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| - I've been to a lot of Pho places in my life, and even other Pho Mi 99 locations, and this one just doesn't compare.
Dropped by on a Sunday at 1PM for lunch. The place was packed, but we were lucky enough to be seated immediately. A few groups coming after us had to wait for a little bit, but nothing outrageous. The menu is massive, a la typical Viet-restaurant style. It was a bit difficult flagging down a waiter to give our food order to.
My companions opted for some pho while I ordered a stir-fried noodle along with a soursop shake. The pho arrived quickly in typical fashion, while I had to wait a bit longer for my order. The soursop shake took forever to arrive, about halfway through my food. I understand that sometimes these places intentionally try to get your food order to you before the drink, but that should only be the case because the food is arriving THAT quickly. In this case, it seemed like they were stalling the drink just to accomplish that. Weird.
My stir-fried dish was slightly on the bland side -- very uninteresting. Edible but not particularly enjoyable. I've had much better from other Vietnamese restaurants. As for the pho, the broth was simply salty and devoid of any real beef flavour. Just a touch better than a MSG + water mixture. Disappointing, because I have been to two 99 locations that have both done much better. As for the sour sop shake, it was pretty standard, a touch on the sweeter side. Consistency was good though.
And then it took us awhile to flag someone to get the bill. The waiters don't do a very good job of making themselves accessible.
Overall food and service were the same -- meh.
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