pho viet - five points

my husband and i get take out from here often. he gets the rare steak pho and i get theveggiepho. i am a vegetarian so it's a great option for me. my only complaint is that theveggiepho isn't as flavorful as some other places i have gone, but i can fix that with some sriracha. they are huge portions so perfect for leftovers!

also love theveggiespring rolls with peanut sauce.

so what's all the fuss about?. i was disappointed that they did not over more choices for veggies... my dish was just okay.. the spring roll fell apart..didn't love it & didn't hate it.. the up side is the portions are generous may go back for theveggiesoup dish and a cold and rainy day to give them another try...

so disappointed by this nasty place. i can't help but wonder if the five points location just changed ownership/management. i'd heard such great things about the decker location and was so please to hear there might be a great vietnamese place in town! however, this location/restaurant was sticky/dirty, the waitstaff was just bizarre, and the food was borderline edible. the television competed noise-wise with loud radio playing a mix of commercials and pop country-western. that might have been kitchy and okay if the food was good, but it wasn't even close. the broth of theveggiepho is made from knox bouillon cubes (waitress showed me the box), though the menu brags about the broth as the most important pho ingredient. (also: out of jelly tea. seems like that's not even an option, so don't go if that's what you're going for without calling first.) the fresh spring rolls were just okay, barely--not gross but lacking the herbs and veggies you'd find in the good version of the dish and served with what tasted like bottled heavy-on-the-cornstarch sauce. the only good thing about the food is this: the pho is served with a plate of fresh garnished: sriracha leaves, lime wedge, sprouts, fabulously hot peppers. (the sprouts were a little old looking but okay.) that's mostly what i ate. one more upside: the food is pretty cheap ($7.95 for theveggiepho), but that's also a lot of money to pay for food that's too bad to eat much of. so i am ... baffled.

always room for pho!. i was delighted to hear that a pho restaurant was opening in 5 points.

i ordered the spring rolls andveggiepho. the spring rolls were pretty good, but i was surprised to find there was chicken, or turkey in the rolls - it was a somewhat unpleasant surprise. the peanut sauce was delicious! there are a few things that i would change about the spring rolls that would make me come in daily - leave out the poultry and perhaps add some cilantro or basil.
the pho was also pretty good, but the veggies left me wanting a little more variety. maybe some snow peas, shitake mushrooms, or even red peppers.

the service was excellent and quick. i got my order to go, and i was promptly greeted and given a to go menu. the packaging of my to go order was efficient and they put everything i needed in there. napkins, fork, spoon, chopsticks, hoisen sauce, siracha hot sauce, etc. the pho broth andveggiemix were packaged separately and there was a separate bag with jalepenos, bean sprouts, lime, cilantro, etc.

overall, it was a pleasant experience and i will definitely come back. hopefully they ditch the chicken/turkey in the spring rolls.