Nothing beats a pho after a hangover. The quantity was good and the chilli sauce was amazing! The soup was very buttery but tasty. The noodles were a bit bland for my taste, however that is how pho generally is. It was good but I have had better.
Went to Port Melbourne enjoy some sunshine few days ago. Walked along Bay Street and found this place. I ordered the Fried Wontons and Pho with sliced beef as I really love Pho!!!! The wonton was good and crispy I like it. The Pho was delicious too. Everytime when I have noodle soup somewhere, the first thing I do is to taste the soup. And the soup base in Glenda was good and I kept on drinking. Will definitely come back if I visit Port Melbourne next time.
Food is really good , and staff is really nice , food presentation is great . I love this place ❤️ you have varieties of food to choose and it’s cheaper than anywhere else.
One of my regular Uber orders for work. Vermicelli salads are on point from here always fresh and the meats always well cooked. Prices are not as cheap as some but the food quality is up there and makes up for it. If your looking for a viet lunch in bay st this is a great choice.
My friend and I ordered take away today for lunch and ate it back in the office, we felt like good Vietnamese and my friend suggested Glenda Pho.
We both ordered the beef lemongrass vermicelli which was a very decent serve, it had a lot of beef and noodles which was nice. The beef was tender and the sauce which came on the side had a nice zing to it and added to the flavours.
A nice lunch that hit the spot.
New local favourite. Tried this place on a whim and now I’m hooked on their Pho. Wow, just Wow! Such a great feeling to have something delish and local.
Hands down the best pho I’ve ever eaten. So delicious! The chicken satay skewers and salt and pepper calamari are also some of the best I’ve eaten. Absolutely a must go to
Super yummy food with fast, friendly service! And cheap! What more could you want?! Lots of vege options too. This is added to the favourites list.
Glenda Pho Cafe. Wow. Yum yum and yummier. Perhaps the best fried rice I have had. Big call. Beef in the stir fry was nice and tender. Spring rolls were delicious wrapped in the lettuce and dipped into fish sauce. The only criticism I have was the chicken and sweet corn soup. Much too thick and salty. Give that one a miss.
We eat here very regularly (fortnightly at least) and are never disappointed! Even better now that have a liquor license and offer BYO!
The beef Pho and spring rolls can not be beaten!!
Service is great, food is quality and cheap!
We love Glenda’s!!
Very yummy vegetarian tofu curry laksa! All kinds of soups and noodles are good, always friendly staff and always leaving with a full tummy and wallet!
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Was once a bakery which served banh mi and is now a full In house restaurant, after the explosion in the popularity of Vietnamese cuisine. They do a damn good pho here and spring rolls, it's nice and clean inside and the staff care about their jobs !!
Go to for Pho in Port Melbourne. Quick service. Tastes good. The coconut water is nice. Recommended. I haven't tried the Pho places as yet in PM
Pho is pretty tasty and their rice dishes are simple and make for a satisfyingly cheap feed. One of the better vietnamese restaurants in the area that gets quite busy and overwhelming at night but the service is always quite prompt and attentive.
Above average food, quick and helpful service. Had the mixed spring rolls , calamari, and beef pho. Very pleasant and satisfying but have to say Footscray is still solid, but this place is very good, and clean and bright.
I was initially perturbed when a friend suggested Glenda Pho for dinner as pho is pretty much the only food I don't like in the entire world but upon perusing the menu I realised it offered a wide variety of Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine at relatively decent prices too. You do have to order and pay at the counter which struck me as a bit strange but I was pleasantly surprised by the dishes. Flavours were well balanced and the meat was tender with quite generous portions. A little bit of Victoria St in Port Melbourne!
Bustling and popular with good reason. Fast service and good cooking across the board despite a long menu. Some dishes can be a bit on the plain side, but the classics are nicely done.
What friendly and welcoming staff they have here. I have been coming to Glenda for nearly 3 years and have enjoyed the consistent cuisine.
The new refurbishment is a nice fresh touch!
I could go on about many of the dishes at Glenda Pho but the one that I always return for is the Hainanese Chicken rice.
This is by far the stand out dish and I have returned for it many times.
They have a really good balance of lemon grass in it and the broth is to die for
Love it glenda Pho!
