Phở Hut — Restaurant in Glendale

After a long day at Universal Studios, we decided to get some Pho before going back to the hotel in Glendale. Most of the pho restaurants in Chinatown close early except this one near our hotel open until 10PM. There's no parking on the street, only in the back and we do have to pay for parking, quite hard to find a space since it's dinner time. There's rear entrance so it's easier than going around to the front restaurant. The restaurant is simple and clean, 2 seating area divided by a wall, we got to sit in the back. The service is nice and attentive. The prices are as high as in the Bay Area but it's OK until the food came out. I ordered Pho with flank, tendon and brisket, my daughter likes tripes and steak, my wife ordered the special and my son ordered his favorite bo luc lac (shaken beef with rice). One thing I dislike VN restaurants is on a slow day, they try to save money by skimming the meats, flank beef were all broken pieces due to over cooked and cut too thin, these should be thrown away but they stuff it on my bowl. My daughter was shaking her head, she found 3 little string of tripes. I ordered the large bowl and there are only a few pieces of meat, broken flank and over cooked tendon. My wife special bowl somehow she had some meats. My son got away with shaken beef which is sweet and not to bad, but when I asked if you would come back here again for this, he said no. The pho broth is actually good, lots of veggies, everything is fine except the kitchen dispersing meat badly. To me, any restaurant that's skimming a few cents for meats should not be in business. I prefer to pay more and have a decent meal after a long day of...

I've made it a mission to try every Pho place in the Glendale/Burbank vicinity. So far I've only made it to three since moving here a few months back, this place being the third. And for being the third best, I take away two stars. To get it out of the way, I want to say that the menu on their website has outdated prices, and I never appreciate being misled. We got Pho, spring rolls, and a beef and rice dish. The Pho soup lacked the richness that normally makes me want to throw my chopsticks to the side and dump the bowl into my mouth. The spring rolls were flavorless, and peanut sauce was just okay. And the straw that broke my back was that the beef dish, which was over $17, only had a scatter of tiny pieces of beef, with large chunks of bell peppers and onion as fillers. I do have to admit the beef dish was really tasty, if only I had enough of it to fill me up. Out of respect I won't name the restaurants I think are better, but let's just say, this place will do the job, but why not explore...

While visiting Glendale, I had a taste for some pho. However, my time didn't permit me to sit down and enjoy the dish, so I chose to grab a snack instead. My google search showed this restaurant with pretty decent reviews so I decided to give them a try. I ordered the calamari. The image on the menu shows it being fried which I am familiar with. However, once I recived my order, I noticed that the calamari was fried as a "ball". The batter that is used is more similar to what I know other Asian cultures to use. The calamari was fried well and was fresh. The sauce is very tasty and the daikon/carrots side was nicely done as well. The staff was polite and attentive.

Next time I hope to try out their pho..

My only critique - is the false image of the dish. Other than that, I...