My friends came here on 09/25/12 and found a freaking COCKROACH in his spicy beef noodle after eating half of the portion. My friend complained to the female owner and she seemed to not GIVE A F*** about it by saying "What did you tell me that for?". Even though her husband came and apologied later and offer another meal, who the f*ck is gonna eat their food again??? P/s: THIS STORE NEED TO BE CLOSED ASAP TO PROTECT OTHER CUSTOMERS!!!!! AND I INCLUDED THE PICTURES AS PROOF! read more

Com Tam Thanh - Cockroach found in spicy beef noodle on 09/25/12. The female owner replied "Why did you tell me this?" after customer complained - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

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This is my new go-to place for Com Tam. I used to go to the Milpitas location until it was closed. Then I gave other restaurants a try, and I didn't like any of their Broken Rice Dishes. Today, we gave this place a try with two dishes: Com Tam and Canh Bun. The Com Tam (Broken Rice dish) was good. The Canh Bun was just ok! I didn't like the components in the bowl that much. The fried fish cake was too sweet, and the crab cake was tough and salty. I will come back here if I ever crave for the rice dishes. I wish the restaurant is located elsewhere though. Traffic and parking down here is a pain... read more

Com Tam Thanh - Canh Bun- the components weren't good. Broth was ok. - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

just went there for the first time today for lunch. This place is packed. For the whole time i was there, the line never stopped. We ordered #37 and #14. So here is what i think: BBQ beef was good BBQ pork chop was decent in size but a bit too DRY, i almost feel i was eating chinese beef jerky. Shrimp cake was good egg cake was a good, but i like the shrimp cake better Overall i would say price is reasonable in term of the portion they gave, and with variety of combo options, that is a plus for sure. But just one thing, i am not so use to, at least for this first time that I have to pay for my hot tea. For all the other V-restaurants i been to so far, hot tea is always FREE. (sometimes, i even got a tea bag in the tea pot, but this place has NONE). But still this place charge 0.25 per person for the hot tea. Tho 0.25 is NOT so big of deal, but when you can get the same thing at others for free 100% of the time, and when i asked for a refill (since they gave such a small pot of "tea water"to begin with) they say they have to charge me a fee AGAIN !!Hummm.... i don't know how would you think, but this i don't really appreciate it.. Anyways, i will give ABOVE average for this resturant. read more

I read the reviews on this place today and had to try it. My friend works close to here so I asked him to stop off and get me some food on his way home. I got some spring rolls loved them not too much mint which some places put and it overwhelms the roll. The only thing I didn't care for was the wrap was a bit chewy other than that very good. I read some of the other peoples reviews and decided on a #16 thanks to the reviewer I was not disappointed. It was really good and too much food didn't finish it all but for the price I was definitely impressed. Will I go there again yes, yes I will read more

When it's too late to go to Com Tam Dat Thanh, this is my 2nd choice for com tam. They close much later, and cheaper as well. So why minus 1 star? Well it wouldn't be fair since I gave Dat Thanh 4 stars as well and they're my favorite. The prices here are much cheaper, but portions are also slightly smaller than Dat Thanh. They have "pork cake" not "egg cake", and personally I like the egg cake better since every other thing is meat, I enjoy the contrast. The included soup broth is much more tastier here, maybe a bit too much pepper though. I love how this place has items that include a fried egg, reminiscent of the famous "Silog" dishes when it comes to Filipino fast food diner rice plate dishes. Dat Thanh does not have that. I like the thin cut pork here, but they do not have beef like Dat Thanh, only Korean BBQ Beef chop, and it is a bit on the small size. Here fish sauce is not help yourself as much as you want. They bring it to you, so if you use A LOT, you may have to ask for more. The sevice here is MUCH BETTER! And that is saying something being a Vietnamese place. They bring everything fast and are very nice. Maybe its cause they knew we were not Vietnamese and wanted us to feel welcome? But it was much appreciated. So you can see for all the comparisons why I rank this the same amount of stars as Dat Thanh. They both have their ups and downs. Dat Thanh is still my go to Com Tam establishment, but this place comes in a close 2nd and perhaps even surpassing it in the future. read more

