Bún Mắm Hà Tiên | Simply Boba

Service is very good

The jasmine milk tea is always so fresh and so delicious! Love seeing this place is still around since last being there in 2019 :)

Not very authentic taste
Little portion
Unfriendly service

My absolutely favorite place whenever I craze for authentic Vietnamese Bún Mắm aka Fermented Fish Soup (#1 on the menu). In fact, I only order Bún Mắm when I come here and Bun Mam Ha Tien has the best Bún Mắm in San Jose, in my opinion.

Starting with their portion. I ordered a small bowl but it filled me up! The portion was so generous and full of delicious roasted pork's, 2 full-size fish fillets, squid slices, 2 full with-head-on jumbo shrimps and lots of garlic chives which I love. The soup has the right balance of sweetness from all the seafood goodies and the saltiness from the fermented fish. I drank my soup clean LOL. If you're not Vietnamese, the smell of the fermented fish may repulse you. However, I encourage you to give it a try as Bún Mắm here is as authentic as what you can get from Vietnam.

The service is quick and attentive. As soon as I walked in, the server noticed me and let me choose the seat I wanted. Order was taken quickly and my food came out steaming hot within the next 3-5 minutes.

The store is small yet cozy. They have 4 booths which can accommodate to 4 people per booth. The other 7 tables are specious arranged. The store looks neat and tidy to me. I came around 11:30am on a Friday. There were a few customers there but the noice level is minimal and I had a pleasant time. Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I can’t believe it took me this long to finally try the bun mam here! The broth was clean yet robust and flavorful and the portion was perfect. Everything was cooked perfectly from the noodles to the fish, shrimp, squid, and eggplant. Their veggie garnishes were also fresh. Bun mam is definitely a more bold and complex Vietnamese noodle soup so if you’re feeling adventurous enough to try it, I recommend ordering it from Bun Mam Ha Tien. And don’t forget to order a boba drink through their Simply Boba line with it too! They’re one of the few boba places besides Tastea that offers the large 32oz cups for their teas.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Passion Fruit Yogurt Tea

WOW surprisingly very good! Super happy my sister came with me to check this place out for our first time. I love Vietnamese Soups so Spicy Bun Mam was definitely My cup of teas! Flavorful and perfect amount of mix seafood, young shredded banana blossoms, eggplants,Squid Prawns, fish fillets, super delightful with my Favorite Passion Fruit Yogurt Tea jelly boba! Lol Yum!??Love the indoor and outdoor seatings too!Welcoming, inviting, and vibrant colors!I am absolutely love to come back here to try my favorite Bun Bo Hue, Bun Rieu, Pho noodles soup, and other mouthwatering items here!May22,2024sisters❤️

Despite the prominent signs for boba tea, this is actually a family-owned restaurant whose main dish is a Vietnamese fish noodle soup called Bún Mắm. It is made with round spaghetti-like rice noodles, pork, fish, squid, shrimp, eggplant, pieces of tender fish mixed with multiple types of fermented fish paste. It is also served with lime and many fresh herbs and vegetables such as slivers of banana blossom, bean sprouts, lettuce and mint. I mostly order the #2 Bún Nươc Lèo Sóc Trăng, which is a plain fish and pork noodle soup without fermented fish paste that comes with a fried shrimp cake on the side. The broth is delicious and flavorful. I sometimes crave it when I’m not feeling well like chicken noodle soup.The service is on point and especially good if you speak Viet. That said, the menus have English and this is a good experience for non-Viet people who want to try something other than pho. This place should really be more popular considering how good the food is. It’s often half empty while other nearby restaurants are bustling. The boba signs and online description are confusing; I can’t tell if it’s a boba tea shop or a restaurant. In my opinion, they should split off the boba tea completely so that they can focus completely on marketing the Bún Mắm restaurant because it is a great dish that more people should know about.

Parking: Can get a little tricky finding parking during peak hours.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bún Mắm Vegetable

100% authentic Vietnamese cuisine

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Good food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This review has long been overdue.My usual Jasmine milk boba tea, with grass jelly here, has been great. Boba right texture. I almost never order grass jelly at other places but I do here. Very friendly and accommodating with my discerning tastes. I think the owner "retired" from personally making cups but his legacy lives on with the drinks. I sometimes ask for more tea for the fragrance and caffeine boost without pushback. Only reason why I don't drink here more often is due to the distance.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Best Bún mắm in Bay Area! authentic and tastes yummy! friendly staff. Clean and modern decor furniture.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Bun mam is pretty good…,

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Love the Nuoc Leo soup which comes a Banh Ram fried pastry ball, gotta try it!

The only restaurant that I would eat bun mam at as the broth is clean, but full of umami. If you’ve never had bun mam before, it’s vermicelli noodles with seafood in a fermented mud fish broth. Yes, the fermented mud fish is potent; it can devastated a person for life if not cooked properly.Besides their delicious bun specialty - hence, the name of their restaurant, I would also recommend the coconut basil seed drink (as shown in the photo). It’s refreshing on hot days.Those were the only two items I tried in this visit. The hubby had bun bo Hue, and he said it was delicious as well.

Good service and clean