This is your typical HK style cafe, even the interior is so old school but kept in good condition. Every there here is up to par, there's only one lady operating the register, taking orders and serving so be prepared for a long lunch. They take cash and venmos! This place seems to either be dead or packed full of diners, it's unpredictable. Every meal.durimg lunch gets served with soup. Anyways, I definitely recommend y'all stop by when you're in the area. read more

Downside: still cash only. Happy hour still exists from 2:30 pm-6:00 pm daily. Service is good if you can have casual conversations in Cantonese or Mandarin. Feels like 1-2 people running the place, so give them credit for such a small place. Menu variety is good. I am always able to spark up conversations with the lady cashier. Visited several times in the past 15 years, but not in recent pandemic years. Same old place. This tiny Hong Kong local cafe gets bad ratings, but note that it's still a very old/not updated place. Foods are still delicious and definitely cheap Hong Kong style. Yes, tiny spot next to a jewelry store. It's been here forever/same Koi Palace plaza. Expect old feeling. Ordered happy hour baked mini shredded chicken and cream corn with rice just under $11. Yummy. Perfect in taste. You can pick a beverage to pair with your happy hour meal set. My iced lemon tea was legit in flavor with lots of lemon slices in it. Nice. Note, if you ask for red bean iced beverage, it's usually unavailable even though it's on the menu. Quiet and empty inside during early happy hour/mid afternoon. Lady cashier has been here forever. I never asked if she was the boss or relative to the place, but she's good at what she does. It's just her at the counter serving you. Still, I had a good feeling sitting inside today. In addition, I ordered takeout foods: club sandwiches comes with french fries plus ketchup, and then added the chicken steak rice meal. Wow, look at all that generous amount of sauce on top for my chicken steak. Absolutely generous and good tasting. I'm always in the mood for Hong Kong style club sandwiches too/will enjoy it tomorrow. I used to buy takeout foods, the three entrees with soup/rice years ago from here. They still have it on the menu. I enjoy dining out for good flavor foods. This place is authentic. If you have never been to Hong Kong before, you'll probably dislike some of the items here or may feel a bit uncomfortable sitting inside this old tiny cafe. Overall, decent place. One person serving everyone is a lot of work, especially with phone calls and online orders at once. I'm a happy lemon coming here. read more

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Came here after not coming here for 5+ years. Flavors are just as I remembered. The tomato soup - flavorful sweet and a tad spicy. I love how it comes with each meal and it really is one of my favorite soups of all time. The pork chop over rice was pretty great too. I love the eggy fried rice buried underneath a velvety tomato sauce and in between, a tender pork chop. Honestly this is as hong kong as it gets. I think Venus cafe is a bit better in terms of quality but as nostalgic goes I love this place and I think it's worth checking out. They have been in business for as long as I've been alive! Other classic dishes we like to get that aren't pictured include the curry beef and the bitter melon beef. read more

Top Cafe - Complimentary tomato soup - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Top Cafe at least this location isnt like it once was from back in the 2000s. Portions are smaller and food is meh. Salt and Pepper spare ribs were not crispy. The house special fried rice totally changed recipe. These were staples here. If you grew up or this was your spot back in the 2000s-2010s, it went down hill. I don't know if the DeAnza location also changed, so can't confirm that. But now with the changes here, I would go to another place. read more

I usually don't write reviews, but this experience was so frustrating that I had to warn others. I had heard the terrible reputation this place has in the local Chinese community and saw the low ratings online, but I decided to give it a try anyway. Huge mistake. The community was right--stay away! 1. Blatant False Advertising (The "Menu vs. Reality" Trap) I ordered the No. 2 Sirloin Steak . The photo on the menu looked great, but what was served was a complete joke. The quality of the steak, the portion size, and the presentation were light-years away from the picture. It's a classic bait-and-switch. 2. Dishonest and Unprofessional Service The most infuriating part was the side dish. The set is supposed to come with French fries, but: * Zero Disclosure: They knew they were out of fries, but the server didn't say a word when I placed the order. * Passive-Aggressive Attitude: The plate arrived with a glaring empty space where the fries should be. They didn't even mention it until we pointed it out. * Total Indifference: When we asked, they just coldly said, "We're out," with no apology, no discount, and no offer for a substitute. Summary: This place lacks the most basic level of honesty and customer service. They essentially hide the fact that items are missing until after you've paid and been served. Do not waste your time or hard-earned money here. There are plenty of honest, high-quality cafes in the Bay Area--Top Cafe is definitely not one of them. read more

