"The pho at Pho Phong Lu'u is the best in town, and we’re clearly not the only people who think so, as evidenced by the line spilling out of this North Austin restaurant around lunchtime every weekend. Don’t expect any frills here, just a large, open dining room that doubles as a holding area for the rich aroma of beef bones slow-cooked with cinnamon and clove. The menu is small and simple—a few pho options, fried rice, crispy garlic fish sauce chicken wings, and excellent bánh mì—but when everything on it is best-in-class, it’s not hard to see why Pho Phong Lu’u stands out in a city with so much great Vietnamese food." - nicolai mccrary, matthew jacobs, raphael brion