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Best Pho in Calgary: Top 15 Vietnamese Restaurants You’ll Love

December 29, 2025

By Cody Battershill

Where will you find the best pho in Calgary? With many Vietnamese restaurants open for business in nearly any area of the city, it can sometimes be challenging to find one you love. But as avid lovers of Vietnamese food in Calgary, we’ve done the homework for you by visiting pho restaurants across the city and noting which ones are a step above the rest. Here is our list of Calgary’s best pho and Vietnamese restaurants.

1 – Rau Bistro: Vietnamese Street Food

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Address – 806 Centre Street North
Phone – 587-352-2506
Rau Bistro

Since opening a few years ago, Rau Bistro has taken the Vietnamese food scene in Calgary by storm. Located in the Crescent Heights community just north of the Centre Street Bridge, its unique dishes scream quality and authenticity; for example, its Goi Cuon-Salad Rolls are thick and tasty, served with a housemade peanut sauce. Other unique dishes include the Steamed Siant Meat Ball, Grilled La Lot Beef, and its Mega Bowl (bun) is to die for. But the Rau Bistro dish that takes the cake is Soup 8 – Tamarind Seafood, with its sweet pineapple-flavoured soup that makes you want to drink every last drop. We hope you’re not allergic to seafood, because this bowl might very well be the best Vietnamese dish in Calgary.

2 – Pho Huydat Vietnamese Noodle House

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Address – 311 19 Street NW
Phone – 403-270-8818
Pho Huydat

This top-notch Vietnamese restaurant in Calgary is found in an unsuspecting location on 19th Street NW in Hillhurst, beside the acclaimed Dairy Lane Cafe. We absolutely love their appetizers; the beef carpaccio is out of this world, and their peanut pho sate soup is also to die for. Vegetarian options are also available—Pho Huydat is one of the few vegetarian-friendly pho restaurants in the city!

3 – Song Huong Vietnamese Restaurant

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Address – 2915 19 Street NE
Phone – 403-313-9509
Song Huong

Song Huong is another unsuspecting Vietnamese restaurant located in a commercial district just off 32nd Avenue and 19th Street NE. If you’re looking for the best pho in Calgary in this industrial area of the city, then Song Huong is a safe bet. Its house-made broth is delicious, and its pho bowls are loaded with savoury beef and chicken. They give you more meat than at other pho restaurants across Calgary. The beef carpaccio is also one of our favourites in the city; the frosted beef is served with a sweet, tangy sauce and topped with basil, onion, peanuts, and chilli peppers.

4 – Van Son Vietnamese Cuisine

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Address – 308 16 Avenue NW
Phone – 403-276-9990
Van Son

If you love peanut sate soups, then you’ll love Van Son’s take on this popular pho bowl. Make sure to add beef balls as an extra; they use high-quality, sizeable beef balls with no gristle, making their soups some of the best pho in Calgary. Van Son’s consistency has us coming back again and again; the restaurant’s extensive menu also has a variety of dry noodles and rice dishes, stir-fry, and so much more. Van Son is by far the best pho restaurant along the Trans-Canada Highway west of Centre Street, located at the south end of the Tuxedo Park community.

5 – Pho Hoai Vietnamese Noodle House

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Address – 132 3 Avenue SE
Phone – 403-264-8174
Pho Hoai

Pho Hoai is where you’ll find some of the best pho in Calgary’s downtown. To find it, head indoors to the storefront; it is inside an unsuspecting Chinatown shopping plaza just off 1st Street and 3rd Avenue SE on the east end of downtown, adjacent to the Harry Hays building. We love their soup in particular, as each bowl is served with lettuce and tomato, making their dishes unique from many other Vietnamese restaurants in Calgary. The meat servings are also generous and are of high quality.

6 – Pho Binh Minh

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Address – 4710 17 Avenue SE
Phone – 403-235-2521
Pho Binh Minh

You can never go wrong with Pho Binh Minh, now open for over 25 years! If you live near International Avenue (17th Avenue SE), this Vietnamese restaurant is one of your best bets for the best pho in Calgary’s southeast/east area. Be sure to try the beef pho sate soup with extra spice (if you can handle it!). It also has delicious Vietnamese baguette sandwiches, some of the best in town.

7 – Pho Dau Bo

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Address – 4909 17 Avenue SE
Phone – 403-272-5160
Pho Dau Bo

Of all the Vietnamese pho noodle houses in the southeast, Pho Dau Bo is one of the best! And it may be one of the few Vietnamese restaurants in Calgary where you’ll have to wait for a table at around peak hours — it’s that busy, and that good! Located in an unassuming strip mall off 17th Avenue between 48th and 50th Street SE (south side of the block), Pho Dau Bo offers delicious peanut-satay beef soup, buns, and traditional rice dishes at very affordable prices. Their long-standing position in the restaurant scene is a massive testament to their success.

