I had dinner with @lindsaybtb at my favorite mom-and-pop Broken Rice (Cơm Tấm) spot, Cơm Tấm Thanh. It may not be the fanciest place, but the food is absolutely delicious and incredibly affordable. My friend ordered the broken rice with Korean ribs, while I went with my go-to dish—vermicelli with BBQ pork and egg rolls. Every bite was packed with texture and flavor! If you’re in the Little Saigon area, definitely check them out.
FYI, they’re open from 9 AM to 9 PM, unlike the other spot that closes in the afternoon!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Com Tam Suon Bi Cha Trung Chien Tau HI KY
Louis V.
SKIP THIS PLACE tl:dr gets orders wrong and will try to blame you, angry wait staff, cash only.
You might be tempted by the fact that there's open tables and there won't be a wait, but there's a reason for that.
The service from the younger waiter was somewhat pleasant, the lady dropping the food at the tables is a different story. Every time we say thank you, all we got was an angry "yea". Then the waiter got our order wrong and they brought out fried spring rolls when we ordered fresh spring rolls. We know he made the mistake because we confirmed with him if the spring rolls came with peanut sauce as opposed to the fried rolls that come with fish sauce.
When we brought it to their attention, they made it seem like it was our fault, but then I reminded the waiter "remember we asked about the peanut sauce." And he shyly said "oh, yea."
Then when it finally came time to pay, I handed over my card and the same waiter said "cash only". Mind you there is no signage anywhere in the restaurant indicating so. So we had to scrounge up all the cash that we had on us or stashed away in the car just to pay for our meal. We ended up finding the exact amount of cash which left them no tip, fortunately. If I knew they were cash only, I wouldn't have even gone here, which I guess is the reason why they don't have signs in the first place.
On top of all that the food was pretty mediocre. You can tell that it was made from low quality ingredients with minimal effort. My Bún bò Huế (pictured below) was nothing to write home about and was pretty bland.
There are plenty of better, cheaper and more courteous places in San Jose. No wonder they were completely empty on a Sunday night.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Chris D
Small family restaurant with good Bun (vermicelli) salad
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Mindy Le
I love banh uot thanh tri here
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chelle T
Craving a Vietnamese rice plate with pork, egg with pork, shrimp with a side of soup. Also got a fish with side of rau muon and and an ice coffee. Tasty, nice texture. Felt home cooked. Service was nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Com Tam Bi Cha Thit Nuong, Chao Long, Pork Cake
kress leo
Music like I'm in disco room too aloudmeat are smell too badi saw server but i felt like no serverand they won't accepted cardonly cashhhwhyyyy ?
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Asia Hope
Music was too much loud. They served stale meat but also soup was cold. And customer service was aweful.The worst part is, they wanted to get cash and didn't want to accept card. Are they doing tax evasion?I will give one star for this.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Yvonne Saavedra
Good food. Good price. Very
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Rice Vermicelli Soup With
Christina
2 stars is for the food since it’s been our go-to place for rice plates for several years. Although service was always typically the bare minimum as with most Vietnamese restaurants, our most recent visit will be our last. It first started when we placed our rice plate orders. Both my bf and I ordered an extra sunny side up egg with our plates but yet, only my bf’s plate had an egg and mine didn’t. When I told the server, she seemed confused and just rudely shrugged her shoulders before going back to the kitchen to ask about it. We then overheard her telling the kitchen that she doesn’t remember me ordering an additional egg, which did not make sense since she was the one that took our order and I speak fluent Vietnamese. After my egg was brought out, I was still polite and didn’t make a fuss about it as I know mistakes happen when it’s busy. What really set us off was after we already paid for our meals and left the tip on the table, we went to the restroom and came back out to catch the same server complain to another server that we only left $15 on the table with a stank face. $15 on a $40 tab (~37%) is too low for you doing the bare minimum (taking our order, bringing food out, no refills, no apology for forgetting items)?! I’m honestly more shocked that she had the audacity to make these comments while we were still in the restaurant like she couldn’t at least wait until we left LOL. My bf said I should’ve went back in there and take the money back but I’m not one to cause a scene over a couple bucks. They’re definitely going to lose so many customers if that girl continues to work there.
