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| - After reading others' reviews thus far, I'm genuinely intrigued by why my experience was so overwhelmingly different.
Seeing as this new family-run pho restaurant had recently opened up in my area, I came here yesterday with 8 people to try it out. Majority of us ordered the regular house special pho (P1) while 2 of us ordered the bun rieu cua/crab vermicelli (B6) and the overall consensus across the table was "It wasn't good.. but I guess it wasn't THAT bad. I've had worse" - and that's not a comment I think a new restaurant should be garnering if they want to survive in such a competitive field and location.
Agreed by everyone, both the pho and vermicelli were very diluted down and not flavourful enough. I ordered B6 so speaking for myself, the broth wasn't strong enough and I could barely taste the flavour of crab. Yes, there were slices of tomato and multiple chunks of crab innards, but unfortunately, none of those flavours really seeped out into the broth. The vermicelli was also a little overcooked and too soft, breaking apart easily without much chewing.
Not to mention, the pricing here is also slightly higher than other well-established pho restaurants in the area. P1 was $9 for a medium (which is more like a small) and B6 was $12 for the same size.
I have to say, the owners were very genuine in providing attentive service and asking for constructive feedback so I wouldn't write off this restaurant just yet. However, as of yesterday, I would only give this restaurant a maximum 2 star rating.
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