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| - I honestly don't even know where to begin but since we've moved here from Cleveland a year & a half ago we have tried almost every place. I learned not to trust Yelp! all the time because everyone has different taste pallettes. Anyways, we've been to a lot of places but 1 that didn't seem to let us down is Pho Thanh on 17th & Camelback. Not bad. Great prices. Service is mediocre & the food is decent. Not the best we've had but better than all the other places we've been. Well the same friend that recommended that restaurant to us had found 43rd Express & told us about it. We trust his judgment because well, he hasn't let us down yet. He was right. It was very tasteful. I didn't have to add or "remake" my soup at the table like I usually do. I ate it as is. Sidenote; growing up, my mother was and still is the number 1 cook. And no, I don't say that because she is my mother but so does the rest of the world that has tried her food. So she made it very difficult for everyone else because nothing will ever be better than her cooking. Anyhow, this place however didn't fall far behind her. We ordered the #1. Since we were sharing we decided to go with the Super Duper size. Good & bad idea. Bad because it was way too much food and we couldn't even get halfway through. Good because we have leftover but usually it wouldn't be as good. We also ordered Banh Xeo (vietnamese crepes). For the price, I couldn't believe we were getting 2, for the whole order. But even more surprising, it came out to taste even better than it looked and it looked pretty amazing. The nuoc mam (vietnamese special sauce) was so very good as well & i have never in my life found any other restaurant that I was actually satisfied with their sauce. I mean, that sauce is everything. To me anyways. If it's not good, it's just not satisfying. We also had goi cuon (Vietnamese spring rolls ) and those were pretty good as well. Overall, if I could give it more stars I would. Before you leave don't forget to try the macarons. Oh they were delicious. We had it Togo but it still didn't make it to the car. To end my long book story here, I just want to add that the service wasn't all that great because the females seem to have a problem. All but Cindy. Now she is all the more reason why I would even love to come back because she was amazing. She is very friendly, personable and beyond helpful. We enjoyed conversing with her. She definitely held it down and she gets her own 5 stars.
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