I saw this place popped up a few weeks ago and was intrigued. Looked like a nice exterior, the sign was eye catching and minimalistic, with no cow in sight.
When you step in, it feels like a cafe. There's classy jazz music playing in the background. The decor is really fresh and modern; the flooring looks like a marble finish and the walls and counter have wood paneling.
I feel like I definitely should be ordering an earl grey with cheesecake in this joint.
But on to the food. We got the steamed rice roll with beef, the sate pho and the house special pho. The rice rolls were hors d'oeuvre size, but were tasty. The fresh mango rolled with the beef also was an unexpected surprise.
The pho broth I'd have to say was mediocre. It lacked the zing that I have come to know pho to be distinctive for. Also, I asked to add tendon to the sate pho since it only came with rare beef. They gave me 2 dime sized pieces and charged me $2.50. The total for that one small sate pho with tendon was $12.50 before tax...
I don't know if that's the best way to launch your business guys. The portion sizes definitely cannot compare with the pho powerhouses that are pretty ratty looks wise, but make up for 10x more value (ahem chunks of tendon) at almost half of the cost and fragrant as hell broth.
Shape up guys.