Mekha Restaurant

TL;DR: great authentic food. Desserts are "ok". Soup is very flavorful and has a "home cooked" vibe. Parking: free street side parking. Atmosphere: more seating in the back around the corner. Menu: minimal images but descriptive. It has a blend of Cambodian and Vietnamese food, but it felt more on the Vietnamese side. Service: wait to be seated, order at the table, you will be watered, check brought to you. Phnom Penh Pork Noodle: the soup is "souper" flavorful! Has a real homemade vibe and is very satisfying. All the ingredients blend together nicely and is the perfect meal for a rainy day. Pork Vermicelli Bowl with Crispy Roll: the pork is thinly cut and is very flavorful, though some slices were slightly chewy. I'm a big fan of the assorted veggies in the bowl and the generous proportion of crispy rolls (2 cut rolls), the sauce for the vermicelli bowl was very flavorful (a perfect balance of tang, sugar, and salt). Ube Flan and Pandan Flan: flan is so vibrantly colored like acrylic paint and is lightly sweetened -- the bottom "juice" is where all the sugar is at so I recommend starting to eat from the bottom up to maximize coating each bite with the sugary sauce. Overall, taste was not bad, I could taste the ube/pandan, but I probably wouldn't get it again. If I had to choose between the two, I think Pandan would be best, the flavor was stronger.

First - they have a lot of plants in this place!! That is the first thing I noticed. I was craving bun cha, and I remember that my friend recommended this place for their huy tieu. My son had their pho bo vien. I tasted the pho broth and it's a little too sweet and cinnamon-y for my taste. They give A LOT of meatballs, though. I had the bun cha ha noi and holy smokes - it's a lot of food. My husband also ordered the turmeric rice dish? I can't remember the official name. He really enjoyed it. Service is as you would expect from a Vietnamese restaurant so it makes it more authentic. haha

My favorite pho spot in Portland… maybe on planet Earth. This place checks all the boxes. Delicious broth, prefect noodle served in a warm, plant and light filled wonderland. No better place to remedy the cold rainy Portland blues. The #13 is my go-to but when I’ve branched out, I’ve never regretted it. Stop reading this and order here now!

Great food and such nice staff! My boyfriend and I ended up walking into mekha because it was one of the only places still open during the storm. The food was awesome - we got pho, chicken wings, and beer. But the servers were so amazing and gave us some more spring rolls to go, and then cups of hot water to keep us warm on our walk back. Not to mention it was so fun to see their family all talking and laughing together during their down time 🥰 everyone in that restaurant was happy, even with the snow dumping outside!

Omg! Best Pho in Portland!! Everything was fantastic and cheap. Except the bus boy , older guy seemed to have a chip on his shoulder and was just plain rude. But ignore that guy and get here to try the best Pho this side of the Mississippi! Don't forget to order a Chinese donut and for desert , the casava cake!! 🩵🩵🩵🐟🐟🐟🍤🍤🍝🍝

Among Thai restaurants, this place has a wide variety of menu items and they all look delicious. We had #55.Yellow Chicken Curry and #37.Vietnamese Turmeric Noodles. Both are similar turmeric-based soup noodles, but they have completely different tastes, and both are surprisingly rich, flavorful, and delicious. 🤤 We would like to try them again, even though they are far away from us.🚙=3

They are listed as one of the best Pho restaurants in PDX for a reason! Their pho is delicious! On a cold night in Portland, it was the perfect way to warm up. We enjoyed their chicken wings as an appetizer before diving into our pho! Broth was flavorful and the noodles were done perfectly. Service was great. Definitely recommend!

Talk about Pho comfort sup! Amazing! As soon as a walked into the place and heard a conversation not in English... I knew I was at the right spot! Back to food. Pho was 9 outta 10. I would give it a 10 if there was more noodles. You can add more noodles for an upcharge. The broth was on point and there was plenty of sliced chicken. Price for one person is 10 outta 10. Comes with the tradition Pho sides. I would come back in a heart beat. I have no issues given it to my seal of approval #gorditoapproved #fatbouapproved

The soup is good! The waitress wasn’t the most friendly when we first came in :/ The mango laca (if I spelled it right) is a sweet and spicy drink, personally liked it more than I thought I would. We also got a Vietnamese egg coffee but Holly smokes that thing was SWEET. Like really really sweet, almost like molten taffy 😂 didn’t like it as much though :/ Everything else is good :) one of the good phos that I’ve tried around