Michael M.
Yelp
The Bolsa area of Westminster is over saturated with Vietnamese restaurants and specificity Pho restaurants, so choosing one be a challenge. We were in the area to buy some Vietnamese snacks and saw this restaurant in the same shopping center parking lot and decided to give them a try. I mean, how bad can it be in the center of Westminster's 'Little Saigon'?
The space is large and separated into two seating sections. There were still some acrylic table top separation portions (from the Covid pandemic I assume), which was odd to see now a days. Service was very basic: got seated, handed menus, ordered and received our food. No follow ups on if you need anything or how your meal is. It's typical of a traditional Vietnamese pho spot, but slightly colder and you don't really see the servers around much to ask for anything.
The menu here is massive, but I ordered my usual: Pho Gan Sach (pho with tendon & tripe). My partner got the Pho Duoi Bo (Oxtail Pho). There are only 2 sizes: Small & Large. We both ordered large as large bowls are just $1 more than small. Many restaurants have scaled back their portion sizes, increased prices or both, in these post Covid-19 Pandemic/Inflation days, however the prices at this restaurant remained lower than most that I've been to as of late. It was also surprising how large the large truly was. Seems like this restaurant didn't raise prices or decrease their portion sizes.
They were very generous with the amounts of tendon and trip in my pho. The noodles were ample and broth was decent. I also asked for my must-have accompaniment for Pho: Nuoc Beo. My partner's oxtail pho was decent as well. The amount of oxtail they gave was shocking as there were 2 massive prices that took up almost half the large bowl! Although they was very generous, the texture of the oxtail meat was not as good and different than all the oxtail I've had - so sometimes less is more.
The restaurant gave us complimentary red bean desserts (che) on the house, which was a nice gesture. Overall, the pho is decent, but I expect better for being in the heat of Bolsa/Westminster as there are so many competing Pho around them . I wish it was better so I could have given this review more stars.