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| - Either I've gained experience with good pho recently, or the quality of the pho here went down. Don't get me wrong, it's still good, but the lack of authenticity really brought it down for me. The restaurant is more HongKong-style as opposed to real vietnamese. The quality of the food is decent (beef is of good quality, chicken wings are huge and fried to order) but it's still not at par with real vietnamese pho shops.
The portions are huge, price is average.
Though, in the markham area, I'm pretty sure this is one of the top shops. Pho On 7 further east on highway 7 is way worse than this. It's even more HK-fusion, and the noodles aren't even pho noodles!
The atmosphere is good, the waitresses are friendly and always willing to help. I came with one of my caucasian friends and upon bringing us chopsticks, hesitated but proceeded to nervously ask her if she needed a fork. My friend was slightly offended and as a result did not give tip, but I personally thought the gesture was nice as the waitresses intentions were good.
For real pho though I suggest you trek further south to Bamburgh Circle, where there's a Pho 88. Now that's good pho.
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