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| - Decided to come here for lunch on a weekday, was feeling sick and I didn't feel like going out to far so I figured I'd try Sammy Pho since it's only 2 minutes away. The place was pretty empty when I came in so finding a seat wasn't a problem, Just walk in and your server goes right up to you with Menus and brings out water.
After asking our server for a few recommendations, I ended up ordering Fresh Shrimp Spring Rolls (4) served with Fish or Peanut Sauce, and a P4 (Pho Tái Nam, Rare Steak, Well Done Flank). The appetizer came out within 5 minutes, the shrimp didn't taste fresh at all and the peanut sauce was questionable, average at best. The Pho took about 15 minutes to come out, accompanied by the usual lime, bean sprouts, and Basil. I had to ask for another set of Lime and Basil since the ones they gave me were very old, it felt like they had it sitting in their kitchen for weeks just waiting to be used.
On to their Pho, the meat was surprisingly good, I do have a preference of Rare Steak over the Well done flank, Rare steak was Tender and Juicy where as the Flank was too chewy and fatty, You're better off just ordering their Pho with Only Rare Steak(Pho Tái). Meat portion was low, you get about 5/6 small pieces of meat. The main problem I had with Sammy Pho is how oily and sickeningly sweet their broth is. I'm a fan of sweets but I can only handle so much before I start getting tired of the taste, which led to an unfinished bowl of Oily pho, sorry but sweet broth is NOT for me.
Service was average, nothing really great or bad about it, Water was refilled when it had to be and the people working there had a nice attitude.
I probably won't be coming back here, this style of pho is just something I don't enjoy. Feel free to give it a try if you are into a more sweeter broth.
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