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| - We had been anticipating the opening of this restaurant for a few months now. We went last Sunday, apparently two days after their doors were open to the public.
We went in around 3 for a late lunch, and as we were greeted the server informed us that they wouldn't have any pho for another hour. Since that's what I usually get at a Vietnamese restaurant we decided to come back another time. As we turned to leave someone told the waitress that it would be ready in half an hour. We decided to give this place a shot.
We ordered egg rolls and their BBQ spring rolls. It took forever for the egg rolls to come, and when we tasted it, it seemed like mystery meat to us. I took a picture and uploaded it. The BBQ spring rolls also took forever to come, but were pretty good. Don't know why food took so long, since there were hardly anyone else there.
Finally the pho was ready so the server came to take our entree orders. We ordered chicken pho and combo grill with chicken, pork, and shrimp on vermicelli noodles (choice of noodles or rice). There were a bunch of dishes that were not available (beef pho, for example) due to their "soft opening". Once again, the food took forever to come out. Normally with pho you get a side dish of basil, bean sprouts, and sometimes cilantro, but nothing came with my pho here. The grilled meat would've tasted good, if only they didn't over cook everything, not to mention that it came with rice (see pic). I inquired with someone there and I think they didn't understand english, so they brought out who we assume was the owner. She said that because it's a soft opening they didn't have noodles. I guess if we were warned that this was a "soft opening" and that they were not fully prepared at all, at least we'd have lower expectations.
We tried to order dessert, and whaddya know, it's not available. Highly likely that we won't be back, even though this is the closest Vietnamese restaurant to us. My first thought was how can they run out of food when the Asian market is a few doors down? Too expensive for what you get, and the dining experience is horrific. The server told us that when they have their grand opening in two weeks or so that things will be much better. I'm not sure I believe that...
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