Pho Viet has been around for the last three years and over the course of time has gone under new management. I have eaten here before but never for the blog so I decided it was time. Pho Viet is a small place that has been incredibly busy compared to what it used to be. Years before the place would be half full at best, but recently, including today it was packed. Was it within reason? Keep reading you'll find out. :-)
As you can see from the picture above the broth had a nice deep color with a nice sheen of oil/fat on the top. If you are someone who is a pho connoisseur, you know that oil/fat = flavor when it comes to pho. The broth was aromatic and you could definitely smell the star anise, cloves, and cinnamon floating through the air. The taste was pretty much your standard pho broth. It wasn't anything that I would do back flips for but it wasn't awful either. It was your mid range tasting pho broth with the hints of spices. When I looked at this pho it didn't excite me. It wasn't like OMGGG yasssss my pho is heeeere!!! As you can see it just kinda looks.... blah.
The noodles were cooked perfectly they weren't over or under done. My one gripe about this is that they didn't give you enough noodles. That's bullshit. I want Pho so gimme NOODLES. There was just enough noodles maybe for you to have about 5 full slurps. The noodles did carry the broth very well but there just needed to be more of it in there instead of ghost noodles.
They give you plenty of basil and jalapenos which was great. I love both! You can't really tell from the picture but some of the bean sprouts were old and did not look appetizing. The basil was nice and dry and fresh. None of the leaves looked like they were wilting or eaten by bugs. As you can see they only gave one lime as well. Let me at least have 2 lime wedges! It didn't make or break anything but I like having that option.
As usual I got the Pho Dac Biet and HOORAY, it came with ALL the meats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Steak, tripe, tendon, flank, brisket, and meatballs! As you can see there wasn't much tendon in there. The steak was cute thin and cooked perfectly within the broth. The flank was incredibly fatty and I had to discard most of the fat from each peace. The brisket was somewhat fatty but cut very thinly which I like. The tripe (my least favorite thing in pho) was cut incredibly thin and small which was AMAZING. When it is cut thin and small you're able to disguise it as noodles and slurp it up! The meatballs were delicious, they seemed to be homemade and not frozen prepackaged. They also gave you plenty of meat (even though not enough noodle). There were 3 meatballs. Yassssssss!
It was very affordable. They only have one size and it costs 7.50 for the Pho Dac Biet. They have plenty of other Vietnamese cuisine there as well. This place is worth coming to eat the pho or if some of the other pho places are closed like Pho 75. But it was definitely tasty and adds another place to have pho if you get tired of eating any of the better places.
Ratings:
Broth - 4/5 (aromatic and fat/oil yumminess)
Meat: 5/5 (All the meats and more!)
Vegetables: 3/5 (bean sprouts were old and one more lime would've been nice)
Presentation: 3/5 (blah factor)
Affordability: 3/5 (no large, not enough noodles for the price)
Return: 4/5 (maybe for the pho, but definitely to try their other foods)
Recommend: 4/5 (better pho spots, but sure why not?)
Overall Rating: B-
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