Matthew W.
Yelp
This place is in a rather odd spot at the corner of an intersection off the freeway, and the entire time we were here (prime dinner time around 6:30pm), there were no other customers.
The pho was ... well, awful. The pho ga broth tasted store bought out of a can and the chicken breast (white meat) was over cooked. In addition, when we ordered other pho menu selections, the staff didn't know what tendons were, which is strange considering they're Vietnamese, and tendon is a staple in many pho dishes. Didn't have cilantro either, which is a minus.
The spicy chicken noodles were much better; the union of sweet and spicy flavors is a deadly combination. However, their inclusion of celery didn't work for me. I think bell peppers would've done much better. The banh mi sauce was too sweet for my liking.
They're also out of sriracha, like many other restaurants, and even though they do have the typical tuong ot sriracha bottles, it's clearly a different, watered-down replacement in them. They're also connected to the local Japanese restaurant Oiishi (which I've also reviewed and wasn't impressed), given half of their menu featured Oiishi menu options, again a strange choice for a Vietnamese establishment.
I was pretty disappointed in this place. Seems like a dying restaurant given the food and the ambiance, and I'd personally spring for a slightly more expensive but better Vietnamese alternative (like Ngon in Greenville), or go out to Allen/Plano rather than returning to LaVui. If you're not Asian and not used to Vietnamese food, this place might suit you. But as an Asian from the Bay Area, i think you should try authentic Vietnamese food someday.