Pho 38 - Oakdale

Our top choice for lunch or dinner at Pinecrest Lake. The owner is friendly, the food is hearty, and the establishment is clean. We couldn't ask for anything more!

"Everything was great! The hot coffee was fantastic, the soup was good even though it was hot, and the variety of vegetables was enjoyable. I particularly liked dish #32 and #5."

I ordered the Seafood Combo soup (#32) and switched the noodles to egg instead of Vermicelli. It was the best Pho I've ever had! I'm from the Bay Area and was pleasantly surprised to discover this place on my way to Yosemite. Their lemonade is freshly squeezed from real lemons, not a pre-packaged product. Plus, you can dine indoors, which is a definite bonus these days!

This place is a jewel. The grilled chicken feathers were the best I had. The wort on the chicken complicated the freshness of vegetables and the wrapping had a fair amount of chewing. The peanut sauce was perfect. I had the brisket and the beef ball and I wouldn't change anything.

Food is good! Service by one of the servers was FABULOUS. Lady server (she had braces). The guy server was horrible! The type of server that just shouldn 't be serving. Asked for veggies, then when he came with that, I realized they forgot to give us water, so I asked whenever he had a chance, to bring the water. He replied, you should have told me that before, when I was getting your vegetables. Ummmmm. Ok. I asked when I ordered. But, I guess the gal who took our order didn 't relay the message to him, so our water was not delivered until half way into the meal. And, I heard the guy server tell the lady server to get it, and so she did, in between dropping food off to other tables. Not impressed by the male server. So, if you go here with the intention that you might get subpar service, but yummy food, you 'll like it here. Pho soup base was great, but the cuts of meat was mostly cartilage. I had a chicken, vegetable, noodle bowl. It 's like a cold noodle salad. The flavor was great. Good portion for the price. We still paid about $30 with tip which isn 't horrible, we had 1 pho, 1 chicken/noodle bowl, gyoza appetizer, 1 Vietnamese iced coffee, and boba Thai iced tea. Again the food was good, service is good if you get the nice server.