Top Cafe - Menu - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Made a DoorDash pickup order for Pork with Pork Blood Congee. When I picked up my food saw this note on my order. Why didn't they call me up tell me they were out of pork blood. Why didn't they tell me face to face that they changed my order. Our places would have call me to tell me they were out of pork blood. Did have the energy to argue them. read more

Top Cafe - Got Pork and preserved Egg Rice Porridge. Not what I ordered. I had ordered Pork and Pork BloodnRice Porridge. - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Haven't been here in ages. Right when we sat down, she pointed to the cash only sign and reminded us that's cash only. Since we haven't visited in a long time, I didn't see an afternoon tea menu so I asked if they still have one, then she went and grabbed us another menu with a better value- afternoon menu. This was a bit odd to me as we walked in right around 3pm ish so it's Hk tea time. We tried the pork cutlet with rice, hot lemons tea and the baked pork chop rice. Both were decent for the price of $12 including a drink. Our total came out to be $24 for 2 afternoon tea set. The lady was a bit rude as we haven't asked for the check but she put it down really close to my food that I had to move it out of the way. The cold milk tea was pretty authentic in a way that the black tea flavor was strong, however, it was a bit too sweet for me. Food came out quickly and parking was easy on a Sunday afternoon around 3pm. read more

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Have not been here for ages, so a nostalgic visit but was totally surprised that it is still CSAH ONLY post pandemic! We were warned of cash only again before we sat down. The waitress has been there forever, still speaks the broken Cantonese. She's nice and does her job, I just don't like how every time she delivers something there's food spilled onto our tissues. We ordered the classic baked pork chop rice with tomato sauce, tried the Aberdeen seafood fried rice (they use the American style imitation crab meat, not good), and sweet and sour pork chop rice which is a plate with lots of white rice and the dish of sweet and sour pork chop itself. The complementary Russel soup is getting worse. It's spicy but I can't find a single trace of black pepper, so I'm guessing they just squeeze the spicy sauce in the soup to add in the color and the peppery flavor. A set meal with baked dish, free soup and a free drink is 18.50. The free drink has choices like milk tea, soda, red bean milkshake drink and ginger honey. If you are into HongKong style cafe, the Top Cafe in Cupertino at least let you use credit card. read more

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3.5 stars Atmosphere: car seat booths by the walls and 4 tops in the middle. Unrenovated probably since the 90s, but clean. Strangely there's American pop playing in the background, usually expect some Asian pop in HK cafes such as these. Menu: pretty straightforward, but lots of choices so it can be hard to choose. Prices are a bit on the higher side but portions are huge. Food: came in for Sunday lunch. Empty in person dining, there were a couple more pickup to-go orders instead. I liked how the Portuguese dish has a more roasted coconut flake flavor and it was saucy and creamy enough to mix with each bite. The garlic steak was humongous portion, enough to bring some home. Each dish came with HK cafe style borscht soup, but found that the paprika white pepper powder flavor to be overpowering. read more

Top Cafe - Baked Chicken ' Portuguese ' - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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I see why this place got three star rating. One major negative about my experience. Here is that they only accept cash or Venmo. Thank God they had Venmo at least... Who nowadays carry cash? It's obvious this restaurant is a "mom and Pop" business. There was only one person taking the order and serving the food. I expected nothing less than mediocre customer service. I guess it's a typical customer service at these restaurants in this area. The food is good and the price is reasonable but as previously stated, cash, only... In my book... Add a negative star rating to my review. Service: a Quality: a Price: a. read more

I recently bought take out from Top Cafe in Milpitas. The lady in the store was very friendly and she recommended that I ordered the three items for $34.95. I picked their spicy salty fried pork chop, beef with Chinese broccoli, and tofu with assorted greens in a clay pot (no clay pot for take out). The deal also included soup. I also ordered a beef chow fun. The $34.95 menu is now available all day and is a really good value. The food tasted good, nothing spectacular but solid. The service was fast and efficient. For Cantonese cafe style comfort food, this is a very good option. read more

