Joshua L.
Yelp
Came for dinner on a Tuesday night. I ordered a Combo Pho (Pho Dac Biet) and a Fresh Shrimp Spring roll.
Food: The pho here was solid...a big bowl (you can order an extra large bowl for +$7, but dear God, you better be sharing. Their regular bowl was huge), good broth decently spiced, noodles were perfectly cooked, meat quality and flavor was good...and their chili oil is HOTTT!!! So thank you for that! The Spring Roll was mediocre and felt like it was prefab and had been sitting in the fridge since before lunch service. The pho garnishes were the real tragedy tho...wilted herbs, lemon instead of lime, and weak weak bean sprouts. When I asked for extra basil, tho...it did come out fresh and crisp.
Where they really lost ground with me was the service...once seated, it took around 10 minutes for a server to get to me. And the place wasn't crowded...maybe half full. And there were plenty of servers milling about. Just no one could be bothered with the single person table.
Also, pho is one of those orders that if a place is on-point, comes out in 3-5 minutes. For some odd reason, the kitchen took nearly 20 minutes to get my order out. And for that 20 minutes, not one person came over to check on me or explain the delay.
I would give them 3.5 stars. But since Yelp won't let me, I'll round up for good karma and look for my next bowl elsewhere.
Then again, who am I kidding? I'll definitely try them again. Everyone has an off night. Hopefully I'll be updating my review to a 5-star next time.
Cheers, friends!!