Ordered Dê Xào Lăn to go, which was priced at $60, but I was charged an extra $5 for paying with a credit card. That's a high transaction fee. A $60 takeout order suddenly became $65 because of the payment method. Customers should be made aware of such a steep surcharge before ordering. read more

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I went to this restaurant years ago and it was amazing. While I don't like giving negative reviews, I will not be back. I dint mind the fact that the restaurant is run down. But the food is greatly lacking. I have an adventurous palate and ordered curried goat. There was so much fat on the goat and nit a lot of meat. But the taste was good. The tamarind shrimp had not been deveined. Its nit the end of the world. But when you go to a restaurant, you expect that it will be cleaned properly. So I found myself cleaning each of the shrimp. Probably the greatest disappointment was the conch. Mollusks need to be tenderized. The meat was so hard--even harder than jerky. I haven't had conch in years, so this was sub par. Needless to say, I wont be back. Think twice before visiting this establishment read more

Food is decent here, prices are cheap. Came here with my family and we all enjoyed dinner. Will definitely be back to try other options in the menu. Only down side is that they are only 3 days a week I believe. read more

It's happening here! Good food fun and concerts, dance floor and some good Vn food! Recommend the lobster and noodle, frog legs and the crab fried rice. read more

If you love seafood then this is the spot for you. Their menu is full of mostly seafood with a few meat options. I'm not a big seafood person but my husband is and he loved everything we ordered. His favorites were the conch papaya salad, escargot, and razor clams. I ordered two different beef noodle dishes and I enjoyed both. The server was friendly and attentive. The restaurant is large and holds events like weddings. read more

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This restaurant has been around for a while. It was Ly's Garden many many years back when my cousin had her wedding, but every restaurant in this space has kept the banquet style for weddings and event booking because it has a stage and a dance floor. It was my first time attending a wedding at this venue under Tram Chim. The first and original location is in OC. It was a wedding of 22 tables so they were able to rent out part of the space, leaving the other side for the public to dine. The food was actually not bad. The bride's mom upgraded to get the best of the best. The quality was good but the portions were small not compared to other venues serving 10 people because everyone literally had one scoop of fried rice compared to other venues where we each get a bowl. Each dish only took a spoonful to serve per person. The tables also didn't have a lazy Susan. Was inconvenient to grab food. One of our wine glasses was fully cracked and that was somehow missed when they were setting the tables. Plenty of staff standing around when you need them. Our ice bucket was replenished often, there's a cash bar for simple drinks like straight up liquor. The venue is already lightly decorated so you didn't have to do much other than add your touch of flowers. The black lighted drapes looked like stars in the photo. Overall, this was a great venue to consider if you're having a wedding/event. Especially when it's a large parking lot for guests. They have two entrances to separate for the public and for event guests. read more

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Do not judge the book by its cover fits this place perfectly. This restaurant is located in an old plaza that doesn't have other businesses open. The interior is decorated to look like you're going to an Asian wedding. The menu is very disorganized as each menu has different items. Cash ONLY. Friendly service. Don't come here wanting the common standard vietnamese food, they are more of partying/drinking food you get in Vietnam. We got escargot, conch, deer, and fried rice. I actually didn't expect the food to be good but it was surprisingly good. The pineapple fried rice was filled with variety of seafood such as squid, fishcakes, shrimp, etc. They also covered it with pork floss which is very different but it works. Deer was like high quality BBQ pork. It was soooo tender and I love the sauce that it came with as well as the pickled veggies. Escargot was just as good as any of those popular restaurants but cheaper. It was plump and has good flavor. Finally, the conch dish was also good. It was a little tough but still good. Overall, definitely a true vietnamese style restaurant and good for parties read more

