"3"^^ . "2011-02-11T00:00:00"^^ . . "2"^^ . "5"^^ . . . "I'll start out by saying they JUST opened in the last week or 2 and the food was decent. I plan to go back and I probably will end up raising my rating.\n\nI walked in on a Friday afternoon around 1pm. It looked kind of like a fast food place so I wasn't sure if I was to wait to be seated or not. I stood there for a second and then a guy walked up and said \"1\"? I said yeah, then a Vietnamese guy came in behind me and they sat him instead. No biggie, but not very nice. Anyhow, I was seated right after.\n\nI looked through the menu and this is much more than just a Pho restaurant, but that was in the name, so I figured I'd give it a try. I also looked for a lunch special, but there was no getting out of hear for under $8. I ordered the Pho Dat Biet XE LUA. Pretty much a Big OLE bowl of pho with everything in it. I asked him what stripe was and the waiter pointed to his stomach, I said oh, tripe? He didn't understand. I guess misspelling on the entire menu. So, I said no stripe please.\n\nThe pho came quickly with the normal frills of sprouts, basil, and peppers. The soup was rather bland, but there was a lot of meat(including tripe) and rice noodles. I added some of the very fresh basil, a little hot pepper sauce, some fish sauce, and now it had some flavor but still not that great. I tried harder to get some flavor by adding more heat, and before i knew it, my water was empty. I waited and waited and ended up walking up to the counter for it. Never saw my waiter again.\n\nOnce I finished, I waited and waited for the check, went back up to the counter for that. I paid and left. Maybe this place was a self-service/fast food kinda joint and I didn't know how to work it right. Hopefully these guys will see this and get there act straight. They have a great source of food with the Super G mart right there.\n\nAll in all, it wasn't that bad, it just wasn't that good. The service was horrible. I will be more adventurous in my meal choice next time."^^ . "5"^^ .