Agreed. We tried a couple of their soups, not pho, but Bun Bo Hue and Hu Tieu, which we usually like, but these were bland. I think it's just because they cook them quickly and not for a long time, like it should be done, since they're not doing a high volume - it was pretty empty on a Friday night. They were also a few dollars overpriced from what they are at the good - more authentic - Vietnamese holes-in-the-wall with plastic table cloths.
One good point - the egg rolls were pretty good and had all the right ingredients. There's just no need to try to fancy up that kind of food with dim lighting and orchids and candles and cloth napkins (and separate places for each different vegetable to put in the soup, what the? at least their dish washer has some job security). I actually mentioned that I wanted to have the thin paper napkins that Vietnamese places usually have, it's hard to eat a giant bowl of soup without them - the starched cloth napkin wasn't cutting it.
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