Build the Pho Ohio City: Cleveland Restaurant Guide

“Visiting Build the Pho was such a fun and tasty experience! We got to enjoy some amazing pho while chatting and laughing together, making it a perfect moment to bond as a group after a busy day of volunteering and exploring the city. 🍜💛”

“Never will I order from this place again!!! Ordered the beef rib pho and they purposely shaved majority of the meat off the bone and served us this at full price. You can see where they cut the meat off. We spent $80 here for this!!! I am infuriated!!! I have eaten in side this establishment and ordered the same thing and got all the meat on the bone. This is unfair to pay the exact same price and have this done to us!! Please never eat here!! This is unethical! The tiny bit of meat that was left on the bone was dry and flavorless!”

“If you’ve ever had homemade or small-business Vietnamese food, this place might not be for you. You’ll probably find yourself expecting more from the flavors. On the other hand, if you haven’t had much authentic Vietnamese food before, you might really enjoy it. Unfortunately, I fall into the first group. We tried a few different dishes along with two drinks. The presentation of the food and interior of the restaurant were nice modern and clean. However, the food felt like an imitation of traditional Vietnamese cuisine, missing authentic flavors. It was kind of like someone copying your homework but changing a few answers to make it look different. The grilled pork and rice dish was especially underwhelming. The “grilled” pork didn’t taste grilled at all — it was more mushy than tender — and the portion of rice was surprisingly small, just a tiny triangle, which felt odd considering how inexpensive rice is. They were out of the crispy chicken appetizer, so we opted for the shrimp appetizer instead (which, oddly enough, was the last thing to come out). That would be understandable on opening day, but the restaurant didn’t even seem that busy — even with everything being half off. The drinks were probably the highlight. The strawberry sparkling drink was refreshing, and the tropical smoothie was decent, though I’m not sure why they added boba — it didn’t really work with the texture and flavor of a smoothie. Another thing that i found strange was that 89% of the prices on the menu where VISIBLY marketed up with stickers (in which you could see the original price under). Which left a bad taste in my mouth with this being a new location. It would have been better to just do a QR code in the meantime and get new menus. So that new customers wouldn’t notice. All this to say that if you are in the area and you can’t make it to asia town (where you would find better prices and quality) and you didn’t want any other the other restaurants around and you hadn’t had Vietnamese food before,try it.”