I went with a friend around 6:30pm and the restaurant wasn't busy. I ordered the Mi Ga Roti (C7) and it was very good. The chicken, sauce, noodles - I would go back to eat it again. Cash only! read more

Vit Dong Que - Mi Ga Roti [~$10] - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

Excellent food in a dive-y/mom&pop shop Pros: - Food is great. The duck is definitely the theme and what they do well along with their various noodle soups (e.g. bun bo hue). If you're not into that type of food, then probably not your kind of place. If you are then this place is as good as it gets! - Price wise is great. Everything is great value with fair portion size that will get you full. Cons: - Parking is terrible so watch out and be prepared to wait for an open spot or park far and walk - Not very family friendly. Most items on the menu can probably be consumed by a child, but will be a bit salty for my kid's taste Overall: its a great hole in the wall traditional Vietnamese food in the middle of little Saigon in San Jose. Would definitely come back again What to get: the duck salad! What not to get: I would avoid the smoothies since this place isn't exactly a place you go unless you are super desperate for one read more

I'm always impressed by the value of this v popular Vietnamese dish in general (yenno w/ the yummy noodle dish AND a meaty salad).. and am happy to see that Vit Dong Que isn't pulling some Bay Area bs and pricing it way above what it usually costs The GOOD: - Clean establishment and good, smiley service - Pretty good Bun Mang Vit! I think the broth could use a bit more depth, but maybe that's because I'm used to a lil' MSG LOL. The duck salad was solid, but my duck portion had way too much fatty skin on it. Perhaps choose thinner ducks in the future, lol? - The banh bot loc appetizer ( 9 little plates w/ a white gelatinous film and some crushed shrimp on top) was yummy, and I appreciated how they warmed up each of the ceramic dishes up... mmm. The MEH: - It's located in a very tight plaza... You WILL have trouble finding parking here if you go on a popular day, so I suggest going and parking in the Grand Century lot next door. The walk's no longer than 3-5 minutes... it'll save you gas and some headaches read more

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We ordered the Banh Beo ($8.50) and Bun Bo Hue ($13.50). The Banh Beo were pretty good, but the Bun Bo Hue was incredibly disappointing, especially because I was showing off Vietnamese cuisine to a non-Vietnamese friend. There was very little meat, and what was there was just okay or not great. Vit Dong Que has deteriorated in quality since its earlier days. read more

Vit = Duck Dong Que = Countryside That's right, I drop mad knowledge wherever I go. Vit Dong Que has been on my list for years and I finally had the opportunity to pay a visit. I typically eat the crispy roast duck more often, so being able to enjoy Hainan-inspired Vietnamese duck was a real treat. I ordered mi vit (duck with egg noodle). You are served a sweet/tangy dipping sauce on the side. I took one bite of duck (no sauce) and literally went, "Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god." The duck here is so simple, yet done so well. I personally like it without sauce. The mi (egg noodles) was quite good too. If you're craving Vietnamese food but don't necessarily want straight up pho or bun bo hue, you must come to Vit Dong Que and add some duck to your taste bud repertoire. Tip: * CASH ONLY! * The parking lot in front is super small. Just park in the Grand Century parking lot; it's a quick walk. read more

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The place takes cash only! They can at least get an ATM inside the store for customers that doesn't bring cash... It was a hassle. The food was alright but my walking to find an ATM was not pleasant. Not to mention, they make the mistake on the bill too... I was overcharged! read more

In A Nutshell: -Vit Dong Que, which translates to Countryside Duck or close to it, is a great Vietnamese restaurant that serves everything...duck (vit). -When you come here, you should always order the 1/2 duck salad & the duck noodle soup. -You'll be more than fulfilled & both dishes combined offer a nice meal for two. -The food tastes just as good to-go as it does while dining in, so you're good regardless. Overall, the service is always humble & friendly. Great duck restaurant! read more

Vit Dong Que - (L) Duck Noodle Soup, (R) Duck Salad. - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

