As soon as I stepped out of my car to go into the place, a gentleman who worked there stepped out and was throwing rice on the ground for a huge gathering of pigeons. Yeah. Kinda annoying while I'm trying to go INSIDE to eat. I almost said something about how "rice makes birds explode and how I just got my car washed and would not any bird poop on it, thank you", but decided not to. Maybe the food is good..
Gentleman who was feeding the birds went inside and sat me at a table. Interesting enough, I see a door that connects to the Lee Lee's supermarket next door. Interesting. The waitress was extra nice in helping me decide what noodles were good and checked on me when my food arrived. Hmmm...that's good..considering that's something that rarely happens at pho joints. :)
Broth was a bit bland and oiler than I expected. Decor could have used more than 1 flatscreen tv for that huge dining area. Maybe just felt empty because I was the only customer at the time.
Beef pho noodle was around $7.50 and vietnamese iced coffee around $3.. pretty average price for Arizona pho.
I still like Pho Van more (other pho place in the same shopping center), it feels more cozy there, and the menu has a lot more variety of rice platters, vermicelli, soups and drinks there.
OK food here, just not truly blown away..