicoke and Linh Anh located within a plaza at 3290 Midland Ave get my recommendations.

I recently visited Pho Xe Lua on Spadina and their pho broth sucked. It felt super watered down, and decline from what they used to be.
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I used to go to Pho Linh occasionally several years back and thought it was solid. Cash only though, unless that's changed.
 
Towered said:
I used to go to Pho Linh occasionally several years back and thought it was solid. Cash only though, unless that's changed.
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It's still cash only unfortunately. I would consider going there more often if they took credit or at least debit. Back in the day it was common for Asian places to take only cash but even most old Chinatown places take debit/credit nowadays.
 
AlbertC said:
I recently visited Pho Xe Lua on Spadina and their pho broth sucked. It felt super watered down, and decline from what they used to be.
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Agree with this. Xe Lua used to be stellar prior to Covid. Now they're very inconsistent.
AlbertC said:
It's still cash only unfortunately. I would consider going there more often if they took credit or at least debit. Back in the day it was common for Asian places to take only cash but even most old Chinatown places take debit/credit nowadays.
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East Chinatown is still very cash-only in spots.
 
AlbertC said:
It's still cash only unfortunately. I would consider going there more often if they took credit or at least debit. Back in the day it was common for Asian places to take only cash but even most old Chinatown places take debit/credit nowadays.
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I'd go more often too if they took debit. I rarely carry cash. Dimpflmeier bakery in Etobicoke is another place that drives me nuts - such a large, popular business and they're still cash only. If they didn't have such amazing chocolate chip cookies that you can only get there I'd probably boycott them.
 
It looks tasty enough, and good on them if they can convince people to pay 18 bucks for a shawarma, but I'll take a pass for now.
 
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