Smith Street Mall · Darwin · Since 2011
Slow-simmered pho, roast duck, fresh herbs, lime and chilli, cooked on Smith Street Mall since 2011. Dinner seven nights, lunch six days.
Eat and drink
A quick bowl between meetings, a long shared dinner, or a cocktail before you go.
Lunch
Every day but Saturday, from 10 or 10:30am to 2:30pm
Pho, vermicelli bowls, broken rice and noodles for the CBD lunch break, with lunch specials that change. It gets busy around 12:30, so come early or order ahead for pickup.
Lunch favourites
Dinner
Seven nights, 5:30pm to 9pm
The full à la carte menu: roast duck, soft shell crab, clay pots, shaking beef, whole fish, curries and the Ruby Pho. Built for groups, families and nights out.
Full menu
Bar
With lunch or dinner
Ruby is licensed. A wall of wine, cocktails and mocktails, beer including local brews, and coffee to finish.
What's pouringThe ones to order
Ruby's own photos. The quotes are from real diner reviews, with where and when they were written.
Noodle soup
Phở đặc biệt
The house bowl. A slow-simmered beef broth loaded with brisket, rare beef, tendon and beef balls. Lunch and dinner.
Most amazing pho delivered fast. Great value for money.Uber Eats · Sep 2024
From the roast kitchen
Served with plum sauce
A Ruby signature: glossy, crisp-skinned and carved to share.
Noodle soup
Bún bò Huế
Spicy lemongrass beef noodle soup in the style of Huế, for when pho isn't enough heat.
Chef's special
Sườn rang muối
Crisp spare ribs finished with spiced salt and fresh chilli.
Rice
Cơm tấm sườn trứng
The Saigon street classic: grilled pork chop, a fried egg and broken rice.
Salad
Gỏi
Rare beef, chicken, duck or green paw paw, with herbs, lime and chilli. Light enough for a Darwin lunch.
The best Vietnamese chicken salad I've ever had! Perfect flavour, fresh and healthy.Tripadvisor · Jan 2025
Wine & Dine
Licensed, so the pho can come with a glass of wine.
What diners say
Rated 4.7 from more than 410 ratings on Uber Eats and 4.1 from 337 reviews on Tripadvisor, as at October 2026.
The soft shell crab was the best I've tasted in Darwin. Each dish was individual and excellent.
We were made to feel very welcome with attentive service from start to finish. Wine list was also good.
Excellent Vietnamese barramundi with chilli and rice. It was packed when I looked in at 12:30.
So good I had to come back the next night and order the exact same meal.
Follow Ruby
Photos, specials and news from Ruby, on Instagram and Facebook.
Visit
Inside Paspalis Centrepoint, in the heart of the Darwin CBD. Sit inside or out on the veranda.
| Monday | 10am to 2:30pm 5:30pm to 9pm |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 10:30am to 2:30pm 5:30pm to 9pm |
| Wednesday | 10:30am to 2:30pm 5:30pm to 9pm |
| Thursday | 10:30am to 2:30pm 5:30pm to 9pm |
| Friday | 10am to 2:30pm 5:30pm to 9pm |
| Saturday | Dinner only 5:30pm to 9pm |
| Sunday | 10am to 2:30pm 5:30pm to 9pm |