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| - Unfortunately, it is with sadness, that I need to downgrade my evaluation of this restaurant.
I don't know whether they've gotten greedy or are being pinched by the competition and/or the economy, but there's a very noticeable difference these days. The restaurant is still quite crowded; the food hasn't gotten worse. But in lieu of raising prices, the portions have gotten noticeably smaller (thus, in effect, raising the prices). Meanwhile, there's less meat in the soups; in the stir frys, and the size of the goi cuon (shrimp rolls) have gotten ridiculously small; to the point they're not much bigger than the typically small fried egg rolls (cha gio). Add to that the occasional mistake in orders, slower service and nickel and diming on even the most minor of extras and this place no longer is the "special place" it once was. Even the sandwiches, never big to start with, have gotten smaller (and stuffed with more veggies than meat ... guess why!). In addition, in ye olde days, they used to toast the buns. Not only do they NOT do that now, but the sandwiches we recently bought were as dry my dog's milk bone (which, ironically, also had more meat than in my sandwich).
Personally, I'd be less offended if they'd simply raise the prices and bring back the bigger portions --- though, if you'd like to get the sized portion you should have gotten, you can order the XL of your dish for another $2.00 ... $2.00, which really shouldn't be charged in the first place. But, I guess, were they to serve portions comparable to other places at more expensive prices, they'd no longer seem competitive at all. Either way, I'm out.
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