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No. 45 in the world · November 2026

Turtle Tower

Larkin Street, Tenderloin · San Francisco, United States

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The one bowl to order

Pho ga: the northern-style chicken pho with wide, hand-cut noodles

The line to expect: Short waits at lunch.

Hanoi-style chicken pho, clean and gingery, in the Tenderloin.

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Hanoi beef phở, the clear broth

Hanoi beef phở, the clear broth

5 hr (40 min hands-on) · 6 bowls. Phở is all broth: beef bones simmered with charred onion and ginger and a few warm spices, then poured boiling over raw sliced beef so it cooks in the bowl.

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