Now, no one denies that Tamarind Tree is really good, one of Seattle's better restaurants and hugely popular. But the question is: how does it compare to the pho joints? I have to say... not as well as you'd hope. I mean, the pho was fine, pretty good. But Tamarind Tree is something special, and I don't know what I was expecting from their pho, but it wasn't particularly memorable. Certainly, if it's pho I want I'll probably go somewhere else -- and when I'm at Tamarind Tree there's many other things to try.