If you miss Vietnamese flavors and snail dishes, this is the restaurant I really recommend to you.
It is really, really to my taste. I was extremely impressed with the steamed clams with lemongrass, stir-fried snails with coconut, crispy fried chicken cartilage or crispy fried frog, and boiled pork with eggplant and shrimp paste or fish hotpot (I didn't take pictures of these two dishes but order them, they are delicious). There is one dish, pig intestines, which I don't like and it has a strong smell, but the rest of the dishes are great.
The staff is lovely, the restaurant is clean.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pot, Grilled Scallops with Fish Eggs
J H
Super authentic Vietnamese restaurant. I loved seeing the wide range of demographic come through here. You got the aunties in here along with the younger crowd celebrating birthdays. So you know the food was going to be good seeing all the different age groups here.
The food was delicious. The things I would order again are the banana blossom chicken salad (favorite dish), canh chua, oysters and snails. The banana blossom salad was incredible. It was super light and came with an oniony taste to it. Loved it a lot. The oysters were also delicious. It reminded me of what I had in Danang.
I would pass on the chicken wings. They are kinda small and not worth the price. The shrimp was okay; once you get pass the shell, the inside was unseasoned.
Service was decent. It gets very packed and you have to call out to get their attention. Don’t be shy! They are hustling hard and you gotta use your voice or hand gestures to get what you need !
Parking: I parked in the bank parking lot
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings
JJ
Very bad experience. Will never recommend to anyone. Ordered a few dishes on Christmas Day. Two of the food were in very bad quality, which included squid and quail. The quails were not fresh and the meat of the quails was scorched and too tight to eat. The squid was like a plastic, which was very difficult to consume. Called the restaurant a few times until got a response from the manager. The manager was a bit rude, who shouted and did not apologize or deal with the situation well. Felt so disappointed. Would consider filing a complaint to the Department of Health as it is totally against the law for the restaurant to ignore the customer’s request!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Qi Chi
Amazing seafood restaurant
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 2
Liam Gg
I had an absolutely horrible experience at Dong Que Restaurant. I ordered the fish, and it gave me a severe case of E. coli, leaving me violently ill for days. This was one of the worst food poisoning incidents I’ve ever experienced, and it was clearly due to the restaurant's negligence in food safety and preparation.
Eating here was a massive mistake, and I wouldn’t wish this experience on anyone. It’s shocking and unacceptable that a restaurant could allow something this serious to happen. Avoid this place at all costs unless you want to gamble with your health.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Tam L.
I got the grilled scallops with fish eggs and escargot salad for $48+, all for myself. How can I justify that? Honestly, I don’t need to; I just wanted it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Scallops with Fish Eggs
Linh Pham
Parking: Đậu xe nhiều
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Canh Chua Cá Bông Lâu, Hột Vịt Lộn Rang Me 2 Cái
The portion is way too small. They charged you $30 for ridiculously small amount of food. Also the second dish came out more than 30 min after first dish…. The rice was already cold.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Seafood
Mr. Duong
The food here is delicious, the staff is excellent and enthusiastic
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jonathan Phan
I recently returned to Đồng Quê restaurant since Lunar New Year and enjoyed a fantastic dinner. The presentation of the Thai hot pot, Pattaya salad, and snails was amazing. The quality was decent, and the spices and taste were a blast for each dish. Besides, the presentation and quality deep-fried fish was decent and edible. I often get their hot pot and snails to-go during busy school hours, so I know the spiciness and the exact time they need to prepare the meals for home delivery.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings, Escargots
Crystal Luu
Never ever again. We from out the town and was so excited to try their food. The good was okay. But the service was terrible. They gave us attitude because we asked them some boxes for leftovers food.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Giang Nguyen
I had low expectations coming in, but I have to admit the snail dishes were delicious. Probably 4.5 ⭐, but since it pleasantly surprised me, I'll round up to 5 ⭐. I typically shrug when asked by out of towners where to go eat in San Jose, but now Dong Que is going to be my first and only recommendation for restaurants -- Vietnamese or otherwise -- in San Jose.
Parking: The restaurant's front lot is tiny, maybe 10-15 cars max. Maybe there's a lot in the back, but I'm not sure. The adjacent Citi Bank branch doesn't allow parking by non-citi bank customers, so park at your own risk. Though on Sundays the branch is closed, so it should be fine to park there.
