Thanks, that thread didn't turn up in a search for me. Though a) last post was from 2013, and b) I'm more curious about how people eat their pho, while that "consolidated" thread seems to just talk about where to eat it.

Where have you tried? Pho shouldn't be bland, so my guess is that you maybe haven't had a good one yet? But you could very well just not like it, which is fine too.