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My favorite duck place and I almost always order to take home whenever I visit my parents in San Jose. The duck portion is generous and very meaty! The ladies behind the counter are very nice and friendly. The one star deduction is due to the long wait for take out order. We placed our order before some dine in customers, yet they were able to order and almost finished their food before mine came out . read more

Great place for authentic Vietnamese food. They are specialized in duck dishes. It is must order. Only downside is cash only. read more

First time eating here as my friends and I were just passing through San Jose. There was no wait time for a table for 3 people on a Sunday evening for a quick dinner. Friendly host greeted us immediately and we ordered promptly. Food was ready in a reasonable amount of time. I ordered the dry egg noodle with rotisserie chicken and loved it! The rotisserie chicken was not full of fat (I don't like fatty chicken) and had a savory, crispy skin. Chicken meat itself was tender. The chicken was paired well with dry egg noodle. The broth soup was delicious and not oily. FYI: Cash only restaurant. Finding a parking spot can be a challenge as there are limited spaces for an area filled with restaurants and other businesses. read more

Vit Dong Que - Flavorful rotisserie chicken with dry egg noodle. - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

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In the mood for DUCK? We came back today to try what they are known for which is DUCK! We tried the Bun Mang Goi Vit and Dac Biet Mien Ga and we had to update our review to 4 stars. Both were delicious. The vermicelli noodles with duck salad is just what I wanted. Soup and Noodles were Savory with the crunch of the salad on the side. Don't forget the duck which can be dipped on the sauce on the side was oh so yummy! The clear noodle choice on the Chicken soup vs my last review was a better choice. Flavor was better today then my last review 2 weeks ago. Downside to most dishes here is duck and chicken are all with bones. A bit hard to enjoy without having to take some time out to get all savage on the meat to separate from the bones. Service is really good. The waiter comes and suggests different things to try and tries to converse with our toddler with a smile which is always so welcoming... It's CASH only so bring your loot if you want to dine here...parking is real tight after 12, so park in the Grand Century plaza and walk over if you need to. It's got limited spaces directly in the lot where the restaurant is. Happy Duck Dining! read more

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Great foods and friendly service with very reasonable prices. Bun bo hue and mien vit are good choices

This place is cash only** Parking is horrible here, so if there isn't parking in the front, circle around to the big lot thats next to the restaurant I thought it was interesting this place has only duck or chicken aside from their appetizer. You won't get any beef pho here. I came here with a group and we all ordered different food and I thought eating duck was odd in my pho. For the appetizer, (I don't remember the name) but it was a pate in a banana leaf. Definitely something interesting and worth a try once. We also had some fried egg rolls, the basic and go to for appetizer. For the main meal; the chicken in the noodle soup wasn't like sliced chicken, it was the yellow chicken (kinda like the Chinese ginger onion chicken) and you pretty much just dunk the meat in the soup and it has bones. This is a bit more difficult to eat since I rather just eat sliced chicken or sliced meat than pick out the bones. The people here are quite nice and recommended us couple of stuff to start off. Service is great...but the food just wasn't hitting us at the right spot. :( read more

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Bún bò Hu is bland, perhaps bc it's not their signatures bowl since they specialize in duck. Cash only ! read more

Vit Dong Que - - Cash ONLY - - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

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Flavorful duck broth! Duck noodles/porridge! Get the duck salad togo with your meal! read more

4 star for my brother's duck noodles and the appetizers 3 star for my com ga siu siu We started off with banh bot loc, banh beo, and cha gio. All excellent appetizers. The banh beo is particularly good here because they add a bit of real shrimp, not just the dried stuff. I was mainly just disappointed with the sauce for the com ga siu siu. It was like a sweet & sour fish sauce. I am used to (and LOVE) the oyster/soy sauce with ginger and scallions. Maybe next time I'll just make it at home and bring it myself, lol. My brother's dish was deep in flavor and huge in size. Wonderful bowl of noodles to order. Service was more than excellent. Super friendly staff. They helped us with ordering, gave descriptions of how they make some stuff, and were lively and fun read more

