This restaurant is located in a mall and is so so ambiance. But charges like a high end restaurant for deserts. All desserts were $17 each. What?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Yana Tiv
The waiter talked to us in a friendly way. But we payed a too much for only four people.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
KT Somero
First visit to Elements tonight (Wednesday), on the recommendation of neighbors. Dinner was absolutely delicious! Each dish was perfectly prepared, beautifully presented, and served with great attention to detail and care. Glad we saved room for dessert, because the mango pana cotta and vanilla bean creme brulee were 10/10! Would highly recommend this spot, and look forward to visiting again soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shyam Dua
Food quality was bad. There was a small stone in the black rice that they served which almost cracked my tooth. When I brought this issue to the attention of the owner, he was very rude and unapologetic. He did not take any action to correct this situation for future customers who run the risk of cracking their teeth with continued bad quality of food.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Karla Wilkinson
Elements is a family run restaurant that is both a local staple as well as a destination restaurant. It is in a strip mall, but once inside you'd never know. The food is excellent and fresh and always exceeds your expectations. I love the salmon wellington and my husband likes the pad Thai but they also have awesome soups and seafood dishes and their rack of lamb is also delicious. We also love the fried egg rolls and water dumplings. No cocktails but they have a very good wine selection. It is a Vietnamese fusion restaurant but has plenty of other choices if that's not your thing.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salmon Wellington, Australian Rack of Lamb
Tony Pecora
We had our rehearsal dinner at Elements in May for 40 people the night before our wedding. Tristan planned our very special meal with us and made sure that every detail was extraordinary and delicious. He and his staff prepared and served special appetizers, outstanding soup and entrees, and a super desert! He worked with us to select great wines as well. It was a spectacular evening and meal! We will always remember this special occasion and what a great, memorable meal it was! Thank you Tristan and Element’s Staff! Cheers! Cathy and Tony
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Meghna Prasad
We came here during the 4th July week and it was really nice to try a Vietnamese French place after a long time. The service was great. It was not busy given that this was a long weekend and most people were probably out of town. The ambience was nice - contemporary and neat.
I ordered their soup special which was Butternut Squash (for $15 it was very expensive according to me). We also got the sea bass and salmon that came with a lot of vegetables which was great. The sea bass was very well cooked with the right flavors and presentation was great. The herb crusted salmon was overcooked a bit and it lost its tenderness. It was presented well, came with mashed potatoes and veggies. We didn’t order any drinks this time but happy to come back again and enjoy some French wines.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Janice LaVelle
We enjoyed a beautifully presented and served dinner at Elements last night (Wednesday) that would have been easily comparable to fine dining. Tristan, as always gracious and welcoming, is keeping Elements a jewel in our Valley. Please come down and support Small Business and a very hardworking member of our community for decades. Our tasty experience! APPS: Shrimp dumplings Green Papaya Salad with Fried Prawns Ahi Tuna Carpaccio MAINS: Beet salad -Shared Lemongrass-crusted Chilean Sea Bass Vegetarian Stuffed Tofu w/ Mixed Vegetables Seared Scallops & Prawns with soft shelled crab
İlayda İlerten
The food was great!! I got duck taro with cranberry sauce. Highly recommend! The service was really nice too.
C
Neighbourhood restaurant with very nice and generous owner, use fine ingredients and his dishes are made with hearts. Desserts are fantastic too! I do hope that they continue to be doing good in the business!
Had our holiday company dinner this year at Elements after trying it one night just before they closed. It’s in a strip mall off of Almaden in South San Jose. But once you walk inside, it feels classy with a big glass wine cellar to the right, and an open kitchen towards the back. The restaurant is family-owned and operated. The chef and his father both work there, with possibly more family working other positions. It was packed with patrons on a Friday night.
Their fusion cuisine is quite unique in that it is more French and Western than Vietnamese. So there are dishes such as Salmon Wellington that you would never see at a Vietnamese restaurant. For appetizers we ordered fried softshell crab, spring rolls and green salad. All solid in terms of taste and freshness.
For entrees, each person at our table ordered a different dish. I ordered the Salmon Wellington, which was nicely breaded, in a plate of cream. There was a thick cheese inside the breading surrounding the perfectly cooked salmon. I tried the Australian rack of lamb, also well cooked and seasoned.
The desserts were not quite on the level of the entrees. My colleagues had to chip away at the peach sorbet because it was frozen solid. The chocolate cake was spongy and tasty, but the ice cream on top was ordinary.
The drink menu was somewhat of a surprise in that they didn’t have any cocktails. Unsurprisingly, they had a wide variety of wine and some beer, but I had expected some creative cocktails given the food menu but I guess I didn’t see a bar there.
If you happen to be on the south side and want to have a unique French-Vietnamese meal, I recommend Elements.
Parking: Strip mall parking lot.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salmon Wellington, Tea-Smoked Duck with Taro Au Gratin, Australian Rack of Lamb, Lemongrass Crusted Chilean Sea Bass
David Friedman
Love this place and really need to come a lot more often.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Debbie Perham
This was our first visit at Elements, and we enjoyed! We had the crispy Egg Rolls, Salmom Wellington, and Crème Brûlée . Everything was perfect, and also enjoyed a Rumbauer Merlot . Surprisingly the bottle of wine was not too costly. Definitely a nice place to dine!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salmon Wellington
Becky Morris
Food was really good. The presentation, smell, taste all were top notch. We were a party of 4 each ordering something different and all were very happy with what we ordered.