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I took my daughter's grandmother here for her early birthday celebration for dinner today. They had a wedding event; there was no room inside the restaurant so they set tables outside on the sidewalk for guests that is not attending the wedding. We had no canopy even though it rained throughout today. Strike one... But she insisted on eating here. She ordered for all of us. We had the mango salad topped with squid, sea food hot pot, fried rice and beef broccoli (for my kiddo, she doesn't eat sea food). Mango salad with squid was a great start, crunchy and flavorful. Sea food hot pot was Tom yum style, lacked flavor in my opinion but everyone liked it. The cabbage for the hot pot soup was old and bad. I can't believe they cut it up and brought it out for us. They should had thought to themselves I wouldn't serve this for myself or family. It was horrible. The Fried rice was bland with a hint of garlic. We had to ask them about our beef broccoli; it didn't come out with the others. When we received it, she took one bite and it was BLUE RAW! Red uncooked meat. Strike two. I told them to box it up (was planning to take it home and cook it myself) By this time I was irritated and annoyed of the staff because they were not attentive to our table. I get it, it was a event going on but we should feel welcome especially if I'm going to be spending my hard earned money. Strike 3. I never wanted to leave a restaurant so fast but I was respectful to my kiddo's grandmother of her wishes to celebrate here. I am not coming here ever again. First and last experience. This place used to be Lee Garden. It was sooo good back then. They had family style menu for such a great price and I always go home with leftovers. They had great staff at that time too. It was a much nicer atmosphere. read more

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This place actually opens at 11am, not 10 am. We arrived there 10:30 and had to wait for 30 minutes. Just looking at the place from outside we were weary about dining here but once we got inside the place didn't look too bad. We were the first ones there but it took a while to get food ordered but everything went okay. The main reason I wanted to come here to try their razor clams. My husband and I shared razor clams, fried rice , grilled scallops, grilled squid, and beef with broccoli. The razor clams tasted good but a little chewy. The fried rice with shrimp was very good. Scallops were okay. My husband liked the grilled squid but I did not care for it. It had good flavor but was chewy and had cartilage inside. Beef and broccoli was good. Excellent service. 3 stars for food and 5 stars for service. read more

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This is a review for both food and music venue, the restaurant used to go by a different name of Ly's Garden but since has been changed to Tram Chim under new management and that's when they added a big stage with DJ, live music and ballroom dancing. To be honest the lightings and sound were perfect, it kept people going, and just the different set up made the place bigger, more tables equal more money. The disadvantage they had was parking, even if they took over the grocery store next door, it wasn't enough to accommodate the large amount of people for a concert. As a headline performer of the night like my brother, the management was a bit lacking, they didn't communicate with him at all until the last minute, they ended up Uber him to the venue, then sneaked him thru the back. Secondly, their holding was also unorganized as they were not an actual green room, but only partial employees break area plus kitchen storage and I did see a mattress so someone obviously living behind the restaurant, I felt a little unprofessional on their end. But to make for that, they did treat the artists nicely, feeding them with a lot of food from the restaurant which I think all of them tasted great, they even packed to go for us. Just a note for next time, please tighten your security because a lot of drunk customers sneaked backstage and helping themselves with artists food and also making the talents felt uncomfortable. read more

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My mom really wanted to try this place ever since Ly's garden closed and Tram Chi opened only because it was something new. I'll be honest this place did okay I'm regards of the food.. I was expecting this to be overall terrible based on the reviews. Would I come back here though? Probably not. First off, their specialty is seafood.. so the interior had lots of tanks. It's not the best looking restaurant.. and I'm not sure why they didn't just keep the previous decor from Ly's but that's their prerogative. Service. Pretty lame that this place is CASH ONLY. When we came here it was surprisingly busy cause us Asian gotta have inexpensive seafood lol.. there were only 2 servers and so the customer service really lacked. Food came out pretty slow but not slow enough for my parents to wave down the servers lol. Food was good. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great. Cheap prices though for the non seafood stuff compared to other restaurants. Bo luc lac was $10 oppose to your $15+. Not bad, but I wouldn't come back. read more

Tram Chim - Seafood Near Me - San Diego, California

The food wasn't' bad but what really did it for me was the karaoke. I respect the tradition and acknowledge that it is a reputable feature of the place but the volume of the karaoke simply killed my mood and palette for the food. I put both airpods on noise cancellation and it still was loud. I would revisit again next time IF it weren't for the loud karaoke, I suggest you heavily avoid this place unless you are partially deaf or don't care about how loud it is, thanks. read more

Love to come here for best Seafood and fun environment. Staffs are friendly and fast. It is one of ours favorite spot.