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Oh DUCK! Important: Cash only. The flavors are clean and delicious! The portions are large. I like their combos of porridge and duck salad or clear noodles with duck salad. You can ask them to take off the skin of the duck if you prefer no skin on your meats. They explain what the sauces are and how to use them. You could probably share one of the combos but why would you? Just order your own and take some salad home if you have left overs! I'd definitely come back here. read more

Vit Dong Que - Chao goi vit - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

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I was looking for a very good Vietnamese food in San Jose, CA. Yelp had a good review. I was sooooo disappointed with their food. Duck meat is chewy and no taste. Thai Ice Tea is not as thick as I thought it would be. Most of it is water and ice. It's pricey for the food i ordered. read more

They've got the best banh beo I've ever had. Banh beo is a dish whose popularity has always confused me. I've had plenty and sure, it's pretty good. But so many of my vietnamese friends love it with a deep and abiding passion. Well vit dong que made me a believer. I don't know why (perhaps duckfat somehwere?) the banh beo here are just richer and more flavorful than any of the others I've tried. Also the eponymous duck is pretty good. The BBH tasted a bit more like bun rieu (prob the crab meatball) so it wasn't what I was expected but I still liked it. read more

Food was fine, but this review is about them being a dishonest business that scams customers in front of their faces. I walked in to place a togo order at the counter. I ordered three items. She told me to pay $50.50. I paid $101, and she only gave me back $50 in change. This is already dishonest, but I figured I'm fine with her pocketing 50 cents as a tip. Not worth arguing over. I then thought, $50.50 seems rather high. I looked at the menu and added up the prices and the pre tax total should've only come to $42.40. Even after tax, that's not $50.50. I pointed this out to her, and she showed me a receipt with a random $3.80 charge on it. When I asked her what this is, she said it's a togo fee, while ripping out the menu from my hands, probably hoping I wouldn't look to confirm whether this was stated on the menu. Later, when I checked the menu on Yelp, I saw that there's $0.95 togo fee per item. First, it's hidden on the back of the menu and she never mentioned this to me. Second, $0.95*3 is $2.85, not $3.80. Never coming back again. read more

Banh beo were tasty and filling Fried chicken wings were perfectly crisp with a delicious and flavorful sauce. They came out piping hot too! Duck salad with noodle combo was way bigger than we thought! We definitely ordered more than we could eat despite being so hungry! We shared the noodle soup and with two appetizers, we were too full to eat the salad! read more

4.5/5 stars for the food, we ordered: -B1 (bun/mien mang vit): the soup was a little different from what I'm used to. It's not as salty/sweet (not sure how to describe) as the other pho places. But I liked it! The flavor is good and not overpowering. If you don't like the internal organs such as the heart, or gizzard, you might want to avoid this one. There are a few pieces of it in the soup. B1 also came with a side of duck meat and veggies. Lettuce, purple lettuce and bean sprouts. The duck meat was really good and tender, and paired extremely well with the sauce that they gave us. However, there are lots of bones. -B2(bun/mien mang goi vit) I'm not sure what the difference was, but the duck salad came in a larger bowl. The amount of meat was the same, but there were more veggies. Also really good. The staff is super friendly~ the place is small and cute. Can't wait to go back to try the bahn beo! read more

Vit Dong Que - In front: B1, in back: B2. The sauce goes so really well with the duck meat! - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

spilled water on me, brought us the wrong orders. food was ok, tastes like the costco duck.

Stopped here on our back from Santa Barbara. OMG, so glad we did! We got Duck Salad with Porridge (B4) and Bun Bo Hue (D1). Wanted to order their famous Shrimp Over Rice Cake but the owner stopped us that we would have too much food lol B4 - Duck Salad with Porridge $13.75 Love love and loved the duck salad. I had chicken version of this dish in Danang, Vietnam. So refreshing with the fish sauce based salad dressing and duck was well cooked! Would be a perfect drink food ;) Porridge was also very nicely flavored, lots of ginger flavor! Such a good combo to get and only $13.75 for both! D1 - Bun Bo Hue $11.75 I love how much meets were in this dish and the broth was full of flavors. They serve a slice of lime and spicy sauce on the side that you can control spiciness. I personally love spicy food so added most of it. I do recommend to add at least little bit, it adds really nice and deep flavor to the broth. The restaurant owner couple was super friendly and happy! She told me their food is more Hue style . I cannot wait to be back and to try shrimp over rice cake! read more

