Pho Ba Luu (Louisville, KY)

1019 E Main Street, Louisville, KY 40206-1840

 

Pho Ba Luu is a new hip Vietnamese “street food” place that serves most of the staples of Vietnamese restaurants in the US: bahn mie sandwiches, pho soups, spring rolls, etc. The setting is really nice and the people who work here are too.

 

I get the Vegetarian Spring Rolls ($5), which is a bit of a wrong choice, as I wanted the fried ones. They taste well though, even though I’m not a big fan of tofu, and the black bean sauce has a nice kick to it. The Bahn Mi Chicken ($9) comes on a big and quite dense baguette, which is too overpowering, and the chicken is cold. Overall, it is surprisingly disappointing.

 

VERDICT: 78/100

Maybe I choose wrong, but this place looks much better than it tastes.