Vietnamese restaurants near Mount Prospect, IL

ALTEA Viet Coffee & Boba

The only Vietnamese spot inside Mount Prospect itself, tucked into the Randhurst Village center. It is a coffee and boba bar first: phin-drip Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk, plus egg, salted and tiramisu cream-top versions, alongside ube and pandan lattes and a short banh mi and bakery menu. The kitchen leans health-conscious, sweetening with monk fruit and describing its recipes as dietitian-approved, so the drinks land less sugary than most boba shops. Come for a sandwich and a ca phe, not a full bowl of pho.

Pho Dung Gia

A long-running Des Plaines family restaurant on Miner Street, about four miles from Mount Prospect and the closest full Vietnamese kitchen to town. The menu runs Vietnamese and Chinese side by side, with pho, grilled beef, shrimp spring rolls and vermicelli bowls the dishes diners mention most. The owners make a point of cooking without MSG and using cholesterol-free oil sparingly. It is inexpensive, with most people spending $10 to $20, and there is outdoor seating and parking.

Pho Son Ha

A small family-run noodle house in a Palatine strip mall next to a laundromat, and the highest-rated pho in this set. Regulars come for the broth above all, with fried spring rolls and combination fried rice in portions big enough to split. Worth planning around: it is dinner only, opening at 4 pm, and it is closed both Sunday and Monday.

Viet Taste

A sit-down Vietnamese restaurant on Hicks Road in Palatine with a full dining room, open seven days a week, which makes it the easiest one here to drop into on a Monday. Pho and the peanut sauce that comes with the spring rolls draw the most repeat mentions. Ratings sit a notch below the best in this group, so treat it as a reliable local option rather than a destination.

House of Pho

A Hoffman Estates standby on Golf Road that has been feeding the northwest suburbs since well before the current wave of pho shops. The menu stretches past Vietnamese into pan-Asian territory, with grilled pork chop and chicken rice plates alongside the noodle soups. It is open Mondays, which several places here are not, but it closes on Wednesdays instead, so check before a midweek trip.

Pho Lover

A Schaumburg restaurant on Algonquin Road serving pho, banh mi and vermicelli bowls, with the Pho Tai Nam the bowl regulars point to. The dining room is small and casual, and there is online ordering for pickup and delivery. It is closed Mondays, and the kitchen shuts at 8:30 pm most nights, 9 pm on Friday and Saturday.

Pho Day

A Schaumburg spot on Schaumburg Road with the broadest menu in this group: pho, banh mi, fresh and fried spring rolls, grilled rice plates, vermicelli bowls and stir-fried noodles. It also flags vegetarian and halal choices, which is unusual among the restaurants here. Open Mondays and until 9 pm most nights, but closed Tuesdays.

Pho Tam

A Niles noodle shop on Dempster Street known for its pho bowls, grilled chicken noodle salad and pork chops. It keeps daytime hours, opening at 10:30 am and closing at 7:30 pm, the earliest close in this set, so it works better for lunch or an early dinner than a late one. Closed Mondays.

Long An Restaurant

A Glenview restaurant that reaches past the standard pho menu into northern Vietnamese cooking: bun cha Ha Noi, banh mi bo kho, bun bo Hue and pork bao sit alongside the noodle soups and a double-bowl pho. Grilled pork belly skewers and the Saigon sandwich are the house signatures. It is open six days a week, 11 am to 8:30 pm, closed Tuesdays.

Basu Coffee Bar & Vietnamese Eatery

The Northbrook outpost of the Lotus Banh Mi family, and the highest-rated place in this group. It works as a coffee bar and an eatery at once: Vietnamese coffee and banh mi alongside pho, wings, spring rolls and rice bowls. The room is small and cozy, and it closes at 8 pm, earlier than most of the restaurants here. Closed Mondays.