Well, I REALLY wanted to love this restaurant, but the food fell slightly short for me. My friend and I met up for dinner here last night and we both got the strawberry lemonades (delicious! and he gave us free refills!). I ordered the pho dip with chips and also a bowl of the kitchen sink gumbo.
The gumbo had a good flavor but really needed some salt. I wanted to add some in, but the tables don't have individual salt/pepper shakers. They have a community counter where you can get all your sauces and extra salt/pepper, but the salt shaker was completely empty.
The pho dip has SO MUCH potential! The bread is so yummy. It has a slight crisp on the outside and is soft on the inside. The meat tastes really fresh and even though it's pretty rare, it doesn't have that raw meat taste. It comes with onions, peppers and cilantro. By itself, it just really needed a little more. Maybe some of that asian slaw to complete it. I do understand it being more simple since you have the pho broth to dip it in, however, my pho broth had ZERO flavor. Some lime and fish sauce would've done wonders for the flavor.
The chips are house made and sprinkled with furikake. They are yummy! My friend got the falafel wrap because she's a vegetarian and she was in LOVE with it. She will probably give her review 5 stars.
I am definitely open to trying it out again. Maybe they are still working on perfecting their flavors and seasoning. The service was stellar, the place is clean and there's a sort of energetic and upbeat atmosphere to it. I just wish my food had more salt.