First off going into the restaurant its your typical hole in the wall small Pho shop. Greasy floors, funky lighting, and the TV on some random channel that no one but the owners are watching. It's to be expected and only adds to the experience.
Price of the bowls was cheaper than I expected so that makes up for the pricey sides. Now here is my biggest gripe with most pho restaurants in Arizona and for the price of the bowl you don't get the quantity that makes California a haven for pho. Especially since Arizona is competing with those half off pho specials in Garden Grove. However, I was pleasantly surprised when my Pho Xe Lua was actually a train. Most other places in Arizona I'm usually not full after one bowl but here I was starting struggle near the end. A bittersweet surprise at best.
With the exception of the meatballs, the rest of the pho bowl was bland. The broth was a little too "mn" as they say in the Vietnamese language. The beef was a little too rough for me and wasn't as flavorful and the rest of the bowl seemed out of balance too much tripe or too little meatballs, my OCD self had problems trying to get even proportions of meat throughout the meal.
Tl;dr
Quantity greater than Quality at Pho Nhat