Ben Thanh

This place sits right in the middle of a strip and if you’re not familiar with the area can be a little hard to find. Upon entering, it is a small restaurant and the sweet old lady welcomed us and I think she thought we were Vietnamese because she started speaking to us in Vietnamese. She showed us where the high chairs were and took our drink and food order all at once. The food did come out in a timely fashion with the stone soup pho coming out last still boiling. Fresh coconut juice: so good! Not too sweet and not too sour! It was perfect! Banh mi: 3/5, it was good but not that great. Chicken wings: 5/5, delish! Came out hot! Stone soup pho: 3/5, flavors weren’t all there but it wasn’t too bad. Fresh noodles were okay. Overall, the experience and food wasn’t too bad but not the best. The lady only came to us when we had food coming out and didn’t check up on us but that was okay because she already gave us a pitcher of water and cups. It was good but I don’t know if I would come back.

Authentic "hole-in-the-wall" vietnamese family community restaurant. Ordered the Bun Bo Hue, which is very good. Banh beo is authentic, pho dac biet is ok-authentic. Cha gio (vietnamese egg rolls) is made to order and good - their own recipe for sure. It's a fair 4 stars for food. Ambience is 4.5 stars, if you like the vietnamese "hole-in-the-wall" family style like I do.

Quality pho place. Really missed the mark on the boba. We need a new pho place in Pinellas. And while there are many, we’re having a hard time finding one that’s any good or not getting shut down for health code violations. This place might be our new spot. It’s decent pho for an okay price and serves up some great rolls to go with it. Worse part, boba tea was b-a-d BAD. My fiancée got the boba, not really my thing, but even I know boba pearls shouldn’t be rock hard. But the waiter agreed with us and explained the “boba guy” wasn’t in that night. Guess you have been a chemist to boil boba pearls to make them soft. Oh well. I was there for the pho. Okay broth, noodles, and meat. Nothing incredible but I’ve had way worse and pricier places. We’ll be back for sure. Hopefully the boba guy is back too.

i stopped by this restaurant for lunch and it was pretty good. We had the wonton noodle soup and snails with garlic and my little boy finished over half of the noodles. He's picky eater and he likes it. Services are decent. Both female and male employees kept checking on customers which you rarely experience from Asian restaurants.