First, this restaurant only accepts Venmo and cash, which is apparently illegal in the US. my friend is not felling well so we only want to order a take out for something simple. But the owner is like we are taking advantage of them by following what is written on the menu. Hardly seem any restaurants like this. read more

It's tradition to go here with my broski after we get haircuts nearby! It just doesn't hit the same without going here and ordering a baked seafood fried rice! I don't speak Chinese, but my friend has known the staff since his young Chinese school days! We always hit the place up when it's quiet and easy to get seated. We always make jokes about burning our mouth with the food, but don't do the same- it does actually incinerate the inside of your mouth, that's not a joke. I haven't tried anything else basically, but the complimentary borscht and the milk tea make wonderful and comforting additions to this place's meals. I always long for Top Cafe in the rainy days where my fingers are always cold, no matter how much I rub them together. I wish you were closer, like a family member that lives far away. read more

Top Cafe - Baked Seafood with Rice - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

I ordered over the phone and verified the location to make sure it was the right one first. There's two locations of top cafe, I believe the other one is in Cupertino. It's cash or venmo only. My bf wanted the baked chicken and ham with rice and cream sauce. For some reason I couldn't find the baked items on the menu via yelp photos. I got the salt and pepper chicken wings and seafood stir fried udon. This was a pretty disappointing dinner. The chicken wings portion was small and not well balanced, the baked dish looked good but the taste wasn't good, thep udon was just whatever. The prices have increased but I don't know where the new prices are posted. Overall, I think the quality and taste of food at this place has decreased since the pandemic started. Maybe they lost a chef? We used to go or do pick up before fairly often, but every time we've tried in the past couple of months has been a disappointment. I really hope it'll get better, I really miss old Top Cafe. read more

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I was a little concerned about the ratings before going here but I went anyway because I was craving baked pork chop rice and bolognese spaghetti. I read other reviews touting their baked seafood dish and I ended up adding that to my order. This is a no frills joint with efficient service and solid food. I ordered all of the above and it was just the comfort food that I needed. It is CASH ONLY which would be the only downside I see...not really sure who actually Carrie's around cash these days. read more

I grew up in Hong Kong, my family went to HK style cafes every week back then. HK style milk tea is a MUST and I'm quite picky with it. In the past the only hk milk tea places comparable to the ones in Hong Kong were all in Chinatowns. Top cafe is the only hk milk tea in the Silicon Valley area that I think has the closest milk tea taste like the one in HK. Their sizzling baked rice/spaghetti plates are very good. I also love their garlic chicken spaghetti (it's in the lunch menu, you can also change garlic sauce to black pepper sauce, both taste excellent!). They fried the chicken first before cooking it with garlic sauce. I can't find any other hk cafes does that other than the ones in Chinatown. Don't forget to try their beef chow fun, they sold out all the time. read more

Top Cafe - Lunch specials - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Food: always oily Service: always in a hurry. Ambiance: so so. They have a full hour and half befofe closing and they decide not to let customers in for dining. The take out food was quick but not good. read more

First time ordering take out form this place. I ordered the beef chow fun. The taste is ok, however it's way to oily in my opinion and not enough beef. On the menu it's priced at $8.95 and they charged $13.95 without tax on the recipe. Either they forgot to update the menu or we got over charged for it. I would not order the chow fun again and perhaps will try the baked pork chop and rice since that's what they known for based on some the reviews. Additionally, the service is not great either! Per your website - the price for the beef chow fun is $10.95, and I was charged $13.95. Pls update your online menu. read more

Top Cafe - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

If you are looking for that Cantonese food designed for the Cantonese taste palette, you have the right place. The food is spot on and hits the spot whenever I want good food. Plus, they are open late so if you're up late, perfect place to go! The timing for preparing the food is quick so quick service which is fantastic. I ordered mine so they were done before I even got there. My only minor gripe is parking. The plaza is busy so it can be a bit hard to find parking. I thought it was a bit hidden so it can be a little hard to find. Once you know where it is, then it'll be easy to find everytime. I highly recommend them and have gone back multiple times once I was introduced. read more

Food quality has decreased drastically during this pandemic. I ordered a duck egg and lean pork congee. Tastes awful. Seems like all the ingredients were sitting in the congee for hours. Not fresh. The pork got a freezer burn taste to it. There's at most a quarter of a duck egg chopped up and less than an ounce of pork in the Quart sized congee. Not a good way to do business. It used to be great. Compared to now , it's day vs night. Don't get it. I'm hesitant on trying anything else. read more

I was here on Sunday having lunch with my son the service was nasty. She stick her finger in her mouth and pulled the food out in public.

