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Serves meat, vegan options available. UK chain of Vietnamese restaurants. Vegan options are marked on the menu and include: vegetable summer rolls, spring rolls, Vietnamese salad, pho soup with tofu & mushroom, hot and spicy soup with tofu & mushroom or pak choi, vermicelli rice noodles with tofu & mushroom or veggie spring rolls, curry with vegetables & tofu served with rice, wok-fried noodles with tofu & mushroom. For dips, get the peanut sauce or soy-ginger sauce instead of traditional nuoc cham (contains fish sauce). Feb 2020, reported to have a separate vegan menu with mock chicken and prawnless crackers. Drinks include veggie and fruit juices made to-order. Open Mon-Thu 12:00-21:30, Fri-Sat 12:00-22:00, Sun 12:00-21:30.
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39 Upper St, North London, England, N1 0PN
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9 Reviews
First Review by veg-anne
emmed
Points +853
Lots of choice - Edit
First time here and was surprised at the choices and really tasty food.
Read moreClearly labelled plenty of seating and staff were helpful
Pros: Vegan options
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LittleAliceFell
Points +2458
Gluten-free heaven - Edit
I love pho this chain so much! Pretty much everything can be made vegan by switching to veggie broth, tofu and/or ‘This’ chicken alternative. The food is incredible and it’s so freeing to know the whole chain is celiac society approved, so no need for anxieties around food being contaminated with gluten. The Islington branch is super friendly and handy if you need something to eat before the football! Couldn’t recommend more.
Read morePros: Almost 100% gluten free, Pretty much everything can be made vegan!!, Soo tasty
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savilla
Points +159
Some of the best pho I’ve ever had - Edit
I got the hot and spicy vegan pho with a new protein I haven’t tried yet called “THIS isn’t chicken”. The taste was close enough to chicken that it made me pause, but the texture was softer and assured me it wasn’t meat lol. But it was delicious! It was just some of the best pho I’ve ever had, rich and flavorful and vinegary and the perfect amount of spice. Good quality noodles and generous portions. My fiancé got the yellow curry and it was also fantastic! If I lived in London I would definitely go back to try more options.
Read morePros: Clearly labeled vegan menu items, Delicious food, huge portions, Reasonable price
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Bendik89
Points +16
Brilliant - Edit
Really good service and the food was lovely as well. They offer a good variety of vegan options and are very accommodating
Read morePros: The food, The service , The atmosphere
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LaraLemons
Points +1720
Great vegan curry - Edit
I can highly recommend the curry as it’s delicious and the tofu is nice and squishy! As always they could do with more vegan options but what they’ve got is good.
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sfio
Points +4086
Many vegan options - Edit
Good place if you are going out with non veggies as they pretty much offer vegan versions for any of their dishes. Or with veggies that need to avoid gluten.
Read moreWith almost all of them you can choose to go with veggies, tofu or THIS isn’t chicken.
Good location and friendly staff.
I usually go for the BÚN VEGGIE SPRING ROLLS, the vermicelli rice noodle bowl, but last time I had the veggie salad with THIS isn’t chicken which was tasty and really filling. The base is thinly sliced cabbage and other crunchy veg.
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AndyCB
Points +2471
This Isn’t Chicken is a Win! - Edit
Pho is one of very few places we go to in London that isn’t at least fully vegetarian, if not vegan. But their food is good, service always friendly, and the efforts to make the vegan friendly options interesting should not be ignored.
Read moreFor the longest time, they’ve offered vegan-friendly options with tofu, but more recently they’ve added This Isn’t Chicken to the menu.
Regular dishes for us are the summer rolls, kari (curry) and wok-fried rice, all with This Isn’t Chicken, and veggie spring rolls. The pho is great too!
Would love Pho to be fully vegan, but they have made good strides with their vegan options. Note that they also offer an NHS discount for NHS workers!
Pros: Great vegan-friendly options - This Isn’t Chicken, Lovely people, Good value - especially with NHS discount
Cons: Not fully vegetarian or vegan
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Points +28489
Pho - Edit
Pho is a great option when you're looking for a vegan clear broth noodle soup and don't have time to go through all the mom-and-pop listings to find something a bit more authentic (and vegan). What's nice about Pho is they offer at least two vegan broths, one is closer to normal pho broth and the other is a spicy broth (but tends to be very limey). I've honestly been a bit underwhelmed by both broths at multiple Pho locations, but you can always add loads of sriracha and other toppings to your tasting. I love their tofu, which is very porous and holds a good volume of broth inside. The pho soup is made with the very thin pho noodles (not my favorite) and the spicy soup is made with the thick/round noodles, like spaghetti noodles (I love this noodle option).
Read moreMy overall verdict is, this is great if you're in a pinch or need to find a place that will satisfy vegans and non-vegans alike, as there are Pho locations everywhere and this is quite convenient. However, I'm more inclined to choose a local mom-and-pop if it's an option. Moreover, I've found the execution to be inconsistent across Pho locations.
Overall Rating: 3-3.5
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veg-anne
Points +96
Definitely do not recommend - Edit
The service was slow, the food was bland and bathed in oil. To top it off the server started explaining that vegans make mistakes because they don’t understand that there are loads of vitamins you just can’t get on a plant based diet and protein deficiency.
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