Mama's Noodle House - Winnipeg

Very disapointed which was too bad as we had heard good things. Sat down were brought menus and water, waitress finally came & grabbed our order. Finally food arrived sporadically in random order, did not bring us cutlery, plates ect finally i had to go...More

So, I used to go to Pho Mama a couple years ago after work because it was the only late night vietnamese "pho" place around. How desperate do you have to be?I stopped going their about 2-3 years ago when I ordered Rare beef Pho #31 , and after mixing it up and eating a bit, found some chow fan noodles in the bottom of it accompanied by shrimp. I almost puked. Had I just eaten someones left overs? The pho broth was never that good to begin with and their noodles were usually getting old but this was it for me. I stopped going.Well tonight I went back out of desperation because it was the only pho place open. I have a different place I go to now which is much better but just closed early this night of the week. Disgusting. I had #31 again and ordered salad rolls. I think their food has even gotten worse. The broth was disgusting and no amount of chili oil or other condiments could mask the horrible flavor. The salad rolls were bland and just stuffed to the gills with noodle. And it tasted like it had been made days before. The problem with this place is people keep going with no sense of what the food is supposed to taste like and because its open late. The restaurant is semi clean, its drafty especially in the winter, and the staff aren't always so courteous . They also charge something like $3 for the Arizona drinks which have a label on them that says 99 cents. As well, I have them scrap the extra bean sprouts leftover from somones order of pho onto another plate. That should have been the final sign to stop going there but.....I'm an idiot.

I visited here last week and liked it so much that I'm planning to return today. The decor is nothing special, but, why would you care about decor? You get great food at a great price and you get it right now. The deep fried wontons were to die for, and the pho was as good as at the best reviewed pho restaurant in the city. Amazing.

We went in to take out some Noodle soup and unfortunately it wasn't great. My daughter ordered chicken udon soup and I ordered pork chicken and tempura shrimp udon noodle soup. Her broth was really fishy and mine was really more consomme and soy sauce tasting. She was not happy with her soup and I think the chicken would missing in mine. The portions are huge however the taste was not there. I ended up cooking my noodles and vegetable and adding soy sauce and teriyaki sauce for some flavor. The pork was not cooked very well it didn't taste great. The tempura shrimp was burnt and didn't really taste like tempura. We were both not happy with the soup. We will probably never go back.

Went there on Saturday night for a quick dinner with my sister and my partner. Waitress was rude right off the bat, didn't even say "Thank you" even after I pad for my bill. Not going back there !!!