Pho and Rice

At Pho and Rice the food is the star attraction. If you're fearful of trying new things, Pho and Rice isn't for you. But I found their Vietnamese cuisine to be very good and unique. The restaurant aesthetics could be better and there was some cultural clash. But overall, I give them a thumbs up and quoting Arnold Schwarzenegger, "I'll be back!"

Ok, so after a 2 year hiatus and not stopping on to Pho and rice, it's taken a step back. I went in for lunch, and they pointed to a to go menu. I ordered, and they took payment before eating and brought me a to go bowl, yet I was dining in? It was odd. The next issue was a foul odor, and the chicken in my hot and sour soup tasted off. it was still good, just something wasn't right. It used to be one of my favorite spots for pho, but unfortunately, it's gotten off kilt, so I will think twice before returning.

Tables were all kind of sticky, my drunken noodles weren’t very flavorful until I got most of the way through them, then there was a little flavor at the bottom. They were served in a paper bowl, which was disintegrating a bit on the bottom. My wife’s pho was a lot yummier, but only had 4-5 small pieces of meat in it so she had to order extra meat. They were fast in bringing the food out

Hole in the wall. Thai people trying to cook Vietnamese pho = not good. Pretty much self-service. Order at the counter and they will bring food to the table. But you have to get your own water, utensils etc. Then you also have to clean up after yourself. Spring rolls are a joke. All the utensils, bowls and cups are flimsy plastic. They do have wooden chopsticks. Would avoid this place if you want authentic Vietnamese food. They also serve Thai and Japanese food. I would wager they are not good at cooking Japanese food either.

I ordered from this place on doordash and it was overall NOT a good experience. First the good things were the food tasted good, the broth for the noodle soup was good. However I have serious questions on how they decided to pack the rice noodles for the noodle soup in a sandwich bag type of plastic bag. Is it even safe to pack the hot noodles in a plastic bag?! The noodle was like a bar of soap, like a brick. I let it sit in the soup hoping it'd help loosen the noodles. It really did not work. I used my chopsticks and a lot of patience to loosen the noodles to the best of my ability. There were still some chucks of noodles as you can see in the pictures. Also the noodles I was able to loosen were mostly broken little pieces even though I took time to slowly, gently loosen the noodles. I will never order any noodle soup to go from this place as they do not know how to probably pack for to go. Also I ordered a Thai tea bubble tea and it came in a dome lid even though the drink wasn't a frozen drink. I was shocked to see the nickel size hole on the lid was not sealed/covered in any way when now every restaurants are putting in effort to ensure their foods are probably sealed. They also did not give me a bubble tea straw (bigger than normal straw for the tapioca pearls). The sauces for the apps were in tiny sauce containers which made dipping difficult. Response to the restaurant's comment: I guess it's okay for you to stand by your choice of how you pack the noodles and defend yourself just like I have a choice to not give you my business. I have ordered pho to go from another restaurant and they packed their noodles with the sliced onions and herbs in a styrofoam bowl container and guess what? The foam did not melt and the noodles weren't stuck together like a brick.