Pho Kim 88

An excellent restaurant with a good variety of Asian dishes, and a friendly staff. Very convenient, too. They're just short distance from the Washington Junction T station. Perfect for lunch before heading downtown.

Good food

Literally the worst Vietnamese food I've ever had. Banh mi had microwaved teriyaki chicken and old vegetables on it. The veggies for our pho were all wilted and old with low quality meat. Had none of the freshness you expect from Vietnamese food. The whole place reeked of old fryer oil. Our server/cook was incredibly pushy with us making our selections in a completely empty restaurant and smelled very strongly of stale cigarettes and then completely ignored us once our food was out. My friend had yellowtail sashimi and said the fish was mushy and gross. The restaurant was overall grimy and the menus were crusty reused paper menus. I wouldn't recommend this place to anybody. Miserable dining experience with awful food. Will not be returning, absolute waste of money.

We went in for dinner, not knowing what to expect. Ended up getting the hibachi, which came with salad and soup. We were quite pleasantly surprised with what seemed a very homemade ginger dressing on the salad, and full wontons with sliced pork in the soup. The main course was delicious, flavorful and enjoyable both in restaurant as well as the reheated leftovers - portions are generous. The atmosphere is a little kitchy, but not in any bad way. Service was crazy; we never wanted for anything, it just showed up, and the timing on it was comfortable. We weren't rushed but also weren't waiting around for the check. I'm excited to go back and try more! I heard once that 'you know it's authentic pho place if they have a number in the name'. I'm not sure if this is true or not, but they definitely earned a good review from me.

Worst Bahn mi ever