Best pho in Ottawa and near you, ranked by the numbers
Pho Tuan ranks #1 of 36 pho spots in Ottawa with a score of 4.70. It has a rating of 4.8 with 699 reviews and leads Pho By Night - Vietnamese Restaurant Byward Market Ottawa by 0.02 points.
Pho By Night has more than five times the number of reviews with 3,930. It is the only pho restaurant in the top three with a high confidence, but its lower rating of 4.7 keeps it 0.02 points behind. Phở Bắc Oriental Cuisine is third, almost 0.10 points behind the leader. The Ottawa-area average is 4.36.
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#1Google’s pick
fromOttawa Score 4.70fromOttawaPho Tuan
Top of 36Centretown West · Downtown
300 Booth St · Google 4.8 (699 reviews)
- Why: Stored rank #1; score 4.70/5.
4.8 stars from 699 reviews; 78% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (77.8%). R = 4.8; v = 699; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.68fromOttawaPho By Night - Vietnamese Restaurant Byward Market Ottawa
Photo: Pho By Night - Vietnamese Restaurant Byward Market Ottawa via Google
ByWard Market
309 Dalhousie St · Google 4.7 (3,930)
- Why: Stored rank #2; score 4.68/5.
4.7 stars from 3,930 reviews; 95% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (95.2%). R = 4.7; v = 3930; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.61fromOttawaPhở Bắc Oriental Cuisine
Centretown West
873 Somerset St W · Google 4.7 (516)
- Why: Stored rank #3; score 4.61/5.
4.7 stars from 516 reviews; 72% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (72.1%). R = 4.7; v = 516; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Ranks 4 to 18
Showing 15 of 15 places below the first three on this page.
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None of the places that match have a saved location.
Ranks 4 to 10: Just off the podium
- fromOttawa Score 4.59
Rank 4: Pho K Fusion
4.7 stars from 409 reviews; 67% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (67.2%). R = 4.7; v = 409; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.56
Rank 5: Hà Nội Phố
4.6 stars from 865 reviews; 81% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (81.2%). R = 4.6; v = 865; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.55
Rank 6: Authentic Vietnamese Pho House (GREENBANK)
4.6 stars from 707 reviews; 78% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (77.9%). R = 4.6; v = 707; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.54
Rank 7: Crazy Pho You
4.6 stars from 615 reviews; 75% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (75.5%). R = 4.6; v = 615; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.54
Rank 8: Phở việt Noodle
4.7 stars from 226 reviews; 53% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (53.1%). R = 4.7; v = 226; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.48
Rank 9: Pho Thu Do Restaurant
4.5 stars from 991 reviews; 83% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (83.2%). R = 4.5; v = 991; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.47
Rank 10: Pho Van Van
4.5 stars from 771 reviews; 79% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (79.4%). R = 4.5; v = 771; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
By part of town
These 18 pho records are grouped by saved address. West End holds the most, with 8. Each area’s best is a tap away.
2Gatineau sideacross the river
- Gatineau 2#15 · Pho Fusion Maison de Nouilles
8West End
- Hintonburg 3#8 · Phở việt Noodle
- Kanata 2#4 · Pho K Fusion
- Bells Corners 2#6 · Authentic Vietnamese Pho House (GREENBANK)
- Nepean 1#18 · Phở Thi Noodle Soup Restaurant
6Downtown
- Centretown West 4#1 · Pho Tuan
- ByWard Market 1#2 · Pho By Night - Vietnamese Restaurant Byward Market Ottawa
- Glebe 1#7 · Crazy Pho You
1East End
- Orléans 1#5 · Hà Nội Phố
1South Endbelow the Queensway
- Riverside South 1#13 · Pho Kam Long Restaurant
11 to 15Worth the detour
- fromOttawa Score 4.47
Rank 11: PHO 99
4.5 stars from 607 reviews; 75% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (75.2%). R = 4.5; v = 607; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.46
Rank 12: Pho Viet Taste
4.5 stars from 530 reviews; 73% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (72.6%). R = 4.5; v = 530; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.45
Rank 13: Pho Kam Long Restaurant
4.5 stars from 382 reviews; 66% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (65.6%). R = 4.5; v = 382; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.45
Rank 14: Phở Moonlight
4.5 stars from 377 reviews; 65% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (65.3%). R = 4.5; v = 377; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.44
Rank 15: Pho Fusion Maison de Nouilles
4.7 stars from 61 reviews; 23% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (23.4%). R = 4.7; v = 61; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
16 to 18Good backups to know
- fromOttawa Score 4.44
Rank 16: iCook PHO You
4.5 stars from 266 reviews; 57% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (57.1%). R = 4.5; v = 266; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.44
Rank 17: Pho Vietnamien Restaurant
4.5 stars from 254 reviews; 56% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (55.9%). R = 4.5; v = 254; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.39
Rank 18: Phở Thi Noodle Soup Restaurant
4.4 stars from 747 reviews; 79% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (78.9%). R = 4.4; v = 747; C = 4.3622; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
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Same stars, different scores. Why?
Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C. Ottawa-area average: C = 4.3621621621621625; m = 200. R is the recorded Google rating; v is the recorded review count. Confidence is v / (v + m), the rating’s weight in the score.
How we score. Google stars, weighted by review count, pulled toward that average. Data from .
- Pho Tuan 4.8 stars · 699 reviews
- Pho By Night - Vietnamese Restaurant Byward Market Ottawa 4.7 stars · 3,930 reviews
- Phở Bắc Oriental Cuisine 4.7 stars · 516 reviews
Filled square: score. Open circle: Google rating. The axis starts at 4.4; all values are out of 5.
Places screened for this list
206 unique places screened; 170 excluded in the saved list file. 36 ranked places.
- Chains with 10+ locations in Canada
- 8
- Alcohol or excluded type
- 8
- Gambling
- 0
- Under 10 reviews
- 1
- Closed
- 0
- Out of area or category
- 169
- Other source checks
- 1
Reason counts can overlap. Other source checks include identity, rating, branch and pending chain checks. Counts describe the saved screening, not complete local coverage.
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Local talk
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TikTok
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Questions
Pho By Night has 3,930 reviews. Why isn't it first?
It has a rating of 4.7 compared to Pho Tuan's 4.8. Pho Tuan has 699 reviews which gives it a confidence of 0.78. So its extra 0.1 holds up despite being pulled towards the Ottawa-area average of 4.36. Their scores are 4.70 and 4.68.
Which top pick has the surest number?
Pho By Night. It has a confidence of 0.95 which is the highest of the top three. So its score of 4.68 is very close to its raw rating. Pho Tuan's lead is real but it has fewer reviews behind it.
How far back is third place?
Phở Bắc Oriental Cuisine has a score of 4.61 with a rating of 4.7 and 516 reviews. It is almost 0.10 points behind Pho Tuan. It has the same rating as Pho By Night but fewer reviews, so more of the average is mixed into its score.