I don't quite know how to describe our visit to Saigon Pho. My husband and I couldn't decide what to do for dinner so we crawled through some yelp and groupon deals and decided on pho. We like pho. So off to Tempe we went. \n\nWe were greeted by green walls, a turtle pond, and the owner who directed us to our booth. \"We have Vietnamese food here,\" she said. Yes, I know. I came here for your Vietnamese food. We ordered Thai iced teas and were prepared to order our meals, but after we ordered our drinks she left her notepad on our table and left. Oh, okay. \n\nA waiter (her son) came to our table to deliver the Thai iced teas, which were good, and to take our order. I ordered the chicken pho and my husband ordered the beef pho. We also got the crab Rangoon. \n\nHe came back with our crab Rangoon... And also a British accent. What? Yes. He had completely changed his accent from perfectly American to straight up Brit. The couple in the lobby putting in a to go order noticed it as well. \"Where are you originally from?\" They asked. \"Colorado Springs.\" He said. Oh...\n\nBack to the food. The crab rangoons came out. They were pretty good. A little sweet for my taste. The sauce was really runny though, like it was watered down. He also brought our side plates of fun things to put in our pho, including bean sprouts, mint sprigs and jalape\u00f1os. And lemons. \n\nOur pho came out. Mine had what looked like shredded chicken from a rotisserie chicken in it, my husbands had grey beef and tripe in it (though no tripe was ordered).We had both asked for a level 3 heat in our soups, but neither were spicy, or very flavorful. This is when I reached for the condiment tray, to add some sriracha and chili paste. It seemed that none of the bottles had ever been wiped down - they were grimy and sticky to the touch. I went to pour a little soy sauce into the broth - IT WOULDN'T POUR OUT OF THE BOTTLE. But, I digress. \n\nWe mentioned we had a living social deal to pay. It seems that they have used several of these services to drum up business, as the table next to us had one as well. They were not excited about us using the living social deal that they had decided to sign up for in the first place. Begrudgingly, without speaking, the owner took our check and hand-wrote the new total. We put our credit card in the book. The waiter came back and asked us if we wanted more water or to-go boxes. We said no thank you. He left without taking the check. We waited five minutes for him to come back to ask if we wanted water again so we could pay and leave. \n\nWe left with our stomachs feeling full but uncomfortable. I looked longingly across the parking lot at Ted's, certain that a corn dog would have been more satisfying than this disaster.