I wish two stars meant \"fair\", because this place is not \"bad\", but it also ain't \"good\". I will return here, because I have a car that steers itself to the Strip district, and am therefor forced to eat on the Strip at least twice a week.\n\nAte on a Thursday, about 5:00pm. One other couple in the place. First impressions, please spend a couple days, and brighten the place up. Scrub it down thoroughly, maybe splash on some paint. It is not dirty, but it is just slightly above dismal. Needs more light, scrub and wax everything, and that would make the place a whole lot better. \n\nI got the fried rice supreme. I like rice. I like fried rice. I like fried rice that is not greasy, has a good balance of flavor, and has to has to has to have bean sprouts. The fried rice supreme came with a skewer of about five medium sized grilled shrimp. Overcooked. I would guess that they were pre-cooked and then warmed up for the meal. Same with the pork and chicken. They all tasted O.K., as in passable, but they also all tasted like they had been cooked before, and were just warmed up and laid down next to the rice before being served. Not bad, but no excuse for this. All dried out. Not happy about that at all.\n\nThe rice part of the fried rice was also equally disappointing. It had a really promising taste at first bite. Not greasy, nice texture, and a great smoky taste. but, very few added ingredients. No bean sprouts, some finely chopped scallion. But nothing else. A little bit of finely chopped egg. Nothing else. Rice, small amount of scallion, small amount of egg, some smoke seasoning, and the three sides of chicken, pork, and shrimp. HUGELY disappointing. I mean, I took the majority of it home, and am looking at it now. Yep, those were all of the ingredients.\n\nThe wife got the bun with pork. Pretty standard, rice noodles, The rice noodles were not good. Tasteless, starchy, just not good. Bean sprouts, juliened carrot and sliced cucumber. Chopped Romaine lettuce. and the pork and obligatory fried spring roll. Now, we had ordered a spring roll as an appetizer, and had to send it back, as we thought it was burnt. We sent it back. When the spring roll came back, it was just as burnt. the wife said \"this tastes like burnt oil\". Duh... I would bet that the oil the things were cooked in was old. Same as the spring roll that came with her bun. Old oil leaves \n\nNow THAT irritated me. The fillings in the fried spring roll were good, but there are few things as bad as anything that has been cooked in old oil. The cook is forced to do a balancing act of cooking the thing to the point of doneness, without making the wrapper black to the point where no one would eat it.\n\nThe ingredients were good, but the execution was off. Oh yeah, one last whiny comment, the fish sauce was the cheapest saltiest fish sauce I have EVER had. I mean, I am not asking for the stuff to be that $50.00 a bottle super delicious fish sauce, but the stuff we got was horrible. Like they had added salt to the fish sauce, which I know just cannot be the case. So, just guessing that they use horrible cheap fish sauce. THIS is the reason folks say they don't like fish sauce. When it is just salty and plain bad.\n\nOverall, the meal was like eating at a Chinese or mexican restaurant, where they try to target a Midwest . The only upsaide was the waitress was really nice. I tipped her well. I am hoping that if I go back for lunch, maybe it will be better. If it is, I will update my review, if it isn't, I will say so.\n\nOh, and I am definitely not going to try the Bhan Mi (Vietneamese sandwich) that they advertise here. I would be royally torqued off if I waste cash on a Ban Mhi here, when the Vietnamese lady who sells these sandwiches right down the street at the fire station is so close, and sells such flat out delicious vietnamese sandwiches. She is the best! (not really, but pretty darn good!).\n\nOverall, I am going to come back, give it another try. Gonna try the Pho. Hopefully, it will come out, the broth steaming hot, and a plate full of bean sprouts and basil and lime wedges on the side. If I get that, I will edit this review, and give glowing remarks.
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