Pho Truc Lien

This is our favourite Vietnamese restaurant in Canada. We’ve never had a bad meal here and love that it’s cozy and not noisy like most places. It’s a family owned business and the owners are very hospitable. I recommend the all day lunch special with beef and vermicelli….while you’re at it be sure to order some extra spring rolls… they’re delicious!!!

I was very disappointed with the portions. I ordered pad thai, spring rolls, and Rangoon (crab with cream cheese wonton) The pad Thai came in medium container half filled, with a little noodles- consisted of mostly mushy sprouts and maybe 2 flat pieces of chicken. The wontons were a joke. Very small, barely any stuffing and absolutely no crab. My spouse and I finished and were still hungry after spending 74 dollars on skip the dishes. This will be the last time we order from here.

Was craving some fresh authentic Vietnamese food tonight! Our dinner was not only fresh, but so flavourful and super delicious. Huge shoutout to Pho Truc Lien in Orleans, ON for satisfying my craving and making our meal unforgettable. I will absolutely be back!! Chicken Pad Thai, shrimp salad rolls (rice wrap rolls) with amazing peanut sauce and the vermicelli dish all 5 STARS. Highly recommend if in the area, truly an awesome Vietnamese take out experience!

Always a great experience eating here at Pho Truc Lien, everything taste fresh and the food is very filling, I always get the beef soupe P08, with meat balls, slice of pork, rare beef and slices of beef well done. The broth is so good and it helps me when I'm congested. There's a great selections of authentic Vietnamese dishes and some specialty Thai dishes as well. Go try them out!!!!

TLDR: If you want to be served a medium pho after paying for and expecting a standard extra large pho like the ones that are served at other vietnamese restaurants in Ottawa, come to Pho Truc Lien. My first and last time here. Just ordered an "extra large" soup for take out and was given about a liter of broth with little meat mixed in, along with a small container of clumpy and crumbling noodles. I ask one of the employees if they made a mistake and if they gave me a small or medium soup instead and he answers no, then points at the top of the styrofoam container and says: when it's extra large we fill it to the top, when it's large we fill it here (pointing 1 centimeter lower) when it's medium we fill it here and so on. Go to other vietnamese restaurants in Ottawa and the difference between extra large and small is a full container of broth, not a couple centimeters of liquid. Same with the meat or the noodles, other places give you extra containers when you order extra meat or noodles. And what's up with the fried wontons? There's barely any filling in them, check out the attached picture.. Paid 50$ for a soup, two orders of spring rolls and some fried wontons (calling these things wontons is a stretch)