Vietnamese food is a staple for me. It is the fast food I go for as I think it is a good balance of fresh and healthy, tasty and affordable. I tend to have Bun over Pho. I hadn't been to Pho Anh Huyen for years but a couple of friends were in the area and since it was convenient and fairly easy to get parking we ended up here.
2 of us ordered the Bun and my other friend had a stir-fry ginger chicken on rice. My friend had the Chicken and Spring Rolls and I had the Chicken, Pork and Spring Rolls Bun. The biggest disappointment was the Chicken. It was dry and hard and the outside had a yellowish tinge from some type of spice. The chicken had obviously been pre-cooked and grossly overcooked. It was dry and hard. The pork I had was okay, well-seasoned. The Nuoc Cham was good, balanced between sweet and sour and very important to the overall dish. The chicken was palatable after it had been soaked in the sauce. The stir-fry was on the bland side and needed more ginger. I am giving the review 3-star because overall the taste was ok, the pork was cooked and tasted great, the portions are generous and the food is generally fresh (other than the chicken which I would recommend you avoid at all cost). They have a small parking lot which is shared by the take-out Chinese BBQ place next door.
Pho Anh Huyen is family owned and it is the same husband and wife that have operated this establishment for YEARS. I think that there might be items that I would find as favourites and only come here for. It is like most Vietnamese restaurants for me, there are dishes I only order from some because they have what I consider the best of that dish. I tend to go to Pho So 1 for Pho, another place for Bun, and another just for their salad rolls.
Unless I have had a really horrible experience I tend to give a restaurant at least 2-3 tries before I either leave it off my places to go to. Service is friendly. They obviously have some loyal regulars so based on that I would come back and order something that seems to be a favourite of the regulars.