We tried this place because we were lazy to go up to Oc, Garden grove. They just reopened after pandemic and gave us great deals. The seafood was comparable to Oc & Lau, we ordered like 8 dishes it all really tasted so good! I'm definitely going back! read more

Tram Chim - Seafood Near Me - San Diego, California

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This is the menu for the khmer's party. There's plenty of parking here. It's always fun. Make sure you bring cash. read more

Tram Chim - Khmer's party menu - Seafood Near Me - San Diego, California

Came here around 4:00 PM-ish today after had a smoothies @ the Happy-time Tea nearby. Line: no as usual, so I got the table right after I walked into the restaurant. I was the only customer from 4:00 PM-ish to nearly 6:00 PM. Staffs: inattentive as usual. Food: Today, I ordered: -Canadian Whelk (Grilled with pepper sauce - ($12.99 + tax)): the dish had 10 small Canadian Whelk, I could only get 1/2 of the meat since it wasn't fresh today. -Manila Clam (steam style - $9.99 + tax)): the dish had 16 small clams, 2 of them were closed completely. Other 14 small clams had only a tiny meat with the size of 2 tips of bamboo chopsticks. The price total was $25.00 (Learned that they overcharged the sale tax, but did not bother to talk to them! The sale tax in this area should be 7.75% only). To consumers - -Be aware of your bill on a sale tax if you ever dine here!!! -They only accept CASH ONLY! read more

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I would say I'm not the most Asianiest Asian.. Being born and raised in the US but I do enjoy my fair share of Asian/Vietnamese food and can say my whole family really enjoyed everything we ordered. Lau thai Rau muong Chim cut 2 oc muong tay Muc trung Goi oc Surprised about the bad reviews to be honest. Give it a try if you are looking for a good family style nhau food. read more

Honestly, there were some things that my family ordered and I had no idea what it was lol regardless, everything was delicious! Let's list some things I do know the names of: THAI HOT POT- Very flavorful broth & the seafood that came with the hot pot was super fresh! The veggies could've been more fresh, but they were a little wilted but tasted fine! CUSTOMER SERVICE- Quick on their feet and super hard working people. They were really welcoming and accommodating to everything! read more

We went here for dinner, ordered the family meal which has soup, salad, and lobster noodles. We added quails, clams, and escargots. When the lobster came out in less than 10mins after we ordered I knew something wasn't right. Every single item except for the salad were precooked and reheated. The lobster were so dried, there were no meat left. All the dishes tasted old and stale. Never again! read more

They changed their phone number if you can't reach them the new phone number is (619) 918-6200!!!!! My family and I were thrilled to know that there was a Tram Chim restaurant opening in San Diego. Their original one is set in Santa Ana and we loved going to eat there when we visit family. They're shaking beef and noodle is the most tender us steak meat you will ever eat and it's flavored with delicious Asian seasonings. They also have some amazing Asian culture music shows that are fantastic and you can get tickets to go to their events. This is a mom and Pop type restaurant that has sincere authentic Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thai mixed cuisine. The staff is amazing and kind and always there to serve and everyone is authentically Asian as well. Come in big groups that's when you will get most out of the delicious food and rounds of beer . There are amazing deals on food for big groups as well having a party there will be greatly catered. It's a wonderful venue and the restaurant at the same time. Enjoy its okie of the greatest underdog treasures of San Diego! read more

Oc sao dua: too sweet, came out like clam chowder. Oc mong tay mo hanh: approved So long: tasted fishy Coconut steamed prawns AMAZING with shrimp roe. We ordered 13 beers total between the 2 of us and never once did we have the luxury of not waving someone down for service. They had 4 people on staff for an empty crowd of 3 tables. Expected more attention. Ambience is cold, service is not attentive and slow. read more

