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Pay What You Want (e.g. $0, $6 etc.) for Pho @ Pho Real (Melbourne CBD)

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Pay What You Want (e.g. $0, $6 etc.) for Pho @ Pho Real (Melbourne CBD)
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neil on 06/08/2015 - 10:34 facebook.com (1711 clicks)
Last edited 06/08/2015 - 10:36

Pho Real, a Vietnamese hawker-style pop-up restaurant located at 11 Liverpool Street, Melbourne is offering pay what you want for your pho.

If you check out the ordering sheet it specifically says to write in how much you want to pay. They also reiterate it in the Broadsheet article and on their Facebook page. I'd probably be reluctant to give $0 personally but gold coins seem reasonable. :)

According to the article:

The permanent CBD spot is scheduled to open in September, and this is a chance to trial its kitchen, its recipes, and even its prices.

So beta testing the Pho in perfect Melbourne Pho weather.

PHO's Available:

  • Chicken
  • Beef
  • Chicken & Beef (Combination)
  • Vegetarian (g)

11 Liverpool St. Melbourne. 3000

Lunch Trading : 11- 3pm
Dinner Trading: 5pm - late

Groceries Phở Vietnamese Food

Related Stores

Pho Real Pop Up Shop
Pho Real Pop Up Shop

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  • Olokun on 06/08/2015 - 10:40
    +1

    Just down the road. Brilliant!

  • tightarse on 06/08/2015 - 10:41
    +17

    Thanks pho this neil. Will give it a try :)

    • tomleonhart on 06/08/2015 - 10:49
      +3

      This comment is quite photastic…

  • first in line on 06/08/2015 - 10:46
    +2

    What is up with restaurants and pun names?

    • mr_vino89 on 06/08/2015 - 10:56
      +4

      I know rights, it's Phonomenal… :p

    • Vash1984 on 06/08/2015 - 11:02

      So it sticks in your head.
      I'm sure you will remember Pho real rather than Pho 123
      there are heaps in the State, Pho King Way, Pho Shizzle, Friend or Pho, Pho Ghettable,

      • Nukkels on 06/08/2015 - 11:58

        Once you can stop laughing at names like 'Pho King', the taste of the pho is what sticks in your head.

    • MrLeE on 06/08/2015 - 16:18
      +2

      just like thai resturants.

      Thai me up

      etc etc

  • SavatteDodo on 06/08/2015 - 10:50
    +10

    Is this pho real???

  • save my dollarydoos on 06/08/2015 - 11:00

    I would add a buck just for the name alone

    • voter1 on 06/08/2015 - 11:26
      +1

      I would pay 15000 dong - is that more than it costs in vietnam?

      • inusure on 06/08/2015 - 14:54
        +1

        I can tell you that with 15000VND, you can only get the soup without noodle nor beef.
        It has to be at least 30000VND for a decent bow in VN.

      • MoMoney on 07/08/2015 - 08:26

        That's a lot of dongs!

  • SBOB on 06/08/2015 - 11:08
    +1

    Pho real? Pho sure….

  • somebargainhunter77 on 06/08/2015 - 11:24

    Working in the city is finally paying off

  • SavatteDodo on 06/08/2015 - 11:27
    +1

    Anyone going there please comment back. Cheers

    • itzwazza on 06/08/2015 - 11:39
      +1

      Great food, awesome urban street atmosphere, and a bargain compared with anything else in the city these days.

    • anastasiastarz on 06/08/2015 - 13:31
      +1

      It's very good, the owners & chef is from Keysborough. We went there last night. My friend did a post on it curiousxcharlie.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/are-you-pho-real-pho-pop-up-at-saigon.html

  • stargalaxy on 06/08/2015 - 11:34

    It is better to pay after you have tested it, pay what you think it deserved.

  • power71 on 06/08/2015 - 11:53

    I have Pho money. Great deal

  • username999 on 06/08/2015 - 11:54
    +1

    Hrmm pay what you want.. probably not the most ideal place to advertise :P

  • Nukkels on 06/08/2015 - 11:59
    -3

    FWIW, it's pronounced more like fuh.

    • first in line on 06/08/2015 - 12:34
      -2

      it's pronounced foo

      • first in line on 06/08/2015 - 17:20

        it was sarcasm

        • [Deactivated] on 06/08/2015 - 17:37
          +3

          Sorry bro too late, your comment is now on the circle jerking train down to oblivion.

  • bargain_knight on 06/08/2015 - 12:00

    How much does Pho normally cost for a bowl? $7??

    • eatwell365 on 06/08/2015 - 12:05

      $9 - $14 in Sydney.

      • mecind on 06/08/2015 - 13:28

        the one in Bankstown is over $14

        • eatwell365 on 06/08/2015 - 17:44

          Ahhhh…price's gone up again. how much to ask for just an empty bowl there nowadays - $5??! Try Homebush West Flemington shops in Sydney. $9, first one on the one way lane way. Hoang something.

