Cm Tm Thanh Restaurant in San Jose

2 stars is for the food since it’s been our go-to place for rice plates for several years. Although service was always typically the bare minimum as with most Vietnamese restaurants, our most recent visit will be our last. It first started when we placed our rice plate orders. Both my bf and I ordered an extra sunny side up egg with our plates but yet, only my bf’s plate had an egg and mine didn’t. When I told the server, she seemed confused and just rudely shrugged her shoulders before going back to the kitchen to ask about it. We then overheard her telling the kitchen that she doesn’t remember me ordering an additional egg, which did not make sense since she was the one that took our order and I speak fluent Vietnamese. After my egg was brought out, I was still polite and didn’t make a fuss about it as I know mistakes happen when it’s busy. What really set us off was after we already paid for our meals and left the tip on the table, we went to the restroom and came back out to catch the same server complain to another server that we only left $15 on the table with a stank face. $15 on a $40 tab (~37%) is too low for you doing the bare minimum (taking our order, bringing food out, no refills, no apology for forgetting items)?! I’m honestly more shocked that she had the audacity to make these comments while we were still in the restaurant like she couldn’t at least wait until we left LOL. My bf said I should’ve went back in there and take the money back but I’m not one to cause a scene over a couple bucks. They’re definitely going to lose so many customers if that girl continues to work there.

This Vietnamese restaurant has a pho soup that is delicious and the service is very attentive

I’m basing my review off only trying the chicken pho. It was probably the worst chicken pho I have ever had. 🤢 It looks decent and normal in the picture, but the flavor and taste was not good. The chicken tasted like straight out the freezer and boiled. The chicken was dry and I had to sip a lot of broth with each bite, thats almost impossible with chicken soup!!? 🤦🏽‍♂️ It also didn’t have the pho aroma nor taste, it just tasted like regular chicken broth. I guess this place is more known for their combo plate which I probably will not try nor come back.

I was recommended this Vietnamese restaurant from friends. The food was delicious and flavorful. Price is affordable for me. Must try “cơm tấm” here. Will come back when I approach Little Saigon.

Its a good stop-by place if youre in a rush, they make their food very quickly. Quick service and food; however, their quality isnt the best. Within that area, you most likely would want to go towards Viet Town or Grand Century.

Good food. Good price. Very clean

Great food. Friendly staff. The owner came great us. Excellent experience.

Great food good service only complaint is the cleanliness of the place.

Rice plate was okay. Had ordered a bowl of pho. Was horrible. Can taste that the rice noodle was not washed. Was still tough to chew. Broth was not seasoned well. Very plain. Tendon was still pretty tough to chew. Wouldnt order a bowl of pho here again. Place use to be good. Use to be.

This place offers wide variety of rice plate combination choices. And you can always add extra toppings to your rice plate or vermicelli orders.The only bad part is it will take you a long time to decide which one to order. LOL.Be sure to reconfirm the toppings you ordered. They only have one employee spoke English. Rest of employees will easily mistaken the combination you’ve chosen. (Doesn’t matter if you have pointed the menu line in Vietnamese, the dish # or the English line…)