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My dad took me here and did the 6 dinner course as a celebration and for a family of 5, my gosh, this was so much food. It was definitely worth it and a good value compared to buying dishes individually. Everything was delicious, authentic and the vibe was cute. There were a couple of tables drinking bottles of Hennessy, but I was with my dad so we will save that for another day. If you like Asian food and like seafood and have a group of 4+ I recommend their 6 course family meal. So delicious. read more

I was there for my niece 16th bday party the food was so damm sweet an cold.also there was no sauce on the table like black pepper an salt an soy sauce for the shark fin soup. read more

Mọi người ơi đến nhà hàng này phải để ý. Bán hàng không thật thà, gian lận. Mua lobster tính tiền 3 pound mà đưa con có 2 pound.

We went to a wedding here last night and the food was so good!! I was impressed!! The fried rice, shaking beef, and lobster were so yummy. I would recommend! read more

Driving and saw a sign that read "live snow crab", parked. Before I could enter a woman from restaurant asked what did I want? All with rudeness. Then a guy that worked there told me they don't want my money... going back with cameras to see if it happens again. read more

My first visit when they first opened was an absolute catastrophe, yet I keep finding myself coming back here for their vast variety of seafood selections on their menu. San Diego does not have a lot of Asian seafood inspired restaurants like this compared to Orange County, and this is the next best thing. Personally, I feel like the prices are reasonable. I love getting the shelled items such as oysters, blood clams, welk snails, and razor clams, which are all about $10-$15 which is reasonable in my opinion. Not to mention hot pots are around $25, where other places can reach up to $40. And $320 for a seven course of giant king crab? Definitely for ballers, yet I would still love to try this one day. I've had quite a few items during my past few visits: - Freshwater Prawns - FRESH from the tank! I even asked them to batter and deep fry for me which they did at no extra cost! And it was delicious! And it's about 6 pieces for $35-$40. Hefty price tag but it was worth the try! - Garlic Butter Canadian Welk Snails - Steaming hot, fat, juicy, and buttery. - Blood Clams w/ Grilled Onions - All the traditional vietnamese toppings are delicious, but a tad bit dry. Needs more nuoc mam sauce. - Oysters w/ Garlic & Butter - Pretty basic but still good - Razor Clams w/ Grilled Onions - Too dry for my taste - Bo Luc Lac (Shaken Beef) - Meat was tender but needs more flavor - Chicken Wings with Fish Sauce - Meat is too scarce and dry - Fried Chicken Wings in Butter - Super crispy and tender - Fried Tofu - Not oily at all, light, subtle - Sauteed Squid with Fish Sauce - One of my new faves! Delicious! - Mango Salad - Fresh and yummy - Balut - They fetus was waaaaay too big and overgrown. - Fried intestines - Crispy and thin cut and good but very small portion size. - LOBSTER - Covered in asian sauce, fresh, and delicious. Overall, there's a lot of hit or miss items. But their menu is just too good not to try everything! read more

I want to like this place because some of their items on their menu looks good But it hit or miss depending on the day I guess. Quality are not consistent at all and It's cash only which is suck I stop by one day and was plan ordering about $100 worth of their food Togo and was told cash only Which I don't Cary that much on me daily read more

I think that the food here are pretty decent. Definitely something different in the area. For seafood, the price is pretty fair. I would not get the hotpot again. I think that it's expensive and it didn't taste all that great. There are plenty of parking. I haven't had any bad service yet and some of the staff here are pretty familiar with my family and I since we were "regulars" back when the restaurant used to be Ly's Garden. For right now, they are "cash only", but I hope they consider accepting credit cards in the future. They might see me more often since it's right around the corner from where I live. read more

Ordered 6 catering dishes and felt like they absolutely rushed it. The only thing edible was the scallops, everything else was horrible. Fried rice was dry and inedible. Chicken wings was the worst we ever had, very dry and inedible as well. We didn't even eat the wings read more

