Amanda L.
Yelp
This is the first place I ate at in Denver and it did not disappoint! There are so many Pho # restaurants on this street alone in Denver, let alone throughout the entire city, so I'm not entirely sure what that's about, but my local friends swear by this place specifically and I can see why!
All the food we got was SO delicious! We started with fresh spring rolls, which are always a must at a traditional Vietnamese restaurant! We got the Bi Cuon, which are the fresh spring rolls with seasoned pork skin within them. It wasn't crispy pork skin or anything, it was more shredded like mini-pulled pork bits, but it was super tasty nonetheless! I would just say I wish they put more into these rolls, like a ton of fresh veggies along with the meat and vermicelli noodles.
We also got Cua Lot or soft shell crab as an appetizer as well. It comes on a bed of veggies, so you can break off a piece, wrap it in lettuce, and fill it with other veggies to make your own roll with it, making sure to dip it in the sauce as it'll be too bland without it! The crunch from the fried soft shell crab is very delicious and the crab they served us was very meaty and a good amount, so I was pleased with that!
For my main, in fact for all of our mains, we got the pan-fried noodles. These are a personal showstopper for me, as I have never had anything like it before! These are not the traditional pan-fried noodles you might be imagining. Instead, it's like multiple lasagna-stacked layers of rice noodles, cut up into significantly thinner rectangles than lasagna. Those are pan-fried, making the outer edges and sides of the cube crispy, and then sauteed with veggies and meat. I got it with chicken (Pho Ap Chao Ga) and my friends got it with beef (Pho Ap Chao Bo Hoac Heo).
My friends also got the salty lemonade drink, which they had had recently in SE Asia when they had gone to visit, and it was a delight to see it on the menu here. Another super unique thing that Pho 95 offers that speaks to its authenticity and was super unique! All in all, a very satisfying meal here with leftovers that I ate for breakfast for the two days afterwards as well! Loved it!