Pho 16: A Cafeteria-Style Pho Shop on Military Trail

Pho 16 occupies a small plaza off Military Trail and Community Drive, and it looks the part of an authentic pho shop — a plain, cafeteria-style dining room that one longtime reviewer compared to the roadside restaurants you'd find in Vietnam itself.

Homemade-Tasting Classics

The menu sticks to the fundamentals: noodle soups, noodle bowls and rice platters. Reviewers single out the cha gio (fried spring rolls stuffed with pork and wood ear mushrooms) for tasting homemade, and the bo la lot — grilled beef wrapped in wild betel leaves — for its distinctive peppery, minty flavor. The bun thit nuong cha gio, rice noodles topped with grilled pork and egg rolls, comes in a portion large enough to satisfy on its own, and the pho itself holds up as a solid, no-frills bowl.

Good to Know

2905 N Military Trl E, West Palm Beach, FL 33409. It's the kind of unfussy neighborhood spot regulars keep coming back to rather than a destination restaurant.