I often order from Glenda Pho (usually through Menulog) and am always impressed - it comes very quickly, the delivery man is very lovely, and the food is always DELICIOUS. Favourites are all the rice paper rolls (sssssooooo yummy!) and definitely the rice vermicelli noodles. Pho is also fantastic. Thanks so much Glenda Pho - your food is amazing and the Menulog ordering system is SO helpful when getting home late from work or on a tight schedule!
Been to this place no less than 20 times, during the week and for lunch I'd recommend the specials. For dinner we've had rice paper rolls, stir fried beef with lemongrass, and anytime we get a flu we go for the Tom Yum spicy soup (works like the holy grail). Glenda pho deliver good food consistently. Some of the staff is friendly some are rude (due to lack of training). Duck rice paper rolls are nice and their pho is quite good, considering the area is not in the high stakes of pho.
I admit......I'm really fussy when it comes to Pho. I wasn't expecting to get quality Pho in Port Melbourne. Wow this was excellent Pho and for just eleven buck!
If you're a local, this is your perfect go to for Viet food.
Prawn rice paper rolls were just ok, but the duck ones made up for it.
Pho was on point, just as good as any you will find in Richmond.
Sizzling Mongolian beef was ok, a little to heavy on the sweetness.
Overall I'll be back for a pho for sure.
Fantastic rare Beef Pho! Definitely becoming a regular here. Cheap & cheerful. Service is pleasant. Roast duck rice paper rolls and Tom Yum is great too
Definitely coming back here. Super yummy fresh food. Quick service and well priced. Great atmosphere where you can actually hold a conversation as well
One of my favourite spots in Port Melbourne. Food is consistent. Some of the best prawn springs rolls in Melbourne rivalling the big boys on Victoria St. Personal favourites are the chicken and pork vermicelli dishes.
A cheap and cheerful Vietnamese place on Bay Street. Super quick and easy. I generally have the pho bo which is always good. They also do nice veggie spring rolls.
Good place for cheap and quick dining. The menu is huge but as the name suggests, pho is their specialty. They want you in and out quickly so keep that in mind.
I order from here quiet regularly. I have tried numerous dishes and they are all of a good quality. I recommend the tofu dishes, and the vegetarian spring rolls are also great!
I've eaten here two nights in a row since I first tasted the deliciousness that is Glenda Pho Cafe. Their salads are so tasty. Fresh, full of flavour and absolutely scrumptious. Everything is ready super quick. I couldn't recommend this place more. So yummy.
It's my favourite restaurant in Melbourne, quick, delicious a little over priced. Best rice paper rolls around! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Busy, bustling and brilliant. What a find, such a busy little cafe serving gorgeous Thai food. Recommend. Unfortunately the lady taking the orders on my visit could not have been more unhelpful if she tried.
Best (only) in Port Melbourne. It's OK. If you want great Pho, then go to Richmond or Footscray. If you want OK Pho and can't be bothered driving, this will do. It's popular, but only because it's the only Pho place in town. Average quality, dear price, but not bad either.
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Delicious food which is always fresh, cosy ambience, lovely owners, immaculately clean, low prices ... i can't fault it!
I love Glenda Pho's. Often I'll eat here every night for weeks on end. With food as tasty and fresh, at such low prices, why bother cooking?
Unlike my other two regular Vietnamese places (Wat Da Pho and the new Mr Cylo's, both in Clarendon St), Glenda Pho Cafe has a much wider menu. Of course it has the usual Vietnamese dishes such as pho and rice paper rolls. However, it also has lots of other dishes including tom yum soup, salt & pepper fish, Singapore noodles, etc.
It even has Hainanese chicken (a piece of tender steamed chicken served with broken rice, steamed bok choy, a bowl of fragrant broth and a tiny bowl of really delicious salty lemongrassy sauce. To eat, break off pieces of chicken, dip them in the broth and then in the sauce .. . The mixture of flavours is fabulous! As far as I know, it's the only place in the Port Melbourne / South Melbourne area where it's possible to buy Hainanese chicken.
The pho is excellent (and is made in the authentic way: cooked from bones for 24 hours!).
