Make no mistake. This restaurant has good staff that attend and care about their patrons. But we need to discuss the elephant in the room.
Our experience was impacted by detergent in the soup. I believe this is a rare and once of a month issue, but it is something I can’t let go.
With the food, we ordered the P18 X-Large, Shrimp Spring Rolls, a pineapple boba and a hot sake.
The Pho tasted akin to a Walmart single meal microwaved. Definitely powdered broth over a traditional broth. The noodles shared the same issue. Boxed, not made.
The veggies were fresh and cleaned properly and the protein content will not disappoint anyone. Juicy fall apart tendon. Flavorful meatballs sliced for sharing. Good rare with excellent marbling and a brisket with the perfect amount of fat and lean meat.
Boba was solid and is definitely underpriced for the flavor and quality.
The spring rolls were overpriced and more or less lacking. But we won’t ignore the peanut sauce being suitable.
All in all, we want to reiterate. The service was phenomenal. But there’s a little work to be done. Some polishing here, some considerations with the broth. It will be a 5 star experience that people should invest time, money and...
Read moreWe've have gone skiing here many times but I have avoided eating here because I don't like Pho and their menu doesn't interest me. This time around my wife wanted pho, so I looked at the menu and my default dish is the egg roll rice vermicelli(bun cha gio). I mean it's hard to go wrong with this dish unless the egg roll is terrible. The dish came out and I looked fantastic. I pour some fish sauce over it and everything was great. Then I pour some more fish sauce and stir up the rice vermicelli and the taste just wasn't the same. It turn out the rice vermicelli were a bit wet at the bottom. I think what happened was that they re-heat the rice vermicelli by throwing it in hot water but they didn't do enough to drain it completely. I can tell you wet rice vermicelli and fish sauce did not go well together. I ate all the egg rolls and left 90% of the rice vermicelli un touched. I also need to mention $16 for bun cha gio is a bit much but I guess this is Vail after all. I gave it an extra star because my wife Pho was...
Read moreLiving in the Washington DC area, I have access to a lot of pho spots that only take cash, order by number, and are always named "Pho [##]". IYKYK. But this is not one of those places.
It wasn't bad but there broth was sweeter than I prefer and lacked some of that savory flavor to it. The broth was a bit thin on flavor for lack of better way to say it. But otherwise offerings were pretty normal in terms of meat, tendon, etc. The siracha and hoisin were brand name. Can't with the normal side plate of basil, sprouts, lime and jalapenos.
Ordering was a little shakey. Guy didnt know what I was ordering when I gave him the number from the menu. Ordered a Thai tea that never came. It was still on the bill when it came time to pay, but we got it taken off. Service could've been better.
Overall I think if you live here this is decent. But if you're visiting I'd say pick something else and get your...
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