So I was just shopping on Queen West and ended up near Ossington so thought I'd try this place.
It was 3:30 so I thought I'd just saunter in and have the place to myself but it was PACKED.
Ordered the pho with rare beef and tendon. It was decent. The noodles were no better or worse than down the street at Tien Thanh. I found the broth at Tien Thanh slightly more flavourful. There was hardly any tendon though. (When the pho first landed on my table, I went scouring through the noodles and beef looking for a yummy glutinous glob of tendon and actually had to search hard to find one!)
The beef was well done and too dry. I like my beef pink in the middle. I don't know what happened here - I ordered #5 so it's not like there was some miscommunication.
If I end up in the neighbourhood again and get a pho craving, I'd likely go over to Tien Thanh. If I feel like experimenting and ordering something new, I might go back to Golden Turtle and order whatever they're good at.