This restaurant is located in a mall and is so so ambiance. But charges like a high end restaurant for deserts. All desserts were $17 each. What?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
The waiter talked to us in a friendly way. But we payed a too much for only four people.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
First visit to Elements tonight (Wednesday), on the recommendation of neighbors. Dinner was absolutely delicious! Each dish was perfectly prepared, beautifully presented, and served with great attention to detail and care. Glad we saved room for dessert, because the mango pana cotta and vanilla bean creme brulee were 10/10! Would highly recommend this spot, and look forward to visiting again soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food quality was bad. There was a small stone in the black rice that they served which almost cracked my tooth. When I brought this issue to the attention of the owner, he was very rude and unapologetic. He did not take any action to correct this situation for future customers who run the risk of cracking their teeth with continued bad quality of food.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Elements is a family run restaurant that is both a local staple as well as a destination restaurant. It is in a strip mall, but once inside you'd never know. The food is excellent and fresh and always exceeds your expectations. I love the salmon wellington and my husband likes the pad Thai but they also have awesome soups and seafood dishes and their rack of lamb is also delicious. We also love the fried egg rolls and water dumplings. No cocktails but they have a very good wine selection. It is a Vietnamese fusion restaurant but has plenty of other choices if that's not your thing.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salmon Wellington, Australian Rack of Lamb
We had our rehearsal dinner at Elements in May for 40 people the night before our wedding. Tristan planned our very special meal with us and made sure that every detail was extraordinary and delicious. He and his staff prepared and served special appetizers, outstanding soup and entrees, and a super desert! He worked with us to select great wines as well. It was a spectacular evening and meal! We will always remember this special occasion and what a great, memorable meal it was! Thank you Tristan and Element’s Staff! Cheers! Cathy and Tony
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We came here during the 4th July week and it was really nice to try a Vietnamese French place after a long time. The service was great. It was not busy given that this was a long weekend and most people were probably out of town. The ambience was nice - contemporary and neat.
I ordered their soup special which was Butternut Squash (for $15 it was very expensive according to me). We also got the sea bass and salmon that came with a lot of vegetables which was great. The sea bass was very well cooked with the right flavors and presentation was great. The herb crusted salmon was overcooked a bit and it lost its tenderness. It was presented well, came with mashed potatoes and veggies. We didn’t order any drinks this time but happy to come back again and enjoy some French wines.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
We enjoyed a beautifully presented and served dinner at Elements last night (Wednesday) that would have been easily comparable to fine dining. Tristan, as always gracious and welcoming, is keeping Elements a jewel in our Valley. Please come down and support Small Business and a very hardworking member of our community for decades.
Our tasty experience!
APPS:
Shrimp dumplings
Green Papaya Salad with Fried Prawns
Ahi Tuna Carpaccio
MAINS:
Beet salad -Shared
Lemongrass-crusted Chilean Sea Bass
Vegetarian Stuffed Tofu w/ Mixed Vegetables
Seared Scallops & Prawns with soft shelled crab
The food was great!! I got duck taro with cranberry sauce. Highly recommend! The service was really nice too.
Neighbourhood restaurant with very nice and generous owner, use fine ingredients and his dishes are made with hearts. Desserts are fantastic too!
I do hope that they continue to be doing good in the business!
Restaurantji Recommends
Overly priced and poorly cooking
Had our holiday company dinner this year at Elements after trying it one night just before they closed. It’s in a strip mall off of Almaden in South San Jose. But once you walk inside, it feels classy with a big glass wine cellar to the right, and an open kitchen towards the back. The restaurant is family-owned and operated. The chef and his father both work there, with possibly more family working other positions. It was packed with patrons on a Friday night.
Their fusion cuisine is quite unique in that it is more French and Western than Vietnamese. So there are dishes such as Salmon Wellington that you would never see at a Vietnamese restaurant. For appetizers we ordered fried softshell crab, spring rolls and green salad. All solid in terms of taste and freshness.
For entrees, each person at our table ordered a different dish. I ordered the Salmon Wellington, which was nicely breaded, in a plate of cream. There was a thick cheese inside the breading surrounding the perfectly cooked salmon. I tried the Australian rack of lamb, also well cooked and seasoned.
The desserts were not quite on the level of the entrees. My colleagues had to chip away at the peach sorbet because it was frozen solid. The chocolate cake was spongy and tasty, but the ice cream on top was ordinary.
The drink menu was somewhat of a surprise in that they didn’t have any cocktails. Unsurprisingly, they had a wide variety of wine and some beer, but I had expected some creative cocktails given the food menu but I guess I didn’t see a bar there.
If you happen to be on the south side and want to have a unique French-Vietnamese meal, I recommend Elements.
Parking: Strip mall parking lot.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salmon Wellington, Tea-Smoked Duck with Taro Au Gratin, Australian Rack of Lamb, Lemongrass Crusted Chilean Sea Bass
Love this place and really need to come a lot more often.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This was our first visit at Elements, and we enjoyed! We had the crispy Egg Rolls, Salmom Wellington, and Crème Brûlée . Everything was perfect, and also enjoyed a Rumbauer Merlot .
Surprisingly the bottle of wine was not too costly. Definitely a nice place to dine!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salmon Wellington
Food was really good. The presentation, smell, taste all were top notch. We were a party of 4 each ordering something different and all were very happy with what we ordered.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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