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This place is hard to find, there's an obstruction when you're coming from the south end of the parking lot that doesn't allow you to see their sign.
A friend and I walked in, were greeted by a hostess who told us there was only seating available at the bar. I was wildly confused because I took one look at the seating in the restaurant and noticed they were at half capacity. I chalked it up to possibly having reservations on the way, but it was weird especially because we were there 90 mins and only half of those unfilled tables had patrons in them during the time we were there.
At the bar we were greeted by a bartender, who during our visit was extremely overwhelmed.
The good: the pork short ribs are awesome, so is the sauce that accompanies it. We also had sweet pork sweet rolls that may be one of the tastiest dishes I've had in years, the vegetables inside were incredibly fresh. We also shared the banh mi, which was in flatbread (different but not in a bad way), it was full of flavor and spice.
I ordered the pho with tenderloin and my friend had a clay pot with chicken. My pho was incredibly underwhelming, I couldn't even continue eating it and had them box it up. My friend really enjoyed his clay pot, I wish I got that as well.
There's a few more things on the menu I want to try so I will be back to evaluate them again. Based on the hostess thing and being relegated to the uncomfortable bar stools and seeing a large portion of the main seating not being utilized and the overwhelmed lone bartender, I gotta say the customer service needs work.
The food itself, especially the appetizers, warrant another try at the place.
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