The beef stew is especially yummy: huge chunks of juicy beef that are so tender they fall away in your chopsticks, served in a deeply fragrant broth with large chunks of sweet carrot. If you're really hungry and need a meat hit, this is the dish to pick (especially in winter, as this soupy-stew is definitely comfort food on a cold night).
Glenda's always has lots of customers, especially at lunchtime, and it's a fun and friendly place. If you're lucky, you can make new friends there too, as often at busy times you'll be sharing a table.
Glenda herself knows her regular customers by name, and always makes her regular customers feel welcome.
Totally recommended!
Easy, cheap, no frills Port Melbourne dining. Meals are quick and delicious. Perfect for dinner during the week. My only fault is there's no BYO.
Good food, soup only has chicken or beef stock no vegetarian so bad for veggie heads. But other options. Not the best but not the worst.
Best Pho in Melbourne!. We visit Glenda Pho every single week, sometimes twice! We love the combination Pho and have recently been ordering the newly added Laksa to their menu. Again, I am a big Laksa fan and have eaten alot of it in my time and this is the best I hve ever had. It has some 'kick' to it but in a yum and satisfying way. Very generous serves too.
This is delicious food! Had the veggie and tofu pho and it was fresh and tasty. Good staff and service too. Glad we stopped here!
Best Rice Paper Rolls. Cheap, fresh, quick food. Perfect when your after a casual, fast, healthy meal.
Lovely service, fresh food and value for money!
She knows what she is doing. The best value in Port Melbourne.
After recently returning from Vietnam and had a craving for a bowl of Pho. This place has some of the most genuine tasting Vietnamese food I've ever tasted in Melbourne. The favours take me back to many of the traditional Vietnamese kitchens I've eaten in along the Mekong. So amazing. So glad you are bringing the traditional tastes of Saigon to Melbourne. Brilliant food.
I go to work in Port Melbourne and Mondays are often the hardest. Sometimes you're hangover or sleepy the whole day. Glenda's beef and beef balls pho has always been my saviour. Flavoursome and fresh at the same time, I'm really glad that this joint is close by to where i work! Loved it!
Fantastic food at a great price.
Many thanks Glenda
Delicious every time. We dine here once a week and its great every time. We usually get the spring rolls, wonton noodle soup and singapore noodles - all dleish. We frequent Vic St in Richmond for viet so when we cant be bothered jumping in the car we walk a few hundred metres to Glenda Cafe instead. Only thing that's missing is the BYO licence. They have just recently extended their menu also. Love it :)
Bacon and egg roll , what value and a real nice roll :) something u would get in the uk very well done and keep it up
Good authentic Vietnamese food. Service was great and there is a large selection of dishes. The crispy skin chicken was good but the tomato rice was either undercooked or old. It was very hard.
Really friendly owners and delicious affordable food. Loved the salad and smoothies :)
I find the Tofu & Vegetable Pho at Glenda Pho delicious, flavoursome and packed with plenty of vegetables, tofu and herbs. The pho is one of my favourites that I have ever tried! I would recommend Glenda Pho to those who admire or wish to try Vietnamese cuisine, those who wish to eat healthy and also to those with specific dietary preferences (gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian ect.)
Really good, affordable and quick! If you are around Port Melbourne and craving Vietnamese food.. definitely need to try this place
Love this place. The staff are excellent and the food is outstanding. They are very generous with their portion sizes and it’s not easy to find authentic Vietnamese Pho. The seafood laksa soup is incredible.
This restaurant is without doubt the best Vietnamese Cuisine in the Port of Melbourne!
Always friendly staff the owners are absolutely wonderful people.
Warm and friendly.
Food is fresh and tasty.
Simply amazing! Amazing service, amazing atmosphere, amazing food. We received our entrees and drink less than 5 minutes after ordering, and our mains 5inutes after that. The Mongolian beef was the best I've ever had (and it is my go-to dish). The dumplings were Perfect, the chicken and corn soup is the definition of comfort, and the pho was the best we've had in Melb. Would definitely recommend. It is our new favorite place in Port Melbourne.
Update: the stir fried beef steak special (W/ Chinese broccoli) is to die for!
One of the best of its type... Great food and nice and friendly staff. The pho is great but make sure you try the "sizzling" section of the menu. We always get fried and steamed dumplings as starters as well...
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