Vietnamese comfort food. This place definitely has the best rice dishes around. Their meet is marinated nicely and the "broken" rice had a nice texture to it. Make sure to use their fish sauce! Also their nem nuong here is delicious. read more

I ordered a crab noodle soup (Canh Bún) and Cháo Lòng. The first one (Canh Bún ) was just alright (i wished they have tamarine sauce as other restaurants do). The order of Cháo Lòng was terrible because it had so bad odor from pork blood that I had to throw it out to the garbage. When I called the restaurants, all I heard was:"We'll tell the chef!" No apologies, nothing. read more

(CASH ONLY) First time coming to this place yesterday with my family. Like mentioned in other posts that parking here can be hard to find since it is a small parking structure. The restaurant is humid once you walk in through the doors. We were seated fairly quickly since there was not a lot of people there last night on a Saturday. Once seated you'll be given your menus. 1 minute after the waitress will give you your cup of water. After placing the waters down she then asked what we wanted to order. Took our ours and our food cane out fairly quickly as well. Give or take we had only waited for 5-7 minutes for our food to be out. The food itself were delicious. Good amount of meat on the plate as well with the rice in the middle. You'll be given soup as well and the soup was delicious! My precious little one finished the whole entire soup. Would definitely be returning back. read more

Cheap and tasty Vietnamese food. In my opinion, it's better then Com Tam Thanh on Tully. The food here tastes more homemade and it's alot less greasy. Portions are also bigger as well. I usually get some variation with the thit nuong, but get the chicken once in awhile as well. This restaurant is pretty clean for an Vietnamese place on the east side, and service here is pretty good as well. Highly recommended! read more

One of the better Vietnamese places on Story Road in my opinion. A friend said, "you can determine how good a vietnamese restaurant is by the way they cook their pork," and believe me, they know how to cook their pork. I've tried something new every time I've gone and have not been disappointed. I would certainly recommend this place to everyone. (4.5*) read more

Com Tam Thanh - #14!! - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

My go-to place when I'm really craving Vietnamese food at school. My friends&I were getting tired of college-food, so we decided to take a minifieldtrip to Viet-town, which conveniently, is only a 10ish minute drive from SCU. Originally, we'd wanted to eat at Grand Century Mall, which is.. right across the street from this place, but it was already almost 9, and it closes super early, so desperately, we drove around, looking for a place to eat. Conveniently, Com Tam Thanh was only a minute or two away, and they're open until... 10 or 11? Enough time for us to eat, anyway. This is basically as good as it gets for poor college students, craving food from their homeland. I got the Com Tam Thit Nuong [my go-to dish], and I couldn't finish it [but then again, people make fun of me for eating really little..]. The nuoc mam was kind of watery, but I'm not a fan of strong fish sauce anyway, so it worked out perfectly for me. The meat was super "yum-yum" as my friend put it, and the rice was a little dry, but what else do you expect for a $5 plate? Came back a little later with the same friends&the boy this time, and got one of the more complex orders, which I forget the name of, but the boy enjoyed it, and.. well, like I said. Cheap Vietnamese food make poor college students happy. :] 3.5 stars :) Rounded up, because they're open late teehee. read more

Com Tam Thanh - Yummy in my tummy! - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

So 2 signs this place is prollie legit. It's down off Story Rd...and my roomie likes it. Oh yea it's also CASH ONLY. So make it 3 reasons. Warning! Parking is kinda a b*tch. It's a small lot and a bit tough to get to. Reasons why I like it? They have this broken rice dish with a fried egg on top. There are very few things aren't better with a well fried egg on top. I didn't try the pork chop, but did try the bbq pork. Good flavor, but it was a bit dry for my tastes. Overall I enjoyed the meal and would come again...at least until I find something comparable that's closer to me. read more

Com Tam Thanh - Broken Rice - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

- good food - decent sizes - fast service - good drinks - open till late in the morning... #6 is my fave! read more

Com Tam Thanh - # 6 - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

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Came here today. At 845 pm. On yelp it says 10pm. Not sure if it's a special occasion for their time change.

Food was OK. Not much to rave about. The server was nice, but the food took a lot longer than usual.

