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| - When you come to Pho, you have to remember this: it's all relative.
I can say with much confidence that this is probably the cleanest pho restaurant you'll ever venture into. Obviously, being located in a glorified Las Vegas casino means superb cleanliness and inflated prices. But surprisingly, Pho still holds true to some of its typical Vietnamese restaurant roots, those being:
* Sriracha, hoisin sauce, and fish sauce were found at every table
* Chopsticks, spoons, and sauce platters were well-stocked at each table
* Despite having only 20 items on their menu, our white lady server looked at me weird when I called out the dish name, and proceeded to ask for the item number instead -- just like in Vietnamese restaurants!
Prices are definitely atypical of Vietnamese restaurants though. $10 bowls of pho, $4.50 Vietnamese coffee, and get this, $9 banh mi! The beef pho was not bad at all. The broth was light and had a good clean taste. My beef stew pho kho was tasty, but too thick and gravy-like. The soups weren't scalding hot like I prefer, but we made do. It's a fairly decent meal for Strip standards.
There is no other casual Vietnamese restaurant on the Strip. Pho is all you've got. It's all about convenience. Time is money in Vegas, and that money should be used to gamble...not spent driving to Chinatown, wasting gas and your precious time in Strip traffic to get the same average-quality Vietnamese food.
Like I said, it's all relative.
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