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| - It's the only all natural/no-msg pho, likely in the city. To be honest, i walked into this restaurant expecting typical pho experience without knowing about all natural, msg part. After having gone through experience, i think i still like the traditional pho experience better until my doctor tells me otherwise..
After my experience at Pho Vistro, i did leave a snarky review but to my surprise, Dat, who is the owner of the restaurant reached out to me and offered me free dinner on the house. I have not gone back to claim this free dinner on the house but I really appreciated him being honest about how re-inventing his pho to taste like non-healty, MSG pho but agreeing that they can always work on the service side of things and it was sooooooo cool that he did that. And for this reason, I chose to revise my review to fit the bill better by removing my sarcasm but replace it with fair and honest response by taking what i didnt know at the time into consideration of my review;
1. Expensive
The price pho is higher than what you are used to in typical pho restaurant. The bean sprouts are even organic and for this reason, it will cost extra when you ask for more sprouts. There is also only 1 size as you will not have size options. I think it's comparable to a size between what would be small and medium in typical pho joints.
2. Slow service
The service is on the slower side. The food takes some time to prep and come out as well as the order in how the food comes out mimics more of a canadian place rather than an asian place.
3. Taste
The taste is more bland than flavourful, i must say. I did go back 20 yrs to when i first started eating pho and had to regrettably mix in Sriracha & hoisin in my bowl of pho. But after understanding that this is all natural and healthy bowl of pho, i receded back to "all good things for your body must taste less superior than those bad for your body" belief..
In summary, i'm slightly torn... I'd love to support business like this yet it doesn't agree with my value proposition and the satisfaction i get out of GOOD bowl of regular pho. This place also probably is the cleanest pho I've ever visited with an open kitchen which is always a good thing in any restaurants. (they got nothing to hide!) If you are a healthy eater and up for an adventure of new type of pho restaurant, you should certainly try this place. But if you expect the typical viet pho experience, you might find yourself confused and perhaps even disappointed.
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