        • supaderp on 07/08/2015 - 00:21
          +1

          @eatwell365: Adding up rental, labour, electricity, water, gas and food cost, it's a charity to sell for $5. I used to help my neighbour calculate the least amount she can charge for her bowl of pasta where her profit margin was only less than $1/bowl after deducting all expenses. Although she didn't care much about profit but wanted to do it as a leisure, but I now understand why we pay >$10 for a bowl of pasta.

          The pho which most people queue up for at Flemington is Toan Thang.

        • eatwell365 on 07/08/2015 - 01:34

          @supaderp: Bankstown charges $5 for an empty bowl so customer would rather order a bowl of pho each instead of sharing.

        • eatwell365 on 09/08/2015 - 18:21

          @supaderp: give Hoang Gia a try next time : )

      • MrLeE on 06/08/2015 - 16:19

        Best is PHD in Marrickville. So PIMP, they opened another store 30 metres down the road.

    • sween64 on 06/08/2015 - 12:15
      +1

      $10 for a large on Victoria St, Richmond

    • bargdebarg on 06/08/2015 - 12:25
      +1

      Almost always $10 on average in Melbourne

    • SavatteDodo on 06/08/2015 - 12:30
      +1

      Springvale - $8 regular, $9 large and $10 extra large

  • lostn on 06/08/2015 - 12:04

    Can you offer them a negative amount?

    • Olokun on 06/08/2015 - 12:06

      You can check the box… None of the Pho' kin above.. and write your own amount :)

    • Snoovey on 06/08/2015 - 13:53
      +1

      If you like spit pho you could try it.

  • Olokun on 06/08/2015 - 12:05
    +1

    I should have taken a picture of the order form.

    $6 if you think its Pho' kin shit
    $8 if you think its Pho' kin good

    etc….

    Heads up the bowls are small, so don't expect to walk away satisfied unless you order more then 1 thing or eat that lunch sitting in the work fridge.

  • cloudy on 06/08/2015 - 12:12
    +1

    I don't like writing how much I am going to pay in advanced, I feel like if it's not high enough I risk the chef putting something a little extra to let me know what he thinks of my offer.

    • Olokun on 06/08/2015 - 12:14
      +6

      You write the amount after you have eaten and take the order form to the counter to pay.

    • bargdebarg on 06/08/2015 - 12:26
      +1

      I don't think this would be a good marketing strategy if they end up giving people food poisoning by some "additions" for the cheapskates.

  • simulacrum on 06/08/2015 - 12:17
    +4

    Went the other day. Service is a bit frantic, but that's to be expected given they've just opened and probably aren't fully staffed yet.

    Found the broth lacked body and not enough meat flavour. I gave them the feedback and hopefully they'll tweak and perfect it. My usual favourites are Hung Vuong in Footscray or Hung Vuong 2 in Richmond. I think these guys should get take away pho from some of the better known vietnamese places like hung vuong and chu the, take it to the kitchen and taste it side by side with their own broth to develop it.

    Would have liked to get some chilli oil/ớt satế on the table and pickled onions as a condiment.

    Prawn spring rolls were nice, though i would have preferred vietnamese mint to peppermint as a condiment.

    Pork skewers were very thin and finely minced. They were also lukewarm - my suspicion was they are reheated rather than chargrilled to order.

    I heard one of the owners used to run the Banh mi place at tivoli arcade, which was better than most of the other banh mi joints in the city. So my hope is this beta-testing exercise will work for them. It'd be great to have a really good pho place in the cbd.

    • voter1 on 06/08/2015 - 12:33
      +2

      well when you have a name like this - it just screams hispter than doesnt know what they're doing.

      all the great pho places would have some grandma in the back who has probably had a recipe passed down from generations.

      • eatwell365 on 06/08/2015 - 17:52

        Heard Pho shop in Vietnam put "dope" in the soup to make its pho king delicious. Is that true?

    • Pho King on 06/08/2015 - 12:41
      +3

      +1 for pho hung vuong 2

    • a2swin on 06/08/2015 - 13:03
      -1

      Hung Vuong is kinda suck in my opinion as I eat Pho everyday. So does Chu the. Chu the used to be very good until recently. I like "I love Pho" in North richmond, they're fast service and never disappoint me ever. and it gives me the feel of clean food which Hung Vuong can't.

      • zhenjie on 06/08/2015 - 13:59
        +3

        I love Pho is where caucasian hipsters eat

  • [Deactivated] on 06/08/2015 - 12:42

    Do they do takeaway?

  • PumaPants on 06/08/2015 - 13:16

    It's pronounced 'Fur?' as though you're asking a question. Pho real.

