Located in an unassuming retail strip along Pat Mell Road in Marietta, come to Pho Hoang Long for the pho. The restaurant also offers a variety of Thai dishes on its menu and often includes daily specials on a chalkboard in the dining room. Service is very friendly here, but it can be slow, as this is a family-owned and fully operated spot. Pho Hoang Long also includes a small Vietnamese grocery.

Pho is obviously the star of the show here, but do try the restaurant’s bánh mì. Pair it with a milk tea or Vietnamese iced coffee. There’s also a location in Kennesaw.

Vietnamese restaurant and bakery, Juniper Cafe opened at the end of 2021 and comes from Lazy Betty chefs Ron Hsu and Aaron Phillips. Kick off the day here with fresh pastries and Vietnamese coffee in the morning. In the afternoon, the restaurant transitions its menu to serving pho, bánh mì, Vietnamese sausages, and entrees, including bánh xèo savory crepes, roast duck, and a lemongrass pork chop. There’s shaved ice for dessert, along with cocktails, beer, and wine.

This stall inside Sweet Auburn Curb Market (the Municipal Market) offers a great selection of pho and spicy bún bò huế noodle soups on its menu. Try the beef and pork bún bò huế here or the mi xao, egg noodles tossed with peanuts, grilled pork or chicken, and a mixture of julienned vegetables. Make sure to order a fried turkey egg roll, too.

A recent addition to the Ponce restaurant scene, Lady Ha brings a mix of classic Vietnamese dishes and street eats to the Eastside Beltline. Located at the Ford Factory Lofts, expect bowls of hot pho, duck salad, bánh mì baos stuffed with minced pork, crispy crepes of bánh xèo filled with shrimp and sprouts, and PEI mussels swimming in lemongrass coconut broth here. Order Vietnamese coffee or Lady Ha’s dirty milk tea or one of the restaurant’s fruit teas, like the Lychee Lady with oranges, lychee, and aiyu jelly.

Located in a shopping complex on Jonesboro Road, the lengthy menu here is filled with a variety of pho combinations, hot pots, and a number of other Vietnamese soups and rice dishes to try.

In January 2022, restaurateur Quynh “Q” Trinh transformed her bánh mì and pho shop We Suki Suki and mini food stall market the Global Grub Collective into a pop-up incubator and boba tea and cocktail bar. Now anchored by Poke Burri and Lifting Noodles Ramen, Trinh continues to sling bowls of We Suki Suki’s popular lemongrass pho based on her mother’s recipe and bánh mì from the rebranded business. Follow on Instagram for updates on the menu and for new pop-ups.

Billed as a Vietnamese noodle house, So Ba is a local hangout for bowls of hot pho and bún dishes in the heart of East Atlanta Village. Pho here comes served in small, medium, or large portions, too. Owned by chef Nhan Le (Fishmonger), So Ba adjoins with Octopus Bar, which opens after the Vietnamese restaurant closes for the night.

VN Pho gets straight to the point on its menu — pho, and plenty of it. Pho can be ordered in small, medium, or large bowls. Large is quite an undertaking, even when super hungry. There’s also a kids meatball and flank pho combo that comes with a drink. Other dishes worth trying here, the cháo lòng (pork porridge) and cháo vịt (duck porridge,) as well as the hủ tiếu nam vang (pork and seafood clear noodle soup.)

For those who frequent the restaurants along Buford Highway, Lee’s Bakery is a beloved staple for pho. This Atlanta institution is where to head to for steaming bowls of pho at 8 a.m. as well as bánh mì deals. Try the bakery’s dac biet with ham, pork head cheese, and pork liver or the bánh mì cá made with fish cakes. Get the wings here, too, and make sure to grab a day-old dollar baguette before leaving.

Many people head to this popular Buford Highway restaurant to indulge in big bowls of pho or plates of shaking beef, but make sure to try the wings here, too. These crispy wings carry a zippy, funky flavor embedded in the meat with a bit of heat from the sweet chile sauce glaze. Wings come with a side of white rice and pickled vegetables. Beyond pho, there’s no shortage of solid choices on the menu at Nam Phuong. There’s also a location in Norcross.

Located in the Orient Center (also home to Gu’s Kitchen and Penang) on Buford Highway, Pho Bac has been a popular spot for pho for over 25 years now. But the restaurant is also a solid option for bowls of bún bò huế and bánh mì, too. There’s also a Duluth location.

For folks seeking excellent bánh mì, many will argue that there may be no better place than the iconic Buford Highway sandwich shop Quoc Huong in the Asian Square complex. The fresh French bread definitely contributes to the reputation this shop has earned. Try the barbecue pork here. Looking for a deal? Order five bánh mì and that sixth one is free. The shop now accepts credit cards.

Located in the Oakbrook Square Shopping Center, head here for bowls of bún bò huế or bún riêu soup, cháo lòng (pork porridge,) broken rice dishes, and the sizzling pancake, bánh xèo.

Regulars of this Norcross shop claim it has the best bánh mì in all of metro Atlanta. The menu here includes over 15 bánh mì options, like grilled or steamed pork, liver pâté, fish, and a combo with ham, head cheese, pâté, and steamed pork.

It’s all about bánh mì at Banh Mi Cafe in Duluth. Sandwiches here include everything from barbecue pork or Vietnamese pork cold cuts (dac biet,) to scrambled eggs, sugarcane shrimp, and pork skin bánh mì. The menu is vegetarian-friendly, too, with tofu, avocado, and sautéed mushrooms listed among the cafe’s meat-free options. Beyond sandwiches, the cafe also serves bánh xèo and bún riêu (rice vermicelli noodle soup with crab and tomato) as well as pho on its menu.