Haven't been here in a long time and I remember why. Terrible service and the lady had the audacity to tell me how much tip I need to leave her when she was rude and pushy to us the whole time. Now I see why it was so dead in there when we arrived on a weekend evening during prime dinnertime. Cash only. There are so many other better places to eat than here. read more

Served super fast. Delicious food. And quiet /polite establishment. Will come back for more. read more

Top Cafe - Sweet and sour chicken - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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First of all, owner or whoever works there is rude. Hung up before I finish asking questions then calls me back in 5 min to ask where am I. I understand store have to close at 10 PM and I placed an order at 9:50 PM (5 min away from this location). If you do not wish or done with business for the day, you've have not accepted the order. "Cash only Cash only" then hung up on me For food, One of the worst food ever, noodle is uncooked! Didnt even give me a receipt or let me know the cost of the food. I also left a tip, owner still remains rude with non-smile face. I strongly suggest everyone to do not go this location, you will only see angry owner. There are better places in Milpitas, not this. read more

Top Cafe - Seafood pan fried noodle - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

My go to for beef egg chow fun. They have friendly employees and the food is consistent. I usually order the club sandwich for the "burger" eater of the group. Today was the first time I found out they had a "family dinner" of 3 entrees. Such a good deal and the portions were ginormous. I ordered chicken broccoli, greenbean beef, fish with fried tofu hotpot, and egg beef chow fun. Highly recommend this place! read more

Top Cafe - Broccoli chicken (3/5), Egg beef chow fun (5/5), fish fried tofu hotpot (4/5), green bean beef (3/5) - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

The food is tasty especially the corn soup. However, the waitress is rude because she asked me to give her tips. Honestly, this place asks for cash only or Venmo. This is ridiculous and I would not recommend to eat here. There's better places to go like San Francisco Chinatown and they have the same food with bigger portions and better quality. I am from Hong Kong and I would not tolerate this attitude or behavior. read more

Top Cafe - Corn soup - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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We came here for dinner over the weekend because my friends & I was in the mood for HK style cafe food. We decided to come here since we have not dine here before and man what a mistake that was. The borscht soup was too sweet & watery. I had the pork chop rice in tomato sauce and again that was a diabetic's dream. I don't understand why the cook is so infatuated with sweetening everything? The girlfriend had the beef stew & wonton noodles and that was decent. We agreed not to spend $ here again. read more

I was craving baked pork chop rice and found this HK cafe. At first, the restaurant seemed a bit questionable, with very old and outdated decor and furnishings and barely any customers during lunchtime. However, the owner gave a warm welcome, and the food is not bad. I would expect a meal like this to be cheaper than what they charge, though. The baked pork chop rice was fine, but it could've been better. The sauce was a bit too sweet for my liking (maybe too much ketchup?), and because the pork chops had bones, the amount of actual pork they could fit onto the plate was pretty little. If I come back, I'd probably try something else. read more

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This is my go to spot for hong kong style comfort food. Staff here has always been very accomodating and best service Some of my favorite dishes ever since i started coming here are around 2005 are salt/pepper chicken wings, beef chow fun, house pan fried noodle, baked pork chop rice plate and their russian borscht soup. Have a lemon ice tea for a refreshing drink. read more

Top Cafe - Black bean clams - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Customer service: Indoor: basic, Clean n tidy Ordering: fast n simple (Cash payments) Food quality: 4.5/5 should rate . Today we ordered four dishes n All are Very delicious 海鮮炒鳥冬： 味道好好，有蝦，魷魚，青口。 最重要係 冇放在下最唔鍾意嘅「人做蟹柳」 星州炒米： 干炒牛河： 炒貴刁：. read more

