Pho Thanh Thao

I love the old Pho Thanh Thao very much. Good pho (beef soup). Good pho ga (chicken soup). And several pages of the staples I've come to expect from a Vietnamese restaurant: bun, noodles, soups, protein with veggies and rice, and thai dishes—all really good. Great service, too. And they always seemed to be full of people of all stripes, tucking into yumminess.

However, that was then, and this is now. Something bad has happened at Pho Thanh Thao, because that's all gone. The menu now consists of 4 appetizers (no more satay shrimp on lemongrass for you!), pho, other soups (including pho ga), rice plates (rice, meat, pickled veggies, dipping sauce and chicken broth), bun, and some specials. To make matters worse, service was awful. The food took forever—except the salad rolls which came immediately (they didn't taste bad for not being freshly made, but still). The dining room was all but empty as well.

N. Killingsworth between Albina and I-5
closed Sundays

posted by vj @ 4:14 PM