This buzzing cash-only phở restaurant on MacDougal Street is popular amongst NYU students. College students come here to get a good and affordable bowl of phở to the sounds of chatter and pop music. It’s a quick casual place to boost your spirits. If you’re looking for a place to study or gossip with your phở-loving friend, this is not it. Saigon Shack enforces a $5 minimum spend per person to ensure that every seated person is serious about consumption. I got a hot steaming bowl of classic beef phở and was happily in and out of the restaurant very quickly.
Time Out Tip: Perfect for stressed college students in need of a healing bowl of phở and who know how to use cash.