Good Pho can be tough for a vegetarian to find. I have avoided it lately after a few bad experiences with essentially tasteless slimy vegetables on rice or noodles. But my bf loves Pho so I asked Yelp to help me out and found so many good reviews on Pho Tien Thanh that we decided to give it a try.
The over-lit, lame decor aside, the food was pretty good. I had summer rolls and vegetable and tofu stirfry with vermicelli noodles. The vegetables were cooked perfectly, not too soft, and the sauce had decent flavour. I happily put Hoisin sauce on anything and this was no exception, I added some chilis and had a decent meal. The summer rolls were good too - the rice paper was a little sticky - having made my own a number of times I feel qualified to comment on such a small thing :-) The sauce was delicious - more Hoisin, with fresh peanuts and shaved carrots.
My bf and had pork spring rolls on vermicelli which he says was alright but the rice noodles were a bit soggy - something I would agree the same about my stirfry noodles - then he had the meat special Pho - beef ball, tripe, beef bone, raw beef - lots of beef - he only had the small bowl and it was pretty huge. A decent amount of meat and he ate the broth but the noodles remained uneaten again.
The servers were nice - including the boundless energy of the man mentioned in other reviews and of course you can't beat the price when you eat Pho. It was what my bf was craving this New Year's Day and it didn't disappoint. I'd eat here again when the craving strikes him next.
In case you missed it in other reviews - CASH ONLY. Thankfully we saw that before we went! Thanks fellow Yelpers!