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| - My family and I love going to pho places so when my aunt recommended this one, we went to try it out for dinner after a long day. I have to admit that I'm pretty surprised that this place has such low reviews. As I checked in on Yelp at the beginning of our stay, I was a bit wary while I ordered due to the low ratings but, nevertheless, we ordered as we would have anywhere else and we were not disappointed - maybe they're aware of the low reviews and stepped up their game that night or maybe it depends on when you go that the food turns out good or bad. In our case - it was pretty good!
We ordered two orders of spring rolls ($3.95 per order for 2 rolls - crispy fried rice paper rolls w/ shrimp & pork, veggies, & taro) to start - they were pretty good - the sauce needed a bit more flavour but the rolls were cooked nicely. We had the large size chef's special beef rice noodle soup ($9.50; S - $7.50 ... there's no in-between size though) which had brisket, flank, & beef tendon, tripe, & beef balls. When you first get the soup it looks like there's almost no noodles but it's hidden under the meat and other ingredients - stir it up and the large bowl of soup was enough for our group of four (but if you come here just for the pho on empty stomachs, the large is good enough for two). Broth was pretty good - average but I'd eat it again if I came by.
We also ordered stir-fried chicken in lemon grass w/ vermicelli which was good - not our fave dish of the night though - something was missing to round out the flavours($8.95). Our favourite dish was the grilled pork chop with rice ($8.95) - marinated with a sweet flavour and cooked well, I recommend this one over the chicken vermicelli dish.
Overall, Pho Quinn is a good place for Vietnamese cuisine - service was friendly, quick, and frequent to ask how we were doing and the ambience is clean and modern. While the food isn't amazing, I'd say it's average or even a bit above and worth a try.
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