Short and sweet: Great service, but does not make up for the fact that they used rotten ingredients.
The bell pepper they used was bitter; we later found out after going through more than half the dish that the bell pepper was rotting. A piece was super soft and black, and it's not because it was burnt; it was a rotting part of the pepper!!! Also, the water chestnuts they used had gone bad...it had a sour aftertaste, and a pungent smell...
Any place that uses rotten ingredients only gets 1 star.
This place is located really close to China town- not inside it, but just a sidewalk crossing away from the China town "gate". It's a very old restaurant, and it has really gone downhill. You will find much better places inside China town. Btw, China town has, for no particular reason, a bunch of Pho places with pretty much the same offerings; just thought that was strange...