Pho Kim An

The Pho was good and the Banh mi bbq was great. The ice coffee was good as well. I was a bit disappointed by the service. The Hawaiian lady was friendly but the Vietnamese lady completely ignored me when I was attempting to ask her a question. I was dumbfounded because surely she saw that I was trying to ask her something. Turns out she didn't speak English and that's completely understandable. Just give a hand gesture that you don't understand and can't speak. Instead she was at the other table before I got a response. Overall the decor was pretty plain and the piano music was putting me to sleep. The Pho, although serviceable, was also a pretty small bowl than I'm used to. Still tasty.

Overall, the food was fresh, tasty, and reasonably priced for Hawaii. the only improvements would be less noodle and more shrimp in the shrimp spring rolls, and a little more pork in the mixed bowl. The pork egg roll that came with the bowl was fantastic and filled appropriately. Would definitely go back.

If you are craving for Pho, I highly recommend you look elsewhere. Even though restaurants name “ pho Kim an “, but it looks like Chinese chef cook the Pho. The pho soup base is not great, the worse pho I ever had. the basil is awful. Look at my picture. Common, hawaii has the best fruits and veggies, can’t serve the pho with that rotten basil.

We are FANS and regulars of the ORIGINAL one in Kona.. going at least TWICE a week since it opened.. The one that just opened in Waimea is more spacious the food is just as excellent.. you know it's AUTHENTIC hand made BROTH from Scratch. My Favorite is the the #7 which basically has EVERYTHING in it that is BEEF, my wife loves the chicken pho.. real chicken soup. It's the best Pho on the island an the owners are very friendly and they go all out give you the best in every dish... I'll let the pictures do the talking ... I leave no stone unturned !!! .. I left some ... so as not to be embarassing ...

In Waimea for work. Had an early day and decided to stop in. Ordered my food which came out promptly . What really stood out was the soft shell crab. Sooooo ono!!! My mouth was having a party with the flavors. Hahhaha. Very nice decor and good service. All in all everything was pretty tasty.