Saw this new place and decided to give this restaurant a try based on multiple high reviews. Unfortunately, it did not live up to its hype.
We ordered some spring rolls and basil chicken wings as appetizers. For the mains, I got bun bo hue and the wife had pho tai Bo Vien.
Let me begin by saying that the spring rolls were alright. It had a very "homemade" taste to it. Viet people who grew up and had their mom's spring rolls as a kid will know what I mean which isn't a bad thing. They were a bit on the soggy side but they jam packed the filling. Next was the basil fried chicken. This was a major fail! The chicken was super tasteless as if all they did was fried up some chicken and tossed in some fresh basil and called it basil fried chicken. I had to dunk the wings in my fish sauce that came with the spring rolls to actually finish the wings. Very disappointed. If you really want to see how a pho place does chicken wings, check out Pho Hung's fried chicken!
Anyway, let's move on to our mains. Nothing really outstanding here. My broth in my bun bo hue tasted very diluted and my wife's pho bowl was SUPER oily.
Hate to do this to up and coming restaurants but due to the wide selection of pho places around, your pho and menu gotta be on point to compete and I think this restaurant doesn't stand a chance if they keep doing what they do.