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Looking at the awesome reviews, I decided to try this place for lunch as my pit stop heading from Waterloo to Markham.
Arriving at around 1:30pm, it was certainly busy, however I was seated in about 5 minutes. The menu book was large with a lot of different variety, which is what I like in Vietnamese restaurants. However, they didn't have iced lemon tea. :(
I ended up having #110. Unfortunately, I realized when I received my food that I made a mistake...I wanted to get a beef stew rice noodle soup, but ended up with egg noodle soup. Oh well, my fault. The egg noodles were decent, though a little hard for what I like (but I won't judge this restaurant on their egg noodles since it was my mistake in the first place). The beef brisket was good, although a few pieces were slightly tough. The tomato soup broth was very tasty, although slightly oily, but that's normal for Pho restaurants. Finally, the carrots didn't have the melting feel that I'm generally accustomed to.
Service was initially very good. I was immediately served tea, given the menu book, and an order sheet. Even after I ordered my meal another employee came up to me and asked if I ordered, in which I answered yes. However, the standard deteriorated when I asked for a glass of water but was not given one, I had to wave down two waiters in order to get my bill, and I never got a thank you from any employees in the end. What would've been a +.5 in the start was lost in the end.
I also noticed my meal wasn't charged tax. $8.50 flat.
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