Not tasty…
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Good place to drink… and nhau…
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
If you miss Vietnamese flavors and snail dishes, this is the restaurant I really recommend to you.
It is really, really to my taste. I was extremely impressed with the steamed clams with lemongrass, stir-fried snails with coconut, crispy fried chicken cartilage or crispy fried frog, and boiled pork with eggplant and shrimp paste or fish hotpot (I didn't take pictures of these two dishes but order them, they are delicious). There is one dish, pig intestines, which I don't like and it has a strong smell, but the rest of the dishes are great.
The staff is lovely, the restaurant is clean.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pot, Grilled Scallops with Fish Eggs
Super authentic Vietnamese restaurant. I loved seeing the wide range of demographic come through here. You got the aunties in here along with the younger crowd celebrating birthdays. So you know the food was going to be good seeing all the different age groups here.
The food was delicious. The things I would order again are the banana blossom chicken salad (favorite dish), canh chua, oysters and snails. The banana blossom salad was incredible. It was super light and came with an oniony taste to it. Loved it a lot. The oysters were also delicious. It reminded me of what I had in Danang.
I would pass on the chicken wings. They are kinda small and not worth the price. The shrimp was okay; once you get pass the shell, the inside was unseasoned.
Service was decent. It gets very packed and you have to call out to get their attention. Don’t be shy! They are hustling hard and you gotta use your voice or hand gestures to get what you need !
Parking: I parked in the bank parking lot
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings
Very bad experience. Will never recommend to anyone. Ordered a few dishes on Christmas Day. Two of the food were in very bad quality, which included squid and quail. The quails were not fresh and the meat of the quails was scorched and too tight to eat. The squid was like a plastic, which was very difficult to consume. Called the restaurant a few times until got a response from the manager. The manager was a bit rude, who shouted and did not apologize or deal with the situation well. Felt so disappointed. Would consider filing a complaint to the Department of Health as it is totally against the law for the restaurant to ignore the customer’s request!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Amazing seafood restaurant
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 2
I had an absolutely horrible experience at Dong Que Restaurant. I ordered the fish, and it gave me a severe case of E. coli, leaving me violently ill for days. This was one of the worst food poisoning incidents I’ve ever experienced, and it was clearly due to the restaurant's negligence in food safety and preparation.
Eating here was a massive mistake, and I wouldn’t wish this experience on anyone. It’s shocking and unacceptable that a restaurant could allow something this serious to happen. Avoid this place at all costs unless you want to gamble with your health.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I got the grilled scallops with fish eggs and escargot salad for $48+, all for myself. How can I justify that? Honestly, I don’t need to; I just wanted it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Scallops with Fish Eggs
Parking: Đậu xe nhiều
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Canh Chua Cá Bông Lâu, Hột Vịt Lộn Rang Me 2 Cái
It so bad
Restaurantji Recommends
The portion is way too small. They charged you $30 for ridiculously small amount of food. Also the second dish came out more than 30 min after first dish…. The rice was already cold.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Seafood
The food here is delicious, the staff is excellent and enthusiastic
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I recently returned to Đồng Quê restaurant since Lunar New Year and enjoyed a fantastic dinner. The presentation of the Thai hot pot, Pattaya salad, and snails was amazing. The quality was decent, and the spices and taste were a blast for each dish. Besides, the presentation and quality deep-fried fish was decent and edible. I often get their hot pot and snails to-go during busy school hours, so I know the spiciness and the exact time they need to prepare the meals for home delivery.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings, Escargots
Never ever again. We from out the town and was so excited to try their food. The good was okay. But the service was terrible. They gave us attitude because we asked them some boxes for leftovers food.
Food: 1
Service: 1
I had low expectations coming in, but I have to admit the snail dishes were delicious. Probably 4.5 ⭐, but since it pleasantly surprised me, I'll round up to 5 ⭐. I typically shrug when asked by out of towners where to go eat in San Jose, but now Dong Que is going to be my first and only recommendation for restaurants -- Vietnamese or otherwise -- in San Jose.
Parking: The restaurant's front lot is tiny, maybe 10-15 cars max. Maybe there's a lot in the back, but I'm not sure. The adjacent Citi Bank branch doesn't allow parking by non-citi bank customers, so park at your own risk. Though on Sundays the branch is closed, so it should be fine to park there.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
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