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This is as good as it gets at an asian restaurant. The restaurant is packed and busy, I would have to say if anything this is on the high end of asian restaurant service. There was a line out the door when I arrived, but we were seated shortly after. It's a big restaurant and it's not a place where people sit and chat after, so turnover is fairly quick. The wait has more to do with the fact that the servers are working at a 100km/hr so it's just finding time for someone to clean the table you're going to sit at and seat you.
Food
I order the classic beef pho, which I thought you could not screw up. I ordered a small at $8 worried that I wouldn't have enough food, but thank god I only ordered a small. $8 for a filling meal is not expensive, for Pho it's on the higher end as it is not generally an expensive dish. The pho was not good - they used wrong type of beef and the whole dish was just tasteless despite all the oil on the surface of the broth. Normally, the beef in pho is the thinly cut half raw beef that is similar to hot pot, instead I got thick chunky pieces of meat that were cooked through and through that you would normally find in leftover chinese soups or congee.
I also ordered a side of a spring roll, this was terrible. Honestly, I can't even describe it as I tried to push the memory out of my brain. It wasn't worth the $4 and again it was rather tasteless even with the fish sauce.
If you're looking for a healthy meal, you've probably found it at Pho Bang.
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