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CASH ONLY! 1 less star for no credit card. ****Food is good ( Bun man goi vit , mi vit them) and services is nice. I would come back to try other dishes. read more

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Authentic and delicious Hue food, very different dishes from the North or South. Owners/employees have the heavy distinctive regional accent, so we know it's a legit place. read more

I've ordered here a few times and so far so good. We always get the half duck salad and the hubby always gets the mien to pair with the goi vit. Highly recommended. Half duck goi ga was $25 read more

Vit Dong Que - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

This place checks all the boxes: Amazing food, clean restaurant and excellent customer service! Note that this place is cash only so make sure you have some on hand. 1. Vibe Small mom and pop restaurant tucked in the plaza next to Grand Century. There's nothing special about the restaurant itself. Simple chairs, tables with a few condiments. Come here, eat, leave. 2. Service Staff here wants you in and out the door since it was pretty busy when we went. However, they're very friendly and happy to answer any questions that you may have. 3. Presentation I didn't find the presentation in the food to be anything outstanding. 4. Taste God the food here is delicious! We got the duck noodles with side salad, and the bo luc lac. Yes, stick a fork in me. We ordered beef at a duck restaurant. Everything was fresh, tasty and delicious. 5. Value The duck noodles with salad were $13 and the bo luc lac was around $12 all together lunch came out to be $27. For huge portions of delicious fresh food this place is a winner! read more

Ordered the duck chao (rice porridge), duck goi (salad), bun bo hue, and banh bot loc. all of the food was great! The ginger fish sauce that comes with the duck salad is on the sweeter side but it was still really delicious. The duck chao was nice and flavorful and very homey and comforting. The bun Bo hue was decent but nothing very memorable but the server was nice enough to split it into 2 bowls for us since we ate family style. Service here was really friendly and great! read more

The place is known for their duck, hence the name "vit" in the name of this establishment, so I ordered the goi vit last week as my first duck dish coming here. I was more or less disappointed after the reviews here touting the salad, when in actuality, the rau muong, mint leaves and greenery adorning the top is but a ruse, as the rest of it is all chopped cabbage. So, you're not actuality getting a salad, if you discount the salad being nothing more than mounds of CABBAGE. I ordered the large as you have choice of small or large at only like a $2 diff, and basically ate a bunch of unflavored duck. The duck itself was not bad, but being as how I am used to having had roast duck and then now this, your only source of flavor for this dish is the fish sauce it comes with and if you are not a huge fish sauce fan, may not like. For those who are true Viets, maybe this is your thing, but I am not accustomed to straight duck and fish sauce, so would opt to get something else next time, which is their banh bot loc and banh nam, which is something this place is also known for. My company in tow ordered the pho ga, which has a mix of different parts of the chicken, not just all dark meat, which is cool. He also ordered their "fresh" coconut juice, which is basically out of a can, sweetened with chunks of coconut in it. Good if you like sweetened coconut juice but the menu says in Vietnamese it's fresh, so I thought it was. It's not. If you like your drinks sweet, this is sweetened. Not fresh. Expect to get up and walk your cup of water to the cashier if you want refills. Helps if you know Vietnamese, because service improves if you do. This is a local spot so act like you're at home with everyone and you should be fine. read more

Vit Dong Que - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

Come here if you enjoy duck! My bf n I both had a soup noodle with duck on the side. It reminded me of boiled white sliced chicken at Chinese restaurants but with duck instead. Sweet chili sauce for dipping was a good pairing. I took one star off because I was thirsty after. There might be MSG hidden in something like the broth (though I didn't drink it). But we enjoyed our first experience of Vietnamese style duck. read more

Vit Dong Que - Egg noodle and duck - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

