Vietnamese beef-bone broth with rice noodles, rare beef, brisket, herbs and chilli.
Pho arrived in Sydney with Vietnamese refugees from the late 1970s and 1980s. John Street, Cabramatta, has been the canonical pho address since the 1980s; the Marrickville diaspora extended it into the inner west from the 1990s. Pho Tau Bay's brisket bowl and Pho Pasteur's CBD broth set the benchmark. Sydney pho leans into deep, clear broth with a strong star anise and clove backbone; the classic order is pho dac biet (special beef) with rare, brisket and tendon.
3 editor picks for Sydney Pho in Sydney, ranked by editorial score. All Sydney signature dishes · Sydney Pho across every city.
Saigon Things ★ 4.5
strathfield · 28/45-47 The Boulevarde, Strathfield NSW 2135
Pho Tau Bay ★ 4.4
cabramatta · Shop 5, 117 John Street, Cabramatta NSW 2166
Long-running Vietnamese pho counter on John Street, Cabramatta, Sydney. The dac biet pho with brisket and tendons is the menu signature, daily 8am-9pm.
Pho Pasteur ★ 4.4
haymarket · 709 George Street, Haymarket NSW 2000
Cantonese-Vietnamese pho counter on George Street, Haymarket, Sydney. Deep, clear broth and the city's most consistent pho dac biet under A$20.