Phatt Pho n' Sushi — Restaurant in Aspen

The bone broth was excellent. The server was adorable and personable. I normally pay $12 for a lot better pho in Hawaii which is more expensive than Aspen. So don’t claim cost of living. And the pho was $22 per bowl but literally the only pho place coming up on google in Aspen. But businesses need to pay their employees and stop with this tipping ridiculousness. In the US standard tipping is: 15% is great service. 20% is above and beyond. These suggestions can only be to con foreigners that aren’t use to tipping into paying more. It’s unethical. There is no...

2 for effort. Coming from Denver, to be honest. It is what it is. I tried both the pho and the pad Thai just to cover all basis. It's basic. The pho portion is a small (Denver size) and the pad Thai is a bit on the small side as well. For the portion and the taste, plus the $20+ it's kinda hard to swallow. They also screwed up my Vietnamese ice coffee setup. Anyways the scenery was nice as its in a shopping center with the swallows and finches running around. Pretty...

Maybe I'm too spoiled by Asian food in nyc but I'm not sure I've ever had worse sushi and banh mi. The sushi rice was super overcooked and the banh mi was basically a cheesesteak with cilantro sliced in half vertically... but service was super fast and price actually reasonable for aspen. Food is honestly 1.5 stars but I added the other 1.5 because despite its flaws I would rather go back here than some of the other Asian...