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I really want to give Top Cafe 4 stars since Hong Kong food has a special place in my heart. It's comfort food for me. Perhaps if their price was a bit lower... Wifey was craving cantonese cuisine and koi palace upstairs was closed for a private party. We had: fish porridge, baked pork chop rice and a side of garlic stir fried veggies. Food was all pretty much as expected for comfort food. Only small complaint was the pork chop rice, the rice was a bit too moist. For those types of dishes I prefer a drier rice, more like fried rice texture. The service I'd say was actually a bit better than what I'd expect from such a joint :) read more

Top Cafe - Garlic veggie - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Since the pandemic I have been utilizing their a ToGo order and so far still doing great. My favorite items is the Bake Pork Chop Rice and sometime noodle stir fry. Best of all they their service is fast from time of ordering and pick up. read more

Top Cafe - Baked Pork Chop with Rice ToGo - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

This place is honestly AOK for me compared to others, I didn't have high expectations...AND def. did not try to compare this to the real cafes in HK which I loveeeeeed when I was there. For the cheap price and a simple rendition of HK food (and from what I've ordered) this place ain't too shabby at all... (1) Beef satay vermicelli noodle soup - tasty saucey beef pieces and standard light broth. Def. a comfort food and although it's something you can easily make at home - it's so cheap here, that it's totally worth! (2) Stir Fried noodles - this was OK, needed more meat or veggies or something. Flavor and seasoning was good though! (3) Cream sauce baked rice - classic fusion dish for HK cuisine & I legit LOVE any baked rice dish bc of this...so I'm kinda biased...BUT this one is pretty good, the cream sauce is rich and well seasoned over a giant portion of rice and diced ham. Comes out piping hot, the way it should be! (4) HK coffee+tea (hot or iced) - also one of my faves and I'll take it anytime I can find it!! So I'm biased again...BUT this place makes it just right, it's like the best of both worlds - you can also have them adjust sweetness as well! read more

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I came here for late dinner on Sunday night around 8. We ordered right away, and server was very pleasant told us cash or venmo only. We got salty fish chicken fried rice, sweet ans sour pork, mix veggie tofu pot, and bitter melon fish, all are very good. It's a solid co.fort food Chinese place, price is very reasonable and large portions. The place is not as fun and trendy as some other restaurants in the plaza but the food is good and not expensive. read more

Door dashed some food here last weekend since I was craving some porridge. Got the pork with preserved egg porridge and wonton noodle soup. ++pork with preserves egg porridge++ Super bland, not much pork or egg... the porridge was so white, I'm not even sure if they even tried to season it with anything ++wonton noodle soup++ There were maybe 5 wontons on top of a bed of egg noodle. Super bland... wontons were not the best The food was underwhelming and bland, kind of bummed since I was craving it read more

The owner must not care about the quality of this place anymore or something else..but the quality has been going down since it was first operated. The staff was not helpful and the foods making me sick. Sorry but I would not recommend this place to anyone after today. read more

Top Cafe - Dirty spoon.. - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

Never coming back to this place. Obviously you don't come to hole in the wall places for the service, but after going here on and off for years, I will firmly NEVER be coming back. First, this place is cash only (indicated by a small sign at the register). Our bill was a little over $36. Upon handing the sole lady who works here $40, she clearly was expecting us to leave the change. As soon as we turned around to discuss the bill, she stood at the front of the store and proceeded to tap at the money tray repeatedly and said loudly, "Tip! Tip! Tip!" Obviously we were caught off guard and at this point the other patrons in the place were looking around wondering what the commotion was. I had to firmly tell her we weren't leaving, and in fact discussing said tip that she was rudely demanding. Obviously, tipping is customary but not mandatory (not to mention there should be some actual customer service involved). Walked away completely insulted by the whole ordeal. Needless to say, 0 stars. If you want to have a pleasant experience, don't come here. read more

Adequate but not much to recommend. Small portions and priced high. Solid taste but nothing you can't find at any place ... serviceable but no real real reason to eat there. read more

39. Satay beef pan fried noodles: 4/10; not much satay flavor. Fish fillet with corn, no rice: 6/10; lots of gravy. Their portions are filling. read more

I have to rate this 1 star because the waitress will tell you how much you need to tip them. horrible service. And I saw a lot of bug on my dish. read more