Phở Van — Restaurant in La Puente

MSG fans - don’t read my review. I’m biased.

2.5 Star. Overall. For the Anti-MSG people- don’t bother coming here. Everything on the menu is pre-made and soaked with MSG. The only item on the menu that I can find to consume the least amount of MSG was the spring rolls. But you’ll have to skip the sauce dipping.

1 Star. $5.75 Kid’s Rice BBQ dish. Rice was too hard, very hard to swallow, much less for my 3-year-old to consume. The Pork BBQ is drenched with MSG. I took 3 tiny bites and can’t handle it anymore. 15 minutes later, already feeling the msg coma. Egg roll was the only thing edible though still loaded with MSG.

3 Star. $3.95 Spring Rolls 2 pc. Fresh veggies taste, but the shrimp tastes stale and left out for too long. Had a bad fish taste to it. On the border of 2.5 Star due to shrimp not being fresh. It was the only decent item on the menu. Though it’s hard to eat without sauce, so the msg was unavoidable.

4 Star. Service & Atmosphere. Clean, fresh, looks renovated. Bright. Fast service. No complaints.

Other. I don’t understand how this place is getting a 4.5 star review. Must be from everyone who cannot live...

I gave this place three stars becasue they took out the pork in our spring rolls. And that was very nice of them to fo that. We got the Vegetarian Pho. It contained fake Ham, that was very flavorless. The broth had no flavor to it at all, even with the basil and peppers in it, it was just spicy water at the end. We also got shrimp fried rice. It had more flavor then the pho but still pretty bland. We were the only people in there until about 5pm. The Waitress seemed pretty bother that we were there to begin with. She rolled her eyes most of the time and was on her personal phone while giving us our check. So overall it was a bad experience for...

I’ve been a regular here with no issues,I came in one day and the food was good nothing crazy , BUT I did NOT leave a tip because staff is not attentive nor friendly unless you’re Vietnamese!!! She only came by to leave my drink and soup, no smile no questions no interaction!!! She had a stank face too ! I finished up and waited for her to bring back my check which I thought was odd since she had my card , a few minutes passed and I go to get my card at the register and then they look shocked that I left no tip the next day I get charge for a tip!!! She tipped herself it’s crazy don’t come here they’re rude and not friendly to...