This was our first (and probably only) visit to Pho Le. We walked into the empty restaurant at around 11:30 on a Monday morning. We found it very strange that the gentleman who was sitting at a table, jumped up and told us to sit. Then he ran outside and came back in after a few minutes with a lady who ended up serving us. Very strange. Maybe she was visiting a neighbour?
Anyway, we noticed right away that we weren't given a pen as we usually are in Vietnamese restaurants. We had to wait for her to come to the table and take the order. She was very friendly and took our order promptly. We asked if there was a dish with glass noodles, but she said they don't have that. So, my husband ordered the seafood rice noodle soup instead. I ordered a small pho with well-done beef and beef balls. We also ordered vegetable spring rolls.
The spring rolls came out first and were piping hot. Unfortunately, they were made with wheat spring roll wrappers instead of the usual rice ones that most Viet. restaurants serve. We prefer the way the rice wrappers bubble and crisp up when fried, however these were still crisp. The filling was pretty good and they were well-stuffed.
The soups came out quickly too and were also piping hot. The flavour of the pho broth was just okay. I had a couple of small pieces of meatball in my soup. I don't think there was even one whole meatball between the little pieces. There wasn't a lot of the sliced beef either. The noodles were well-cooked. My husband's seafood soup was pretty tasteless. He had to add lots of soya sauce just to give it some flavour. The amount of protein was pretty skimpy in his soup too.
For the price, I'd have to say it's really not worth going to this restaurant over the many other choices we have in Mississauga. For the money, it's just not worth it and the food just doesn't taste authentic to me.