8 – Bagolac Saigon Restaurant

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Address – 6130 1A Street SW
Phone Number – 403-252-5588
Bagolac Saigon

Bagolac Saigon is one of Calgary’s best Vietnamese restaurants in the Chinook Mall industrial area. It has been open for several years, a true testament to its serving some of the best authentic pho around. Inside, you’ll find a contemporary atmosphere and a large seating area that can fill up during peak times. However, the restaurant is so large that you’re likely to get a table given the high turnover rate. We particularly like the shrimp salad rolls and rice vermicelli dishes. The pad Thai is uniquely Asian-style, made with ketchup and other sauces that perfectly blend sweet and sour flavours.

9 – Golden Bell Saigon

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Address – 1112 17 Avenue SW
Phone Number – 403-452-8803
Website – Golden Bell Saigon

Always get great food with quality-tasting ingredients at Golden Bell Saigon on 17th Avenue SW. Serving some of the best Calgary pho, this Vietnamese restaurant is ideal for late-night eats (open until 10 pm most days) along the Red Mile. I highly recommend trying the coconut beef sate soup; this flavour is truly of a kind in the city and is one of the best sate bowls around. There is a second location in the Bridgeland condo community which serves up just as delicious cuisine as 17Ave.

10 – Pho Kim Restaurant

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Address – 1511 Centre B Street NW
Phone Number – 403-276-7425
Pho Kim

If there’s anywhere on Centre Street North to get a good bowl of pho, this is it! Pho Kim has been open for many years, a testament to the quality of the Vietnamese cuisine it serves. It has ample seating with a two-floor layout, so you won’t have to wait (if at all) to enjoy some of the best pho on Centre Street North in Calgary.

11 – Pho Houz Vietnamese Kitchen

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Address – 411 10th Street NW
Phone Number – 403-229-0215
Pho HouZ

Sometimes, new is better. In the Kensington condo District, that is true regarding Pho Houz. Inside this top Vietnamese restaurant in NW Calgary, you’ll find one of the most contemporary ambience for its genre. You’ll also find delicious pho and bun dishes that will keep you coming back for more. We love the curry chicken pho. We also absolutely love the Vietnamese beef stew, rich in flavour with melt-in-your-mouth beef shank, served with a French baguette!

12 – Pho Chu The

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Address – 4633 Macleod Trail SW
Phone – 403-457-3455
Pho Chu The

Phu Chu The serves some of the best Vietnamese food in Calgary’s southwest and along Macleod Trail. It is close to Chinook Mall, making it a great place to stop in before or after movie night. Serving sizes are always hefty (their bowls are big), and the food is mouth-watering good every time. We especially lover their pho sate soup and the amount of meat that comes with each dish. The restaurant has since opened a second location in the SE community of Mahogany, a must-try for anyone living in the area!

13 – Pho Huong Viet 17th Ave SW

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Address – 3855 17 Avenue SW
Phone Number – 403-239-3388
Pho Huong Viet

Pho Huong Viet on 17th Avenue SW serves some of the best-tasting Vietnamese food in Calgary. You must try the peanut pho sate; it’s pretty spicy and loaded with meat! We also love the fresh bun noodle bowls, packed with ingredients, and the sheer number of menu items at this restaurant. Whether you’re in for a good Viet-style sandwich, some pho noodle soup, dry noodles (bun), or a rice dish, Pho Huong has it all. The restaurant also has a second location in the Crowfoot shopping area of the NW, which is just as good, if not better than 17Ave.

14 – Nho Saigon

Address – 1411 17 Ave SW
Phone Number – 403-246-1388
Website – Nho Saigon

Nho Saigon has one of Calgary’s best peanut beef sate noodle soups. This dish features a spicy, rich broth with crushed peanuts and raw beef strips, a show-stopper bowl that attracts many locals to the restaurant. Formerly located in Marda Loop, head to its new location at the corner of 17th Avenue and 14th Street SW in the Beltline condo community for some of the best pho on the Red Mile!

15 – Quynh Vietnamese Cuisine

Address – 2555 32 Street NE
Phone Number – 403-291-2099
Quynh

For some of the best Vietnamese food in Calgary’s northeast, stop in at Quynh for your favourite Vietnamese dish. Located beside Sunridge’s Cineplex Odeon theatre, it’s a great place to grab a bite before or after movie night! If you’re looking for something new, I highly recommend the hot and sour chicken soup and/or the yellow chicken curry, which are delicious. We also love the size of this place; you’ll rarely have to wait for a table because of the number of booths inside.