Pho Tau Bay: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Pho Tau Bay was my favorite. I’d recommend it to everyone as “the best pho place” without question. Suddenly a lot of people knew about it. Hooray! But no. No hooray. The prices went up. The quality went down. I recently was there for lunch and figured I’d do a formal review. Here’s my review: I wish we’d gone to Pho 79. I should note that I do love the people there and they know my order by heart. “Number 9, small?” “Yes, please.” Also, Frank likes their homemade hot sauce. But really, if I want to sauce my pho up like there’s no tomorrow, then I might as well make chicken broth, put in all the pho items, and sauce that shit up. It’s all in the broth. The quality of the broth at Pho Tau Bay has gone down. I feel the need to sauce it up much more than I used to. I want a broth that stands on its own, with maybe a little bit a Sriracha and a sprinkle of black pepper. Oh, and of course 2 or 3 lime wedges squeezed in there. The springs rolls are still good and no worse than the other places.
Pho Tau Bay is not bad. But it’s also not the best in the neighborhood anymore.
Spring rolls at Pho Tau Bay
Contact:
2837 Nicollet Ave,
Minneapolis, MN
612.874.6030
Hours
Mon-Sat 9.30a-8.30p :: Closed Wednesday
Sun 9.30a-8:00p