Lawrence Garcia
I’m basing my review off only trying the chicken pho. It was probably the worst chicken pho I have ever had. ? It looks decent and normal in the picture, but the flavor and taste was not good. The chicken tasted like straight out the freezer and boiled. The chicken was dry and I had to sip a lot of broth with each bite, thats almost impossible with chicken soup!!? ??♂️ It also didn’t have the pho aroma nor taste, it just tasted like regular chicken broth. I guess this place is more known for their combo plate which I probably will not try nor come back.
The food at the end of the day was a bit stale. The broken rice packaging was stale and had a lot of MSG, the duck porridge was stale, and the vermicelli noodles were about to go stale and I was devastated. Oh my god, my owl, my god. The store only accepts cash, which is very inconvenient. Although the price seems a bit cheaper, the food portion is only 2/3 of other restaurants. Too much MSG. The pork skin for com tam and the duck porridge already went bad. The vermicelli wasn't fresh either. Smaller portion sizes compared to ones from other Vietnamese restaurants in San Jose. And especially, CASH ONLY! I do not support this practice of tax evasion.
Nolan Pham
Great food good service only complaint is the cleanliness of the place.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ken Ma
It's a good stop-by place if you're in a rush, they make their food very quickly. Quick service and food; however, their quality isn't the best. Within that area, you most likely would want to go towards Viet Town or Grand Century.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Chi Nguyen
Great food. Friendly staff. The owner came great us. Excellent experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
offh2022
Visit the place for lunch, the lone waitress was rude , she couldn't explain the difference between Special Dish and the regular rice roll on the menu. She simply pointed to the picture. Fine. I also ordered the nem pork roll to go, she said the rolls come unwrap, when i pointed out that on the men, it was shown being wrapped, she got annoyed and raised her voice really loud. I told her i was asking the food on the menu, there was not need to yell at the customer, sigh. When i left, i told the other staff, that waiter was rude, and i wont be back. There were only 2 other customers inside, this establishment do not deserve my patronage for their rude service.
I had dinner with @lindsaybtb at my favorite mom-and-pop Broken Rice (Cơm Tấm) spot, Cơm Tấm Thanh. It may not be the fanciest place, but the food is absolutely delicious and incredibly affordable. My friend ordered the broken rice with Korean ribs, while I went with my go-to dish—vermicelli with BBQ pork and egg rolls. Every bite was packed with texture and flavor! If you’re in the Little Saigon area, definitely check them out.
FYI, they’re open from 9 AM to 9 PM, unlike the other spot that closes in the afternoon!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Com Tam Suon Bi Cha Trung Chien Tau HI KY
SKIP THIS PLACE tl:dr gets orders wrong and will try to blame you, angry wait staff, cash only.
You might be tempted by the fact that there's open tables and there won't be a wait, but there's a reason for that.
The service from the younger waiter was somewhat pleasant, the lady dropping the food at the tables is a different story. Every time we say thank you, all we got was an angry "yea". Then the waiter got our order wrong and they brought out fried spring rolls when we ordered fresh spring rolls. We know he made the mistake because we confirmed with him if the spring rolls came with peanut sauce as opposed to the fried rolls that come with fish sauce.
When we brought it to their attention, they made it seem like it was our fault, but then I reminded the waiter "remember we asked about the peanut sauce." And he shyly said "oh, yea."
Then when it finally came time to pay, I handed over my card and the same waiter said "cash only". Mind you there is no signage anywhere in the restaurant indicating so. So we had to scrounge up all the cash that we had on us or stashed away in the car just to pay for our meal. We ended up finding the exact amount of cash which left them no tip, fortunately. If I knew they were cash only, I wouldn't have even gone here, which I guess is the reason why they don't have signs in the first place.
On top of all that the food was pretty mediocre. You can tell that it was made from low quality ingredients with minimal effort. My Bún bò Huế (pictured below) was nothing to write home about and was pretty bland.