This review is only for duck salad and rice soup (cháo gỏi vịt) and only for real Vietnamese specialty food. Rice soup is salty, last month it was tasteless. The duck is tender and sweet, last month it was chewy and smell. The salad is just cabbage, missing a lot of other ingredients. The sauces are really salty. Cahier manner is minus 1 star. Overall, it is overpriced, overated and we will never come back. read more

Delicious duck salad and shrimp & pork rice cake in banana leaves. Owner is very kind. A mom and pop shop for sure! Family friendly as well. Highly recommend! read more

We ordered the duck salad and banh beo, like everyone else, and weren't disappointed. Service was fast and friendly. Not much more I can add as everyone's already said it! read more

The goi vit (duck salad) here is simply OUTSTANDING. I absolutely love this dish - it's probably a top 3 dish for me in all of San Jose. The nuoc mam is unique and delicious - they have one for the goi itself, and one to dip the vit in. I don't have anything else to say except to GET THAT GOI VIT. IT'S AMAZEBALLS. read more

Suck! Came at 6:30 for duck noodles. The owner said no duck and recommended a horrible mixed chicken and duck with orange colored broth base. Never taste such foods as Vietnamese, waste money and my efforts to come for this lousy foods. How could they out of duck as their specialty dish at Friday golden hours for dinner. I'm done with this restaurant read more

Duck, duck, ...goose. Just kidding, just duck. This store anyways. The name literally translates to duck restaurant. This place specializes in dishes of a duck variety. Yes, there's other Vietnamese dishes, but I'm sure if the restaurant name is Duck Restaurant, their best food is DUCK. I GPS'd my boyfriend here as a surprise because he loooooves duck. We ordered the clear noodle soup with duck and bamboo (mien mang vit), the duck salad (goi vit nho), and the egg noodle soup with duck (mi vit tiem). Each dish that comes out is HUGE. The egg noodle has a dark colored soup. Its kind of herbal, so the first sip can be surprising. You can taste the herbs that go into the soup, like star anise, which plays a powerful role in this. This soup is also a little sweet, giving it an addicting taste. It comes 2 giant pieces of duck leg, but unfortunately it's a little overcooked and dry. The duck salad is BARELY a salad. its about 7-8 large pieces of chopped up duck atop of chopped lettuce and cabbage. The exterior is a bit off putting because its pale, but the meat was juicy and tender. The ginger sauce that comes with the salad pairs with it well. My boyfriend got the clear noodle soup with duck. I had a couple bites (whats yours is mineee, foreverr) so i was able to try out his dish. The clear soup was savory and light! The flavor isnt as strong as the egg noodle broth, but savory and light. It's a bit fatty --- just enough to taste the duck. Service was okay. The lady checked up on us when necessary. I flagged her down when i needed water. I wasnt surprised since its an asian-run store. Parking is okay. It shares the plaza with Tasty Pot and other restaurants. It's right next door to Vietnam Town/Grand Century. I would definitely come here again. The herbal duck noodle soup is must try and i havent found another place that serves it! read more

Vit Dong Que - Duck salad - Vietnamese Near Me - San Jose, California

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Bun mang bit: flavor was average. broth was bland. Tastes like it was water down. I would like more bamboo shoot. Goi vit: duck meat was good. I enjoy this dish the most even though the fish sauce was a little sweet. Banh beo: the rice cake was a little chewy, soft and warm. Delicious. Service: owner was very nice and friendly. Overall: 3.5 stars. read more

Cháo vịt hôm nay tôi ăn không được Thứ nhất thái độ phục vụ hách dịch cứ làm như bố thí đưa menu như vất lên bàn Đây là lần cuối tôi ghé quán bye bye Never stop by again read more

Totally felt like I was in Viet world. Probably the only non-Vietnamese in the restaurant. Here's what I came for the bahn beo. It was quite tasty! I'd come just for this! I heard the duck was popular but I'm not into duck. Well I'm not into fatty meat. The chicken in my pho and the duck salad was the fatty kind of meat. If you're into that this is the place for you! read more