Saigon

Came up to Portland for the weekend and was craving some pho soup. Read reviews and they were good. Came time to taste their food and the Pho beef special soup was NOT what it should be. I’m southeast Asian and have had many different Pho beef soup variations and this by far has been the worst I have ever had. The soup was too sweet which is NOT how the soup should taste, it should be more savory. Not happy.

Vietnamese sandwiches and pho are so tender and good, but unfortunately while the approximate ingredients were there for the sandwiches they weren't tender or savory or what makes these kind of sandwiches so special. The meat was cut thick and cooked so it was hard to chew and the veggies were NOT shredded thin and pickled in the way that makes it so delicious, just pickled very very slightly in these, and the sauce was really skimpy. Could not even eat the whole sandwich. The pho was not too bad but skimpy on the meat and just not as great as usual, although I'd order it again if I didn't have a better choice. Would NOT get the sandwiches or spring rolls again. Spring rolls were supposedly "fried pork and shrimp" but could only taste the tough and slightly pickled veggies, not the shrimp. Meat was that hard already cooked pork stuff. Nice server but restaurant had bad feng shui too.