Even in the dead of winter, this South End French-Vietnamese restaurant is as steamy as a night in Saigon. With its red-tinted walls, decorations imported straight from Southeast Asia, and sexy cocktails cheekily served in bamboo-etched tumblers under paper umbrellas, Pho Republique is a passport to revelry. Thanks to the generous reservations policy, parties large and small can reserve long tables perfect for sharing steaming bowls of aromatic pho or the must- have tuna spring rolls. The waitstaff handles such groups with Zen-like aplomb, keeping drinks fresh, plates full and every diner happy.
Boston Magazine, Best of Boston 2002, Group Dining

The pioneering den of hip that set the standard for this strip. Long before the words "gentrification" passed through anyone's lips, Pho Republique was playing sexy techno lounge music and serving mango martinis and banana spring rolls.
Christopher Muther, The Boston Globe

This South End haven of hip boasts an awful lot of dishes that remind us that food can indeed be both Vietnamese and vegetarian-and supremely tasty, to boot.
Tamara Wieder, The Boston Phoenix

Pho brings the term "ethnic hip" to a whole new level. From the bamboo seats to the multicolored lanterns, it feels just like a sultry lounge in Phnom Penh.
Kim Atkinson, Boston Magazine's Concierge

Pho Republique has long been an after-dark destination for Indochina-inspired décor, cocktails fit for Bangkok's oriental and one of the city's hippest crowds. Now the food may be reason to go as well, as owner Jack Bardy has lured chef Patrick DeBoever (formerly of Relais and Chateau property little Palm Island in the Florida keys) North to take the reins in Pho's kitchen.
Rob McKewon, Gayot for Digital City.com

Jack Bardy's South End eatery and bar is The Place for those seeking the type of edgy, stylish atmosphere one might find in surprisingly chic Ho Chi Minh City.
Reader's Choice Awards, The Boston Phoenix

Pho Republique looks like a lounge in edgy Phnom Penh, but pours drinks like the Oriental, the Ritz of Bangkok.
Rob McKeown, The Boston Globe

With its fantastical decor and Southeast Asian-esque menu centered around pho (pronounced fuh), the national noodle soup of Vietnam, Pho Republique might be the hippest new dining spot in town.
Mat Schaffer, The Boston Herald

Formality of dress, sexual orientation, level of inebriation-none of this matters at this South End legend-in-the-making, especially later in the evening.
Scott Kathan, Stuff at Night

Possibly Boston's hippest ethnic eatery
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