Dustin M. R.
Yelp
In West Lafayette for the day, I asked my son what he wanted for lunch, and he said pho, so we went to Green Leaf Vietnamese Cuisine. On entering, an employee asked us how many, then told us to sit anywhere. Amusingly, he had the exact same interaction with everyone who came in after us, regardless of if their party was 1, 6, or anything in between. After a short wait, another nameless employee brought us menus, then took our orders. My son got the round eye steak pho, I selected the shrimp pho and a hot tea (which never came), and an order to crispy tofu to share. Before tax and tip, our bill came to $28.94 even after my tea was removed, which felt kinda pricy.
While the restaurant was about a quarter full, our food was ready pretty quickly. My son and I both agreed the crispy tofu was very good. My shrimp pho was good, but not great, while my son said his round eye steak pho was pretty average. Frankly, the portions were pretty small given the price, so I was glad we had ordered the appetizer, otherwise we would still have been hungry!
Service at the restaurant was ... sparse. We interacted with our waiter just four times: when he brought our menus, took our orders, brought the tofu, and finally when he brought our pho. At the end of our meal, we were not even sure how to check out, until we saw another table walk up to the counter with their credit card in hand.
PROS: best (only) pho in town, the crispy tofu appetizer was very good
CONS: pricy, small portions, lack of service
Overall we found Green Leaf Vietnamese Cuisine to be Good Enough, and would return.