I ordered a rice place of course. The grill pork was juicy but the egg cake was kinda dried. My friend order a Korean ribs rice plate but they said the grill is not working so cannot make any :/ wut?? But yes. This is a must try when u visit San Jose and craving Vietnamese food. read more

I like Vietnamese rice plates. Some of my favorites include the pork chop, Korean kalbi, bbq pork with those pork strips, I also like the fried sunny side up egg, and the grilled shrimp or the shrimp cake, and egg cake. I like the orange nuoc man sauce that I put on top of the rice plate as it's somewhat sweet and I put the chili paste in it to make it spicy. read more

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The food is ok .the rice is to moist and the shrimp roll cake is too small and the poker chop is too thin and egg cake is to dry not soft enough! The shrimp cake don't have enough shrimp too much poke . If I want some Vietnamese rice plate I go back too Tully road Cam tam Dat Thanh that the place never go wrong I give a five star for that place!!! read more

Com Tam Thanh - #7 bo bia and com - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

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So I saw the infamous cockroach that everyone was talking about. It ran towards my foot and then back the other way. Im not sure what to make of it really. I know there are bugs everywhere, this place doesn't seem to have a pest control plan. The food here is cheap and it comes out very quick. I don't know if I'd ever come back here. The owner is a bit eccentric and they spent an hour looking at me and my sis. My sister, another yelper is a regular though and i'm sure they were trying to figure out who the new guy she was with, was.. I ordered the roasted chicken which looked awesome coming out but unfortunately when I cut into it the delicious looking piece of meat, it was very cold inside. Oh well! Roach, cold meat, funny stares..I think I'd rather not come back here. read more

I never really liked this place that much, but the last time I went, it was really disappointing. I ordered a com tam bi cha thit noung. They gave a very small amount of grilled pork. The fish sauce tasted funny too. It's cheap tho, so I guess you get what you pay for. I don't think I'll be back. read more

Com Tam Thanh - It was like 3 pieces of pork. Very thin too. :-/ - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

I'm so addicted to Com Tam recently, I ate here again yesterday. This was my 3rd com tam adventure in one week!! I've come here about 3 times already, and am continually amazed that I only have to pay $5-7 to get a full-on meal. You get your sides of broken rice and green onions, steamed pork cake, fried egg, pork skin, pickled veggies, and your choice of meat. I've had the pork chop and sliced pork from here--both were DELICIOUS! The first time I came here they were very generous with meat, and this was in the morning at about 9am. Then I got a to-go box and they were also very generous with portions. I came here yesterday and they seemed to skimp out on my meat, but it's okay because there is so much other food to eat. Their fish sauce is mediocre as some other reviews would say because it is not home-made, so I just went ahead and added in the red chili and pickled white stuff they have on their table and everything was okay. They serve a bunch of other stuff too like soups and packaged foods, which I haven't tried, but this place is a MUST if you love rice & meat and are looking for an affordable spot. Remember, CASH ONLY at Vietnamese businesses. read more

Always delicious and quick but are they clean? Seems like there's a million people clamoring around in the back room trying to pump food out.once in a while a door pops open and you see food everywhere in a un organized state. People are fast walking around grabbing fish sauce and other ingredients to toss onto plates. I saw a waiter drop fish sauce 3 times and a little old lady wiped it up with a the same towel all three times..... The crowd here is rough too. They are hungry, they are fobby, and they don't care about your personal space so if that means they bump your chair and don't say sorry, or they toss their hair towards your back or talk so loudly you can't talk to your date then so be it. All in all it reminds me of a little piece of Vietnam. Good food cheap, nosy, hustle and bustle, cautious wonder of cleanliness, and tons of options. read more

Compare to com tam Dat Thanh on Tully, com tam Thanh is a little cheaper. But the portions here are smaller too. The fish sauce is a bomb. The shrimp cake is alright. BBQ pork chop is really tasty. Rice cooked at the right time. Not too soggy Service is way better than Com tam Dat Thanh . When it's on the weekend, its not gonna be a long line like DatThanh So I would go here rather than wait in a longazz line at DatThanh. read more

