Santa Fe, NM
For Vietnamese in Santa Fe, the local food press points to Pho Kim, Saigon Cafe, and Pho Ava Vietnamese Restaurant. Picks from Santa Fe Reporter and Santa Fe New Mexican (Pasatiempo), updated July 2026.
Editor’s picks
Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Santa Fe Reporter and Santa Fe New Mexican (Pasatiempo). Updated July 2026.
Pho Kim · Alameda corridor
Pho Kim runs the most comprehensive Vietnamese menu in Santa Fe from the Alameda corridor, with roughly 124 items reaching well past the noodle soups. The Santa Fe Reporter reviewed it and singled out the Pho Dac Biet, the combination beef pho, while noting the kitchen's range. Order the Pho Dac Biet, and grab a banh mi for the road.
Saigon Cafe · Cordova Rd
Saigon Cafe opened in the early 2000s in the El Mercado Plaza on Cordova Road, started by Phuoc Chung and Cindy Quach to give Santa Fe a Vietnamese kitchen it lacked. Pasatiempo's review treated it as a longtime standby. Order the Pho Bo with flat rice noodles, the dish the room was built around, and add fresh spring rolls to start.
Pho Ava Vietnamese Restaurant · Cerrillos Rd corridor
Pho Ava is a family-friendly Vietnamese restaurant on the Cerrillos Road corridor, covered by the Santa Fe Reporter in its AAPI Heritage Month feature and its own location listing. The kitchen keeps to the core: pho, banh mi, and spring rolls done straight. Order a bowl of pho with a side of spring rolls, or a banh mi at lunch.
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