Pho Saigon - Houston

A couple of decades ago, Midtown was one of the few neighborhoods in Houston that was a legit Asian ethnic enclave. Fast forward to the present, there are...

This is my go-to comfort Pho place. I have been here at least 6 times in the last few months, and the consistency, quantity, and value for your money have...

This has been my go to pho spot for over a decade plus. I appreciate the consistency and the broth is just very comforting and nostalgic for me. The...

To have seen this was rated one of the best Vietnamese spots in Houston.. I was highly disappointed in my experience.I ordered two things, the egg rolls and a basic 11 (steak strip pho bowl), something I always get to test the waters at any pho spot and I wasn’t satisfied. I waited 15-20 minutes for my egg rolls to come out and they were lukewarm as if the staff was too busy LAUGHING and having SIDE conversations and forgot my food was sitting and waiting to be served. Though the flavor was good, it still wasn’t very pleasant for me as an experienced.Twenty five minutes later and I’m still waiting on my pho bowl. Something that usually doesn’t takes that long is taking forever. I’ve seen multiple people get serviced before me and it wasn’t even that busy. I started looking so irritated the waiter finally said something to me after bringing my all my fix-ins for a bowl that has yet to come to ensure me that it was still on the way.The bowl finally comes but it was given to me by somebody from the back instead of a waiter and tbh he look like he was rushing to do it. Hear me out, just because my experience here was bad doesn’t mean I’m going to give the food an (non-honest) rating because to-be-honest that broth was probably some of the best I ever tasted. But, my bowl was lacking in meat (I even ordered the largest size bowl available) and my noodles were already mushy within the first 2 minutes.. the quality just wasn’t there for me.What honestly pissed me off was the last 5 minutes of my experience.. seeing this man come in and was able to get his pho bowl in less than 5 minutes and his water refilled…. The waiter looked at me with the water pitcher in his hand.. looked at my almost empty water cup and went on his merry way……Smh. The broth is not that good enough to make me endure that type of mess again. I’m not even going to say it’s racism… but tbh could’ve been a great example…(Ps: this review probably has some grammatical errors, that I will fix later but I’m so raw with emotion and passion behind this review I don’t care at the moment)

The restaurant is clean and has spacious seating. It’s located in a pretty good area. The food was ok for me. I got the bun bo nuong sa but the meat tasted and looked like beef jerky instead of cooked beef.Food: 3/5