I've been trying to look for a suitable substitute for pho here, since I eat it back home all the time. Compared to all the other places in the pheonix/glendale area I've been to, this is probably the best pho place and it's about 30 min from where I live.
It's not as good as the pho in the bay area, but it tastes close enough. The servers are really nice and the restaurant is clean which is a plus, since most pho places that taste really good are kind of dirty, and mom and pop-like, similar in Vietnam.
Since I'm vietnamese, it works in my favor ( I feel like I get more food and more quickly too). We came in a huge group and they reserved a table for us (unlike most vietnamese places which get you in and out as quickly as possible!) Most of us got pho, we shared spring rolls, and some others got bbq rice plates and bun bo hue (Spicy beef noodle). They even brought out the special onions to put in the pho (by request only). I think some got the special desserts and liked them as well. We all left really happy and most of us are from california so we know what good pho is ;)