First and foremost this place is CASH ONLY!! The feeling I get when I walk in is that it's a dingy Chinese restaurant that can cater to banquets. They specialize in seafood and they honestly have many different kinds. The only thing that upsets me is the price for these dishes. For a place that's cash only, their prices are steep and in my opinion, unreasonable. The food was below mediocre. Here's what we ordered: Mango salad - pretty good and refreshing Fried shrimp with salt - batter was way too thick and heavy and shrimp was over cooked. Thai style hot pot - definitely my favorite thing here. It has good flavor and I like the stuff they give you to put in. Fried frog - a lot of bones and was cold Tamarind chicken wings - super tough skin. Most likely was frozen. The meat was not moist at all and it was hard too. You can tell it was frozen because the meat was still pretty cold but the bones were super hot. Also watery. Chinese sausage fried rice - not flavorful at all The service was also terrible. We received our first round of dishes before we even got water. We also sat around for about 20 minutes to half an hour before our our order was taken. Quite a few times where we would call for a waiter or waitress and they would walk right by us. I finally had to get a little louder just to get water. I would not come back here. The fact that the prices are so high and it's cash only is already a bad sign. $320 for a crab course but cash only?? It literally makes no sense to me at all. No one carries that much cash. On top of that a lot of the things on the menu are market price, which means you dont even really know how much to bring. One thing I do know is that nothing on the menu is below 10$, even the appetizers. If they're going to be charging that much, they really need to start accepting credit cards. read more

I came here with my family and got the 7 course king crab meal, which was $320 for a 6 pound crab. The food was mediocre and served cold. The fried crab tasted so pungent that I almost gagged. I found a piece of hair in my fried rice and the waitress just took away the bowl, didn't offer anything or take away the serving. Wouldn't come here again, the couple hundred dollar meal isn't worth it. Enjoyed the mango salad and the grilled crab legs. They also only accept cash, no card. read more

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Can be intimidating if you don't speak Vietnamese. But they have menus with pictures. Fresh lobster, conch, clams, etc. They also have deer and goat meat. Will come back. read more

Tram Chim - snail. - Seafood Near Me - San Diego, California

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Great authentic Vietnamese food I love the snail dish Love the late business hours and music every weekend we come for late dinner Will recommend this place read more

We used to drive to OC for these types of food but now im so glad that they open the one in San Diego. Love their food and the price is so affordable too read more

Spared no expense, typically have no regrets. But not impressed. Ask for an English speaker if your order doesn't seem to be going as planned. I made the mistake of assuming the waiter knew what I was asking for. Never again will I assume. I may be back, but I'll be requesting someone that speaks English if I do. read more

Tram Chim - Spared no expense, typically have no regrets. But not impressed. - Seafood Near Me - San Diego, California

Great place for dancing and karaoke on the weekend. Food is great and friendly services.

Lots of parking. The outside looks dingy and the inside looks super tacky. Pastel plastic tablecloths, colorful fabric draping the ceiling, and fairy lights. I felt like I was at a child's birthday party. But putting the setting aside, the food is pretty good. We ordered lots of snail and seafood dishes. Standouts: periwinkle clams in coconut sauce, blood clams sauteed with green onion, jellyfish salad. Would skip: razer clams were just ok - the meat was taken out of the shell and sauteed, then put on a plate with, but not inside, the empty clam shells. Service was also good (friendly and polite hostess/waitress) because we were one of only three groups in the restaurants during Saturday dinner. read more

So my parents are really into asian cuisine, and I wanted to take them on a night out. After a while of waiting. Our order of escargot came out and it was FREEEZINGG COLDD. Not even joking the thing felt like it came out of Costco packaging. After complaining, they pulled it back. Then came out our dish of noodles and... the pictures should explain it all. Don't recommend. I really think this place should be shut down. read more

Tram Chim - WHAT IS THIS - Seafood Near Me - San Diego, California

1st time to stop by Tram Chim in San Diego. This is a place to celebrate Birthday because you get to spin the wheel for your Birthday!! ( It's nice for the free dish) We won a King Crab up to 6 Lbs. Good food and great service. Definitely will come back again!. read more

Tram Chim - King crab. - Seafood Near Me - San Diego, California

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