Gotta give this place 5 stars. I've been coming here since I was a child. It's one of my dad's favorite, if not favorite, spot for com tam. I'm never disappointed with the food. I always tend to get the same com tam plate anywhere I go: tau hu ky, thit nuong, and tom nuong. Too good. I love the tau hu ky here (fried shrimp thing wrapped in tofu skin)! One of the better ones I've had in the area. The people here are really nice, but this place does get really busy one weekends so don't expect spectacular service when coming around peak hours. Other than that, this is a great place to get com tam! read more

I came to this place like 5 months ago, I know it was a pretty long time ago but since it was a good Com Tam place (decent food, cheap price) I thought I'd at least get on here and give it some compliments. I don't even remember exactly what I ordered but it was probably com tam suon bo Dai han + dau hu ky because it's what I usually get when I go to a Com Tam place. It totally satisfied me, I loved it. The place was clean and smelled good when I came as I remembered, and the dish I ordered was less than $6, it was huge though. I highly recommend Com Tam Thanh! read more

Hands down, their spring rolls top it all right now. I love the tightly packed roll with all the veggies, crunchy sausage, and fresh chives on the end. It's a masterpiece all in one spring roll. The size is even big here! At $3.50 for 2; it is well worth it my friend. Even the dipping peanut sauce with crushed garlic is great! It's not spicy nor is it sweet. You have to just come here and grub it all. I also ordered the #7, which has tiny grain rice, off the grill pork chop (wish th read more

A great rice plate restaurant which I enjoyed their fresh fruit tapioca smoothie (pineapple and avocado). They have lots of creative rice plates (#7 is better than #18) They have mini preserved onions on the side table for you to eat with your rice. Their broken rice is well done and their bbq meat, egg foo young, was delicious. If you don't want to fight for a table in the cinema food court area which is located across the street from this restaurant, then come to this restaurant. The food price of this restaurant is better than the plaza/mall if you're hungry for rice plates. read more

3 1/2 stars My boyfriend is a big rice fan, so he loves coming here because it's cheap. He always orders the com tam with Korean BBQ and an egg sunny-side up & asks for minced garlic to add to his fish sauce. He's always a happy camper after his meal. I would eat the rice plates here occasionally when I'm hungry. The soup that usually comes with the rice plate is somewhat bland. It tastes like it's just water and pepper, sometimes if you're lucky, the soup would be decent at best. I prefer the nem nuong cuon which is pretty tasty. It has deep-fried egg roll wrappers in it, and I would order it with nuoc mam instead of the peanut sauce it comes with. They also have banh cuon here, it's O-K. Nothing special. Only real plus is that it's open later than most Vietnamese restaurants in the area and that you don't have to wait very long for your food to come out. read more

Pretty new to the San Jose area but damn food is crazy expensive up there but I did found a nice little rice place. This place gives you pickle cabbage just like mom made it home lol read more

Com Tam Thanh - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

Overall Impression: You need to go all out for their special combination rice plates. Enough food for two meals and you get to try a little of everything. Cost: One of these dishes go for $12, but hey, it's two delicious meals! Taste: The special rice dishes are quite delicious. They give you a little bit of different meats prepared in different ways, so your taste buds go on a little bit of an adventure. If you choose their standard $7 rice dishes that come with only one meat, it is comparable in taste/price to the other 100 rice dishes you can find on the block. But if you can afford to pay a little more, you can find a gem of a dish at a reasonable price. Customer Service: The wait for a table was a bit long on a packed day. So we just ordered for takeout to avoid the congestion. Ambience/Atmosphere: A bit noisy because of the people, but it seemed like a standard Asian restaurant joint. read more

Absolutely love this place. For a place that serves Com Tam (broken rice dishes) and other vietnamese dishes, this place is great. Dishes are filling and big and they even have desserts. The bean curd wrapped shrimp cake is a must to try! read more

broken lice + pok chop + quiche = GD this place is the shit! Shitty interior but don't let that deter you. This place has the best com tam I've ever had. We went early in the morn so everything was nice a fresh. I had the broken lice with shredded pok, quiche, pok chop and a nice piece of fried bacon. It was officially on like donkey kong. You receive a whole lot of food for what you pay for. I warshed everything down with sugar cane juice. That is all.... read more

