Dropped by during the summer for a meal with a friend. The place was recommended and said to have really good pho and food. But I honestly found the food to be lacking in flavour and quality. Sure, the place was very clean as other yelp reviews have stated. The service was good but not too noticeable. The layout was quite small with only 2-3 larger table and 4-5 smaller ones but it wasn't too busy when we went. However, there was one small family with 2 young and very loud children that kind of ruined the quiet ambiance of a small place like this. Why don't some parents ever control or discipline their screaming and rambunctious children, especially in public?
This place had combo options but my friend and I were just looking for the pho bowls and wanted to get an after meal drink elsewhere. We both ordered the same thing - house special rare beef pho. The noodles were good and beef was a bit too chewy but alright. It was the both that lacked sufficient favour - it was way too lightly seasoned. For a pho bowl to be perfect - all three things (noodles, meat and both) must be cooked and seasoned properly. Maybe on the one day my friend and I went in, they were having an off day and bungled the broth? Who knows why the broth was such a miss...
It was also a bit pricey for one regular pho bowl. It came to about $11 total. For that price, I could go to other pho places and get a large pho and a drink, like a milkshake or coffee. Maybe I just had higher expectations after hearing such good things about the place... the actual experience fell short, by quite a lot.