I love it. My local places did not skimp on the meat. I ordered it without the noddles often while I was on Adkins - meat, broth, bean sprouts, basil, and a bit of soak for the jalapenos.
Don't have a favorite place anymore. Had a very local place (about 200 yards away) that I ate at 4 days a week for a long time. Waitress (who happened to be the owner) knew me well enough she kept up with who I was dating and occasionally prodded (for business probably - you have not brought x girl in for long time). She opened another restaurant with a more upscale Asian fusion menu, but then closed both - it was a sad time. The best in Austin was taken over by their hipster kids - who tried to make the menu more healthy. That killed the flavor, greatly diminished the serving size, and only increased the prices by 25%. Then the neighbor of a coworker opened a place (Asian Fusion again), and it became my go to spot. Did not take long to find out that he was the bus boy for his older sister (when he was 12), of my former local spot. Seems like his big sister then owned 4 other places. I never figured out where the other 4 were, and he is out of business now.
Really need to see where her places are now - but she is probabably at that age to go from being the hot Vietnamese girl (of impossible to discern age) to the old Vietnamese grandmother as I am remembering her place form almost 30 years ago.