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    Phin & Bowl

    4.3 (16 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Phil I.

    Phin & Bowl a top notch Vietnamese eatery definitely hit the spot for those on a shoestring budget located near downtown SJSU. I came by on a Saturday morning light traffic ample street meter parking only a few feet away. From the looks of it Phin & Bowl is more of an old-fashioned two story bungalow than a storefront though has a large dine-in interior with a street view. Placing an order is via kiosk and one can customized tipping which is a nice feature. I chose grilled pork bánh mì with all the trimmings for only $8.95 generous portion and a tropical punch to go with it. The couple that runs this place are super nice and very attentive. Would definitely be back phở gà is my favorite chicken noodle soup so please support your local business.

    Tom L.

    Tried this place for lunch, was not too busy at the time. Close to SJSU and downtown. Tried a chicken bowl and the pork sandwich. Both had good taste, the bowl is not too much food if you're really hungry, but having the sandwich with it fills me up. A little pricey for what you get, but I understand it cost a lot to make the food. Staff was friendly, easy to order from the kiosk. There are some places to sit inside, but made for takeout. Might come back to try other things on the menu.

    Salted cloud coffee and black sesame coffee
    Thuy T.

    Loved their five spice fried chicken rice bowl. The chicken was very crispy, flavorful and juicy. Their tropical punch was a great pairing as well - very refreshing. Returned to try their coffee and the salted cloud coffee and black sesame coffee was great; flavor was very well balanced. Staff was very friendly and helpful. It's a cute place to study and work as well.

    Chicken Pho - April 2026
    Sing M.

    The 5 stars is for Phin & Bowl's excellent plastic soup spoons. Phin & Bowl is one of the only places downtown that give you these extra deep takeout soup spoons. Most of the other places will give you the small and shallow cheap American-style soup spoons which require you to scoop 3 to 5 times in order to get enough soup for one swallow. This is because the American style soups are thicker and pile-up higher in the spoon than the pho soups, which have lower viscosity. Out of the restaurants around SJSU, this is one of the soup places with the right spoons for the right soup. With both the Chicken Pho and the Seafood Pho, the Phin & Bowl broth tasted more natural than the more processed taste at SJSU. The broth was not as chicken-skinnish tasting as the China Chen broth, not as herbalish as the Pho Hoa broth, and not as oily as the Home Eat broth. The Phin & Bowl broth was more mellow compared with the Pho Ha Noi broth and not as ginger-based as some of the grocery-store broths are. They have a normal $16 size which is enough food for lunch, but not enough food for dinner, because I often get hungry again before 11pm and cannot sleep. So I end up buying the larger $20 to $22 pho size at other places, so I do not have to buy 2 pho bowls in one night at $16 x 2 which = $32 total, which is too much pho.

    Grilled Pork rice bowl
    Dennis H.

    Great choices of Vietnamese food in the area. Very close to SJSU campus. They also have free wifi, great place to study

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    Everything in here looks really new, in a good way! I loved the ambiance and will definitely be coming back.

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