{"id":2203,"date":"2019-07-25T22:43:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T14:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2024-06-04T07:00:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T23:00:03","slug":"restaurant-review-joes-pho-san-leandro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/2019\/07\/restaurant-review-joes-pho-san-leandro\/","title":{"rendered":"San Leandro Bites: Joe\u2019s Pho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m leaving the review below in place for memory’s sake – but Joe’s Pho is in my BOYCOTT<\/strong> list. The owners abuse and mistreat workers. Please read about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is not as much a restaurant review, as an overall praise of Joe’s Pho<\/a><\/strong>, a year-old restaurant located near Bayfair mall. I had never even heard of it until my friend Parker suggested we go there for dinner, as our old friend Eddie was back in town. I’m not a huge fan of pho (or soup in general), so I was reluctant at first – but Parker mentioned it had other food.

God, I’m glad we went. Joe’s Pho not only has an extensive menu<\/a>, but the food we tried was delicious. Alas, I didn’t want to inconvenience everyone by asking specifically about their dishes – but everyone agreed they liked the food, including my vegetarian and vegan friends (there are plenty of choices for vegans).

Personally, I ordered the basil popcorn chicken<\/strong> appetizer ($9), and was very happy with how tender and flavorful it was. I’ll definitely order it again in my next visit. I also had the grilled beef banh mi<\/strong> ($6.50), a Vietnamese sandwich, and loved the marinated beef. The proportion of beef to veggies was also quite good, and I liked that the bread was a soft bun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The place itself is large and informal. They have long tables, so it’s perfect for groups. Service was friendly and attentive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can’t wait to go there again with my family, at which point I’ll take pictures and write a better review.
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Joe’s Pho<\/strong>
15070 Hesperian Boulevard
San Leandro, CA
(510) 363-9691
https:\/\/joespho.com\/<\/a>
M-Su 10 AM – 10 PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m leaving the review below in place for memory’s sake – but Joe’s Pho is in my BOYCOTT list. The owners abuse and mistreat workers. Please read about it. — This is not as much a restaurant review, as an overall praise of Joe’s Pho, a year-old restaurant located near Bayfair mall. I had never […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,598],"tags":[614,639,612,615,284,62,300],"class_list":["post-2203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurants","category-san-leandro-eats","tag-aamani","tag-boycott","tag-eddie","tag-parker","tag-restaurant","tag-san-leandro","tag-vietnamese","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}