We came here because we all piled in the car to go to Com Tam Dat Thanh and it was closed. Portions here are smaller (probably a bit more reasonable) and the taste is ok. The BBQ shrimp and BBQ pork were a bit dry, and the egg was oddly cooked. Not on my list as a go-to place, but I'd eat here again. read more

3.5 stars...but I'll round up :) My roommate and I went here after a long night ... and morning ... of alcohol. We didn't want to drive far or spend a lot of money, so we went to this little restaurant. Granted, my roommate knew of this place and said it's not a bad eat. I ordered the Grilled Pork rice plate while my roommate ordered the Bun Bo Hue. My dish was actually pretty good - meat a little dry and hard to eat, but it's kind of hard to mess up on such a simple dish. My roommate was a little less satisfied with her plate ... but I personally think it's because she's difficult (I love you, Kim. If you're reading this). The price was awesome, I can't deny that. The portion - at least for mine - wasn't huge, but I wasn't dissatisfied with my plate. Hence ... I'm giving this place 3.5 stars. It's a deal and if you're hungry and don't really want to spend money, this place is a definite go-to, but I think what's preventing me from giving it 4 stars is my overall impression. It was good, no doubt, but nothing quite amazing. read more

Love this place for their variety. I've tried the com tam, banh cuon, and their canh bun. All delicious! Almost like home made if I can say without offending mommy haha. The place is tiny but somehow there's never a long wait. Asians are in there to eat and out so other people can sit :) sometimes they just chill, just stare at them! Jo Anyways! So if you're just into com tam though, check out my review for com tam tam Dat thanh. This location also opened another restaurant right outside. It's at the other end of the plaza with the grocery store. I haven't been in that place yet, but usually my mom gets the banh xeo from there and they deliver it right over! Convenient :) **cash only folks! If I can remember correctly, they do have an ATM machine inside. read more

The best place in San Jose to get a plate of Broken Rice with Pork Chop! Simply delicious and filling. They also make an assortment of other good tasting dishes here and everything is reasonably priced. read more

I came here looking for Vietnamese rice plates. Food wise the portions are huge. It might be the small plate piled with multiple types of food that got me. Once you order the food comes out in less than ten minutes. The best is the fried egg on top of the food. The egg is humongous, never seen an over easy egg so ginormous. The rice plates were worth it. The biggest surprise was the grilled pork spring rolls, #52b. I usually do not see this at Vietnamese restaurants, this is a speciality item. I made one order and it came took awhile but it came out with three grilled pork spring rolls. The dipping sauce was peanut sauce. I was impressed with the juiciness of the pork and how great the grilled pork spring roll tasted. The service was typical of a Vietnamese restaurant. Once you order and receive your food the waiter will never check on you again. If you are looking rice plates that are served large and served quickly this is the place for you. Ignore the service because the food is worth it. read more

Com tam is very good here. Cheap and fast service. The soup on the side used to be delish and now it has no flavor and is bland. That's minus one star. Otherwise. read more

I ordered #10-A and it came with broken rice, fish cake, 1/2 bbq chicken and 3 pieces shrimp. The dish cost $7.50. There was a lot of food for my plate, so I was not hungry when I left the restaurant. The fish cake was not very good as it didn't have the crunch as I'm used to. The chicken was good as the chicken had a smooth texture. My hubby ordered #3 and only got a couple pieces of pork. His dish looked so sad compared to my dish. The pork was okay, not a lot of flavor. Luckily I gave him some of my food so he could be full. We drove from Milpitas to eat here, even though there is a Com Tam Thanh down the street from my house. I heard that this location is better than Milpitas, but I've never been to the Milpitas location. I still like Com Tam Dat Thanh on Tully since the food is tastier! read more

Always a favorite for me when ever i'm back in the bay. The Com Tam is the spotlight but they pull off a decent Bun Rieu or Canh Bun. They're both pretty much the same dish cept Bun Rieu is southern style where as Canh Bun is northerner style. Service was fast, food was accommodating, Nothing to complain about. Could use a few more hunks of tofu and a little more meat tho. read more