Tony's Teriyaki

Address:
6315 15th Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107

Phone:
(206) 706-4711

Price:
Small - 5.15
Large - 5.75

Rating: .5

This will sound dramatic but today when I went to lunch I had the worst bowl of pho in my entire life. Tony's is located on 15th Ave in Ballard, a block from Ballard High School. I drive by the restaurant a couple times a week on my way to and from work. The only reason that you would believe that they serve pho is in the front window where they have a large sign saying PHO. I have learned that it is usually best to avoid pho places that are not dedicated Vietnamese restaurants, and Tony's certainly help me cement this opinion.

When I pulled up to Tony's I was a little skeptical. The place was a total hole in the wall and there weren’t very many people in the store. Tony's only offers 5 different styles of the soup: pho with sliced beef, pho with sliced beef and meat balls, chicken pho, shrimp pho, and vegetarian. I stayed on the safe side and ordered the pho with sliced beef. On the plus side it did arrived fast and it did come with a large plate of the traditional sprouts, basil, jalapeño, lime, and the bowl of soup actually looked good. I started to feel like maybe this wasn't such a bad idea but I was quickly proven wrong as I took my first bite. The broth was completely tasteless, even though it appeared to be beef broth. The sliced beef somehow tasted like a McDonald's .99 cent hamburger. The noodles were not the traditional pho styled noodles - they tasted to me like the cheap rice noodles that you can buy at any grocery store. I rarely do not finish a meal at a restaurant, but I didn’t come close to finishing this one today. I have tried to cook pho before for myself, and it was a horrible disaster, but what I cooked tasted better then this place. DO NOT EAT HERE!