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| - I was really disappointed with the quality of the food here. The tripe in our beef noodle soup was SO chewy I gave up and just picked it all out my bowl. According to the menu, there should have been tendon with our noodles but I couldn't find a single tid bit of tendon in the bowl. The soup itself was okay though, which was a relief.
We also ordered fresh grilled chicken rolls. It was rice paper, a few pieces of chicken, literally three pathetic pieces of rice noodles (not even a whole noodle, not even HALF a noodle, I wanted to laugh) and a whole heck lot of lettuce. The fish sauce that came with it to dip the rolls in was overly salty in my moms opinion, I personally just found it too overwhelming with its flavours. It was $4 for 2 rolls. Basically we paid for shredded lettuce.
The staff were friendly enough but when we asked for a takeout box, the lady I KID YOU NOT tossed the box and bag right on top of the food we wanted to pack home. Maybe she had bad aim? But either way, that was not appreciated.
On top of the food and service, they were scrubbing the floors or something with bleach during our meal. Luckily, my nose was stuffy so I couldn't smell anything but my mom unfortunately had to sit through the whole meal with bleach fumes and her perfectly good sense of smell. Needless to say, she didn't like it at all.
All in all, I won't be returning to Pho 88. I could list a few places with better pho, service, and atmosphere.
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