I use to frequent Pho Saigon years ago when I use to live in the area because there weren't many places to eat Pho in Scarborough 10 years ago.
This past Saturday, I decided to drop by for a bowl of Pho before seeing a movie.
The place was quite busy but that doesn't necessarily reflect the quality of food or the exorbitant prices.
I ordered a small Pho Dac Biet which is essentially the special that includes everything ($7.75 for a small) and my friend ordered a Pho Tai Gan which is rare beef with tendon ($7.75 for a small).
The Pho Dac Biet was a really mediocre bowl of pho that had quite a bit of msg. They also skimped on the tripe and beef balls. My friend's Pho Tai Gan also had quite a bit of msg and was essentially void of any tendon.
Pho Saigon is probably one of the higher priced Vietnamese restaurants in the city and I have been to the majority of Vietnamese restaurants in the city and they seem to skimp on items as mentioned above. Your essentially paying a very high price for a very average bowl of Pho. A small bowl of Pho at one of the better Vietnamese restaurants in the city located in the west end goes for around $6.
The service was mediocre, the server missed items but they were somewhat quick to rectify anything they had missed.
Also, one criteria I usually use in telling how good and authentic a Vietnamese restaurant is by seeing how many Vietnamese people/families frequent the establishment. From my experience, not many Vietnamese people frequent Pho Saigon and I think some people who have mentioned a lot of Vietnamese people eating at Pho Saigon are confusing Vietnamese people with Filipino people.