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| - I normally don't give out many 1 star ratings, but sadly my recent visit to Pho Saigon 8 was horrible. The first time I tried this place years ago, it was really good and then I came back again around 2012. I noticed even that visit in 2012 wasn't as great as my first visit. Now, 2014, I found out the old owner had left which explained the decline in EVERYTHING for this restaurant. Customer service AND food were absolutely horrible. Gordon Ramsay needs to host this place in Kitchen Nightmares!
The server had a horrible attitude and wouldn't let me make modifications. Hello, you're a vietnamese restaurant, not a high end michelin star place so slow your role! In the end she still got my order wrong. I ordered the chicken vermicelli w/ cha (steamed egg quiche) w/out vermicelli. My order came out w/ vermicelli and NO cha. I figured maybe she forgot and it wouldn't be in the bill so I didn't bring it to her attention, but after we got the bill we noticed she did charge us for it!
Chicken Vermicelli - Noodles were over cooked, chicken was disgusting. I've never had chicken as dry as the NV desert in the summer. There was no flavor to the marinade either and too much black grill marks. TBH, they used chicken thigh and it shouldn't be this dry/bad. This is probably the first time I couldn't finish my plate because the food was so bad. Normally I hate wasting food so I would suck it up and try to finish it, but this was just beyond edible.
Chicken broken rice plate - Again, same crappy chicken that I had in the vermicelli. Rice was super old and dry. Everything seemed microwaved
Pho tai bo vien - The beef was overcooked as well as the noodles. The bo vien was ok
Bun Cha Hanoi - OVERCOOKED PORK, again marinade was off. At least the veggies seemed clean & fresh
Mi cha siu kho - the cha siu (bbq pork) was like rubber/microwaved. Again, my friend couldn't finish this plate either
Cha gio (egg rolls) - not the best I've had, outershell wasn't crispy enough. Was too oily
Bo luc lac - Normally anything w/ oyster sauce & garlic seasoning/marinade should taste good, but this dish like all the others weren't palatable. Plus the portion was small for the price
So basically we paid and left hungry still. Never coming back
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