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Pho Tuan

Name: Pho Tuan
Address: 300 Booth St, Ottawa, ON, K1R 6N6, CA
Telephone: (613) 680-5230
Price range: value

Vietnamese•Chinatown•value

Pho Tuan is one of the best vietnamese restaurants in Ottawa for casual, especially if you want a strong option in Chinatown.

The Somerset West Chinatown corridor has been the backbone of Ottawa's Vietnamese dining community for decades, and Pho Tuan is consistently cited as one of its most dependable addresses.

Editorial review updated•Jul 28, 2026

The Somerset West Chinatown corridor has been the backbone of Ottawa's Vietnamese dining community for decades, and Pho Tuan is consistently cited as one of its most dependable addresses. The room is famously without pretension — no design moment, no mood lighting, no front-of-house theatrics — which is precisely the point. In a strip where restaurants rise and fall on the quality of what's in the bowl rather than what's on the walls, Pho Tuan has maintained a steady reputation among the neighbourhood's regulars and the broader Ottawa Vietnamese community alike. The kitchen's focus, by all accounts, is the pho format done correctly, alongside the wider canon of Vietnamese noodle dishes. Diners consistently report generous portion sizes, which at this price point represents exactly the right set of priorities. The broth is reportedly built the proper way — long-simmered, aromatic, not rushed — and that reputation for not cutting corners on the fundamentals is what keeps the lunch-hour crowd cycling through reliably. A packed midday dining room on a weekday is, in this corridor, one of the more trustworthy signals a kitchen is doing something right. Pho Tuan operates at price level one, meaning a full meal lands well under $15 for most diners — no reservation required, no occasion needed. It is the kind of restaurant that holds the neighbourhood together: accessible to the student, the office worker, the family, and the regular who has been coming for years. If you are moving through Chinatown and want to eat Vietnamese food the way the community actually eats it, this is the room research points you toward. Walk in, sit down, and let the menu do the talking.

Priya Sharma, Dining Editor

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Chinatown | 300 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1R 6N6, Canada

Price

Good value

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8.8/10

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(613) 680-5230

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Pho Tuan is a clean first click in Chinatown in Ottawa when you want a vietnamese option you can trust. Fresh Rolls and Rare Beef Pho also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.6 rating across 683 Google reviews.

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9.6 from 683 Google reviews

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casual and Cheap Eats

Style

Vietnamese in Chinatown

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Good value

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Cheap Eats Pho lunch takeout casual busy

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Google rating: 9.6 from 683 reviews

Price point: value

Popular dishes: Fresh Rolls, Rare Beef Pho, Grilled Pork Vermicelli

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Address: 300 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1R 6N6, Canada
Phone: (613) 680-5230
Price: value
TastyPals score: 8.8/10
Google rating: 9.6 (683 reviews)
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Neighborhood: Chinatown

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What cuisine does Pho Tuan serve?

Pho Tuan is a Vietnamese restaurant located in Chinatown, Ottawa. The Somerset West Chinatown corridor has been the backbone of Ottawa's Vietnamese dining community for decades, and Pho Tuan is consistently cited as one of its most dependable addresses.

What is Pho Tuan best for?

Pho Tuan is best for cheap eats, pho, lunch, takeout, casual, busy. Pho Tuan is a clean first click in Chinatown in Ottawa when you want a vietnamese option you can trust. Fresh Rolls and Rare Beef Pho also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.6 rating across 683 Google reviews.

How much does it cost to eat at Pho Tuan?

Pho Tuan is in the Good value price range (value). Google rating: 9.6 from 683 reviews

Is Pho Tuan worth visiting?

Pho Tuan holds a 9.6 Google rating from 683 reviews. Pho Tuan is a clean first click in Chinatown in Ottawa when you want a vietnamese option you can trust. Fresh Rolls and Rare Beef Pho also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.6 rating across 683 Google reviews.