There are plenty of better, cheaper and more courteous places in San Jose. No wonder they were completely empty on a Sunday night.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Small family restaurant with good Bun (vermicelli) salad
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
I love banh uot thanh tri here
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Craving a Vietnamese rice plate with pork, egg with pork, shrimp with a side of soup. Also got a fish with side of rau muon and and an ice coffee. Tasty, nice texture. Felt home cooked. Service was nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Com Tam Bi Cha Thit Nuong, Chao Long, Pork Cake
Music like I'm in disco room too aloudmeat are smell too badi saw server but i felt like no serverand they won't accepted cardonly cashhhwhyyyy ?
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Music was too much loud. They served stale meat but also soup was cold. And customer service was aweful.The worst part is, they wanted to get cash and didn't want to accept card. Are they doing tax evasion?I will give one star for this.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Good food. Good price. Very
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Rice Vermicelli Soup With
2 stars is for the food since it’s been our go-to place for rice plates for several years. Although service was always typically the bare minimum as with most Vietnamese restaurants, our most recent visit will be our last. It first started when we placed our rice plate orders. Both my bf and I ordered an extra sunny side up egg with our plates but yet, only my bf’s plate had an egg and mine didn’t. When I told the server, she seemed confused and just rudely shrugged her shoulders before going back to the kitchen to ask about it. We then overheard her telling the kitchen that she doesn’t remember me ordering an additional egg, which did not make sense since she was the one that took our order and I speak fluent Vietnamese. After my egg was brought out, I was still polite and didn’t make a fuss about it as I know mistakes happen when it’s busy. What really set us off was after we already paid for our meals and left the tip on the table, we went to the restroom and came back out to catch the same server complain to another server that we only left $15 on the table with a stank face. $15 on a $40 tab (~37%) is too low for you doing the bare minimum (taking our order, bringing food out, no refills, no apology for forgetting items)?! I’m honestly more shocked that she had the audacity to make these comments while we were still in the restaurant like she couldn’t at least wait until we left LOL. My bf said I should’ve went back in there and take the money back but I’m not one to cause a scene over a couple bucks. They’re definitely going to lose so many customers if that girl continues to work there.
I’m basing my review off only trying the chicken pho. It was probably the worst chicken pho I have ever had. ? It looks decent and normal in the picture, but the flavor and taste was not good. The chicken tasted like straight out the freezer and boiled. The chicken was dry and I had to sip a lot of broth with each bite, thats almost impossible with chicken soup!!? ??♂️ It also didn’t have the pho aroma nor taste, it just tasted like regular chicken broth. I guess this place is more known for their combo plate which I probably will not try nor come back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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The food at the end of the day was a bit stale. The broken rice packaging was stale and had a lot of MSG, the duck porridge was stale, and the vermicelli noodles were about to go stale and I was devastated. Oh my god, my owl, my god. The store only accepts cash, which is very inconvenient. Although the price seems a bit cheaper, the food portion is only 2/3 of other restaurants.
Too much MSG. The pork skin for com tam and the duck porridge already went bad. The vermicelli wasn't fresh either. Smaller portion sizes compared to ones from other Vietnamese restaurants in San Jose. And especially, CASH ONLY! I do not support this practice of tax evasion.
Great food good service only complaint is the cleanliness of the place.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
It's a good stop-by place if you're in a rush, they make their food very quickly. Quick service and food; however, their quality isn't the best. Within that area, you most likely would want to go towards Viet Town or Grand Century.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Great food. Friendly staff. The owner came great us. Excellent experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Visit the place for lunch, the lone waitress was rude , she couldn't explain the difference between Special Dish and the regular rice roll on the menu. She simply pointed to the picture. Fine. I also ordered the nem pork roll to go, she said the rolls come unwrap, when i pointed out that on the men, it was shown being wrapped, she got annoyed and raised her voice really loud. I told her i was asking the food on the menu, there was not need to yell at the customer, sigh. When i left, i told the other staff, that waiter was rude, and i wont be back. There were only 2 other customers inside, this establishment do not deserve my patronage for their rude service.
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