I've been coming here for years since it was since Pho Rainbow. Pho Rainbow was amazing. Extra rare beef and meat, a big plate of bean sprouts, yummy broth that tasted like it was actually stewing in bone marrow. And the biggest plus was that it was 10 miles closer than driving to Chinatown for pho.
Sadly, this isn't the case anymore since staff and management changed for Pho Annie
Since it changed, food quality can't compare:
**Broth seems like it's from the pho broth powder. Not as much meat. Small oval platter of sprouts and mint leaves. Not bad. Just mediocre. It doesn't stand out compared to Chinatown.
**Pan fried noodles aren't really Hong Kong style if that's what you want. They use a thicker canton type noodle (instead of thin egg noodles) thats drenched in brown sauce. It's literally a deep dish of noodles with soup filled halfway. Fish taste fishy. (We all know then that it wasn't fresh fish I was eating)
**DEALBREAKER: In the summer, I had Che Ba Mau (3 bean Dessert) that I noticed something was off. My groupmates seemed to brush off my , "does yours taste different to you?" notion while we were there. I finished it halfway before going to discard it but my boyfriend took a bite and gave me the weirdest look....the coconut milk in my dessert was SPOILED. It was sweet but had a sour taste that I took in for "normal" because of restaurant variation.He even gave it to his whole family to try to which they all looked at me in awe cos I actually continued to eat it. I was so embarrassed.
OVERALL: It's not the worst pho place, I'm sure. It's just that I keep returning hoping it would return back to its glory days. But they seem to let me down. This place is okay for a craving fix, but if you have the time and gas, I'd rather go the extra distance for Chinatown quality.