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| - So far I've tried three versions of their pho. The broth for all of these were tasty, if a bit subdued in flavor compared to that in other pho restaurants that I've tried. The proteins in the pho dac biet were standard: beef slices, tendon, tripe, meatball - all good, not phenomenal. The chicken in the pho ga had a previously cooked then frozen taste, and so this pho was my least favorite pho for this restaurant; the beef brisket pho I ordered during another visit tasted fresher.
I also tried two of their spring rolls; each spring roll order is generous enough to make a light meal in itself. The shrimp and pork spring rolls are a good choice if you are not ordering a noodle dish because its stuffing has rice noodles in addition to the shrimp, pork, and lettuce. The grilled sausage spring rolls were really flavorful, with a filling of tasty Vietnamese sausage slices, fresh lettuce and herbs, and what seems to be a crispy fried noodle to give it a delightful crunch.
Service is efficient, the servers are very friendly, and there is a button on each table that you press to summon your server. The restaurant is spacious, very clean, has a contemporary Asian vibe, and is very conveniently located in the commercial center on the northwest corner of Camelback and 7th Avenue, just steps away from the Melrose stop of the light rail.
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