  • 2Poor4Ozb on 06/08/2015 - 13:17

    Does this come with delivery to perth

  • wing32 on 06/08/2015 - 13:53
    +3

    Just came back from it. The service was frantic, place looks cool. The food was unfortunately bland, I paid $8 for the pho, normal price for the other dishes.

    Then I walked over to lil Collins and walked into n.Lee bakery for an awesome $6.50 pork roll!

    Nothing worse than being full but unsatisfied!

    • neil on 06/08/2015 - 13:56
      +5

      $8! You're not doing it right.

      • wing32 on 06/08/2015 - 13:58

        Guilt payment lol.

        I have yet to develop the ozbargain skin to look the person in the eye and tell them your hard work is worth less! =)

      • lostn on 06/08/2015 - 14:51
        +3

        I'll bet most people won't pay $6. Who wants to buy something that's Pho' kin shit ?

        • wing32 on 06/08/2015 - 18:13

          But it really was pho'kin shit =(
          I actually wrote on my feedback that I'm going to have to go buy another lunch after this.

          My friend was the kind one that channelled Master Chef and wrote "it really wasn't flavoursome, but good effort and the drawing on the wall looks nice!"

        • SBOB on 06/08/2015 - 19:05
          +2

          @wing32:

          should have said it wasnt to your palette

        • wing32 on 08/08/2015 - 09:59

          @SBOB:

          Bwhahahahaha!!!

  • try2bhelpful on 06/08/2015 - 14:44

    I like Pho Dzung City Noodle Shop, opposite the Queen Vic in Russel St. Good tasty broth and great noodles. You guys are making me hungry. Hmmm Pho.

  • InfraRed on 06/08/2015 - 15:07

    Anyone had the balls to pay $0? What percentage of the broth was spit?

  • Terra Australis on 06/08/2015 - 15:51
    +1

    This is ingenius. When you're anonymous online, it isn't so hard to gie $0 to the Humble Indie Bundle. But it takes serious balls to ask for a free pho in person. Even more balls if you ask for free seconds.

    • MrLeE on 06/08/2015 - 16:21
      +2

      If you didn't know too, is that Pho is actually quite cheap to make. Apart from the long time to make the broth and select the right amount and types of ingredients, the profit margin is quite high.

      (same with most Vietnamese food)

      Source: I'm Vietnamese, and hate paying $12 for a bowl of vermicelli and beef.

      • Terra Australis on 06/08/2015 - 19:04

        As are the games in the humble indie bundle. But you don't dare pay nothing for fear of looking like an ass.

    • neil on 06/08/2015 - 16:26
      +7

      Just wear an OzBargain t-shirt. No explanation needed. ;)

      • wing32 on 06/08/2015 - 18:15

        ^^^ I +1'd your vote, only wish I could +1 again! =)

  • lindol on 06/08/2015 - 17:12
    +1

    if i write -$5…does that mean they have to pay me to eat their pho?

  • rgr on 06/08/2015 - 17:57
    +2

    i like how vietnamese food is finally in the australian gastro mainstream. welcome to my life since 1990. i'll never choose to eat out for vietnamese food though, mum's cooking is always the best.

  • pull the lever on 06/08/2015 - 19:06
    +3

    Shawty had them apple bottom jeans (jeans)
    Boots with the pho (with the pho).

  • lostn on 06/08/2015 - 22:04

    Is $0 actually an option? Because the menu prices others have taken pics of don't show it.

  • catbrain on 08/08/2015 - 12:53

    On the subject of pho broth: isn't the best broth something that sits on the stove for years and gets added to each day? I'd imagine if a restaurant has just started that the broth is a bit young.

    And regarding pronunciation: I believe the derivation is French, pot-au-feu.

  • simprosimple on 09/08/2015 - 01:06

    Went there at 2:45pm, it's not really Pay What You Want, a bit misleading… and the pho is not good

    they got 6 options

    ❏ $6 PHO'KING SH*T
    ❏ $8 PHO'GOOD
    ❏ $10 PHO'SHIZZLE
    ❏ $12 PHO'LICIOUS
    ❏ $14 PHO'NOMENON

    and in the far right corner(separated, very hard to notice)

    ❏ NONE OF THE ABOVE(PLEASE WRITE)

    As $6 already = SH*T… I don't think you can write anything lower than that

    • first in line on 10/08/2015 - 22:57

      What did you ended up paying then?

  • babiguling on 11/08/2015 - 15:52
    +1

    Went there last Friday, I ordered the Pho Beef. Don't think they put too much MSG as I didn't get so thirsty afterward. So it's good
    I chose:
    ❏ NONE OF THE ABOVE(PLEASE WRITE)
    "Soup was good, staff were friendly, the meat;some of it were hard to chew. But I'm paying what I want!! $5"
    Then the guy shown unhappy face when I gave him the paper and $5 note :P

    • eatwell365 on 12/08/2015 - 07:06

      Thank you for the update. Since then…
      ❏ $0 to $5 PHO'YOU

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