I've been here several times and I used to like this place for their Pho, but tonight has given me doubts about coming back again.
My go-to at any Vietnamese restaurant is the Pho Tai Nam and the quality of meat was what ruined it for me. The fatty meat, to me, is the best part (fat equals flavour) and biting into it here at Lac Vien felt like when a non-asian played the star role of Dragonball: Evolution -- a huge disappointment. It was crunchy... almost like the texture of cartilage... Not what you want in a bowl of Pho...
Speaking of DBZ, the spring rolls are full of filler too.
The soup was the only thing that was decent. Sure, you can argue that the soup is a good chunk of what makes a good Pho, but the soup can only do so much.
There's a particular review here on Yelp that's sealed the deal on whether or not I come back again though...
It's a floater.